You are my wife, don't doubt it!

Then, he saw a petite girl in a hospital gown and barefoot hospital slippers walk in. She looked like nothing had happened. She came over and pressed Xiao Yao's forehead hard with her finger: "What's wrong with you? You came here and cried without asking anything? You didn't even bring your ID card and didn't charge your phone. If someone who wanted to help hadn't asked me about this, the hospital would have called the police."

Although he spoke in a reproachful tone, the corners of his mouth seemed to be unable to suppress a mischievous smile.

Xiao Yao stretched out his hands and subconsciously wanted to hug Shen Jie, then he saw a girl standing at the door of the ward.

The girl was wearing a very literary solid-colored long skirt and brown leather shoes with exposed insteps and buckles. The buckle in the middle divided the flesh-colored socks on the instep into two areas.

25 minute later.

In Shen Jie's VIP ward, Xiao Yao was lying on her bed. Shen Jie moved a chair and sat beside the bed, while Yu Luying sat on the other side of the bed, peeling apples.

The environment of this ward is elegant and tidy. The interior is equipped with wooden floors, high-end bathrooms, luxurious decoration, solid wood furniture, central air conditioning, satellite TV, telephone, refrigerator, sofa, etc.

How much money will this day cost, Xiao Yao thought with a distressed look.

Is this really necessary?

However, he did not voice this thought aloud, lest someone would ask, "Did it cost you money?"

There are two beds in the ward, one with a curtain and the other without. It is probably for the family members who accompany the patient. Xiao Yao thinks this is a superfluous arrangement.

"So," Xiao Yao tapped his temple with his knuckles, "you were transferred to this ward this afternoon?"

"What else?" Shen Jie took the freshly peeled apple from Yu Luying with a smile and handed it to Xiao Yao's mouth.

Halfway through handing it over, he suddenly felt something was wrong and put it back in Xiao Yao's hand: "You can't just pay to stay in a VIP ward. There just happened to be one vacant room, shouldn't you seize the opportunity?"

"Okay." Xiao Yao sat up and prepared to get out of bed: "I've rested well, let the real patients lie down, otherwise it will be a mess."

"Hmm~" Shen Jie shook her head and made a negative sound through her nose: "I feel much better now, the fever has subsided, and the phlegm has decreased a lot. The IV drip is really effective - otherwise let Lu Ying lie down for a while. You said you came to visit the patient, but you just fainted. I really think you should go and make an appointment, cough cough."

When the girl said this, a worried look appeared on her face.

"I'm fine," Yu Luying held her forehead and shook her head, "I told you I didn't sleep well last night because I stayed up all night reviewing, and I didn't eat lunch at noon, so I have low blood sugar."

Xiao Yao felt that this explanation was too far-fetched. He knew that Yu Luying fainted because of him, so he had to change the subject quickly: "By the way, Yu Luying, why did you..."

At Xiao Yao and Shen Jie's insistence, Yu Luying unfastened the buckles on her leather shoes, lay on the hospital bed, and put her feet wrapped in skin-colored socks into the pure white quilt: "After the exam, I thought about it and decided to come and see my sister. I wanted to come with you, but after calling you for a long time, you looked back and rode away again. It was really infuriating."

"So that's how it is..." Xiao Yao took another bite of the apple: "I didn't see it..."

"Later, Luying called me. I told her the ward number at the First People's Hospital, and she came over." Shen Jie continued to explain: "As soon as Luying arrived at the hospital, she heard the medical staff holding photos and asking who knew the patient's family. After asking, she found out that you mistook a lost child who died in a car accident for Shen Jie and fainted from crying."

"You didn't even tell me that you were transferred to another ward?" Xiao Yao said angrily.

Shen Jie raised her phone and shook it: "I sent you text messages, called you, and sent you QQ messages. Did I buy the phone for nothing?"

"This kind of fashionable stuff is flashy but not practical. My NuoZhiYa still has power even if I don't charge it for half a month." Xiao Yao took out his cell phone, unplugged Shen Jie's phone, and connected it to charge himself.

"You had electricity at that time because there were no telephones." Yu Luying teased him.

Shen Jie and Yu Luying looked at each other, and both girls covered their mouths and giggled.

It sounds really, really nice, Xiao Yao thought.

But when did they become so close?

"Dog—ah, Xiao Yao," Shen Jie put down her right hand that was covering her mouth. "Actually, I really can't say it's unexpected that you would be so sad if I died. It's just that it's quite, a little bit unimaginable."

"When I was 6 years old, I was naughty once," Xiao Yao recalled, "and I poured a lot of tap water into the freezer of my family's refrigerator."

Shen Jie didn't quite understand what he meant, but she still smiled and said, "It sounds like something you would do."

"At 6 o'clock in the evening, the TV station played my favorite movie Ultraman on time," Xiao Yao continued, "When the opening theme just sounded, my mother found that everything in the refrigerator was frozen. She ran over angrily and turned off the TV."

"Deserve it." "Deserve it." The two beautiful girls commented in unison.

"At that time," Xiao Yao smiled bitterly, "well, I was heartbroken, furious, crying loudly, and kneeling down to beg my mother to let me finish watching the episode, but my mother was determined to punish me.

“So, I still haven’t seen that episode of Ultraman.

“Although I have grown up and am no longer that 6-year-old child, but…when I think of the heart-wrenching feeling I had at that time, I still feel a sense of empathy.

"I thought you... felt the same way when you left," Xiao Yao looked at Shen Jie.

Everyone was silent for two or three seconds. Shen Jie pouted deliberately and said, "Ah, so in Xiao Yao's heart, my life can be compared with the great Ultraman."

"Not bad, such a high position." Yu Luying smiled and said, "You, do you really think you are not a child now?"

Hearing these words coming out of Yu Luying's mouth, Xiao Yao's face couldn't help but darken.

If Shen Jie said this to him, he wouldn't mind it so much, because Shen Jie is older than him and is indeed more mature.

But Yu Luying...

Shen Jie saw that Xiao Yao was not happy, and quickly said, "By the way, Xiao Yao, how come I didn't know that you had an uncle living next door to you?"

"Oh, yes." Xiao Yao said.

"Xiao Yao's grandmother's house is across from his uncle's house, and that's how Xiao Yao's parents met through an introduction." Yu Luying started peeling another apple.

"But... there's such a big relative living next door, how come you guys never interact with each other? If I hadn't gotten sick suddenly, I wouldn't have known that you have an uncle next door." Shen Jie asked in confusion: "Your grandma is going on a cruise for a few months. Logically, shouldn't she entrust you to her?"

"Didn't you tell me yourself?" Xiao Yao looked at Shen Jie and said, "People in Shanghai are cold and indifferent to relatives."

"Ah? Did I say that?" Shen Jie turned her head in confusion: "But you are too——"

"Besides, since my parents divorced, my grandma and my uncle haven't been in contact much," Xiao Yao raised his head and looked at the pale ceiling of the ward: "My uncle is also an old bastard. I have seen three of my aunts, and they change every few years. Now he lives alone again, driving a broken taxi, driving one day and resting one day, and drinking when he is at home-"

"Don't say that about your uncle," Shen Jie lowered her lips. "Your uncle is a very good person, and he treats me very well. He is kind-hearted and has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. When I am discharged from the hospital, I will go to his house to thank him."

"Go ahead and buy some things. It's just next door anyway." Xiao Yao shrugged and thought to himself, you don't know what he's talking about you behind your back.

Yu Luying suddenly threw back the quilt, turned around and got out of bed, her two little feet groping for her little leather shoes under the bed: "I'm going to the toilet, how do I get there?"

"This high-end ward has its own bathroom." Shen Jie smiled and pointed to one end of the room.

"Whoa whoa."

As soon as Yu Luying locked the bathroom door with a "click", Xiao Yao stood up, walked around the bed, and hugged Shen Jie who was sitting on the chair.

Then, he rubbed the girl's face with his own.

"Oh, come on, come on," Shen Jie gently pushed him away: "What are you doing in broad daylight, in front of everyone?"

"What do you mean by public viewing? You must not get into any trouble." Xiao Yao said aggrievedly, "I still haven't recovered from it."

"Gouzi, there's something I want to ask you. I know it's not appropriate to ask you now, but I feel uncomfortable keeping it in my heart. Can you please answer me truthfully?" Shen Jie sat back a little and reached out to hold Xiao Yao's hand.

"Ah? What's going on?"

"Do you...want to turn me into Yu Luying?" Shen Jie went straight to the point.

"What the hell?" Xiao Yao was completely confused and his voice rose several octaves.

"I saw Yu Luying wearing those socks today," Shen Jie pondered for a few seconds and organized her words: "You told me that your junior high school classmates all like to wear them like that, could it be that... Yu Luying likes to wear them?"

The veins on Xiao Yao's forehead were about to burst: "No way! This is the first time I saw her wearing them today. She always wears pure white cotton socks, the short-tubed ones, even the ones with patterns--"

"Really?" Shen Jie had a half-smile on her face: "The day I came to see you with a plastic bag was the day I ran away from your house. Wasn't she wearing - what's that called?"

Xiao Yao almost fainted from anger.

"Including when you asked me to read poetry, I felt the same way...you wanted to turn me into her. That's the feeling." Shen Jie said thoughtfully.

"What are you doing for no reason?" Xiao Yao asked angrily.

"You say I'm being pretentious?" Shen Jie asked calmly.

"Listen carefully, Shen Jie," Xiao Yao said anxiously, "To me, you are you, Shen Jie. I have never thought of turning you into another person, or treating you as a substitute for someone else. I asked you to read poetry just to share my hobby with you. As for the socks, I promise to Jesus, no, to your Queen Mary, that this is the first time in my life that I have seen her wear them - oh, wait, the long ones have been worn several times, but the short ones are the first time -"

As they were talking, Yu Luying happened to come out of the bathroom: "What long or short? I think my sister looks good with short hair. Long hair is troublesome to take care of. Xiao Yao, don't always impose your preferences on your girlfriend."

"Did you hear that?" Shen Jie said with a smile.

Xiao Yao was a little confused, and he casually said to Yu Luying: "Yu Luying, doesn't your Bible say that wives should obey their husbands as they obey the Lord? How can you force it?"

Yu Luying picked up her schoolbag and said, "Some people can see these things just by reading the Bible. What era is this?"

"Is your biblical truth outdated?" "But Brother Bo...your uncle said the same thing." Xiao Yao and Shen Jie spoke at the same time.

"You don't give a shit about him..." Yu Luying blurted out the "P" word, her face turned red, and she covered her mouth for a moment: "It's getting dark, sister, I'm going home first, take care of yourself and get well soon."

"I hope I can be discharged from the hospital in two days, ahem," Shen Jie said with a smile, "Xiao Yao, please send Lu Ying off for me."

"Ah, oh, okay." Xiao Yao was stunned for a moment.

"No, no, you really don't have to give it to me." Yu Luying shook her head.

Having said that, Xiao Yao still accompanied Yu Luying and walked out of Shen Jie's VIP ward side by side.

The sky was already half dark, and the faint reflections of the two people were reflected on the glass window.

"What will your expression be when I die?" Yu Luying blurted out this question without any warning, as if she was talking to herself.

"What?" Xiao Yao was full of thoughts when he was suddenly startled.

"Nothing." Yu Luying shook her head and walked a few steps faster.

"If you die," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "then I probably won't be able to survive either."

When Yu Luying heard this, her whole body trembled and the expression on her face froze.

In fact, Xiao Yao didn't mean to tease her when he said this. If one of the two people living together suddenly died, what would happen to the other? No one knew.

Maybe they will live and die together, or maybe they will be disconnected forever, but based on Xiao Yao's rich experience in online games, the former seems more logical.

"By the way," Xiao Yao asked casually, "Why are you wearing these socks today?"

"Why can't I wear them?" Yu Luying stopped in surprise: "Do I need your approval to wear any socks?"

"No, I've known you for a year, and I haven't seen you..." Xiao Yao closed his mouth and thought to himself, maybe long-term symbiosis will lead to aesthetic assimilation?

terrible.

"What's going on? Tell me." Yu Luying urged, "Also, what's the aesthetic assimilation?"

Eavesdropping again, eh?

"I've thought about it carefully," Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate to tell you this."

"Even if you don't tell me, I will slowly figure it out on my own." Yu Luying deliberately said in a gentle and persuasive manner.

"Why are you always like this? It's so annoying," Xiao Yao complained. "I don't want to talk, but you force me to talk. After I talk, you always get angry and don't keep your word, or you just run away."

If I tell Yu Luying that Shen Jie is upset with her because of the socks she wore today, how would Yu Luying react?

First, she will apologize calmly and say how sorry she is for causing trouble for both of you.

Then, Yu Luying might say that she would never wear such socks again.

Next, the girl might take off her little buckled leather shoes, pull off her socks, and cut them with a pair of scissors.

No, Yu Luying didn’t have any scissors, and that was something Shen Jie would do.

Maybe she would stuff her socks into her trouser pockets.

No, that seems to be something only Shen Jie would do.

If Yu Luying had said that, she should have rolled up her socks into a ball and thrown them at her face, then picked up her little leather shoes and disappeared barefoot into the night.

No, no, no, no, I can't let my imagination run wild anymore.

Seeing that Yu Luying was looking at him more and more strangely, Xiao Yao tried hard to empty his mind.

"I didn't think about anything, it's all an illusion--" Xiao Yao said.

"You're just a fool," Yu Luying muttered, "Forget it, I don't care about you."

Xiao Yao sent Yu Luying to the hospital gate. After a long journey, you must say goodbye: "Will you come tomorrow?"

As soon as I said this, I immediately regretted it because it was a really weird question.

"Tomorrow I will go to Yushan with my mother for pilgrimage. Let's talk about it the day after tomorrow." Yu Luying thought for a moment and said, "You must take good care of her."

"Yeah." Do you need to tell me? I can handle it myself.

Xiao Yao and Yu Luying waved goodbye and almost got lost while looking for Shen Jie's VIP ward.

He passed by an ordinary ward and saw more than a dozen people crowded inside, mostly old ladies, but also a few old men and middle-aged men.

What is this doing?!

After standing at the door and listening for a few minutes, I realized that these people were the patient's "brothers and sisters", and the leader, a Mediterranean man in a black suit, was called "Pastor Su". They surrounded the patient's bed, sometimes holding hands and singing "hymns", and sometimes following Pastor Su to pray for the patient. It was very lively.

After finally finding Shen Jie's ward, Xiao Yao pulled over a chair and sat beside the girl's bed: "How about we invite our Brother Bo over to, uh, bless you, and do a blessing ceremony or something?"

"Oh, please don't do that," Shen Jie covered her mouth and laughed, "Do you think Brother Bo is as idle as you are every day? He is very busy, and we are not his church members. Don't cause trouble for him casually."