You are my wife, don't doubt it!

"Just like you, he thinks I'm too undignified and don't meet the standards of a lady from a noble family." Shen Jie teased, "He said that synchronized swimming has been a sport that objectifies women and pleases men since its inception..."

"what?"

"No," Shen Jie said with a smile, "In fact, it's mainly because I feel that it wastes too much time. After all, I have too many things to do."

"Oh……"

"Dad now," the girl said worriedly, "Is there anything wrong? Have I been out for too long?"

"..." Xiao Yao didn't know how to answer.

"Hey, I went swimming the other day and a handsome guy approached me."

Xiao Yao thought, isn't that normal? But he said, "It's a coincidence, a beautiful woman also approached me a few days ago."

"Really? The dog has improved." Shen Jie smiled and said, "Tell me about it in detail."

"Well...what's there to elaborate on? I just went to eat a bowl of wontons before going back to the hospital the other day..."

After the topic came to an end and the room fell into a temporary silence, Xiao Yao and Shen Jie suddenly looked at each other and said at the same time: "How about we go and get discharged tomorrow?"

On the day they were discharged from the hospital, no one came to greet them with flowers, so Xiao Yao and Shen Jie took a taxi home by themselves.

Shen Tianyun warmly welcomed the return of the two elders at home and showed them her newly bought computer.

"Computer! Ouch!" Xiao Yao rushed over and said, "Why is it so small? Is this a computer or a Subor?"

This computer is indeed small. Xiao Yao can easily hold it up with one hand. The screen is less than 10 inches and is extremely thin.

"Computers, technology has advanced, who would buy those bulky things now?" Shen Tianyun expressed disdain for Xiao Yao's ancient views.

"How much memory does this have? Can it be 1G? How big is the hard drive? Is it 120G? What's the CPU frequency?" Xiao Yao turned the small computer upside down and looked at it.

"Who knows? Just turn it on and see for yourself," Shen Tianyun rolled her eyes. "I think the hard drive is a 3TB SSD."

"What does T mean? What does SSD mean?" Xiao Yao muttered as he turned on the computer: "What kind of system is this? I don't know how to use it. What a messed up interface."

"Windows 34, you haven't seen it before? You haven't played it before? It's fun, right? You know how to play it, right?" Shen Tianyun said proudly.

"Can you install Windows XP for me?" Xiao Yao said depressedly.

"What the hell," Shen Tianyun rolled his eyes. "As a science fiction fan who often imagines the future, are you so conservative? Forget it, I'll search the Internet for you. This ancient system may not be compatible with this computer."

"If I want to go online, where is the network cable socket?" Shen Jie discovered the blind spot.

"?" Shen Tianyun was a little confused: "Why do I need an Internet cable? I can use WIFI."

"What is Waifai?" Xiao Yao and Shen Jie were more confused than her.

In the end, they came to a simple conclusion: this machine could not access the Internet in 2004.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing." Shen Tianyun covered her ears with both hands: "I'll just go and cancel it. Anyway, there's no reason in 7 days. Oh, this is really troublesome."

"Buy your dad a thicker one with a bigger screen and one that can be plugged into an internet cable. He wants to play games." Shen Jie thought for a moment and spoke gently.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes." Xiao Yao nodded repeatedly.

"I see. That's the heavy gaming laptop. I'll help you check it out when the time comes." Shen Tianyun sighed and said, "But let me make it clear first. Windows XP may not be installed."

That night, the three of them returned to Shen Tianyun's room and connected to the Internet using the WIFI in her room.

Xiao Yao wanted to play "Bloodline II", but the game had been shut down on the Internet in 2034, so at Shen Jie's suggestion, the three of them first watched an episode of "Ultraman".

"This is too... silly." Xiao Yao was so amused by what he saw that he didn't quite understand why he had been so amused by what he saw as a child... in another sense.

"This is your first love that tore your heart apart," Shen Jie reminded at the right time: "Be serious."

"Is this the first Ultraman..." Shen Tianyun looked very interested: "Hey, quite interesting."

"Do your kids nowadays also watch Ultraman?" Xiao Yao asked curiously.

"Look, I'm watching," Shen Tianyun said excitedly, "Ultraman Μμ, Ultraman Ππ, transform! I am the light!"

“…What a mess! Is this a new Ultraman?”

"Yes," Shen Tianyun said, "Ultraman Μμ has a total of 7 evolutionary forms. It can merge with Ultraman Ππ. There are also several cards and transformation devices. I have even bought some peripherals!"

As Xiao Yao listened, his eyes turned into “==”: “What a mess this is… Show me what you think next time!”

After watching this episode of Ultraman, at Xiao Yao’s suggestion, the three of them watched Ghost.

Shen Tianyun turned off the lights in the room and placed the computer on the carpet. The three of them sat on the floor with their knees hugged, their backs against Shen Tianyun's huge little bear.

To be precise, only Shen Tianyun was hugging her knees, while Shen Jie's hands were hanging limply on the ground. Xiao Yao sat between the two girls, hugging one with his left hand and the other with his right hand.

"Are you hot?" Shen Tianyun shook her body and shook Xiao Yao's arm off.

Xiao Yao smiled awkwardly, picked up the air conditioner remote control, lowered the temperature a few degrees, and hugged her again.

In the darkness, only the fluorescent light from the computer screen illuminated the faces of the three people, making them flicker.

Xiao Yao felt his nose sour. Such beauty made him feel unreal. He was afraid that it was just a pipe dream. He was also afraid that this situation was just quicksand held tightly by fingertips, which would disappear in a flash.

In the movie, the hero said to the heroine affectionately: "I love you."

The woman replied, “Me too.”

"I love you both," Xiao Yao said.

No one cares about him.

Xiao Yao patted Shen Jie's arm, and the latter said, "Yeah, me too."

"Hiss——" Shen Tianyun hugged his shoulders and pretended to be cold: "Okay, okay, me too."

"The three of us will stay together forever and never separate, okay?"

"That won't do," Shen Jie said with a smile, "Will our Tianyun never marry? Wouldn't it be perfect if she stayed with you forever?"

"You can live with us even if you get married...or we can find a live-in son-in-law." Xiao Yao hugged the two girls tighter.

"There is only darkness before my eyes." Shen Tianyun commented.

While watching the movie and talking, I unknowingly came to that classic scene - the heroine was making pottery, and the hero hugged her from behind, holding her hand and making pottery together.

Romantic music sounded, and the two bodies were tightly entangled and kissed passionately...

Oh my love my darling, I've hungry for your touch, A long lonely time...

Xiao Yao recalled that when he first saw this scene as a child, his parents deliberately covered his eyes.

He stood up and walked behind Shen Jie. Just when he was about to cosplay, the latter fell forward, crawled two steps, stood up and walked towards the closet.

"Where are you going?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Go get a spittoon," Shen Jie said, "and don't come out."

"Got it." Xiao Yao said.

After Shen Jie went out, the father and daughter watched the movie in silence for a while without saying anything.

"By the way...you, we weren't home these two days, how are you?" Xiao Yao scratched his head: "When are your final exams?"

"Oh, you finally remembered to ask? I..." Shen Tianyun smiled teasingly.

The closet door suddenly opened, and Shen Jie poked her head out: "Xiao Yao, your phone is calling you."

"?" Xiao Yao stood up and said, "Who is it at this late hour?"

"I don't know," Shen Jie shook her head, "She said he was your classmate."

Xiao Yao walked out of the mirror puzzledly and came to the sofa, where a landline phone receiver was placed on the side.

"Hello? Who is this?" Xiao Yao picked up the receiver.

"Is this Xiao Yao?" A female voice came from the other end of the phone: "I'm Zhao Xiaomei."

"?" Xiao Yao was puzzled: "How do you have my home phone number?"

"I'm sorry, Xiaoyao. Xiaomei asked for it from other students."

Different from Yu Luying's cold voice and Shen Jie's brisk and bright voice, Zhao Xiaomei's voice was very sweet - in fact, so sweet that it was cloying, making Xiao Yao feel a little uncomfortable.

However, it is difficult to say how much of this discomfort comes from the unpleasantness caused by being suddenly disturbed.

"Because Xiao Yao's phone was out of service, I called his home landline to see if anything had happened to him?" Zhao Xiaomei explained.

Not in the service area, which is a given, because I am in 2034: "Zhao Xiaomei, what can I do for you?"

Xiao Yao realized that his voice sounded a little stiff, even extremely impatient.

Zhao Xiaomei obviously heard it too: "I'm sorry, did I disturb Xiao Yao? If Xiao Yao is not convenient to chat now--"

Hearing Zhao Xiaomei's aggrieved voice, Xiao Yao felt a little soft-hearted. He calmed his breathing and said as gently as possible: "No, it's not a bother, but I'm watching a movie with my family. If there's nothing urgent, can we talk about it during the day?"

"Okay." Zhao Xiaomei's obedient voice sounded like a piece of soft glutinous rice: "By the way, Xiao Yao, the person who answered the phone just now was you, is she your girlfriend?"

"No, she's my cousin." Xiao Yao answered in accordance with the consistent statement to the outside world.

Besides, he didn't want his classmates at school to have the "wrong impression" that he and his girlfriend were living together.

"Okay," Zhao Xiaomei said, "I'll call Xiao Yao next time. Goodbye, Xiao Yao."

After saying this, Zhao Xiaomei hung up the phone.

Xiao Yao held the microphone and was stunned for a while.

This girl...what's going on?

If it had been a month or two ago, if a girl like this, who was pretty good-looking - or even average-looking - had suddenly appeared and enthusiastically and proactively wanted to make friends with him, Xiao Yao would probably have woken up laughing in his dreams at night.

Just now...

Xiao Yao shrugged and walked towards the mirror in the dressing closet while thinking.

"Who is it?" Shen Jie asked casually without looking at him, her eyes fixed on the screen.

"Zhao Xiaomei." Xiao Yao showed a frank attitude, as if he was not afraid of being criticized.

"Who is Zhao Xiaomei?" Shen Jie asked.

Shen Tianyun looked at Xiao Yao in surprise.

The movie has progressed to the point where the male protagonist has died, and his ghost is still hovering around the female protagonist, but the female protagonist cannot hear him speak.

"That's the one I told you about two days ago, the one who chatted up with me in the wonton shop." Xiao Yao saw Shen Jie and Shen Tianyun sitting next to each other, and it was not easy to force them apart, so he sat down next to Shen Jie.

"You even gave them your home phone number?" Shen Jie was still staring at the computer screen while speaking.

"No, I don't even know where she got the phone number from." Xiao Yao told the truth.

"Oh." Shen Jie said nothing more and focused on watching the movie.

Xiao Yao felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to explain something, but after thinking for a while he didn't know what to say.

At the end of the movie, the evil male supporting role was stabbed to death by a falling glass window. His soul left his body and was immediately dragged down to hell by a group of terrifying shadows. The male protagonist bid farewell to the female protagonist for the last time in the beam of light that shot down from the sky, and slowly disappeared in the light.

Shen Tianyun applauded.

The end credits begin.

"What do you think? If there really is heaven and hell in reality, and good and bad people can get the fate they deserve, wouldn't that be nice?" Shen Jie stretched her legs and stretched lazily.

Shen Tianyun closed the computer, stood up and turned on the light, and suddenly the sky became bright.

"If you believe what Brother Bo says, then it is true." Xiao Yao told Shen Jie.

"Hmm." The girl said thoughtfully.

"Take a shower and go to sleep! I have an exam tomorrow! And I also have to return the computer!" Shen Tianyun opened the bedroom door and walked out.

"Hey, Gouzi," Shen Jie seemed to suddenly think of something: "What do you have to do tomorrow?"

"It's okay," Xiao Yao said, "What can happen to me?"

"Come with me to the wedding photography shop? I've already picked them out." The girl said with a cheerful smile.

"Ah?" Xiao Yao didn't react at once.

"Didn't we agree on this before?" Shen Jie pouted deliberately: "Did you forget?"

"I haven't forgotten, I haven't forgotten. Okay, of course," Xiao Yao said happily, "Then let's go tomorrow."

Chapter 99 You're pressing on my hair!

2023-02-03