You are my wife, don't doubt it!

"You mean," Yu Bo stretched out his hand, motioning for everyone to be quiet, "when I slam the wine glass on the table, time stops?"

"This," Shen Tianyun's eyes were also blurred: "No wonder the curtains were burnt after I jumped once!"

"This... these shouldn't have any logical order, right?" Xiao Yao blushed.

"What nonsense! What I'm asking is the order of time."

"That's right, Father." Shen Jie replied: "Are you aware of this phenomenon?"

Yu Bo hesitated for a while, took out a cigarette and lit it.

"It's time to tell you. I didn't think it was necessary to create panic among you." Yu Bo said, "Have you heard of Shadow Time?"

"Shadow time?" everyone repeated in amazement.

"There is a saying that time is not completely continuous. In the gaps between a minute and a second, there is hidden time, which some people call shadow time."

"Hidden?" asked Hairtail.

"The shadow of the shadow." Yu Bo continued to explain: "There is no relevant record of the specific rules for the appearance of shadow time, but what is certain is that for ordinary people, shadow time is difficult to perceive, which means that it is almost non-existent."

The eyes of Shen Tianyun and Hairtail both turned into the shape of “@@”.

"Some people say," Yu Bo twisted the burnt curtain fabric with his hands, "that in shadow time, the real world and the shadow world will be interchanged, but in the end, this is just an unconfirmed hypothesis."

"Did Zhuang Zhou dream about the butterfly...?" Xiao Yao asked hesitantly.

"Or did the butterfly dream about Zhuang Zhou?" said Yu Luying.

"Wait, what is the shadow world?" Hairtail shouted, but no one paid any attention to him.

"By the way, you just said it was difficult, almost, so?" Xiao Yao caught the meaning in Yu Bo's words.

"Some phenomena are believed to be related to the occurrence of shadow time. For example, sometimes you will find that a small item you lost inexplicably will appear in an obvious place after a period of time; for example, sometimes you will feel that the noisy crowd around you is silent for a moment, and then immediately returns to its original noise. The so-called disappearance of the gods that I mentioned to you before is also said to be that these people are lost in the shadow time - but these cannot be confirmed."

"Why can this statue resist the invasion of shadows in shadow time?" Xiao Yao suddenly thought of something: "Is there anything special about this thing? Whose holy relic is this?"

"It's a holy image, not a statue of a god," Yu Bo corrected. "It's nothing special. I wouldn't want to give you something so good. It's just a common item that our church's holy objects group usually sells, but I consecrated it myself."

"Holy?"

"It's almost like a consecration ceremony." Hairtail interrupted.

"In short, I'm not surprised at all that the holy objects would have an impact on these...aggregates of negative energy." Yu Bo's tone made Xiao Yao feel that he was just guessing.

"So, why did the five of us experience shadow time just now?" Shen Jie asked the question that everyone present wanted to ask.

"I don't know." Yu Bo smiled.

"?" Xiao Yao was confused.

"How should I know?" Yu Bo stammered as he said this with a somewhat sad look on his face.

"Then," Xiao Yao raised another question: "Will the shadows in Shadow Time actively attack humans?"

"That shouldn't be the case," Yu Bo said without hesitation, "otherwise, humans would have been extinct long ago, right?"

"So the reason we were attacked was because we experienced shadow time?" Xiao Yao continued to speculate: "Because we discovered them, so they attacked us?"

"I don't know." Yu Bo shook his head again.

Everyone held their foreheads.

"As for why you guys are the ones who sensed Shadow Time," Yu Bo thought for a moment and spoke again, "Logically, it's because the four of you have all entered the palace before, right?"

"Naru Hodo," Shen Jie pondered, "Because he has entered the palace, his body has gained some kind of adaptability to the shadow time? If so, it is indeed a very reasonable guess."

"The only exception is this kid." Yu Bo's eyes fell on Dai Yu.

"That's right." Except for Shen Tianyun, everyone else cast meaningful glances at Hairtail.

"What do you mean? Why are you all looking at me like that?" Daiyu showed a frightened look and hugged his shoulders exaggeratedly: "How should I know what's going on? What is the palace? What is going on? Can anyone tell me what happened? ... You, you, you won't kill me to silence me, right?"

"If you can promise not to tell anyone what happened today, I won't kill you to silence you." Yu Bo said slowly.

"Brother Bo," said Hairtail with a big smile on his face, "You know me best..."

"Okay, let's stop talking about this," Yu Bo slapped his thigh and stood up. "We still have some things to do here. Dai Yu, you can go back first. If you want to know about the affairs of the palace, you can come to the hall to find me tomorrow."

"Oh." Daiyu was a little hesitant. He really wanted to know what had just happened to him, but when he thought about going out to school during the summer vacation, he felt too lazy.

"Or," Xiong Ji saw Daiyu's hesitation, "if possible, I'll tell him what I know?"

"That's fine." Yu Bo thought about it, nodded, and once again solemnly reminded Hairtail that it was not something to be told to outsiders.

After Xiong Ji and Daiyu left together, only Xiao Yao, Shen Jie, Shen Tianyun, Yu Luying and Yu Bo were left in the room.

"Yingying, please step aside for a moment. I have something to ask Xiao Yao. Just wait for me in the soap room." Yu Bo ordered.

"Ah? Okay." Although Yu Luying didn't know what it was about, she nodded and went out obediently.

"Your real name is not Shen Rong, you are Shen Tianyun, Xiao Yao's daughter, right?" As soon as Yu Luying walked out, Yu Bo looked at Shen Tianyun and asked directly.

Shen Tianyun was a little confused for a moment, and looked at Shen Jie and Xiao Yao for help.

"That's right, Father." Shen Jie gave an affirmative answer on behalf of Shen Tianyun.

"I came here this time not only to celebrate Xiao Yao's birthday, but also for another reason... just consider it as my request."

"Father, you are so polite. If there is anything you need us to do, just tell us."

"If shadow time is a stillness that exists in the cracks of continuous time, then is it possible that there is a channel between shadow times at different times? Or even that all shadow times are simply the same stillness?" Yu Bo looked at Shen Tianyun and said, "So, I want to see your room, the room in 2034, is that okay?"

"Is it okay...right?" Xiao Yao said.

Come to think of it, you must have planned to see the future with your own eyes before you came here, right? It sounded like a spur-of-the-moment decision, Xiao Yao secretly complained in his heart.

"Father," Shen Jie lowered her head and thought for a while, then raised her head: "Now that things have come to this, why not call Lu Ying in so that we can all watch it together?"

"Ah?" Yu Bo and Xiao Yao were both surprised.

"It's time to let Luying know this secret too, what do you think?" Shen Jie asked for opinions from everyone present.

"I... I don't have any objection." Xiao Yao spoke first.

"Okay, of course." Yu Bo said lightly.

"Why are you all looking at me?" Shen Tianyun yelled, "Just make the decision! If that woman finds out, she won't have any evil ideas about Dad anymore!"

Hearing Shen Tianyun's tone, Yu Bo frowned unconsciously, while Xiao Yao and Shen Jie scolded in unison: "How can you talk like that, kid!"

Shen Tianyun burst out laughing: "You two are getting more and more in sync, I'm very pleased."

"How disrespectful!" Xiao Yao and Shen Jie said.

Yu Bo clapped his hands vigorously and shouted to the outside of the room: "Yingying, come in!"

Chapter 115 Don’t Leave, Sleep with Me

2023-02-20

The next morning, Xiao Yao woke up in the dim morning light.

Last night, Shen Jie did not sleep head to toe with him again, but obediently slept in his arms.

Because of the days of running around, preparing for the birthday party, and fighting for movie time, all of this had drained the two young men's energy, so they fell asleep as soon as they touched the pillow.

That night, I slept soundly and deeply, without even having any dreams.

Therefore, when he woke up, Xiao Yao found that they were still in the same position as when they fell asleep, hugging each other tightly.

His heart was filled with joy and satisfaction because of this situation.

But the alarm has already sounded.

Xiao Yao quietly pulled his numb arm out from under Shen Jie's neck, turned off the alarm clock, and prepared to get up.

However, his attempt to get up failed at the last moment because Shen Jie hugged him again: "Don't go."

When the girl said "Don't go", her eyes were still closed and she was chewing something in her mouth.

Xiao Yao looked at Shen Jie's rosy lips, but in the end he didn't dare to steal them. He just left a kiss on the girl's cheek: "Meow mommy, wake up."

"ZZZZZZZzzzz..."

"Meow mommy, wake up."

"Ah! Ah!" Shen Jie seemed to have just woken up from a dream and continued to close her eyes: "What time is it...Sleep with me..."

By the way, has her habit of morning jogging been abandoned for several days? Xiao Yao wondered.

"Have you forgotten? We are going to Zhouzhuang today for the literature club's activities." Xiao Yao reminded her.

"Ah——" Shen Jie let out a long moan: "What literature club? I don't want to go~~~~~I'm so tired~~~~~I want to sleep~~~~~Woo..."

"Uh," Xiao Yao said, "But didn't we agree on this a long time ago?"

It was indeed agreed upon long ago, but the premise at that time obviously did not include so many messy things in the past two days.

"I'm really tired, let me sleep..." Shen Jie hugged Xiao Yao tighter.

Xiao Yao felt a little depressed because he was really looking forward to this trip to Zhouzhuang with Shen Jie - not only was it a trip to Zhouzhuang, but more importantly, it was a decent and fulfilling social activity that he could arrange for Shen Jie on his own without using Shen Jie's money.

Moreover, being able to participate in extracurricular activities at school with her would give him the illusion of being a classmate of Shen Jie - he liked this feeling.

However, now is not the time to show off my manliness, nor is it the time to be willful, Xiao Yao said to himself.

After all, Shen Jie has been really busy recently. She just recovered from an illness and has been running around these days. She also has to prepare a birthday party for herself, or fight for film time... I should be considerate.

"Baby," Shen Jie said in a voice that sounded almost like a dream, "I'll go to Zhouzhuang with you next time, okay? Just the two of us..."

"Okay." Xiao Yao almost wanted to create a clone, praising himself for his maturity and tolerance: "Then you take a nap, I'll go by myself."

"You are not allowed to go either..." Shen Jie said coquettishly, "Don't leave. Sleep with me."

"Uh... I've signed up for the literature club's activities in advance," Xiao Yao was overwhelmed by Shen Jie's words, but he still explained to her, "Lunch seats, parking spaces, and all kinds of tickets have been booked. If I stand them up, Teacher Yuan will kill me..."

"Woo woo ┭┮﹏┭┮..." Shen Jie made an ambiguous sound from her mouth: "Sleep with me."

"And the activities of the literature club have always been very important to me..." Xiao Yao continued.

Of course, there is one thing that cannot be said.

That is, the activities of the literature club are also very important in Yu Luying's heart.

Because of me, she didn't go to Chengyu Mountain, and because of me, she followed him to Qingpu and was taken for a long walk. If because of me again, she can't go to Chengzhouzhuang... then Xiao Yao feels that he really can't forgive himself.

Moreover, her reaction yesterday when she learned the truth about Shen Tianyun was so calm that Xiao Yao could not let it go. She did not confirm the itinerary for going to Zhouzhuang today, as if this matter had nothing to do with him - Xiao Yao felt that no matter what, he should meet with her again to talk about it.

Fortunately, after lying in silence for a while under the quilt, Shen Jie finally let out a sigh of relief.

"I'll buy you some Wansan pig's trotters to eat." Xiao Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

"I don't want you, you big pig~" Shen Jie closed her eyes, pulled the pillow out from under Xiao Yao's head, and hugged it in her arms: "Go away!"

Xiao Yao got out of bed, quickly put on the new clothes that Shen Jie bought for him, washed up carefully, and went out to buy breakfast.

When he came back, he saw Shen Tianyun had already gotten up, so he invited her to have dinner together.

Eating freshly-made shengjian in 2034 in 2004 is not something that anyone with money can do.

"What's going on between you and that hairtail?" Every time Xiao Yao was alone with Shen Tianyun, his thoughts would unconsciously become more mature.

"What's going on?" Shen Tianyun had already gotten used to Xiao Yao's urge to be a dad, and was busy eating shengjian, unmoved.

"you like him?"

"are you crazy?"

"How do you talk to the adults at home? I see that he is interested in you. He has been sticking to you the whole night, and you also like to pay attention to him." Xiao Yao said.

"It's normal for him to like me," Shen Tianyun sipped the soup from the shengjian carefully, "Your daughter is so beautiful, there are many people who like her."

"Then what do you think?"

"What can I think? You should also think about the betrothal gift, three golds and eight sedan chairs, right? I just think this person is quite interesting. Let's just be superficial friends. Anyway, there are not many opportunities to meet." Shen Tianyun sucked the juice that flowed onto her hands: "As for dating, no - her appearance is not good enough."

"WTF?"

“Selling appearance.”

"You look okay? Not ugly." Xiao Yao said.

"No," Shen Tianyun shook her head: "He's a little black guy, not tall, wearing glasses, skinny..."

"Is it bad to be thin?" Xiao Yao touched his chin: "But it's true that you're not as white as me, nor as tall as me..."