You are my wife, don't doubt it!

Didn’t Chen Lu say before that girls need to be coaxed?

As for going to Song Haijian's place in the afternoon, if it doesn't work, then don't go. Just say that you are not in Shanghai. How can he be absent from the trial?

Can?

Xiao Yao was a little panicked.

After all, I should go there, right?

But I'm really afraid that Shen Jie will take away my valuables when I go out.

When I go shopping for groceries, I’m afraid her valuables will run away.

It's a dilemma.

Xiao Yao sat there for a while, then heard some noise in the closet and looked up hurriedly.

The cupboard door was pushed open like a ghost, lightly and slowly, as if it was blown open by the wind.

Immediately afterwards, a beautiful little foot wrapped in crystal clear skin-colored stockings stretched out.

Xiao Yao stretched his neck to look, and saw a long and strong leg behind the small feet.

Slender? That's fine.

Shen Tianyun was wearing a green T-shirt and white denim shorts. Xiao Yao felt that she seemed to have gotten tanned again in the past two days.

The girl's pretty face was filled with unhappiness.

"Hi." Xiao Yao greeted his daughter with a little embarrassment.

Shen Tianyun pursed her lips, walked to Xiao Yao's bed, and picked up Shen Jie's pillow: "Mom asked me to take all her things to my room."

Xiao Yao made a "tsk" sound.

From an optimistic point of view, this is good news because Shen Jie has no plans to move out for the time being.

From a pessimistic point of view, this is bad news because Shen Jie is really moving away.

Xiao Yao didn't say anything, but Shen Tianyun saw that his eyes were full of questions.

"Mom has been crying since she came back." Shen Tianyun told the boy.

"What?" Xiao Yao felt distressed and tried to search his memory. In the one and a half months since he knew Shen Jie, the girl was always confident and strong, and he had never seen her cry.

Did she make the wrong choice? No, she didn't.

"So don't go in now," Shen Tianyun added, "Mom doesn't want you to see her like this."

"Okay." Xiao Yao nodded.

Shen Tianyun began to pack up Shen Jie's clothes on the pile of sundries on the sofa, starting with the pair of pantyhose.

"What does your mother mean now?" Seeing that Shen Tianyun had no intention of continuing, Xiao Yao had to ask.

Shen Tianyun raised her eyelids and looked at him without saying anything.

"Mom and Dad are getting divorced, who are you going to live with?" Xiao Yao joked with her.

"Don't worry, we can't leave," Shen Tianyun shrugged: "Mom just talked to her on the phone, and she persuaded her to stay."

? This is a bit confusing, although I can understand what it means.

Xiao Yao felt relieved a little.

"But she still wants to calm down for a while." Shen Tianyun continued.

"How long is a period of time?"

Shen Tianyun shrugged again and said nothing.

Three hours, three days, three months, and three years all fall into the category of “a period of time,” but moving everything over there… is not a problem that can be solved in a day or two.

"Don't pack it," Xiao Yao stopped her, "Just pack the things you need right now. You don't have to move everything over. Just come and get whatever you need anytime."

Shen Tianyun thought about it and nodded, as if agreeing with Xiao Yao's words.

Her hands were full of pillows, clothes and socks, and from time to time a few pieces of clothes fell from her hands.

The girl did not go back to the closet, but stood still, just looking at Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao suddenly realized that Shen Tianyun was frighteningly quiet and calm today.

He walked forward, bent down, picked up the clothes from Shen Tianyun's feet, held them in his hand, and reached into Shen Tianyun's arms to take them, ready to help her share half of the burden.

Shen Tianyun retracted her arms, not wanting Xiao Yao to help her get the things: "Xiao Yao, don't you have anything to tell me?"

"Tell you what?" Xiao Yao was puzzled: "If you want to know anything, just ask directly."

"How did you piss off my mother again?"

"? She didn't tell you after all this time?" Xiao Yao was shocked.

"No." Shen Tianyun shook her head and said, "So what happened? Did you violate her last night?"

"What the hell? She took the initiative--" Xiao Yao said halfway and closed his mouth.

Shen Tianyun stared at Xiao Yao with eyes wide open: "You..."

Xiao Yao thought, since Shen Jie didn't want to tell the child, she must have her own reasons. How could he unilaterally put the pressure on Tian Yun?

"Children shouldn't ask too many questions about adult matters." In the end, Xiao Yao had no choice but to say this.

Shen Tianyun walked forward and kicked Xiao Yao on the calf, then stepped on Xiao Yao's foot and rolled it.

"What are you doing——"

"It's Yu Luying again, right?" Shen Tianyun asked through gritted teeth, "Were you caught in the act?"

Xiao Yao was startled, and suddenly remembered that on the bus to Zhouzhuang, Yu Luying had asked him to help find out what her future self was like: "You know Yu Luying, right? How was she in 34 years?"

"I don't know her, you really care about her?" Shen Tianyun retracted his feet and answered bluntly: "Except in this shabby room of yours, I have never seen that woman. I only know that she is your old lover. I still remember that when I was a child, my mother quarreled with you several times because of this name - I never thought that you two were still like this 30 years ago? I'm already mullet roe! She looks good, but she's not better than my mother, right? You said you..."

"Wait a minute, old lover?" Xiao Yao keenly caught the word and interrupted Shen Tianyun's chatter: "Didn't you say that I was single from birth until the age of 30?"

Shen Tianyun knew that she had said something wrong, and stamped her feet and said, "Hey, what are you picking on? Isn't it enough to just know what I mean?"

Xiao Yao touched his chin. Since he met Shen Tianyun, this was the first time he began to consider the possibility that this child was not telling the truth.

After all, what child tells the whole truth to his parents?

However, at this critical juncture, we must not offend Tianyun again and must win her over to our side.

"Anyway, just help me pay more attention to Shen Jie and take good care of your mother..."

"Xiao Yao, I'm warning you," Shen Tianyun interrupted Xiao Yao: "Break up with Yu Luying immediately."

"No, I," Xiao Yao said with a wry smile.

"I see what your mother does to you every day. If you...if you keep doing this, I, I..." the girl chose her words carefully, then stamped her feet: "I won't be friends with you anymore."

"?" Xiao Yao was confused.

"Didn't you ask me who I would live with if my father and mother divorced?" Shen Tianyun's face was covered with a few small dewdrops: "I'll tell you, I will live with my mother."

"?" Xiao Yao pondered what she meant: "You mean--"

"No," Shen Tianyun held the clothes in both hands again, raised the arm under her shoulder to wipe away her tears, and forced a smile: "You two are no longer destined to be together, so am I, and I did it myself, so what else can I argue about?"

After saying this, she turned around and walked into the closet.

Xiao Yao returned to the soap room, opened the old refrigerator, and found that there was still frozen pork inside, but the green peppers were gone.

After thinking about it, since Shen Jie would not run away for a while, he went out to buy groceries with peace of mind.

He seldom went to the vegetable market. In his eyes, the vegetable market was a very dirty place. He also didn't know why Miss Shen Jie had always been willing to follow her uncle there.

It was past the time to buy vegetables at noon, and the vegetable market was deserted. Many stall owners had packed up their stalls and were dozing off in the shade nearby.

When passing by a fish stall at the entrance of the vegetable market, the stall owner was using a water pipe to wash away the blood and internal organs around the stall. A few drops of water splashed onto Xiao Yao's bare feet, causing him to jump subconsciously.

Xiao Yao knew the stall owner. His surname was Gao and he was about 40 years old. He had been selling fish here for a few years. The neighbors all affectionately called him Brother Qiang.

Brother Qiang is a warm-hearted person, quick-handed, and honest in business. He has curly hair and a simple and honest smile. Even though Xiao Yao rarely comes to the vegetable market, he has a good impression of him.

When Brother Qiang saw that he had soiled Xiao Yao's shoes, he apologized to Xiao Yao, but he was less honest and more arrogant.

Xiao Yao naturally wouldn't argue with him, but he wasn't planning on buying fish either. After a few pleasantries, he walked inside.

When he arrived at the market, Xiao Yao's mind was not on buying vegetables. The more he thought about Shen Tianyun's words just now, the more uneasy he felt.

When Shen Tianyun first came here, she said that she had never been in a relationship before she was 30 years old. Now she said that Yu Luying was her "old lover". There are two possibilities:

The first possibility is that Shen Tianyun was lying before.

The second possibility is that this is just a matter of description and definition. Some people do loosely refer to all the opposite sex with whom they have had emotional entanglements as "old lovers."

Also, what does “Mom and Dad are divorced, and I’m with my mom” mean?

Shen Jie and I will get divorced in the future? Tian Yun will follow Shen Jie?

The sentence "If you break up, I'll be gone too" feels a bit like an excuse after an impulsive slip of the tongue.

But it’s hard to say, Xiao Yao thought.

If I really divorce Shen Jie in the future, whether actively or passively, the future Shen Jie will definitely hate me. Why would she instruct her daughter to match me up with little Shen Jie?

Is there a possibility that this little bastard who talks nonsense is falsely conveying the imperial edict?

But Shen Jie did talk to her future self on the phone several times, right?

Etc., etc.

So how did she know that the "Shen Jie" on the other end of the phone was the real Shen Jie?

Just like the story of "suspecting someone of stealing an axe", once the seeds of doubt take root, many things will collapse like dominoes, making people more frightened the more they think about it.

No, it’s still not right. If he was divorced and lived with his mother, why would he still live alone in his father’s house?

You can't be a son-in-law and have your old house taken away by someone else?

Also, Shen Jie’s family is so rich, why does her daughter live in her own old house... ?

The more Xiao Yao thought about it, the more frightened he became. He returned home with the vegetables in his hands and started to light a fire to cook.

After reconciling with Shen Jie, I must have a frank talk with Shen Tianyun and make her tell the truth clearly. I can't let her avoid the topic anymore.

Dad, where on earth did you go?!

I hope I'm just overthinking this.

Xiao Yao continued to think about something while he started to cut the meat into shreds.

……

Oops! It's burnt!

How could this be?

Xiao Yao only made two dishes, one was stir-fried pork with green peppers, and the other was scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

He took two bites with chopsticks and found that the stir-fried pork with green pepper tasted a bit burnt, but the others were fine. However, the scrambled eggs with tomatoes looked shapeless and tasted like a mess, and was extremely salty.

Where did my Yu Luying’s superb cooking skills go?

I guess it was because I was absent-minded and in such a bad state.

It’s almost one o’clock and I have to go to school soon, so let’s leave it like this for now.

Xiao Yao returned to the room with two plates of food in his hands. Just as he was about to hook the closet door with his foot, the door opened by itself.

"You've come just in time. Take this dish to your mother and make sure she eats it. Please, please."

Shen Tianyun jumped down from the closet and took the plate of stir-fried pork with green peppers with both hands: "My mother asked you to go to school quickly and not delay your work."

"what?"

"She asked you to explain it to the school. Don't be stubborn or deny it. Just say it nicely and tell her what you want to say." Shen Tianyun tried hard to recall what she wanted to say: "Don't let your future depend on her if you can't even get a high school diploma."

"What do you mean it's all her fault?" Xiao Yao said, "Go back and tell her that even if I starve to death, I will never let my family go hungry!"

"Cut~"

After Shen Tianyun went back, Xiao Yao ate the plate of egg porridge by himself.

His mood improved a lot.

Shen Jie was still concerned about the school he was going to, and even said something like "If you can't even get a high school diploma, your future will all depend on her", which further proved that the so-called breakup was just a momentary angry remark.