You are my wife, don't doubt it!

As a result, no one came out.

Xiao Yao felt a sense of disappointment.

At around four o'clock in the morning, Shen Jie really came out of the kitchen cabinet, but she didn't even look at Xiao Yao, nor did she cover him with a blanket. She just took her cell phone and went straight to the soap room.

Xiao Yao wanted to go to the soap room to talk to her, but he thought of her request to "give me some space".

Finally, he fell into a deep sleep.

When he woke up, the sky was already light, the wind and rain stopped, and some unknown birds began to sing outside the window.

Xiao Yao began to think that Shen Jie coming out of the closet and walking into the soap room at night was just a dream.

But now, in the dim morning light, Shen Jie actually walked out of the closet.

She was wearing the junior high school uniform and pants that I had borrowed from her last night, a red scarf around her neck, short cotton socks of unclear color on her feet, and she was walking barefoot with her feet hunched forward, holding a pair of black and white air-cushioned sneakers in her hands. She had a large mask on her face and the brim of her cap pulled down low, looking like a spy in a spy drama.

When the girl passed by the boy's bedside, Xiao Yao raised his head, quickly reached out and grabbed Shen Jie's arm, and drew a question mark in the air with the index finger of his other hand.

Shen Jie pulled her arm back, dropped her sneakers to the ground with two "pops", squatted down, and started putting on her shoes.

"I'm going out, don't think too much."

"Where are you going?" Xiao Yao asked, his voice a little hoarse.

"Morning run." Shen Jie answered concisely: "Go to sleep."

Xiao Yao suddenly remembered that his mother did the same thing during the past summer vacation. She would go out to work while he was sleeping in.

The boy wanted to ask her "Will you come back?", but he held back.

"I won't run away, ah." Shen Jie saw what Xiao Yao was struggling with, and reached out to stroke Xiao Yao's hair: "My things are still here."

"I'm thirsty." Xiao Yao licked the corners of his lips which were cracked due to thirst.

Shen Jie seemed not to hear and went straight to the soap room.

Then, Xiao Yao heard the sound of water pouring from the thermos.

Half a minute later, he saw a pretty girl wearing a mask, revealing beautiful eyes. She was standing upright beside the bed with a ceramic bowl in her hand. She pulled the mask down a little and blew gently into the bowl.

Then, he pulled up his mask and handed the bowl to Xiao Yao without saying a word.

Xiao Yao felt warm in his heart and quickly raised his head, drinking the overnight boiled water in the bowl in small sips.

Just after taking two sips, the bowl was taken away from his lips: "How dare you be so shameless? Hold it yourself."

"Oh." Xiao Yao took the bowl from the girl obediently.

"Go slowly, don't burn yourself." said the girl, her voice still cold.

Xiao Yao finished drinking the water and nodded, "Thank you."

Shen Jie took the bowl from the boy's hand and placed it on the dining table.

"I think I have a cold, feel me."

After a long while, the girl came over and touched the boy's forehead with the back of her hand: "It's not a fever. Drink some water and go to sleep. It will be fine after you sweat."

Shen Jie’s attitude yesterday was still vivid in Xiao Yao’s mind. He didn’t dare to be clever anymore, nor did he dare to stop her from going out. He could only ask her to be careful outside and come back early.

The only response he got was the wind created by Shen Jie closing the door.

Listen to the whistling wind and pass through a moment of silence, and let fate take its course for a while...

As the time that Shen Jie was away from home went by, the uneasy feeling that "she would never come back" became stronger and stronger.

I should have followed him desperately just now. It's just a morning run, and I want to run too.

I clearly said, “I’ll follow you wherever you go,” but now my ability to act has become so poor.

He had a dream in a trance. He dreamed that Shen Jie came back and brought him some pan-fried buns for breakfast.

This dream was interrupted by the urgent ringing of the phone.

"Xiao Yao! Where are you? What's going on between you and Shen Jie?" It was Yu Luying, and her voice sounded very anxious.

"...I'm at home, and I can't explain it in just a few words." Xiao Yao didn't know for a moment whether he should say too much to Yu Luying.

"Then come to my uncle's place quickly. I'll be waiting for you here." Yu Luying rarely spoke in such an imperative tone, which made Xiao Yao's mind clear up a lot.

"What happened? Did Shen Jie come to see you?"

"She came to see my uncle, and she wanted to talk behind my back. I seemed to overhear her say something from outside the door: 'I want to help you solve the problem.'"

"what?!"

Although there was no wind in the room, Xiao Yao still shivered.

My dear wife, you are not at your wits' end and are taking this risk for me, are you?

Calm down, calm down!

Chapter 136 Twin Flowers

2023-03-16

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Yao got out of bed while coughing, put on his clothes hastily, put on the AJ basketball shoes that Shen Jie bought for him, and rushed out the door in a hurry.

When I got downstairs, I found that my bicycle was gone. After thinking for a while, I realized that I rode my bicycle to school yesterday, but ended up walking back with Yu Luying.

Mu Fadu had no choice but to run under the morning sun.

By the time Xiao Yao ran all the way to the gate of St. Francis Xavier Middle School, he was already out of breath.

It seems that I really lack physical exercise in my daily life, Xiao Yao thought.

In the dim morning light, the school gate looked gloomy and lifeless.

After running all the way, Xiao Yao also got rid of the nervous state of last night.

His mind was now full of absurd conjectures about Shen Jie's concept of "the person who solves manufacturing problems."

He regretted his depression last night - a man should solve his problems one by one, whether it was his relationship with Shen Jie or school matters.

Xiao Yao faced the school gate, took a deep breath, and then turned right on the spot.

The Sacred Heart Church was first built in 1870 as a small church, mainly for the living needs of Portuguese sailors and foreign expatriates. It was expanded in 1874 and opened in 1876. It was named "Sacred Heart Church" and was built in Spanish style. During the "Ten Years", the church was demolished. In 1982, the Diocese of Shanghai rebuilt the former club auditorium on the south side of the old site into the "Sacred Heart Church" and resumed activities.

For the students of St. Francis Xavier's School, the Sacred Heart Church is a commonplace, landmark building, but naturally not many people actually set foot inside it.

At the door of this small church hangs a string of lantern-shaped plaques, in a vertical shape, with the three big characters "天", "主" and "堂" shining in very rustic and ugly official script. It is a bright light in the dark night, with a strong sense of barber shop style.

I thought Yu Luying would be waiting for me at the door, but she wasn't there.

Xiao Yao was already very familiar with the place, so he walked straight in through the side door.

Today is Saturday, and there are a lot more people in the church than from Monday to Friday. It seems that the mass has just ended and the crowd is dispersing.

Yu Luying seemed to have said that Saturday was a day to honor the Virgin Mary or something? I can’t remember.

Xiao Yao looked around and didn't see Yu Luying or Shen Jie. Father Yu was not there either. However, he seemed to see Zhao Xiaomei.

What the hell? Zhao Xiaomei?

Is it her? Probably not her. Is it not her? But she does look a bit like her.

What kind of guy is this? He wouldn’t have been waiting downstairs of my house all night and followed me here, right?

It shouldn’t be, otherwise this infatuation would be too... scary?

Well, definitely not, after all, she arrived before me.

Xiao Yao walked quickly towards "Zhao Xiaomei", but the girl was as fast as a ghost. In the blink of an eye, she disappeared at the door of the hall and could no longer be seen.

The young man returned to the hall in disappointment - he must have recognized another familiar face: Teacher Yao.

I’ve heard Shen Jie mention him before, but this seems to be the first time I’ve seen the current Teacher Yao in person.

Teacher Yao had a dull look in his eyes as he sat in the third row of the church, his face buried in his broad palms, his entire body in the shadows.

Sitting next to him was his beautiful former master's wife, Kang Qianshui.

It seems that she really stayed with this "useless man" and never left him.

Xiao Yao felt guilty, so he went straight to Yu Bo's office on the second floor before they saw him.

If there was any place in this place suitable for confidential conversation, it was only there, besides the confessional.

"No! If you want to go, I have to go too!"

As soon as he reached the office door, Xiao Yao heard Yu Luying's voice through the door.

So you are here.

So where are you going? Who are you? Shen Jie?

Xiao Yao didn't plan to hide here and eavesdrop. He turned the handle and found it was locked, so he raised his hand and knocked hard on the office door.

The office fell silent, and then the door opened. It was Yu Luying who opened the door.

She had big dark circles under her eyes, as if she hadn't slept well the previous night, and her face was flushed. Seeing that the person coming was Xiao Yao, she turned sideways and motioned the boy to come in, then locked the door again.

There were two other people in the room - Yu Bo standing in front of the window, and Shen Jie standing in the middle of the room.

Yu Luying inexplicably wore the summer uniform of St. Francis's School today. Her ankles, wrapped in snow-white cotton socks, were exposed from her trouser legs and the uppers of her sneakers. Shen Jie, on the other hand, wore the school uniform of a junior high school student in Shanghai, with a red scarf. Over the uppers of her black and white air-cushioned sneakers were short pure black cotton socks, as black as the deepest midnight.

Her ankles are so cutely round.

Two girls in school uniforms, so beautiful.

"What do you mean by solving the problem? I don't agree with you doing stupid things. If you want to do it, I will do it myself!"

The girl who looked like a junior high school student raised her eyebrows when she heard Xiao Yao ask this, looked at Yu Luying, nodded, and retreated to the other side of the room with her hands behind her back.

The office fell into a mysterious silence for a moment.

Yu Bo motioned for everyone to sit down, then broke the silence: "Since Xiao Yao is here, let me explain the situation.

"Yingying and Shen Jie contacted me separately last night and told me about your current predicament."

"...Thank you for your hard work." Xiao Yao looked at the two girls in school uniforms.

Shen Jie turned her face away and seemed to smile.

Yu Bo continued, "Shen Jie's plan is to go to the Shadow World and negotiate with your teacher Song's shadow to see if she can gain their forgiveness. I hope I can provide some cooperation."

Negotiation? Forgiveness? Xiao Yao pondered the meaning and weight of these two words, and then asked Shen Jie: "Why did you hide this from me?"

"Aren't you sick?" Shen Jie had a half-smile on her face.

"..."

"She knows you won't agree to this plan." Yu Luying said to Xiao Yao.

"Why should I object? Talking to Song Haijian from a different perspective might be a solution. I have actually thought about this myself." Xiao Yao was puzzled.

Yu Luying said, "What if we can't come to an agreement? Besides, Shen Jie plans to go alone. She doesn't even know Song Haijian. What can they come up with?"

"Go by yourself?" Xiao Yao stamped his feet anxiously: "What nonsense! If anything happens to you, how can I live?"

Shen Jie pouted and said, "I don't plan to go alone, I just don't want you to get in my way."

"What are you talking about? After I gained the power of the Fool's bond, my combat power is now stronger than yours, ok?"

"Just do it." Shen Jie said.

"Shen Jie, are you planning to just chop off Song Haijian's shadow?" Xiao Yao stared into Shen Jie's eyes, while the latter looked away guiltily.

Before Xiao Yao's eyes appeared the sharp sword piercing his chest and Teacher Yao's dazed face.

"Is this your way of dealing with the person who caused the problem, behind my back?"

"I will try my best to avoid this kind of thing from happening." Shen Jie stated vaguely.

"This kind of thing must be avoided from happening." Yu Bo reminded.

"I asked Tianyun to search the Internet for half the night last night," Shen Jie lowered her head and thought for a while, then changed the subject: "This Song Haijian, in 2023, at Dongru County Senior High School, caused two deaths and three lives because of forcibly breaking up a couple. Later, he was retaliated by his family and died in a car accident. It would not be unfair for us to kill such a person now. Not only can it solve your own problem, but we can also save five lives, including his own. This is justice for the heavens!"

When Xiao Yao heard this, he was shocked: "Is it true?"

"It's still cooking!" Shen Jie's eyes widened: "If you don't believe me, come home with me now, and I'll show you Tianyun's phone."

"No need, no need." Yu Bo and Yu Luying both said that they definitely had this level of trust in Shen Jie.

Xiao Yao was shaken, and he was almost persuaded by Shen Jie.