You are my wife, don't doubt it!

Shen Jie pouted and said, "I introduced one to him, but I don't know how they got along. But if Daiyu had the ability of Count Dunding, would you still need to introduce him to a woman?"

"That is Lord Nottingham..."

"I can't remember, is there any meaning for this name?" Shen Jie asked.

Yu Luying replied: "The Earl of Nottingham is a legendary medieval British thief, better known as Robin Hood. The Earl of Nottingham is his - how should I put it, a nickname."

Shen Jie shook her head: "Tsk, I thought he was a noble after all, but it turns out he is just a wandering thug. It seems he is not him anymore."

Father Yu asked, “Who?”

"Zhang Zhengkai, he's familiar with us. He's a kid with a head full of chivalry. He's the only man I can think of who's not worthy of you but can't tear his face apart. But if he's given a name, it'll have to be something like the Duke of Buckingham. He won't use a nickname like that."

"What if his spiritual fortress is Robin Hood? That's quite possible." Xiao Yao felt that Shen Jie's reasoning was not rigorous.

Shen Jie was dissatisfied: "Does your spiritual fortress force you to call yourself Don Quixote? Just looking at the image, you are an armored knight. No one can expose you if you call yourself Lancelot, a Knight of the Round Table."

"That's right, why didn't I call myself Lancelot? It seems more handsome when I think about it." Xiao Yao felt a little regretful.

"Because you are really stupid." Yu Luying smiled.

"No! You guys are crazy!" Xiao Yao suddenly realized and took out his "coin": "This is the coin with Don Quixote on it, and Shen Jie's coin has Mary Tudor on it——"

"Okay," Father Yu said, "If we don't have any clues about the man for now, does anyone have any clues about the woman on the motorcycle?"

Yu Luying frowned again: "Is that a woman? I'm not sure."

Xiao Yao was a little surprised: "Really? That figure is not a woman's? Although it's a little bit——"

Shen Jie scolded: "You only care about the figure, right?"

Xiao Yao quickly defended himself: "The voice is also a woman's."

Shen Jie stopped arguing with Xiao Yao: "I still can't tell that her figure and voice are female, but her behavior and temperament always remind me of the liquid metal man in The Terminator. No matter whether she becomes a man or a woman, she always has that cold and hard feeling."

Yu Luying concluded: "Wearing a helmet and all black, it's not surprising that it's camouflage."

"Isn't she blue?"

"And it can be seen that she is different from Robin Hood. She doesn't want to get entangled with us at all. She is determined to leave. She is dissatisfied with Robin Hood's exaggerated performance, so it is difficult to judge the master-servant relationship between her and Robin Hood."

Father Yu said, "Forget it, let's assume that she is a woman. Then could this motorcycle girl be the same person as the guide nun we met when we entered the door?"

"How is that possible?" It was Shen Jie's turn to be surprised: "Just because they are all wearing black, their faces cannot be seen, and they are all women... uh, it seems a bit possible?"

Yu Luying said, "If we assume that they are not the same person, then there were at least three other people who broke into the monastery last night besides the four of us. They were the Guide Sister, the Motorcycle Girl, and Robin Hood. The latter two were partners. Their goal at the moment is to get rid of Teacher Song's shadow. The reason or excuse is to act on behalf of the heavens."

Xiao Yao looked at Shen Jie, but her eyes avoided him.

"So in this hypothesis, who is the Guide Sister and what does she want to do?"

Yu Luying continued, "According to Teacher Song, he knew about the intrusion of the guide nun and that we would come. He also successfully made the guide nun, who was the intruder, really act as a guide nun for him and lead us intruders around in a big circle."

Xiao Yao continued: "Then the guide nun ran away and disappeared. We confronted Song Haijian head-on, and the Robin Hood duo succeeded in a sneak attack."

Shen Jie acted as if something had suddenly dawned on her: "So this nun is just here to make up some stories? That doesn't make sense, does it?"

Father Yu took over the conversation: "It is indeed very strange. And, I don't know if you noticed that when I accused Song Haijian of setting up the stake, he did not respond directly, but turned to the so-called 'graduation ceremony', that is, the steelmaking furnace."

Shen Jie said: "He is in the wrong so he just changes the subject. That old man is the best at this."

Yu Luying shook her head and said, "No, although Mr. Song is very good at changing the concept, he has always been very proud of his own temple. There is no reason for him to beat around the bush about the stake."

Father Yu seconded, "Yes, I also tend to believe that Song Haijian was unaware of the stake, so when he mentioned fire, he naturally thought of the steelmaking furnace."

Xiao Yao was puzzled: "Then what is this burning stake?"

Yu Luying analyzed: "This fake nun led the way as a bystander all the way, except for the stake, where she became the executioner. Moreover, none of us noticed the stake until my uncle revealed that she was not Song Haijian's lackey. Moreover, when we went down, the stake disappeared and the venue was directly replaced by the auditorium."

Father Yu went on to say: "If the stake had nothing to do with Song Haijian, but was the guide nun's own 'private goods', wouldn't that explain a lot of questions? She led the way obediently in front, allowing us to see Song Haijian's brutality against the boys, and then added a scene here just to make us believe that Song Haijian would not let the girls go..."

"So, why did the prisoner look like Zhao Xiaomei? And Zhao Xiaomei told me that she knew nothing about it?" Xiao Yao asked: "Oh, right, I suddenly remembered that Chen Lu had a motorcycle."

"Is it a motorcycle?" Shen Jie asked.

"No, it's a small light motorcycle."

Shen Jie snorted, and Xiao Yao quickly explained: "The palace magnified her familiar intentions and exaggerated her motorcycle. Is this reasonable?"

"Then Robin Hood must be Brother Long?" Yu Luying touched her chin and said, "Their personalities...are totally different."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. What do you think of my inference?" Father Yu said.

"It's very interesting, but it's all hypothesis, there's no evidence," Xiao Yao commented.

Father Yu sighed, "There is no evidence to prove this. But there is one thing we should know, that is, it is easy to be exposed if you tell lies. If you want to deceive people, the key is to tell nine truths and one lie."

"Then this nun is definitely not here for fun. She wants us to have a conflict with Song Haijian, preferably to the point of death."

"So even if the fake nun is not in the same group as the other two, they have the same goal."

Father Yu tapped the table gently: "From this point of view, the possibility that the nun and the motorcycle girl are the same person is even higher."

Yu Luying thought of something else: "But if that's the case, why didn't she just take action when she first met Song Haijian? She's very powerful, and Song Haijian's fighting power is all on the tank."

"..."

"..."

No one could say anything for a while, and finally Xiao Yao spread his hands and said, "I can't think of any reasonable explanation. It can't be that it's so strange that she can only hit us and not Song Haijian, right?"

Yu Luying was still thinking: "It's still the same question - if the stake was set up by a fake nun, then why was the person on it Zhao Xiaomei? And Zhao Xiaomei looked so brave at the stake, and people who didn't know her would think she was Joan of Arc."

Shen Jie pouted and said, "She wanted to seduce Xiao Yao down. She knew he was eager to protect her. You and I were both up there, so she could only use Zhao Xiaomei to trick him."

Then, she said to Xiao Yao, "Besides, the whole thing was Zhao Xiaomei who tricked you away. I'm telling you, you should stop flirting with her in the future."

"Uh... okay, okay..."

"Do Xiao Yao and Zhao Xiaomei have a good relationship?"

"No, no, we're just good friends."

"If I remember correctly, Silly Girl is also your good friend, right?"

"Hey, don't drag me into this, okay?"

……

"Alright, alright, stop making a fuss." Father Yu stood up and stopped the noise. "Based on the current situation, it's hard to find the truth, but I hope everyone will pay attention to the people around them and be careful when speaking."

Shen Jie asked: "Father, why do you care so much about those two people?"

Father Yu shook his head and said, "I don't care about them. I'm worried that they will kill innocent people."

"I understand." Xiao Yao nodded.

Shen Jie glanced at Xiao Yao, then at Father Yu.

Father Yu continued to analyze: "Let me ask you, do you think it would be difficult for the Robin Hood duo to kill Song Haijian if we weren't there?"

"I don't think so." Xiao Yao assessed.

Yu Luying said: "If you ask me, it shouldn't be easy. Didn't Robin Hood also say that it was his first victory?"

Yu Bo nodded and said, "Yes, they regard this behavior as 'doing justice for the heavens', but their ability is limited, so they borrowed our strength this time. And next time, when they want to play the superhero game again, if they are unable to break through the hall of the real evil villains, they will naturally change their targets to ordinary people who don't have too many evil thoughts and are easier to succeed. I am worried that innocent people will be attacked by them soon."

"Now that it has become a palace, can it still be an ordinary person?" Shen Jie asked puzzled.

"And we are the only ones who can stop them?" Xiao Yao said uncertainly.

"With great power comes great responsibility, sir knight," Yu Bo joked.

Yu Luying added: "Also, the possibility that the guide nun is someone else cannot be completely ruled out. After all, there is Zhou Qi's previous experience."

"Yes," Father Yu slapped his forehead, "I don't know what's going on with Zhou Qi. We need to arrange a time to talk to her. Why don't you two stay at my place for lunch and have a taste of my cooking."

"No, Xiao Yao and I have something to do later, and we have children at home." Shen Jie politely declined Father Yu's invitation.

"Sister, I want to talk to you alone." Yu Luying said.

Shen Jie glanced at Yu Bo and Xiao Yao, then walked out the door arm in arm with Yu Luying.

--split line--

When Xiao Yao and Shen Jie returned home, they received a call from Director Lin.

"Hello, Xiao Yao, this is Teacher Lin." Teacher Lin's voice sounded a little tired, as if he had not slept all night.

Shen Jie didn't want to stay in the room of 04 for long. She bowed to Xiao Yao and opened the door of the closet.

"Hello, Teacher Lin." Xiao Yao swallowed.

"I'm calling to inform you," Director Lin said without mentioning Song Haijian's case, "the special make-up exam originally scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled."

Xiao Yao wanted to ask "why", but then he thought it would be better not to bring up something irrelevant: "Okay."

Director Lin cleared his throat and continued, "There will be a baseline test at the beginning of the second year of high school. You can take it. If you fail no more than three subjects, you can be promoted. Otherwise, you should strengthen your knowledge in the first year of high school, okay?"

"Okay." Xiao Yao didn't know what else to say.

There was silence on the other end of the phone, so much so that Xiao Yao suspected that the other party had hung up.

"Hello? Teacher Lin?" Xiao Yao said.

"You should be more honest in the future," Director Lin said, "Be careful with your words and actions, and don't always do something stupid, otherwise you will always fall down. You will never get far if you rely on luck."

Xiao Yao felt his nose sour and was very moved: "Teacher Lin..."

At the same time, Shen Jie was sitting on the bed in the next room, talking to Shen Tianyun.

"Yunyun, there is something I have always wanted to ask you. I hope you can tell your mother the truth today." Shen Jie sat on Shen Tianyun's bed with her right foot on the edge of the bed. Her delicate jade hands were rubbing the skin between her toes back and forth through her socks.

"Why are you asking so seriously?" Shen Tianyun sat at the dining table and took a sip of iced Coca-Cola. "When have I ever lied to you?"

"Your father told me," Shen Jie chose her words carefully, "tell him that he had never been in a relationship before he met me at the age of 30."

"That's what I told him." Shen Tianyun nodded.

Shen Jie took off the sock on her right foot and frowned, "Is this true? Has he really never had...an ex-girlfriend or anything like that?"

Shen Tianyun was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Little Mom, why are you suddenly concerned about these things? Does it matter whether we've talked about it or not?"

"No matter how important it is, you have to tell me the truth," Shen Jie glared at him, "Why did you lie to him?"

Shen Tianyun stood up, bent down and took out her small medicine box, dug out a tube of ointment from it, and handed it to Shen Jie: "Don't pick it, it will break soon."

"I'm asking you a question!" Shen Jie said.

……

……

After Xiao Yao answered the phone, he said goodbye to Teacher Lin, opened the closet door, walked through the mirror, and knocked on the door: "May I come in?"

"Come in!" I don't know which girl answered him.

The boy walked into his daughter's room and saw Shen Jie sitting on the edge of the bed. She carefully pulled the white sports socks on her right foot to her ankle. She stopped her hands there and pulled them slightly so that the sock opening was tightly against her skin.

Then she screwed on the cap of something that looked like a small toothpaste tube.

"What are we having for lunch?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Eat, eat, eat. Are you only thinking about your physiological needs?" Shen Jie put her feet wrapped in sports socks into plastic slippers and said casually, "We are going out with Silly Sister this afternoon. Let's just eat something outside at noon."

"Going out with silly girl in the afternoon? Do I know about this?" Xiao Yao asked with blurry eyes.

"You know now." Shen Jie raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

"When did you make the appointment?" Xiao Yao asked calmly, "In that case, why don't you have lunch in the church?"

Chapter 152 Father-in-law's Compromise

2023-04-05

The scorching summer heat makes people feel irritable. There is a heat wave in the air and there is no wind at all.

Standing on the asphalt road, the heat under my feet was unbearable.

Shen Jie, holding a parasol and a drink bottle in her hand, walked along the road to the bus stop with Xiao Yao.

The two had already had lunch.

The girl did not wear the pair of sneakers she wore for her morning run, but instead changed into the black leather shoes of Dior that she wore when she was in Zhouzhuang. The tongue of the shoe pressed against the off-white sports socks, revealing half of the instep.

Shen Jie no longer wore the belly-baring top, but changed back into a normal-length top.