You are my wife, don't doubt it!

In other words, it should be after I was kicked off the bed while looking for her socks, and before Shen Jie got on the spittoon and the two of them had a bedside chat.

The message content is as follows:

“Dear daughter, this message is from your father.

I want to tell you that your aunt Luo and I care about you very much and will always love you.

You are an adult now, and I believe you are capable of taking care of yourself, but I also know that it is not easy to face the challenges in life alone.

I want you to know that we are here for you and want to help you.

Your aunt Luo and I have always hoped that you would come back, and we would like to sit down and have a talk with you.

Dad is really sorry for forcing you to get engaged before. I didn’t consider your thoughts and feelings. I hope you can forgive Dad.

As long as you are willing to go home, our family will respect your idea.

From your old father whose hair is turning gray overnight."

"Humph," Xiao Yao commented casually, "When I met him that day, his hair was darker than the leather shoes you are wearing now."

Shen Jie glared at him in dissatisfaction.

Xiao Yao realized that now was not a good time to expose his father-in-law: "Why did you tell me the information from last night only today?"

"It's only been half a day," Shen Jie said confidently, "You kept your secret from me for much longer than this."

Xiao Yao knew he was in the wrong, so he raised his hands in surrender: "OK, OK, then you just said that you wanted to go home, was this a notification or a discussion?"

The boy's heart felt a nervous throbbing and he swallowed hard.

He knew very well in his heart that this drama of cohabitation under siege from all sides would sooner or later reach the bank of the Wujiang River, and that day could come at any time.

Despite this, when this day really came, Xiao Yao was still reluctant and unwilling.

"We will get married one day," the girl took the boy's arm and comforted him softly, "So I will not make conclusions unilaterally on anything. I will definitely discuss it with you."

After hearing this, Xiao Yao calmed down a little: "Well, I think... you know your father, but I don't. If he really compromises, then you should go back."

Although Xiao Yao was very reluctant to let Shen Jie go back, he could only say this.

"But... I'm afraid that Dad is trying to trick me into going back, and that when I go back, I won't be able to control the situation anymore."

"Yeah," Xiao Yao nodded slightly: "I have the same concerns."

Chapter 153 Invitation to the Harem II

2023-04-06

"Well, assuming you go home and are not locked up by our dad," Xiao Yao thought for a moment and broke the silence: "You have to promise me something."

"Well, go ahead." Shen Jie looked a little absent-minded.

"Well... after you go back," Xiao Yao said, "you must text me every day, saying good morning and good night, when you wake up in the morning and before you go to bed at night."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I can speak it, too. Whoever wakes up first speaks first, and whoever goes to bed first speaks first."

"Okay, that's fine." Shen Jie nodded.

"When I send you a message, you have to reply. Don't be like before, when you always read the message but don't reply." Xiao Yao continued.

"Then I can't possibly hold my phone in my hand 24 hours a day and reply to your messages immediately, right?" Shen Jie frowned slightly.

"I'm not asking you to reply immediately," Xiao Yao explained, "Just reply when you see it. Don't always... not reply for seven or eight hours, or three or five hours. I think this isn't too much to ask."

"I'll try my best." Shen Jie's tone sounded somewhat forced.

"You have to take the initiative to find me, and you can't always let me take the initiative," Xiao Yao said, "You can share your life and experiences with me more often, and care about what I'm doing... and so on."

"Got it." Shen Jie nodded and said, "If this is what you expect."

"Answer the call," Xiao Yao thought for a moment and said, "Don't always keep it on silent mode without vibrating. If it's inconvenient to answer, you can hang up and then reply to my QQ or text message, tell me what you're doing, and then call back when you're free."

"...What if I'm sleeping? When school starts, I'm at school, in class, taking exams?" Shen Jie asked him: "When I'm practicing karate, I put my phone aside, and when I'm studying, I might be very focused--"

"It's okay," Xiao Yao told her, "For example, if you want to take a shower, go to sleep, practice karate, or take an exam, just tell me in advance, and I'll know how long you'll be away, when you won't be able to reply to messages or answer calls. Then tell me when you're done, that's all."

"Is dating always so troublesome?" Shen Jie pouted and leaned back on the bus seat: "I don't think my friends' relationships are like this."

"...I don't know." Xiao Yao scratched his head: "I've never talked about this before."

"Dog," Shen Jie gently touched Xiao Yao's head: "You really lack a sense of security."

"..." Xiao Yao didn't know how to respond to this sentence.

"I will get used to it slowly." Before Xiao Yao could figure out how to answer, Shen Jie made this promise.

"Then... the last question," Xiao Yao asked Shen Jie: "After you go back, how often will we meet?"

"I don't know," Shen Jie shook her head and said, "How often do you want to see me? A week?"

"I think," Xiao Yao touched his nose, "one Thursday..." He looked at Shen Jie's face and quickly changed his words, "three...two times, how about that?"

Shen Jie took a long breath.

"I'm just discussing this with you," Xiao Yao shook her arm, "Didn't you just say that everything is a discussion?"

The girl didn't speak.

The bus slowly pulled over to the side of the road, some people got off and some people got on.

The carriage became a little crowded, and the boy's mood changed from being clear and bright just now to being depressed.

Yes, she was going home. This was obvious, didn't I know that a long time ago?

But why does my chest feel stuffy, as if someone has stuffed a lead ball into my heart?

The car jolted forward.

Shen Jie didn't speak for about five minutes, then suddenly said, "Dog."

"Yeah." Xiao Yao responded a little nervously.

"Like I said just now," Shen Jie said slowly, "I won't draw conclusions unilaterally. I will definitely discuss this with you."

"Ah."

"Now I want to discuss one more thing with you," Shen Jie reached out and held Xiao Yao's arm: "You can disagree, but don't get angry first. Let's discuss it calmly, and you should listen carefully to my ideas, okay?"

Xiao Yao knew that this meant that Shen Jie was about to start saying things that would make him angry.

He nodded with some trepidation: "Okay, I promise you."

"Hmm..." Shen Jie snorted for a long time but didn't say anything.

Although Xiao Yao was nervous and a little anxious, he still held back and did not urge the girl.

"Well," Shen Jie finally thought of an opening line: "Before, you hid the matter between us from me. I was very angry, very, very angry, so I wanted to leave you."

Xiao Yao's heart skipped a beat.

"So, I need you to formally apologize to me." Shen Jie made this request seriously.

The boy felt a little more relaxed.

He placed his hands on the girl's shoulders, turned her face over, and looked into her eyes: "Shen Jie, look at me."

"Yeah." Shen Jie looked into his eyes.

"I, Xiao Yao, solemnly apologize to you for this matter and promise never to do it again." Xiao Yao said in a deep voice.

"I, Shen Jie, formally accept your apology here and formally forgive you." Shen Jie solemnly extended her right hand towards Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao held the girl's warm hand and shook it up and down.

"So, let's put this matter behind us," said Shen Jie.

"Okay," Xiao Yao nodded, "Thank you. Once again, I'm sorry."

"So, what I'm going to discuss with you next has nothing to do with you lying to me." The girl's true intentions were revealed.

Xiao Yao's heart, which had just relaxed, was tightened again.

"Don't be nervous." Shen Jie reached out and held Xiao Yao's arm.

Xiao Yao reached out and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Hmm..." The girl hesitated for a moment again.

"If you have something to say, just say it. We've been building up this for a long time." Xiao Yao finally couldn't help it.

"You...what did you say to Yu Luying on the bus to Zhouzhuang?" Shen Jie added, "That is, how are you two going to handle your relationship in the future?"

"?" Xiao Yao didn't understand what Shen Jie wanted to say: "Be friends, good friends."

"Silly sister told me," Shen Jie grabbed Xiao Yao's shoulder: "to be lifelong friends, special friends."

"?" Xiao Yao was a little skeptical. Did they say that at the time? "Anyway, I can't remember the exact words, but it was probably something like that. Because of the special connection between her and me—"

"I was thinking," Shen Jie said, "Is there a possibility that, at this stage, you are suitable to be with Silly Girl? The two of us can do this, a lifelong - or not a lifetime, but special good friends."

Xiao Yao felt suffocated. He grinned and turned his face away: "I understand. After so much preparation, it's just two words: break up."

"I agreed not to be angry. Just listen to me." Shen Jie comforted him.

The boy continued to keep a bright smile on his face. He was not smiling for her, but just because he wanted to smile.

It’s only been a few days since I came back from Zhouzhuang, and this is the nth time they’ve broken up.

Xiao Yao felt a little numb and felt a sense of boredom.

He was disappointed with Shen Jie and at the same time disappointed with himself.

When we first started our relationship, we agreed that no matter how big the dispute was, we would not break up easily.

Xiao Yao felt a little bit unconfident in Shen Jie's self-control ability, and he once again paid more attention to her idea of ​​leaving.

The young man's soul began to feel tired - this never-ending process, who can stand it?

The confidence that had just been boosted by his own charm fell again.

"You also said that I don't feel safe," the boy said hoarsely, "How can anyone feel safe if you're like this? Just because I asked you to reply to messages, answer the phone, and meet with me twice a week, you started again?"

"It has nothing to do with this," Shen Jie insisted, "Can you please listen to me?"

"You say." Xiao Yao shook off Shen Jie's arm and looked out the window.

"First of all, I will still marry you according to the original timeline." Shen Jie said, "And I will not date or have any intimate contact with other boys."

Xiao Yao sneered: "Fifteen years later, we're continuing our past relationship, right? Are you the Condor Heroes?"

"Then, if you send me a message, I will reply. If you call me, I will definitely answer as long as I can." Shen Jie continued to promise: "Don't worry about meeting. I will definitely come to see Tianyun often. The frequency will not be low. And if you want to go out and play, if you want to go to Waitan for a walk, I can accompany you."

“…” Xiao Yao continued to look out the car window, sneering and saying nothing.

He suddenly had an impulse to get off the bus and leave when the bus stopped at the next stop.

"Even, even," Shen Jie saw that Xiao Yao was unmoved, so she offered a more tempting condition: "You want to touch me, want to... be intimate," Shen Jie's voice became softer and softer: "As long as Silly Sister doesn't mind, I don't object."

"What does she have to do with it?" Xiao Yao said through gritted teeth.

"I want you to be together." Shen Jie said.

"Are you sick?" Xiao Yao turned around and said, "You keep in touch, meet up, and let... touch me. How is that different from being a boyfriend or girlfriend? What's the point of breaking up like this?"

"The meaning is that after we become good friends, you can be with Silly Girl," Shen Jie said softly, "and it will be easier for me. After all, if we are friends, we don't have to say good morning and good night every day, reply to messages and answer calls in seconds, and go on dates like completing tasks... This way, both you and I can relax, right?"

"You said that you broke up not because of these things?" Xiao Yao said this in a tone similar to "Chang Wei, you said you don't know martial arts?"

"It really doesn't matter, Xiao Yao, just listen to me." Shen Jie shook Xiao Yao's arm.

Xiao Yao ignored her, so Shen Jie stretched out her hands, turned his face around, leaned over and pecked him on the lips.

"..." Xiao Yao touched his lips in a daze: "What on earth do you want to do?"

"Xiao Yao, look at the people on the bus," Shen Jie pointed to the crowded carriage, "At each stop, someone gets on and someone gets off."

"?" Xiao Yao thought, so what?

"Our life is like this, just like a bus, stopping at a platform from time to time, some people get on, and some people get off." Shen Jie stared at the direction of the bus door in a trance.

"Isn't the literary youth my personality?" Xiao Yao said.

"And all of this is full of randomness," Shen Jie told him, "Look at the old lady who just went down with the vegetable basket. We just 'happened' to meet each other once, and then we will never see each other again."