You are my wife, don't doubt it!

"Hmm...how should I put it?" Yu Luying felt a little regretful, thinking she had said too much: "Sometimes you feel superior, and you don't even realize it, superior."

"Ah..." said Shen Jie.

"You are willing to consider others, but sometimes you consider others in your own way," Yu Luying explained, "and impose your kindness on others."

"I understand," Shen Jie nodded, "but I don't understand - can you give me two examples?"

"Oh, that's enough. I've gone too far," Yu Luying patted the sofa bed beneath her. "It's not a big problem. Who can say that they don't have the problem of being self-centered? It's just a matter of degree."

"Um……"

"Anyway, my attitude has been made very clear. If you don't mind, I can accompany you to do this experiment." Yu Luying began to make a closing statement: "Whether you like Xiao Yao or not, you can only ask yourself. I can only help you sort out your thoughts."

"Yeah." Shen Jie said.

“I’m really worried,” Yu Luying sighed, “I’m worried that after this experiment is done, our friends won’t be able to do it.”

"No," Shen Jie promised, "Unless you don't want to be friends anymore."

"I can't do that either." Yu Luying reached out and grabbed Shen Jie's hand.

"We should get together more often in the future," Shen Jie held her fingers together, "without bringing that stinky man."

"Okay!" Yu Luying said, "I have one last question - is there anything else you haven't told me?"

Shen Jie hesitated for a moment: "Yes. How did you know?"

"Because, since you think that the change in the strength of symbiosis is related to your attitude towards him, then what about the recovery of symbiosis yesterday - although it was only partially recovered?" Yu Luying's eyes were bright and sharp: "Since you have withdrawn the idea of ​​breaking up, then in fact, your main purpose is only one, and that is the issue of symbiosis and timeline."

"uh-huh?"

"So, why are you so obsessed with solving the timeline problem?" Yu Luying asked her.

"As his future wife," Shen Jie said, her face no longer blushing, "it's reasonable not to want your husband to have a woman who shares the same feelings as you, right?"

"Very reasonable," Yu Luying nodded, "But if the price is that I am with him, then it doesn't matter to you whether the symbiosis is resolved or not."

“That’s not unreasonable.”

"So, my intuition tells me that your motivation is not strong enough, after all-"

"Okay, I'll tell you," Shen Jie sighed, "I went to church to attend mass again this morning and talked to your uncle about the progress of the law of symbiotic changes that I discovered."

"Go on." Yu Luying said.

"He thinks my guess is very likely correct, and he proposed a new possibility," Shen Jie looked around and lowered her voice: "In fact, the fluctuation and appearance of shadow time is also related to the change of history."

"Huh? Is there any basis for this? He is a person with a lot of weird and fantastic ideas—"

"But we have to do this experiment, even if it's just to rule out this possibility," Shen Jie said, "otherwise, you, me, and all of us may be in danger of death at any time."

Chapter 165 Girlfriends' Changing of Guard Ceremony

2023-04-18

When Xiao Yao hurried to the hotel entrance, Shen Jie and Yu Luying were already waiting there.

The boy's heart skipped a beat when he saw his fiancée.

His wife was wearing a cool light blue short skirt with flower patterns on it. She wore a white sleeveless shirt on her upper body, and the hem of the shirt was tucked into the skirt, outlining her slender waist. She wore a pair of white canvas shoes and short black stockings on her feet. The stockings fit the lower part of her calves, highlighting the curve of her calves. Her gentle short hair was clipped with an XXII-shaped hairpin, which set off her delicate little face.

Behind the girl was a sky full of flaming clouds. This was not the first time Xiao Yao had seen flaming clouds, but it was the first time he understood their beauty. The sky over the entire city was dyed a brilliant orange-red, and the flaming clouds were like the dancing trajectories of fairies in long skirts, which intoxicated him.

The color of the fire clouds kept changing with the passage of time, from the initial orange-red to gradually dim, which made Xiao Yao think of the impermanence of life. Thinking of the upcoming separation and the fact that he would no longer be able to wake up to see this delicate face every day, Xiao Yao's heart was filled with infinite sadness.

Yu Luying stood beside Shen Jie, who was half a head taller than her. She wore a pair of dark blue jeans with the legs rolled up to her ankles, a white T-shirt tucked into her pants, and beige plastic sandals, which exposed her feet wrapped in white short stockings.

The girl's feet looked beautiful, with smooth lines on her feet, and although the socks were completely opaque, they were light and outlined the contours of her feet.

As we all know, in school, you can usually only see the girls' socks and it is difficult to see other parts of their feet. However, in summer, girls sometimes wear sandals. Only in this case, you will have the opportunity to feast your eyes and appreciate the whole beautiful feet of your female classmates.

But after arriving in Shanghai, Xiao Yao discovered that people here wore socks instead of sandals, and wore sandals instead of socks. Therefore, he had never seen the same scenes as when he was in junior high school in Sujiang.

For this reason, Xiao Yao couldn't help but look at Yu Luying's feet a few more times.

"Where are you looking at?" Shen Jie asked calmly.

"I'm..." Xiao Yao immediately replied: "This is the first time I see you wearing this black, short..."

Shen Jie walked forward and wanted to punch him hard on the arm, but she remembered Yu Luying. When her fist touched his arm, she stopped and pulled it up.

"Silly girl, let's go shopping." Shen Jie turned around and greeted Yu Luying, her face full of energy.

"Ah." Yu Luying agreed, took two steps forward, walked to Xiao Yao's side, hesitated for a moment, then went around to Shen Jie's side and walked side by side with her.

Xiao Yao accompanied the two girls walking along the street, from the hotel that provided Turkish baths all the way to the old commercial street near their home, carrying two people's bags in his hands, and as time went by, he had more and more plastic bags in his hands.

Along the way, the two girls chatted happily.

Xiao Yao felt a little bored as he watched them enthusiastically choosing clothes, lipsticks, small jewelry and the like.

Although he was happy to accompany them, but...you guys should talk to me too!

"Hey, silly girl, do you think this dress looks good?" Shen Jie asked, pointing at a skirt.

"Well, it's not bad, but I think this one suits you better." Yu Luying said, pointing to another piece of clothing.

"This color is really nice." Shen Jie frowned and twirled the hem of the clothes with her hands, considering whether to buy it. But she felt that she had never seen this brand before, and felt that the style and fabric were a bit disappointing.

Since no one wanted to ask for his opinion, Xiao Yao did not say anything. He waited patiently for them to make a decision, and also helped pack the things they had chosen.

However, he felt that neither girl paid much attention to him, and even when he spoke, he only got one or two vague responses.

"Isn't the movie you just mentioned very good?" Xiao Yao tried to interrupt.

"Ah, that? It's okay." Shen Jie answered perfunctorily.

Xiao Yao sighed, feeling as if he were just a nameless traveling attendant.

As mentioned earlier, in the end, the three of them turned into the commercial street near Xiao Yao's home.

The buildings on the street are relatively old, with unevenly laid bricks on the ground, many shops have long windows on the upper floors, and some have winding wooden stairs. The shops on both sides of the street are all quaint, with some exquisite decorations in the small courtyards, and pedestrians are constantly coming and going, and the sellers' shouts are full of energy.

Xiao Yao, Shen Jie and Yu Luying were sitting at a small wooden square table, on which were placed some snacks and a few bottles of beer they had ordered - they were sitting outside the store, with a huge tree above their heads that Xiao Yao couldn't name.

"The silent tree blooms in Tianlan, losing the splendid years of its life. It does not know that there is a kind of fragility called eternity..." Xiao Yao turned the wooden chopsticks in one hand and hummed softly.

On the street, passers-by hurried past, and the leaves on the branches were blown by the breeze, making a slight rustling sound.

Xiao Yao looked at Shen Jie with a smile, picked up a piece of roast chicken, and asked, "How is it, Miss Shen, is this small shop I chose not bad?"

Shen Jie nodded and said, "It's OK. This kind of small shop has a unique flavor."

Yu Luying quietly ate the skewers in front of her, her eyes wandering around the street, as if watching the cars and people passing by.

She suddenly said to Xiao Yao and Shen Jie: "Sometimes, when I see these people rushing around, I feel like life is an endless journey."

"Endless travel?" Xiao Yao repeated with some emotion.

Shen Jie secretly rolled her eyes, thinking that the literary high school students were having another attack.

"Yes," Yu Luying's eyes gradually became a little confused: "Life is like an endless journey. We always keep moving forward before reaching a certain destination."

Shen Jie continued: "Perhaps we have been moving forward because we don't know where our real destination is."

The three of them were silent for a while, and then a car horn suddenly sounded on the street.

Xiao Yao smiled gently and began to enjoy the coolness and beauty of the evening.

After sitting down, the two girls finally started talking to him, which reminded him of the short trip to Qingpu and the night he ate kidneys with them at "Shen Ji Food Stall".

That’s good. Life, after all, is nothing but a collection of beautiful memories, right?

Xiao Yao picked up the disposable plastic cup, took a sip of beer, and sang again: "Oh~~ Outside the quiet little village, there is a stupid little——"

"Shut up!" "Shut up!" the two girls said in unison.

"Okay." Xiao Yao took another sip of beer.

The boy leaned back, then realized there was no backrest, so he braked in time to avoid making a fool of himself: "Shen Jie, when are you going to go back?"

"What's going on?" Shen Jie glanced at him casually: "Are you so impatient to start a new life?"

"Alas," Xiao Yao cast his gaze towards the fiery clouds in the sky: "I knew you were going to say that, so I didn't dare to ask - you clearly know what I mean."

"I've already sent a message to my father," Shen Jie told him, "We'll go together tomorrow after attending Song Haijian's memorial service and then leave."

Xiao Yao's heart skipped a beat: "So early? Stay one more night, or are you still going to Longhua with your suitcase?"

"How can it be too early?" Shen Jie interrupted him, "We were supposed to leave yesterday, but we're leaving tomorrow - OK, OK, the day after tomorrow, okay?"

"Yeah," Xiao Yao nodded a little gloomily, "I know."

Shen Jie glanced at Yu Luying and put her hand on Xiao Yao's head: "Raise your head."

"?" Xiao Yao raised his head in confusion.

"I've made an agreement with Silly Sister today," Shen Jie continued, "Silly Sister will take care of you after I leave."

"What do you mean by take care of?" "What do you mean by take care of?" Xiao Yao and Yu Luying asked in unison.

What Xiao Yao was thinking was, is “taking care of” what I think it means?

In fact, when Shen Jie went to Yu Luying to take a bath today, Xiao Yao was wondering what she was going to do.

Of course he could guess what Shen Jie wanted to do, but he didn't think it would be necessary.

After all, the symbiosis has been partially restored, which means that Shen Jie's desire to break up has, um, begun to change her mind?

Xiao Yao didn't quite believe that she would continue with her original plan.

Yu Luying explained: "Sister means that I should be responsible for tutoring you and help you get into the second year of high school."

"That must be too much work for you." Xiao Yao apologized and thanked Yu Luying sincerely.

"Don't thank me yet, let me make it clear to you first," Yu Luying threatened him, "If you still can't pass the exam, neither of us will play with you anymore."

Xiao Yao felt that her tone of voice was a bit like that of a kindergarten kid, and couldn't help but laugh secretly: "I guarantee you will pass the level and level up!"

"Also," Yu Luying lowered her eyelids, then raised them again, as if looking at Xiao Yao, and as if looking at Shen Jie, she said, "I may have to go to the suburbs or another city to participate in a summer camp. The specific time and location have not yet been determined, and I may have to take Xiao Yao with me."

"Ah," Shen Jie said, "Okay."

Shen Jie thought this was reasonable. Even if there was no symbiotic distance limit, Xiao Yao had to go with him in order to continue taking extra classes.

But I don’t know why, I just feel a little sour and uncomfortable in my heart.

"Summer camp? What summer camp?" Xiao Yao hated summer camp. In his memory, "summer camp" was just another synonym for "summer cram school", and its purpose was to eat up children's summer vacation time.

But wait, I was supposed to use this summer vacation for tutoring, so it doesn’t matter.

"The parish's summer camp." Yu Luying told Xiao Yao.

"Oh... OK." Xiao Yao looked at Shen Jie's face and said, "You two can make the arrangements."

He saw that Shen Jie was a little unhappy, so he said to Yu Luying: "It would be better if Shen Jie didn't go home, so that I can ask her to help me with the lessons, and I don't have to trouble you again - I'm really sorry."

On the surface, this was said to Yu Luying, "I'm sorry to trouble you," but in reality it was said to Shen Jie, "I still want to be with you."

"Not necessarily." Shen Jie leaned forward and pulled the plastic stool back a little: "My academic level is also average, and the International Department doesn't teach the same things."

"Don't you also have to take math, physics, and chemistry?" Xiao Yao muttered, "How much difference can there be?"

"Alright," Shen Jie clapped her hands, "It's settled, silly girl. If he doesn't listen, just call me and I can come back and spank him when I have time."

Don't you feel red in the face when you get spanked?!

Yu Luying smiled and said, "Don't do that. He will do whatever he can to trick you back."

"Hey," Xiao Yao protested, "Don't treat me like a kid, okay?"

"If you are not a child, then who is the child?" "You are the child." The Quantum sisters said in unison.

Xiao Yao stretched out his right hand and drew a "?" in the air.

The three of them talked and laughed, chatted and made a lot of noise, finished their dinner, and went home separately in the falling dusk.

Since she had already made an agreement with her father, Shen Jie estimated that he would not send people to search or follow her anymore. So when she returned home and entered the alley, she was not as alert and careful as before.

"What?" Standing in his bedroom, Xiao Yao was shocked: "Starting tutoring tonight?"

"Yeah," Shen Jie nodded and said, "Silly sister said that after going to summer camp, the efficiency will definitely not be high. Now every day is very precious--"

"I thought we would start the day after tomorrow after you left," Xiao Yao protested loudly, "I want to be with you in the last moments."

"Pfft, ptff, ptff, don't make me sound like I'm going to die," Shen Jie gently patted Xiao Yao's forehead. "Alright, it's not like I won't come back. We asked for help, but we kept dragging our feet. What's going on?"