You are my wife, don't doubt it!

"But……"

"Be good, no buts," Shen Jie told Xiao Yao, "and I need to pack my luggage with my daughter, so we need to say goodbye properly, right?"

"I wanted to help you clean up..."

"Okay, stop making trouble."

Following Shen Jie's instructions, Xiao Yao took "Have a Good Summer Vacation", a draft book, a few pens, and the papers that his teacher Song Haijian had sent over at the time, went out in the dark, and walked to the nearest KFC.

The boy thought that the tutoring would be held at his home, but Yu Luying felt that it was too awkward for the two of them to be in the same room (especially at night) - and, she thought that Shen Tianyun would not welcome her, so she set the study location in KFC.

Before going in, Xiao Yao saw Yu Luying through the window outside.

The 15-year-old girl was sitting at a small table, concentrating on reading a book.

Her silhouette made Xiao Yao feel familiar, yet also distant and unfamiliar.

The girl's oval face, short hair slightly curled, thin eyebrows beautifully curved, eyes sparkling, touching. Her focused look seemed to be filled with a layer of tranquility, like a beautiful landscape painting.

Just like in the past, the way she concentrated on reading gave people a feeling of tranquility, but at this moment, it was difficult for Xiao Yao to feel peace and joy.

Xiao Yao pushed open the heavy glass door of Kenjiji and walked straight in.

"Hi." The boy greeted Yu Luying somewhat uncomfortably: "What a coincidence, we meet again."

As he spoke, he sat down opposite Yu Luying.

The girl didn't greet him or look at him. She just took the schoolbag next to her to the other side and gently patted the hard sofa next to her: "This way."

Chapter 166 Can you go to study in the United States with us?

2023-04-19

The KFC restaurant is brightly lit at night. Snow-white light emanates from the ceiling lampshades, and the air is filled with the aroma of fried chicken and French fries.

There were plates and paper towels scattered on a few tables. There were not many customers. Some young people were sitting in the corner, chatting in low voices and occasionally bursting into laughter.

Unlike the restaurants opposite them that play loud promotional songs on repeat to drive people away, the store here plays light music that is barely noticeable. Overall, the environment seems relatively relaxing and quiet, which may be the reason why many high school and college students choose to study here.

Xiao Yao was facing a math paper with a frown on his face.

He originally thought that Yu Luying would have a remedial lesson plan, and would proceed step by step according to his current academic level. However, Yu Luying, who is such a sentimental person, used a very simple and crude teaching method this time - just practicing exercises.

Just brush it, she herself acts as a human question-answering machine, explaining whatever knowledge points are missing and memorizing whatever formulas are missing.

At the beginning, Yu Luying sat next to Xiao Yao, holding her cheek, staring at him while he was doing the questions - no, it should be said that she was observing him when he was unable to solve the questions.

Later, after Xiao Yao protested, she started to do the same math test paper with Xiao Yao.

The corner where they sat was very quiet, with only the sound of the pen touching the paper. But Xiao Yao still couldn't concentrate, because an unknown light floral scent mixed with the aroma of soapy water was lingering in Xiao Yao's nose, reminding him of the good old days when he and Yu Luying talked about poetry.

He knew that Yu Luying didn't use perfume, so it was more likely her natural body odor.

Having been with Shen Jie day and night for such a long time, he has become very familiar with the girl's body fragrance.

No wonder Jia Baoyu said that girls are made of water.

However, this one smells different from that one...

Xiao Yao stole a glance at the girl's profile, which was so clean that it seemed as if it shouldn't exist in this world.

This profile had once haunted him, but at this moment, he felt calm.

In the second semester of the fifth grade, a cute girl named "Li Tingting" transferred to Xiao Yao's class and was arranged to be his deskmate.

He liked his new deskmate and forced himself to "escort" Li Tingting home after school every day.

Of course, Li Tingting refused to appoint herself as her boyfriend.

After one semester, Xiao Yao finally lost his strength.

Later, he was busy preparing for the entrance examination from primary school to junior high school, which distracted him.

After entering junior high school, Xiao Yao had a new female deskmate, so Li Tingting became Xiao Yao's good friend again.

At that time, Xiao Yao felt that elementary school students were indeed ignorant and only liked to play house.

Although he did not succeed in pursuing her and although he no longer had any feelings for her, Xiao Yao was still very happy to have gained this special friendship.

It was a very gratifying and comforting feeling.

Xiao Yao realized with some annoyance that he and Yu Luying seemed to have entered this state, at least from his side.

This is high school now, it shouldn't be like this.

I still like her, Xiao Yao told himself. I am not a heartless person who will say no to love someone.

The boy glanced at the girl's profile and couldn't help but recall his previous feelings for her.

It’s a bit embarrassing to say, but when Xiao Yao first met Shen Jie, he pursued them both at the same time, as if he wanted to get whoever he wanted.

Later, they both came to him at the same time. When Xiao Yao was forced to reject Yu Luying, it was extremely difficult for him to let go.

When Xiao Yao had just started dating Shen Jie for a few days, he would still feel a dull pain in his heart whenever he thought of Yu Luying.

Can people really let go so quickly?

Xiao Yao cherishes her friendship and appreciates her talent, but all his love and enthusiasm have been devoted to the girl named Shen.

The boy suddenly had a very strange idea.

For example, if the mirror at home suddenly led back to half a year ago, then when Xiao Yao, who was in the first semester of high school, saw himself sitting next to Yu Luying but no longer had much excitement for her and had to deliberately keep a gentleman's distance, he would probably want to punch himself hard.

In this sense, are Xiao Yao in 2003 and Xiao Yao in 2004 the same person? At least their ideas conflict.

So, if we expand this time dimension, what will the relationship between Xiao Yao and Shen Jie be like 30 years later?

Shen Tianyun brought the me of this year and the Shen Jie of this year together, and from the very beginning, she was using the name of Shen Jie of 2034.

Considering that Shen Tianyun's words were a mixture of truth and falsehood, he was somewhat skeptical as to whether that was what "future Shen Jie" meant.

Shen Jie claimed that she had several phone calls with the future "Shen Jie", but how did she know that it was really "Shen Jie"?

Also, it has been almost two months, and Xiao Yao and Shen Jie from the future have not appeared by Shen Tianyun's side once. What on earth have they been doing? They didn't even bother to take a look at the time tunnel, claiming that they were busy with business? Is this reasonable?

Let’s take a step back and assume that this is really what “Future Shen Jie” meant.

Then we can infer that at least Shen Jie, who is 34 years old, loves Xiao Yao, who is 34 years old.

But, does Xiao Yao, who is 34 years old, still love Shen Jie, who is 34 years old?

Although at this moment Xiao Yao believes that he will love Shen Jie all his life and will never change his mind.

However, considering his "criminal record", Xiao Yao's self-confidence was reduced again.

He advocates lifelong love, so he hates himself like this.

……

Xiao Yao's divergent thinking extended from east to west, and from west to east, until his eyes became wide open.

Until Yu Luying pulled her sleeves and said, "Why are you daydreaming? Do your homework."

"Oh, oh, I was thinking about it." Xiao Yao suddenly woke up.

"What are you thinking about?" The girl complained softly, "You were stunned for ten minutes on a multiple-choice question, and you were looking... Never mind."

The girl bent her long legs at the knees, pulled back her small feet in white silk stockings, and hid under the Kenji table.

"I'm not looking at your feet." Xiao Yao told Yu Luying.

As soon as he said this, Xiao Yao regretted his attempt to cover up his mistake, even though he was telling the truth.

Sure enough, Yu Luying glared at him and said, "If you want to read it, read it after you finish the test paper."

Although Yu Luying's voice was very low, Xiao Yao still... had three big question marks above his head.

Listen, what is this saying?

Yu Luying also realized that she had said something wrong, her face flushed, and she buried her head.

What's wrong with you?

I just said to my sister in no uncertain terms this afternoon:

"I am not your maid, and Xiao Yao is not your pet."

But when I really sat quietly with him, I couldn't help feeling happy in my heart. I wanted to lean on his broad shoulders and sit here all night.

My sister hasn’t come home yet, but I’m so close to him.

Even after obtaining the "privatizing license", Yu Luying still felt ashamed of herself.

"That..." Xiao Yao pushed her and moved his test paper towards Yu Luying: "Look at this question. Given the function $f(x)=sqrt{4-x^2}$, $g(x)=sqrt{4-x}$, the correct answer is:

A. $f(x)≤ g(x)$

B. $g(x)≤ f(x)$

C. $f(x)geq g(x)$

D.$g(x)geq f(x)$”

"Well," the girl stretched out her hand to Xiao Yao and took the pen from the boy's hand: "You can first consider the domain and range, as well as the graphical characteristics of the function."

Xiao Yao was a little confused. You clearly had a pen in your hand, why did you come to take mine? And when you came to take the pen, your hands touched each other, and you paused for two or three seconds before slowly moving away. Was it really not intentional?

The boy subconsciously savored the remaining warmth in his palm: "Um, the domain and range?"

"Look," the girl patiently marked something on the draft book: "First, we can consider the domain and range of $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ respectively: for $f(x)=sqrt{4-x^2}$, since $4-x^2$ in the square root must be non-negative, therefore..."

"Slow down, slow down," Xiao Yao tried hard to keep up with Yu Luying's thoughts, taking notes and muttering to himself.

For some reason, the surrounding environment gradually became noisy, whether it was the voices of people or the music in the store.

Xiao Yao raised his head - ah, yes, these people gathered in the store were the homeless. When Shen Jie ran away from home and came to him on the first day, she was driven away by Yu... by him. He had been looking for her all night, and the first KFC she came to was here.

I mean, why is the music so loud all of a sudden? It feels like a blunt knife cutting my ears.

"What did you say?" Xiao Yao asked loudly, tilting his ear slightly towards Yu Luying.

Yu Luying's voice was not loud to begin with (compared to Shen Jie's), and in such a noisy environment, it was even harder to hear clearly.

The girl raised her voice, and seeing that Xiao Yao was still frowning and looked very tired, she moved her body closer to him.

Then, he got hit again.

"?" Xiao Yao felt that Yu Luying suddenly stuck to him.

Since it was summer, Xiao Yao was not wearing much. Yu Luying's body temperature was transmitted to his skin through his clothes, causing his body to tremble involuntarily.

The mixed smell of flowers and soap became stronger too.

His heartbeat began to speed up, and he felt his face getting slightly hot. The warm and fragrant breath from that cherry-like mouth sprayed on his earlobe... Damn, what did she say?

What... does this... mean?

Was it unintentional or intentional?

Are you kidding? How could Yu Luying, who is so conservative, be unintentional? ...

and many more.

Could it be that this Yu Luying was Zhao Xiaomei pretending to be her? She looked like she had some sorcery involved.

"So the answer to this question is B. Do you understand?" After Yu Luying explained the question to him, she sat a little further away without leaving a trace, finally restoring social (physical) distance.

I get it, woman, you are playing with fire.

In the end, the two men gave up their Kenji base and prepared to find another place.

Walking on the streets at night, with the cool breeze blowing, it is a rare and pleasant time after a hot and humid summer day.

Xiao Yao carried two people's schoolbags in one hand, and in the other hand...

He lowered his head, looked at the hands he and Yu Luying were holding, and felt... very speechless.

Why did things turn out like this?

As soon as they walked out of KFC, Yu Luying took her hand as if it was a matter of course.

As skilled as if he had done this a thousand times.

Ah, yes, they held hands once, but that was only on the bus to Zhouzhuang, when they held hands briefly in the excitement - yes, it was a handshake, not holding hands.

But now, the other person is taking the initiative to hold my hand... and walk?