You are my wife, don't doubt it!

After all, even the rice is frozen like that... ?

To think of the worst, it was already noon of the next day.

Not so much.

The compromise was that it was 11pm.

Shen Jie tiptoed to the sun room, pulled open the curtains, and confirmed that it was dark.

call……

"Hurry up, hurry up." Shen Jie ran back to the bed and pressed the power button desperately.

As soon as her phone was turned on, she was bombarded with text messages.

There are 40+ unread messages on QQ.

Although it was expected, Shen Jie still felt her scalp tingling.

She didn't feel particularly disgusted, but just felt... timid?

Without the time to check the contents of the text messages and QQ, the girl directly called Xiao Yao using the quick dial.

"Beep-beep-"

The phone made a long waiting tone, and Xiao Yao did not answer the call immediately as she had imagined.

As she waited, her inner timidity grew.

Shen Jie could imagine that what was waiting for her on the other end of the phone was either a violent storm of rage or hysterical crying.

This timidity made the girl's finger unconsciously move towards the button to hang up the phone.

Why not think about what to say before you call?

Just when she was about to hang up the phone, the other end picked up.

"Hello." A familiar, slightly hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone.

Shen Jie was startled and blurted out: "Hubby, I was wrong. Don't be angry. I really didn't mean it. This was all just an accident. I will agree to any compensation you want. I really know I was wrong. I won't do it again next time--"

"Don't be impatient, take your time," the young man interrupted her, his tone surprisingly calm: "What's going on?"

Xiao Yao's attitude calmed Shen Jie down a little, and her timidity was reduced by three points.

She realized that Xiao Yao was not Shen Hongsheng after all.

The girl calmed herself down and told Xiao Yao how she got up this morning and was invited by Luo Yunxuan to taste her specially made cocktail, how they talked while drinking, and how she slept well and woke up at night.

"Really," Shen Jie finally said in her closing statement: "I'm not lying to you. The first thing I did when I woke up was to call you. I was in the bathroom when I saw my phone was charging and turned on, so I ran out -"

“……” There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone.

"Hello? What's the matter?" Shen Jie was a little nervous again: "I really didn't lie to you."

"You just said that you can compensate me in any way you want?" Xiao Yao chuckled.

"..." Shen Jie closed her mouth and began to regret her careless words.

Fortunately, the other party did not continue to climb along the pole.

"You drank this much cocktail?" The other party changed the subject: "Did your mother drug you?"

"Haha, I think so too," Shen Jie said, "I rarely drink like this, and I always feel like I didn't drink that much."

"Then..." Xiao Yao's voice sounded very gentle: "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Shen Jie nodded, even though the other party couldn't see her movements: "It was just that when I first got up, my head still hurt a little, but it's better now."

"I feel relieved that you're okay." Xiao Yao sighed.

"Thank you..." Shen Jie was touched and felt guilty: "I'm really sorry for making you worry. I will try my best to avoid this kind of thing from happening again in the future."

"Have you had your period?" Xiao Yao changed the subject.

Shen Jie lifted up her nightgown and took a look: "Not yet."

"So." Xiao Yao's voice sounded a little lost.

"It's okay, don't think too much." Shen Jie comforted him.

"Why don't you see a doctor tomorrow?" Xiao Yao suggested.

"Not really..." Shen Jie's tone was a little hesitant.

Logically speaking, seeing a family doctor is not a big deal for her and can be arranged at any time.

However, for reasons that readers can imagine, Shen Jie did not want Shen Hongsheng to know about this.

"I just had a dream." Xiao Yao said.

"What dream? Tell me." Shen Jie said.

……

"What Lingboyu? And Shen Diyun? What kind of weird name is this?" Shen Jie laughed on the other end of the phone.

So Xiao Yao explained to her the concept of the so-called "Spiritual Prison" that he had just learned.

Shen Jie felt uneasy as she listened, but she said nonchalantly, "What the hell, you really think too much."

"That's right," Xiao Yao admitted, "I also think I think a lot. And when you disappeared, I became even more anxious and had more wild thoughts—"

"Okay," Shen Jie decided to comfort him: "For the rest of my life, in the days ahead, as long as it's your child, I will risk my life to give birth to it."

She felt that she should be embarrassed for saying this, but for some reason, she didn't feel embarrassed at all.

"Thank you. Wait a minute—what are you talking about," Xiao Yaorui commented, "You still want to have someone else's child."

Shen Jie laughed again while holding the phone, but she felt more and more uneasy inside.

She didn't know if she really had the strength to fulfill such a heavy promise. She only knew that she didn't want to continue this weird topic now.

I hope everything will be safe and sound... Shen Jie thought.

Fortunately, before she asked to change the subject, Xiao Yao had already started talking about the "missing case" again.

For Shen Jie now, it is better to talk about this.

"I sent you a lot of QQ and text messages today," Xiao Yao said hesitantly, "There are some... well, various messages, some of which are quite anxious and mixed with some emotional messages. Delete them all and don't read them."

"Hmm..." Shen Jie deliberately prolonged her nasal tone: "Okay, then I'll delete them all."

"Yeah." Xiao Yao said.

Shen Jie secretly decided to read all the information as soon as she hung up the phone.

What was coming could not be avoided, and Xiao Yao began to tell himself incessantly how worried and anxious his disappearance made him, and how he had no mind to do anything else - and Shen Jie also solemnly promised him repeatedly that it would never happen again.

"Do you want me to write you a check and send it to you?" Shen Jie said half-jokingly at last.

"Forget about the inspection." Xiao Yao said, "But if this problem happens again, I will be very disappointed."

What Xiao Yao said reminded Shen Jie of what Shen Hongsheng said, "I will be very, very disappointed in you." She suddenly felt a little disgusted, but she did not show it.

The two chatted for about 20 minutes before Shen Jie could not help but politely remind him that she was hungry. After she and Xiao Yao said goodnight to each other, she hung up the phone, unplugged the charging cable, walked to the door of her bedroom, and rang the bell to call the maid.

Then she walked back to the bathroom, took off her pajamas, sat on the smart toilet again, and began to review Xiao Yao's text messages one by one.

--split line--

The next morning, Xiao Yao was awakened by a phone call from Yu Luying, asking him to come to class.

Shen Jie's good morning QQ message was already lying in his phone, and she also asked him if he had a good time playing with the silly girl in the War Park yesterday.

"I don't think you are that anxious. The horse is still running and the dance is still going on." Shen Jie said.

Are you trying to turn the tables?

Xiao Yao smiled bitterly, knowing that the other party did not follow his request and deleted and did not read all the messages and comments.

He asked whether Shen Jie's relatives had come, and still got a negative answer, but Xiao Yao had decided not to keep thinking about it.

The course is still held in the large conference room on the first floor of the Sacred Heart Church. The "Creed" has been completed, and today we will officially start the "Seven Sacraments" and "Ten Commandments" segment.

After the class, Yu Bo did not dismiss everyone as he did before and take Xiao Yao, Daiyu and others to level up, but instead invited everyone to have a big pot meal together.

"I cooked the borscht myself," Yu Bo lifted the lid of the pressure cooker in the kitchen, smelled it, and then covered it again. "And the old hen soup. How is the cooking? Please give me some suggestions later."

"It smells really good." Xiao Yao took a deep breath and told the truth.

"I'm already looking forward to it!" Hairtail also looked very excited.

"Why didn't Yan Xiao come with you today?" Xiao Yao asked Daiyu.

"She, eh," said Hairtail awkwardly, "She—isn't very interested, is she?"

Chen Lu didn't come today either. Except for Yu Luying, everyone else was a bunch of hooligans. The food was good. In addition to the borscht and chicken soup cooked by Yu Bo himself, there were also a few dishes cooked by the old aunt in the hall. It was a pretty hearty lunch.

At the dinner table, Yu Bo announced the arrangements for the first social practice activity tomorrow, and required that everyone should not take leave unless necessary.

After lunch, Xiao Yao and Yu Luying did not go to the Café Madier, but started doing exercises in an empty room on the second floor of the church.

"I don't think it's that simple," Yu Luying frowned. "If it's based on what you said, I feel like her stepmother got her drunk on purpose, or even drugged her."

"When did you become a conspiracy theorist?" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Not really. Shen Jie and her stepmother have a good relationship. This is not a fairy tale. How can there be so many vicious stepmothers?"

Yu Luying shrugged.

"Besides," Xiao Yao said, "what's the point of drugging her? What's the point?"

As he was talking, Yu Bo had already pushed the door open and walked in: "After the social practice activity is over tomorrow, I will go to the hospital to see Zhou Qi. You two can come with me? - You don't have any plans, right?"

"Zhou Qi?" Xiao Yao said in surprise, "Zhou Qi hasn't been discharged from the hospital yet?"

Chapter 196 Charity Gangster Group

2023-05-19

The next day was a nice day with not a cloud in the sky.

It is already mid-July, so the so-called good weather is actually bad weather for people who engage in outdoor activities.

The sun was hanging high in the sky, emitting scorching rays that made everything on the earth seem to be covered with a hot blanket. The air was filled with a stuffy breath, as if an invisible force was oppressing people's breathing.

The leaves of the trees turned yellow under the scorching sun, and even the wind became lazy and weak. Pedestrians on the road sought shade to avoid the scorching heat wave.

The buildings on both sides of the street were so hot from the sun that even their shadows became distorted. The vehicles on the asphalt road left shiny tire marks, and even the ground became extremely hot.

The whole city was filled with a scorching atmosphere, and people couldn't help but feel as if they were being roasted by fire. This was a day that made people want to stay away from the sun, the hottest day in the hot summer.

Xiao Yao even suspected that this was what "Purgatory" looked like. Father Yu arranged the "social practice activity" on this day in order to "purify" the sins of these little hooligans.

"Damn, I got fooled by the weather forecast," Yu Bo licked the popsicle with his tongue and complained in a low voice, "I should have changed the day earlier."

Xiao Yao and Yu Luying looked at each other, and there were three black lines on their foreheads.

Today Xiao Yao was wearing a basketball vest bought by Shen Jie, shorts, and a pair of black sandals on his bare feet.

Even though it was such a hot day, Yu Luying was still wearing a royal blue dress. The hem of the dress covered most of her calves, and the sleeves were almost to her elbows. I wonder if she would feel hot.

At this moment, she was wearing a pair of light blue canvas shoes, with a light blue ribbon wrapped around the aqua blue sock on her right foot. She looked like Doraemon, and Xiao Yao liked her very much.

He did not go with Yu Luying. Firstly, his niece seemed to have a lot to say to her uncle alone. Secondly, he was not sure whether Yu Bo knew about the complicated relationship between him and Yu Luying. Thirdly, even if Yu Bo knew, this was a group activity after all, and it might not be a good idea for them to be together in public.

Xiao Yao was walking while sending QQ messages to Shen Jie.

oOShu HeOo: A blue skirt? I'll look for it, I think it should be there.

oOShu HeOo: Why are you asking this suddenly?

Don Quixote: No, I just suddenly wanted to see you wearing blue, which I feel would suit your temperament very well.

oOShuheOo: I haven’t tried it…it feels weird, but I should be able to match it.

oOShuheOo: No, go buy two more.

DON QUIXOTE: Hmm-hmm.

oOShuheOo: I heard from silly girl that you have no problem passing the exam and upgrading at the beginning of the school term?

Don Quixote: About the same, but my first small goal now is 80 points.

oOShuheOo: Is this true, Fat Huo?

Don Quixote: Really, after school starts, I will use my absolute strength to give them a little shock.