You are my wife, don't doubt it!

"Teacher Yao still has some remnants of 'desire'," Xiao Yao explained, "Is there a possibility that we can find a way to 'revive' him?"

Zhou Qi's eyes lit up: "If this is possible, this will become my next goal."

Xiao Yao finished his lunch box and said goodbye to Zhou Qi politely together with Yu Luying.

The two people left Zhou Qi's ward.

The hospital corridors were filled with the smell of medicine and the silence of a long wait.

The dim light cast a faint shadow on the cold white wall. The door of the ward was slowly closed, isolating the noise of the world.

The two walked slowly along the corner. Xiao Yao's eyes were wandering, and he often glanced at the people passing by occasionally. Yu Luying stared straight ahead, her brows slightly furrowed, as if she was thinking about something important.

"I noticed that you are always frowning recently?" Xiao Yao said suddenly.

"I... can't see clearly." Yu Luying squinted her eyes: "I feel my eyesight is starting to deteriorate."

"Ha," Xiao Yao stretched out his hand and hooked Yu Luying's shoulder: "For a diligent top student like you, it's not easy to become nearsighted in the second year of high school."

"Hmm..." said Yu Luying.

"Will I accompany you to get glasses tomorrow?" Xiao Yao said.

"Not for now...right?" Yu Luying said hesitantly, "It's not that serious."

"I'm suddenly a little curious about what you look like with glasses." Xiao Yao said with a smile.

"You still have this hobby?" Yu Luying bent to the left as she walked.

"Not really..." Xiao Yao said after thinking for a while.

The hospital corridor seemed deserted and lonely, as if it were a forgotten corner. Through the window, the faint moonlight shone in, just illuminating the haze outside the window.

The low-pitched quarrel coming from the corner could be heard when they were not too far away, and it became clearer and clearer as Xiao Yao and Yu Luying got closer.

"I told you a long time ago not to associate with your so-called friends, but you wouldn't listen." It was the man's cold voice.

Xiao Yao paused.

He and Yu Luying turned around and saw the middle-aged couple standing there, both of them with frowns on their faces, full of resentment and pain.

"No way..." Xiao Yao asked Yu Luying softly, "Is this the couple that you mentioned quarreling when you came up just now?"

Yu Luying didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

"I've finished my meal, but the quarrel is still not over," said Xiao Yao.

"Let's go and don't meddle in other people's business." Yu Luying pulled Xiao Yao's arm.

"Do you want to go up and ask?" Xiao Yao was pulled three or two steps and then stopped.

"It's difficult for a judge to settle family affairs. Why do you, a grown man, like to meddle in other people's business so much?" Yu Luying said in a low voice.

"I am a Christian with a warm heart who loves to do good and to help others." Xiao Yao said casually.

"Call him now and I'll explain everything to him!"

Although the middle-aged couple tried to lower their voices, their sounds could still be heard by Xiao Yao and Yu Luying in the quiet corridor of the hospital.

The woman was about 40 years old, of medium build, wearing a simple pair of jeans and a loose T-shirt. Her short hair was messy, and she looked a little haggard. Her expression was a little distorted and trembling, her eyes were wandering, her mouth was tightly pursed, and she was holding a mobile phone in her hand. Somehow, Xiao Yao was reminded of Yu Lihua before.

The man was about the same age, thin, gentle, with a frown on his face, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. His triangular eyes behind the lenses were staring at the woman in front of him.

Just when Xiao Yao had seen enough of the excitement and was about to leave.

The man suddenly lost control of his emotions and rushed forward to grab the phone from the woman's hand. The woman refused and the two of them wrestled with each other.

Before Xiao Yao and the other man could react, the conflict had already escalated. The man raised his hand and slapped the woman to the ground, then snatched the phone from her.

The palm strike was so powerful that the sound echoed in the hospital corridor, scaring both Xiao Yao and Yu Luying.

Xiao Yao and Yu Luying's eyes widened as they watched it all in disbelief.

The woman fell backwards, leaned against the wall of the corridor, and slid down to sit on the ground.

The man covered his eyes with his right hand.

The woman covered her hit cheek in pain, tears streaming down her face.

Then, she quickly stood up, picked up her bag, and walked towards the door of the inpatient department without saying a word, leaving a series of "knock knock knock" sounds in the corridor.

The man who hit the man stood there, motionless, continuing to cover his face with his hands, shaking his head and sighing.

Xiao Yao took a step forward and wanted to say something to the man, but Yu Luying glared at Xiao Yao and pulled his arm again.

The man who was beating the other man put down his hands, didn't even look at the two of them, and walked away in another direction.

When Xiao Yao and Yu Luying left the inpatient department, Yu Luying looked a little unhappy, but she walked very fast and it was already evening, so Xiao Yao who was following behind her did not notice it for a while.

"Where are we going?" Xiao Yao asked Yu Luying.

"Go find my uncle." Yu Luying said concisely.

Yu Bo and Liang Yanan were sitting at a lively open-air barbecue stall, the surroundings filled with thick smoky aroma and noisy voices. Warm yellow light poured down from the colored lights above the stall, illuminating the entire area, creating a lively and cheerful atmosphere.

The tables and chairs of the stall are arranged sparsely and orderly. The aroma of grilled skewers wafts into the air, and the tempting aroma of meat fills the air, making people salivate.

The small wooden table in front of Yu Bo and Liang Yanan was filled with a wide variety of skewers, including golden and tempting chicken wings and chicken legs, juicy and tender veal steaks and lamb chops, and fatty and lean pork belly.

Yu Bo was chewing on a skewer of barbecue, and Liang Yanan was still wearing a pair of sunglasses. No one knew what her hobby was. Her short hair and unmade-up face gave her earrings another interpretation.

When Liang Yanan saw Xiao Yao coming, she took a bottle of beer, placed the mouth of the bottle on the edge of the table, slapped the mouth of the bottle hard with her gloved right hand, then poured the golden liquid into a transparent disposable plastic cup and pushed it in front of Xiao Yao. The whole action was done in one go.

There was a dozen bottles of Bluebird draft beer on the table. The bottles were cold and wet. On this summer night, just looking at them made you feel chilled.

Xiao Yao pulled over two plastic stools, pushed them in front of the small wooden table, sat down, pushed the other plastic stool to Yu Luying, picked up a kebab of lamb and started eating.

"Didn't you just have dinner?" Yu Luying said.

"Go home quickly after you finish eating. We still have the second half to play." Yu Bo took a sip of beer and rolled his eyes.

Xiao Yao seriously suspected that Yu Bo didn't want the two of them to be the light bulbs here, so he tactfully put down the skewers in his hands.

But Yu Luying still wanted to report what she had learned from Zhou Qi.

The girl glanced at Liang Yanan and thought that since Liang Yanan was also investigating the case and she and her uncle hit it off right away - no, they were "old friends", so she felt that there was nothing to avoid.

"Uncle, Zhou Qi told Xiao Yao that the shadow wanted to..."

"Yes! Shadow." Yu Bo suddenly added in an exaggerated and loud voice: "We are not perfect. Everyone has a shadow deep in their hearts. That is our dark side - the world is the same. Our human civilization is inherently fragile. In human history, there are many cases of barbarism defeating civilization and ignorance swallowing up nobility. So many times, human civilization is really like a layer of gauze on the crater of a volcano. The volcanic ash that gushes out in an instant may break through this gauze."

While Yu Bo was saying these inexplicable words, he winked at Xiao Yao.

"But we still have to work hard to reinforce the gauze..." Xiao Yao picked up another skewer of meat and continued his conversation, while secretly making a gesture to Yu Luying under the table.

At this time, Liang Yanan also drank a glass of beer, looked at Yu Bo and interrupted: "The way to reinforce the gauze is to organize bad boys to deliver food to the homeless?"

"Hey, isn't People's Square under the jurisdiction of Huangfu District?" Yu Bo laughed. "Don't leave your name behind when doing good deeds. Besides, it's ugly to brag about yourself. You are really well-informed. I thought forensic pathologists were not popular."

"You are really ignorant," Liang Yanan said as he opened another bottle of beer. "They will do anything to get someone to jump the queue and write a report. But I don't need to work overtime for your job. You told me that you were a priest at Beihong Sacred Heart Church, and I knew that you were the 'hot-blooded priest'."

"Oh, what hot-blooded and cold-blooded——"

"Are you a forensic doctor? Doesn't that mean..." Yu Luying stopped talking when the words came to her lips.

"Squatting in the morgue all day, smelling like dead people?" Liang Yanan held the skewers of meat in his hand under the light, gently rubbed his fingers to turn the bamboo sticks, and observed carefully.

This made Xiao Yao have some unreasonable associations. He silently put down the half skewer of meat in his hand, picked up the beer glass beside him and drank it all.

"Ah, Yingying didn't mean that," Yu Bo tried to smooth things over, but then he changed the subject: "But isn't that what forensic doctors do?"

"That's good," Liang Yanan chuckled, seeming to really not care: "This is not Rice Flower City, how can there be so many unnatural deaths? Most of the work is injury assessment, fighting, sexual assault and so on, are all trivial matters."

"How can sexual assault be considered a bad thing? It is a lifelong thing for girls." Xiao Yao originally had no stereotype about the forensic profession, but from the words and actions of Liang Yanan and Yu Lihua, he developed a feeling that "those who study medicine are more or less perverted."

"Girl? Do you know how many victims of sexual assaults are boys?" Although he couldn't see Liang Yanan's eyes through her sunglasses, Xiao Yao still sensed the teasing from behind the lenses.

"???"

"Okay, Xiao Yao, hurry up and send Yingying back home. If it's any later, my sister will be worried." Yu Bo interrupted this boring argument.

"You two can ride my motorcycle back. I can't ride it today anyway." Liang Yanan threw a bunch of car keys to Xiao Yao.

"Yes, we won't go home until we're drunk today!"

Chapter 201: Motorcycle, Girl, and the Promise of White Stockings

2023-05-21

As night fell and the warm breeze blew, the summer night in Shanghai exuded a subtle charm. Xiao Yao rode Liang Yanan's 50cc small-displacement scooter, carrying Yu Luying through the bustling city with the excitement and adventurous courage of a teenager.

"What's the relationship between this woman and my uncle?" Yu Luying asked Xiao Yao. She was full of questions.

"Didn't I tell you? I knew they were old acquaintances. I didn't know when we chased her out. We had a fight, and then Bo said he would buy her a drink as an apology - that's all I knew."

"Don't call me uncle in front of me and take advantage of me."

"? Isn't that what everyone calls you? Okay, I'll call you uncle from now on."

"You're still taking advantage of me!"

"...?"

"What was the code between you and my uncle, Huoshan Gauze?"

"Without the code, you can't see it... Doesn't your uncle want to talk about the shadow in front of Liang Yanan?"

"……Oh."

"Your emotional intelligence needs to be improved. It seems that top students are not excellent in everything. My mentality is balanced now." Xiao Yao wanted to look back at Yu Luying, but when he was distracted, the road ahead suddenly became bumpy and the scooter shook violently.

Yu Luying instinctively hugged Xiao Yao tightly and said in a surprised voice: "Just make sure you drive the car in a balanced manner!"

……

"You know what?" Xiao Yao shouted, "My favorite is Han Han's "Like a Teenager"."

"What? I can't hear you! This is not called speeding?" Yu Luying put her arms around Xiao Yao's waist and shouted in a neither loud nor soft voice.

Then, the girl's words were drowned out by the noisy traffic and wind.

Indeed, this is not called speeding, because Xiao Yao only drove at an average speed of 30 yards.

This was because the road was very crowded, and because I drank a little, really just a little beer, and also because Yu Luying was sitting sideways in the back seat.

He was not "like a teenager" because he was a teenager and it was his first time riding a motorcycle, so naturally he did not dare to be too reckless.

This small-displacement light motorcycle does not require gear shifting and does not require a driver's license. Theoretically, anyone who can ride a bicycle can drive it. In other words, even if you can't ride a bicycle, you should be able to drive it.

As we all know, the legislation for drunk driving was enacted on May 2011, 5. In China in 1, even drunk driving would only result in points deduction, fines, and license revocation. Naturally, no one cared about such small-displacement motor vehicles.

Despite this, Xiao Yao still drove very cautiously for the sake of his own and others' life, health and property safety.

The night wind whistled past my ears, a motorcycle moved lightly on the non-motorized vehicle lane, the orange light was projected on the two of them, the warm light illuminated Xiao Yao's face, but the girl's face was hidden in the shadows.

Yu Luying wore a royal blue dress that fluttered in the wind, like a deep blue ocean. Her blue canvas shoes and cotton socks set off the dress, highlighting her pure and elegant temperament.

The girl sat sideways on the back of the motorcycle, her body gently pressed against Xiao Yao's back, feeling his every turn and acceleration.

The ends of her hair danced, and along with the hem of her skirt, she fluttered in the wind, like an elf dancing with the night breeze.

The hoarse and powerful sound of the motorcycle's engine made it even harder for Xiao Yao and Yu Luying to hear each other's words.

Xiao Yao was in a very good mood, and under the stimulation of alcohol, he was even a little high.

"All those who have gone crazy are dead,

All the awesome people are now depressed,

All those who were ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth fell silent.

Everything you own is outdated, everything you love is old,

All that you have ever laughed at, you have become.

Oh, time is no longer~~~~Alas, it is no longer our world..."

Yu Luying patted Xiao Yao's back vigorously and shouted, "Sing something positive!"

A smirk appeared on Xiao Yao's face and he changed the song.

This time it goes straight to the climax of the chorus.

"Mom, I feel sick. In their world, life is so old-fashioned and makes people always unhappy. I am tired of living, but I don't want to die. They are so hard that people bump into them, bump into them, and bump into them until their heads are broken and bleeding!"

Xiao Yao felt pain in his waist and almost cried out in pain, so he switched to another song called "The Brother Sleeping on My Upper Bunk".