You are my wife, don't doubt it!

The onlookers turned their heads away.

Xu Ruiyi smiled and said, "Women from this international metropolis are different from those from our small place..." As he spoke, he pecked Zhang Lei in his arms.

Zhang Lei's face flushed, and she reached out to push Xu Ruiyi's chest, but she didn't really organize a decent resistance.

As a result, Wang Hao, Tang Xuewei and the people eating pancakes next to them were hit by a second round of dog food.

Five people sat around a small wooden table, each sharing the sesame seed cakes that Yu Luying had just brought.

Xiao Yao tried hard to remain calm and composed so as not to let Yu Luying's efforts go to waste.

The boys and girls started chattering, and Xiao Yao mentioned the disappointing experience of being rejected at the Experimental Junior High School today.

"Oh, that's all," Xu Ruiyi slapped his thigh, "You should have called me at the time."

"It's okay," Xiao Yao said, "You don't have to go in and have a look."

Xu Ruiyi took out his cell phone, dialed a number, stood up, and started chattering loudly in Dongru dialect.

In less than a minute, Xu Ruiyi came back: "You two go ahead, I'll say hello, the guard won't stop you again."

"Well, thank you." Xiao Yao accepted Xu Ruiyi's kindness.

"When you two are done shopping, come to my house for dinner. Don't eat too much of the sesame cake." Xu Ruiyi finished the sesame cake in his hand and glanced around: "Hao'er, shall we go?"

"Let's go, let's go." Wang Hao looked like he didn't want to stay here for even a minute longer.

When Zhang Lei left, she just nodded casually to Xiao Yao, but Tang Xuewei asked Xiao Yao for his new mobile phone number in Shanghai and his QQ.

"Old classmates, keep in touch when you have time," said Tang Xuewei.

"Ah."

"Hey, let's go, don't be reluctant to leave," Xu Ruiyi urged impatiently, "Tang Xuewei, Xiao Yao will also come tonight."

"Oh, okay," Tang Xuewei said with a smile, "See you tonight, Xiao Yao."

The sky darkened and the neon lights on the chassis of Xu Ruiyi's car lit up. Looking at the rear of the car as it sped away, Xiao Yao sighed with emotion.

On the way to the county junior high school in a rickshaw with Yu Luying, Xiao Yao asked Yu Luying: "Where are your 100 sesame cakes?"

"He said there was no time to bake it," Yu Luying looked down at her slippers, "You can't ask everyone to wait just for me."

"That's it." Xiao Yao said.

"So, the boss said he would work overtime and asked me to pick it up tomorrow morning or afternoon," said Yu Luying.

"What are you thinking? Buy 100? It's true that they don't cost much - but they're very heavy." Xiao Yao said.

"I want my mom and uncle to have a taste," Yu Luying whispered, "and Zhou Yao, Shen Jie and the others - and your grandma, she should be back next month, right?"

The wheels of the rickshaw made a thudding sound on the uneven road, and the irregular vibration spread throughout the entire cabin. The pedals of the three-wheeled vehicle groaned under the driver's feet, and the friction between the bottom of the canvas bag and the frame also made a rustling sound.

"What do you think?" Xiao Yao said.

"Ah?" Yu Luying looked up innocently and said, "I asked the boss, this sesame seed cake is not that easy to spoil. It only takes 5 hours to get back to Shanghai, and then just keep it in the freezer."

Who asked you about the sesame cake? Xiao Yao thought. Are you playing dumb, or...

"Then, the cold sesame cake that's frozen into a lump of iron," Xiao Yao said, "is it delicious?"

“Can’t we just heat it up in the microwave?” Yu Luying said with some lack of confidence.

"I am cautiously skeptical about the taste," Xiao Yao pointed out.

"Another way is to reheat the pan on the gas stove before eating. I am confident in this," Yu Luying told Xiao Yao, "I am still confident that it can restore 7% to 8% of the taste at least."

"Okay, as long as you know what's going on." Xiao Yao said, "Let's not talk about the pancake - what do you think?"

"..." Yu Luying was silent for a while: "Steamed bun, are you still not happy?"

"I am happy to do so," Xiao Yao said quickly, "I am so happy."

"Then what did you say?" Yu Luying glanced at him and continued to look down at her Crocs.

"Didn't you say that the first time should be at... a special and memorable occasion, and the time... would be better?" Xiao Yao said hesitantly.

"Then let me apologize to you?" Yu Luying's voice sounded a little annoyed.

"Don't worry, you know that's not what I meant."

“……” The girl remained silent.

"You used symbiosis to hear me talking to them, right?" Xiao Yao said, "I saw you put your hand behind your ear when you were buying sesame cakes."

“……”Yu Luying agreed.

"I just want to tell you something," Xiao Yao said, "Why bother with such a person? Why bother being sour over such a person? Let's just... just... let this brat mess with my Tao heart? - I, I'm not blaming you, you understand? I just feel..."

“Xiao Yao,” Yu Luying said softly, “I didn’t kiss her mainly for Wang Hao to see, but for that Tang…Tang…Tang…”

"Tang Xuewei?"

"You chased Tang Xuewei, right?"

"How did you know?" Xiao Yao took a breath.

“Either it’s women’s intuition,” Yu Luying said, “or it’s the symbiotic information sharing that is showing signs of recovery.”

"..."

"Xiao Yao, this is what I think," Yu Luying explained to him, "Didn't you confess your love to me in the first semester of your freshman year? Then, until almost the end of the year, I ignored you and didn't talk to you. Do you know why?"

"Because...I made you hate me?" Xiao Yao said.

"It's all because you embarrassed me." Yu Luying said.

"what?"

"You confessed your love to me, but the letter was intercepted by Wang Ming. The whole class threw it around and read it. I felt very embarrassed." Yu Luying told Xiao Yao: "Besides, your reputation in the class has never been very good."

"What you mean is that being pursued and confessed to by someone like me who is isolated and ostracized by the whole class is embarrassing for you, right?" Xiao Yao was unhappy.

"If I hadn't treated you a little worse, a little more harshly," Yu Luying explained, "people in the class might have assumed that you and I were a couple, and would have kept making jokes about us, or calling me Madam Xiao, and so on."

"Hmm...it's possible..."

"So do you understand? I am willing to hurt you just to save my own reputation—"

Xiao Yao grabbed Yu Luying's right hand and said, "It's all in the past, why are you still bringing it up again and again? I've forgiven Zhou Qi, as for Brother Long, Chen Lu and the others, you see how good our relationship is now, but didn't they follow others and ignore me in the past? What's in the past is in the past..."

"Since I have decided to say goodbye to myself as I am now," Yu Luying whispered softly, "Then, then, for me as I am now, I...if I can make you look good in front of your classmates, and make those who look down on you shut up and feel regretful, then this will be the most special and memorable occasion and time for me. I say this, do you understand - um, um!"

In the dark night, the rickshaw stopped at the gate of Dongru County Experimental Middle School. The driver turned around and said, "We're here. You guys—"

Then, he turned his head back and muttered to himself: "You guys continue, I'm not in a hurry..."

Chapter 216 Rolling on the Grass

2023-05-31

*This chapter is also called "Summer Campus"

Sometimes, some things, once you start and taste the sweetness, you can never stop.

Xiao Yao couldn't understand why Yu Luying, a good student and a good girl in the eyes of everyone, could be so "demanding".

It was like a flood that had been accumulating for 15 years suddenly burst open, with huge waves rushing towards you, suffocating you.

Xiao Yao certainly didn't mind doing this kind of thing, but the feeling of physical suffocation still existed objectively.

Standing at the corner of the escalator on the third floor of the comprehensive building of Dongru County Experimental Middle School, Xiao Yao couldn't help but push Yu Luying away.

"What's wrong?" Yu Luying asked Xiao Yao.

"I can't breathe..." Xiao Yao told her: "You need to tilt your head a little, like this..."

In the darkness, Xiao Yao couldn't see Yu Luying's face clearly.

"Well," the girl said, "you are indeed very experienced, big rabbit."

Xiao Yao: “?”

Yu Luying hooked her hands around Xiao Yao's neck and said, "Tell me the truth, you bastard."

Xiao Yao thought, damn, this must be bad.

"You with her, or with me," Yu Luying asked, "Which one feels better?"

"With you." Xiao Yao answered without hesitation.

This statement is actually true.

"Why? What's the reason?" Yu Luying's tone sounded as if she was saying "You won't get any points if you only write the answer without writing the calculation process."

Of course Xiao Yao knew what the woman wanted to hear, but he couldn't say "Because I love you more".

Even if Shen Jie wasn't present, he didn't want to say sorry to her.

However, saying such a big truth as "Because of the existence of symbiosis, happiness is doubly magnified" would probably dampen Yu Luying's mood.

Therefore, Xiao Yao decided to shut up Xiaopingguo's mouth of "a hundred thousand whys" again.

As night fell, the campus environment of Dongru County Experimental Middle School became even quieter and more mysterious. The corner of the escalator on the third floor of the comprehensive building was undoubtedly a relatively hidden place - there was no light at this time, and everything around was shrouded in darkness. Visibility was extremely poor, and only the faint moonlight shone through the sparse clouds, barely outlining some vague outlines.

In this seemingly endless darkness, Xiao Yao felt as if he was in an unknown realm, strange and unpredictable. His body unconsciously tensed up, and every touch became acute. There was no sound around, only the sound of the breeze outside rustling the leaves, and the faint breathing between him and Yu Luying.

The darkness prevented Xiao Yao from seeing Yu Luying's face clearly, but he could feel her presence. Her body contact and her slightly trembling fingers were silently conveying some kind of emotion and message. This close contact made Xiao Yao's heart beat faster. He could feel the girl's body temperature, as if a special resonance had been created between the two of them.

All forces feed back onto each other.

He embraces and is embraced.

She touches and is touched.

The darkness around them seemed to strengthen their communication, making them more focused on each other. At this moment, their existence became everything to each other, and each other's existence was magnified to the extreme. This close contact, the dark environment and the lack of visual limitations made Xiao Yao more focused on feeling the breath emanating from Yu Luying.

"I love you." Xiao Yao said.

"I love you too - take your hand away." Yu Luying seemed to still have a little bit of rationality left.

Xiao Yao suddenly realized that Shen Jie had never said "I love you too"?

The corner of the stairs in the dark became a private and forbidden space for the two of them. Xiao Yao felt the girl's presence in the darkness, her breath, her temperature, and the intertwined emotions between the two of them, as if a weak but bright flame was ignited in the dark night, connecting them closely together.

……

"Then, let's go?" Xiao Yao pulled Yu Luying.

"Ah."

Yu Luying turned on a flashlight and went up to the fourth floor with Xiao Yao.

At the corner of the escalator on the fourth floor, the girl turned off the flashlight again and pushed Xiao Yao against the wall.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Yao protested, "You came to the second floor once, the third floor once, and the fourth floor again. Are you still going to visit or not?"

"It's pitch black here, what are we going to see..." Yu Luying said in a voice as small as a mosquito, putting her head on Xiao Yao's shoulder and turning left, right, left, and right.

"It's no use to act like a spoiled child," Xiao Yao said sternly, "Take a good look at my junior high school, and you can do the rest when you get home!"

"Who will do it with you when we get home?" Yu Luying muttered.

"what?"

"Nothing, Bunny. It's too dark here and there's nothing to see. Let's go to the teaching building."

"Yeah, sure."

……

"I suddenly thought of a song that fits the occasion. Let me sing it for you."

"it is good."

"Ahem," Xiao Yao sang softly, "My dear sister, accompany me to visit this summer campus and tell me..."

Yu Luying poked Xiao Yao's waist: "That handsome boy, the white-haired gentleman, take advantage of now, there is no one and no wind."

Xiao Yao: "When I left,"

Yu Luying consciously helped to harmonize: "Dala Dala~"

Xiao Yao: "It's also like now, with fallen leaves, and like now,"

Yu Luying: “Dala dala~”