You are my wife, don't doubt it!

"What does it mean to achieve great harmony in life?!" Xiao Yao asked in a low voice while gritting his teeth, while performing the Great Riddler Correction Technique of Strong Man Locking on Hairtail.

The so-called "lock" refers to... well, it looks like the two people are arm in arm, but in fact it is Xiao Yao who has locked him and he can't move. The bodies of both parties are arched like crayfish, and Xiao Yao's iron fist is against the belly of the hairtail.

"That's what you mean..." said Hairtail.

"Fuck you, you beast!" Xiao Yao yelled, "Golden Rising Dragon Fist!"

"Ugh—Brother Xiao, you are so fucking cruel! Help!"

"Hey, you two brats," Yu Bo appeared at the side door of the Sacred Heart Church with a cold face, "If you want to fight, go somewhere else, don't block my door."

"No, Brother Bo...save me!" While being dragged away by Xiao Yao, Daiyu stretched out his bent right palm towards Yu Bo.

"Hey, Xiao Yao!" Yu Bo yelled again.

The hairtail's face lit up with joy, as if it saw hope.

In the end, Yu Bo said, "Remember to come back after you finish your work here. I have something to ask you."

Hairtail: “No!!!!”

Fifteen minutes later.

At the small wooden table next to the "Six Yuan Spicy Hot Pot", Xiao Yao and Daiyu were staring at their mobile phone screens and pressing something on the phone buttons.

"Xiaoxiao said she will be there in ten minutes." Then, Daiyu put down his phone and said to Xiao Yao.

"Hey." Xiao Yao suddenly pulled the plastic stool under him in a sly manner and moved closer to the hairtail.

The hairtail shuddered slightly.

"Let me ask you...is it original?" Xiao Yao asked Hairtail with a smile.

"Of course it is..." After saying these four words, Hairtail subconsciously dodged.

"You know, Shen Jie and I are introducers. If you come here blindly, we won't be able to explain ourselves in the future. I told you this before I agreed to introduce you, right?" Xiao Yao narrowed his eyes.

"Brother Yao, you can trust me 100% on this," Daiyu vowed, "I absolutely, sincerely, wholeheartedly, and wholeheartedly love her. In the future, only she will let me down, not me. I swear." Daiyu raised his right hand.

After hearing this, Xiao Yao's expression eased a little, but he continued, "I express cautious doubts about this."

"You have to believe me, Brother Yao," Daiyu took out a cross from the collar of his black T-shirt, the same one as Xu Wuchen's, "I am a Catholic now."

"Get lost," Xiao Yao cursed with a smile, "Do you deserve it? If you go and tell Brother Bo what you did, will Brother Bo break one of your legs?"

Hairtail thought about it seriously and said, "Maybe it will happen - Brother Yao didn't hit me too hard."

"Is your brother Yao treating you well?"

"That's right, it still has to be my brother Yao."

"Ah, I'm not saying anything bad about you," Xiao Yao tapped the small wooden table with his fingers, and couldn't help but complain: "You really are - you two really are, you two have only known each other for a few days, a month or so? This is too..."

"It's been more than 20 days, right?" Daiyu recalled seriously: "When is your birthday? June 31st?"

"June 30th, fuck you - where did June 31 come from?"

"Yes, it was at your birthday party that your wife gave me Xiaoxiao's contact information. Isn't it more than 20 days now?"

"Time flies so fast..." Xiao Yao muttered to himself.

When Daiyu mentioned "your wife", he thought of that girl and couldn't help feeling sad again.

"Brother Yao, it's okay," Daiyu comforted him, "I will definitely ask Xiaoxiao to find Shen Jie's address for you. Brother, I will go through fire and water to help Brother Yao get my sister-in-law out of here safely."

"That's the good thing about you," Xiao Yao praised Daiyu, "Your loyalty."

"By the way, Brother Yao," Hairtail suddenly came forward with a sly look.

"What are you doing again?" Xiao Yao became alert.

"You and my sisters-in-law - and Yu Luying, too. It's been a long time," Daiyu asked with a sly smile, "should it be all done, right?"

"Fuck..." Xiao Yao blurted out: "Fuck off, what does it have to do with you?"

"Hahaha, okay, okay." Hairtail waved his hands repeatedly.

"I'm telling you, God will strike you with lightning," Xiao Yao taught him seriously, "I'm not like you, still talking nonsense about this kind of thing outside - I solemnly advise you not to talk nonsense outside anymore, this is disrespectful to Yan Xiao, do you understand?"

Just as Daiyu was about to answer, a graceful figure suddenly appeared behind him.

Then, a small and white hand pressed heavily on Hairtail's shoulder.

"Brother Yao is right," a cold but pleasant female voice came from behind Daiyu: "Daiyu, what disrespectful words did you say to me outside?"

"How dare I? Absolutely not. If you don't believe me, ask Brother Xiao. Brother Xiao, right? Ah, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts——"

Xiao Yao turned his head and frowned as he listened to the "cracking" sound of the shoulder blade being pinched in front of him.

After the unpleasant noise ended, Xiao Yao turned his head and glanced at Yan Xiao who was pulling out a plastic stool and sitting down.

She wore a dark gray-blue button-up top with a small red and white plaid shawl, a khaki hip-hugging long skirt, and a pair of black bow-knotted shoes on her feet. Her insteps and ankles were wrapped in pure black cotton socks.

Without any opening remarks or greetings, Yan Xiao spoke directly: "Shen Jie and I can only be considered ordinary classmates and friends, not close friends."

"Like this..." Xiao Yao said.

"Yes," Yan Xiao nodded, "otherwise she wouldn't have assigned this disaster to me."

Hairtail laughed and said, "What you said..."

Yan Xiao ignored him and continued to say to Xiao Yao: "I can't squeeze into her upper-class circle because my family background is very ordinary."

"There are no girls who can go to No. 7 Middle School," Xiao Yao couldn't help but ask, "They all come from ordinary families, right?"

"Ordinary and extraordinary are relative," Yan Xiao answered eloquently, "In short, I don't have her home address."

"Like this..." Xiao Yao felt a little disappointed.

"But I did think of a few ways that might help you dig it out." Yan Xiaoxiao changed his tone.

"Really?" Xiao Yao was overjoyed: "That's great."

"The only problem is," Yan Xiao puffed up one cheek and tapped it with his fingers, "I haven't found a reason to spend the time and energy to help you."

Xiao Yao's eyes rolled.

When most people say this, they are just asking for money, or asking for other rewards or promises, but he didn't understand Yan Xiao, and was afraid that talking nonsense would offend the other party, so he kept silent and waited for the other party to make an offer.

"What you said," Daiyu interrupted, "It's because of Shen Jie and the favor he gave us as a matchmaker."

"But, knowing you is not a good thing, right?" A sly smile appeared at the corner of Yan Xiao's mouth.

"? Hahaha, my wife likes to make jokes like this all the time." Daiyu explained to Xiao Yao somewhat embarrassedly.

"I'm not your wife." Yan Xiao reminded seriously.

"If not a wife, then what is it?" Daiyu smiled awkwardly and tried hard to wink at Yan Xiao, his eyes clearly showing "at least give me some face in public."

"Playmate." Yan Xiao blurted out without hesitation.

Xiao Yao covered his eyes with his hands, feeling embarrassed for Hairtail.

Is this a female ghost? Or a little devil? Never mind, I don't really understand their 2D terminology.

He even began to suspect that the great harmony of life that Hairtail talked about was purely bragging to him, Huo Pang (note: a Shanghai dialect meaning "bragging").

It’s not that I don’t believe you, we all want to broaden our horizons.

"Well, that," Xiao Yao cleared his throat and said, "Student Yan Xiao, this matter is very important to me, and I believe it is also very important to Shen Jie - if you are willing to help us, she and I will be grateful for your kindness."

Since she doesn't acknowledge the favor of introducing Hairtail, then let her not acknowledge it, Xiao Yao thought.

No matter what, as long as she is willing to help.

After hearing this, Yan Xiao sighed and said, "I will seriously consider it. Before that, I want to ask you a question: Now that you have the address, what can you do? What are you going to do?"

"I plan to have a good and frank talk with her father and try my best to let him see my sincerity and determination." Xiao Yao said according to the words he had prepared long ago.

"To be honest, I don't think this will be of any use," Yan Xiao shook his head and said, "You know what? You've become famous on our school's forum, a legendary figure."

"Huh?" Xiao Yao said.

Why is this another fucking post?

"After I get the address, I will ask Daiyu to text you, probably in the next two days - if I change my mind, I will also inform you." After Yan Xiao said this, he stood up and turned away without saying goodbye to Xiao Yao.

Daiyu stood up hurriedly, made a "call" gesture to Xiao Yao, and then chased after Yan Xiao.

Chapter 228: Don't force your daughter to get engaged on Children's Day

2023-06-09

After bidding farewell to Daiyu and his "playmate" Yan Xiao, Xiao Yao walked back to the church while thinking about some empty thoughts.

Although Yan Xiao agreed to help, he couldn't just wait there.

Firstly, I don’t know if she has the ability to accomplish this task. All eggs should not be put in one basket. Secondly, even if she can do it, time waits for no one.

Princess Peach is being held captive in the castle by the devil, waiting desperately for her rescue, but Mario doesn't even know where the devil's castle is. Although in the story there is always a white-bearded old man to show the way to the hero, for example, Xiao Yao can just lie down at home and wait for Shen Changsheng and Shen Jie (adult version) to come back, but if he can afford to wait, why bother asking around?

Speaking of this future version of Shen Jie...

Although he had not been looking forward to it much or fantasizing about it before, when the day of meeting really came, he couldn't help but be nervous and imagine it.

This kind of imagination contains almost no desire.

Xiao Yao doesn't like women older than himself.

When he was in junior high school, he thought all high school girls were old women.

Now that he is in high school, he thinks all college girls are old women.

Xiao Yao couldn't understand why Zhang Zhengkai, a junior high school student, was obsessed with a high school girl.

Since childhood, Xiao Yao has had a bad impression of the sisters who are older than him.

They are always fierce, always glaring at me, and even hitting me - note, hitting me, not using my hands.

However, due to my age, I am basically powerless to fight back.

Of course, it’s not so bad for someone like Shen Jie who is one year older than me. But if she is two or three years older, I would really feel a little “overwhelmed”.

And Shen Jie in 2034... Xiao Yao counted on his fingers and found that she was older than his biological mother.

When Xiao Yao thought about facing such an "old wife", he felt strange and uncomfortable.

Of course, there should be no love or family affection, like Yu Lihua?

It's a bit strange to call it friendship, let's call it a relationship of kinship - maybe, this comrade "Shen Jie" and I can really... respect and love her as if she were our mother.

In fact, treating your "wife" as your "mother" and showing filial love may sound a little strange or even inappropriate at first, but if you think about it carefully, from the perspective of family affection rather than lust, the feelings between the two are close and similar.

A few days ago, when Xiao Yao was taking a science class, he flipped through some... reading materials during the break, and one passage left a deep impression on him.

It tells the story of the special and intimate feelings that traditional Europeans have for the Virgin Mary.

Xiao Yao naturally couldn't remember what the original words were, but the general meaning was that the awe of divinity, the imagination, dependence and emotion towards the mother and wife were all concentrated on the religious symbol of "the Virgin Mary".

She is the model and embodiment of all ideals of womanhood.

I don’t know why, but Xiao Yao could understand this point very well.

As a beginner, he has not yet invested too deep emotions in the invisible and intangible Virgin Mary, but this emotional dependence on "mother and wife" is completely projected onto the visible and tangible Shen Jie.

If Yu Luying is his lovely girlfriend, then Shen Jie is the concept of "wife and mother" to him, and even contains a hint of transcendent divinity.

He put a deep love and love into it.

If the priests heard this idea, they might frown and accuse him of "idol worship"? But Xiao Yao couldn't help but feel this way.

Anyway, the night before Shen Jie left, I sang to her, "How many people have admired your youthful appearance, but who can withstand the ruthless changes of time? How many people have come and gone in your life, but you know that I will be with you all my life." Shen Jie said to herself, "I don't believe it, unless you accompany me well 30 years later" - that's what she said, right?

Xiao Yao actually didn't quite understand what "accompany her properly" meant, but he would try his best to follow its literal meaning.

And, love "her".

No matter which "she" it is.

After all, when it comes down to it, there is only one "she" in this world.

Even if she has become an old lady, she is still "her" after all.

After all, that was Shen Jie, the Shen Jie he loved the most. (Thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly apologize to Yu Luying)

What's more, let's put ourselves in their shoes and think about it from their perspective.