You are my wife, don't doubt it!

Yu Luying is a person with "long legs" in the usual sense - this is not only because she is 1.7 meters tall, but also because of the proportion of her leg length to her upper body.

However, even in the hottest summer, she always wore long skirts and pants when going out, never shorter than the knees, so it was the first time that Xiao Yao saw what her thighs looked like.

Her legs were graceful and round, her figure was as perfect as a sculpture, her skin was fair and smooth, and when she walked, her legs bounced and swayed rhythmically back and forth.

Xiao Yao realized that his reaction was not very polite. The girl turned around abruptly, lowered her eyes to look at Xiao Yao, and then looked at herself.

"I didn't mean it!" Xiao Yao raised his hand: "You've also taken biology classes. This is not something the brain can control..."

"Get out! Get out!" The girl's strength was amazing, and Xiao Yao was forked out after a few seconds.

Then, the wooden door was slammed shut in front of him.

"Stop making trouble. I have something important to do." Xiao Yao knocked on the door helplessly.

A few minutes later, the door was reopened.

Yu Luying changed into a yellow T-shirt and black loose trousers, and wore the same plain white cotton socks that she always wears.

"Where are we going?" Xiao Yao asked.

Yu Luying didn't say anything. She took a pair of black sandals from the shoe rack and half-knelt down to put them on.

The Velcro accidentally stuck to the socks, and when I lifted it up, a ball had formed on the instep of my foot.

The girl made an unpleasant "tsk" sound.

Xiao Yao followed her downstairs. The sun was already setting and the wind was blowing, so it was finally a little cooler.

Listening to the rustling sound of willow branches, walking side by side with Yu Luying along the stream was quite pleasant.

It is true that such beautiful legs are always covered up, which is a bit wasteful in a sense. She even lengthened her summer school skirt by a few centimeters. It is no wonder that people in school always say that she has a birthmark on her leg.

"Those gossipy women," Yu Luying said with a look of irritation, "Just because I look good, I have to run out to the street to show it to everyone? Do you really want others to see me?"

"I didn't say anything!" Xiao Yao was shocked.

"I know," Yu Luying pursed her lips, "but I just heard it."

"You can't do this," Xiao Yao said a little depressed, "I will keep my mind silent in front of you from now on."

"It's not what I want to hear," Yu Luying said, "From time to time, they just say a few words from their inner thoughts to me. What can I do about it?"

Although Yu Luying is usually a bit cold, when she speaks with a Shanghai accent, she still has a bit of the Wu dialect's coquettishness. In comparison, Shen Jie...

No! I can't let my imagination run wild at such a close distance.

"Hey, you're in a good mood today, is it because your mother is away on a trip?" Xiao Yao put his hands together and put them on the back of his head: "Is it that there is some saint in South Korea that we can worship? Can't we go to Jerusalem or Rome for pilgrimage?"

"It's close and convenient. South Korea also has a martyrdom site like Mount Chitou. Besides, she's probably going shopping on the way," Yu Luying saw an old lady selling peaches on the side of the road and walked up to her. "Rome and Jerusalem, my mother took me there during the summer vacation in the third year of junior high school."

“Still have money.”

"I think you're the one in a good mood, right?" Yu Luying squatted in front of the stall, carefully picking big and plump peaches. "You had a great time yesterday. You drank so much, hugged and cuddled with your Shen Jie, and got into a fight with someone. Did you get slapped? I called you but your phone was turned off? Tell me, what should I do with you?"

"You called me? My phone ran out of battery. Hey, why do you eat peaches every day? I'm tired of them."

"I just love eating peaches~"

Xiao Yao couldn't help but glance at the piece of flesh that was accidentally exposed on the girl's back when she squatted down.

There's no one around anyway, should I remind her?

"Listen to my explanation of what happened yesterday. I was just about to tell you." He couldn't help but glanced at her again.

"You tell me, I've been waiting till now - no need to look for it, it's not easy for you grandma in such hot weather," the girl stood up happily holding a plastic bag of peaches, "What supernatural phenomenon is this again?"

"This is what happened," the two of them turned into a long alley, "Didn't Shen Jie's classmates have their birthdays yesterday? I accompanied them to eat and sing..."

When Xiao Yao talked about the crazy King game, the girl's pretty face wrinkled up: "Do middle school students nowadays play so happily?"

"Not really, Shen Jie said..."

“A person’s circle of friends is like a mirror that reflects what kind of person she is.”

At this time, they had already passed the alley and arrived at the old commodity street. Yu Luying took a fancy to a Hello Kitty pillow, hugged it and rubbed it: "Auntie, how much is this?"

Xiao Yao frowned, but finally did not refute her malicious assumptions about Shen Jie.

"You ran into Zhou Qi, why didn't you report it to the police?" After listening to Xiao Yao's story about his adventure after going out to the toilet, Yu Luying stretched out her little fist and smacked her lips.

"You must be kidding. Do you think people will believe a policeman like me? I will definitely be kicked out."

"So you think I should believe your nonsense about wearing a mirror?"

"You will." Xiao Yao said.

Yu Luying took out a pen from her trouser pocket and drew the pattern on her palm.

Divider, tape measure, eye, and "G".

"Is it a pattern like this?" the girl asked.

"It should be... roughly the same." Xiao Yao said.

"This is the symbol of Freemasonry." Yu Luying said.

"Freemasonry? I feel like I've heard of it somewhere before. It has something to do with your church, right...?"

"There is no positive connection, and he is not a good person." Yu Luying said: "My uncle is quite knowledgeable about these things, so we need to let him know about this."

"That's what I meant," Xiao Yao nodded and said, "Shall we go ask now?"

"He went on a pilgrimage with my mom after mass this morning. He's the leading priest of that group." The girl picked up her flip phone, which had a rabbit pendant on it. "Anyway, Zhou Qi is also a classmate of ours. We can't just leave him alone."

"That's what I meant." Xiao Yao agreed casually.

"How about you take me to the cash box you saw yesterday?" Yu Luying thought for a moment and put her phone down again.

"Okay - let's not do it. I can't put you in danger," Xiao Yao straightened his back seriously, "I can't put myself in danger either, because that would also put you in danger."

"Are you reciting tongue twisters?" Yu Luying's eyes curved into crescents: "If you're timid, just say you're timid. It's not shameful, ah."

Night falls.

Chapter 38 June

Since entering June, time has been moving forward in leaps and bounds towards the final exams.

The atmosphere in the class became increasingly tense as the temperature rose day by day. The fan above his head was spinning, but Xiao Yao kept lifting his collar.

I really want to go shirtless in the classroom.

"I just don't understand, will it kill me if I install an air conditioner in the classroom?" Xiao Yao sent this text message to Shen Jie at 9 a.m., and Shen Jie finally replied at 4: p.m.: "Uh, so you don't have air conditioners in your classrooms..."

An aristocratic school, you can’t afford to offend me.

Speaking of which, since returning from KTV that day, Shen Jie's attitude has become more worrying day by day.

To put it simply, he replies to messages slower and slower, with fewer words, often doesn't answer the phone, and after a few sentences he says he has something to do and wants to hang up. As for meeting, forget it. Don't even think about it. If you ask, he's just busy.

There is no doubt that something happened here, but Xiao Xiong urged Xiao Yao not to watch her too closely, so he could only control his temper and keep in occasional contact with Shen Jie.

However, it is impossible to say that I am not anxious at all.

Zhou Qi was determined by the police to be missing from school, which put a lot of pressure on the school, especially on Teacher Yao.

Therefore, not only did the after-school tutoring every day come to a halt, but Teacher Yao also had to sit at the back of the classroom from morning to night, supervising and accompanying the class around the clock.

This made the atmosphere in the class even more tense.

However, something good happened. Although there was no formal agreement, Xiao Yao and Yu Luying inexplicably started going to and from school together every day.

Yu Luying was still afraid of what people would say, so they would separate before going to school and meet again at that place after school.

Occasionally, Yu Luying would even make lunch boxes for Xiao Yao.

“There was no one at home, so I made it for myself. I accidentally made too much. It would be a waste if I can’t finish it anyway.” Yu Luying always explained this way.

It was Yu Luying's good attitude that suppressed Xiao Yao's anxiety and prevented him from running to the No. 7 Girls' High School to block the door again.

Ever since his failed confession, Xiao Yao has been trying to restore his normal bilateral relationship with Yu Luying, but it always backfired.

Who would have thought that the secret to success is to “make Yu Luying feel that she is no longer single”?

Xiao Yao was puzzled.

What would Yu Luying do if she knew that her relationship with Shen Jie had cooled? Xiao Yao didn't dare to take the risk.

In fact, there was no need for Yu Luying to be cautious, because no one cared about the gossip about the two of them, or the incident of stealing underwear - all attention was diverted to the topic brought up by Zhou Qi's disappearance.

Even Shen Jie took the initiative to call Xiao Yao and said, "I heard someone is missing from your school? Oh, I saw it in the newspaper. Ah? Is it someone from your class?"

Rumors also began to fly.

Some people claimed that the unidentified female corpse fished out of Suzhou River a few days ago was Zhou Qi, but the final identification result showed that it was not.

Some people believe that Ouyang Qianqian is a suspect because on the day Zhou Qi disappeared, someone saw Ouyang Qianqian arguing with her.

Even Xiao Yao was included in the suspect list, but these voices ultimately did not amount to anything.

On this day, Xiao Yao's grandmother went to see the old man she had just met, and he forgot to bring his keys. While waiting for his grandmother to come home, Yu Luying finally let him in again.

"More and more people think that Teacher Yao is involved in this matter - I'm not just talking about supervisory responsibility." Xiao Yao sat on the sofa, peeling and eating peaches for her.

"I heard about it, too. It's very detailed," Yu Luying hung the washed clothes outside the window one by one, "They said that Teacher Yao and Zhou Qi had an improper relationship."

"Teacher Yao...I can't do that." Xiao Yao touched his nose in confusion: "These people really dare to say anything."

The girl was wearing a pair of dark high-waisted jeans today, which made her look very obviously 46cm tall.

"They were indeed very close, but I never thought about it that way." Yu Luying washed her hands and wiped them on her apron: "Go take a shower in the hall after dinner. You always keep putting it off."

"No way, I'm very eager to take a shower with you." Xiao Yao responded casually, quickly turning his head to avoid the flying dictionary.

"Didn't you say that my underwear was also taken by Teacher Yao?" Yu Luying raised her eyebrows.

"I never said that," Xiao Yao waved his hand. "I said suspicion. To be honest, everyone knows what kind of professional ethics Mr. Yao has and how he treats the people in our class. Everyone said they liked him before, but now that something has happened, everyone is pushing him down. I can't stand it."

"Not really." Yu Luying helped Xiao Yao serve the food, sat down at the table, and made a cross on her chest: "...It's mainly people from other classes who are talking."

Xiao Yao also sat down at the table: "The old lady of the Jin family tricked my grandma into taking a cruise. Once on board, she will be on board for two or three months. How much money will it cost? Do you think it is reliable? Don't be fooled. You said she is so rich, why is she so stingy with me...?"

"Isn't it because they are afraid that you will use the money to go online?" Yu Luying answered absentmindedly, "Xiao Yao."

"What's wrong? You look so serious."

"It's been more than a week since you entered that... mirror in the KTV and saw Zhou Qi, right? It was the day before my mother passed away?"

The way Yu Luying touches her chin and looks up at the sky at a 45-degree angle is kind of cute.

"I think so." Xiao Yao took out his cell phone and looked at the calendar.

"I don't want to wait for my uncle to come back. He may not know anything." Yu Luying patted the table lightly: "Let's go to that KTV to investigate?"

"Why are you so motivated all of a sudden?" Xiao Yao looked at the girl's shining eyes. Her usual sickly look was gone. "I said, I can't let you be in danger--"

"I know you don't like Zhou Qi, and I also know about her feud with you." Yu Luying advised.

"It's not a holiday, it's that she is sorry to me." Xiao Yao corrected seriously.

"But she is our classmate after all, and she is also a living person after all." Yu Luying put a chopstick on her lips and pouted her lips to hold it up. "If you have clues but do nothing, if... I will feel uncomfortable."

Wait, are you being coquettish?

Xiao Yao pondered for a few seconds.

"Okay." He paused: "When are we going?"

"Today is Wednesday..." Yu Luying reached out and flipped through the calendar. "The orchestra will have a charity performance the day after tomorrow, and we have to rehearse tomorrow night. So why don't we go to class on Saturday morning?"

"Okay, you decide," Xiao Yao put down his bowl and said, "Well, have you got the tickets for the charity show?"

"Oh, you're so annoying. Yes, yes, yes." Yu Luying took out two long notes printed on coated paper from her schoolbag: "Bring your eldest daughter Shen with you and give me some advice."

"She's tone-deaf, she can't understand a thing, and she's still giving suggestions." Xiao Yao thought to himself, "This is inappropriate," while collecting the ticket: "Would you like to do homework together tonight?"

"Grandma isn't home yet? Go home right after you take a shower," Yu Luying returned to her usual cold expression, "You have a girlfriend, why are you always hanging around me?"

Girlfriend...? Xiao Yao thought.

Yu Luying's cell phone rang. She looked at the number, made a "silence" gesture, and walked to the window.

"Hello, Mom?" The girl's cheerful voice suddenly froze: "What? You're already downstairs?"