You are my wife, don't doubt it!

The living room, which had been noisy just a moment ago, suddenly became quiet, and you could hear a pin drop.

What is this like? In a school classroom, when the whole class is noisy and suddenly there is complete silence, you know that the head teacher has walked in, or has pressed his face against the small square glass on the back door.

"Sister-in-law, let's change it," Daiyu was the first to break the silence: "You've gone too far. This question is too private."

"No!" Shen Jie climbed up to the sofa and stood there, baring her teeth and claws, "You are the one who suggested playing this game, but you are also the one who can't afford it?"

"Hairtail," Yan Xiao also stood up from the sofa, holding a glass, and said in a deep voice: "There is nothing we can't afford to play. Today, I toast you a glass."

Daiyu hurriedly raised the empty cup in front of him, and Xiao Yao quickly filled it halfway for him.

"Bang!" Before the rims of the two people's cups collided, Yan Xiao lowered his wrist and placed the rim of his cup under the rim of Daiyu's cup.

"Xiaoxiao..." said Hairtail with emotion.

While everyone's attention was focused on Hairtail and Yan Xiao, Xiao Yao secretly took a sip.

His plan to conceal the truth seemed to have no effect.

Yu Luying's expression was the first to change.

Her face was ashen, she bit her lower lip tightly, and her hand was holding the glass, her knuckles turned slightly white from the force.

Xiao Yao secretly groaned in his heart.

He originally wanted to just give up the fun and act like a scoundrel and not drink the wine, but his hand seemed to lift the glass up and bring it to his lips as if his brain was not listening to him.

It was as if there was a mysterious force forcing him to abide by the rules of the game.

Xiao Yao's mind moved, and he turned to look at the large floor-to-ceiling mirror in the bedroom.

During the special operations mission to rescue Shen Jie from the High Tower Building, the entire team used this mirror to travel back and forth between the two worlds.

At this moment, the smooth mirror reflects a small half of the bedroom and a large half of the living room.

In the living room reflected in the mirror, there was no one sitting on the leather sofa next to the coffee table.

Xiao Yao was horrified and half sober. Just when he was about to remind his friends, he blinked subconsciously, but saw that the scenery in the mirror was normal.

However, Shen Jie had already jumped down from the sofa. At this moment, she was sitting in the C position in the living room with an expression of surprise, reproach and confusion, as if she didn't see Xiao Yao holding the glass of wine.

She looked at Yan Xiao and Daiyu and said, "Oh, Xiaoxiao, Daiyu, you two are really...how long have you been dating? This is a bit outrageous."

Shen Jie's concern for her friends might be genuine, but the corner of her eyes kept glancing nervously at Yu Luying's arm.

After all, this was her real motive for saying "I never", and Daiyu and Yan Xiao were just accidentally included in the A.

Yu Luying was like she was playing “One, Two, Three, Tableau”. Apart from the slight trembling of her shoulders, she didn’t move at all.

Yan Xiao and Daiyu smelled the tension in the air. They put down their glasses and looked at each other in confusion.

Through the previous rounds of question-and-answer games, even Yan Xiao, an outsider, has already figured it out, although she doesn't know what's going on, but her schoolmate Shen Jie, the boyfriend for whom she ran away from home many times, actually has a certain... ambiguous connection with Yu Luying, and it seems that Shen Jie herself knows about it?

That was outrageous enough, but now...

Neither Shen Jie nor Yu Luying drank, but Xiao Yao did. What does this mean? !

In the awkward silence, Yan Xiao gave Xiao Yao an unfriendly look that said "scumbag", and Daiyu looked at Xiao Yao with confusion.

To Xiao Yao, just a dozen seconds seemed as long as a century.

"Then, the next person is...it's his turn..." Xiao Yao spoke to break the silence.

Yu Luying suddenly picked up the rice wine cup in her hand.

Shen Jie's heart tightened. She sighed in disappointment and closed her eyes.

Then, what she heard was not the sound of drinking.

Instead, there was a rather loud "sizzle".

Shen Jie quickly opened her eyes.

She saw that Xiao Yao's face was covered with wine, which was dripping onto his collar.

The young man sat calmly on the sofa, took off his black-framed square glasses, and was carefully wiping the lenses of his glasses with a piece of tissue paper.

The silly girl beside him was like an angry little bull, her body leaning forward, and Yan Xiao hugged her waist tightly from behind, and she was struggling hard at this moment.

"...Calm down, stay calm!" Yan Xiao said.

The hairtail had also stood up with its mouth wide open, not knowing what to do for a while.

"Xiaoxiao, give her to me." Shen Jie said calmly.

Yan Xiao was slightly startled, then let go as he was told and pushed Yu Luying into Shen Jie's arms. The latter stroked Yu Luying's hair like she was petting a cat, coaxed her softly, and sat down again while holding her.

"Hairtail, Xiaoxiao," Shen Jie continued to touch Yu Luying's ear: "We've almost finished eating, why don't you go out for a walk first, and the three of us can talk?"

"Are you okay..." A worried look appeared on Hairtail's face.

"No problem." Yan Xiao replied, and then pulled Daiyu's hand: "Let's go quickly."

"There's one more thing." Shen Jie said calmly.

Yan Xiao didn't say anything, but just pinched two fingers (thumb and index finger) and pulled them across his mouth from left to right, like pulling a zipper.

Shen Jie also did the same thing.

Seeing this, Hairtail did the same.

After Daiyu and Yan Xiao said goodbye and left, Yu Luying's emotions had stabilized a little.

"You just can't drink." Xiao Yao put on his black-rimmed square glasses again, "You're not a good drinker."

"Come on," Shen Jie said angrily, "Say less."

"Sister, you know that, right?" Yu Luying lowered her head and looked at Shen Jie who was holding her: "I didn't see you surprised at all just now."

"Yes, I know," Shen Jie nodded gently, "He told me."

"Why do I feel like I'm the only fool who is kept in the dark and knows nothing?" Yu Luying said.

Xiao Yao: "..."

"Who are you with?" Then, Yu Luying asked the most crucial question. Before Xiao Yao could answer, she turned to Shen Jie and asked, "Who is he with?"

"If I say it's with me," Shen Jie sighed, "will it make you feel better?"

"But you said, 'I never...'"

"Never means: never from the past to now," Shen Jie said faintly, "if this kid isn't lying again?"

Chapter 269 Crime, Depression, and Punishment

2023-07-18

"But you said, 'I never...'"

"Never means: never from the past to now," Shen Jie said faintly, "if this kid isn't lying again?"

It took only half a second for Yu Luying to understand the meaning of Shen Jie's words: "Okay, you actually met an old woman who only met for a day...?"

Xiao Yao: “?”

What the hell, you old woman, saying this in front of Shen Jie, has your emotional intelligence been eaten by a cat?

"Wait, aren't you angry?" Yu Luying turned her face back to Shen Jie.

"Why should I be angry?" Shen Jie was stunned for a moment, then smiled gently, holding Yu Luying's hand and said, "On the contrary, this means that he won't despise me just because I'm old and ugly, right?"

"This..." Yu Luying was stunned for a moment.

"Besides," Shen Jie winked at Yu Luying and said half-seriously, "Silly girl, think about it. In another 30 years, I will be almost 50 years old, and I can still be with a 16-year-old boy... I feel very happy when I think about it."

Xiao Yao & Yu Luying: “?”

Shen Jie: "Just think of it as buying investment and financial futures for yourself in advance?"

Yu Luying: "..."

Investment and Financial Futures then interjected: "Let's be honest, although you will be older in 30 years, you will still be far from losing your looks."

"A dog can't shut up just because there's ivory in its mouth." Although Shen Jie's words sounded a bit harsh, she still had a happy smile on her face.

? Isn't what I said a good thing?

"Alas, I'm speaking from the heart," Xiao Yao emphasized, "You look like you're only in your 30s."

"Then," Shen Jie smiled and leaned close to Xiao Yao's face, and asked mysteriously, "Which one do you like better, the current me or the future me?"

Without any hesitation or pause for half a millisecond, Xiao Yao blurted out, "I like them all!"

"You sly guy, you want to avoid offending both sides, right?" Shen Jie narrowed her eyes: "Who taught you to say this? Me again?"

"Of course it's my own idea. Well, I admit that I was a little uneasy before meeting your future self. I'm still not good at facing a strict mother." Xiao Yao subconsciously glanced at Yu Luying.

"Tsk!" Yu Luying sneered, "Why are you looking at me?"

"After I met her, I realized that what I like is not the body, but the soul in the body. So no matter whether you are old, ugly or fat, you are the most beloved person to me."

It was a touching thing to say, but it was a little tricky to say it in front of another woman.

"You eat both raw and cold food and you say it as if it's very heartfelt. Scumbags are the best at this!" As expected, Yu Luying did not hide her jealousy at all.

Xiao Yao argued hurriedly: "Future Shen Jie also said the same thing, I just wanted to prove my sincerity..."

"..." Yu Luying was suddenly speechless, then turned her face away angrily and said nothing.

"Very good, very good." Shen Jie rubbed Xiao Yao's head into a mess, "You are a very sincere child, practicing the truth with your own hands."

Since it wasn't the third woman, Yu Luying's excitement calmed down a little, but when she thought about it carefully, she still felt upset, as if she had suffered a great loss.

Want to do something, want to make trouble.

"That's not right," Yu Luying seemed to have suddenly thought of something and continued to interrogate Xiao Yao: "When did you - why didn't I feel anything during those two days?"

"Well," Xiao Yao told Yu Luying, "I actually found that when we are in different eras, our symbiosis will temporarily fail..."

"So that's your cozy home? A safe house?" Yu Luying sneered.

Xiao Yao: “?”

"Silly girl," Shen Jie came forward with a smile and grabbed Yu Luying's arm from behind: "Now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, shouldn't you apologize to Xiao Yao? About the wine spilling——"

Yu Luying lowered her head and bit her lower lip tightly.

"No, no, it's no big deal." Xiao Yao said politely.

“I’m sorry—” Yu Luying finally raised her head and bit off the “起” on the tip of her tongue: “I’m not apologizing. Why should I apologize to him?”

Yu Luying was indignant. After all, he was still her boyfriend, but he went with another woman without saying a word... and she even had to apologize? Was he bullying an honest woman? !

Xiao Yao also thought of this and said tolerantly again: "Old, wife, don't ask her to apologize. It's really nothing. It's such a small matter."

I wanted to add, "I am sorry for her," but I was afraid of offending Shen Jie, so I didn't say it.

Yu Luying looked at Xiao Yao, her eyes seemed to be spitting fire: "Xiao Yao, let's split up."

Xiao Yao was shocked: "What is this about?"

"The reason is that you cheated on me," Yu Luying accused word by word, "You cheated on me in all aspects."

"As long as it's between the three of us, it can't be considered cheating, right?" Xiao Yao argued.

"Not really," Yu Luying agreed, "But, she," the girl pointed at Shen Jie, then pointed outside the French window, "is not the same as her, not the same person!"

"How can this not be one person--" Xiao Yao said anxiously.

"Shen Jie doesn't care, it's her business, but I care." Yu Luying said.

"I have to say something here," Shen Jie said calmly, "How come 'she' is not 'me'?"

"What if it's just Shen Jie from a parallel world?" Yu Luying turned her head and looked at Shen Jie.

"No," Shen Jie told Yu Luying: "Xiao Yao told me that even my memory will slowly synchronize with her original memory. I think this is enough to prove that she and I are the same entity with continuity - unless you think Xiao Yao is lying."

"Even if it's not a parallel world, even if it's from this world, if your future self is good, does that mean they are the same person as you?"

"Why not?"

"Have you ever heard the saying 'You can't step into the same river twice'? Have you ever heard of 'The Ship of Ursus'?"

Shen Jie thought seriously: "I seem to have heard it, but I don't seem to have heard it, but I don't know what it means. What exactly do you want to say?"

Xiao Yao explained to Shen Jie: "This sentence was said by the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus..."