You are my wife, don't doubt it!

"I don't want it." Yu Luying blurted out.

"Oh, yes, it's during the Dongqi summer camp. We all have to go there anyway." Xiao Yao said to himself.

"Refuse to reconcile." Yu Luying said.

"What does your scripture say, ne ne ne ne," Xiao Yao bent his right index finger and tapped his temple, "something something. You went to the altar to offer a sacrifice, and on the way, you remembered that you had not reconciled with your enemy, so you put down your gift in front of the altar, went to reconcile with your enemy first, and then came back to offer a sacrifice. I can't recite the original text, but this is roughly what it means."

Yu Luying remained silent.

"Doesn't your scripture also say—"

"Shut up, Master!" Yu Luying said angrily, "We haven't finished talking about our business yet."

"Go ahead and say it. No one is stopping you from saying it." Xiao Yao said casually.

Yu Luying softened her tone and said slowly, "Actually, my sister Shen Jie pushed you to me for a very important reason. She was going to study in the United States soon. She was afraid that you would be alone in China without anyone to take care of you, and she was also afraid that you would be cheated by a bad woman, so she wanted me to help accompany you."

Xiao Yao: "..."

Yu Luying continued, "I know this logic is a bit strange, but that's what she told me that day. Now she can't go to the United States, and she can't go anywhere else. She can only be with you every day. She must have changed her mind and want to monopolize you. Moreover, even from my point of view, as a girl's point of view, Shen Jie gave up so much for you, so much more than that, you should be devoted to her, right?"

"No," Xiao Yao said, "You keep saying that you treat her as an enemy, but in the end you are still thinking about her."

"..." Yu Luying said: "Even though we've been in such a bad situation, she didn't ask you to dump me right now, right?"

Xiao Yao: "..."

"Is that so?" An imperceptible look of nervousness appeared on Yu Luying's face.

"Not yet." Xiao Yao told Yu Luying: "I suddenly thought of it. The fact that Shen Jie couldn't leave must have been a big blow to you. I could have been with you for 8 years——"

"Don't feel so good about yourself," Yu Luying said, her expression unclear whether she was embarrassed or angry. "Who wants to play house with you and waste eight years of my youth with you?"

Xiao Yao knew she was just being stubborn, so he touched the back of his head and said, "Oh."

"I know it very well in my heart," Yu Luying said somewhat sadly, "If the time really comes when you have to make a choice immediately, between the two, you will definitely not choose me under the current circumstances, and you won't even hesitate."

Xiao Yao could only reply silently.

"You keep saying that you have me in your heart," Yu Luying said sadly, "but we both know in our hearts that I am just a backup substitute for you."

Xiao Yao opened his mouth, but before he could make a sound, Yu Luying covered his mouth with a slap: "Don't rush to refute. In the two days when Shen Jie came to the future, you completely ignored me and left me aside. This is a fact."

"Even if there is an important guest at home, or a friend coming from afar, you still have to be a little busy," Xiao Yao pulled away the jade hand covering his mouth. "And, if I remember correctly, I was halfway through meeting her and ran out to see you, just like now, by a small river--"

"Then she told me everything about her," Yu Luying took over the conversation and said, "Did you know that it was my mother's birthday? My mother asked you to go to her house for dinner, but you didn't go."

"Nong Hao!" Xiao Yao was shocked and said, "You didn't tell me at all that your mother's birthday was coming up. You just said that your mother asked me to go to your house for dinner, and I said let's change the date. If you had explained it to me clearly--"

"If I explain it to you clearly, you will go, right? Leave your Shen Jie aside and come to celebrate my mother's birthday? Will you?"

Xiao Yao tilted his head and thought about it.

"Okay, don't think about it, you won't." Yu Luying stood up and walked slowly towards the river. Her feet were immersed in the clear and cool lake water, and her cotton socks that had finally been dried by her body temperature were immediately soaked again: "You won't."

"I..." Xiao Yao said.

"You said you would come to my house for dinner another day. May I ask, since that day, when have you come here? How long has it been since my mother last saw you?" Yu Luying turned around and shook her hands, her clear eyes staring at Xiao Yao calmly.

"?!" Xiao Yao was stunned and said, "Aren't we busy rescuing Shen Jie? After that, we have been trying to find a way to rescue Shen Jie. Besides, there are only a few days left, right?"

"Shen Jie, Shen Jie, Shen Jie." Yu Luying repeated the name: "Xiao Yao, are you completely unaware? When you were focusing on finding Shen Jie, you completely ignored me."

Xiao Yao: “?!”

"Isn't it? Think about it yourself." Yu Luying said.

Xiao Yao pondered seriously.

From the time Shen Jie came home in the future to the time she left, he devoted himself to the final action of saving Shen Jie, first sneaking into the skyscraper hall alone, then contacting Liang Yanan, sneaking into Xijiao Garden and even Shen Jie's bedroom, until the final group rescue operation...

"During those days, you didn't even look at me. You were so absorbed in that. Not to mention that you didn't take the initiative to look for me, when I looked for you, you were always slow to respond and perfunctory. Once you came to look for me, I knew that you only wanted to do one thing, which was to order me to work."

Xiao Yao: "...Yeah."

"I know that saving Shen Jie is a serious matter, a big matter, and things have their priorities. I'm not such an ignorant person," Yu Luying said in a slow tone, "but this feeling of being completely ignored..."

"Yu Luying, listen to me," Xiao Yao also walked forward and put his hand on the girl's shoulder. "If it was you who was kidnapped and Shen Jie was by my side, I would also devote all my heart to rescuing you. I wouldn't just ignore her and order her to do all kinds of work to save you. By the way, Shen Jie and I did the same when you were trapped in Teacher Yao's mirror. If you don't believe me, ask her."

"Really?" Yu Luying's expression became better: "I don't believe it."

"You have to believe this," Xiao Yao said solemnly, "Of course, I admit that I did lose my composure and ignored your feelings. I...I will reflect on it."

This was not just to please Yu Luying. Indeed, Xiao Yao also found that what Yu Luying said was right, and he thought he needed to think about it.

My feelings for her...are they no longer worthy of my position?

But a person's libido is limited after all...

In fact, almost everything had been said, but Yu Luying couldn't help but talk about the same thing again: "Anyway, I just feel that I am superfluous. From the time she disappeared to the entire process of rescuing her, until she was rescued, I was especially superfluous. You asked me to ask for instructions in the morning and report in the evening, but I gave one phone to Shen Jie and the other to Shen Tianyun, and I didn't even bother to say hello. I said good morning to you this morning, but your daughter ridiculed me again. Is that interesting?"

Xiao Yao thought, didn’t I say that?

"I'm sorry, I was wrong. It's my fault. I will seriously reflect on it. How about I write you a self-criticism?"

Yu Luying stood there without moving: "No need. Anyway, I think it's best for you and I to keep our distance and be friends..."

"Okay~~~ It's started again. It's getting late. Let's go home quickly," Xiao Yao coaxed her gently, "Come, I'll help you put on your shoes, little Yu Luying~"

Yu Luying was still standing in the water and twisted her body.

"Can being friends solve the problem of symbiosis? If we are friends, won't our various behaviors be immediately transmitted to each other? Then I respect your opinion." Xiao Yao grabbed Yu Luying's hand and dragged her to the shore: "Our symbiosis has been strengthened recently. I know you just want to communicate your dissatisfaction with me. I have listened to it and I will definitely change."

"The symbiosis has been strengthened. Isn't it because your relationship has become closer?" Yu Luying asked back.

Xiao Yao answered the question irrelevantly and continued, "Besides, if you break up with me, how are you going to explain it to your mother? Do you still have to pretend to be yourself in front of her? Isn't it tiring? Is it necessary?"

"You still have the nerve to mention my mother."

"Besides, do I have to cooperate with you in the performance? Do you think I will act or not?"

"Are you threatening me?" Yu Luying clenched her fists.

"How dare I do that?" Xiao Yao squatted down and said, "Come, I'll put on your shoes for you. It seems that she has never been treated like this before."

"If you still want to be with me, I want you to do something for me." Yu Luying pouted and said, "No bargaining."

"What's the matter? Just tell me." Xiao Yao raised his head.

--split line--

Shen Jie walked along the long corridor of the short-term rental house, swinging her hands.

An old lady with a kind face was leading the way in front.

The girl's cell phone rang. She looked at the number and saw it was from "Silly Girl".

"Hello." Shen Jie said.

"Me." A baritone voice came from the telephone receiver.

"I know it's you," Shen Jie said, "Why don't you come over to look at the house with me? It's almost dark - I'll send you the address later, come quickly."

"I——" Xiao Yao swallowed his saliva on the other end of the phone: "You, please send the address to me, I, I may have to go there later."

"What are you doing? What are you busy with? You've been chatting for the whole afternoon, right?" Shen Jie was unhappy all of a sudden: "I don't even have a place to sleep tonight, and my hands are full of bags. You want me to find a house by myself. Do you think it's appropriate?"

At this moment, Daiyu was carrying Shen Jie and Xiao Yao's luggage with his hands full of bags, following the girl seven steps behind. When he heard her say "hands full of bags", he looked up at her with some sadness.

Shen Jie hung up the phone angrily, and Daiyu could see that she was really angry.

"No, there's nothing to see. I'm just like a fool." Shen Jie turned around and said to Daiyu, "I'm staying here. Take your ID card."

"Ah, isn't the environment a bit... bad..." Hairtail said, "How about we look at two more houses?"

"I'll stay here. How much per day?" Shen Jie turned to the landlady and asked.

"The normal rate is 25. Since you were introduced by Xiaoxiao, how about 20 a day? Or do you want to pay by month?" The female landlord stretched out two fingers and smiled, revealing her half-leaking teeth.

Chapter 274: Resentful Wife

2023-07-23

Shen Jie stepped into the residence where she planned to stay for the next few days and frowned slightly instinctively without realizing it.

She turned around and saw Daiyu standing at the door, hesitating to come in: "What?"

"Sister-in-law, I won't go in." Daiyu said as he placed Xiao Yao and Shen Jie's bags on the floor inside the room: "Xiao Xiao is still waiting for me downstairs. We agreed to have dinner together. Xiao Yao hasn't come back yet. Sister-in-law, why don't you eat with us?"

"Okay, forget it." Shen Jie blurted out, "Forget it, you guys go, I won't be a light bulb."

"It's okay, it's okay." Hairtail still said enthusiastically, but the expression on his face revealed his thoughts that "this is the best": "Let's go together."

"Then I will obey your command. Let's go." Shen Jie showed a sly smile.

Hairtail: “?”

--split line--

At this moment, Xiao Yao and Yu Luying were sitting on the bus on their way home.

"Home" of course refers to Yu Lihua's home.

The afterglow of the setting sun poured in through the car window, casting mottled shadows on the seats and the floor. As the car vibrated, Xiao Yao and Yu Luying leaned against each other, and were also shaken up and down.

Passengers sat in their seats or stood in the aisles, each immersed in their own thoughts. Some looked down at their phones, some closed their eyes and swayed gently, and a few middle-aged uncles who were off work noticed that there was a high school girl with bright eyes and white teeth, leaning on the shoulder of a peer who looked very ordinary in any way, wearing black square-framed glasses.

Tsk tsk tsk, the kids nowadays, the uncle felt a little jealous and sighed secretly. When we were young...

It was strange. It should be summer vacation now, so why could we still see girls in school uniforms? Moreover, the clothes looked half wet and half dry - it made people feel a little unusual.

Although it was wet, it seemed to have dried for the most part, but it was still a little messy and wrinkled and stuck to the body.

The color of the sweatpants had also recovered most of their dryness, but there were still slight wet marks on the knees and trouser legs. The pink sweatpants were tightly attached to her slender legs, which were very long and thin, and seemed to break if bent, which was heartbreaking.

The girl's white sneakers were dry and clean, without a single stain. The shoes were simple and durable, and matched her refreshing school uniform. She - she didn't seem to be wearing socks, and her white and thin ankles were revealed between the shoe upper and the trouser legs, making her look even more slender and her round ankles even cuter.

What's wrong with kids nowadays? They wear sneakers without socks. Won't their shoes smell? I don't understand... The uncle shook his head secretly.

Damn, I missed my stop!

……

Xiao Yao gently pulled Yu Luying's slender wrist.

"Hmm." Yu Luying snorted softly through her nose.

"Do we have to go today? Can't we go tomorrow?" Xiao Yao said with a sad face, "Your sister - uh, Shen Jie is carrying her luggage and looking for a house right now. If I don't show up, she will miss me for a year. Do you believe it?"

"That can't be helped," Yu Luying said, "Didn't I tell you? My mom got mad and said, 'If Xiao Yao doesn't come to dinner today, don't come again.' I rushed over here early this morning just to inform you of this."

Didn’t you rush here early in the morning to provoke Shen Jie and ask her to let me break up with you, Xiao Yao thought.

After getting off the bus, Xiao Yao tugged at her almost dry T-shirt: "Hey, tell me the truth."

"What?" Yu Luying said.

"Is this really what your mother meant?" Xiao Yao asked.

Yu Luying shook her head and gave a cold smile: "Does this matter?"

After saying these four words, he walked quickly forward without looking back.

"..." Xiao Yao stood there in a daze for a moment, then he sighed and took small steps to catch up.

The two of them walked around to the old commercial street and bought some fruits as usual. At Yu Luying's recommendation, Xiao Yao also bought a small can of high-quality Longjing tea.

"Did you buy the ring on Shen Jie's ring finger?" Yu Luying asked casually on the way home.

"Well, that's hers." Xiao Yao didn't think it was a lie.

"Oh, I don't think you can afford it either." said Yu Luying.

As soon as the two of them entered Yu Luying's house, before Xiao Yao even had time to call her "Auntie", Yu Lihua started yelling, "What's wrong with your clothes? Did you go swimming?"

"No," Yu Luying said calmly, "I was with Xiao Yao, having a water fight with two kids. He wanted to play, so I accompanied him."

"Oh, Xiao Yao, it's not Auntie who is talking about you..."

Xiao Yao: “?”

"Hey, Yu Luying, where are your socks? Why are you coming back barefoot?..."

--split line--

At the same time, Shen Jie was sitting on the bed in the rental house, lowering her head and gently stroking her white socks.