You are my wife, don't doubt it!

The phone in his hand lit up again. It was a message from Xu Qingwei.

"Hello? Come on, are you going to meet me tonight? Where shall we meet?"

This impatient girl!

"I ran to the bathroom to call you, why didn't you answer the phone?"

Sure enough, there was a missed call.

The third message read: "Forget about not meeting. My roommate and I are going to Taizé prayers tonight."

How is Tai Ze?

"See you, see you, how can we not see you?" Xiao Yao hurriedly replied: "Let's go to the beach to pray together."

"My phone was on silent mode and not vibrating, so I didn't receive the call."

Fortunately, it just so happens that the mute is turned on and there is no vibration, otherwise the elders of the Yu family would have discovered that there was someone in the bathroom just now.

"Let me tell you, I was taking a shit on your floor just now, and I happened to hear something amazing."

Shen Jie's reply text message came right away: "Damn, can't you use more civilized and decent words? Don't be too big, come down quickly, or the meat will be eaten if you don't come down."

Isn't it civilized and respectable to defecate in the designated toilet? Is it uncivilized and unrespectable to hold a meeting in the toilet?

When Xiao Yao saw the text message, he stood up from the toilet with a frown on his face, pulled up his pants, and pressed the flush button.

"Wow--"

On the way to the restaurant, Xiao Yao kept thinking about the meaning of the conversation he had just heard.

Although he had never heard of the name "Mei Yu", it was obvious that the old man of the Yu family wanted to give Yu Luying a large sum of money.

This "inheritance" is of course just a superficial appearance. It represents a desire for reconciliation, a signal for the family to accept Yu Lihua again - or at least accept Yu Luying.

This is undoubtedly a great thing.

Materially speaking, at the very least, the Yu mother and daughter no longer have to squeeze into the attic of the Shikumen house, and Yu Luying no longer has to live in the same room or sleep in the same bed with her mother - she can have her own little room and a soft little bed like other children of her age.

From a spiritual perspective, Xiao Yao, who was abandoned by his parents, can especially understand and appreciate the meaning behind the English word "Family".

He was genuinely happy for Yu Luying.

But, obviously, there are bad people among the crowd.

Her eldest uncle...someone named Paul, was obviously doing something bad and interfering with Yu Luying's grandfather's judgment. His purpose was obvious - to take the family property for himself.

I don’t know if there are other second-generation descendants in the Yu family. If not, since Brother Bo became a monk and Lihua’s mother-in-law was excommunicated, the family property would naturally fall into the hands of the eldest uncle.

The Bible tells of a man, who had herds of cattle and sheep, but coveted a poor man's only lamb. Later, this man was severely punished by God, and his descendants suffered disaster.

He was eating delicious food, but he refused to leave even a mouthful of pork rib soup for his sister. He was named after the apostle "Paul", but he oppressed orphans and widows. Bah!

I really want to find his temple and split the top of his shadow's head with one sword from top to bottom...waaaaaaaah.

To be honest, if the temple could help people "repent" and "change their minds", it would be much better than the current practice of killing people at every turn - the current situation is really uncomfortable, as it is not easy to do so.

He has superhuman powers, but can only do Batman's things...

By the way, how did the “Phantom Thieves” that have been circulating on the internet lately manage to make others publicly confess without becoming disabled?

If I master this technology, apart from anything else, it would be no problem to get Shen Jie's father to bless my love, right?

and many more.

Xiao Yao suddenly realized that his idea was somewhat dangerous.

If Pogo knew about this, he would definitely reprimand me severely, saying things like "tampering with free will" and "changing other people's minds without authorization is a very dangerous slippery slope."

Although I rationally agree with his statement: if one has the power to change other people's minds at will, and has no restraint, or only self-restraint, he will undoubtedly become a dictator in the end. Even if he once fought for justice, he will eventually fall into the pursuit of selfish desires and subjective justice. However, it is inevitable that he will feel a little aggrieved when he has a weapon and wants to kill others, and he will suffer everywhere even though he has power.

What bothered Xiao Yao the most about this matter was that Yu Baolu was clearly making fun of him in his words and deeds.

Just before leaving the toilet, what did he tell Mr. Yu? He said that Yu Luying had a boyfriend, the one he met at noon, who was not only a "foreign teacher who fawned on the powerful", but also "rumored on the Internet that he had more than two boyfriends and had a bad reputation", "lured the only daughter of the Shen family away", and "it was hard to say whether he was too close to Dayang". From his words, it seemed that Yu Luying had become the second Yu Lihua, and even worse than her.

It's hard to imagine that such defamation of reputation came from my own uncle's mouth - just to fight for a little bit of property? Damn it, how dare you say that I'm "fawning on the powerful"?

Hey, people from Shanghai!

Although Xiao Yao believed that Yu Baolu was just using his topic to make fun of him, he still felt resentful about being used as a "gun".

In fact, to be fair, this matter has no direct interest to Xiao Yao himself. After all, he is going to marry Shen Jie in the future. He does not covet a penny of Yu Luying's assets - he is just standing from her perspective and considering her.

Even if Yu Luying failed to inherit the family business in the end, at least it couldn't be Xiao Yao's responsibility - otherwise, how could he get rid of this burden on his conscience?

Xiao Yao was thinking about discussing this matter with Yu Luying in the evening, and then they would discuss it together after Shen Jie and Yu Luying reconciled.

By the way, I have to inform Brother Bo about such a big thing... Even if he is a monk, he is still a member of the Yu family after all. And as far as Xiao Yao knows, Yu Bo treats Yu Luying as his own daughter.

Just do it.

Or should we go directly to "meet the emperor" and have a frank talk with Mr. Yu?

Xiao Yao shook his head, dispelling this childish fantasy.

They were just strangers who had just met by chance, and they already had some bad impressions and hostility. Even if Mr. Yu was willing to sit down and have a chat, how could he make the other party realize the truth in just a few words: that he, Xiao Yao, was actually a good person?

Objectively speaking, there is a certain degree of difficulty - a very great difficulty.

I can't tell him the truth and say that I'm not actually going to marry Yu Luying, right?

This is even more outrageous, it's outrageous that the mother opened the door. It's outrageous to the extreme.

With all these wild thoughts in his mind, Xiao Yao wandered around the Saint Ai Hotel for a long time before he finally found the door to the dining room where he had lunch.

Unlike lunch, there was a buffet in the evening. There were not many people in the hall, and it was obvious that many people had finished their meal and left.

Shen Jie's warning that "the meat is almost eaten up" is obviously an exaggeration - there is still a lot of meat, but the seafood has been cleared out.

You freshmen...

While carrying a large plate and choosing dishes, Xiao Yao noticed the elegant piano music echoing in the dining room, so he casually cast his eyes towards the gorgeous grand piano next to the "master of ceremonies desk".

The person playing the piano turned out to be Shen Jie's unlucky roommate, the fierce one, what's his name...what's his name...how do I know, anyway, he was called the xsr.

Shen Jie was sitting at the table next to the piano, eating pasta elegantly with a knife and fork. As soon as Xiao Yao saw her, his heart and other parts of his body were filled with passion.

The girl actually tied her short hair into a sky-high braid. She was still wearing the white short-sleeved shirt she had worn during the day, but she had changed her short skirt into a pair of skinny trousers. She wore a pair of thick-soled daddy shoes that Xiao Yao had never seen her wear before. The two cotton socks that showed between the trouser legs of the skinny trousers and the uppers of the daddy shoes were white overall, but there was a large circle of light blue in the middle.

Xiao Yao looked at her profile and suddenly realized that she was still a child. Although she was very pretty and cute, and always packaged herself as strong and mature, her short stature and tender face revealed the fact that she was a pitiful child.

I really want to protect her for the rest of my life, Xiao Yao thought.

Shen Jie knew he was looking at her, but she pretended not to see it and didn't look at him at all. She just lowered her head and ate her noodles, occasionally tapping her cell phone. Her fierce roommate also noticed that he was looking at her and gave Xiao Yao a warning look.

Xiao Yao suddenly found it very interesting and felt that he was enjoying the role-playing of "unrequited lover" and "SR" - after all, this was a state he was very familiar with, and the thought of having a secret tryst with Shen Jie at the beach at night gave him an indescribable sense of happiness and the fresh excitement of playing the pig and eating the tiger.

We are an old married couple, so we need to find some fun... Wait, what do you mean by old married couple? We have only known each other for one, two... three months, not even three months, we are still in the passionate love period!

"Ah!"

Xiao Yao heard a somewhat deliberate cough and looked in the direction of the sound, only to see Yu Luying and Zhou Qi sitting together - the latter sitting on the left of the former, while the former pulled out the chair on her right side for Xiao Yao.

I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious, little apple.

Xiao Yao walked towards her with the dish.

I know that we are both in the honeymoon period.

I don’t know if Yu Luying caught what she was thinking, but a blush flashed across the girl’s face.

Suddenly, Xiao Yao stopped.

Yu Baolu's words were like a discordant noise suddenly emitted by a piano, hitting his heart heavily.

When Xiao Yao thought that getting too close to Yu Luying would harm her reputation, he wanted to take the plate and find some hairtail to eat with her.

Of course, this was just a fleeting thought. Soon, Xiao Yao continued to walk with a happy face and sat next to Yu Luying.

Yu Luying had changed into a pure black cello performance dress and wore white socks and Crocs on her feet. The white socks were a little gray, which made Xiao Yao suspect that she had not changed her socks at all, but it seemed as if she had changed them.

"Didn't you say you were going to perform the cello on stage?" Xiao Yao peeled half of the shrimp shell and was about to take a bite, but Yu Luying slapped his hand away.

"Oh, yes, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen." Xiao Yao put down the shrimp and drew a vertical and horizontal line on his chest: "Lord, please bless us and the food you have given us. We also thank you for everything you have given us. May the glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, today, and forever, Amen. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen."

While Xiao Yao was muttering to himself, Yu Luying had already put all the prawns on the plate in front of Xiao Yao in front of herself, so Xiao Yao had to start eating from the meat.

"Didn't you say you were going to perform the cello on stage?" Xiao Yao asked again.

"Yu Luying had already finished her performance, and you came late." Zhou Qi answered for Yu Luying.

"That's a shame," Xiao Yao said sincerely while devouring his meal, "I was actually looking forward to it - I told you, Yu Luying, I fell in love with you the moment you performed the cello at the school anniversary performance -"

"Eat your prawns." After Yu Luying peeled a prawn, she threw it into Xiao Yao's mouth before dipping it in vinegar: "The classmate is still here, what are you talking about?"

After feeding him, he realized that this action was even more embarrassing, so he lowered his head and gently hit the table twice with his little fists.

"What's the big deal?" Xiao Yao chewed the prawn in his mouth and said without thinking: "Zhou Qi is not a foreign..."

He said halfway through this sentence when he remembered that his relationship with Zhou Qi could neither be considered "close" nor "good". It could only be said to be difficult to describe in a few words, so he swallowed the second half of the sentence along with the prawn.

As he was speaking, Yu Luying had just swallowed the shrimp when she had already deftly peeled the second prawn. She also poured a dish of vinegar for Xiao Yao, soaked the shrimp in the vinegar, and placed it in front of him.

"I really envy you two." Zhou Qi expressed his sincere envy after seeing this scene.

"There's nothing to regret," Yu Luying said while peeling shrimps, "If you want to see me play the cello, I'll take the cello out later and play it for you alone."

"Okay!" Xiao Yao was delighted: "Can you help me borrow a guitar from the hotel or church so I can take it with me."

"Well, let me ask for you." Yu Luying threw another prawn into the vinegar dish.

She peeled one and Xiao Yao ate one. If he ate a little slower, he would not be able to keep up with her peeling speed. Therefore, the vinegar dish in front of Xiao Yao was soon filled with several peeled shrimps, while the table in front of Yu Luying was covered with a pile of shrimp shells.

Xiao Yao was eating the peeled shrimps, feeling happy for a moment. He put aside the unpleasantness that Yu Baolu had just brought him, and hummed along with Lucia's piano playing.

"The most beautiful blessing in this life is to know the Lord Iesu. The most beautiful blessing in this life, ah ah ah! is——"

"Eat after singing!" Yu Luying tapped Xiao Yao's head lightly with chopsticks: "No, sing after eating."

At this moment, Xiao Yao suddenly felt a gust of cold wind from unknown origin.

It seemed like an unfriendly look.

The young man raised his head and looked towards the piano, and his eyes met Xu Qingwei's.

Xu Qingwei glanced coldly at the prawns in his vinegar dish, then turned away and continued to look at his phone.

Chapter 287 Waltz Under the Stars

2023-08-06

*This chapter is also known as "Dusurui and Kanu Dance".

After dinner, Xiao Yao wanted to take the girls to the beach to watch the stars as planned, and tell them about the "Meiyu Group". However, Yu Luying said she wanted to participate in a Taize event first.

What is Taize? It seems that Shen Jie also said that she wanted to go with her roommate.

Then you guys are Thai.

Xiao Yao originally wanted to talk to Brother Bo about this Yu Baolu matter. After asking around, he found out that this "Taize" was actually hosted by Yu Bo himself. He was a little tired as well, so he planned to go back to 1503 and take a nap first.

"No, you come to the summer camp but don't participate in any activities. All you do is eat, drink, play and sleep?" Yu Luying said, and forced him to participate.

Xiao Yao had no choice but to obey her.

The large room where Taizé prayers were held was dark, covered with soft carpets, and required shoes to be taken off before entering. It was packed with people.

The faint smell of stinky feet in the air aroused Xiao Yao's nostalgia, reminding him of the computer class in elementary school.

In the darkness, everyone held a small candle in their hands. The combined candlelight provided light for the room and made everyone's face half bright and half hidden in shadow.

At the front of the room stands a large Byzantine-style statue of the Virgin Mary, and next to it is a Byzantine-style statue of Iesu. Xiao Yao quite likes this style.

"Please praise the Lord, for He is good. Praise the Lord, Alleluia..."

Xiao Yao held the distributed small candle in one hand and protected the flickering flame with one hand. He followed Yu Luying, Zhou Qi and the others, walked among the people sitting on the ground, and then sat down cross-legged in an open space with them.

He didn't really like this weird atmosphere, and gave up trying to find Xu Qingwei in the crowd. He didn't know what to do, so he just sang along for a few rounds and became increasingly drowsy.

"Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, all the world, all peoples, Alleluia..."

The same melody, the same two lines of lyrics sung monotonously back and forth, had a very good hypnotic effect. Soon, Xiao Yao lowered his head and stopped moving.

When he woke up, he saw bright lights and an empty building - the event was over. Xiao Yao felt refreshed and even walking became lighter.

I slept so well that I felt even less tired than sleeping on the bed in a hotel. It was so relaxing, Xiao Yao thought.