You are my wife, don't doubt it!

"I think I caught a cold," Xiao Yao explained, "I'm not feeling well."

"Then you have a good rest, I will bring you medicine later." Gao Sijun looked at him again and went out.

Close the door when you leave.

Xiao Yao fell back heavily onto the bed.

I had just taken a nap for less than five minutes when I felt someone pulling my hair hard.

This woke him up, and then he heard someone knocking on the door.

Xiao Yao opened the door. A tall girl stood outside. Her top was a light yellow? Goose yellow? Apricot yellow? Yes, it should be apricot. It looked like a neon school uniform-style top, a light-colored plaid skirt, black leather shoes and black socks, and she had a cold face.

“Mass,” she said.

Xiao Yao was already very stiff because of the morning, and he became even stiffer when he saw what she was wearing. He subconsciously slammed the door shut.

He put on his clothes in a hurry and followed Yu Luying to the first floor in a hurry. He yawned and staggered all the way, as if he was sleepwalking.

"Where can I buy coffee?" Xiao Yao asked Yu Luying.

“Wait until the mass is over,” said Yu Luying.

"I like what you're wearing today." Xiao Yao said.

"Thank you." Yu Luying replied.

Seeing that there was no one around, Xiao Yao leaned over to kiss her, but the girl spread out her right palm and pressed it against the lower half of his face.

The girl opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out.

The Mass was lively, in fact, too lively.

Even Xiao Yao, who was extremely sleepy, became a little more alert.

"So this is the so-called Youth Mass?" Xiao Yao asked Yu Luying in a low voice.

"That's about the same." said Yu Luying.

There is no organ or piano, and all the songs - whether mass or songs interspersed in between, are tunes in the style of modern pop music, accompanied by guitar accompaniment.

That’s right, the guitar, the one that was lent to me last night.

They even used a drum kit.

...the drum set started to play.

"Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, dong, please have mercy on us, dong dong."

You know what, I have a really strong sense of rhythm.

"Do you like it?" Yu Luying asked Xiao Yao.

"It's... that's fine." Xiao Yao answered truthfully: "I always feel that it is lively, but lacks the solemnity of the mass? The solemnity. It's just this... entertainment trend? Is this what young people need? I'm not sure."

Yu Luying stared at him deeply for two or three seconds, then said "hmm", took off the chair cushion behind herself and Xiao Yao, turned it over, spread it on the ground, lifted the hem of her skirt with both hands, and knelt down on her knees.

Xiao Yao clasped his hands together and turned to look for Shen Jie.

found it.

What surprised Xiao Yao was that she was wearing a white, translucent lace scarf on her head, which was draped over her shoulders and covered all her hair, like a bride at a wedding - of course, the bridal veil was much longer.

Lucia next to Shen Jie was also wearing the same veil.

Come to think of it, Lucia was wearing this during yesterday's mass, but I didn't pay much attention to it at the time.

What new tricks is that vicious old lady up to?

After the mass, there was a buffet breakfast. Xiao Yao saw that Lucia went to the toilet, so he ran to talk to Shen Jie and wanted to ask her what the headscarf meant.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he approached Shen Jie, who had dark circles under her eyes, the latter took three steps back and stared at him with a nervous look.

Yes, that’s the taste.

With this acting skill, why don’t you sign up for a role with me in the future?

Xiao Yao knew that Shen Jie didn't want to talk to him in public at the summer camp. Just as he was about to leave, Lucia appeared at the door of the breakfast room.

Shen Jie trotted to Lu Jiya and hid behind her, while Lu Jiya looked at Xiao Yao with hatred.

Then, he protected the mother cat like an eagle protecting its chicks.

Wait, the eagle protects the chick?

"American coffee or iced latte?" Yu Luying put two paper cups on the dining table and asked Xiao Yao who had just returned.

"What's the difference? I don't understand, just take it as it comes." Xiao Yao picked up the iced latte and took a sip.

"Weren't you with her the whole time late last night? And you went to see her in the morning?" Yu Luying took a sip of the American coffee. Without looking at Xiao Yao, she said in a voice that only he could hear, "There are so many people. Is it so...?"

Xiao Yao was shocked. How did she know that?

No wonder Yu Luying looked so gloomy all morning.

It's so boring. I should have hugged her and kissed her if I had known I should.

Suffering in vain.

Xiao Yao's heart was filled with frustration.

"Why, are you still angry and showing off?" Yu Luying took another sip of iced Americano, still not looking at Xiao Yao: "Blame me for being too talkative?"

"No, I..." Xiao Yao said.

Two big hands patted Xiao Yao and Yu Luying's shoulders heavily from behind.

The two raised their heads: "Brother Bo!" "Uncle!"

Yu Bo had changed back into casual clothes: "Sit down, sit down! Eat your food."

"Uncle, are you leaving?"

"Well, I'm going back to the Magic City. I'll come back in the next few days." Yu Bo said, "You two, be well."

"Brother Bo, I'll take you there." Xiao Yao thought for a moment and stood up.

"No, no, just eat your breakfast. I'll just say hello to you." Yu Bo said.

"No, Brother Bo, I have something to tell you." Xiao Yao said in a low voice.

"Hey, what are you talking about? It's nothing. If you have something to say, go talk to another priest." Yu Luying knew what he was going to say and quickly interrupted him, saying, "Uncle, ignore him."

Yu Bo looked at this, then looked at that, took out his phone and checked the time: "Let's talk in my car. I can only give you fifteen minutes."

"Oh, Xiao Yao!" Yu Luying stood beside the dining table, pouting and stamping her feet in anger.

Chapter 293 Premarital Counseling

2023-08-13

Xiao Yao got into Yu Bo's car and slammed the passenger door shut.

"Are you and Yingying getting along well lately?" Yu Bo lit a cigarette and put it between his lips.

Although he was sitting in the driver's seat, this guy moved his seat very far back and crossed his legs.

Today he was wearing shiny black leather shoes, black socks, pure black jeans and a black shirt. Although they were casual clothes, he looked like a clergyman.

The car window slowly rose up, and the tinted glass blocked out the scorching sun, giving Xiao Yao a sense of security.

He wanted to answer "very good" to quickly skip the opening greetings - after all, there were only fifteen minutes, but what came out was "It's just like that, not very hot or cold."

I'm so damn honest!

Sure enough, Yu Bo raised his eyebrows and blew out a smoke ring: "What?"

Xiao Yao coughed twice.

You deserve to be damned for smoking in a car with the windows down and in front of minors.

Seeing Xiao Yao coughing, Yu Bo rolled up the car window on one side, and immediately, the noisy sound of cicadas floated in.

"Actually," Xiao Yao carefully considered his words, "she broke up with me not long ago, but I persuaded her to come back."

Yu Bo smiled and said, "Breaking up or something like that, it's normal for a little girl to be emotional and capricious when she's in love for the first time. Just comfort her a little."

"Do you also think that girls have the natural right to do whatever they want?" Xiao Yao asked, "Are boys supposed to give in to girls?"

"That's not what I said," Yu Bo put out his cigarette and raised the window glass again: "If you two really encounter big problems, I can personally give you premarital counseling."

"Do unmarried priests guide lay people who are preparing to get married on how to live their married life?" Xiao Yao said.

Yu Bo said, "Hey, that's it. By the way, what is she making a fuss about?"

Xiao Yao thought to himself, you finally remembered to ask this.

After listening to Xiao Yao's selective and focused statement of facts, Yu Bo still got angry: "I really should give you a couple of beatings. You must have bullied my Yingying."

"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense..." Xiao Yao denied it three times in a row.

"Otherwise, Father Li would never have said that to her after listening to her confession." Yu Bo said fiercely, "If you can't control that little piece of meat in your crotch, you can leave it in the basement of my church and I'll take care of it for you."

When Xiao Yao heard this, he felt a chill in his crotch and secretly regretted why he had told Yu Bo all this.

"So, Father Li's approach of persuading them to separate is correct?" However, he still gritted his teeth and began to give full play to his creative imagination: "To be honest, I was originally planning to wash the same batch with Daiyu and the others on August 8, but because of this incident, I was hit hard and began to doubt... doubt myself."

When Yu Bo heard this, he frowned, and his attitude and tone softened. "I personally think that what Father Li did is very inappropriate. As a priest, when parishioners come to me for consultation on this issue, I always try to maintain a neutral attitude and principle, and I will never give a definite answer, saying you should separate, or you should not separate."

"Yeah," Xiao Yao nodded, "I think that should be the case."

"Unless one party has a particularly serious problem of principle, such as apostasy, long-term violent behavior, gambling addiction, infidelity, or two-timing..." Yu Bo counted on his fingers.

After hearing the eight words "unfaithful and two-timing", Xiao Yao's eyes subconsciously glanced to the left, which was keenly caught by Yu Bo.

"As a clergyman, I can remain neutral," Yu Bo sighed, "but as an uncle, this is difficult. Boy, you know I like you, and I also regard Yingying as my own daughter, so I don't want to see you hurt her - I don't want to see anyone hurt her."

"Even if I die, I won't want to get hurt..." Xiao Yao said with all his strength: "Father Yu, aren't you hot?"

Yu Bo put down his legs, sat up straight, started the engine, stepped on the accelerator lightly, and drove slowly towards the road.

The car's air conditioner started operating normally, sending out a cool breeze.

"I came to see you today, Brother Bo," Xiao Yao said, "for the future of your biological daughter."

There were only fifteen minutes in total, and most of it was spent talking about irrelevant things. Xiao Yao felt annoyed in his heart.

"Tell me." Yu Bo said lightly.

Xiao Yao told Yu Bo everything about his and Yu Luying's "encounter" with Yu Texuan and Yu Baolu in the hotel lobby, the conversation between the two elders that he accidentally overheard in the public restroom, Yu Luying's attitude and reaction after learning about this, and his own thoughts.

"That's all." Xiao Yao looked at Yu Bo, who was concentrating on driving around beside him, and reminded him.

"Open the armrest box." Yu Bo's expression and tone did not change, he just gave these instructions.

"This?" Xiao Yao opened the armrest box.

Yu Bo took a look inside, stretched out his right hand, took out a small Bible that looked 90% new, and handed it to Xiao Yao.

"Ah, Brother Bo, I have it." Xiao Yao did not answer.

"Take it." Yu Bo's tone was a little impatient.

"Yeah." Xiao Yao reached out and took it.

This little Bible is exactly the same as the one that Yu Luying gave herself.

"Luke 12:14," said Yu Bo.

"The Gospel of Luke... Chapter 12..." Xiao Yao was a little flustered, flipping through the thin papers.

"I found Brother Bo." Xiao Yao said.

"Read." Yu Bo instructed.

"And one of the people said to Iesu, 'Master, tell my brothers to divide my possessions.' Iesu answered him, 'Men, who made me a judge and divider among you?' And he said to them, 'Take heed to yourselves, and avoid all covetousness, for though a man be rich his life is not in his possessions.' And Iesu told them a parable, saying, 'A certain rich man, whose land brought forth much. And he said within himself, What shall I do, for I have no place where to store my produce. And he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build greater ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And afterward I will say to my soul, 'Soul, you have laid up great goods for many years; rest up, eat, drink, and be merry.' But God said to him, 'You fool! This night your soul shall be demanded from you; and whose shall those things be? So is he who lays up great treasure for himself, and does not become rich in the sight of God.'"

"Do you understand?" Yu Bo asked Xiao Yao.

"I understand," Xiao Yao answered truthfully, "but I don't understand."

"What do you not understand?" Yu Bo frowned and said, "Man, who appointed me as your judge and family division? Boy, I am a monk."

"I understand that you don't want to care," Xiao Yao explained, "but I think you can't just ignore it."

"Boy," Yu Bo pulled the car over but didn't turn off the engine: "Don't you think that you are a little impatient to intervene in the affairs of the Yu family's elders' property now?"