You are my wife, don't doubt it!

"Well... do you remember that day when I sneaked into your house disguised as a light bulb repairman? It was the female police officer named Liang who helped me." Xiao Yao told Shen Jie.

"What... She is Zhang Zhengkai's father's person, why would she help you?" Shen Jie screamed: "Double agent?"

Xiao Yao actually had similar doubts in his mind, but he didn't say it out loud, and just pondered it silently in his heart.

In fact, he didn't understand why Zhang Zhengkai's father did this? Shouldn't he find a reasonable reason, such as the need to study abroad or further study, and take Shen Jie to do a full-body check-up and a gynecological check-up at the same time?

As long as the doctor during the examination is one that Zhang Zhengkai’s father trusts, that’s enough, right?

It's impossible that he doesn't even have a doctor he trusts.

Furthermore, even if he didn't care about Shen Jie's feelings at all, the action he took was indeed the simplest, crudest and most convenient one - but why did he send a forensic doctor?

Xiao Yao thought that there was only one explanation, that is: the reason why he sent Liang Yanan was because Liang Yanan was his confidant, the kind that was absolutely reliable.

In this case, the possibility of Liang Yanan betraying his own people is relatively small.

"Why would she help you? What did you say? No, how did you get to know her and how did you get in touch with her?" Shen Jie bombarded him with questions.

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious." Xiao Yao held his forehead. It was more like telling himself not to be anxious rather than telling Shen Jie not to be anxious.

He told Shen Jie everything in detail - from how he and Yu Bo went to the hospital to visit Zhou Qi, to how they met Liang Yanan, how they followed her, how they had a fight, to how Yu Bo recognized them as old classmates and old lovers, all the way to how he had been looking for Shen Jie's address like a headless fly after returning from Dongru, how Liang Yanan contacted him, claiming that she was willing to provide help, and what kind of exchange conditions she proposed -

"Wait a minute," Shen Jie couldn't help but interrupt Xiao Yao halfway through, "So you told her the secret of the shadow world without telling Yu Bo?"

"How could that be possible?" Xiao Yao explained quickly, "It was Father Yu who said she could be trusted and authorized me to make this deal with her. After the deal was done, it was also Yu Bo himself who contacted her with the information."

Shen Jie was slightly displeased: "Are you habitually shifting the blame onto others again?"

"Ask Yu Bo yourself!" Xiao Yao stood up suddenly.

Shen Jie clenched her hands into hollow little fists and smacked her chin: "So now the forensic doctor knows about the Shadow World?"

"If Father Yu keeps his word, I'm afraid so." Xiao Yao said.

The two of them sat in silence for a while, and Xiao Yao sat down again.

Zhang Zhengkai's father's confidant, who had not appeared earlier or later, suddenly appeared at this time, approaching Father Yu as an old classmate, approaching him under the pretext of helping to rescue Shen Jie, gaining his trust, and obtaining information about the shadow world...

If we were to be more conspiratorial, forcing Shen Jie to marry his son and letting my father-in-law lock Shen Jie up at home, could this also be to lure the snake out of its hole?

No, that's not quite right either...

The more Xiao Yao thought about it, the worse it seemed, and the more scared he became.

"We have to talk to Brother Bo about this." Xiao Yao said.

"..." Shen Jie wanted to say something, but she didn't, just nodded slightly.

Xiao Yao originally wanted to call again in the morning, but then he thought there was no time to lose, so he took out his cell phone and called Yu Bo on the spot. However, no one answered the phone after both calls, so he had to send a text message to briefly explain the situation.

Shen Jie was naturally in no mood for a date at this time. She stood up and used her feet to dig out a three-bedroom, one-living room half floating on the wooden deck: "Hey, where are my shoes? Where did you take off my sandals and throw them?"

"Oh, yes, shoes." Xiao Yao quickly took out the plastic bag containing the pair of Dior leather shoes: "Surprise! The surprise of regaining what was lost!"

"These are really the shoes I lost!" Shen Jie held the small leather shoes in her hands and looked at them over and over for a long time: "How did you get them out of there?"

"It ran out by itself." Xiao Yao told the whole story of how he found the pair of shoes and how he secretly smashed the mirror after Gao Sijun left.

Shen Jie hugged her arms with both hands and shivered violently.

"Otherwise, how could I send messages to you and Yu Luying?" Xiao Yao explained, "Telling you two to be careful with the mirror in the room? That's why."

Shen Jie: "Have you told Brother Bo about this?"

Xiao Yao: "No, I haven't had time for it yet."

Shen Jie: "Hurry up and tell him."

So Xiao Yao sent another text message to Yu Boduo.

"Let me help you put on your shoes." Xiao Yao said after sending the text message.

"You're still in this mood?" Shen Jie finally found the sandal from the corner of the deck. She didn't change into her leather shoes, but just threw them back into the plastic bag, untied the sandal straps on her other foot, pulled off the two glass silk socks one by one, and put on her sandals again.

The girl stood up holding the plastic bag, put her bag on her back and stuffed the socks in her hand into Xiao Yao's trouser pocket. The latter then hooked his hand around the girl's slender waist and lowered his head.

Shen Jie narrowed her eyes slightly and tiptoed lightly.

"Chimi!^.<"

It was already late at night. The two waited on the roadside for a long time but couldn't get a taxi. They also couldn't find a place to rent a tandem bicycle. It was even more unrealistic to walk back. They had no choice but to ride the 3-person bicycle back.

Luckily the car is still there.

With two people riding a three-person bike, you can imagine how heavy the bike is. Xiao Yao was riding in the front, and Shen Jie was sitting in the middle, pedaling hard, trying to help Xiao Yao share some of the pressure.

After all, it is a rural area with limited coverage of street lamps. The lighting on many sections along the way is worrying. The trees on both sides of the road sway in the night wind, presenting a ghostly visual effect.

Shen Jie recalled what Xiao Yao had just said, about the "person" hiding in the mirror and throwing shoes out. She scared herself and became more and more scared the more she thought about it.

She was reluctant to tell Xiao Yao, fearing that she would show her cowardice again, so she just let go of the handles with both hands, leaned forward, and hugged Xiao Yao's waist tightly.

Although Xiao Yao was also worried, he still enjoyed being alone with Shen Jie. It was a midsummer night at the seaside. Can August be considered midsummer? Oh, who cares.

Xiao Yao let go of the faucet handle on his left hand, reached back, and gently grasped the back of Shen Jie's left hand that was placed on his waist.

"Ride your bike carefully!" the girl said, "Look at the road! Don't look at me. Why are you looking at me?"

"Don't blame me - who made you so beautiful? Who allowed you? Who approved you? Did the country allow it?" Xiao Yao said.

"It's my fault. I'll fix it." Shen Jie followed him and said meaningless nonsense: "Tsk, look at the road! There's a car coming up ahead!"

Xiao Yao turned his head and pedaled his bicycle hard, emitting the tune of "The Lightning Troops March On" through his nose.

"Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump~~~"

"Hey, Gouzi, sing a song for me." Shen Jie said.

"Okay, what do you want to hear?" Xiao Yao said.

"That day in the field, when the three of us were together, didn't you say you were going to sing Starry Night?" Shen Jie reminded him, "It's the one from the musical Les Miserables..."

"I can't sing that now," Xiao Yao told Shen Jie, "The lyrics are all in English. I have to look at the lyrics, and I can't breathe well while riding a bike."

"Tsk," Shen Jie said, "By the way, I remember that Javert is the villain, the one who persecutes the protagonist all the time. Why do you like him?"

"Little girl, you don't understand this," Xiao Yao replied casually, "Hey, why don't you sing a song for me?"

"Why are you in such a hurry? I haven't even started practicing the song you ordered."

"No," Xiao Yao said, "Just sing the songs taught in your vocal class. I want to check the teaching results of your class."

"I don't want to," Shen Jie said, "You will laugh at me again later."

After Xiao Yao swore that he would not laugh at her, Shen Jie cleared her throat: "Ahem, ahem!"

"Pa pa pa pa." Xiao Yao clapped his hands with his mouth.

When you are scared walking at night, singing can really help, right? Shen Jie thought.

"..."

"Sing." Xiao Yao couldn't help but urge.

“If I could sing a complete song, it would be an expression of gratitude and praise to You. You comforted me in my suffering and gave me wisdom when I was lost. Although I cannot sing a complete song, I want to express my gratitude to You…”

Xiao Yao held his breath and listened, even slowing down the speed of pedaling. To be fair, he had never heard this song, so he had no way of judging how much Shen Jie was out of tune, but overall, she at least sang in tune, and it was not bad.

Shen Jie's voice is naturally clear and pleasant, so as long as she can sing in tune, it won't be that bad - but her vocalization and breath control are still a bit difficult, and it sounds a bit like a kindergarten kid singing, gasping for breath.

"O larks in the sky, O people who can sing, would you please sing for me the incomparable beauty of God? I am willing to listen with my ears, and I am willing to resonate with my heart... de de de de de de de de, de de de de de de, I forgot the rest, so I won't sing anymore."

"Pa pa pa pa," Xiao Yao said, "It sounds nice."

"Is this true? Are you kidding me?" Shen Jie said happily.

"Really, really," Xiao Yao said, "There's still a little problem with the voice. You rely on your stomach to sing, not your throat. If you can't control your breath well, it will be like this, you'll be out of breath..."

"That's because I'm riding a bike, okay!" Shen Jie pretended to be angry and said, "You're so annoying!"

"Overall, it's great!" Xiao Yao quickly replied: "Do you know how I feel when I hear you sing?"

"How does it feel?" Shen Jie said.

"I feel like I have become that," Xiao Yao sang the last six words in the same tune as Shen Jie just sang: "The skylark in the sky~ I feel like I have become lighter, and even this car has become less heavy."

"Do you know why the car has become lighter?" Shen Jie said in a spooky and weird voice.

"Why?" Xiao Yao asked without any defense.

"Look back," Shen Jie said mysteriously, "There are three people riding it now, how can it not be light?"

"Grandpa!" Xiao Yao felt a chill in his heart and a sharp pain in his ankle. His body fell to the left. Then, amid Shen Jie's screams, he watched the asphalt road rushing towards him.

--split line--

Xiao Yao limped into the door of 1503. Gao Sijun hadn't slept yet and was still playing his GBA tirelessly.

"The hotel staff asked me to tell you that you have to compensate for the glass window in the bathroom." While Gao Sijun was speaking, his eyes were still fixed on the small screen.

"Got it. I'll pay for it, I'll pay for it, I'll pay for it," Xiao Yao continued to limp to his bedside: "Do you have red medicine?"

"Oh my - really not," Gao Sijun said, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, I just fell off my bike hard," Xiao Yao said, "Just a few scrapes."

Gao Sijun suggested that Xiao Yao knock on Dr. Yang's door, but Xiao Yao politely declined.

He climbed into bed and lay down, scrolling through the text messages lying in his phone's inbox.

Yu Luying: "I'm sorry, I accidentally sprained my ankle when I was going down the stairs. I felt like you fell. Are you and her okay?"

Xiao Yao: "It's nothing, we only had five scrapes between us, it's a small matter."

Yu Luying: "I'm sorry, sorry, sorry...I really didn't mean it. I'll call her and tell her too."

Xiao Yao: "Yeah."

After reading this set of text messages, Xiao Yao turned to read another set of text messages.

Shen Jie: "I was wrong. I will never tell you ghost stories to scare you again, especially when you are riding a bike or doing something else. You are so timid."

Shen Jie: "No, I will never ride on your bike again."

Xiao Yao: "I've said it many times, it was your silly sister who sprained her ankle, I wasn't scared."

Shen Jie: "I think she is deliberately covering for you, or maybe it's just a villain who wants to harm me."

Xiao Yao: "Don't be silly, have you applied the ointment? Where's the Band-Aid?"

Shen Jie: "Ms. Lucia personally disinfected and bandaged me. She was so warm."

Xiao Yao: "...That's good."

Shen Jie: "What about you?"

Xiao Yao: "I've done that too."

Be a real man, it's just a little skin wound, why make a fuss about it.

Gao Sijun finally put down his precious GBA, picked up his phone and looked at it: "Hey, Lao Xiao."

"what?"

"The guitarist for the youth mass had something to do at home, so he went home early tonight," Gao Sijun said. "They heard that you can play the guitar, so they asked if you could take over for the morning mass tomorrow."

"Oh," Xiao Yao said, "I'm not very confident, but if there is really no one around, I can give it a try."

"Okay," Gao Sijun said, "Then I'll tell them this."

The night was already very late and as cold as water.

Chapter 306 Big Sheep and Little Sheep

2023-08-22

Wednesday, August 8th, the fourth last day of summer camp.

In the morning, Xiao Yao was honored to serve as a temporary guitarist. He felt good about himself and asked Yu Luying how he performed while eating breakfast.

"It's okay," Yu Luying wiped her lips gently with a napkin, "It's not bad."

"You should encourage me more often," Xiao Yao said, "Don't always put down your partner."

"But you are one third." Yu Luying said.