You are my wife, don't doubt it!

"Xiao Xiong, why are you coming to the KTV alone in broad daylight?" Xiao Yao took over the conversation.

"Well, this is what happened..." Xiao Xiong's expression turned serious: "I came out to buy something today, and I think I saw Zhou Qi."

"Where is it?" Yu Luying asked quickly.

"What do you mean by 'seemingly'?" Xiao Yao also frowned.

"She's on Sichuan North Street. From a distance, she looks like her, but her clothes are totally different. Her hair is combed like a bun at the back of her head." The little bear gestured on his head and said, "She's wearing a suit, skirt and high heels. She looks like those female executives on TV. I'm not sure."

"How does this look alike? And how can a female executive wear her hair in a bun?" Xiao Yao grinned, remembering the hairstyle Shen Jie had on the day they went to the park.

"That's called a bun. Zhou Qi is very good at taking care of his hair. Xiao Yao, don't interrupt." Yu Luying pulled Xiao Yao and then asked Xiao Xiong: "Then why are you here? Is Zhou Qi here too?"

"Yes, I wanted to catch up with her to see if it was her, but she walked very fast, so I followed her all the way here." Little Bear raised his hand and put his sunglasses on his forehead, saying a little frustrated.

This matter... is really weird.

"When I got here, I saw her go into the cash box, and she hasn't come out yet. I was just wondering whether to call the police, and then you two came." Little Bear spread his hands, indicating that there was nothing else to say.

"We came here because Xiao Yao said he saw Zhou Qi in KTV a few days ago and we wanted to confirm it." After listening, Yu Luying said to Xiao Xiong.

"I felt the same way, but I didn't see it for sure at the time." Xiao Yao added quickly.

"Damn, Xiao Yao, you dressed up like an elegant lady last month, just to spend money here? Okay, uh..." Xiao Xiong realized that his focus had strayed a little, and quickly pulled it back: "If Xiao Yao also saw that it was Zhou Qi, then there's no doubt about it. It's impossible that both of us made a mistake - shall we call the police?" As he said that, he reached into his pocket for his cell phone.

Chapter 45 Cash Box

2022-12-22

"Don't." Yu Luying reached out and held down the little bear.

The little bear looked at the two of them in confusion.

Xiao Yao originally wanted to send Little Bear away, but before he could figure out how to start the conversation, Yu Luying had already invited Little Bear to join him.

"More people means more strength. We'll make plans after finding Zhou Qi," said Yu Luying.

"Uh... okay." The little bear agreed.

The matter was done, and Xiao Yao could not find a legal reason to chase Xiao Xiong away, so he had to accept the fact that the three of them were going to travel together.

"How do we get in? I think the guy at the door doesn't look like someone who can be easily messed with." Little Bear began to work out the details of the operation.

"Let's sneak first, you on the right and I on the left, and go around from the back," Xiao Yao answered seriously: "Then from the back, three, two, one!" Xiao Yao held his neck with both hands and made a "twisting" motion.

Xiao Xiong and Yu Luying were together, just looking at him.

"Nonsense, of course we just walk in. They are open for business, why can't we go in?" Xiao Yao said.

"Have you two brought anything for self-defense?" Yu Luying suddenly asked.

"Self-defense? No, no." Xiao Yao was stunned.

Yu Luying took out a can from her schoolbag and shook it in her hand: "How can you come to a place like this without bringing something to protect yourself? I brought pepper spray."

Is this what you call "preparing for the day" on the subway?

"Wow, do you usually take this stuff with you when you go out?" Little Bear took the can, sprayed a little, and started coughing.

"My mother asked me to bring it. It comes in handy today when I come to a place like this." Yu Luying took back the jar and stuffed it into her schoolbag.

"No, you always talk about this kind of place and that kind of place. What kind of place?"

"KTV is a place where filth and dirt are hidden. What's wrong with that?" Yu Luying looked at Xiao Yao with a strange expression.

"No, what do you think? This is a mass-market KTV, it's legitimate." Xiao Yao thought Yu Luying's argument was incredible: "They have a license and pay taxes, they operate legally, and there's a police station on the corner of the street, so how can it be considered a den of filth?"

"Are there no people singing along in a regular KTV? If Zhou Qi is really hiding here, whether he is being forced or... he has some unspeakable secret, there must be something going on in this KTV..."

Xiao Yao slapped himself on the forehead. "What do you mean by singing with me? Who instilled this idea in you? Have you never been to a KTV? Have you ever had a party with your girlfriends?"

Wait, speaking of singing along, that day...

"No! And don't hit me randomly, it hurts!"

"I brought it, I brought something to protect myself!" Little Bear saw that the two were about to start arguing, so he quickly tried to smooth things over. He took out a flashlight from his pocket, held it up in his hand and introduced it: "The multi-LED light head has two adjustable levels of high and low beam, the high-strength integrated body is sturdy and waterproof, and the built-in 3000mah rechargeable battery saves you the trouble of buying batteries. The Phelps high-intensity waterproof flashlight is your wise choice for going up mountains and down the sea."

Xiao Yao & Yu Luying: "..."

"Actually, I came out today to buy a flashlight. The flashlight at home is broken. How about you use it first, Xiao Yao? It's quite heavy. It's more effective on the head than a wine bottle." Xiao Xiong handed the flashlight to Xiao Yao, but Xiao Yao didn't take it and pushed it back silently.

Yu Luying didn't say anything. She picked up the shoulder strap of her backpack and went straight to the door of the cashier's office.

Seeing this, the two boys hurriedly followed.

"Sir, Miss, do you have a reservation?" A male waiter wearing a bow tie asked enthusiastically, "Do you have a membership card?"

"No, let's open one..." Xiao Yao responded.

"Is anyone in room 2049V?" Yu Luying went straight to the point - this was the private room Xiao Yao and Shen Jie came to that day.

The man with the red bow tie smiled and said, "No, we just opened for business and have no customers yet. All the private rooms are not booked during the day."

"Give us room 2049V." Yu Luying said straightforwardly.

"I wonder how many guests there are in total? If there are five or six people, the mini private room on the third floor is more affordable and the equipment is more fashionable." The red bow tie looked at the three people and gave some suggestions.

"It's 2049."

"Okay." The red bowtie nodded and spoke quickly, "Room V will deliver a fruit plate every hour before 4pm...3 hours minimum order...what time do you want to order?"

"Ah, one hour is ok?" Xiao Yao and Xiao Xiong wailed in unison.

Yu Luying bit her lower lip, took out a few hundred-dollar bills from her wallet, put them on the counter, lowered her head and walked in quickly.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Xiong looked at each other and had to follow.

The three teenagers followed the waiter's instructions and came to 2049V. The "red bow tie" immediately brought the fruit plate and tea, then closed the door and left.

"Wow, the luxury private room is really different. The fruit plate they provide is so rich." Little Bear exclaimed.

Yu Luying smiled and said, "That's just the beginning. There are few customers during the day, so they are just trying to drum up business. The prices are different at night, but there are still crowds of guests. Rich or not, those who can afford the money are not fools, right?" After saying that, she looked at Xiao Yao with a teasing look on her face.

After Xiao Yao entered the room, he kept wondering if he remembered the room number wrong, because the room looked unfamiliar, and he couldn't ask Shen Jie to confirm it: "What are you thinking about? It's the same at night, just singing, drinking water, and eating some fruit..."

As Xiao Yao spoke, he gently touched the little bear who was fiddling with the jukebox: "Turn right after you exit the bathroom, then turn left and walk all the way to the end..."

"Oh..." Little Bear didn't understand what it meant and continued to order songs.

Xiao Yao raised his foot and gently kicked the little bear's butt: "Didn't you tell me on the way here that you couldn't hold it anymore?"

"When did I say--" Little Bear finally responded: "Oh, yes, yes, it's almost spilling."

"Investigate as well," Xiao Yao shouted behind Xiao Xiong as he opened the door and went out, "Investigate carefully several times!"

The little bear raised his right hand and pointed his middle finger back to express "OK".

After smashing the light bulb, Xiao Yao happily sat in front of the jukebox.

"What are you doing?" Yu Luying complained unhappily.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Yao's words were full of anger, with the emphasis on the word "you": "You clearly knew there was something supernatural going on, but you still dragged him into this. What were you thinking?"

Yu Luying pouted and sat on the sofa, crossed her arms, crossed her legs, tilted her head, and stopped talking.

After thinking about it, she picked up the mobile phone on the coffee table and sent a text message to her mother, making up an excuse for not going home in the afternoon and asking her not to pick her up.

Then, pray that the mother will not become suspicious and come to pick you up by force.

Chapter 46 Wall Dong

2022-12-22

"That day, at dusk, the snow began to fall. The sorrow covered the hills, waiting for the end of youth... The midnight movie was full of ancient love stories, singing for the young in the darkness..."

"How come you really started singing?" Yu Luying reached out to grab the microphone: "You two are just here to have fun, right? Do you have something on your mind?"

"Let's go, girl, to see the red sunrise." Xiao Yao raised her hand to prevent Yu Luying from snatching the microphone from her: "Take my love song with you, sing it in the wind, with dew hanging on it - don't make a fuss, just sing two songs, it's worth the money - the transparent melancholy is the first confusion of my life."

Yu Luying sat down on the sofa again, frowned, took out a bottle of mineral water from her schoolbag, unscrewed the bottle and took a sip.

After a classical guitar solo, the song enters its climax: "When the years and beauty have become sighs in the dust, your sad eyes have old tears. I believe that at the age of love, the songs I couldn't sing to you will always be reminisced in my life."

Xiao Yao knelt down on one knee in front of Yu Luying while singing: "I believe in love. The songs I couldn't sing to you will always be remembered in my life."

"Get up!" Yu Luying pulled Xiao Yao's arm hard and lifted it up.

"I believe in love. The songs I failed to sing to you will always be in my memory throughout my life." Xiao Yao looked into Yu Luying's eyes and repeated these words.

"Xiao Yao, we're not here to play!" Yu Luying stomped her feet: "Are you kidding me?"

"Little Bear has gone to scout, so we have to provide cover. Okay, get to work, get to work." Xiao Yao raised one hand and put the microphone down with the other hand.

He walked around the private room for a long time but couldn't find the mirror.

"Didn't you say you saw Zhou Qi in the corridor? Moreover, is a mirror necessary? Will a TV work?" Yu Luying asked.

"I'm afraid that won't work," Xiao Yao reached out to touch the TV screen, his fingertips felt cold and hard, "In theory, as long as it can reflect enough visibility, it should be fine. Why don't you turn off the TV and try?"

"..." Yu Luying and Xiao Yao fumbled for a long time: "It seems that it can't be turned off?"

"Forget it, let's go to the corridor." Xiao Yao said.

Xiao Yao opened the door and looked around, but there was no one in the corridor.

He took Yu Luying out of the private room and came to the empty corridor.

The boy took a deep breath and stretched out his hand toward the narrow mirror in the aisle.

One of his hands just disappeared in the mirror.

Even though Yu Luying had seen him walk out of her own dressing mirror, she still couldn't help but gasp.

The girl also stretched out her hand, but her fingertips touched only cold hardness.

The two looked at each other, then Xiao Yao withdrew his hand and made an invitation gesture to Yu Luying.

Yu Luying hesitated for a second and then shook it.

They had known each other for almost a year, and although they had been close at one point, this was the first time Xiao Yao had touched her hand.

Unlike Shen Jie's soft hands, Yu Luying's hands were very cold and had no temperature.

She held Xiao Yao's hand and touched the reflective wall.

It's worn!

Suddenly, Yu Luying slapped the mirror above Xiao Yao's shoulder and pressed her whole body against him, forming a strange wall-dong.

Xiao Yao's brain short-circuited instantly and everything went crazy.

For him, this posture was almost a half hug.

The scent from Yu Luying... was like the fragrance of laundry detergent, this time with a strong body temperature that flowed into Xiao Yao's nose and mind.

It was not as described in novels, nor as he had imagined countless times - she was very tense, and Xiao Yao could feel her body trembling.

But, after all, there is still a soft spot, that is...

The girl's face was so close to his that her breathing became hot.

Xiao Yao's face felt itchy.

At this distance and angle, if I lean over and kiss her on the cheek, it seems like a sure thing.

Unfortunately, Xiao Yao’s Central Command was a coward and he didn’t dare.

However, since ancient times, generals were not always subject to the orders of the emperor when they were away from the court, and local soldiers often had a certain degree of independent decision-making power.

The girl subconsciously lowered her face, and then her small face turned redder than a peach. She gritted her teeth and squeezed out two words: "Want to die?!"

"No, I, you...?"

Xiao Yao hadn't fully reacted yet. He only knew that Yu Luying was holding his other hand in the mirror, and he was trying hard to pull his hand out of the mirror.

The girl glanced at the other end of the corridor and whispered, "Camera."

There was indeed an infrared camera on the ceiling of the corridor. Yu Luying protected Xiao Yao and pulled his hand back from the mirror, then hurriedly pulled him back to the private room.

"What's so scary about the cameras? The corridors are much busier at night than we are." Xiao Yao was still savoring everything that had just happened.

"What are you talking about? If you get caught on camera diving into the mirror, you'll be taken away for sliced-up research." The girl thought for a moment and added, "You'll have to take me with you."

"Who has the time to check surveillance every day? I spent two hours checking the school surveillance and it made me dizzy." Xiao Yao didn't think much of it, but he just thought that Yu Luying cared about his safety, and he was secretly happy.