You are my wife, don't doubt it!

Chapter 331 It's my fault. I'm too good at giving

2023-09-21

When it was just dawn, Xiao Yao was dragged out of bed by Shen Jie.

The girl was still wearing yesterday's shoes, socks and trousers, but she changed into a yellow T-shirt.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Yao asked sleepily.

"Let's go eat some sesame cakes." Shen Jie whispered in Xiao Yao's ear.

"It's so early, people are probably still lighting the stove." Xiao Yao said.

The two of them called Yu Luying several times but there was no response. They guessed that she was deliberately staying in bed, so they sent her a text message saying that she would be back soon, and then tiptoed out of the door.

Before leaving, Xiao Yao took the frozen orange juice drink that he had prepared in the refrigerator yesterday.

After getting on a rickshaw in front of the Party School, Shen Jie said after she sat down, "It looks like Silly Sister will ignore you for a while."

"I'm used to it," Xiao Yao shrugged, "like a junior high school student, acting like a bitch."

"You are only a hundred days older than junior high school students, right? Sometimes I feel that I am too good to you," Shen Jie said meaningfully, "so you can't understand girls' feelings."

How come it’s only been a hundred days?

"No, no, I understand." Xiao Yao said quickly, "I am indeed responsible for what happened last night, but I think that ignoring people all the time is not a solution."

"Yesterday was their Assumption Day, a big holiday. You see how much importance they attach to it. And then you did something like this. She must not be able to accept it and must be doubting herself." Shen Jie said.

"Now that you mention it, I remember everything," Xiao Yao accused half-jokingly, "You were the one who started it last night, right? You're the culprit."

"Yes, yes, yes, I confess. It's my fault. I was too giving." Shen Jie said calmly.

"Uh, that's not what I meant." Xiao Yao said.

"Bo Ge once told me a story that left a deep impression on me," Shen Jie said: "When God asked Adam why he ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, Adam's first reaction was to put the blame on Eve."

"Well, it was indeed Adam's wife who tricked him into eating it, wasn't it?" Xiao Yao confirmed carefully.

"So Adam shouldn't have held himself accountable?" Shen Jie said, "You say every day that the Bible says men should be the head and wives should obey their husbands, but what about the responsibilities given to men in the Bible? What about men's exemplary leadership and their ability to resist corruption? What about the broad shoulders of fathers? Where are they?"

"Well said!" Xiao Yao said quickly, "It is necessary to make a deep confession."

"We are husband and wife," Shen Jie said, "We deserved to be expelled from the Garden of Eden together, but it is our fault that Little Apple was implicated."

"The Que family." Xiao Yao said.

"How dare you be so presumptuous in front of me last night." Shen Jie narrowed her eyes and said half-truthfully and half-jokingly.

"Uh..." Xiao Yao had no choice but to say, "I am so daring that I deserve to die."

"I just think that if both of us are angry and ignore you, you'll be too pitiful." Shen Jie continued to speak half-truthfully, with the corners of her mouth raised: "You should know your place."

"Be sensible, be sensible." Xiao Yao took advantage of the situation and gently stroked Shen Jie's shoulders and neck.

As they were talking, they had already arrived at the pancake shop, which was full of people. The temperature this morning was not very high, so Xiao Yao helped Shen Jie find a seat in front of the electric fan, and took out the iced drinks that had been prepared long ago, and served her attentively.

Shen Jie enjoyed the meal quite a bit, but she didn't eat much of the cake. Instead, she drank three or four bowls of the local tofu pudding, which made her drink even less than a sip of the drink Xiao Yao had prepared in advance.

It turns out that the local pancake shops only sell tofu pudding in the morning but not in the afternoon.

Shen Jie told Xiao Yao that the sesame cakes were delicious and she liked them very much, but Xiao Yao suspected that she was just trying to make him happy, but...

But, that's it.

Yu Luying called and said that it was getting late and she was afraid she would be too late, so she went to the long-distance bus station by herself and asked Shen Jie to meet her at the bus station.

"Fuck, you're just talking nonsense. We still have our luggage left at home." Xiao Yao said.

"Yu Luying said she took everything with her - never mind," Shen Jie thought for a moment and said, "It's at home, not in a hotel, so it won't get lost. Time is really tight, so let's hurry up and go there."

After arriving at the bus station and meeting Yu Luying again, Xiao Yao discovered that Xiaopingguo's attitude towards him was not particularly cold and was better than he had imagined.

Although her eyes were evasive and her expression was half-smile, she always stuck behind Shen Jie (unfortunately she was taller than Shen Jie and couldn't hide), and didn't have direct contact with Xiao Yao - but at least when he spoke to her, she still responded properly.

"Good morning, Yingying."

"Wooooooaaaah! Morning!"

"...Did you sleep well last night?"

"... Not bad!... It's OK, just average, OK."

"Uh." Xiao Yao said.

Shen Jie gently hit Xiao Yao on the back of his hand.

Yu Luying wore a long skirt today, and the same pair of sneakers and black short cotton socks she wore yesterday - I don't know if it was the same pair she wore yesterday.

It should be... unlikely, right?

On the bus to Dongqi, Shen Jie and Yu Luying still sat together. Xiao Yao was sent to find a seat in the back row and take a nap.

After getting off the bus and on the way to the Shengai Hotel, Shen Jie showed Xiao Yao the MMS sent by Daiyu on her mobile phone.

That was a photo of Daiyu, Chen Lu, Brother Long and others being baptized at the Sacred Heart Church opposite the school yesterday, but Brother Bo was not among them.

"That's great." Xiao Yao said casually.

"Daiyu complained to me," Shen Jie told Xiao Yao, "saying that we didn't go to the ceremony and observe, and that we weren't true brothers."

"It's really not good." Xiao Yao nodded and said, "Hey, Little Apple..."

"Wow!" Yu Luying subconsciously jumped away like a frightened deer.

How annoying, Xiao Yao thought.

It makes me feel like I really did something to you.

Is that level nothing to you? Xiao Yao heard Yu Luying thinking so.

No, I... Xiao Yao thought.

Yu Luying covered her ears with both hands, as if this could prevent Xiao Yao's voice from reaching her.

When the three little ones arrived at the entrance of the Saint Ai Hotel, it was already past 9:.

Xiao Yao, who was more than 40 minutes late, was prepared to be scolded by Bo Ge, but Bo Ge said nothing and just asked the three little ones to get in the car.

The car was the same one that the two elders of the Yu family used to pick them up for dinner last time, and the people who came to pick them up were still the two bald men in black clothes and sunglasses.

As soon as Xiao Yao got on the car, the bald man took out a black eye mask and handed it to them, signaling them to cover their eyes. The black cloth covered his and his friends' faces, and suddenly, the whole world was filled with darkness.

"Do you want to do this, Brother Bo?" Xiao Yao said.

"Father Yu is not in the car now," Xiao Yao heard the bald man's voice: "Don't worry, nothing will happen, it's just the rules."

Yu Luying didn't say anything, but Shen Jie was quite resentful and grumbled a few times. But since no one paid any attention to her, she stopped talking.

The eye mask was so tight around his eye sockets that Xiao Yao felt his eyeballs were under considerable pressure, which was not very comfortable. The car twisted and turned, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, as if it was deliberately going in circles.

It just drove like this... well, I don't know how much time passed before the car finally slowly stalled and stopped.

It feels like we have driven quite a distance downwards? Xiao Yao thought.

"That's right." Yu Luying replied.

Sure enough, after the two bald guys politely helped the three kids take off their blindfolds, Xiao Yao found himself in a... private underground parking lot?

"Please!" "Please!" The two bald men respectfully opened the car door for the three kids, asked them to get out of the car, and led them to the elevator in the corner of the parking lot.

The parking lot was not very big. The three little ones walked while turning their necks curiously and looking around.

"I always feel like I came here when I was a child, very young..." Yu Luying's voice rang from the bottom of Xiao Yao's heart.

"Really? This can't be your Yu family's old house or something?" Xiao Yao responded in his heart.

“…I’m not talking to you.”

"Humph, I'm not talking to you either."

"..."

The five of them took the elevator to the third floor, and the three little ones, led by the two bald men, walked into a large antique room.

It’s not quite right to say that it’s antique, as this room actually doesn’t have any luxurious decorations. It can even be said to be quite simple and plain.

When Xiao Yao was a child, he visited the homes of distant relatives at the "town" or "village" level. Their homes were almost of this style, and in a sense could be called "old-fashioned."

When they saw Yu Bo standing on the side of the room with his hands down, the three little ones all breathed a sigh of relief and felt quite relaxed.

At the deepest part of the rectangular room, the tall man standing with his hands behind his back in front of the bookshelf turned around.

"Welcome," the man said in broken Chinese, "I am Carl Shidling, you must be Mr. Xiao Yao, right?"

"It's me, it's me, hello." Xiao Yao nodded and greeted politely.

This tall foreigner looked nearly 1.9 meters tall, with a broad forehead, high cheekbones, and a distinct jawline, making his face look as firm as steel. He wore a pair of glasses, had pale skin, and almost no wrinkles, and looked to be in his forties.

This man's eyes were a deep blue, like two gemstones, and his head was covered with thick black hair, which was slightly curly, making it look neat and thick. He had a high nose bridge and clear lips with a smile that was ambiguous.

"Miss Yu Luying, when you were still a little kid, I held you in my arms. You must not remember it." Karl Schedlin winked at Yu Luying. "You have grown up so much. Time flies."

"Uh..." Yu Luying blushed and felt a little embarrassed for a moment, not knowing how to respond.

"You must be Miss Shen Jie." Carl Schedlin turned to Shen Jie.

"Karl...Hello, Father Karl." Shen Jie bowed slightly.

"Priest? No, no, no, I'm not a priest." Karlstedt was stunned and burst into laughter.

No wonder Shen Jie mistook him for a priest - this foreigner was wearing a pure black suit that accentuated his tall figure, with wide cuffs that flowed like a black waterfall, and an exquisite cross pendant hanging around his neck.

"Mr. Shi is a single member of our Guangye Association and also my superior contact person," Yu Bo introduced, "He just came all the way from Ma Kao."

"Guangye Society..." Xiao Yao silently recited the name.

A little weird.

"I still prefer the translation of Mingye Watcher," Karl Shidlin said with a smile, "It has a special kind of oriental rhythmic beauty - but a name is just a name, a symbol, it's not important at all."

Shen Jie nodded and said, "Karl Shi...Mr. Shi, you are German, right?"

"Karl Schedlin, as I said, the name is not important, just call me Mr. Schedlin." Karl Schedlin laughed: "Ah yes, my ancestors are from Austria, but I was born in Portugal and have worked in the horse for many years - why are we still standing? Please sit down, please sit down."

Yu Bo and the two bald guys were still standing, while the three little ones hesitantly followed Karlstedt and sat down.

Shen Jie mumbled a bunch of Spanish to Karlstedt, who found it very interesting and answered her in Portuguese. The two of them had an encrypted conversation for a while.

"What are you talking about?" Xiao Yao asked Shen Jie in a low voice.

"As I just said," Karl Schederling ended the encrypted call with Shen Jie, switched back to Chinese, crossed his legs, and the smile slowly disappeared from his face: "Names are not important. To me, whether it is a person's name, an organization's name, or a country or nation's name, these are not very important, because we have to blend into the crowd naturally and quietly like light."

When Karlstedtlin spoke, he would glance upwards. His voice was low and powerful, and his aura of authority spread without him getting angry.

"Like light, silent and quiet?" Xiao Yao didn't quite understand.

"Many people think that only shadows can hide themselves, which is an obvious mistake." Karl Schedlin explained: "Many times, light is like air, lurking around us, but being ignored, commonplace, and neglected by us. Just like the light in this room, you don't pay special attention to where it comes from. Only when you lose it, will you look for it on purpose."

"Do you feel like a great hermit hidden in the city?" Xiao Yao looked at Shen Jie, then at Yu Luying, and said so.

"The Gospel says that you are the light of the world; a city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Your light should shine before others - this is the purpose of us, the Watchers of the Mingye, to be the light among the people," said Karlstedt.

"So this is a Catholic organization?" Xiao Yao asked, "I thought you would even accept monks."

"Monk?" Karlstedtlin didn't understand the word and glanced at Yu Bo.

"A monk." Yu Bo explained, "An assistant of mine."

"In fact, it is indeed a Catholic organization," Karl Shidlin nodded, "but our assistants can be from any religious background. Anyone who is willing to fight against the threat of the shadow and the influence of Freemasonry can become our assistant."

"Shadow, Freemasonry..." The more Xiao Yao listened, the more confused he felt.

"Mr. Shi," Yu Bo said, "why not start from the beginning and talk to them slowly?"

"I have always had a question," Xiao Yao raised his hand and asked, "Do the shadow world and shadow exist naturally, or are they materialized by some kind of human...interference, magic? ...the product of witchcraft?"

"You asked a very good question, and you got to the heart of the matter," Karlstedt said happily, "Where there is light, there is shadow. As a reflection of our human mind, shadows and their world exist naturally."

"But they have such a close connection with our world and opened a channel. This must be some unnatural interference, right?" Xiao Yao guessed: "For example, you mentioned... Freemasonry?"

Chapter 332: Sleepless Watch

2023-09-23

"But they have such a close connection with our world and opened a channel. This must be some unnatural interference, right?" Xiao Yao guessed: "For example, you mentioned... Freemasonry?"