You are my wife, don't doubt it!

Xiao Yao excitedly told Xiao Xiong about his entire summer camp experience, omitting the parts about the shadow invasion and the organization's reception.

As he spoke, he began to sigh.

Although he has no shortage of friends now, he will never forget that when he was isolated by the whole class and most helpless, it was Xiao Xiong and his friends Shen Bin and Hua Ang who took the initiative to extend the hand of friendship to him.

He will never forget that in the first hall - Teacher Yao's hall, it was Xiao Xiong who accompanied him and Yu Luying through life and death, and almost lost his life there, but he did not complain or ask for anything in return, and only left behind a chic back.

It's a pity that such a good brother, who has been through thick and thin with us, is gradually drifting away and has no more books to write to him.

Xiao Yao thought about telling him more secrets of the shadow world and the existence of the organization, and getting him to join - for some reason, he just believed that Xiao Xiong was also a person with some kind of talent.

But he knew that this was not something he could decide on his own.

As an assistant of "Mingye Watchman" (future one, not yet certified), the only thing he can do is to report to his superior, Comrade Yu Bo, who will decide on further actions.

"It's so fun!" The little bear became more and more excited as he listened, his eyes sparkling, and then he became annoyed: "This is what summer camp is! What the hell was my summer camp? Why didn't you invite me? I want to go too! This is what youth is!"

The little bear slammed the table, attracting the attention of some diners.

"Uh, what's fun? Actually, it's not that fun." Xiao Yao himself forgot why he didn't call Xiao Xiong, and quickly said: "Didn't I deliberately pick the fun part? In fact, there is not much time to play at the beach. Most of the time, I am in class - big classes, small classes, and various team activities..."

"That's fun too!" Little Bear said with a sad face, "Isn't what you said more fun than math?! And there's so much seafood to eat for free!"

"Queshi," Xiao Yao had to admit, "There aren't many things in this world that are less fun than making up for math."

"This is what youth is all about!" Little Bear repeated: "I went on holiday with my two girlfriends at the Shanghai beach. We were sweet and happy every day, splashing sweat and sea water to our heart's content..."

"Alright, alright," Xiao Yao said, "Can you keep your voice down when you say 'two'? People are looking at me. Hey, let me ask you something," Xiao Yao said, moving closer to Xiao Xiong mysteriously, "I heard someone say that you had a girlfriend in junior high school, but why have I never heard you mention it? Did you break up?"

When Xiao Yao said this, Xiao Xiong happened to turn his head and look at the TV hanging in the hotel: "Hey, Xiao Yao, have you watched the Asian Cup recently?"

"I wanted to watch it, but I didn't get to see many shows," Xiao Yao said honestly, "I was just too busy. There were too many things to do."

It seems that Xiao Xiong doesn't want to answer questions about his ex-girlfriend, Xiao Yao thought.

If it were the old him, he would definitely continue to ask, but now Xiao Yao understands that when people are unwilling to talk, he should play dumb.

"What are you busy with?" Little Bear said casually.

"He's busy, who knows what he's busy with." Xiao Yao said.

"Tonight is the final, our Chinese national football team is playing against Japan." The little bear looked mysterious, as if he had some inside information.

"Of course I know that." Xiao Yao said.

"Do you want to see it?" Little Bear asked Xiao Yao.

"You have to see it." Xiao Yao replied.

"How many goals do you think we can win?" There was a hint of sincere expectation in the little bear's eyes.

"Ah?" Xiao Yao, who had already predicted the ending, hurriedly concealed his sympathy.

"What? You have no confidence in our national football team?" Little Bear showed his simple patriotic enthusiasm: "Our national football team has always performed well in this competition. We are at home this time, so I have the advantage."

"Queshi," Xiao Yao said vaguely, "There is indeed great hope, but who knows what will happen on the court, right?"

For some reason, Xiao Yao felt that the little bear gave him a meaningful look.

"Of course, I also hope that the Chinese national football team can win." Xiao Yao said quickly: "But I feel that the Chinese national football team has a weakness, that is, they can't keep their composure and have a bad mentality, which is reflected in..."

The two teenagers talked about football for a long time. Before leaving, Xiao Xiong asked Xiao Yao to go to a bar to watch a game together in the evening.

"It's much more exciting than watching the game at home. When you watch the game, everyone has to be together," said Little Bear.

"Not really... no?" Xiao Yao thought for a moment, "I don't think I've ever watched a football match in a bar."

After Xiao Xiong left, Xiao Yao saw the text messages sent from Shen Jie and Yu Luying on his phone.

He looked at Yu Luying's first.

"I didn't see anything"

There were five words without punctuation. Xiao Yao read it five times, horizontally and vertically.

Then he turned to look at Shen Jie's message.

"Gouzi, I've finished shopping with your grandma, and now I'm going to meet your junior high school friend's friend to sell jewelry. Do you want to come with me?"

Xiao Yao thought about it and called Shen Jie first.

"Hey, where are you? I was having dinner with Xiao Xiong just now, so I didn't see you," Xiao Yao said, "Where are you now? I'll come over."

"You don't need to come over. I've already met with them," Shen Jie said, "We are at the gold shop testing the quality. We will be back soon after we are done. It will be quick. You don't need to make another trip."

"Uh..." Xiao Yao hesitated to speak.

"What's the matter?" Shen Jie said, "If I have nothing to say, I'll hang up first. People are still waiting for me."

“Wait a minute, I’m warning you—” As soon as he said this, he realized his tone was too harsh, so he quickly took it back: “You are not allowed to—you are not allowed to buy lottery tickets with the money. You must come back and wait for me to go buy them with you.”

"Ah?" Shen Jie was stunned for a moment, and her tone was like a child who was about to do something bad but was exposed by an adult in advance: "What's the matter? It doesn't matter who goes to buy it. I'm on my way here."

When Xiao Yao heard the cautious, smiling tone on the other end of the phone, he knew that he had guessed at the other party's conspiracy: "No, I'm not kidding you, very serious, no."

"Oh, you." Shen Jie's tone was a little unhappy: "That's my money."

"I don't want to discuss with you whether this is personal property before marriage or joint property after marriage," Xiao Yao said firmly, "You must promise me this."

"Okay, okay, I get it." Shen Jie agreed reluctantly with an unhappy tone.

"Promise yourself to Jesus and the Virgin Mary." Xiao Yao was worried.

"I promise." Shen Jie said.

"There is one more thing," Xiao Yao said, "He gave you cash or wired it to you. If it was cash—"

"Beep beep."

Xiao Yao held the phone in a daze for a while, and said to himself: "You *****, you hung up on me before I finished talking?!"

The proprietress of the Sands Hotel said with a smile: "Oh, all the little girls nowadays are like this, don't be so tough, just coax her more."

"Haha, humph." Xiao Yao gave two polite dry laughs as a response to the proprietress.

Then he called Shen Jie again.

This time she took a long time to answer, her tone was quite impatient: "What are you doing——"

"He gave you cash or transferred it. If it was cash--" Xiao Yao said.

"How can I pay that much money in cash?" Shen Jie said, "Transfer it."

"That's good." Xiao Yao said, "That's good."

After hanging up the phone, he held his cell phone in his hand, thought for more than ten seconds, and then called Yu Luying again.

After another long wait, Yu Luying picked up the phone: "Hello? I have something to do now."

"Are you free tonight?" Xiao Yao said quickly, "Would you like to go out and watch the game with me, Shen Jie, and Xiao Xiong?"

"Today? Not today. I have something to do at home." Yu Luying said hurriedly.

"What's the matter...?" Xiao Yao said.

"I..." Yu Luying said, "I have nothing else to say. I'll hang up first."

"Hey, it's the Asian Cup final," Xiao Yao said, "Chinese national football team versus Japan."

"..." Yu Luying said: "It's really inconvenient to come out."

"Okay," Xiao Yao said gloomily, "Contact me if there's anything."

"It's okay." Yu Luying said and hung up the phone in a hurry.

"You *****..." Xiao Yao's hand holding the phone dropped down weakly. He was originally very happy, but after making these two calls, he felt so upset.

depressed.

Xiao Yao felt that the proprietress of the Sands Hotel was looking at him sideways, so he stood up and walked towards the hotel entrance, ready to go home first.

"Hey, young man," the lady boss called him from behind, "You haven't paid yet?"

"What?" Xiao Yao was stunned: "I thought my friend bought it."

“I didn’t buy it.”

You Xiong Ji, you bastard.

We ordered a lot of dishes.

While paying the bill, Xiao Yao secretly complained about Xiong Ji in his heart: "By the way, um, help me pack this, this, and this."

When the boy returned home, he saw his grandmother, who looked radiant. She seemed to have suddenly become ten years younger. She pulled him aside and kept praising Shen Jie for being such a good daughter and how she patiently accompanied her shopping.

Xiao Yao was eating the big pork jerky that his grandma bought while listening. Not long after, Shen Jie came back.

The two of them found a reason to say hello to grandma and then went out.

"Come back early, it'll be time for dinner soon!" grandma said.

"Oh, okay, grandma, I'll be back soon." Shen Jie answered obediently.

On the way, Xiao Yao asked Shen Jie how much the jewelry was sold for. The number Shen Jie said almost made Xiao Yao faint.

At the door of the lottery shop, two people had a big fight.

What Shen Jie meant was, since you insist on playing it safe, I'll just pledge half of the proceeds from selling the jewelry.

Xiao Yao thought that the amount was too huge and only agreed to buy 10% at most to test the waters.

"3:1," Shen Jie said in a low voice, "Now that we know the result, if we buy a little more, we can buy a very nice house in the city center with full payment."

"At most 10%," Xiao Yao insisted, "In fact, I don't even want to buy this 10%. This is called following your will."

"You," Shen Jie said angrily, "are willing to do great things but cherish your body. You are fierce in appearance but weak in courage, and you are always making plans without decision!"

"What the hell?" Xiao Yao was stunned.

You, a guy who didn't even take Chinese classes in high school, so is the second half of the sentence "forgetting one's life for the sake of small profits" left to you?

"What?" Shen Jie said with a half-smile, "What's with that expression? Can't girls watch Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"

"You can read minds too, right?" Hebei Yuan Shao said as he reached out and ruffled the girl's hair.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Shen Jie dodged.

"Listen carefully," Xiao Yao said, "this lottery thing may work, or it may not work, right?"

"I think it will work." Shen Jie pouted.

"You are usually a smart person, why are you so stupid now? You are obsessed with money." Xiao Yao was a little anxious again: "Look, let's assume that Japan really beat the Chinese national football team 3:1 tonight, right? Then we bought less and earned less, but it doesn't matter. Since this way works, we have Tianyun, and there are so many Asian Cups, European Cups and World Cups behind us. Do you only need this one time? But what if the world line changes? What if this way is blocked? What we lose is our coffin money."

Shen Jie was somewhat convinced by Xiao Yao, who also made certain concessions. Moreover, if they didn't buy it, the sale would be over soon - in the end, the two decided to bet 20% of the jewelry sales amount.

This shabby lottery shop didn't accept credit cards, so Xiao Yao hurried to the ATM to withdraw cash. When he came back to place his bet, the boss was shocked when he saw the precise score and the large amount, and kept urging the two young men to think twice.

Xiao Yao and Shen Jie carefully put the five football lottery tickets in their pockets, went home hand in hand, and had dinner with their grandmother, Tianyun and others.

It was already dark and the game was about to start in less than an hour. The two little ones hurriedly said hello to their two family members and went out together, heading towards the bar that Little Bear mentioned.

Chapter 337 My Mom Is Pregnant

2023-09-27

On the way to the bar, Xiao Yao also came to see his "aunt".

Being right behind Shen Jie made him feel a little annoyed.

At that time, Xiao Yao was holding Shen Jie's hand and walking on the street, with the moonlight shining on him through the leaves.

At this moment, the boy suddenly felt a pain coming from his lower abdomen. The pain was like being pierced by thousands of needles and he couldn't help but gasp.

He stopped subconsciously and covered his abdomen with his hands, hoping to relieve the unbearable pain.

"What's wrong? Do you have a stomachache? Did you eat something bad?" Shen Jie staggered when he suddenly stopped and asked with concern.

She looked around, looking for a public toilet: "Oh no, there seems to be no toilet here..."

Xiao Yao felt a little confused. He recalled the past few days and realized that his - actually, it was Xiao Pingguo's old friend who came to visit again.

His face turned slightly red, and a wave of embarrassment surged in his heart: "No need to find a toilet, yes, that one..."

"Huh? Uh." Shen Jie said.

The boy tried to adjust his emotions and tried not to be bothered by the physical discomfort. However, the pain seemed to become more and more intense. He covered his stomach and squatted down in pain.