You are my wife, don't doubt it!

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The "Sacred Heart of Jesus Church" now presided over by Yu Bo was originally a large church, and the current Sacred Heart Church is just an annex. It was originally confiscated, and then returned according to the policy, but not completely, so only the annex was returned, so the current Sacred Heart Church is a small church.

But Xiao Yao quite likes the atmosphere of this small church, which is better than the towering Gothic cathedral, because in this small church, somehow, there is a cozy and warm feeling of home - it's hard to describe.

Xiao Yao especially likes it when the light is dim, or when the lights are not on, for example: now.

The interior of the chapel was serene. The cool moonlight shone through the stained glass windows, casting colorful, faint silver beams that sprinkled on the floor of the chapel, forming mysterious patterns.

The quiet atmosphere was filled with the faint scent of frankincense and candles. Empty benches were neatly arranged, as if waiting for something. A huge human figure was hung on a cross on the front wall. The man's face was illuminated by the moonlight, casting intertwined shadows.

Half is bright, half is hidden in shadow.

"It's because of what I did to you back then," Yu Luying continued softly, "that's why He wants to punish me. That's why He made us walk five meters in opposite directions, so that I can never be away from you again. What is this? Retribution in this life? It seems like some kind of irony, and a little funny... but also... it's actually pretty good?"

Pretty good? Xiao Yao thought.

Pretty good, Yu Luying thought.

A kind of joy surged in Xiao Yao's heart. He didn't expect that Yu Luying liked him so much now.

The girl felt the boy's joy and felt even happier because of it.

The boy reached out to hug her, but when he remembered where he was, he pulled his hand back.

"Are you so sure that this was done by the old man?" Xiao Yao stretched out the five fingers of his left hand and pointed at the man hanging on the cross in front of him: "Or, was it the old man's intention?"

Yu Luying remained silent.

"I'm just saying, is it possible, just a possibility, that it was done by some bad thing, or it's the natural law of the timeline or something..."

"It's possible," Yu Luying told Xiao Yao, "but everything happened with His tacit consent."

Did a failed art student build a shower room with His acquiescence? Xiao Yao thought.

Yu Luying did not respond, either verbally or in her heart.

"I was thinking, everyone says God is light, is it possible that He also exists in the shadows?" In order to stop himself from arguing unconsciously in his heart, Xiao Yao casually changed the subject.

"Probably," Yu Luying replied, "He is omnipresent."

Xiao Yao stared at the cross in the shadow, and couldn't help but think of the eternal fog outside Shen Tianyun's window, and the unclear future.

In the darkness, apart from the moonlight, there was only the bright red lamp hanging above the altar, announcing the presence of the Holy Body.

The light seemed particularly...deep in the darkness?

"Hey, I was thinking," Xiao Yao patted his thigh lightly, "Since the existence of the Holy Body can prevent the approach of the shadows, and the Holy Body is mass-produced - uh, this word is not quite right, you just understand what I mean, then if we set up the Holy Body everywhere - and offer it everywhere, then the shadows will be helpless against us, right?"

"It seems so," Yu Luying replied, "but..."

"For example, if I invite one to my home and worship it, then my home will be a safe shelter." Xiao Yao seemed to have discovered a new world.

"The Church prohibits private Communion," Yu Luying pointed out weakly, "only in church."

"Rules are rules," Xiao Yao said, "but what if it is to save lives? Just like Jesus said, although you are not allowed to work on the Sabbath, it is okay to heal the sick and save lives. The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath, that's probably what it means."

"Well, I don't know." Yu Luying said, "I'll ask my uncle later."

"Well, go ask."

The two kids were silent for a while.

"Oh, by the way, why did they hold a big black umbrella when they carried the Holy Monastery out of the hotel last time?" Xiao Yao said, "Also, is the real purpose of this summer camp..."

Xiao Yao closed his mouth because he just saw that Yu Luying was already kneeling on the stool, with her eyes closed and her little mouth moving, and she began to pray.

Since they were free anyway, Xiao Yao recited the Rosary with Yu Luying.

"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us, and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil..."

After reciting the Rosary, Xiao Yao asked Yu Luying why she didn't wear a headscarf when she prayed.

"Why do you wear a headscarf?" Yu Luying asked curiously, "Who have you seen wearing a headscarf?"

"Shen... Lucia," Xiao Yao said, "and Shen Jie."

"That little fundamentalist fuddy-duddy Lucia..."

"Without Xiao Gubian, we would have all died on the beach with the previous wave," Xiao Yao reminded Yu Luying: "It is stipulated in the New Testament and is also a tradition of the church that women wear headscarves when praying... St. Paul also taught us..."

"I'm so annoyed," Yu Luying pouted and said, "If you like Shen Jie to wear it, then just let her wear it. I have no objection to you liking her, but don't try to turn me into another Shen Jie."

"What are you talking about?" Xiao Yao was confused. "How can I be jealous? First, she learned to wear a headscarf from Lucia, not me. Second, we both believe in this, and you say I want to transform you into her...? How fresh."

"Are you really not going to consider separating from her temporarily?" Yu Luying blurted out.

"Why did you start again?" Xiao Yao was unhappy.

"I know you don't want to be within five meters of me all the time. I can feel how you feel," Yu Luying said, "You obviously know how to solve this problem."

Xiao Yao: "..."

Yu Luying: "As long as you separate temporarily and talk to me first, we can talk until the time when we should have broken up. Then you can fall in love with her and get married. Everything will go on as usual. Wouldn't that mean that symbiosis will be gone? Do you think I am making this suggestion out of selfish motives?"

"It's not that you are doing this out of selfish motives," Xiao Yao said helplessly, "I remember on the way to Zhouzhuang, you told me that you are not a fatalist, and you also laughed at me and Shen Jie, and your mother for being a fatalist..."

"People's ideas are not always the same," Yu Luying said quietly, "and the most important point is that it's you who hate the five-meter distance, not me."

Xiao Yao didn't care whether they were in a church or not, and couldn't help but put his hand around the girl's waist: "I don't hate it, and I am willing to have such a close distance with you all the time."

"No matter how much honey you put on your lips, it's useless," Yu Luying said, "I can taste the bitterness hidden in your heart."

It’s over, it’s over. How can we communicate with someone whose thoughts are as transparent as those of the Trisolarans?

"I just think it will cause all kinds of inconvenience to our lives..." Xiao Yao defended weakly.

"At first I agreed to the three of us being together," Yu Luying continued, "This is not what Christians should do. I told you, I did it for a test, and my sister had the same idea, wondering if this method could alleviate the symbiotic phenomenon. But after such a long time, is there any relief? Is there any improvement? No, it's doubled now."

Xiao Yao was silent. He had to admit in his heart that Yu Luying was right.

"It turns out," Yu Luying said, "three people together can't solve any problems. I'm not trying to force you. I just want you to realize that keeping a distance from her, temporarily keeping a distance, is the only effective way to solve the five-meter problem at the moment."

"Maybe it's not the only way." Xiao Yao blurted out.

"Do you have any other methods?" Yu Luying asked curiously.

"Don't do subtraction, but continue to do addition." Xiao Yao said: "For example, the two of us continue to increase the distance, no, to improve the relationship."

"How can we improve further? We have already..." Yu Luying asked alertly: "What do you mean?"

"It's just what you think." Xiao Yao replied.

"How dare you make such a request to me in front of the Holy Body?" Yu Luying's red face was not very obvious in the dark, and only anger was visible.

"I didn't make any requests to you." Xiao Yao told Yu Luying.

Actually, I don't really want to... I don't really want to, at least not very much, I don't think about it in that direction. I'm just answering your guess, which is what you said, the second way to solve the problem besides breaking up with her.

"Impossible. No matter how much you nag me, I won't agree." Yu Luying refused, "Unless you marry me."

I'll marry you...

"I know your principles, and I don't want to let you down, so this won't work." Xiao Yao explained, "But you want me to separate from her, which also won't work. Don't mention it again in the future, okay?"

"Okay," Yu Luying said, "If you don't want to mention it, then don't mention it. Then we can just tie the two of us up in chains. Anyway, I'm happy with it, and you're happy with it too, right?"

"Yes," Xiao Yao replied with a stiff upper lip, "That's it, it's good."

"Very good." Yu Luying said.

The two were silent for a while.

"What if," Xiao Yao said weakly, "the distance gets shorter again in the future, what should we do?"

"It's cool. How can we shorten it?" Yu Luying asked, "Can we turn it into a negative number?"

Xiao Yao: "..."

Yu Luying also realized the ambiguity behind this sentence: "That's not what I meant!"

"What do you mean?" Xiao Yao asked innocently.

Yu Luying avoided the question and said something else, "The weather today is hahaha," and changed the subject.

Before we knew it, the sky had begun to turn pale.

"What? That Zhang Zhengkai is still pestering me? He even came to your house?" Yu Luying said, "Call the police."

"Oh, come on," Xiao Yao said, "Why call the police? We illegally took in minors first. If we really start to make a fuss, we don't know who is right."

"That has nothing to do with Zhang Zhengkai," Yu Luying told Xiao Yao, "He is not related to Shen Jie."

"Oh." Xiao Yao shook his head and waved his hand.

"You actually advised my sister to be nicer to him, are you an idiot?" Yu Luying added: "My sister didn't get angry with you, it really is love."

"What kind of disgrace are you having? It was just idle chat." Xiao Yao said disapprovingly.

"What do you think?" Yu Luying asked Xiao Yao.

"I didn't think much about it," Xiao Yao said, "The master is kind-hearted and can't bear to see it... I just put myself in his shoes."

"You can empathize with people like this," Yu Luying said, "I just didn't say it out of consideration for your face. You and Zhang Zhengkai are really a pair of brothers in distress."

"Haha, isn't it an advantage to have empathy?" Xiao Yao laughed deliberately to hide his embarrassment.

Unexpectedly, Yu Luying replied seriously: "I must admit that you have empathy and are a good person."

"Are you speaking in a sarcastic way?" Xiao Yao asked Yu Luying.

"Serious words." Yu Luying said.

"Did you fall in love with me because of my good qualities?" Xiao Yao teased her.

"I don't love you," Yu Luying said stubbornly, "I was forced by the symbiosis and had no choice but to obey because I couldn't beat them."

"Hahaha." Xiao Yao said.

"But you only have empathy for boys, not for girls," Yu Luying added.

"Ah this..."

"Xiao Yao, tell me the truth," Yu Luying turned her head and looked at him quietly: "What did you do with Shen Jie today - what did you do yesterday?"

"What addition?" Xiao Yao looked puzzled.

"Don't pretend, you said it yourself, the relationship must be added to lead to this result," Yu Luying said calmly: "You said it yourself, this is the natural law of the timeline - tell me the truth, have you two... have you... already... already...?"

"No." Xiao Yao told Yu Luying without hesitation.

"Really?" Yu Luying narrowed her eyes and stared at Xiao Yao's eyes.

"That's impossible." Xiao Yao vowed.

"The Holy Host is here, in front of the Lord," Yu Luying turned her head and stopped looking at Xiao Yao's face, staring at the red light: "Tell me 'no' again, and I will believe you."

Xiao Yao took a deep breath.

Then, another bite.

After a minute of silence, Yu Luying stood up, turned around and left.

"Hey, don't go, walk slower." Xiao Yao quickly chased after her and reached out to pull Yu Luying's arm, but was pushed away by the latter.

"Are you angry?" Xiao Yao pressed close to her, and the girl began to climb the wooden stairs in the church without saying a word.

written request for leave

2023-10-08

I will be writing the extra chapters of 342 and 343 in the next two days.

Chapter 348 Small is also very cute

2023-10-10

On September 2004, 9, Tao Tianyi arrived at St. Francis Xavier School on time to report for the start of school.

"A bamboo pole is tall and high,