You are my wife, don't doubt it!

After he said this, the two girls looked at him strangely.

Xiao Yao was puzzled and wondered what was going on.

Then I realized that this is what they mean: the speaker may not be intentional, but the listener may be intentional.

"What are you thinking?" Xiao Yao shouted, "I'm really talking about a cat!"

Shen Jie showed an expression that was half a smile, and Xiao Yao knew that the more he explained, the worse it got.

"Oh my fish!" Yu Luying exclaimed.

Xiao Yao and Shen Jie looked up at the stove together, and saw that the "dog" had jumped onto the stove without them noticing, and was licking the head of the braised fish with its little tongue.

The boy pounced over, picked up the "dog" and put it heavily on the ground.

"Meow~~~"

"Why did you hit someone else's dog?" Shen Jie protested with concern.

"I didn't fall, I just..." Xiao Yao defended.

"Eat something." Shen Jie said as she took out a tissue, wrapped the head of the braised bream, twisted the whole fish head off, and placed it next to the small bowl of milk.

Xiao Yao looked down helplessly at the tabby cat eating heartily: "Just spoil it."

Grandma came back with five kilograms of cat food and a large bag of cat litter. The three little ones (mainly Shen Jie and Yu Luying) helped grandma prepare the cat litter, and grandma used the leftover fish and fish soup from lunch to mix with rice for the "dogs" to eat.

At dinner time, after the three little ones finished their prayers before dinner, Yu Luying formally submitted an application to Xiao Yao's grandmother for temporary boarding for a period of time.

Grandma was shocked—literally horrified.

"This, this," she looked embarrassed. She looked at Xiao Yao, then at Shen Jie, then at Xiao Yao, and then at Yu Luying: "This is not very convenient... You see, our place is very small, and, and..."

Chapter 356 How are my daughter’s skills?

2023-10-20

The three little ones talked one after another, introducing Yu Luying's current situation.

Yu Luying has always adhered to the general principle of "don't air dirty laundry in public", but at this point, she doesn't seem to have much choice but to tell the truth.

Grandma listened with a frown on her face. She showed surprise and sympathy for the tragic experience of Yu's mother and daughter, and carefully avoided making any positive comments about Yu Luying's biological father, in line with her principle of "a clean official should not be dissuaded from handling family affairs".

After all, if you express your opinions here, whether you are criticizing someone's father or husband or persuading them to be magnanimous, if the situation develops in a different direction, you will be in trouble both inside and outside.

After listening to the three little ones' complete explanation, grandma fell into a brief moment of deep thought.

First of all, she expressed her sincere sympathy, concern and understanding for Yu Luying's situation and her mood.

But she still insisted that Yu Luying should not live in her home all the time.

Grandma's considerations are all very realistic. First of all, it is a taboo for an adult to take in a minor who has run away from home, and it is not legally tenable.

Although she is an invincible old lady...

Shen Jie's case is a special case, and her grandmother has already made an exception, but Yu Luying obviously does not have that kind of relationship with her grandson.

Besides, grandma and Yu Lihua barely "know each other" and they are just acquaintances when they meet. It's even worse...

Yu Luying immediately pointed out that the mother could be informed and consented to this matter.

Grandma was stunned and somewhat doubtful.

But she still did not agree to Yu Luying's temporary residence application.

Although grandma's words were tactful, her meaning was expressed clearly.

You may think they are all excuses, but every word is true.

She pointed out that her place was too small to accommodate so many female Bodhisattvas (this was Xiao Yao's summary and understanding, not her grandmother's original words). There were only two bedrooms in total (Xiao Yao pointed out that there were actually three, and Yu Luying knew that). They were old and small, and all of them were men and women of the same age. It was physically impossible to accommodate them, and it was not very convenient to arrange them - it would be bad if it got out.

"After all, no matter how close you are to Yaoyao, you are just good friends and classmates, right?" Grandma said, "Even if it was Jiejie, she would have been trapped in the opposite room before she got married."

"Grandma!" Xiao Yao called hurriedly.

Sure enough, Yu Luying was very upset to hear this - her grandmother's words seemed to imply that she had no status and no relationship with Shen Jie, but she made such a rude request without any sense of boundaries.

Although, perhaps, to outsiders, this is what it looks like.

Moreover, it makes you seem like you are shamelessly giving away money?

What do you mean Jiejie also sleeps in the opposite room? Do I want to sleep with Xiaoyao? I just asked for boarding as a classmate and friend, how can you talk like that?

Yu Luying's little face was flushed red, and it was unclear whether she was embarrassed or angry.

In fact, grandma didn’t mean that, it’s just that the speaker didn’t mean it but the listener took it seriously.

"Is it inconvenient for you to stay at your uncle's place? Or ask your grandfather's family..." Grandma seemed to be giving Yu Luying advice enthusiastically, but to Yu Luying it sounded like she was hinting, no, explicitly saying that she had many places to go, and was trying to drive her away.

Are you kidding me? It makes me want to live here! Yu Luying thought.

Xiao Yao felt that if it weren't for the symbiotic dog chain - the red rope, Yu Luying would probably not be able to bear the humiliation and would leave in anger.

"Grandma, let's eat, the soup is cold." Xiao Yao reached out from under the table and squeezed Yu Luying's hand. The latter pulled her hand out violently and stepped on his foot lightly. The two started a silent struggle under the table.

In the end, Yu Luying surrendered and admitted defeat.

Of course grandma knew what Xiao Yao meant, so she kept silent and started talking about the weather.

When the two little ones were fighting under the table, grandma of course noticed the movement and gave them a puzzled look, but she didn't look under the table.

Xiao Yao and Yu Luying soon calmed down - the former saw the latter stop resisting, so he squeezed the girl's hands twice, then pulled his hands back and continued to eat the white rice slowly and methodically as if nothing had happened.

Grandma looked at her grandson, then at Yu Luying, and finally at Shen Jie, who was eating indifferently and expressionlessly, and revealed a look of "I don't understand".

"Grandma, I'm also a boarding outsider, so I don't have the right to speak," Shen Jie suggested, "but I still want to have a close friend to keep me company, so why don't you consider it again?"

Jiejie is such a careless girl, how can she allow others to snore beside her bed? Grandma thought.

"But, but how can we sleep like this?" said grandma.

At this moment, the closet door was pushed open forcefully without any warning, and it hit the back of Xiao Yao's head not too hard.

Yu Luying and Xiao Yao made sounds like "ah" or "oh" at the same time.

"You kid! How many times have I told you that!" Xiao Yao said angrily: "Knock a few times before pushing the cabinet door, and push it slowly--"

"Grandma! Wow, why didn't you wait for me for dinner?" Shen Tianyun ignored Xiao Yao and just yelled, "I'm late for training today - you? Why are you..."

When Shen Tianyun saw Yu Luying, her face fell and her tone became unfriendly.

"Yunyun!" Xiao Yao shouted, and slapped her lightly.

With the smell of stinky feet filling the air, Yu Luying almost lost her temper on the spot.

Fortunately, before she had a tantrum, Shen Jie had already put down her chopsticks and pushed the bowl in front of her: "Xiao Yao, Yu Luying, shall we tell them?"

"what?"

"tell what?"

As soon as these two sentences were asked, the two people immediately reacted and felt that their questions were stupid.

Shen Tianyun: “?”

grandmother:"?"

After the five people stared at each other for three seconds, Xiao Yao nodded: "I think it's okay."

Yu Luying bit her lower lip and said nothing, neither nodding nor shaking her head.

"Silly girl?" Xiao Yao called her.

"You guys decide." Yu Luying said this softly at last.

"Grandma, did you notice that when we were eating just now," Xiao Yao began to narrate, "Yu Luying and I took turns moving the chopsticks and eating?"

Grandma looked confused, indicating that she didn't pay attention and didn't know what Xiao Yao wanted to express.

"You tell me or I tell you? Or you tell me? Okay, I'll tell you." Xiao Yao continued, "It was in mid-April - April? No, no, one day in mid-May, which was the day after Tianyun's room was connected to ours, I discovered..."

"Get to the point." Yu Luying interrupted.

Xiao Yao told his grandmother and Shen Tianyun the secret of himself and symbiosis at once, even including the changes in the strength of the symbiosis. He just didn't mention the principles of symbiosis speculated by them, and the prerequisites for the changes in strength.

Although it is a hypothesis that is increasingly being proven to be true, it is still a hypothesis after all.

Most importantly, Xiao Yao thought there was no need to tell them this now.

Shen Tianyun was so shocked that she even forgot to eat for a moment. It was not until Xiao Yao finished telling the whole story that she remembered she was hungry again.

"Grandma! Is there any more rice? Are there any more vegetables?" Shen Tianyun shouted while grabbing her grandmother who was still in shock.

You are amazing. After hearing such an incredible thing, this is your first reaction? Xiao Yao thought.

“Yes, yes, yes, yes, dear girl, grandma will bring it to you…” Grandma stood up tremblingly.

"Go get it yourself!" Xiao Yao glared at her sternly, then realized how unreasonable this request was: "Also, I've told you so many times, it's Grandma."

"It's okay, it's okay." Grandma was so kind and happy like a flower: "Just call me grandma."

"Grandma." Shen Tianyun shouted.

"?" Xiao Yao thought, what kind of weird and bullshit new word is this?

Grandma went to the soap room and brought back the food that had been prepared long ago - the dishes were still the same, and the portions were about 75% of the current table, and there was also a big pot of steamed rice.

Simply put, Shen Tianyun alone had to eat 75% of the portion for Xiao Yao, Shen Jie, Yu Luying and grandma.

The three little ones and their grandmother watched Shen Tianyun wolfing down the food while waiting for their grandmother to clear her mind and come to her senses.

This process did not take too long for grandma - as we mentioned earlier, the old woman has a strong ability to accept new things, and she had just accepted the concepts of time tunnel and future great-granddaughter a few days ago. Therefore, she was not so... so... shocked to understand the phenomenon of symbiosis. It can also be understood as desensitization.

"No wonder mom allowed you to always be around little daddy..." Shen Tianyun commented while slurping the pork rib soup.

"Shut up." Xiao Yao ordered.

"Ah, a cat!" Shen Tianyun exclaimed, "Where did the cat come from?"

"Your mother picked it up from school." Xiao Yao replied.

"Little mom, you have other kittens now. Don't you want them anymore?" Shen Tianyun's lips pouted, and she looked like she was about to cry - before she had acted for a few seconds, she smiled and handed a piece of pork ribs to the "dog's" mouth with her hand.

"Meow~~" said the dog happily.

"You really are a dog." Xiao Yao said to the dog.

"Meow~~~" the dog wagged its tail.

Damn, he is really a dog among cats? Xiao Yao thought.

Grandma had a phone call with Yu Lihua, and it was decided that Yu Luying would temporarily stay at Xiao Yao's house.

Regarding the specific arrangements of the room, grandma originally wanted Xiao Yao to sleep with her, but the bed in grandma's room was too narrow, so she had to give up in the end.

Shen Jie had escaped death today and was still in shock. She really wanted to pull Xiao Yao to her side and act coquettishly, talk to him, and ask him to comfort her - but in front of her grandmother and Yu Luying, she didn't have the nerve to make such a request.

The final tentative plan was that grandma would still sleep in her own room, Shen Jie and Yu Luying would sleep in one room, and Xiao Yao and Shen Tianyun would sleep in another.

Almost everyone thinks this is the best solution at present, but Xiao Yao has a different opinion.

"You two should stay in the same room... To be honest, I'm not very reassured." Xiao Yao expressed his concern tactfully.

"Do you have any better ideas?" Shen Jie asked Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao couldn't figure it out.

If she says she wants to room with Shen Jie, then Yu Luying will room with Shen Tianyun, and that's really going to make her crazy.

He said he wanted to share a room with Yu Luying... Of course, this option was not possible now anyway.

"Okay." Xiao Yao said reluctantly with an embarrassed look on his face.

"We two will be good, right, silly sister?" Shen Jie took a step forward, grabbed one of Xiao Yao's hands with both of her hands, and shook it a few times.

"Yeah." Yu Luying had no expression and did not move. She just stood there with her hands folded and answered indifferently.

"..." Xiao Yao said: "It's still hard to be reassured."

"We will have a calm and peaceful talk tonight." Yu Luying told Xiao Yao.

Talk nicely, talk nicely, but you can't reach an agreement and then start arguing - who will care if you two fight each other in 2034?

We won't, don't worry. Yu Luying's voice rang out from the bottom of Xiao Yao's heart.

"How about Tianyun and I sleep inside, and you two sleep outside." Xiao Yao suggested.