You are my wife, don't doubt it!

The room that actually belonged to Yu's mother and daughter was a "pavilion" of about 17 or 18 square meters. As soon as you entered the door, you would see the statue of "Our Lady of Sorrows" on the wall: in this statue, Mary frowned slightly and pointed at her heart - there were seven sharp swords piercing her heart.

There is a sofa on the side near the door, and in front of the sofa is a small coffee table. Under the coffee table lies a double bass, facing the square dining table.

The square table was next to the window, and a large bed was in the innermost corner, with a small prayer table at the head of the bed.

This Baroque prayer table is small but fully equipped and is the most gorgeous and dazzling part of the decoration in this simple room: there is a pure gold cross in the middle, and foreign Latin scriptures on the left. The whole prayer table is shrouded in the warm light of hidden ambient lights.

However, the exposed electrical wires on the wall behind the prayer table still reveal the cramped living conditions here.

Yu Luying, her mother Yu Lihua, and a well-dressed and handsome middle-aged man were eating four dishes and a soup on the table. When they saw the two men barging in, they put down their chopsticks in surprise and looked towards the door.

Yu Luying was the first to react: "Xiao Yao, Shen Jie, why are you two here?" Then she stood up to greet them.

She was wearing a blue and white long house dress and pink plastic bear slippers on her bare feet.

Yu Lihua also stood up and said kindly, "You are Yingying's classmate. Come in and sit down."

"Hello, Auntie." Xiao Yao still spoke respectfully even though he knew that the other person was most likely not a real person.

"Come on, are you here to buy things?" Yu Lihua took the crossbow from Xiao Yao's left hand with a smile, and pulled out the short axe that Xiao Yao was holding.

Xiao Yao was disarmed as soon as he came up, and was stunned. Then he quickly grabbed Shen Jie who was about to make trouble.

The man did not stand up, but just nodded to them, looking very cool.

"Uncles, hello." Xiao Yao changed his shoes a little stiffly and found that his socks were also covered with mud. He took off his socks and stuffed them into his shoes, then rubbed his bare feet on the carpet at the door.

Shen Jie didn't say hello or change her shoes, but just stepped her dirty dad shoes onto the floor of Yu Luying's house.

"Shen Jie..." Xiao Yao called her again.

Shen Jie looked back at him, touched her heels with the toes of her shoes, took off her shoes without untying the laces, and walked in barefoot in her dirty socks.

Fortunately, Yu Lihua seemed not to see it, and only Yu Luying consciously picked up the broom in the corner.

"Yu Luying, are you a real person?" Shen Jie asked the question directly.

"Real person? What does that mean?" Yu Luying looked puzzled.

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious..." Xiao Yao leaned over and whispered in Shen Jie's ear. Shen Jie glanced at him and sat down on the sofa with her hand still in the shape of one hand, ready to summon fire at any time.

"Have you eaten?" the middle-aged man asked politely.

"I ate it." "I didn't."

Shen Jie smelled the aroma from the dining table. She was so hungry that her appetite was aroused, and she answered.

"Shen Jie..." Xiao Yao touched her again, but was bounced away by the latter.

Yu Lihua went downstairs to cook, leaving only the middle-aged man and the two of them chatting idly.

Xiao Yao held a cup of tea in his hand, but didn't drink a sip.

"You are all Yingying's classmates, right?" The middle-aged man picked up two peanuts, put them into his mouth, and took a sip of white wine.

"Ah, yes." Xiao Yao laughed dryly.

Xiao Yao had always felt that he had seen the man's face somewhere before, and now he finally remembered where he had seen it - this man was the black and white portrait of Yu Luying's father that he saw when he visited Yu Luying's home.

I have to say, this is a bit creepy.

"Xiao Yao is my classmate and Shen Jie is his girlfriend." Yu Luying introduced.

"Oh," the "Father Yu" replied calmly, "Students should still focus on their studies."

"You're right." Xiao Yao laughed dryly.

none of your business.

"Why are we playing house with them here?" Shen Jie asked in a low voice, "After dinner, let's fuck these fake parents first."

"Don't be so reckless," Xiao Yao whispered in her ear again, "How dare you eat their food?"

"Eat, why not?" Shen Jie said disapprovingly, "You drank a lot of tap water from the toilet on the way, didn't you? And didn't Yu Luying eat it too?"

"Do you know that this Yu Luying is a real person?" Xiao Yao retorted.

"I'm here. I didn't know you were coming, so I just cooked two home-cooked dishes. Don't be disgusted." Yu Lihua pushed the door open with a smile on her face, carrying two plates of freshly cooked dishes.

"No, no, the dishes are too rich." Xiao Yao said politely and took Shen Jie to the table.

Obviously, Yu Luying's "parents" are unlikely to be real people - it is said that Yu's father has passed away for many years, and Yu's mother saw Xiao Yao's amiable attitude and felt that she was completely different from the Yu Lihua who was at loggerheads with Xiao Yao in the coffee shop before.

On the contrary...she looks more like an older version of Yu Luying?

The only thing that needs to be judged is the authenticity of the Yu Luying in front of us.

This is difficult, Xiao Yao nervously thought of a solution.

"Yu Luying, do you remember how you got here?" Shen Jie asked while eating.

"Why are you here?" Yu Luying smiled in confusion, "I'm at home, right?"

"Think about it carefully," Shen Jie pulled her foot away from Xiao Yao's sole and stepped back hard: "Did anything happen before you came here? Did you lose your memory for a few days?"

Yu Luying held her forehead and began to think painfully, while Yu Lihua and Yu's father also put down their chopsticks and cast wary looks at Shen Jie.

So it seems that this Yu Luying is a real person? Otherwise, why would those two fakes be so nervous, Xiao Yao thought.

"What are you talking about?" Xiao Yao stepped on Shen Jie's foot again. Her socks felt quite comfortable. "What's the matter? Let's talk after dinner. I haven't eaten yet!"

After saying this, Xiao Yao grabbed the spoon with his left hand and started eating. He originally didn't intend to move his chopsticks out of caution, but he was so hungry, and seeing Shen Jie eat so much and still be fine...

Wait any longer, wait until Shen Jie finishes eating, then turn the table over, and you won’t know where the next meal is coming from!

Shen Jie understood and said nothing more.

"By the way, I can't play with you this afternoon," Yu Luying said without moving her chopsticks. "Today is Sunday, and I have to go to church with my parents to attend mass."

"It's good to attend the mass," Xiao Yao said with twice-cooked pork in his mouth, "Is it your uncle who presides over it?"

"Yes." Yu Luying said happily.

She really looks happy, doesn't she? Yu Lihua isn't the only one who looks abnormally happy.

"Oh, your family has been Catholics for generations?" Xiao Yao continued the conversation.

"My mother is, and my father was recently baptized," Yu Luying replied.

"Oh, so that's why. It's because I know your mother..." Xiao Yao said.

"Yes," Yu Luying said with a smile, "At the beginning, my grandmother's family was very opposed to it. It was my mother who argued with them, saying that it was a matter of faith and how could they discriminate against new converts..."

"Eat your meal!" Father Yu hit Yu Luying on the forehead with chopsticks: "You are still in front of your parents, right?"

Yu Lihua said kindly, "It's okay, just chatting."

Xiao Yao was puzzled and recalled the confrontation between him and Yu Lihua in the coffee shop.

If this fake Yu Lihua is really - for example, the real Yu Lihua in Yu Luying's memory - how come she also married a foreign convert and argued with her own family, but now "the dragon slayer has become the evil dragon"?

It is possible that this Yu Lihua does not fit the real character of Yu's mother, or it is possible that Yu's mother used religious reasons to oppose her relationship with Yu Luying, which was just an excuse.

After the four of them finished the meal, Shen Jie reluctantly went to help Yu's mother wash the dishes at Xiao Yao's request. Yu's father sat on the edge of the bed smoking, while Xiao Yao and Yu Luying sat on the sofa cracking melon seeds.

In fact, Xiao Yao was the only one eating melon seeds.

"What year is this year?" Xiao Yao asked Yu Luying in a low voice.

"It was 2004. Did you sleep so hard that you became stupid?" Yu Luying said with a smile.

Xiao Yao noticed that "Father Yu" was looking at him again.

"Are you... happy and content?" Xiao Yao continued to ask.

"I'm happy and blessed," Yu Luying replied with a smile, "You're so weird today, asking all these weird questions?"

"Hmm..." Xiao Yao scratched his head, confused again. The Yu Luying he knew would never describe her life like this.

"Is Dad good to you?"

"Very good," Yu Luying glanced at her father who was smoking: "Dad accompanied me and mom to the amusement park yesterday, and he bought me a cute little skirt..."

As Yu Luying spoke, she raised her leg and accidentally kicked the coffee table in front of her, letting out a muffled groan.

A sharp pain spread from Xiao Yao's big toe directly to his brain nerves.

Yes, symbiosis! Ever since I lost contact with Yu Luying in the mirror, this connection has been severed.

He reached into his trouser pocket and gave himself a hard twist.

"Ah!" Yu Luying screamed in pain.

"What's wrong?" Yu's father and mother both leaned over to look.

"No, it seems like I was pricked by something on the sofa..." Yu Luying stood up from the sofa and looked back at the sofa.

"Shen Jie, come with me for a walk and chat." Xiao Yao called to Shen Jie who was washing dishes.

"Oh, okay." Shen Jie turned on the faucet and wiped the sweat from her chin with her right shoulder.

Yu Luying is living a happy life now, Xiao Yao thought.

I have never seen Yu Luying look so energetic.

If this is her paradise, even if it is fake, do I have the right to destroy this paradise and drag her back to the original truth that is full of dissatisfaction?

Does she really want me to do this, or is this just a one-sided kidnapping on my part?

What is true and what is false?

I need to discuss this with Shen Jie.

Chapter 65 Birdcage

2023-01-02

A crackling sound interrupted Xiao Yao's thoughts.

Xiao Yao looked up suddenly and saw that the two plates in Shen Jie's hands had fallen to the ground and shattered into pieces.

The eldest daughter is so clumsy. It turns out she never does housework at home.

What Xiao Yao didn't expect was that Yu Lihua and the man looked at each other, jumped up, one picked up Xiao Yao's short axe, and the other took out a crossbow from his side.

"Misunderstanding, she just slipped--" Xiao Yao stood up.

"Yu Luying, wake up!" It was too late. Shen Jie's fireball flew towards the woman, "They are not your parents! Your life is fake!"

“Life… is… fake…?” Yu Luying frowned, looking confused.

"Yu Lihua" turned her head and the fireball flew past her ear and hit the glass window. Fortunately, it did not set the curtains on fire.

Damn you!

Xiao Yao jumped up from the sofa and reached out to pull Yu Luying, but was slapped away by the latter.

"Get out! You are not welcome in my home!" She held her forehead with one hand, her emotions somewhat unstable.

Seeing that the short axe in "Yu Lihua's" hand was already in front of her, Shen Jie was unable to save herself.

Suddenly, the shadow of Don Quixote appeared in front of him, and he blocked the blow with the shield in his left hand.

The short axe hit Don Quixote's shield hard, making a "Duang" sound, and sparks popped out from the contact between the axe blade and the shield.

"Don't hit the men, kill the women first." Yu's father raised the crossbow in his hand.

Xiao Yao crawled under the coffee table, rolled on the floor, and stood up by pulling Shen Jie's calf.

The shadowy figure of Don Quixote appeared in front of the two men, and he once again opened his left hand shield for them.

"We are here to help you, how come you are so ignorant?" Shen Jie became anxious and stomped her feet.

The only answer she got was a "whoosh" sound, and the crossbow in "Father Yu's" hand flew straight towards Shen Jie!

"Father Yu" moved very quickly, but Don Quixote was even faster than him.

Before Xiao Yao could react, the shield in Don Quixote's hand flew out at an angle, knocking the crossbow arrow off its track and flying towards the direction of "Yu's father".

Before Xiao Yao could see clearly, he only heard two muffled "puff" sounds. "Yu's father" and "Yu Lihua" were knocked to the ground by the flying shields one after another, and the short axes and crossbows in their hands also flew into the air.

Then, the flying shield, which killed three birds with one stone, made a big circle and returned to Don Quixote's hand.

"Damn, you're the captain of the United States?" Xiao Yao exclaimed.

The crossbow arrow stuck straight into the ground, making a trembling sound, but Xiao Yao was unable to hear the sound of the short axe falling to the ground.