You are my wife, don't doubt it!

He brushed his teeth, washed his face, and came back to eat steamed buns with Shen Jie face to face - he felt that he had never eaten such delicious steamed buns.

"I thought of a joke," Xiao Yao sipped the soup that dripped onto his fingers, "There was a man riding the subway, and the subway security inspector said in Shanghai dialect, 'Friend, please move your backpack over here.' Then the man was stunned for a moment, and put the half-eaten steamed bun in his mouth onto the security conveyor belt..."

(Note: In Shanghai dialect, "Shengjianbao" and "Shuangkuaibao" are pronounced the same way)

Xiao Yao was satisfied to see that his lover was lying on the table, laughing and pounding the table with his little fists.

"By the way, the shengjian (stuffed dumplings) sold at this stall are really delicious," Shen Jie said as she wiped her hands with a tissue after she finished laughing. "The soup inside is especially delicious."

"Is this Miss Shen's first time eating shengjian?" Xiao Yao was really surprised. He really didn't want to hear a positive answer.

"You can just mock me." Shen Jie said, "But my family always buys the shengjian from Dahuchun. There is not much soup in it, and it is choking. My family will definitely not let us buy this kind of food from small stalls, saying that it is unhygienic or something..."

"The young lady has come to the countryside to experience life."

"Hey," Shen Jie suddenly leaned on the table and looked at Xiao Yao seriously: "I want to discuss something with you."

"Please go ahead." Xiao Yao started eating the tofu pudding contentedly.

"Can you please stop saying 'young lady' all the time?" Shen Jie pouted and said, "I just want to be treated as an ordinary girl...at least in front of you."

"I know." Xiao Yao deliberately dragged out his tone and said, "Wife."

"You still want to have a concubine?" Shen Jie raised her eyebrows.

After breakfast, Shen Jie sent Xiao Yao to school as planned.

"Why don't you ride a bike today?" Shen Jie took two quick steps and caught up with Xiao Yao.

"You finally took me to school, so can't I stay a little longer if I walk?" Xiao Yao told the truth.

"You're so annoying. You'll be late again soon."

Naturally, Xiao Yao took Shen Jie's hand and interlocked their fingers.

"It would be great if we were from the same school." Xiao Yao said with emotion facing the morning light.

"What's good about that?" Shen Jie said disapprovingly, "Isn't it good to have some personal space?"

"By the way," Xiao Yao didn't want to let the argument ruin the atmosphere of the beautiful morning, so he changed the subject and asked, "Why have you been wearing black socks these past two days? Didn't you wear white ones before?"

"You have to match your socks with your clothes. Besides, I don't wear white all the time." Shen Jie explained, "Black is more versatile, and light-colored socks get dirty easily and are hard to wash. Who will wash them for me now that I live with you? I feel embarrassed to ask you to wash them all the time."

"So it's because you're too lazy to wash," Xiao Yao nodded and said, "Who washes your clothes at home? The servants?"

"That's called auntie, not servant. How ugly it sounds."

"Oh right," Xiao Yao thought of the question, "Why don't you wear a set of underwear?"

“Ahhh,” Shen Jie suddenly pulled her hand out from between Xiao Yao’s fingers, covered her temples with both hands and stomped her feet: “I forgot to put it in yesterday, and I forgot when I was talking to Shen Tianyun - you are so annoying and perverted!”

"No, don't pinch me," Xiao Yao said quickly, "I'm just curious."

"You are crazy," Shen Jie said, "Who said you have to wear a set of clothes inside? Who would wear a set of clothes?"

"Yes, is that so...?" Xiao Yao muttered, "But when I saw it in a movie..."

"What movie did you watch?" Shen Jie asked vigilantly.

"No, there are no movies." Xiao Yao said with a wry smile.

"I dislike you less and less." Shen Jie announced.

"Don't," Xiao Yao took Shen Jie's hand again, and the latter did not refuse: "Actually, I always thought black socks were ugly, but I didn't expect that they look so good on you."

"If you are good-looking, you will look good in anything you wear." Shen Jie said with a smile.

"I think so too." Xiao Yao agreed.

The two turned a corner and entered a small path by the river, and Yu Luying's home was in front of them.

Xiao Yao suddenly felt guilty.

"Actually, you know, I went to elementary and junior high school in Sujiang Province. After coming to the Magic City, I found that many places are really different."

"For example?" Shen Jie said, "Oh, stop holding my hand. Your palms are sweaty."

Xiao Yao obediently let go of the girl's hand and rubbed his palm against the crotch of his pants: "For example, girls are not allowed to grow their hair too long in our place, but after coming here, I found that no one cares."

"You're crazy," Shen Jie said, "Girls don't have long hair, but boys do?"

"Then you're definitely not allowed to stay," Xiao Yao said, "Also, when I first came to Shanghai, I thought it was strange to see girls wearing pantyhose to school. We definitely don't allow that."

"Isn't it normal to wear a skirt with leggings?" Shen Jie asked curiously.

"No, they won't." Xiao Yao shrugged. "Also, 80% of the girls in our area wear flesh-colored short stockings 80% of the time in a year, and only wear cotton socks when it's the coldest."

"What?" Shen Jie couldn't believe her ears.

"So when I arrived in Shanghai, I saw that 10 out of 10 girls there were wearing white cotton socks, which I found very strange."

Xiao Yao and Shen Jie walked past Yu Luying's house, but fortunately, they did not run into Yu Luying.

"Nude-colored short stockings, aren't those what aunts wear?"

"No, all the girls in our area dress like this." Xiao Yao said.

"I can't imagine it. What shoes should I wear with it?"

"Anything is fine, sneakers, canvas shoes, sandals, anything..."

Shen Jie silently made a gesture of piercing her eyes: "How can you wear socks when wearing sandals? You have to be barefoot when wearing sandals. Isn't that funny?"

"No way, you Shanghainese are more fashionable," Xiao Yao shrugged. "Anyway, I'm a country bumpkin."

"Oh..." Shen Jie didn't know what to say, so she could only shake Xiao Yao's hand.

"So, you've never worn it?" Xiao Yao asked.

"What? Flesh-colored socks?" Shen Jie thought for a moment: "I have worn leggings, but not short ones."

"You can try it next time," Xiao Yao urged, "I'm suddenly curious about what it would look like on you."

"I refuse." Shen Jie said without hesitation.

"Hey, wear it on and show it to me once in a while."

"Ugly, eating lotus root, ugly." Shen Jie stretched out a finger.

"If you are good-looking, you will look good in anything you wear," Xiao Yao reminded her.

The two of them got off the bridge, passed a triangular pavilion, turned left into a narrow path, and the gate of St. Francis College was not far ahead.

"I'll leave now. If someone finds out, I'll be in trouble. You have to behave yourself in school today," Shen Jie stopped and said like admonishing a child, "You're going to take the exam soon. Pay attention and don't play with your phone all the time. If your teacher Song confiscates the new device I bought for you, I'll beat you to death."

"Got it," Xiao Yao said sullenly, "Then remember to send me a message during the day."

"Oh, I know, I know. It's so annoying."

This feeling of parting reminded Xiao Yao of the time when his mother sent him to the kindergarten gate when he first started kindergarten.

"Hey, Brother Yao!" A familiar voice came from behind.

Xiao Yao and Shen Jie looked in the direction of the voice and saw Zhang Jialong, Daiyu and Chen Lu walking towards them.

……

"This is... my... my friends in class." Standing in front of the school gate, Xiao Yao introduced: "This is Zhang Jialong, the leader of our class, this is his good friend, Dai Yu, and this is Chen Lu, the monitor of our class and Zhang Jialong's girlfriend."

Then, he looked at Shen Jie: "This is mine..."

"My name is Shen Tianyun, Xiao Yao's cousin." Shen Jie interrupted Xiao Yao and naturally played another role.

A question mark flashed across Xiao Yao's forehead.

"Hello." "Hello." "I often hear Xiao Yao mention you."

Everyone greeted each other in a graceful manner, except for Daiyu, who looked at Shen Jie with a rather direct gaze.

"I heard from Xiao Yao that you guys usually take good care of him in class," Shen Jie held Xiao Yao's hand, bowed 90 degrees to the three of them, and her long hair hung down: "Thank you for taking good care of him in the future."

Hairtail was flattered and waved his hands repeatedly: "Don't be like this, we are all brothers, there is no need to take care of each other, just one word."

"Don't worry," Zhang Jialong said in a deep voice, "With us here, no one dares to bully him."

A big hand patted Xiao Yao's shoulder heavily.

What a heartwarming scene, Xiao Yao thought.

Xiao Yao looked up and saw that the side door of the church opposite the school was opened inward. Then, Yu Luying, wearing a school uniform, walked out, followed by another girl.

The girl was a few centimeters shorter than Yu Luying, and not as thin as Yu Luying, but still very tall and thin. She was not wearing a school uniform, but a long green skirt that reached her feet. She looked a bit like Yu Luying.

This girl is very beautiful. Although it is hard to say that she is prettier than Yu Luying and Shen Jie, she has a completely different style——

That temperament reminded Xiao Yao of the Virgin Mary in the church mural.

The atmosphere between Yu Luying and the girl seemed a little tense, and the two seemed to be arguing about something. The saintly girl took two steps closer to Yu Luying and reached out to pull her sleeve, but she impatiently pulled away.

At this distance, it was hard to hear what they were arguing about. While arguing with the girl, Yu Luying looked at Xiao Yao, and then her eyes moved around the hands held by Xiao Yao and Shen Jie.

Xiao Yao turned away guiltily, and when he looked towards the church again, he saw Father Yu in a sweatshirt coming out, putting one hand on a girl's shoulder, as if persuading her about something.

Xiao Yao heard the electronic music of the morning reading preparation bell coming from the school.

"It's getting late. I have to go." Shen Jie seemed to have also seen Yu Luying and Chen Lu. She ended her intimate chat with Chen Lu and hurried away in another direction.

"Hey, you——" Why so sudden?

"Goodbye." "See you next time." Zhang Jialong, Daiyu and Chen Lu walked into the school gate.

Xiao Yao was about to follow, but saw Yu Luying and the girl walking towards the school gate together. He thought it would be bad to pretend not to see them, so he waved to Yu Luying.

"Is that Shen Jie?" The girl with a saintly temperament looked at Shen Jie's back in disbelief and talked to herself.

"Do you know Shen Jie?" Yu Luying looked at her, a little surprised.

"So, you two are..." Xiao Yao stretched out the index fingers of his left and right hands, pointing at the two of them respectively.

"My name is Yu Yage, Yu Luying's cousin." The girl who called herself Yu Yage smiled as warmly as the sun. The temperaments of the two sisters formed a sharp contrast.

"surface……"

Why do cousins ​​have the same surname? Ah, yes, if Yu Luying had the same surname as her father, then they would be sisters with different surnames.

Wait, Yu Luying has the same last name as her father...

After knowing each other for almost a year, Xiao Yao thought of this question for the first time: Why does Yu Luying take her mother’s surname?

Looking at Yu Luying's mother's conditions, she doesn't seem like a family that can accept a son-in-law!

It’s strange that I have never thought about this question before.

Could it be that Yu Luying's deceased father also happened to have the surname Yu? But Yu is not a very common surname, right?

"I'll go in first." Yu Luying turned to Xiao Yao: "Aren't you leaving?"

"Let's go, let's go. Yu...uh, goodbye cousin." Xiao Yao and Yu Luying walked into the school gate together.

The school gate slowly closed, and the late student union cadres walked out of the teaching building. However, Yu Yage's eyes always followed Yu Luying with a mysterious smile on her face.

"What are you arguing about with your sister?" Xiao Yao took a few quick steps to catch up with Yu Luying.

"Don't ask about our family affairs." Yu Luying pursed her lips and pulled up the shoulder straps of her schoolbag.

Today is Tuesday. The final exams for this semester will start on Thursday. There will be no classes on these two days. All time will be spent on self-study and answering questions.

Chen Lu didn't need to worry too much about discipline during self-study classes because Song Haijian sat in the classroom the entire time, which made the whole class, which was already full of joy and excitement due to the upcoming summer vacation, seem depressing.

Xiao Yao also wanted to study hard, but he seemed to know the answer to every question and he seemed to have memorized every book by heart, so he really didn't know where to start.

In the end, I had no choice but to read "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" borrowed from the library between my exercise books.

Occasionally, he would take out his old phone and send a few text messages to Shen Jie when Song Haijian wasn't paying attention, but he didn't dare to talk much.

After all, whether it was an old phone or a new one, he didn't want Song Haijian to take it away.

When he got tired of reading novels, he would look out the window. Song Haijian moved his seat to the back corner of the classroom, next to the window, without a deskmate, which allowed him to see the blue sky and white clouds clearly and imagine the white clouds in various shapes.

In the battle at the "Parent-Child Education Center", Yu Luying imagined herself as a bird in a cage. Am I not also a bird in a cage?

Xiao Yao held his cheek at a 45-degree angle, thinking sadly.

Every one of us.

Two birds, whose species Xiao Yao couldn't name, flapped their wings and flew past the window, chirping happily.

He assumed that they were a male and a female, and therefore missed Shen Jie even more.