You're my wife, don't doubt it!

“I don’t know.” Yu Bo shook his head again.

Everyone sighed and covered their foreheads.

"As for why it was you few who sensed the Shadow Time," Yu Bo thought for a moment and then spoke again, "Logically speaking, it's because all four of you have entered the Hall before, right?"

“Naruhodo,” Shen Jie pondered, “because he entered the temple, did his body gain some kind of adaptation to the time of shadow? If so, it is indeed a very reasonable speculation.”

“The only exception is this kid.” Yu Bo’s gaze fell on Dai Yu.

“That’s right.” Apart from Shen Tianyun, everyone else cast ambiguous glances at the ribbonfish.

"What do you mean? Why are you all looking at me like that?" Ribbonfish looked frightened and exaggeratedly hugged her shoulders. "How should I know what's going on? What is this 'hall'? What's going on? Can anyone tell me what happened?... You...you...you're not going to kill me to keep me quiet, are you?"

"If you can promise not to tell anyone about what happened today, I won't kill you to silence you," Yu Bo said leisurely.

"Brother Bo," the ribbonfish said with a beaming smile, "you know me best..."

“Alright, enough of this,” Yu Bo slapped his thigh and stood up. “We still have some things to do here. Dai Yu, you should go back first. If you want to know about the Hall, you can come to the Hall to find me tomorrow.”

"Oh." Ribbonfish hesitated. He really wanted to know what had just happened to him, but the thought of having to go back to school during summer vacation made him a little lazy.

“Or,” Xiongji noticed Daiyu’s hesitation, “if it’s possible, I’ll tell him what I know?”

“That’s fine too.” Yu Bo thought for a moment, nodded, and solemnly reminded Daiyu again that this was not something to be told to outsiders.

After Xiong Ji and Daiyu left together, only Xiao Yao, Shen Jie, Shen Tianyun, Yu Luying and Yu Bo remained in the room.

"Yingying, please excuse yourself for a moment. I have something to ask Xiao Yao. You can wait for me in the photo room," Yu Bo instructed.

"Ah? Okay." Although Yu Luying didn't know what it was about, she nodded and obediently went out.

"Your real name isn't Shen Rong. You're Shen Tianyun, Xiao Yao's daughter, right?" Yu Bo asked directly as soon as Yu Luying left.

Shen Tianyun was a little confused and looked at Shen Jie and Xiao Yao for help.

“That’s right, Father.” Shen Jie gave an affirmative answer on behalf of Shen Tianyun.

"Besides celebrating Xiao Yao's birthday, I have another reason for coming here... consider this my request."

“Father, you’re too kind. Please don’t hesitate to tell us if there’s anything we can do for you.”

"If shadow time exists as a stillness within the slits of continuous time, is it possible that there are channels between shadow times at different times? Or is it even possible that all shadow times are actually the same stillness?" Yu Bo looked at Shen Tianyun and said, "So, I want to see your room, see the room in 2034, is that alright?"

"Is it...okay?" Xiao Yao said.

Come to think of it, you must have planned to see the future for yourself before you came, right? It sounds like you just decided on a whim, Xiao Yao thought to himself.

“Father,” Shen Jie lowered her head and thought for a moment, then raised her head, “Since things have come to this, why don’t we call Luying in and have everyone take a look together?”

"Huh?" Yu Bo and Xiao Yao were both taken aback.

"It's time to let Luying know this secret too, what do you all think?" Shen Jie asked, seeking opinions from everyone present.

“I…I have no objection,” Xiao Yao was the first to speak.

“Okay, of course,” Yu Bo said calmly.

"Why are you all looking at me like that?" Shen Tianyun shouted. "You guys make the decision! If that woman finds out, she probably won't try anything funny with Dad anymore!"

Hearing Shen Tianyun's tone, Yu Bo frowned involuntarily, while Xiao Yao and Shen Jie scolded in unison, "How can you talk like that, kid!"

Shen Tianyun chuckled and said, "You two are getting more and more in sync. I'm so pleased."

"You have no manners!" Xiao Yao and Shen Jie said.

Yu Bo clapped his hands vigorously and called out to the outside of the room, "Yingying, come in!"

Chapter 115 Don't Leave, Sleep with Me

2023-02-20

The next morning, Xiao Yao woke up in the soft morning light.

Last night, Shen Jie didn't sleep head-to-toe with him anymore, but obediently cuddled with him to sleep.

The days of running around, preparing for the birthday party, and battling through the film all exhausted the two young people, so they fell asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow.

That night, I slept soundly and sweetly, without even having any dreams.

Therefore, when Xiao Yao woke up, he found that they were still in the same position when they fell asleep, tightly embracing each other.

His heart leaped with joy at this situation, and he felt completely satisfied.

However, the alarm clock had already rung.

Xiao Yao quietly pulled his numb arm out from under Shen Jie's neck, turned off the alarm clock, and prepared to get up.

However, his attempt to get up failed at the last minute because Shen Jie hugged him tightly again: "Don't go."

When the girl said "Don't go," her eyes were still closed, and she was making smacking noises in the air, seemingly chewing on something.

Looking at Shen Jie's rosy lips, Xiao Yao ultimately didn't dare to steal them, but instead left a kiss on the girl's cheek: "Mama, wake up."

“ZZZZZZzzzz…”

"Mommy, wake up."

"Ah! Ah!" Shen Jie seemed to have just woken up from a dream, her eyes still tightly closed: "What time is it... stay with me while I sleep..."

Come to think of it, has she neglected her morning run habit for several days now? Xiao Yao wondered.

"You forgot? We're going to the boathouse today for the literary society's activity," Xiao Yao reminded her.

"Ah—" Shen Jie let out a long, drawn-out moan: "What literature club? I don't want to go~~~~~ I'm so tired~~~~~ I want to sleep~~~~~ Waaah..."

“Uh,” Xiao Yao said, “but didn’t we already agree on this?”

It was indeed agreed upon a long time ago, but the premise of that agreement was obviously not as complicated as these past two days.

"I'm so tired, let me sleep..." Shen Jie hugged Xiao Yao even tighter.

Xiao Yao felt a little depressed because he was really looking forward to this trip to the boat resort with Shen Jie—not just the trip itself, but more importantly, it was a respectable and enriching social activity that he could arrange for Shen Jie without her having to pay for it.

Moreover, being able to participate in school extracurricular activities with her gives him the illusion of being classmates with Shen Jie—he likes this feeling.

However, now is not the time to flaunt his male pride, nor is it the time for him to be willful, Xiao Yao told himself.

After all, Shen Jie has been working really hard lately. She just recovered from her illness and has been running around these past few days, preparing for her birthday party and filming her own movie... I should be understanding.

"Baby," Shen Jie said in an almost dreamlike voice, "I'll go to the boat resort with you again next time, just the two of us..."

"Okay." Xiao Yao practically created a clone of himself to praise his own maturity and tolerance: "Then you go to sleep for a while, I'll go by myself."

"You're not allowed to go either..." Shen Jie said coquettishly, "You're not allowed to leave, you have to sleep with me."

“Uh… I’ve already signed up for the literary club activities,” Shen Jie’s words made Xiao Yao’s heart race, but he still explained to her, “Lunch seats, parking spaces, all kinds of tickets are all booked. If I stand someone up, Teacher Yuan will kill me…”

"Waaaaah ┭┮﹏┭┮..." Shen Jie made an ambiguous sound: "Keep me company while I sleep."

"Moreover, the activities of the literary society have always been very important to me..." Xiao Yao continued.

Of course, there's one more thing I can't say out loud.

That is, the activities of the literary society are just as important to Yu Luying.

Because of him, she couldn't go to Yushan, and because of him, she was taken on a long detour to Qingpu. If he were to prevent her from going to Zhouzhuang because of him... Xiao Yao felt that he really couldn't forgive himself.

Moreover, her reaction yesterday when she learned the truth about Shen Tianyun was so calm that Xiao Yao found it hard to let go. She didn't even confirm the trip to the boat resort with him again today, as if it had nothing to do with him—Xiao Yao felt that he should meet with her again and talk to her, no matter what.

Fortunately, after remaining silent under the covers for a while, Shen Jie finally relented.

"I'll buy you Wan San's pork hock to eat." Xiao Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

"I don't want you, you big jerk!" Shen Jie closed her eyes, pulled the pillow out from under Xiao Yao's head, and hugged it to her chest: "Get away!"

Xiao Yao got out of bed, quickly put on the full set of new clothes that Shen Jie had bought for him, carefully washed up, and went out to buy breakfast.

When he returned, he saw that Shen Tianyun had already gotten up, so he invited her to have dinner together.

Eating pan-fried buns that were freshly made in 2004 in 2034 is something that not everyone with money can afford.

"What's going on between you and that ribbonfish?" Whenever Xiao Yao was alone with Shen Tianyun, his thinking would unconsciously become old-fashioned.

"What's going on?" Shen Tianyun was already used to Xiao Yao's fatherly urges and was busy eating pan-fried dumplings, unmoved.

"you like him?"

"are you crazy?"

“How could you talk to the adults in your family like that? I saw that he was interested in you, he stayed with you all night, and you seemed to like talking to him too,” Xiao Yao said.

“It’s normal for him to like me,” Shen Tianyun said carefully, slurping the soup from her pan-fried buns. “Your daughter is so beautiful, there are plenty of people who like her.”

"Then what do you think?"

"What can I think? Shouldn't you be thinking about the dowry, the three gold pieces, and the elaborate sedan chair? I just think this person is quite interesting, so let's just be friends on the surface. Anyway, we won't have many chances to meet." Shen Tianyun sucked the juice that had dripped onto her hand: "As for dating, no way—his looks are a bit lacking."

"WTF?"

"Appearance".

"Is your appearance alright? Not ugly," Xiao Yao said.

“No,” Shen Tianyun shook her head: “He’s a little black guy, not very tall, wears glasses, and is skinny…”

"Being thin isn't a good thing?" Xiao Yao stroked his chin. "But he's definitely not as fair-skinned as me, nor as tall..."