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

Chapter 214 and Yu Luying

2023-05-29

Xiao Yao and Yu Luying sat in the back seat of a modified car with neon lights on the front, back, and base. The driver was a high school student who looked like a rich second-generation heir—or rather, a rich second-generation heir who looked like a high school student, and was quite handsome.

His short black hair was neatly combed into an adult-like style, revealing a touch of refined elegance. His long eyebrows were slightly raised, and his face had distinct lines and clear contours, much like the features forcibly added to Fujiko Fujio's manga to express the concept of "coolness".

Sitting in the passenger seat was a dark-skinned child, very short, who looked like he hadn't fully grown up yet.

His face was slightly round, as if he had been exposed to too much sunlight, and his hair was messy and disheveled, giving him a lazy impression.

"This is my classmate from junior high, Xu Ruiyi, my best buddy." Xiao Yao introduced to Yu Luying, "This is Wang Hao, uh, also my classmate from junior high."

"Hello." Yu Luying nervously pressed the keypad on her phone while slightly raising her head to politely glance at the two boys in the front row.

After thinking for a moment, he added to Xu Ruiyi, who was driving, "Thank you, I'm sorry to have troubled you."

"It's nothing, just say the word." "Hello." Xu Ruiyi and Wang Hao both greeted Yu Luying in Mandarin.

Although the car was dimly lit, Xiao Yao still noticed that Wang Hao's gaze towards Yu Luying was somewhat fixed—meaning that if Wang Hao were the male lead in a movie, a slow-motion scene should have been played at this moment, with the male and female leads looking at each other, followed by background music like "I love you, my dear girl."

Unfortunately, Yu Luying didn't even glance at Wang Hao, continuing to focus on comforting her mother on her phone. Wang Hao was naturally not the male lead, just a minor character with a barely mentioned name.

This passerby looked at Yu Luying for a while, then started looking at Xiao Yao, his eyes clearly saying, "Jealousy has distorted me."

Xiao Yao guessed that Wang Hao was internally groaning, "What have I done to deserve this? What have I done to deserve this?" He chuckled lightly, paid little attention to him, and simply hummed a song by Han Han.

“This is mine, you don’t need to fight me for it, you just need to think about it from the corner…”

"Damn it," Xu Ruiyi interrupted Xiao Yao's singing in Mandarin, "What do you mean, 'my best buddy'? Don't listen to him—when did you go back to Dongru? You didn't even call me to get together. Is that what you call a best friend?"

“Damn it,” Xiao Yao said, “I just arrived this afternoon. You can ask her if you don’t believe me—she might be leaving tomorrow, otherwise she would definitely have told you.”

"Huh?" Yu Luying looked up at Xiao Yao with a naive tone and asked, "Are you leaving tomorrow?"

Xiao Yao: "..."

Xu Ruiyi: "It's too late today, so let's skip it. Come to my house tomorrow."

Xiao Yao: "Okay."

Then, Xu Ruiyi switched to Dong Ruhua and asked Xiao Yao, "Where did you get this girl? Did you find your wife in Shanghai?"

Since Dongru doesn't have the word "girlfriend," they can only call her "girl," "wife," or "old woman," so Xiao Yao nodded and replied, "Yes, that's right."

Yu Luying naturally didn't understand, only recognizing the word "wife." Upon hearing Xiao Yao's admission, she felt a small surge of secret joy.

"Damn, this is pretty good quality," Xu Ruiyi continued in dialect, "Even you can get this—it makes me want to go to Shanghai. Where did you get it?"

Xiao Yao was already a little uncomfortable with his old junior high school friend's roguish tone, so he just vaguely replied, "Just a classmate."

As mentioned earlier, it was only three kilometers from the Party School to the Dongru Bus Station. It was nighttime, so Xu Ruiyi drove very fast and dropped the two off at the entrance of "99 Express Chain" in no time.

Xiao Yao and Yu Luying got out of the car and thanked Xu Ruiyi again. The latter simply rolled down the driver's side window and shouted loudly in Mandarin, "Come out and have fun tomorrow!"

"Okay," Yu Luying replied.

The hotel is just a regular budget hotel, and the environment is even worse than in Shanghai. It's similar to the 7 Days Inn in Qingpu, all gray and gloomy.

"You really want to go out with him tomorrow?" Xiao Yao was a little surprised that Yu Luying had responded earlier.

"Should I say I'm not going? Aren't they your best friends? You rarely come back, and it's such a coincidence that you bumped into them on the street. Don't you really want to get together?"

"I'm fine with it, but... I just don't think you'd like them, and we wouldn't get along."

"When you're away from home, you feel a sense of familiarity when you see people from your hometown. But they're your junior high classmates, so they're not adults yet, right?" Yu Luying asked Xiao Yao as they walked into the room after completing the formalities.

“Right?” Xiao Yao said.

"Change your ID card to take a driving test?" Yu Luying's expression showed that she had encountered something outside her worldview.

"Who would bother? That kid doesn't even have a driver's license," Xiao Yao replied matter-of-factly.

“…” Yu Luying was speechless.

“Anyway, his dad knows all the traffic cops on the road,” Xiao Yao shrugged.

“This place is truly lawless,” Yu Luying said without hiding her disgust. “And you, why do you always make friends with hooligans no matter where you are?”

“He’s not just a petty thug,” Xiao Yao said with a grin, “he’s a big thug.”

"I hate you," Yu Luying said, swiping her room card to enter the room.

Xiao Yao followed behind and went in, thinking to himself, "They came all the way to see you off, and now you're complaining? What's going on?"

Yu Luying had no interest in questioning Xiao Yao about his friendships; she simply kicked one of his Crocs away and knelt on the bed on one knee.

Xiao Yao habitually turned off all the lights and began checking for any hidden infrared sensors.

"What are you doing?" Startled by the sudden darkness, Yu Luying exclaimed, "Stop messing with me! I need to call my mom right away!"

"Who's going to mess with you?" Xiao Yao said with a sneer. "Go ahead and hit me. I'm just checking the security camera."

"Thirteen o'clock, huh?" Yu Luying said, "Oh, you learned it from her again. You've become like her now—hey, Mom?"

The girl said, "Hello, Mom?" while making a "shh" gesture to Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao quickly held his breath.

After hanging up the phone, Yu Luying ushered Xiao Yao into the bathroom, took a bunch of pictures of the room with her phone, and sent them to her mother.

“Speaking of which…” Xiao Yao came out of the bathroom, and before he could finish speaking, his phone rang again.

Xiao Yao initially thought it was Shen Jie calling, but upon closer inspection, he realized it was an unsaved number. After a brief moment's thought, he exclaimed, "Oh dear, why is your mom calling me again?"

“There’s nothing I can do,” Yu Luying said, looking equally helpless. “You answer it, and remember to say you’re at home.”

"Hello, Auntie~" Xiao Yao answered the phone enthusiastically, her face beaming with smiles, calling out in the sweetest voice she could muster.

"It's over." After hanging up the phone, Xiao Yao said to Yu Luying with a deathly pale face, "Your mother asked me to take pictures of my house for her."

"How could she treat you like this too?" Yu Luying stamped her foot, annoyed.

"Hey, wait a minute, it's nothing," Xiao Yao suddenly remembered something happy and became smug again: "I just happened to have some photos taken."

"When did you take this?" Yu Luying asked, her eyes wide. "It must have been at night. Wouldn't it be obvious if it was taken during the day?"

“It’s tonight,” Xiao Yao said smugly. “Damn, I’m a genius—come and see.”

Yu Luying ran over wearing one Croc, her little head squeezing next to Xiao Yao's: "Emmm, okay, hurry up and send it, otherwise she'll get suspicious again if it takes too long."

Xiao Yao quickly picked out two or three photos and sent them to Yu Lihua via MMS. He received a message: "It's very heartwarming, very nice. Get some rest and come back soon. Good night."

"Good night." Xiao Yao read it aloud inexplicably as he replied to Yu Lihua's text message.

Yu Luying leaned against the bed, her expression seemingly more relaxed.

"And now?" Xiao Yao asked her.

"Now, everything should be alright, right?" Yu Luying guessed.

"Is your mother coming over?" Xiao Yao asked anxiously.

"They probably won't come," Yu Luying tilted her head and thought for a moment, "1% chance of them going crazy?"

“Ah, this…” Xiao Yao scratched his head.

“Xiao Yao,” Yu Luying suddenly said with an apologetic expression, “If you go back now, will there be a car? Will you still be able to get into the Party School?”

Xiao Yao had actually anticipated that Yu Luying would pull this stunt, so he wasn't very surprised or angry.

However... I was still a little disappointed.

It wasn't that I was disappointed in Yu Luying, but rather disappointed in my own expectations.

However, from another perspective, perhaps this is exactly what I like—Yu Luying, who doesn't easily compromise or give up her principles?

Thinking about it carefully, Yu Luying accompanied me for a "nap" for the first time today, and even used her "hind paws" to "scratch" me on the balcony.

Even if this is a small step for a woman, it is already a giant leap for Yu Luying.

Xiao Yao, you shouldn't be so greedy.

Having figured this out, Xiao Yao decided to make one last attempt—well, today's last attempt. If he was still rejected, he would return home with dignity.

“That’s not a problem,” Xiao Yao shook his head and said, “We can always find a car. If all else fails, it’s only three kilometers to walk back.”

“Uh…” Yu Luying said.

“You know the access control at the Party School,” Xiao Yao continued calmly. “Going back would definitely not get you in, but if you really want to go in, you can wake up the security guard again. At worst, you’ll get another scolding. Just buy him a pack of cigarettes. I’m not living here permanently anymore, so I’m not afraid of offending him.”

Yu Luying hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.

“But I still hope you will allow me to stay.” Xiao Yao said sincerely, “Besides not wanting to cause trouble and wanting to be with you, the most important thing is that I want to feel that I am trusted.”

"Just like I promised you this afternoon, and ultimately kept my promise, I can promise you again: if you let me stay, at least tonight, I won't touch you. You have my word."

“That’s not the issue…” Yu Luying muttered.

“Of course, I know that what I’m saying is essentially self-centered,” Xiao Yao said. “I won’t force you or emotionally blackmail you. I will respect your boundaries—if you still refuse, then I will, I will,” Xiao Yao hesitated for a while before saying “I will”: “I will go to a bar and stay up all night.”

"You're going to a bar again?!" Yu Luying exclaimed, her eyes wide.

“The internet cafe,” Xiao Yao explained, “is near the bus station. It’s called ‘Internet Cafe Master,’ but we all call it ‘Booing Bar.’”

"You're not allowed to go to bars," Yu Luying said. "You—"