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

"But I don't know why, things took a sudden turn for the worse, and I had to choose between the two of you again. Now that I've chosen to go with you, I won't regret it."

Was this situation, where I had to choose between two options, caused by my actions? Xiao Yao wondered. If only I had been more patient in the king's palace...?

"Xiao Yao, we need to find a new place to stay tomorrow, and then we need to think about how to make money. There's still half of summer vacation left, and I have to earn the tuition fees for transferring to your school before the new semester starts. But if things don't go smoothly, then I'll have to rely on you."

Are you genuinely naive, or are you just bragging and showing off? Our school is a district-level key school, not a private one you can just pay to get into. Is it really about money? Without your family's connections, could a minor really transfer schools on your own?

"Whether things go smoothly or not, you can rely on me." Xiao Yao lacked confidence, but his tone was resolute: "I've been trying to find solutions for all of these things you've mentioned."

"Pah! What kind of plan are you trying to come up with? You've always wanted to mess with me!" Shen Jie grabbed Xiao Yao's nose. "I don't really care if you mess with me. You know very well that I'll be yours sooner or later—but can we get down to business first, so I can sleep peacefully? So I can be in the mood for you to mess with me? Instead of like this, not knowing where I'll sleep tomorrow?"

"Yes! Yes!" Xiao Yao said.

"Look, since you're all I have left, how can I expect you to be devoted to me? For the sake of me abandoning my father and family for you?" Shen Jie suddenly ripped Xiao Yao's arm off, rolled over, and crawled in front of him, staring into his eyes: "Your phone wallpaper is all photos of you and Sha Mei, what does that mean? You've never used a photo of the two of us as your wallpaper? What were you two doing in the countryside?"

"What?" Xiao Yao was completely bewildered by this sudden turn of events, his head buzzing: "Wasn't it changed a long time ago?"

"Right now, with Father Yu and the others, Yu Luying is your real girlfriend, right? And I'm the mistress who has to hide from XZ, right? That's why you have to follow Yu Bo's car and sneak back in the middle of the night, right?"

"What?!" Xiao Yao exclaimed.

"You spent a whole day and night with me from 30 years in the future, a whole day and night! Did she tell you how Yu Luying died? Didn't you even ask her?"

"How did she die? Died? Yu Luying? What are you talking about?" Xiao Yao was completely dumbfounded.

"Did you really spend 40 years in prison to take the blame for my father? Not because you killed your wife? I know you didn't kill me."

In the darkness, Shen Jie's eyes shone brightly as she spoke in a gentle and calm tone, recounting something extraordinary.

"What exactly happened? Explain it to me clearly!" Xiao Yao was really anxious this time. He stretched out his arms and shook Shen Jie's arms hard twice.

“You’re hurting me,” Shen Jie pointed out calmly.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry." Xiao Yao quickly withdrew his hand. "What exactly happened? Tell me quickly."

"You really care about her, don't you?" Shen Jie said quietly.

"...Shouldn't I care about her?" Xiao Yao thought for a moment and asked seriously.

“I think so,” Shen Jie replied, “Shen Jie really didn’t tell you how Sha Mei died?”

"What nonsense is she talking about? She said Yu Luying is perfectly fine, married, had a son, and is even a university professor." Xiao Yao's tone became somewhat anxious again.

"Did she really tell you that?" Shen Jie asked thoughtfully.

"Right?" Xiao Yao said, "She told you that Yu Luying died later? How did she die?"

“They didn’t say how he died,” Shen Jie told Xiao Yao truthfully, “They only said he didn’t live past 30.”

"Why didn't you tell me about something so important?" Xiao Yao said angrily.

"Otherwise, why do you think I would want to match you two up?" Shen Jie replied, seemingly unrelated, "Isn't it because I don't want to deprive her of the experiences she had in the first half of her life?"

"..." Xiao Yao was speechless for a moment.

"Dog," Shen Jie shifted her lying position and gently nudged the boy's calf with her small foot encased in sheer stockings, "I've been thinking about something—am I, Shen Jie, not the kind of woman who lies to everyone?"

"Huh?" Xiao Yao said.

"Is it possible that that woman is an imposter?" Shen Jie asked.

“Impossible, absolutely impossible,” Xiao Yao said.

"If she's a fake, then I've really been cheated on," Shen Jie continued, talking to herself.

Xiao Yao: "..."

Chapter 264 Shen Jie, you liar!

2023-07-14

The situation after Shen Jie and Xiao Yao revealed that Yu Luying would die young, and their conversation, can be described again as follows.

"Yu Luying is going to die? Who said that? I didn't know that?"

"That day I was on the phone with... my future self, and she told me that. Otherwise, why would I take such a big step back?"

"You said it was because of this... No way, you, no, you, a few days ago you told me with great enthusiasm that Yu Luying broke up with me in the future, went to teach, and got married. Although you said you weren't familiar with her, you never mentioned the word 'dead'."

"Could it be that you went to jail because you killed Yu Luying, just like what my dad said?"

"Could it be that she lied to you because she didn't believe in time travel at all?"

"So she lied to me so I would break up with you?"

"And she even gave me advice on how to win you over?!"

"I'm a liar!"

"You liar!"

Xiao Yao and Shen Jie exchanged information thoroughly and reached the following two points of consensus.

First, we must find a way to get rid of those future people who talk nonsense all the time; we can no longer allow them to get away with laughing and joking all day long.

If necessary, hang them up for interrogation.

Secondly, regardless of why Shen Jie or Shen Tianyun might not tell the truth in the future, and regardless of who dies tragically or who kills whom, now that we know in advance, we must try to prevent the tragedy from repeating itself.

To achieve the second goal, the first goal must be achieved first; otherwise, we'll be completely clueless.

"And Zhang Zhengkai too," Xiao Yao reminded him.

"Don't let me hear that name again," Shen Jie said, somewhat irritated.

"Don't be like this." Xiao Yao shook her hand: "No matter what, in the original timeline, he did it all for you..."

"Okay, okay," Shen Jie said. "Save them."

“Anyway,” Xiao Yao added, “I still prefer the Shen Jie who is kind to those who love her.”

“Damn it,” Shen Jie said, “is it possible that in this timeline, he has already caused my family to be destroyed?”

All night long, Xiao Yao kept complaining about why Shen Jie had concealed Yu Luying's "death" and demanding a reasonable explanation from her.

Shen Jie felt that her future self had reason to lie to herself, but not to Xiao Yao. Yu Luying's future might not be what Xiao Yao thought. But in the end, she was destined to be the only liar. In the end, she reluctantly agreed to settle the matter with Xiao Yao's "concealed symbiosis" incident, which finally shut Xiao Yao up.

The two of them watched an episode of "Seventeen-Year-Old Sky" together, then most of an episode of "Journey to the West: The Sequel," and then watched the Asian Cup football match. Before they knew it, it was past midnight again.

Xiao Yao was tired and wanted to sleep, but this girl had been sleeping too much during the day and night, and now she was wide awake and couldn't sleep. She shook Xiao Yao awake and said that since she was bored anyway, they might as well get intimate again.

The boy was both amused and exasperated. He almost lost his temper due to his morning grumpiness, but he managed to hold back and gently told her that at this time, Little Apple should be in bed with her mother, and that she should be mindful of social etiquette and not cause trouble.

"Oh right!" Shen Jie exclaimed, "I completely forgot about that! Then this afternoon—"

“I’m free this afternoon,” Xiao Yao told Shen Jie. “I’ve already submitted the application report in advance.”

"That's not the problem!" Shen Jie covered her face with her hands and rolled around on the bed. "Ahhhhh, I'm too ashamed to face my silly sister."

"Uh," Xiao Yao thought to himself, two black lines appeared on his forehead. He thought to himself, "I thought you were like me, already used to this kind of setup."

Shen Jie started clamoring to go out for a late-night snack again, but Xiao Yao lay sprawled on the bed, gripping the sheets tightly with both hands, telling her to go by herself.

"Hmph, go by yourself then." Shen Jie placed her right hand on Xiao Yao's round ankle and whispered something in his ear.

Xiao Yao seemed to rise from the dead, straightening up from the bed.

"Where are my outer pants?" Xiao Yao asked.

“Outer pants, outer pants are on the ground,” Shen Jie replied.

Two teenagers, dressed neatly, went out the door hand in hand.

The temperature was slightly low in the evening. Shen Jie wore a baseball cap, her clear and smooth black hair falling on both sides of her neck. In addition to a light-colored T-shirt, she also wore a casual jacket. Her light blue jeans only reached her knees, outlining the curves of her slender calves. Below her fair and smooth calves were a pair of light gray lace-trimmed ice silk socks, which were inserted into a pair of white Air Jordans, exuding a youthful vitality that made one's heart flutter.

The streets were sparsely populated at midnight, but the lights were bright.

The two of them strolled hand in hand, aimlessly.

If this were in Japan, seeing those two youthful faces that "look like middle school students" would almost certainly lead to them being arrested and reprimanded by the police.

Fortunately, this is China.

Xiao Yao clung to Shen Jie the whole time, even when they were walking together on the street, he would hug her every now and then or touch her face.

There was no way around it; he simply loved her too much.

Xiao Yao thought it was "aimless," but Shen Jie was "purposeful," taking him to an open-air barbecue night market and ordering a large bunch of skewers.

"This isn't near your home, is it, a place you frequent?" Xiao Yao asked somewhat uneasily.

"No, don't worry," Shen Jie told Xiao Yao. "It's quite a distance from the West Suburb Garden, and my dad never lets me eat such unhygienic food. He certainly wouldn't come here himself."

"Oh……"

"It's something I always crave when I occasionally pass by on the bus," Shen Jie said a little shyly.

"Then, what if we run into your servants?" Xiao Yao was still a little worried.

"Ugh, aren't you annoying?" Shen Jie rolled her eyes and said, "If any of our servants would sneak out at midnight to eat barbecue this far away, they would have been fired long ago."

“Uh,” Xiao Yao said, “okay.”

There were a lot of people coming for late-night snacks, and after waiting for half an hour, the food still hadn't arrived, so the two of them just drank beer. Xiao Yao was getting a little impatient and urged them several times, but Shen Jie was enjoying the night breeze, squinting her eyes, looking very comfortable and content, as if she was really enjoying this "free" and "down-to-earth" atmosphere.

"Hey, I suddenly thought of a great place," Shen Jie said, slapping the small wooden table as the skewers were served. "How about we go to Dongru?"