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

Xiao Yao slammed his head twice, then realized something was wrong. Yu Luying had turned around and was looking at him angrily.

The boy put down his guitar, put on his shoes, and wobbled across the beach, spreading his wings like a roc to embrace both girls.

“I love you all,” he told them.

"How should I reply?" Shen Jie's lips curled up: "We love you too?"

“Okay,” Xiao Yao nodded and said, “I’ll count to two, and you can all say it together.”

“Get lost,” Yu Luying said. “We both hate you.”

"Love, don't hate; bless, don't curse." Xiao Yao uttered these perfectly correct yet utterly useless words, took off his glasses, and then pressed his hands against the backs of the two girls' heads, bringing their lips very close together and aligning them at the same height.

What are you doing?

"Pop." Xiao Yao made himself touch both of them at the same time.

"Ugh, you're really disgusting." Shen Jie wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. "I really can't stand it anymore."

Yu Luying remained silent, looking down at her Crocs covered in sand.

About half an hour later.

The surging night tide had almost swallowed two-thirds of the beach, but the three boys still hadn't left.

"In countless dark nights, I used stars to draw you, your grace like the morning star allows me to truly see you." Xiao Yao strummed the guitar strings and sang to the starry sky with a beautiful voice.

"In my song, I praise you with musical notes; your beauty is what I will sing praises in this life..." Yu Luying continued singing.

Shen Jie couldn't sing; she just clapped along to keep the beat while muttering the lyrics to them intermittently. Since almost every note she sang was the same, it sounded more like she was reciting lyrics.

"The most beautiful blessing in this life..." Xiao Yao sang.

"The most beautiful blessing~" Yu Luying actually sang a harmony for him.

"It means being able to know the Lord Iesu~"

“Lord Iesu~” Yu Luying said.

After finishing the song, Xiao Yao looked at the tide right in front of him and said, "We should go back now, or we'll die."

"Three people died together...?"

"No way, let's go!" Shen Jie stood up.

“I reckon I can still sing one more song,” Xiao Yao began strumming his guitar: “Oh oh oh~ Outside the quiet little village, there was a silly little boy, born in—hey, hey, why did you all leave? Wait for me, wait for me.”

……

Xiao Yao carried a guitar on his back, while Yu Luying carried a cello case and walked to his left, holding the boy's left hand. Shen Jie was about half a person's distance to Xiao Yao's right, skipping and hopping forward, looking quite happy.

On both sides were dense reeds as tall as a person, and overhead was still a starry sky, illuminating the way back "home".

“Big Rabbit plays the guitar really well,” Yu Luying said. “Have you seen the guitar sheet music for ‘The Most Beautiful Blessing in This Life’?”

“I haven’t seen it,” Xiao Yao told Yu Luying. “I just improvised the chords myself.”

"Is he a dog or a rabbit?" Shen Jie asked.

"Who cares, it's all the same as being born anyway," Yu Luying said with a grin.

Xiao Yao: "?"

“However, the Youth Mass Group needs someone like you.” Yu Luying released Xiao Yao’s hand and patted his shoulder.

"What the hell? Mass is divided into youth, children, and the elderly?" Xiao Yao said.

“You might find out tomorrow,” Yu Luying laughed. “The guitar you’re carrying was borrowed from the Youth Mass group.”

"To be honest," Shen Jie sighed, "when I saw you two singing together just now, one singing and the other harmonizing, like a perfect couple, singing 'ah-huh,' I was really a little envious and jealous."

“Look,” Xiao Yao said to Yu Luying, “Shen Jie’s Chinese language skills have improved since she got together with me. She just used three idioms in one go.”

"Go to hell," Shen Jie said.

"Is your sister worried because she can't sing?" Yu Luying immediately grasped the core issue.

“Yes,” Shen Jie nodded, “I used to think that if you can’t sing, you can’t sing, it’s no big deal. But today I suddenly have this feeling.”

“If you want to learn, our church should have some teachers who can teach vocal music. I’ll ask around for you tomorrow.” Yu Luying tilted her head slightly forward, looking past Xiao Yao and at Shen Jie as she spoke.

“He was born tone-deaf, there’s no hope for him,” Shen Jie said.

“That’s not necessarily true. Your vocal quality is fine, it’s just your pitch that’s not good,” Yu Luying explained. “That might be something that can be improved with practice. Our vocal teachers are very professional, some of them are graduates of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and you can learn from the teachers there…”

"Can I really learn to sing?" Shen Jie asked skeptically.

"Have confidence in yourself," Yu Luying said.

"Hey, Shen Jie, have you read 'Les Misérables'?" Xiao Yao suddenly thought of something.

“I’m not like you guys, artsy teenagers, I definitely haven’t seen it,” Shen Jie said.

"No, I'm not talking about a story, I'm talking about a musical, one of the four great musicals, Les Misérables."

"Uh...it seems..." Shen Jie looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle, thinking, "I think I've seen it before, but I also think I haven't. I can't remember."

“We watched it during our first year of high school music class,” Xiao Yao said. “We had one music class a week, watched it for 45 minutes a week, and had to pause to explain. We finally finished watching it after a semester.”

"Oh? Your music class at Fangzhong is so trendy?" Shen Jie's eyes sparkled with curiosity.

“Yes, they successfully turned me into a musical theater enthusiast; that’s what you call holistic education,” Xiao Yao said. “I just suddenly remembered that there’s a part called ‘Starry Night’ in it, sung by Javert. Little Apple, do you remember it?”

“I remember,” Yu Luying said, “It was Javert’s inner monologue, sung to Notre Dame Cathedral.”

“I especially love that part,” Xiao Yao said, “Javert’s ‘Starry Night,’ I really identify with that character. I’ll sing you another verse—”

"Hey, Shen Jie, did you go to Taize today?" Yu Luying suddenly asked.

"Of course I went," Shen Jie said. "I went with Lucia."

"How are you feeling?" Yu Luying asked her.

“I’m so touched, I almost cried,” Shen Jie said.

"Really?" Yu Luying said.

"Hey, hey, what's going on?" Xiao Yao said, "Wasn't it supposed to be a three-person date with me as the center of attention?"

"The date is over," Shen Jie and Yu Luying told him in unison.

"Oh, is it Girl's time again?" Xiao Yao pretended to be dejected and lowered his head, but he was actually very happy.

Even if this is just a drunken dream tonight.

It was almost 2 a.m. when we got back to the Saint Love Hotel.

The three lived on different floors, and to avoid suspicion, they separated before entering the hotel.

Xiao Yao went in first, and Yu Luying went in a minute later.

Shen Jie was the last one.

She took the elevator to the sixth floor.

Before leaving, she had already asked Lu Jia for the room key, so she wasn't too worried.

My body felt wet and sticky, which was really uncomfortable. I had to take a shower and wash my hair when I got back, and by the time I finished, I didn't even know what time it would be.

Hopefully, this won't affect Lucia's rest.

What should I do with these wet clothes, inside and out? Should I wash them myself or give them to Xiao Yao to wash tomorrow?

"We can't exactly ask Cinderella to wash it," Shen Jie thought wildly, a mischievous smile creeping across her face.

No, that's too awful.

"Beep~ Beep beep beep." The girl swiped the swipe to open the door to room 605, pushed the door open, and then hooked the door shut with her foot.

Turn around and hang up the security chain.

Turning back, I passed the bathroom door and headed towards the bedroom.

Then, she gasped deeply and let out a terrifying scream.

"oops--!"

Chapter 291 Can’t sleep alone

2023-08-11

Xiao Yao returned to his room 1503. Gao Sijun was already asleep, but he left the door open for him.

This person is quite easygoing.

Xiao Yao quickly washed up and then tiptoed to bed.

He stretched comfortably while scrolling through photos on his phone. Xiao Yao's face occupied the center of the screen, his smile somewhat lewd, his arms stretched out desperately towards the camera so that the frame could cover both girls.

Shen Jie's face is the largest, located on the left side of the frame, tilted at a 30° angle, smiling close to the camera, but the very edge of her pretty face is still not captured in the shot; Yu Luying is on the right side of the frame, seemingly standing a little further away, her oval face showing a slightly...uncomfortable? Unhappy? Disdainful expression?

It's probably just that the photo wasn't taken well.

The background was pitch black, and I couldn't capture the amazing starry sky in the photo.

Next time, let's ask a passerby to take a proper picture. Doesn't Yu Luying have more professional equipment?