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

"It's not there yet," Shen Jie protested. "It's only been 6 minutes, I'm watching."

Really? How did you figure that out? Do you know mental arithmetic?

“Okay, okay, but don’t lie here,” Xiao Yao said, his anxiety growing as time went on. “This is the parish summer camp, after all. It’s not right for us to do this—heaven is watching.”

"Okay, I'll go sit on the other side." Shen Jie's fingers lightly traced Xiao Yao's chest as she got off the bed and sat on the other bed. "Was that well-behaved?"

Xiao Yao: "...That belongs to someone else."

"What's wrong with me sitting for a bit?" Shen Jie said nonchalantly, then placed her two heels, covered in cotton socks, on Xiao Yao's thighs.

Grandma, what exactly are you trying to do?

Xiao Yao reached out and tried to move the two hooves away: "Take them away, they stink."

Shen Jie pointed her toes upwards, and the tip of her sock touched Xiao Yao's lower abdomen.

"Okay, okay," Xiao Yao surrendered, "Just put it on your lap and don't move it."

"Hmph~" Shen Jie's lips curled up slightly, her thoughts unknown.

Xiao Yao held Shen Jie's feet in his hands and massaged the soles of her feet haphazardly through the stockings with his thumbs, trying to keep her from moving: "What kind of clothes are you wearing? They look like something you'd buy for 20 yuan at a street stall. They don't look like clothes you would wear."

Shen Jie laughed and said, "Dog has such sophisticated taste now, he can tell the difference between clothes that cost 20 yuan and clothes that cost 200 yuan."

Xiao Yao: "..."

Although the cost wasn't high, the dress really accentuated her...waist and...figure.

"This is our vocal group's uniform. Everyone will be changing into their uniforms starting this afternoon," Shen Jie explained.

"Oh my god, you come here to play and still have to wear a school uniform—and you seem to be enjoying it quite a bit?" Xiao Yao sighed.

"It's quite fun. It's the first time I've worn clothes that cost 20 yuan," Shen Jie said cheerfully. "It's a great experience."

"Wait, vocal group, you?" Xiao Yao suddenly realized, "Be careful you don't complain about allergies and itching again tonight."

“What’s wrong with the vocal group? Zhang Huan said that teacher guarantees you’ll learn everything. If that’s true, this trip is totally worth it—our teacher is Julia’s student.” Shen Jie’s toes playfully wiggled up and down inside the gray cotton socks. “Why are you itching? The clothes made by the parish are cheap and there’s no hygiene problem—don’t always treat me like the princess and the pea.”

"It's only been a few days since your last skin allergy," Xiao Yao thought.

"Oh, right, what was that night scripture that guy surnamed Lu was teaching you to recite? Gao Sijun has never even heard of it." Xiao Yao suddenly remembered something.

“The Lesser Daily Scripture of Our Lady, it’s very traditional, the one with the surname Lu—but her surname is Qiu, okay? She said many older parishioners know it, but younger people probably don’t,” Shen Jie explained.

"Get me a copy, I'll have Gao Sijun read it," Xiao Yao said.

Shen Jie stared at Xiao Yao for several seconds: "You're not normal."

“I’m perfectly fine,” Xiao Yao said somewhat awkwardly. “By the way, what was that headscarf you wore during Mass today—”

Before he could finish speaking, a sound of a card being swiped came from the other side of the door.

"Dulululu~"

Xiao Yao's hair stood on end, his heart stopped, while Shen Jie jumped off the bed and started putting on her shoes haphazardly.

The door was locked from the inside.

"Knock knock knock," Gao Sijun's voice rang out from outside the door: "Excuse me, Lao Xiao, can you open the door? I need to get something."

Xiao Yao gave Shen Jie a look that said, "Look what you've done." Shen Jie explained in a low voice, "I saw him go out, get into the priest's car, and go to town."

After saying this, the girl immediately knelt down and lifted the bed sheet hanging down on Xiao Yao's bed.

The bed was solid underneath, leaving the two of them dumbfounded.

"You're here," Xiao Yao called out to the door. "I'm just getting dressed!"

Shen Jie crawled behind the heavy curtains.

"Feet, the horse's feet are showing."

Shen Jie, still wearing her shoes, crawled into Xiao Yao's bed.

Xiao Yao: "..."

Do you think everyone else is blind?

He threw off the blanket and shook his head.

"Hey? Lao Xiao? What's going on?" Gao Sijun knocked on the door twice more.

Xiao Yao wished he could charge forward and leap out, splitting Gao Sijun's skull open with a single sword strike.

Oh well, at least they were kind enough to buy me medicine and accompany me to the hospital for checkups.

"Here it comes! Here it comes! Here it comes!" Xiao Yao shouted again, "It's here! It's here!"

He looked up and saw Shen Jie carrying her little leather shoes in one hand, wearing pretty little socks, tiptoeing into the bathroom.

Then he closed the door silently.

Chapter 296 The Cat Jumps Over the Wall in Desperation

2023-08-14

Xiao Yao steeled himself and went to open the door for Gao Sijun, who walked straight in carrying a large bag of unknown contents: "Why aren't you dressed properly? And why is the air conditioning so cold? You'll never get better if you stay in the cold."

While talking, he picked up the air conditioner remote and beeped to adjust the temperature to 26°C.

"Oh." Xiao Yao sat back down on his bed. "I heard you went to town in the priest's car. So you didn't go."

As soon as the words left his mouth, he regretted them. Fortunately, Gao Sijun didn't think much of it: "Oh, you're quite well-informed."

"A scholar can know everything under heaven without leaving home—" Xiao Yao replied, forcing himself to speak.

Gao Sijun put down what he was holding and sat down where Shen Jie had just been sitting. He began to bend down and rummage through the large plastic bag, making a loud rustling sound. "I was originally going to town with Father Li and the others to buy some things, but halfway there, Father Li insisted that I come back to get something, so I drove back."

It's that priest surnamed Li again. Is he some kind of cursed star in my life? As Xiao Yao thought this, he deliberately coughed loudly to remind Shen Jie that now was the perfect time to open the door and run away.

The boy looked past Gao Sijun's shoulder toward the door, but the bathroom door remained tightly shut and motionless.

"Cough cough cough cough cough..." Xiao Yao coughed even more violently.

"See, you've caught a cold again. I told you to turn the air conditioner down really low." Gao Sijun's face clearly showed that he was "not listening to the elders and will suffer the consequences."

"No, no, no," Xiao Yao waved his hands repeatedly.

He was really afraid that Gao Sijun would take him to the hospital again for a lung CT scan.

“Here you go,” Gao Sijun finally pulled out what he was looking for: “This is our group’s uniform. If you’re going to participate in the activities this afternoon, put it on. If you’re not feeling well, don’t force yourself—try it on to see if the size is right, it should be fine.”

Xiao Yao said, "I'll give it a try."

It was a neatly folded green T-shirt. Xiao Yao took it, tore off the outer plastic film, and unfolded the T-shirt in his hand.

Aside from the different color, it was exactly the same as the one Shen Jie had just worn, and it also had the "JHS" pattern embroidered on the chest.

As Xiao Yao put on his clothes, he casually complained, "Our group is all green, and I hate green the most."

“It’s just clothes,” Gao Sijun turned his face away again, rummaging through his own bag. “It’s not a hat.”

Xiao Yao chuckled twice: "It has nothing to do with that, I just don't like this color."

Because Gao Sijun's face was already turned towards the door, Shen Jie lost her chance to slip away.

Xiao Yao's heart was in his throat, fearing that the girl who hadn't come out just now would suddenly rush out when the door opened.

"The clothes fit perfectly," Xiao Yao said to Gao Sijun, attracting the other man to turn his head back, and even deliberately twirled around in front of him.

Gao Sijun was clearly not very interested in men showing off their physiques. After glancing at them casually, he said indifferently, "As long as they're wearable, that's fine."

As they were talking, Gao Sijun had already found what he was looking for in his bag and then bid farewell to Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and after confirming the afternoon class time and classroom with Gao Sijun again, he stood up to see him off.

Gao Sijun walked to the door of the hotel room, which was also the door to the bathroom. Instead of rolling out, he stopped and hesitated for a moment.

Xiao Yao's heart jumped into his throat again.

Half a second later, Gao Sijun made a decision: "I'll pee."

As he uttered those three fatal words, he placed his hand on the bathroom doorknob.

Then, his hand was pressed down by Xiao Yao's hand.

"What are you doing?" Gao Sijun looked at Xiao Yao in confusion, only to see the latter pressing his own hand with one hand and covering his own lower abdomen with the other.

"Oh no, I'm getting aroused again," Xiao Yao said with a bitter face. "I can't hold back."

Gao Sijun released the bathroom doorknob: "Okay, I'll go to the public restroom—remember to take the medicine you prescribed on time."

Xiao Yao's hand was on the doorknob, but he didn't press it down.

He thought there was a chance Shen Jie would lock the door from the inside, and as soon as he heard that "click" sound, Gao Sijun would know someone was inside.

But Gao Sijun didn't leave. He just stood there, looking at Xiao Yao with a strange expression on his face, as if to say: "Didn't you need to pee?"

A second and a half later, Xiao Yao pressed the doorknob down.

Shen Jie didn't lock the door, which made Xiao Yao breathe a slight sigh of relief.

He pushed the door open just enough for him to pass through, squeezed inside, and then quickly closed the door and locked it with a "click".

Oh no, this series of actions was driven by instinct, but it's just too suspicious.