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

Little Apple opened her mouth, about to speak, when Xiao Yao's phone lit up again.

"It's Uncle!" Yu Luying's gaze fell on Xiao Yao's phone screen: "Answer it quickly."

Urged on by the girl, Xiao Yao hurriedly answered the phone: "Hello, Bo—"

"Xiao Yao!!!"

Xiao Yao frowned, grinned, and subconsciously held the phone two centimeters away from his ear.

"Where did you take my niece?!"

"Uh..." Xiao Yao said, "Uh..."

“Don’t lie to me,” Yu Bo warned, “You didn’t get on the bus back to Shanghai from summer camp, and my sister didn’t see you at home either. Are you dead or alive—”

“We’ve gone to Dongru,” Xiao Yao said. “Not only Yingying and I, but Shen Jie came too.”

"What are you going to Dongru for again?" Yu Bo asked gruffly.

"Shen Jie said she wanted to eat Dongru's specialty sesame seed cakes, but we couldn't..."

Shen Jie glanced at Xiao Yao and then scratched her toes.

"Get Xiao Shen and Yingying on the phone, immediately," Yu Bo ordered.

"Hello, Uncle~" Yu Luying took Xiao Yao's phone.

"Hello, Uncle~ oh no, Brother Bo." Shen Jie took the phone from Yu Luying's hand and then handed it back to Xiao Yao.

“Hey, Brother Bo,” Xiao Yao said.

“The higher-ups want to see you, all three of you, the day after tomorrow, still in Dongqi.” Yu Bo instructed, “Come to Sheng’ai before 9 a.m.

“Oh, oh, okay,” Xiao Yao said eagerly.

"You can have fun in Dongru for the next two days, but the three of you stay together and don't separate. Don't cause any trouble. I've already spoken to my sister. You and Yingying will stay here and help the logistics team for the next two days. Got it? Don't give us away!"

"Got it, Brother Bo! Thank you, Brother Bo!"

Xiao Yao put down the phone, and the boys and girls simultaneously raised six arms, letting out a cheer loud enough to lift the roof off.

Chapter 326 Come on, let's have some fun!

2023-09-15

Chapter 326 Come on~ Let's have some fun~

Xiao Yao put down the phone, and the boys and girls simultaneously raised six arms, letting out a cheer loud enough to lift the roof off.

This kind of joy is like finishing your homework and getting ready for bed, only to suddenly receive a call from your homeroom teacher saying that school is closed tomorrow because of a hurricane.

For the children, this was an extra holiday for no reason, and there was nothing happier than that.

"If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have been in such a hurry to eat sesame cakes today," Xiao Yao said, slapping his thigh.

"Sesame seed cake, sesame seed cake, sesame seed cake," Shen Jie complained, "You only care about your sesame seed cake."

"?" Xiao Yao said, "Didn't you say before that you wanted to come to Dongru and try Dongru's sesame seed cakes?"

“Did I say that?” Shen Jie said.

"I did say that!" Xiao Yao was confused by her, and his tone became uncertain: "Didn't you say that?"

“I mainly wanted to visit your hometown and see the place where you lived,” Shen Jie said. “But this sesame seed cake doesn’t really suit my taste. I don’t really like it.”

"How could this not taste good?" Xiao Yao exclaimed anxiously, "Tomorrow I—"

"What, just because you think something is delicious doesn't mean everyone else has to think it's delicious too?" Shen Jie retorted. "Or is it that you can't stand others saying anything bad about food from your hometown?"

"You two, stop!" Yu Luying shouted.

It was supposed to be a happy occasion, and at first, it seemed like the two of them were just bickering. But as they talked, Yu Luying felt like they were about to start arguing again.

"No matter how you look at it, it's all my fault," Yu Luying said, raising her hands. "It's because of me, because of my family, that it became so difficult for my sister and Xiao Yao to return to Dongru. It's also because of me that the schedule was so tight before, and that everyone was in such a rush..."

"Silly girl, don't say that," Shen Jie said gently, leaning forward slightly and reaching over Xiao Yao's stomach to hold Yu Luying's hand. "We're still middle school students, after all. Every family has its own problems, it's normal. It's not your fault. If my mother could come back to life and take care of me, I'd be overjoyed."

"Sister," Yu Luying spoke up for Xiao Yao, "Xiao Yao just wanted to make you happy and share what he thought was good with you—"

"But you can't force it on others—" Shen Jie muttered for a moment, then quickly stopped and pulled back: "We were just arguing for fun, we weren't really unhappy, right, Gouzi?"

“Oh right, right,” Xiao Yao quickly said, “Besides, this unexpected one-day, two-night vacation is a vacation just for the three of us. It’s so precious. We should cherish it and be happy. How can we use it to argue?”

That's absolutely true—in fact, all three of them are very happy right now. Shen Jie and Xiao Yao are naturally happy because Shen Jie now has enough time to explore Xiao Yao's hometown without having to rush him like a madman; Yu Luying is happy because she no longer has to be a burden to the two of them.

Sometimes, even if someone says "it's okay," you can still feel pressured.

"Come, I'm a little hungry," Shen Jie instructed. "Bring me one of your precious sesame seed cakes. I want to savor it properly."

"Do you know what I mean?" Xiao Yao glared and said, "I'm not dead yet!"

"Here, I'm a little hungry, quickly bring me your precious sesame seed cakes—"

"It's all cold, it's not good to eat anymore," Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "We'll eat it again tomorrow morning—"

“We need to go to Fangbing Catholic Church early tomorrow morning,” Yu Luying reminded Xiao Yao, “to attend the Mass for the Feast of the Assumption of Mary.”

"Damn, can't I just not go? — Hey, don't look at me like that, I was just kidding," Xiao Yao said.

As they were talking, Shen Jie had already taken a sesame seed cake, held it in her hand through the bag, and began to chew it slowly.

"Eat slowly, I'll go boil some water for you." Xiao Yao jumped down from the ground.

"No need, no need, I have some here." Yu Luying magically produced a bottle of Nongfu Spring water.

"There's cold water? That's great, Little Apple is awesome." Xiao Yao knelt on the mattress, took the bottled water from Yu Luying's hand, and eagerly opened it for Shen Jie.

"No need, no need, just leave it there." Shen Jie waved her hands repeatedly.

Yu Luying also took a sesame seed cake and slowly started munching on it.

"You two young ladies, are you just going to eat on my bed like this? You're making a mess of sesame seeds everywhere," Xiao Yao teased.

"Where would you find sesame seeds scattered everywhere?"

"Eat, eat, what's wrong with that? This is my bed!"

"Yes! This is our bed! Besides, we're only sleeping here for two nights, right?"

"Unruly—two wild girls! Waaaaaahh ...

"What? You're not convinced? When you came back last time, this bed was in a terrible state, you've forgotten everything? I was the one who cleaned it up for you."

"I knew this place was spotless, it didn't look like anyone had lived here for a year," Shen Jie glanced at Yu Luying with a half-smile, "So it was Silly Girl who cleaned it up for this guy, right?"

"Hmm?" Yu Luying sensed something was amiss: "It's true that I helped tidy up..."

“Little Apple is so great—and you two slept here together for a while, right?” Shen Jie said.

"Huh?" Yu Luying said.

"Waaaaah!" Xiao Yao raised his fists above his head: "Eating in bed, is anyone going to stop me or not? Nobody's going to stop me, huh? Fine, nobody's going to stop me—I'll eat anyway!"

As he spoke, he took another sesame seed cake, held it with both hands, and tore it apart with large bites.

Xiao Yao's rambling successfully steered the conversation away from the topic. The three boys, some kneeling, some sitting, and some kneeling on the Simmons mattress, faced each other in a triangle, eating flatbread and chatting idly.

"...Tell me, why is Zhao Xiaomei so strong? She seems even stronger than the Fly King under your father's command. Is that even scientifically possible?"

"...Dongru, I remember it was known as a model county for family planning."

"...Oh dear, I ran out of sunscreen in the last few days, and I can't find my brand there. Look, my skin is peeling after only two or three days. It's so tanned that if I scratch it with my fingernail, it's all dead skin flakes. I'll have to get a new layer of skin before school starts..."

"...Besides the sesame seed cakes, you absolutely must try the clams."

"..."

Suddenly, Shen Jie stopped eating and talking, and started giggling for no apparent reason.

Just as Xiao Yao was about to ask her, "Why is the lord laughing?", Yu Luying also started chuckling, and then the two girls' giggles blended together.

"Hahahaha..." Xiao Yao joined in, and the three of them looked at each other and burst into laughter.

It was both incredibly inexplicable and incredibly wonderful, Xiao Yao thought.

Perhaps, this is what youth is all about?

Xiao Yao used the pad of his right thumb to wipe away sesame seeds from Shen Jie's face and Yu Luying's mouth, then put them into his own mouth.

Then, the three of them took turns drinking the water, one sip at a time, and finished more than half of the Nongfu Spring bottle.

Finally, they started grinning at each other again.

"How is it? Is it good?" Xiao Yao asked nervously when he saw that Shen Jie had already eaten most of the pancake but still hadn't eaten the rest.

"It's alright, I guess? So-so, just so-so—not bad at all." Shen Jie tilted her head, thinking carefully, and then answered seriously.

It seemed she really didn't like it, Xiao Yao sighed softly.

"Oh dear, what are you sighing about again?" Shen Jie glared at him with displeasure.

“You don’t know this, my lady,” Xiao Yao said solemnly as he knelt on the Simmons mattress. “I’m not such a domineering and unreasonable person. I don’t expect you to like what I like to eat, or I can’t stand others saying anything bad about the food from my hometown.”

"What is that?" Shen Jie asked Xiao Yao.

“But this one is different.” Xiao Yao told Shen Jie, “This is a beautiful memory for Shen Jie, and also a beautiful memory for Xiao Yao. I’m pretty sure it’s very important to her.”