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

The two little ones were silent for a short while.

"Oh, by the way, why were they carrying a big black umbrella when they brought the Holy Relic out of the hotel last time?" Xiao Yao said. "Also, is the real purpose of this summer camp...?"

Xiao Yao shut his mouth because he had just seen that Yu Luying was kneeling on the kneeling stool, her eyes closed, her little mouth moving as she began to pray.

Since they were just sitting around anyway, Xiao Yao accompanied Yu Luying as she recited the Rosary.

“Our Heavenly Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who forgive others; lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil…”

After reciting the Rosary, Xiao Yao asked Yu Luying why she didn't wear a headscarf when she prayed.

"Why are you wearing a headscarf?" Yu Luying asked curiously. "Who have you seen wearing a headscarf?"

“Shen… Luzia,” Xiao Yao said, “and Shen Jie.”

"That fundamentalist little old fogey, Lucia..."

“Without this little stickler, we’d all be washed up on the beach like the old generation,” Xiao Yao reminded Yu Luying. “Women wearing headscarves while praying is a rule of the New Testament and a church tradition… St. Paul also taught us that…”

"It's so annoying," Yu Luying pouted. "If you like Shen Jie wearing it, then let her continue wearing it. I have no problem with you liking her, but don't even think about turning me into a second Shen Jie."

"What are you talking about?" Xiao Yao was dumbfounded: "You can be jealous of everything? First, she learned to wear a headscarf from Lu Ziya, I didn't make her wear it; second, we both believe in this stuff because of you, and you're saying I want to transform you into her...? How novel is that?"

"Are you really not considering separating from her temporarily?" Yu Luying blurted out.

"Why are you doing this again?" Xiao Yao asked, displeased.

“I know you don’t want to be glued to me every minute of every day, I can feel how you feel,” Yu Luying said. “You clearly know the solution to this problem.”

Xiao Yao: "..."

Yu Luying: "As long as you two separate temporarily, and you focus on talking to me, we can discuss when it's time to break up. Then you can date and marry her, and everything will proceed according to the original trajectory. Wouldn't that eliminate the symbiosis? Do you think I'm making this suggestion out of selfish motives?"

“It’s not that you did it out of selfishness,” Xiao Yao said helplessly, “I remember on the way to the boathouse, you told me that you weren’t a fatalist, and you even mocked me, Shen Jie, and your mother for being fatalists…”

“People’s thoughts are not always the same,” Yu Luying said quietly. “And the most important point is that you are the one who hates the five-meter distance, not me.”

Xiao Yao didn't care whether they were in a church or not, and couldn't help but reach out and hook his arm around the girl's waist: "I don't hate it, and I'm willing to be this close to you all the time."

“No matter how much honey you put on your lips, it’s useless,” Yu Luying said. “I can taste the bitterness hidden in your heart.”

Oh no, they're so transparent-minded like the Trisolarans, how are we supposed to communicate with them?

"I just think it will cause all sorts of inconvenience to our lives..." Xiao Yao offered a weak and feeble explanation.

“Initially, I agreed to the three of us being together,” Yu Luying continued, “This is not the behavior that Christians should have. I told you, I did it to test it out, and my sister meant the same thing, hoping to alleviate the symbiotic relationship through this method. But after all this time, has there been even the slightest improvement? No, in fact, it has doubled.”

Xiao Yao remained silent, forced to admit to himself that Yu Luying was right.

"As it turns out," Yu Luying said, "the three of you together can't solve anything. I'm not trying to force you, I just want you to realize that keeping your distance from her, for the time being, is the only effective way to solve this five-meter problem right now."

“Perhaps it’s not the only way,” Xiao Yao blurted out.

"Do you have any other methods?" Yu Luying asked curiously.

"Don't subtract, but continue to add," Xiao Yao said. "For example, the two of us should continue to increase the distance between us, no, increase the relationship."

"How else can we improve things? We've already..." Yu Luying asked warily, "What do you mean?"

“It means exactly what you think,” Xiao Yao replied.

"How dare you make such a request to me in front of the Holy Communion?" Yu Luying's flushed face was not very noticeable in the darkness, only her anger was visible.

“I did not make any demands on you,” Xiao Yao told Yu Luying.

Actually, I myself don't really want to... I don't really want to, at least not much, I haven't thought about it in that direction. I'm just answering your question; my guess is what you said, the second way to solve the problem besides breaking up with her.

"Impossible. No matter how much you nag me, I won't agree," Yu Luying replied outright. "Unless you marry me."

I'll marry you...

“I know your principles, and I don’t want to let you down, so this won’t work,” Xiao Yao explained. “But you want me to break up with her, that won’t work either. Let’s not bring it up again, okay?”

“Okay,” Yu Luying said, “If we don’t want to talk about it, then let’s just stay tied together like this, two people and three legs bound together. Anyway, I’m happy, and you’re happy too, right?”

“Yes,” Xiao Yao replied, forcing a smile, “That’s fine, it’s good.”

“It’s fine,” Yu Luying said.

The two remained silent for a while.

"What if," Xiao Yao said weakly, "the distance gets shorter again later?"

"What else can you shorten it given the current state?" Yu Luying retorted, "Will it become negative?"

Xiao Yao: "..."

Yu Luying also realized the ambiguity behind those words: "That's not what I meant!"

"What do you mean?" Xiao Yao asked innocently.

Yu Luying changed the subject, saying "The weather is nice today, haha," thus altering the topic.

Before we knew it, the sky was beginning to lighten with the first hint of dawn.

"What? That Zhang Zhengkai is still harassing my sister? He even came to your house?" Yu Luying said, "Call the police!"

“Hey, come on,” Xiao Yao said, “Why call the police? We illegally sheltered a minor first. If this gets out of hand, we don’t know who’s in the right.”

“That has nothing to do with Zhang Zhengkai,” Yu Luying told Xiao Yao. “He’s no one to Shen Jie.”

"Sigh." Xiao Yao shook his head and waved his hand.

"You actually advised your sister to be nicer to him? Are you an idiot?" Yu Luying said again, "The fact that your sister didn't turn against you shows that she truly loves you."

"Why are you turning on me? It was just casual conversation," Xiao Yao said dismissively.

"What are you thinking?" Yu Luying asked Xiao Yao.

“I didn’t think about it much,” Xiao Yao said. “The master is kind-hearted and can’t stand it… I was just putting myself in his shoes.”

“You really are empathetic to people like that,” Yu Luying complained. “I didn’t say it just now because I was embarrassed to say it, but you and Zhang Zhengkai are really two brothers in misfortune.”

"Haha, isn't having empathy a virtue?" Xiao Yao laughed awkwardly to cover up his embarrassment.

Unexpectedly, Yu Luying replied seriously, "I must admit that you have empathy and are a good person."

"Saying the opposite of what you mean?" Xiao Yao asked Yu Luying.

“Seriously,” Yu Luying said.

"Did you fall in love with me because of my wonderful qualities?" Xiao Yao teased her.

“I’d never love you,” Yu Luying retorted stubbornly. “I was forced into this by the symbiotic relationship; I couldn’t beat them, so I had no choice but to give in.”

"Hahaha," Xiao Yao said.

“But you only have empathy for boys, not for girls,” Yu Luying added.

"Ah this..."

“Xiao Yao, tell me the truth,” Yu Luying turned to look at him quietly, “What exactly did you and Shen Jie do today—yesterday?”

"What addition?" Xiao Yao looked completely bewildered.

"Stop pretending. You yourself said that relationships only lead to this consequence when they grow stronger," Yu Luying said calmly. "You yourself said it's a natural law of time—tell me the truth, are you two... are you... already... already...?"

"No," Xiao Yao told Yu Luying without hesitation.

"Really not?" Yu Luying squinted and stared into Xiao Yao's eyes.

"There's absolutely no way that could happen," Xiao Yao said confidently.

“The Holy Communion is here, and you are in the presence of the Lord,” Yu Luying turned her head, no longer looking at Xiao Yao’s face, but staring at the red light: “Say ‘no’ to me again, and I will believe you.”

Xiao Yao took a deep breath.

Then, another bite.

After a minute of silence, Yu Luying stood up, turned around and left.

"Hey, don't go! Slow down!" Xiao Yao quickly chased after her, reaching out to grab Yu Luying's arm, but she shook him off.

"Are you angry?" Xiao Yao pressed close to her, while the girl silently began climbing the wooden stairs in the church.

written request for leave

2023-10-08

I need to write the side stories for chapters 342 and 343 in the next couple of days.

Chapter 348 Small is also very cute

2023-10-10

On September 1, 2004, Tao Tianyi arrived at St. Francis Secondary School on time for the start of the new semester.

"A bamboo pole, tall and tall"

The teacher told us to do morning exercises;

We neither reach out nor bend over.

The teacher was so angry that she developed a high fever.