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

"Shen?" Zhang Zhengkai looked at Xiao Yao: "Have you been watching too many 'Dragon King's Son-in-Law' dramas?"

"Haha, yes," Xiao Yao scratched the back of his head, "I love watching it so much that I can't sleep at night."

You're a big idiot.

"How about it?" Yu Luying said with a smile, "Isn't my idea perfect?"

"Perfect my foot!" Xiao Yao exclaimed. "How can that be acceptable?"

"Why not?" Yu Luying asked.

“Yeah, Xiao, you still look down on me, you’re just pretending to feel guilty,” Zhang Zhengkai said, pointing at Xiao Yao with slurred drunken eyes.

“?” Xiao Yao lowered his head and thought hard for a while: “Actually, it’s not absolute… no… no… no, we still have to listen to her opinion. What era are we living in? Parents can’t arrange everything for their children. I’ll go back and ask her today.”

Are you serious? Yu Luying looked at Xiao Yao.

"Hahahaha, Brother Xiao, you're joking." Zhang Zhengkai laughed heartily. "I'm already very touched that you have this thought—I don't have time to wait for you for decades, and besides, what if I look like you?"

"Go to hell," Xiao Yao laughed and cursed, "So what if she takes after me? So what if she takes after me? Let me tell you—"

Xiao Yao shifted the chair he was sitting on and hooked his arm around Zhang Zhengkai's shoulder: "Brother, let me tell you, from now on I'll call you brother, and you'll call me dad, we'll each be on our own terms."

"Xiao Yao, you've had too much to drink!" Yu Luying exclaimed.

"You motherfucker, not only did you steal my woman, but you also want to be my father?" Zhang Zhengkai mumbled, "You motherfucker."

"Damn it!" Xiao Yao raised his glass: "Cheers!"

"Cheers!" The three glasses clinked together loudly, splashing wine everywhere.

Amidst the clinking of glasses, the delicious dishes on the table were devoured, leaving not even a drop of soup—even the waiters were astonished by the three young men and women's efficiency.

Zhang Zhengkai cried and laughed at the same time, hugging Xiao Yao and telling him about his "romance" with Shen Jie—in fact, there was no romance at all, just ordinary social interactions and one-sided self-pity: starting from their first meeting, to gradually becoming friends, to the first confession, all the way to preparing for their engagement and Shen Jie's first time running away from home.

Yu Luying frowned secretly as she listened, but later she simply let it go in one ear and out the other. Xiao Yao, on the other hand, listened with great interest, nodding as he listened, occasionally patting Zhang Zhengkai on the back and interjecting a few words.

In the end, I simply cried with him.

Considering their... well, relationship and status, Yu Luying sat to the side, her toes, encased in white socks, digging out a three-bedroom apartment from the soles of her white sneakers.

You two aren't embarrassed, but I'm embarrassed for you.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing? What am I doing here? Where is this place?

Yu Luying asked the waiter for a pack of tissues with a look of disgust. She took out a few sheets and handed them to Xiao Yao. After thinking for a moment, she also took out a few sheets for Zhang Zhengkai and handed them over.

"Alright," Yu Luying advised, "You two, that's enough."

“Where was I? Oh, right,” Zhang Zhengkai said, “Brother Xiao Yao, what I’m about to say might scare you, but I know you’ll understand and forgive me.”

“It’s okay, go ahead,” Xiao Yao said casually.

“Actually, in the latter half of summer vacation, just before school started,” Zhang Zhengkai was completely drunk, “I was thinking of killing both of you.”

"Kill...kill him?" Xiao Yao shook his head.

Yu Luying was startled.

“It’s just a thought, you know,” Zhang Zhengkai continued, “I want to kill her first, then kill you, and then commit suicide.”

"Why did you have to hurt her first, and then me?" Xiao Yao continued to shake his head, showing no sign of surprise or fear. "Oh, I get it, you son of a bitch, you want to make me suffer, right?"

"No stamp." Zhang Zhengkai nodded vigorously.

"Then why didn't you make a move?" Xiao Yao asked with a grin. "Oh, I get it. You're such a coward."

"Xiao Yao!" Yu Luying felt that his provocation of Zhang Zhengkai was clearly not the act of a wise man.

“No, no,” Zhang Zhengkai shook his neck and wrists from side to side. “It’s not that I dare not, but that I cannot. Do you understand? A thought is a thought, and putting it into practice is putting it into practice. Do you understand the difference?”

“I understand,” Xiao Yao said. “Reason and morality have bound you.”

“That’s one aspect,” Zhang Zhengkai said. “Have you ever had this experience? For example, when looking down from a building, do you sometimes have the urge, or rather the thought, to jump?”

“I didn’t,” Yu Luying said.

Xiao Yao tilted his head and thought about it seriously for a moment: "It seems that it does happen occasionally."

"What would you do in this situation?" Zhang Zhengkai asked him.

“I felt it was absurd, and then I was scared,” Xiao Yao said. “Then I quickly took two steps back and moved away from the window.”

"See?" Zhang Zhengkai said.

“I think I understand what you’re saying,” Xiao Yao said.

Zhang Zhengkai: "In a person's life, countless absurd or malicious thoughts may arise, but those who actually put them into action..."

Xiao Yao: "That must be a very small minority."

“Rationality and morality, that’s what you said, yes, that’s right, but it’s only one aspect,” Zhang Zhengkai said. “The other aspect is whether it’s worthwhile, whether you can bear the costs, and whether you can bear the consequences.”

"Then I still don't dare," Xiao Yao thought to himself.

"Don't tell anyone!" Yu Luying instructed.

"I know," Xiao Yao thought.

“After all, I’m my father’s only son…” Zhang Zhengkai’s voice became like a dream.

“I understand,” Xiao Yao nodded. “I completely understand. But why are you telling me all this…?”

“Because,” Zhang Zhengkai gasped, his breath reeking of alcohol, “I want to tell you that I’m glad I controlled myself, I’m glad I didn’t do something stupid… I only realized today that you are a good person, you are a good person.”

"Huh?" Xiao Yao said.

“You are a good person,” Zhang Zhengkai said for the third time.

"Don't worry, when I get back, I'll definitely make her..." Xiao Yao was almost speechless. "If she doesn't listen to me, I'll fucking..."

“No need…it’s pointless…I’ve figured it out…” Zhang Zhengkai’s voice grew increasingly faint: “…I feel a little better now.”

Xiao Yao: "(*&￥！(&￥（@#！&￥）))"

Zhang Zhengkai: "……&*（……*）"

...

...

……

……

When Xiao Yao regained consciousness, he was already lying in his own bed.

There was another person lying next to him.

a woman.

???

This gave him a real fright.

"What's wrong? Why are you making such a fuss so early in the morning?" Shen Tianyun complained.

"Huh?! So early in the morning?" Xiao Yao looked out the window at the bright daylight.

“It’s about time you got up for school,” Shen Tianyun told Xiao Yao. “Yu Luying is already making breakfast.”

"No, what is this?" Xiao Yao rubbed his head; his head still hurt.

I spent such a long Sunday here, and it's just gone like that?

Is this already Desperate Monday?

"Later..." Xiao Yao finally remembered, "How did we get back?"

"Of course, my mom went to pick you two up," Shen Tianyun replied matter-of-factly.

"Then he must have met your Uncle Zhang?" Xiao Yao blurted out.

"You saw it, didn't you?" Shen Tianyun asked. "What happened?"

"Is nothing wrong?" Xiao Yao asked anxiously.

"What could possibly happen?" Shen Tianyun said dismissively.

She was wearing that oversized green T-shirt pajama, and she got out of bed after lifting the thin blanket.

Xiao Yao tapped his temple with his bent fingers, about to ask another question, when Shen Tianyun turned around very seriously: "Xiao Yao, I have a question for you."

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yao asked, bewildered.

“How come Yu Luying told me,” Shen Tianyun said with a hint of anger, “that you sold me after drinking some cat pee? Or that you promised me to some rich, spoiled brat?”

"Huh...?" Xiao Yao was stunned.

"Let me tell you, you have to fulfill the vows you made, and clean up your own mess—I'm not going to cover for you," Shen Tianyun declared solemnly.

"How could such a thing happen!" Xiao Yao exclaimed. "How could such a thing happen! Don't listen to her nonsense! She's just teasing you."

"Really?" Shen Tianyun asked, her face full of suspicion.

The wardrobe door was pushed open, and Shen Jie crawled out of it, letting out a long yawn: "Good morning."

"Good morning," Xiao Yao said.