Miss, you are my future wife

Before hanging up, Xiao Yao asked Shen Jie again for the contact information of the fat little cousin "Ning Ning".

"I'll send you a text message later." Shen Jie promised vaguely.

After hanging up the phone with Shen Jie, Xiao Yao called Yu Luying again and invited her to continue walking by the lake.

"It's too cold outside," Yu Luying said, "I don't want to go out anymore today."

"Then let's find a place to sit together." Xiao Yao said.

"Farewell," Yu Luying said, "We have a group activity in the girls' dormitory tonight, and I want to play with them."

Then, she added: "Be gregarious."

Xiao Yao had no choice but to hang up the phone and go to "be more gregarious".

He accompanied the boys in the dormitory to play Landlord Poker all night and listened to their dirty jokes about "one, two, three, four, two, two, three, four, change positions, do it again."

Shen Jie said she had sent her cousin's contact information, but there was still no news.

The next day, which was the fourth day of military training, was another ordinary day.

During the day, Xiao Yao continued his boring training while thinking about Shen Jie telling his future father-in-law their secret.

Is it really that simple?
Is it so easy to pass?

Can Shen Hongsheng really believe this?
If it was really that simple, wouldn't it be right to tell him from the beginning...?
Have you been trapped in a cocoon?

After a day of training, Yu Luying once again avoided the evening date without even a decent excuse.

This made Xiao Yao feel uneasy rather than displeased.

Such an abnormal attitude, combined with the general background of the sudden disappearance of symbiosis, makes it difficult for Xiao Yao to feel anxious and troubled.

Even if you try hard to give yourself the psychological suggestion of "relaxing", it is useless even if you don't admit it to yourself.

Once he faced his true heart, Xiao Yao had to admit that he actually really cared.

There is no way to control this.

There is no way around it.

Fortunately, Shen Jie stayed with him to iron the phone, which distracted his attention.

The "deprived love" that he had been anxious about before seemed to be cured. Xiao Yao secretly lamented that only distance is the best medicine for love.

Of course, Yu Luying's "little abnormality" is a topic that cannot be discussed with Shen Jie and can only be kept to herself.

By the next day, December 12, which was the fifth and last day of military training, Yu Luying's indifferent attitude softened.

Then it was Shen Jie's turn to disappear.

Regarding the situation of this day, it can be briefly described as follows: In the morning, Shen Jie sent a message to Xiao Yao saying that she seemed to be going to Navarre to pick out wedding dresses and try on clothes tomorrow, and to confirm the detailed itinerary with Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao got up late and hurriedly put on his clothes and pants, so he texted back, "I'll tell you later."

When he took advantage of the break in military training to send a message to Shen Jie, he did not receive a response.

Naturally, Xiao Yao didn't take it seriously.

However, during the lunch break and after the afternoon training results display competition for each class, Xiao Yao still did not receive any reply, which made him feel strange.

Even if he doesn't lose his sense of security so easily, it's impossible not to think about the reasons behind it.

On the bus back to the city, Xiao Yao called Shen Jie.

"Du-du-du-du-du--"

After a long waiting tone, a deathly silence came from the other end of the receiver.

"Hello?" Xiao Yao said.

"Hello, the number you dialed is currently unanswered, please call again later. Sorry, the..."

Xiao Yao pressed it down and continued to hit.

"Beep - beep - beep -" This time it only beeped half the time, and the last beep sounded only half the time.

"Hello?" Xiao Yao's tone was a little uncertain and a little anxious.

"Hello, please don't hang up. The number you dialed is currently on a call——"

???

When I called for the third time, it just beeped for a long time and said, "Hello, please don't hang up. The number you dialed is currently on a call."

A row of fine beads of sweat oozed from Xiao Yao's forehead.

After all, something happened.

The boy tried to calm down.

The noise around him moved away from him for an instant, and was back in front of his face the next second.

"I originally thought that our class would definitely be at the bottom this time, but I didn't expect that several of their classes would be even worse." A male voice with a loud voice said.

"Hey, never mind it," another boy with a clearly different voice said, "Anyway, this damn Xuejun is finally over."

Xiao Yao turned around and looked around. Yu Luying was sitting in a group of girls a little away from him, chatting and laughing with other female classmates.

I don't know what they were talking about, but I saw Yu Luying covering her mouth with her right hand, laughing so hard that her branches were shaking, leaning forward and back, wishing she could lower the back of the seat.

Is there anything in the past that is not worth being so happy about now?
He didn't know how he got to school and then home - Xiao Yao wanted to put down his luggage and rush to Xijiao Garden, but his daughter Shen Tianyun was sitting on his bed waiting for him.

"Nanny," Xiao Yao cheered up and stepped forward to hug Tian Yun with a smile on his face, but the latter seemed to turn away subconsciously.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yao said as he hugged her again, but this time Shen Tianyun didn't dodge.

"My mother is here." Shen Tianyun hugged her chest in Xiao Yao's arms.

"Which mother is yours?" Xiao Yao was startled.

Yu Luying walked lightly to the sofa in the corner of Xiao Yao's room, took off her coat and hung it up, put her schoolbag on the sofa, sat down and crossed her legs.

"Mom," Shen Tianyun said, "I came with grandpa."

"Which grandpa?" Xiao Yao was startled, as if his brain had temporarily shut down and he couldn't react. While they were talking, Xiao Yao's grandmother Miao Jinfang opened the door and came in, saying in dialect: "Shen Jie and her father just came here in the second half of the day."

Only then did Xiao Yao realize that since Shen Jie didn't reply to his messages in the afternoon, did he bring Shen Hongsheng back to recognize his relatives?
He was a little excited and pestered Shen Tianyun and grandma to ask about the details of this historic meeting. However, both of them said that Shen Hongsheng didn't say anything substantive. He just exchanged pleasantries and said that something was going on without even eating. left.

"Grandpa is so young," Shen Tianyun told with excitement and nostalgia: "He also cut my toenails, Xiao Yao, look!"

As the girl spoke, she stretched out her bare feet without socks from her slippers and showed them to Xiao Yao.

"Why are you cutting your toenails..." Xiao Yao said, "That's weird."

"Isn't that normal," Shen Tianyun said: "When I was a child, my grandpa often cut my toenails. When we talked about this matter, grandpa slapped his thigh and said, OK, grandpa will cut my toenails for you again!..."

"Warm." Xiao Yao commented casually, thinking that Shen Hongsheng was really a relative from another generation.

"Warmth." Yu Luying said.

That night, after Miao Jinfang, Yu Luying, and Shen Tianyun all returned to their rooms, Xiao Yao tried to contact Shen Jie again, but still failed.

He couldn't figure out what was going on, so he sat on the sofa with his home landline phone for most of the night, glancing at his phone from time to time until he fell asleep.

"Dream" is a very positive word in many people's dictionaries, but in Xiao Yao's opinion, it would be a great thing if it could be like in the game, where the screen goes dark and then lights up overnight.

That night, he repeatedly dreamed of Shen Jie's appearance, repeatedly dreamed that the phone at home was ringing, repeatedly picked up the phone in his dream, and saw Shen Jie's text messages or QQ messages.

Whenever he saw news from Shen Jie, he vaguely felt that he was just dreaming, so he wanted to open his eyes and take the phone to read in reality, but his soul could not break free from the confinement of dreams.

Tortured by such anxiety, Xiao Yao was woken up by a phone call from Navarre Wedding in the morning of the next day (December 12).

"Your wife... did you just say she was missing?" The female voice on the other end of the phone asked in surprise: "You want to reschedule again? But you have already rescheduled more than once. According to our contract, this situation..."

Xiao Yao was dizzy as he listened to the Navarre wedding staff talking about "breach of contract", "bearing the consequences on your own", "scheduling" and the like. He finally heard the three words "get it" before Tu Qiongdeng saw it. "More money." He apologized perfunctorily, said a few words to the other party, and almost lost his temper.

After putting down the phone, he immediately checked the inbox and call history of the phone. Sure enough, Shen Jie was still like a stone, with no news.

It was already bright at this time, and it was no longer early morning. The evidence was that there were no birds singing outside the window. I was half lying on the narrow and hard sofa, with a quilt wrapped around my body. I don't know which caring woman did it.

After Xiao Yao washed briefly, he changed his clothes and went out, took a taxi to Xijiao Garden, and stood at the gate of the community all afternoon.

Even though someone covered him with a quilt, Xiao Yao still caught a cold, and his head felt dizzy, as if he had been filled with stone.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Xijiao Garden seems to have stepped up its vigilance, and the security density has increased by 35% compared to the last time I went on an infiltration mission with Liang Yanan.

The temperature was very low that day, and freezing rain started to fall. Fortunately, Xiao Yao spent ten yuan to buy a transparent plastic umbrella. He hid under the umbrella and shivered, shaking his hands and stamping his feet, listening to the sound of the freezing rain hitting the umbrella. Thumping sound, random thoughts.

If this freezing rain had fallen a day or two earlier, maybe the damn "Xuejun" could have ended earlier, right? Xiao Yao thought.

Seeing that he couldn't wait for anyone to come out and he couldn't get into the community, Xiao Yao tried his old trick and found a clothing store. He entered the other world through the mirror in the fitting room, but was surprised to find that the skyscraper had disappeared out of thin air.

He entered the "shadow side" of the Western Suburbs Garden Community, came out through the mirror in Shen Jie's bedroom, and arrived at Shen Jie's bedroom in reality.

It was already half dark at this time. Compared with the bright lights of the surrounding villas, there were almost no lights on in Shen Jie's home.

Xiao Yao carefully explored upstairs and downstairs, not to mention the Shen family's father and daughter and Luo Yunxuan, not even the servants.

Until he bumped into Lisa in the kitchen.
"Who!?? How did you get in?" Lisa was startled, let out a low scream, and picked up a kitchen knife. After seeing Xiao Yao's face clearly, she held the knife tremblingly. Put down your right hand.

"What's going on now?" Xiao Yao asked Lisa while looking at the luxurious kitchen.
From Lisa, Xiao Yao learned that the Shen family had indeed temporarily moved out of the property.

It seems that the move was quite complete, leaving only three or two handymen to look after the house, including Lisa.

"I really don't know where Miss and the others have moved," Lisa told Xiao Yao in stiff Chinese: "You should leave quickly. If others see you, it will be troublesome to call the police."

When Xiao Yao dragged his exhausted body back to his grandmother's house, he saw Yu Luying, a much empty room and the luggage Yu Luying had packed.

"I...I have to go home," Yu Luying bit her lower lip and told Xiao Yao: "Now that the symbiosis is gone, I have no reason to trouble grandma anymore."

Xiao Yao thought that Yu Luying would cause trouble at this time, which was almost another backstabbing, and lost his temper with her.

"Did you come to live with us because of symbiosis?" Xiao Yao lowered his voice as much as possible: "Isn't it because of your so-called father?"

"I know...but..." Yu Luying's voice sounded like she was crying.

Xiao Yao sighed, stepped forward to hug the girl, and reached out to smooth the hair on her head.

In order to take care of Xiao Yao's feelings, Yu Luying stayed for another two or three days and then returned to her own home.

Xiao Yao sent her downstairs to Yu Lihua's house.

"What are you doing?" Yu Luying turned around with a slight smile, revealing the pear dimples on both sides: "It's not like I can't see them anymore."

Xiao Yao let out a grunt from his throat.

"Okay." He said.

Time flies by, and time soon comes to Christmas Eve in 2004.

In the past twenty days, Xiao Yao didn't know how many times he went to the door of the No. 7 Girls' Middle School and waited, but he never saw Shen Jie once.

He wondered if he was blind, or if Shen Jie had transferred to another school.

After all, Shen Hongsheng didn't even want to live in his usual home in order to prevent him from seeing his daughter, so it wasn't a big deal to change schools.

As for why the old father-in-law changed his attitude again and again like a lunatic, it is still a mystery.

Xiao Yao contacted the future Shen Jie and asked her to help "remember" where she went, but found nothing.

He once again went to the "Three Cunning Rabbits" that Yan Xiao had helped to find out earlier, as well as the addresses of all the properties owned by Shen Hongsheng in the Magic City this year provided by Shen Jie in the future, but they were all the same as the Western Suburb Garden - not empty houses. The lock means that there are only two helpers looking after the house.

Xiao Yao remembered that he was looking for Shen Jie like this last time - he felt a little tired of his repeated "searching" on the road.

What's more, last time I had Yu Luying with me, but this time I was alone.

Moreover, this winter is really cold.

The relationship between Xiao Yao and Yu Luying also visibly cooled down. He didn't know what the problem was. He only knew that he had no more time to care about her.

On Thursday, December 12, Yu Luying asked Xiao Yao at school if she wanted to go to church together tomorrow night.

Xiao Yao was a little surprised. After all, he had no intention of going to any church in December, so he never went there once, and Yu Luying never asked him.

Considering that this was Yu Luying's active invitation - and being alone was idle anyway, just enjoying the time at home, Xiao Yao agreed.

On the night of Christmas Eve, the temperature was extremely low, but like every winter in the Magic City in previous years, there was no romantic snow. (End of chapter)