Miss, you are my future wife

whistle.

Jiang Tao.

The cry of river gulls.

Xiao Yao had already become numb to the fishy smell.

The wind was as sharp as a blunt knife cutting into flesh.

Xiao Yao lowered his head and wrapped the blanket around himself tighter.

Then he sneezed.

He doubted how much use a dry blanket wrapped around wet clothes would do.

"Are you okay?" On the ferry, Daiyu reached out and hugged Xiao Yao's shoulders: "Are you feeling better?"

Xiao Yao shook his head and muttered "Go to hell", but his body was honest and did not move, leaning in Daiyu's arms.

"How is it? Fortunately, I have sharp eyes." Daiyu hugged Xiao Yao and said, "You owe me another life."

"Yeah." Xiao Yao raised his eyelids and looked at the two big men wearing reflective vests not far away - he didn't know if they were security guards or policemen: "How can it be such a coincidence?"

"Well," Daiyu said, "I'm going to see Yan Xiao."

"Yan Xiao, yes. How is Yan Xiao doing recently?" Xiao Yao asked casually.

The two people wearing reflective vests began to disperse the crowd surrounding Xiao Yaoyu.

"I feel like she's still conscious, or already conscious." Daiyu told Xiao Yao seriously, "When I was talking to her yesterday, I saw sparkles in the corners of her eyes, as if she was crying."

"Huh?" Xiao Yao said.

"Let's not talk about this for now," said Hairtail, "What's going on here?"

Xiao Yao turned his head and looked at the river. The ferry was already approaching the pier on the Lujiazui side of Jiangdong.

He couldn't help but recall the time when he and Shen Jie took the Huangjiang Ferry together.

Then he recalled the days before he met Shen Jie, when he would ride the ferry back and forth out of boredom after school.

"Shen Hongsheng asked someone to do it." Xiao Yao told Daiyu.

Just as he was about to continue speaking, the ship suddenly shook violently for a while, and then gradually stabilized - the ship was anchored at the shore.

Xiao Yao stood up with the help of Daiyu, followed the two men in reflective vests off the boat, and went straight to the Lujiazui police station to report the case.

Because the report was a kidnapping and murder case, the police station took it very seriously and two policemen took Xiao Yao to a room on the second floor.

The police officer who received the guests was very serious but also very proactive. He brought a small sun for the shivering Xiao Yao, while Daiyu temporarily excused himself to go out and buy some clothes for Xiao Yao to change.

The two policemen, one wearing glasses and the other with a flat head, were taking notes seriously, interrupting Xiao Yao from time to time to ask a few questions.

"What happened last night," Glasses frowned, "How did you manage to survive until this morning before being rescued by the ferry?"

Xiao Yao was stunned.

I was so confused before coming here that I didn't have time to think about this.

"I held onto a piece of wood that was floating on the river and drifted all night..." Xiao Yao hesitated for a long time and made up a story.

"But you said they put you in a sack and tied you up with ropes..."

Xiao Yao was groaning inwardly. Before he could think of anything to say to smooth things over, the man with the flat head took over the conversation: "What was the name of the person you said was behind this? Shen Hong... Hong..."

"Shen Hongsheng." Xiao Yao said.

"Is it that Shen Hongsheng?" Glasses asked, "The boss of Miwei Group?"

"It's him." Xiao Yao nodded vigorously.

Xiao Yao had watched a futuristic movie called "The Mermaid" in Shen Tianyun's room before. When the male protagonist went to report the case, the police showed expressions like "We are professionals and will never laugh" and "It's nothing, I just remembered something happy."

And in front of me, when Glasses and Flathead looked at each other, they showed exactly this expression.

Then, the two severely threatened Xiao Yao about the legal consequences of making a false report to the police.

"Well," Glasses said at last, "According to your description, the crime scene should not be in our jurisdiction. Why don't you go to the Beihong District Public Security Bureau and ask?"

Daiyu bought some dry clothes for Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao changed in the bathroom, and then he and Daiyu took the subway to the Beihong District Public Security Bureau to report the case.

After lying at the bottom of the river for a night, his cell phone was naturally broken. Xiao Yao borrowed the phone from Daiyu, reported his safety to Tianyun, Yu Luying and others, and told Daiyu the whole story of the incident.

Hairtail also asked the question "How did you stay in the river for a night and still be alive?", but seeing that Xiao Yao was unwilling to answer, he did not ask any further questions.

When they arrived at the Beihong Public Security Bureau, Tianyun and Yu Luying were already waiting there.

"Okay, okay, you come down first, come down." Xiao Yao said he couldn't bear it: "You are too heavy."

"You are too heavy!" Tianyun's eyes were red, and it was obvious that she had shed a lot of tears.

The policeman who took the case, like the two people led by Lu Jiazui, took it very seriously at first. But when Xiao Yao accused Shen Hongsheng of being the mastermind behind the case and stated the possible motives, they became serious and whispered to each other. Finally, they told Xiao Yao and his group to leave their phone number and go back to wait for notification. It was obvious that they were trying to evade the issue.

"These are all corrupt police officers!" Tian Yun was furious outside the police station: "Should we report to the Municipal Bureau? Or the Discipline Inspection Commission?"

"Tianyun, don't be anxious." Yu Luying was calmer: "Let's go back first and discuss it later."

Xiao Yao, Daiyu, Yu Luying and Shen Tianyun returned to the former residence of Xiao Yao's grandmother, and they had a good discussion about the matter.

In order to explain the details clearly to Hairtail and Tianyun, Xiao Yao discussed with Yu Luying and told them the secret of symbiosis. Both Hairtail and Tianyun were frightened.

"Let my uncle check this out?" Yu Luying took out her cell phone and was about to dial: "How could we forget about him?"

"No." Daiyu reached out and snatched the phone from Yu Luying: "You can't tell Brother Bo."

"why?"

"We have to solve this problem ourselves." Hairtail said, "Brother Bo may not agree with us doing this."

"What should we do? Are you saying that we should go to Shen Hongsheng's palace to take revenge again?" Yu Luying immediately understood what Daiyu meant.

"Doesn't your organization forbid this?" Tian Yun shouted, "What do you want to do to Grandpa?"

"We won't do anything to your grandfather." Xiao Yao comforted Tianyun.

"Hairtail! Don't take the initiative to come up with some bad ideas! No one said they wanted to take revenge on grandpa!" Tianyun turned to Hairtail and scolded.

"Yes, yes, yes." Hairtail laughed awkwardly, "I was wrong. I am a villain. Is my heart okay?"

That night, Xiao Yao went to a family dinner with his father's relatives as scheduled. Yu Luying directly called two security guards from the Yu family to follow him. At night, the two bodyguards in black slept on the floor at Xiao Yao's house.

Xiao Yao originally wanted the comfort of his daughter's arms, but with these two strangers in the house, he felt too embarrassed to do so.

The two bodyguards took turns keeping watch at night. The one who slept in the first half of the night snored so loudly that Xiao Yao couldn't sleep at all.

This might be a way of passing the buck, because whenever he closed his eyes, he would recall the nightmare night at the bottom of the river...

I recalled that when I had just surfaced on the river, a ferry was coming straight towards me from not too far away.

He recalled the despair of struggling with all his might in front of that huge steel behemoth, but it seemed as if there was a suction force pulling him towards the ferry.

The next morning, when we went to the Sacred Heart Church to attend mass, the two of them followed us.

After the mass, Xiao Yao, Daiyu, Yu Luying and two bodyguards stood at the side door of St. Francis Xavier's School.

"I learned a method," Daiyu said, "which is to make the shadow repent without killing it."

"In other words, without turning them into cripples, they can still repent?" Xiao Yao was surprised: "Just like what the Heart Stealing Group is doing now?"

"That's right." Hairtail nodded.

"But how did you do that?"

"Did you forget that Lucia has this ability?" The hairtail rolled his eyes and said, "I asked her for advice."

"Is that true?" Xiao Yao pressed his temples. "Why don't I have any impression of this? And why would she sue—"

"Don't ask about the details," Daiyu interrupted Xiao Yao, "Lu Jiya herself will definitely not interfere in our affairs. She is very old-fashioned. Don't mention this to her. Let's just go and deal with Shen Hongsheng."

“But, if the organization knew about this…” Yu Luying weakly raised the objection.

"Not today. If I don't go back early, Tianyun will definitely wonder what I'm doing." Xiao Yao shook his head: "There's no rush for this matter. I need to think about it."

"Why aren't you in a hurry? Are you sure they won't do it again when they find out you're not dead?" Daiyu slapped his thigh and said, "The police don't care. Do you want to live a life where you dare not go out without a bodyguard?"

"Can it really prevent the other person from becoming disabled?" Xiao Yao asked Daiyu.

"Of course," said Daiyu. "Besides, he almost made you a cripple. Do you still care whether he becomes a cripple or not?"

"PING--BOOM!" Not far away, a "Welcome the God of Wealth" firecracker suddenly exploded, giving Xiao Yao a big fright.

As the horns of frightened vehicles honked, Hairtail started cursing.

The next day, Monday, Xiao Yao, Daiyu, Yu Luying and two top-duty Yu family bodyguards got on a car to Xijiao Garden.

A bodyguard was driving, Yu Luying was sitting in the passenger seat, while Xiao Yao, Daiyu and another bodyguard were squeezed in the back seat of the car.

"Do we really want to do this?" Xiao Yao muttered, "We have always been fighting against the Heart Stealing Group..."

"Brother Xiao," Daiyu looked straight ahead: "You are popular in the class now, right?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Xiao Yao asked, somewhat confused.

“Isn’t that the result of stealing hearts?” Hairtail said, “You gained happiness, and they became better people, from being trapped in collective unconscious bullying to being friendly and humble.”

"Hairtail, I think your idea is a bit dangerous." Yu Luying turned around and objected.

“Yu Luying, don’t you have anyone who wants you to repent?” Daiyu said.

“……” Yu Luying said nothing and turned her head back.

"Xiao Yao," Daiyu's voice suddenly became very soft: "They want to pull out Yan Xiao's tube."

"Who?" Xiao Yao was stunned for a moment: "Oh, Yan Xiao's family?"

"You may not know," said Daiyu sourly, "Yan Xiao is also a child that no one takes care of. She lives with her uncle and aunt. Now people don't want to spend the money to keep her hanging."

This is human nature. It has been so long. Xiao Yao shook his head silently.

But he didn't say it.

"That's a human life. If you don't take medicine or have surgery--"

"Hello? Sister Liang," Xiao Yao answered the newly bought phone: "Hmm? Hmm? What? The surveillance footage of my kidnapping that night was deleted? Okay, I got it, thank you."

"That's a human life. How much would it cost if she didn't take medicine or have surgery? Does her uncle need these two dollars to go to the same school as Shen Jie? Yan Xiao is still conscious," Daiyu said as she saw Xiao Yao put down the phone. "She can hear me. I know."

"You mean, the last time she cried..." Xiao Yao confirmed cautiously.

"Today is Valentine's Day, but they want to turn Valentine's Day into the anniversary of my lover's death." Hairtail laughed bitterly.

"Oh, yes, today is Valentine's Day!" Xiao Yao then remembered: "Yu Luying, happy Valentine's Day!"

"Happy." Yu Luying said indifferently without looking back.

"Sometimes I really think," Daiyu calmed down his emotions a little, "it's not a bad thing to let some people repent. For someone like Shen Hongsheng, it's not unfair even if he is disabled--"

"Indeed," Xiao Yao still had doubts in his heart, but he didn't want to refute it, so he continued with Daiyu's words: "Some people have been like this since they were young, such as the children of my grandmother's relatives, who have been looking at me with contempt since they were young. Man is evil by nature--" After saying these words, he got back to the point: "However, we must not destroy Shen Hongsheng, otherwise Tianyun will be angry with me."

"I know, Brother Xiao," Daiyu said, "Just put your mind at ease. I know what's going on."

"I don't think this is a good idea," Yu Luying turned around again, "but no matter what choice Xiao Yao makes, I will stand by his side."

"Yingying..." Xiao Yao said with emotion.

The car stopped at a business district three kilometers away from Xijiao Garden. As soon as everyone got off the car, they saw a little girl selling flowers on the roadside.

Xiao Yao felt that the little girl looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her.

"Give me ten or twelve roses." Xiao Yao reached for his wallet.

"Save some money," Yu Luying said, "Just one, and be single-minded."

Xiao Yao scratched his head, Daiyu opened his mouth to complain, and Yu Luying herself seemed to feel that something was wrong.

"Uh... two." Yu Luying said to the little girl, then turned to Xiao Yao and said, "If you have a chance later, give her one too."

Xiao Yao was very embarrassed. He felt that he couldn't accept or reject this situation.

A group of five people entered the clothing store they visited last time. Xiao Yao and Yu Luying each held a rose in their hands, and two men and one woman squeezed into the fitting room.

When the shop assistants saw this, they looked at each other with indescribable expressions on their faces. They were about to step forward to stop them, but the two bodyguards stopped them, handed over a few red bills, and stood guard at the door of the locker room, one on the left and one on the right.

Xiao Yao took a deep breath, and stretched out his right hand towards the mirror in the dressing room. (End of this chapter)