You are my wife, don't doubt it!

High schools in Shanghai usually finish school early on Fridays, and No. 7 Girls' High School is no exception.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was just shining into the classroom, the door of the girls' school slowly opened. Then, a group of young girls came out in twos and threes, chattering. For a moment, the crowd was noisy, like 50,000 ducks.

Although the city's No. 7 Girls' High School is home to many wealthy and powerful people, there are also middle-class people who want their children to succeed. At this moment, in addition to the cars that started to park at a farther distance, there were also parents who came to pick up their children from school.

Not only parents came to greet them, but also some young boys. Those who were not old enough to get a driver's license rode various two-wheeled vehicles to wait, and the word "handsome" was written on their youthful faces.

"Jie'er, that guy is staring at you." Shen Jie was poked by her deskmate.

Shen Jie looked in the direction her deskmate was looking and saw a tall boy standing there.

The man was wearing a white suit, a white shirt, a white tie, and white leather shoes. Under the sunlight, even his skin looked so white that it was a little hazy.

He put one hand in his pocket, his eyes sharp, as if examining each of the students who came out.

"It's not necessarily for me, right?" Shen Jie used her height "advantage" to hide her face with the help of her deskmate.

However, the young man in white had stopped searching. He stared at Shen Jie and began to approach slowly.

"He's quite handsome, but his taste in clothes is a little... unique. Is it because the person who ordered the song for you today is here to show his true colors? You're so dazzling, like a firefly in the dark. I can't hide you even if I want to."

Indeed, although he was dressed strangely, he had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and a righteous face.

In that case, why not talk things over with him clearly?

Shen Jie thought so and seeing that she couldn't escape, she simply turned around from behind her deskmate.

"Uh, are you Shen Jie?"

A somewhat timid voice came from behind Shen Jie, very close.

Shen Jie turned around and saw a slovenly young man.

He was wearing the summer sports uniform of some unknown middle school, a pair of cheap sneakers, and a pair of old-fashioned black-framed square glasses. No wonder no one noticed him.

He was not short, with long arms and legs. The boy took off his glasses and wiped his eyes. His eyes were still big and bright. He put his glasses back on, holding the shoulder strap of his schoolbag with one hand and nervously pushing his hair aside with the other hand. His forehead was already covered with fine beads of sweat.

Shen Jie was stunned for a moment, and looked back in the direction of the young man in white, only to find that the man had disappeared at some point.

She ignored her desk mate's pulling and walked towards Xiao Yao.

"Classmate, are you looking for me?" Shen Jie spoke gently.

Xiao Yao nodded.

Fortunately, she didn't look as shabby as I had imagined, and overall, she was still pretty - but that was all.

"Xiaoying, why don't you go first?"

Xiaoying, a classmate at the same table, looked Xiao Yao up and down with distrust: "Is it really okay? How about I go with you?"

"No need," Shen Jie lifted the backpack strap on her shoulder and shook her head gently at Xiao Yao: "Let's go?"

Xiao Yao was startled: "Ah, go? Where to?"

"We can't just stand here and talk, right?" Shen Jie's lips curved into a smile.

--split line--

In this year's Shanghai, milk tea shops were not as ubiquitous as they would be a decade later, but there was one across the street from the No. 7 Girls' High School. The plaque simply read "Pearl Milk Tea" and the place was small, with only two or three small round tables.

The students of No. 7 Middle School generally have strong purchasing power, so this place is quite popular. The auntie running the milk tea shop has made a lot of money in the past year.

At this time, there were two students sitting at the table near the counter in the store, one was a girl whose temperament was out of tune with the environment, and the other was a boy whose temperament was out of tune with the environment.

"Xiao Yao? What's his relationship with Li Xiaoyao?" Shen Jie ordered a cup of honey grapefruit tea for herself with ease.

"No, it doesn't matter."

Shen Jie pushed the menu in front of Xiao Yao.

"I, I don't want to drink." Xiao Yao glanced at the numbers on the menu and licked his cracked lips: "I'm not thirsty."

"Please have another cup of bubble milk tea, for us to share." Shen Jie waved to the clerk and casually took out a hundred-dollar bill from her bag and handed it over.

"Don't..." Xiao Yao stretched out his hand and tried to refuse.

"I don't have much time," she glanced at the watch on her wrist and gave an apologetic smile, "because I have an appointment with the instructor at the dojo."

"Shen Jie, I..."

"How do you know me?"

"..."

"It's okay if you don't want to say it," Shen Jie said gently with her eyes rolling, "Thank you for liking me, but you are not my type, so please don't waste your time on me in the future. I'm sorry."

The other person's face turned pale.

"You are a very cute boy. There must be a girl who is more suitable for you than me." Shen Jie continued to speak politely.

"No," Xiao Yao clenched his fists: "This is too outrageous."

"Hmm?" Shen Jie raised her eyebrows. Is he going to take action?

"Why don't you play by the rules?" Xiao Yao was silent for a few seconds, as if he was trying to control his temper, and changed his tone to a more gentle one: "I haven't even confessed my feelings yet, how can you reject me?"

"Thank you." Shen Jie bowed slightly to the waiter and took her honey grapefruit tea.

"The first time we met, you didn't even know me yet, but you rashly rejected me and said that I wasn't your type. Aren't you a little proud?" Xiao Yao said seriously.

Proud, me? Shen Jie took a sip of the drink in her hand, revealing a somewhat confused expression.

"Appeal to each other is important, there's nothing wrong with that, right?" Shen Jie replied tactfully.

"No, character and inner qualities are the most important," Xiao Yao insisted, "Giving others more opportunities is giving yourself opportunities. Don't close the door in a hurry. Between people..."

Shen Jie was a little surprised - the number of boys who pursued her and confessed to her was so great that she couldn't count them with both hands, and most of them were trying to please her in every way possible.

After being rejected, some people gave up, while others were confused. However, she had never seen anyone like this, righteously accusing others and lecturing them like an elder.

Besides feeling the novelty, Shen Jie didn't know whether to be annoyed or amused.

"Then you," Shen Jie deliberately lowered her lips and made her eyes sharper: "You don't understand me either, right? Just like you said, we don't know each other, what do you like about me? Isn't it my appearance?

"I don't even know you, but you keep calling me, and even calling my home? It's okay to send me letters, but you even ordered songs for me at school today? Do you know that I've become the talk of the town again today? Also, you were the one who secretly followed me after school a few times before, right? Have you ever thought that this might cause trouble to girls? There's a fine line between pursuit and harassment sometimes?"

Shen Jie spoke very quickly. Xiao Yao tried to interrupt her several times but failed.

"Who called you? Who ordered a song for you?" Xiao Yao finally interrupted: "I don't even have your phone number, how can I call you?"

"Ah?" Shen Jie looked at Xiao Yao, who looked puzzled, and didn't react for a moment: "You are not..."

After clarifying the misunderstanding, Shen Jie covered her mouth with one hand, her stomach with the other, pounded the table with her little fist, and started laughing.

She has had this problem since she was a child. Once she hits the funny spot, she can't stop.

"Is it that funny..." Xiao Yao looked at himself helplessly.

“Yes, I’m sorry, haha…I…hahaha…I didn’t mean it…haha…” Shen Jie lowered her head under the table, trying hard to control herself.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry." Finally, Shen Jie controlled herself: "I'm really sorry."

She stood up and bowed deeply 90 degrees to Xiao Yao, with her two ponytails hanging straight down.

Xiao Yao also stood up quickly: "No, no, no..."

"But," Shen Jie did not sit down, and explained sincerely: "Because of my family reasons, I really don't plan to fall in love. This is not an excuse."

"Leave me your contact information and we can be friends, right?" The other party still didn't give up.

Shen Jie held her forehead with her hand: "Then tell me, why do you want to be friends with me, and how did you find me?"

Strangely enough, when Xiao Yao approached her, he asked, "Are you Shen Jie?" This meant that he had never seen her before, but she had just overlooked this point.

The boy across the table hesitated for a moment and said, "I can't tell you the reason, or you'll think I'm crazy or that I'm making fun of you."

Shen Jie's curiosity was aroused: "I promise I won't."

"Impossible." Xiao Yao shook his head.

"You decide whether to tell me or not. If you do, I'll give you my contact information. If you don't, I'll leave." Shen Jie teased him with a smile.

"...You, ah, okay." Xiao Yao looked like he had no idea what to do with her: "You can not believe me, but you are not allowed to be angry."

"Okay." Shen Jie agreed readily and sat down again.

"I don't know if your school has this legend, saying that during a thunderstorm, staring into a mirror at three o'clock in the morning..."

Xiao Yao talked about the thunderstorm and the mirror in the early morning, and how he met a girl named Shen Tianyun and finally found this place. The story was told vividly and vividly, and for a moment, Shen Jie almost believed it.

"So, here I am." Xiao Yao looked at Shen Jie anxiously.

Shen Jie held her chin with one hand, looking thoughtful, without saying a word.

Shen Tianyun, how did this man know this name?

When she was very young, Shen Jie did give this name to the doll that played the role of her daughter when she was playing house. Later, when she was older, she knew that most children should take their father's surname, but she still liked the name "Tianyun".

But, how did he know about this? Even I can't necessarily contact those childhood playmates...

Obviously, this boy took great pains to secretly collect a lot of background information about himself, and then adopted this seemingly off-line but novel way of confession.

If she were an ordinary girl, she might be wary and afraid of this.

But she is Shen Jie.

He made up such an absurd story and told it so seriously without blushing or getting nervous. I have to say it is quite creative.

Well done man, you managed to get my attention.

"I know this sounds hard to believe," Xiao Yao said, "but——"

Shen Jie made a "STOP" gesture and glanced at the gradually darkening sky outside: "I really have to go to the dojo."

This is the truth. I have been dragged away and haven't had dinner yet.

"Oh... yeah." Xiao Yao said.

"Hand." Shen Jie spread out one palm.

"Ah? Oh." Xiao Yao stretched out his hand in confusion.

Shen Jie took out a pen from the side pocket of her schoolbag, took Xiao Yao's hand, and wrote down eight digits on it.

"Here's my QQ number, let's contact each other next time?" Shen Jie said.

"Can you give me your mobile number?" The other party was still pushing: "I don't have a computer at home, so it's inconvenient to log in to QQ."

"Don't you have a mobile QQ?" Shen Jie regretted it as soon as she finished speaking. Looking at the Lenovo flip phone that Xiao Yao placed on the table, it probably didn't have the 2G Internet function.

"No."

Shen Jie's mouth curled up again. She shook her index finger and said, "Go ask my daughter for her cell phone number, if she really has one."

"Can--"

"Let's go, Brother Xiaoyao." Shen Jie said mischievously, picked up her schoolbag, took light steps, and walked away without looking back.

The setting sun is about to completely sink into this steel forest full of desires, and the last ray of afterglow is about to disappear.

I actually sat with that guy for so long, Shen Jie thought.

Shen Tianyun...?

She silently repeated this familiar yet unfamiliar name in her heart, and ancient dusty memories surged into her mind like a tide.

Chapter 5: Alley Princess

On the way home, Xiao Yao felt in a good mood.

The following words emerged in his mind:

You have unlocked Shen Jie's reputation.

Your reputation with Shen Jie has increased by 3000 points.

Your reputation with Shen Jie has reached Friendly.

Don't get me wrong, it's not that he has awakened any system, it's just that he played too many games.

Having said that, actually being able to talk to Shen Jie today was not originally part of the plan.

He recognized Shen Jie at first sight. First, she looked too much like Shen Tianyun - well, there seemed to be something wrong with saying that; second, before coming here, he had already searched the keywords "City No. 7 Girls' High School + Shen Jie" in Canhua Internet Cafe.