Xiao Yao and Yu Luying held hands and climbed the river embankment and walked towards Yu Luying's house together.

said that he was holding hands, but in fact, Xiao Yao was holding Yu Luying unilaterally, and Yu Luying was somewhat absent-minded.

The night breeze was blowing on their faces, and it was just the last rays of the sun that had faded, and the path was lined with low buildings, mostly old houses or small shops, which stood quietly in the night.

The light was sparse, and the faint glow from the street lamps illuminated the road ahead, but a few hundred meters away, there was still a mysterious darkness.

The night breeze flows slowly through the alleys with a slightly cool scent. The branches and leaves of the trees swayed softly, making a faint rustling sound. From time to time, there was a small sound on the wall beside him, like a small creature moving stealthily at night.

The pavement is paved with uneven stone slabs, and in some places there are some crevices and water stains. Against the backdrop of the night, a faint light shimmered on the stone slabs.

In such a quiet environment, you can see the splendor of the Pearl of the Orient when you look up. In the distance, the glass curtain walls of high-rise buildings reflect the light of the stars, like countless glittering gems dotted in the night.

Being in the low, dilapidated "slums" surrounded by these high-rise buildings made Xiao Yao feel a sense of ...... What's that called? Magical realism? Cyberpunk? taste.

Friends, welcome to the Demon City that never sleeps.

"Well, you haven't told me what the results of your investigation in the western suburbs were today?" Xiao Yao cleared his throat and was the first to break the silence.

"You finally remember to ask." Yu Luying said faintly.

"No," Xiao Yao hurriedly said, "Isn't this something that has been talking about Shen Jie's memories before?" ”

"......" Yu Luying was silent.

Xiao Yao looked at her and thought that things were not going well: "By the way, when you came to me in the afternoon, you looked angry, was it because I said I didn't want to come out?" ”

"You're really an afterthought," Yu Luying glanced at Xiao Yao: "However, I finally thought of it, and it was better than not thinking about it." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Xiao Yao asked Yu Luying: "Whoever dares to bully you, I will go and kill him." ”

"It's not a big deal to bully," Yu Luying said lightly: "It's not a big deal, just a little angry at the time, and thinking about it later, it's not a big deal." ”

"Say, don't sell it." Xiao Yao poked Yu Luying's waist: "Master is in charge of you." ”

Yu Luying shrank swiftly and dodged Xiao Yao's fingertips: "Let me tell you directly, the place in the Western Suburbs Garden is basically impossible to get into." ”

"Oh? Western Suburbs Garden? Xiao Yao asked.

"The name of that community is Xijiao Garden," Yu Luying told Xiao Yao: "I turned around many times, and there was a main gate, a side gate, a special vehicle exit, and an iron gate that I don't know if the entrance and exit were closed." The three passable entrances and exits are guarded by gatekeepers, and they have to ask whoever enters. ”

"Oooh." Xiao Yao nodded and motioned for Yu Luying to continue.

"There is no gap in the wall or a relatively low place, there are three wires on the wall, and a warning sign is painted with a lightning bolt that says high voltage, and you will bear the consequences."

"Tsk," Xiao Yao said, "maybe there is no high-voltage electricity, it's just to scare people." ”

"That makes sense," Yu Luying said lightly, "I'll go again tomorrow and take a metal stick and take a look." ”

"Don't make a fuss." Xiao Yao smiled bitterly.

"The people who went in that neighborhood looked like they were all rich," Ms. Yu continued, "and there were some obviously crooked nuts." I tried to sneak in through the main entrance, but the security guard stopped me and asked me what I was doing, and when I mentioned that I was a guest at a friend's house, he asked me what number I was - it was all single-family houses, and I had to call to confirm. ”

Xiao Yao nodded and said, "It can be imagined, that's why Liang Yanan said that without her help, I wouldn't be able to get in if I got the address." ”

"At first, I thought there was no security guard, and I needed to swipe the access card to open the door, and I waited there for a long time before someone came, and then I followed the person in—" Yu Luying said.

"And then? Does that man care about you? Xiao Yao asked.

"Not really, but a security guard rushed out of the stab and asked if I was with him." Yu Luying said: "I just saw that there is also a guard box at the side gate, and two security guards are stationed. ”

"Needless to say," Xiao Yao said, "the door that only lets you go out and doesn't let you in is even more hopeless." ”

"Hmm." Yu Luying nodded.

"Is there a way to get close to those security guards, or buy them packs of cigarettes...... Xiao Yao thought: "That Uncle Qin in our school's communication room, I used to want to skip class and go online, so I bought him a pack of cigarettes, and he let me out." ”

Yu Luying frowned and did not speak.

"Of course you've tried, it doesn't work, does it?" Xiao Yao replied to himself.

"Xiao Yao, look at me." Yu Luying suddenly took three steps and made two steps, walked forward, came to two or three meters in front of Xiao Yao, stopped, turned around, opened her arms under the street lamp, and turned around 360 degrees: "Look at me." ”

"What's wrong? It's beautiful. Xiao Yao said.

Yu Luying turned around in the opposite direction again.

The girl was dressed today as yesterday as she was yesterday, wearing a dark sailor's blouse and a pleated skirt, and she was barefoot in a pair of extraordinarily large slippers. She stands under the yellow halo of streetlights, which are dim and soft, outlining the street and giving it a warm and serene feel.

"Don't I look like a middle school student?" Yu Luying asked thoughtlessly.

"Like, not like a middle school student, is it like an elementary school student?" Xiao Yao asked inexplicably.

"No, I mean," Yu Luying asked with an uncomfortable expression, "Don't I look like a woman from a good family—a girl from a good family?" ”

"Why doesn't it look like that? Who would dare to say not? Xiao Yao shouted: "What do you mean by likeness? It would have been. ”

"Is it because," Yu Luying raised her right hand and rubbed her pointed chin: "I've done too many bad things with you recently, and I've been stained with some inconsistencies?" ”

"Why did you start again," Xiao Yao frowned a little impatiently at first, then put on a smiling face, and said lightly: "Do you know, the kind of skirt you wear is called 'bad'." ”

"What," Yu Luying pursed her lips and said dissatisfiedly, "Isn't this called 'Honor Student'?" ”

"No," Xiao Yao told Yu Luying: "In Neon, the length of the 'honor student' is close to the knee, and you cover most of your calves, all of which are worn by the sister, and when the skirt is lifted, the firewood knife is taken out from the inside." ”

"What a pervert the devil is!" Yu Luying said angrily: "Is it better to have a short skirt than a long skirt?" ”

"That's right, they're so perverted," Xiao Yao found that the shift was successful, and continued to be indignant: "I force female students to wear short skirts all year round, and when they get old, they all have cold legs!" If you don't wear them, or wear warm socks, they say you're not social, and then isolate you and bully you......"

Yu Luying's thoughts had already drifted to other places, and she muttered to herself, "Is it really the reason for the skirt?" ”

"No, what the hell is going on, all of a sudden." Xiao Yao said.

Yu Luying didn't answer, just turned around and continued to walk forward: "Big rabbit paper." ”

"Hey." Xiao Yao took two steps to follow, and walked side by side with the girl.

"You two...... Since it's all so good," Yu Luying said softly: "At the age of twenty-two, I can't wait to get married...... Then I don't need to be caught in it anymore? ”

Xiao Yao's eyes were dark, after such an old day, he thought it was okay, and the last time to come came.

The young man turned sideways, slammed the girl against the wall on the side of the street with both hands, looked directly into the other party's eyes, and said sincerely: "Don't do this. ”

"What are you nervous about?" Yu Luying leaned against the wall quietly, not moving: "I didn't say that I want to share it with you now, right?" It's just that...... You know very well in your heart that you must say goodbye to you for a thousand miles, and I can't always be with you. ”

"Why can't it be ......?" Xiao Yao blurted out.

"......" Yu Luying didn't answer the question, just stared at the young man's eyes quietly.

"......" Xiao Yao himself was silent.

"So, what day should I stay with you?" The girl asked him quietly.

"We said okay, we want to be good friends for life, special friends...... On the way to Zhouzhuang, I said yes. The boy's tone seemed to be talking to himself.

"I haven't forgotten," Yu Luying told Xiao Yao, "but that's not what it means to be a lover for life." ”

"I know......" Xiao Yao complained: "I hate it, it's because I know that you will be like this, I don't dare to tell you about it, but I leaked my mouth today." ”

“……”

“……”

"Yu Luying, I like you too."

“……”

This is inexplicably very spiritual, Yu Luying thought.

"Big rabbit paper, you know what?" Yu Luying said softly: "What Shen Jie told me at the beginning was that because she was going to Midi for eight years, she entrusted me to help take care of you because she was afraid that you would not be able to take care of yourself in China. ”

"What the hell." Xiao Yao said.

"Looks like she finally changed her mind, right?" Yu Luying said softly.

Xiao Yao: "......"

"Let's go," Yu Luying gently pushed Xiao Yao's chest away: "We still have some way to go." ”

"Hmm." Xiao Yao heard the pun in her words, and had to nod in response.

The two continued to walk towards Yu Luying's home.

……

"Xiao Yao." Yu Luying broke the silence and called again.

"Hey, I'm here." Xiao Yao responded obediently.

"I always feel that since ...... After going to Dongru with you, including coming back now, I've become a bad girl. ”

"Why did you start again," Xiao Yao told Yu Luying: "You just have too much baggage, and you have to ...... ...... again"

"You have to be this and keep the archway chaste, right?" There was a hint of anger in Yu Luying's calm tone.

"That's not what I meant."

Well, that's what he seems to mean.

"Actually, these days, I've been thinking about what Father Li said to me, and I feel more and more that what he said makes sense," Yu Luying said quietly, "Maybe that's what God told me through his mouth, right?" ”

"Father Lee? Which Father Lee? Xiao Yao was shocked and said, "Fang Bing, that? What did he tell you? He just saw the two of us, what nonsense? ”

"I won't tell you." Yu Luying said in a pretended playful tone, and then jumped a few steps briskly: "I'm home, I'm up, thank you for sending me." ”

"What the hell?" Xiao Yao asked, "What did he tell you?" ”

"Xiao Yao, I'm going up." Yu Luying said to Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao knew that it was useless to force her at this time to force her what she didn't want to say, so he hooked her waist and leaned her head over.

Fortunately, the girl responded to him gently.

The young man reached out and pinched the back of the girl's fat hand: "Okay, huh?" ”

"Hmm." Yu Luying nodded slightly reluctantly.

"So, I'm leaving? See you tomorrow? Xiao Yao turned around and took a step.

"You talked to Shen Jie all afternoon," Yu Luying asked him, "Did you help me ask me about it?" ”

Xiao Yao almost blurted out "something", and then said, "Asked." ”

Ask the hell, how can there be an entry point for this topic.

"What did she say?" Yu Luying's expression was a little nervous and a little expectant: "What am I doing in the future?" ”

"She said she didn't know you very well," Xiao Yao opened his mouth and came, "but promised to help me inquire." ”

Yu Luying nodded: "I know." ”

Xiao Yao secretly made up his mind that he would ask Shen Jie how Yu Luying was doing later in the evening.

But don't you marry someone else?

Although it is very selfish to think like this, when he thinks of Yu Luying's "assumptions" with others in the future, Xiao Yao feels that his heart is like a knife and he can't accept it.

With this cranky thought along the way, Xiao Yao returned home and walked through the large floor-to-ceiling mirror.

The table was full of high-end takeaways, and his wife and daughter were sitting at the dinner table without moving their chopsticks.

Seeing that Xiao Yao was finally back, Shen Jie complained and counted the frustrations on her face, and then asked Xiao Yao where he had gone.

Xiao Yao responded vaguely, and Shen Jie saw that he didn't want to say more, so she didn't ask any more, but Shen Tianyun's face showed ...... Crooked mouth? Contempt? The look.

"Did you find the marriage license?" Xiao Yao asked Shen Jie.

"Found it," Shen Jie took out the red book and showed it to Xiao Yao: "I put it in the safe, absolutely no one can do anything, and the date and photos in it have also changed - now I believe it completely." ”

"That's it." Xiao Yao said.

There were three red wine glasses on the table, and two candles were lit, and Shen Jie had already changed out of her daytime clothes and pajamas.

This champagne-colored pajamas exudes a breathtakingly gorgeous and ...... Beautiful? It is made of high-quality silk fabric, which is soft and smooth, giving it a coquettish touch. The pajamas are meticulously designed with delicate lace and embroidery in the details, making them feel like a work of art.

Shen Jie's pajama style not only shows her nobility and elegance, but also reveals a touch of sexiness. The neckline of her pajamas was wide open, revealing her collarbones and silky skin, as well as a small half-bulbous ...... Well, Xiao Yao has to admit that this dress is very good-looking. Lace trims adorn the sleeves and skirt, adding a touch of romance and femininity to her face.

Paradoxically, she actually wore a pair of gray pantyhose under her nightdress (Xiao Yao thought it should be), and this delicate stocking added a soft sheen to her legs. Pantyhose clinging to her skin, showing off her ...... It is a slender and attractive leg curve. The gray tone complements the champagne-colored pajamas, adding layers and fashion to the overall look.

…… That's weird! Who will wear stockings at home in the summer, or with pajamas! Auntie, what do you want to do? Or is this the new fashion for 2034? It's impossible to think about it!

Xiao Yao noticed that Shen Jie even retouched her makeup - her makeup was delicate and elegant, and her lip gloss was applied just right, exuding a sexy and confident charm. Her eye makeup is also carefully crafted, and the color of the eyeshadow outlines her bright and energetic eyes, and the lashes are thick and curled, giving a misty glow. Her skin is smooth and delicate, showing her meticulous care for her skincare and the importance she takes on her image.

Appearing in such a well-groomed state at home, Shen Jie's appearance brought Xiao Yao a deep sense of unease.

He felt that the other party was not good.

(End of chapter)