"By the way, Auntie, do you know my father?"
Sakura's innocent voice is heard after Sonomi finishes talking about Nadeshiko.
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"So...what kind of person is my father?"
Yuan Mei was slightly startled when she heard this.
Xiaoying continued, "My father often talks about my mother, but rarely talks about himself. Besides, my father said that he has no relatives left. I don't know any of my mother's relatives, so... so..."
As she spoke, Sakura showed an expectant look. Her father seldom talked about his past, so Sakura really wanted to know what kind of person her father was in the eyes of others.
Seeing Sakura's expectant look, Yuan Mei picked up the teacup and took a sip, then turned her head slightly and said, "Your father is a very annoying person."
"Huh?"
"He's handsome, gentle, and can cook. He's good at everything. For people who like Nadeshiko, he's a very annoying person."
"Because the more I try to find his flaws, the harder it is to find. He is almost a perfect man..."
After saying that, Yuan Mei retracted her gaze from the distance, winked gently at Xiaoying, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Is this the kind of person? You can't say it was me who said it."
Listening to Sonomi's words of dislike, but with compliments between the lines, Sakura's eyes lit up and the smile on her lips became even brighter.
"good!"
Seeing that Yuanmei and Sakura were having a great conversation, Xia Yu did not join in. Like Tomoyo, he just quietly listened.
Time passed slowly until a maid suddenly came over with a phone.
"It's from the head office's secretarial office." The maid said as she handed the phone to Yuan Mei.
"Oh, that's annoying. We haven't even talked for long."
Although she complained, Yuan Mei still took the phone and put it to her ear: "It's me... it's..."
After a few seconds, Yuan Mei hung up the phone with a frown on her face. She put her hands together and apologized to the kids, "I'm sorry, there's an urgent issue at the company. I may have to talk on the phone for a long time..."
Hearing this, Zhishi stood up sensibly and said, "Then let's go to the room and play first."
Sakura nodded and stood up, "Well, thank you for the cake, Auntie."
Xia Yu also picked up a plate of uneaten cake and bowed slightly, saying, "Thank you for your hospitality."
After that, the three of them walked towards the room together. Yuanmei looked at the three people leaving, especially Sakura, and couldn't help feeling a little sad. She still wanted to continue chatting.
"Xiaoying, please stay for dinner. By all means, we have a plan!"
Facing Sonomi's enthusiasm, Sakura smiled sweetly: "Okay!"
On the way back to the room, Sakura recalled the enthusiastic Sonomi and couldn't help but say, "Tomoyo, your mother is so nice."
"Thank you, my mother will be very happy." Zhishi replied with a smile, and suddenly looked at Xia Yu: "I'm sorry, Xia, you are also a guest, but my mother..."
"Ah?" Hearing Chiyo suddenly apologize to him, Xia Yu quickly waved his hands and said, "It's okay, I don't mind. Besides, Sakura is a popular pet. It would be strange if anyone didn't like Sakura at first sight."
Sakura, who was about to apologize, couldn't help but blush when she heard this.
Really, classmate Xia always likes to say things like, she liked me at first sight or something...but classmate Li is obviously cold.
Upon hearing this, Zhishi covered his mouth and smiled faintly, without saying anything else. Not long after, they arrived at the door of Zhishi's bedroom.
After pushing the door open, before they walked in, suddenly a small yellow figure with bared teeth rushed in front of them in the blink of an eye.
"cake!!"
"ah?!"
Xiaoke's sudden appearance scared Sakura. After scaring Sakura, Xiaoke was still not satisfied and floated in front of Sakura with a resentful look on his face.
"You excluded me and I'm the only one who can't eat the cake. I'm so sad!"
Because the window of Tomoyo's bedroom could see the water garden, not only could Kero not eat the cake, but he also had to watch Sakura and the others eat the cake, and he could only swallow his saliva silently in the bedroom.
"Xiaoying, you look like the cake tastes delicious. I've been watching you two in this room. It's so pitiful."
"Sorry, Xiaoke..."
Sakura hurriedly smiled, but Xiaoke's face looked even more resentful, because Sakura didn't even bring any cake for him. He thought Sakura would think of him while eating the cake.
Woo woo woo, it’s going to carve the word “miserable” on the table!
"Eh? No one wants to eat cake? Then I'll take the remaining cake."
Xia Yu, who was a step behind, walked in, holding a plate with a piece of cut cake on it.
Xiao Ke's eyes lit up when he smelled the aroma of the cake. He flew to the cake in a flash and said impatiently, "Me, me, me! I want to eat cake. Someone wants to eat it. I want to eat it!"
Seeing Xiaoke's impatient look, Sakura, who was originally smiling along, burst out laughing, and Tomoyo beside her also smiled.
Xiaoke took the cake from Xia Yu's hand, hurriedly flew back to the coffee table, then hurriedly cut off a piece with a fork and put it into his mouth.
After savoring the cake in his mouth, Xiao Ke sighed with satisfaction and said, "Really? This room smells like the scent of Clow Cards. I'm so lonely here alone. Fortunately, there is cake to soothe my lonely soul."
"Clow Cards?"
Sakura asked curiously, and Tomoyo nodded as if she understood: "It's true, you are worthy of being Xiaoke."
"Huh?"
Sakura looked over in surprise. She first looked at Tomoyo, then at Xia Yu, and found that neither of them looked surprised. Could it be that she was the only one who didn't know what had happened?
“That’s actually what’s bothering me.”
As Chise spoke, she walked towards the closet and took out a square storage box from the closet.
After putting the storage box on the coffee table, Zhishi said with a little worry: "This box suddenly can't be opened. Although I have the key, you see..."
As he spoke, Tomoyo pointed the key in his hand at the keyhole of the box, but just as he was about to insert it, an invisible force suddenly appeared and directly bounced the key out.
The key also spun several times in the air, but before it fell to the ground, Xia Yu reached out and caught it.
"It's definitely the Clow Cards' fault." Xiao Ke flew to the box and said confidently, "There's a hint of Clow Cards coming from this box, but I'm not sure what kind of cards they are."
Zhishi took the key from Xia Yu and said again: "I originally wanted to open this box that my mother hadn't opened for a long time, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this. I guess it must be the Clow Cards that are causing trouble, so I asked you to take a look."
After finishing speaking, Chiyo picked up the small box again and said, "There are very important things in it for me and my mother. Since the box just can't be opened, it's not considered lost, but the things in it are very important. I am a little worried that it can't be opened."
"Wow, so you just can't open the box? Then Zhishi, you finally found the right person."
After Zhishi finished speaking, Xia Yu suddenly took out a magic wand from his back and waved it: "There is no lock that I can't open. Since it can lock the box, it should be the lock card."
"Lock card?" Xiao Ke touched his chin and thought for a while: "It's not impossible, but the lock card is actually called an ingot card."
"It doesn't matter if it's an ingot or a lock. As long as it's a lock, it can be opened."
Xia Yu confidently pointed his magic wand at the small box: "Alaho, open the hole!"
The wand flashed, and the box was…unopened.
Looking at the small box that was still tightly closed, Xia Yu's confident smile froze , and he couldn't help but knock on the box with his magic wand: "Stupid lock, you dare to resist my magic, accept the reality! Open it up!"
“…”
"Hahaha, you little brat, your magic is sometimes useless." Seeing that the box had no reaction, Xiao Ke laughed mercilessly.
Hearing Xiaoke's ridicule, Xia Yu flicked Xiaoke away with one finger, then he realized what was going on.
"Tsk, I forgot. Alaho can only open locked locks that are not protected by magic. This lock is protected by magic."
At this point, Xia Yu changed another spell, tapped the box with his wand and said, "Open the box!"
“…”
"Open the box!!"
“This…this isn’t right?”
Seeing that there was still no reaction to the box, Xia Yu couldn't help but doubt his life. If "Alaho Open" couldn't open the lock protected by magic, then "opening the box" would be different.
"Box Opening" is a spell for opening a chest, box, or other storage container, which is obviously very suitable for the situation at hand.
Seeing Xia Yu's confused look, Xiaoying suddenly guessed: "Well... is there a possibility? I mean maybe, the lock on the box is not the card?"
"Huh?" ×2
Xia Yu and Xiao Ke turned their heads at the same time and looked at Xiaoying in confusion.
Being stared at like this, Sakura scratched her head and said a little embarrassedly: "Since there are so many Clow Cards, are there some Clow Cards with overlapping functions? Locking the box does not necessarily mean locking the card."
“Yes!”
Xiao Ke clap his fist, suddenly realizing, "Xiaoying, you're right. The ingot may not be the one that locks the box!"
After saying that, Xiao Ke glared at Xia Yu and said, "It's all because of this brat that disrupted my train of thought. I also thought it was a brand."
Xia Yu: (〝▼皿▼)
I play!
"Hey, what are you doing!"
He was flicked on the forehead again, in the same spot. Xiaoke rubbed his big head and glared at Xia Yu fiercely.
"snort!"
Xia Yu turned his head away, too lazy to look at Xiao Ke. The box was locked and couldn't be opened. Most people would think of the lock tag first.
"Damn brat!!"
Xiaoke was so angry that her teeth itched and she gritted them, wishing she could rush up and bite Xia Yu right now.
"Alright, alright, let's first see what the Clow Cards are."
Sakura hurriedly tried to smooth things over and took out her key necklace to unlock it and turn it into a magic wand.
“Hmm…”
Although she said this, Sakura still had no idea. After staring at the box for a while, Sakura tentatively pointed her wand at the box.
However, at this moment, a spherical translucent black barrier suddenly appeared on the small box, directly bouncing Sakura's wand away.
"Huh?"
Seeing this scene, Sakura and Xiao Ke were a little surprised. Sakura tried the magic wand again, and the translucent barrier appeared again .
"I see!"
Xiao Ke waved his arms excitedly: "This is a shield! Didn't something like a protective shield appear just now? That's the defense of the shield."
Hearing this, Chiyo, who was holding a camera nearby, said in confusion: "I didn't see anything."
"That's because you don't have any magic power. Only people with magic power can see it." Xiao Ke floated in front of the camera and explained.
Xia Yu: “…”
No wonder he didn’t see anything just now. He was still wondering why Sakura and Kero suddenly looked surprised. It turned out that they saw something that he and Tomoyo couldn’t see.
"Then why does the shield lock the box?"
Hearing Tomoyo's question, Xiao Ke pointed to the box and explained: "The shield is a card that protects important things. It has the characteristics of protecting important items. The things in this box must be very important."
After listening to Xiao Ke's explanation, Xiao Ying asked: "How can we restore the shield to its original state?"
"It's very simple." Xiao Ke suddenly looked at Xia Yu again, curled his lips in dissatisfaction and said: "Since it is a shield, it is naturally broken by the sword. As long as the shield is cut, it will return to its original shape, and then we can take this opportunity to seal it."
"How annoying! Looking at the situation, the shield will belong to the brat again."
The last time Xia Yu came to Xiaoying with the brooch to seal it, Xiaoke already knew that Xia Yu had found the sword card.
And the sword shield can break the shield, so the shield naturally belongs to Xia Yu.
"Hahahaha, I knew that in the end it would still be up to me to solve this problem." Xia Yu had no intention of being humble at all. He just put his hands on his hips and laughed triumphantly.
“I kick!”
Seeing Xia Yu's smug look, Xiao Ke kicked Xia Yu in the face.
I promised not to bite this brat, so kicking this brat won't be considered breaking my promise.
But before Xiao Ke could kick him, he was suddenly slapped away by a card. Xia Yu proudly raised the sword card in his hand: "Ha~ You want to sneak attack me? Do you think I didn't notice you?"
“Damn it!!”
Xiao Ke was furious and wanted to hit Xia Yu again, but before it could get close, it was grabbed by Xiao Ying.
"Alright, alright, don't be angry, sealing the Clow Cards is more important." Sakura comforted Xiao Ke and turned to Xia Yu and said, "Thank you for your help, Xia Yu."
"Okay."
Xia Yu made an OK gesture, held the sword card in both hands and raised it high, and the sword card, which was originally a paper card, was transformed into a Western sword under the flow of light.
"Sure Victory - Ascend Dragon Sword!"
After reading out the name of the extremely powerful skill, Xia Yu swung his sword fiercely.
Of course, his sword is certainly not as good as the real Denglong Sword, but a stream of sword energy was still cut out.
A light blue sword energy flashed in the air and directly cut through the translucent black barrier. However, this was from the perspective of Sakura and Xiaoke, and Xia Yu could only feel that he seemed to have cut something.
As the barrier split into two, the originally invisible protective shield suddenly turned into green airflow, and those airflows quickly gathered in mid-air and turned into another appearance.
That's what the shield really looks like.
A white winged shield appeared in the air, and there was a red bead in the center of the shield.
"Now, Sakura!"
"good!"
Hearing the instructions, Sakura hurriedly raised the wand in her hand and aimed it at the shield floating in the air.
"Return to your original form - Clow Card!"
bite--!
As always, a crisp sound was heard, and an illusory light blue card appeared at the tip of the bird-headed magic wand.
The next second, flowing chains suddenly appeared in the virtual card, and all these chains wrapped around the shield in front. When the shield was completely bound, the shield turned into a dazzling white light and sank into the virtual card along with the flowing chains.
When all the light was absorbed into the card, the virtual card also became real.
The shield turned into a paper card again and fell from the air, then slowly floated in front of Xia Yu, who took the opportunity to catch the new Clow Card.
The Chinese character "盾" (shield) is written on the top of the shield, the English word "THE SHIELD" is written on the bottom, and the image in the middle is a winged shield bound by chains.
Come to think of it, the images of weapon cards all seem to be tied up, and the same goes for the sword cards, which are tightly bound by chains.
"Shield, I've conquered it!"
Xia Yu raised the shield in his hand high, but unfortunately the Clow Cards were in the shape of paper cards. It would have been more suitable if they were in the shape of a sphere.
"Hmph, don't be so complacent. Next time, the Clow Card will definitely be Sakura's." Xiao Ke flew in front of Xia Yu unconvinced, put his hands on his hips and said unhappily.
Seeing that Xia Yu and Xiao Ke were arguing again, Sakura felt helpless, but at least they didn't fight. Sakura ignored them and looked at Tomoyo.
"Try the key again, Tomoyo."
"Um!"
Chishi nodded, inserted the key in his hand into the keyhole, twisted it gently, and with a click, the sound of the key opening came from the keyhole.
“It’s open.”
Xiaoying shouted in surprise. Hearing this, Xia Yu and Xiaoke stopped arguing and came over.
"Um, can we take a look?" Sakura asked curiously.
"Sure."
Tomoyo nodded and gently opened the box. What she saw was a very lovely bouquet of pink flowers. She could even smell the fragrance of the flowers.
"Oh, so beautiful." Sakura's eyes lit up and she couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
The pink flowers in the bouquet are so gorgeous that they look as if they were just picked, but if you look closely, you can still see that this bouquet is different from fresh flowers.
"So they are made into everlasting flowers. No wonder they are still as fresh as before." Xia Yu, who was standing next to them, took a closer look and quickly saw the true nature of the bouquet.
Everlasting flowers, also known as preserved flowers and ecological flowers, are also called "flowers that never fade" abroad.
Dried flowers are mainly made by undergoing a series of complex processes such as dehydration, bleaching, drying, and dyeing. Their color, shape, and feel are almost the same as fresh flowers, and their shelf life can be calculated in years.
If it is a preserved flower, it is not surprising that it can be preserved so well in the box.
Boom boom boom~
Just then, there was another knock on Chise's door.
The moment he heard the knock on the door, Xiaoke hurriedly hid in the decorative box beside him again.
After seeing Xiaoke hiding, Zhishi said, "Please come in."
With the sound of the door lock, Yuan Mei opened the door and said as she walked in, "I'm so sorry for what happened just now."
But when she saw the opened box, she was slightly startled and hurried over: "The box is open."
Chishi smiled and nodded: "Yes."
"But how did you open it?"
Facing Yuan Mei's doubts, Zhi Shi turned to look at Xia Yu and said, "The keyhole inside seems to be stuck. Xia Yu helped to fix it."
Hearing this, Yuan Mei looked at Xia Yu who had been quiet on the side. She smiled slightly and bowed to Xia Yu: "Thank you, Xiao Xia."
She actually liked Xia Yu very much, although she had only met him twice, once at the sports meet and once during a chat in the courtyard before.
But the other person's personality was the same as her daughter's. He was always well-behaved, quiet and cute, so she remembered this child.
But Sakura is still the cutest!
Thinking of this, Yuan Mei remembered that she seemed to have ignored Xia Yu in the courtyard before, and immediately clasped her hands together and apologized: "I'm sorry, Xiao Xia, I was only busy chatting with Xiao Ying before and ignored you, please forgive me."
Although Xia Yu's expression remained unchanged, he was still a little surprised at Yuan Mei's apology.
Although she is arrogant and stubborn in front of Fujitaka, she is really humble in front of children and apologizes immediately.
"No, no, Auntie, you are too kind. After all, Sakura is so cute. I can understand."
"Eh? Do you think Sakura is cute too?" Yuan Mei's eyes lit up and she couldn't help but nodded repeatedly: "Yes, Sakura is the cutest."
Hearing this, Xia Yu's mouth twitched slightly. They are indeed mother and daughter, they are exactly like cast in the same mold.
After saying that, Yuan Mei reached out and took the bouquet from the box, with a look of nostalgia in her eyes.
"This is the bouquet from Nadeshiko's wedding."
"Huh?"
Sakura was slightly surprised when she heard this, and Sonomi also looked at Sakura: "A bouquet of cherry blossoms, because Nadeshiko loves cherry blossoms very much, and if she has a daughter, she will name her Sakura. She has said so since she was a child."
"Sakura..." Sakura was slightly stunned when she heard the name.
Yuan Mei also smiled and squatted down, then looked directly at Xiaoying, with a gleam in her eyes, as if recalling and telling: "You are that Xiaoying."
Hearing this, Sakura's expression relaxed and softened as she recalled the night she met her mother when she sealed the phantom card.
It turns out that she always has traces of her mother on her body, even though her mother has passed away.
"By the way, I 'll cook dinner tonight. Sakura, just tell me what you like to eat. Same thing for Xia."
"well."
"oh oh!"
After hearing the two children's answers, Yuan Mei pulled Xia Yu and Xiao Ying out one by one: "The restaurant is over here. By the way, Zhi Shi, you have to come and help."
Looking at Xiaoying and Xia Yu being dragged away, Zhishi smiled and said, "Okay!"
When Chiyo was the only one left in the room, Xiaoke, who had been hiding, flew out exhausted: "Oh, I feel like I've been playing hide-and-seek all day long."
Zhishi did not respond to Xiaoke's little complaint. She put the bouquet in her hand into the box and took out a small treasure bag from it.
"Is that Chishi's important thing?" Xiaoke floated to Chishi's side, looked at the small bag and asked.
"Yes." Zhishi looked at the small treasure bag with soft eyes.
"What's in it?"
"Eraser."
"Eraser?" Xiao Ke was a little surprised: "What's so important about that?"
Tomoyo fell into recollection when faced with this question. The small bag contained her earliest memories, which was the first time she and Sakura met.
"This is the first gift Sakura gave me..."
"What did you say?"
Because Chise's voice was very soft, Xiaoke didn't hear it clearly.
However, Tomoyo did not answer immediately, but reached out and picked up a small box from the side, which contained a snowflake necklace.
"I mean, now I have another important thing to put in the box."
Looking at the snowflake necklace in his hand, Zhishi smiled. He gently opened the small sachet, put the necklace in it, and then put the small sachet back into the box.
Finally, Chishi gently closed the box and solemnly locked the storage box with the key.
"Tomoyo."
“Here it comes!”
Seeing Zhishi's mother calling Zhishi, Xiaoke hurriedly reminded her: "Don't forget my share."
"Okay, but I'll ask you to stay here first."
"Oh! I must make more delicious food!"od!"