Chapter 132 The only thing that remains unchanged is the moon

Dusk, outside.

"See you tomorrow~"

"See you tomorrow, Xia."

After saying goodbye to the person who left, Xia Yu withdrew his hand, stood firmly outside the house, and did not go back immediately.

After thinking for a while, he suddenly walked to the stairs and sat down, then raised his head and looked towards the sky. It was not completely dark yet, but the shadow of the moon could already be seen.

It is the 15th day of the eighth month, the moon is so round. If it were midnight, it would probably be even brighter.

Xia Yu recalled everything that happened today and still felt a little dazed. It was just an ordinary day at the beginning, but somehow it turned out like this.

"Eh? Xia, are you looking at the moon?"

At this moment, a soft voice came, and then a figure sat down next to him. Xia Yu turned his head slightly and glanced at him, and asked curiously: "Aren't you going back yet? Zhishi."

Chiyo shook her head slightly and explained, "Mom has something going on at the company, and Dad is abroad now, so I'm usually the only one at home. It doesn't matter if I go back late."

“It’s really hard work.”

Xia Yu sighed in his heart, isn't this a left-behind child? However, compared to real left-behind children, Zhishi's situation is much better. At least if her parents want, they can come back to accompany her at any time.

"But how do you know I'm looking at the moon? The moon isn't even noticeable right now."

Xia Yu couldn't help but feel a little curious. Although he could see the moon now, he could also see the last rays of the sun. Rather than looking at the moon, other people's first reaction would probably be that he was looking at the sunset.

"The butler told me."

Zhishi smiled and said, "Mr. Butler said that every time you have a birthday, you go to the rooftop alone to watch the moon. Is there any special reason?"

When Zhishi heard the housekeeper say this, his first reaction was that Xia Yu missed home. In China, the Mid-Autumn Festival has the main cultural connotation of "family reunion", and this day is also the time when Chinese people are most homesick.

But the next moment Zhishi overturned this idea, because Xia Yu was watching the moon in his hometown, so logically he should not have any homesickness.

Hearing Zhishi's question, Xia Yu remained silent. He originally wanted to perfunctorily answer by saying "I am absorbing the essence of the moon to temper my pure body", but when he thought about what happened today, he felt that this was not a good idea.

If someone treats him sincerely but he doesn't return the kindness, it would seem that he doesn't know what's good for him.

After a few seconds, he sighed softly: "There is no special reason, it's just a feeling of nostalgia. The only thing that remains unchanged is this bright moon."

"Xia-san...are you missing your hometown?"

Zhishi asked softly. Although she had clearly denied this answer, judging from Xia Yu's expression and words just now, this was the most appropriate answer.

"Yes."

Xia Yu admitted it straightforwardly. After all, his birthday was the Mid-Autumn Festival. Although he never cared about birthdays, it was not something he could just ignore.

Whenever he sees the bright moon hanging high in the sky, he would think of everything in the past. Although his memories had become blurred, those feelings had never disappeared. Instead, they had always remained in a corner of his heart and would come to his mind inadvertently.

This may also be the opportunity for ancient poets to create poems about the bright moon.

"Then why don't you go back and take a look during the holidays?"

In response to this, Xia Yu just smiled and shook his head gently: "I can't go back."

"Everything that I am familiar with can never be returned." Hearing this, Zhishi was silent. She didn't know what Xia Yu meant by "can't go back", but she could hear the loneliness in Xia Yu's tone.

She wanted to comfort Xia Yu, but she didn't know where to start.

"Forget it, let's not think about it. My experience is obviously one in a million. This is a fortune that not many people can encounter."

Xia Yu chuckled, breaking the silent atmosphere. Wasn't he lucky to be able to come into this world?
With only a few decades of life left, he was able to come to this dreamlike world and possess powers that could only exist in imagination before. Yet, he is still here feeling sad and depressed?
If the him of the past saw the him of the present, he would probably slap him in the face and yell at him angrily: "Try to be so hypocritical again? You're still not satisfied with this?"
"Thank you, Chise, thank you for listening to me."

Xia Yu let out a breath, and the depression in his heart was slightly relieved.

Although he was being pretentious, it was a rare blessing that someone was willing to listen to his troubles.

"Nothing. Didn't I tell you that if Xia needs someone to listen to his troubles, I can be there anytime."

Tomoyo also smiled back. It seemed that Xia had figured it out on his own. That was great.

I don’t know if it was her illusion, but the distant and distant feeling around classmate Xia seemed to have diminished a bit.

"Haha, since you said that, next time I have something on my mind, I will come directly to your door."

"Then I will also make myself available to you."

Hearing this answer, Xia Yu turned his head and looked at Zhishi's little face that seemed to be glowing faintly in the dusk. Suddenly, a feeling that could not be described in words arose in his heart, a kind of warmth, as if the sun was shining in.

"By the way, classmate Xia has actually guessed the surprise of the birthday party, right?"

"Huh? You figured this out?"

Xia Yu looked at Zhishi in surprise. Isn’t this right?
Such keen observation... Are you really a child? Could it be that you have a mature soul living in your body like him?
"So, classmate Xia really guessed it..."

"So, you were just cheating me?"

Xia Yu couldn't help but twitch his lips. Oh my god, Zhishi was actually cheating him just now, and he exposed himself.

"No, I just have a guess, but I'm not sure."

Zhi Shi shook his head slightly and chuckled, "Because Xia's body movements were a bit exaggerated at that time, just like she was performing. Well... a bit like Xia's performance in physical education class."

It turned out that the performance was too intense...

"But even though Xia guessed it, she was still willing to perform. She is really gentle."

Wow, there is actually a time when he is praised as Yasasi. It is really novel.

"By the way, the birthday party was actually Mr. Butler's original idea. Xia, Mr. Butler actually cares about you a lot. You are never alone."

Chise said softly that she could feel the concern of the servants, led by the housekeeper, for Xia, but it seemed that Xia herself was unable to notice it.

Perhaps because she could empathize with him, she wanted to tell Xia Yu this, because Xia Yu at this moment reminded her of her past self. Before she transferred to Youzhi Elementary School, her parents were often busy with work, and she was only accompanied by servants in the huge house.

To her, those servants had long become like family members.

Hearing Zhishi's words, Xia Yu pursed his lips and said nothing. Although it sounded a bit cruel, he actually always treated those servants as NPCs, because he knew in his heart that those people were included when he purchased his identity from the system.

Even though those servants could bring him sunshine points, every time he chatted with the system he would remember that those people, like him, did not exist in this world at the beginning. It was because of him that those people appeared.

(End of this chapter)