Chapter 48 Mysterious Gaze

"child……"

Xia Yu looked at the sneaky little figure, and combined with the name Xiaoying just said...well, okay, he still couldn't remember who this Xiaoyong was.

But it's easy to guess that this child must be related to the Clow Cards, and maybe he is helping Sakura seal the Clow Cards.

But this time, with his help, they must have arrived earlier than in the original book, so they didn't meet each other.

This is not a novel with a confusing timeline. In some fan fictions, even if the plot is completely changed, the characters are like NPCs. As long as the plot triggers a node, they will be refreshed and reappear.

Just as Xia Yu was daydreaming, the child had already come to the painting, but when he saw the painting with the Clow Cards on it, he was suddenly stunned.

Because the original painting had the Clow Cards attached to it, the main body of the painting was the Shizue Card. However, when the Clow Cards were sealed, the original painting was revealed.

It was a smiling little girl with long hair draped over her shoulders. She was lying on the window of a wooden house by the sea, with an innocent and bright smile on her face.

"Eh?"

When the child came to the painting, he found that the oil painting had returned to its familiar appearance. He was stunned and the scraper in his hand fell to the ground.

"back to normal?"

At the same time, Sakura, who was hiding nearby, first looked at the child in front of the painting, then looked at the little girl in the painting, and couldn't help muttering, "They look alike..."

"Well, is there a possibility, I mean possibility, that they are actually the same person."

Xia Yu coughed lightly, not knowing what to say to Xiaoying. She looked quite smart, so why was she so slow to react?
"one person?"

Sakura blinked her eyes and exclaimed, "So she's not a little boy, but a little girl? So..."

Sakura held up the name tag in her hand, looked at the hiragana on it, and read it again: "So it's not Xiaoyong, but Xiaoyou?"

"Then why did she come here alone? And that painting..."

"If you're curious, just ask."

Xia Yu casually cancelled the three people's disillusionment spell, left the statue where he was hiding, and strode towards Xiaoyou: "Anyway, we are all suspicious people, and we can gain trust by being equally suspicious."

At the same time, Xiaoyou, who was looking at the painting, suddenly heard a strange noise coming from the side. Just as she looked over vigilantly, a voice came.

"The night is long and I can't sleep. I thought I was the only one who couldn't sleep and came here to appreciate art at night, but I didn't expect that you, a little girl, couldn't sleep either."

Xia Yu spoke in a familiar manner as he came up to the vigilant Xiao You and said, "Don't be vigilant. We are not your enemies. Besides, we are all suspicious people, so we should work together to help each other."

Xiaoyou: "..."

"What are you talking about? I don't understand."

"Hahahaha, this is the wisdom of mortals. If it were me..."

"Okay, okay, Xia, let me do it." Xiaoying hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Xia Yu back, looking at Xiaoyou with a blushing face.

"I'm sorry, we're not weird people. Although the brother just spoke strangely, he's actually a good person, so don't be afraid."

After hearing what Xiaoying said, Xiaoyou still did not let down her guard. Instead, she looked at Xiaoying sharply and said, "Then why are you dressed so strangely?"

“Ah… what is this?”

The blush on Sakura's face deepened again, and she stammered, not knowing what to explain.

"This is our interest." Chise also walked forward and smiled gently.

"Hmph! It's okay as long as it's not a prank on the painting." Xiaoyou snorted and said proudly.

"I don't know what happened, but as long as the painting returns to normal, it's fine."

After saying that, Xiaoyou looked at the painting of herself again, her eyes full of nostalgia.

Seeing this, Sakura took out the name tag she had picked up, handed it to Xiaoyou, and asked casually: "Xiaoyou, is there anything wrong with this painting? Why did you want to cut it in the daytime?"

"I don't mean to cut it."

Xiaoyou couldn't help but argue, and then explained dejectedly: "This is a precious memory between me and my father." As she spoke, Xiaoyou couldn't help but confide in him.

The story is also very simple. To put it simply, a deceased father drew a picture for his child. After the father passed away, the picture became a precious memory between the father and the child.

However, when the painting was exhibited in the art gallery, it was attached to the Jing card. The child thought someone was playing a prank on her and wanted to scrape it off with a scraper, but was stopped by the security guard every time she tried. That's why she came at night.

As a result, somehow, when I came this time, the woman in blue suddenly disappeared, and the painting returned to its original appearance.

After listening to Xiaoyou's story, Sakura and Tomoyo couldn't help but have tears in their eyes.

Wiping her eyes, Sakura encouraged her, "Xiaoyou, your father is watching you from heaven right now. It must be your father who changed the painting back to its original appearance in order not to make you sad."

After meeting her mother, Sakura was certain that heaven was real, so when she said this, her tone was full of determination.

Although the painting returned to its original state because she sealed the Jing card, she did not lie about the deceased parents watching their children in heaven.

Hearing Xiaoying's comfort, Xiaoyou was stunned and turned away with a blush: "Humph, no need to comfort me, I am very strong, even for my deceased father, I will live with a smile."

"Yeah! Come on!"

After a while, the four of them left the art gallery together. After confirming that the painting had returned to its original appearance, Xiaoyou no longer had the idea of ​​staying.

The same goes for Sakura and the others. They have already sealed the Clow Cards and there is no need for them to stay here any longer.

At the entrance of the art museum, Xiaoyou said goodbye to her strange brothers and sisters and left alone.

"Oh my, such a filial child. What a touching story."

Xiao Ke, who had a low presence, suddenly floated out, crossed his arms and sighed in a cool manner.

Seeing Xiao Ke like this, Xiao Ying cooperated and said, "Xiao Ke is so handsome!"

Tomoyo also agreed, “That’s so cool.”

"Humph."

Xiaoke chuckled twice and struck a handsome pose in the air.

Xia Yu did not agree with Xiao Ke, but suddenly looked up to the rooftop of the art gallery, where he felt his gazes were being directed at him.

But when he looked, he only caught a glimpse of green, and then nothing.

"Xia, do you want this Jing card?"

Just as Xia Yu was thinking about who that could be, Xiaoying suddenly interrupted his thoughts and handed him the Jing card.

Looking at the Clow Cards in front of him, Xia Yu shook his head and said jokingly, "I don't dare to take it. I'm afraid that some legendary sealed beast will be dissatisfied and come to bite me secretly."

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Xiao Ke suddenly rushed to Xia Yu and frowned, "Boy, who are you talking about?"

"Whoever answers me will tell me."

"I……"

Xiao Ke was about to open his mouth to bite Xia Yu, but suddenly stopped. If he really bit him, wouldn't that be in line with what the other party had just said?
Thinking of this, Xiao Ke closed his mouth again, coughed lightly and said, "Ahem, who said I would bite people? I am the legendary sealed beast, how could I do such a tasteless thing as biting people?"

"Really? I don't believe it!"

"you!!!"

Xiao Ke gritted his teeth and stared at Xia Yu, but in the end he snorted and turned his head away: "Humph! I am a big man and I don't bear grudges. I will forgive you."

Seeing that the quarrel between Xiao Ke and Xia Yu stopped in the blink of an eye, Xiao Ying asked again: "Xia classmate, what about this Jing card?"

"Just keep it. The Jing card won't be of much use to me. You can lend it to me for observation when the time comes."

"Okay, then thank you, Xia."

(End of this chapter)