Chapter 77 What is important is not its value

"Return to your original form - Clow Card!"

Ding--!
As always, a crisp sound was heard, and an illusory light blue card appeared at the tip of the bird-headed magic wand.

Along with light blue ripples, dozens of flowing chains stretched out from the virtual card. All of these chains wrapped around the shield in front. When the shield was completely bound, the shield lit up with a dazzling white light and sank into the virtual card along with the flowing chains.

When the stream of light completely disappeared from sight, 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 artistic 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.

Speaking of which, the images of weapon cards all seem to be bound by chains. This is the case with the sword card and the shield card.

"Shield, I 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. The Clow Card will definitely be Sakura's next time." Xiao Ke flew in front of Xia Yu unconvinced, put his hands on his hips and said unhappily.

"Hoho, are you challenging me? This is such a pathetic, lamentable, pitiful, hateful, ridiculous, infuriating, shameful and abominable performance."

"Smelly brat..."

Xiao Ke was gnashing his teeth, feeling very unhappy, but at the moment he didn't know how to refute so as not to lose. Damn, how come this little brat has such a rich vocabulary!

Seeing Xia Yu and Xiao Ke arguing again, Xiaoying felt helpless, but at least they didn't fight, so she ignored them and looked at Tomoyo.

"Try the key again, Tomoyo."

"Ok!"

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.

"opened."

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 cute pink bouquet. 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 the difference between this bouquet and fresh flowers.

"So it turns out that 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" in the West.

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.

dong dong dong~
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 Xiao Ke hid himself, Zhi Shi 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 open box, she was slightly startled and hurried over: "The box is open."

Chiyo 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 all the time. She smiled slightly and bowed to Xia Yu: "Thank you, Xiao Xia."

She actually liked Xia Yu quite a bit, even though they had only met twice, once at the sports meet and once during a chat in the courtyard before.

But the other person's personality is the same as her daughter's. He is always well-behaved, quiet and cute, so she also remembers this child. But the cutest one is Xiaoying!
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."

"Eh?"

Sakura was slightly startled when these words came out, and Sonomi also looked at Sakura: "The bouquet of cherry blossoms, because Nadeshiko loves cherry blossoms very much, if she has a daughter, she will name her Sakura, she has said so since she was a child."

"Sakura..." Sakura was slightly startled 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 gradually softened. 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."

In response to Xiaoke's little complaint, Zhishi smiled. She put the bouquet in her hand into the box, and then took out a handkerchief and a small sachet from it.

"Are these two things the important things of Zhishi?" Xiaoke floated to Zhishi's side, looked at the handkerchief and brocade bag in Zhishi's hands and asked.

"Yes."

"The handkerchief and...what's in the bag?"

"Eraser."

"Eraser?"

Xiao Ke was a little surprised: "Why are these two simple things so important to Zhishi?"

In response to this question, Tomoyo held the handkerchief and the sachet close to her cheeks and fell into memories. The eraser represented the memory of her first meeting Sakura, and the handkerchief was the first gift Xia Yu gave her.

“What matters is not its value but its meaning.”

With a smile on his face, Zhishi carefully placed the small sachet and handkerchief into the box, then locked the box carefully with the key.

"Tomoyo."

Suddenly, Yuanmei's voice was heard outside the house, and Chiyo hurriedly responded.

"coming!"

Hearing Zhishi's mother calling Zhishi, Xiaoke hurriedly reminded her, "Don't forget my portion for dinner."

"Okay, but I'll ask you to stay here first."

"Oh! I must make more delicious food!"

(End of this chapter)