Chapter 5, Dad, don't be sad for the monkey...

Xia Youjie knew that Ieiri Glassi must have misunderstood, so he awkwardly offered an explanation.

It's quite strange enough that a daughter from 10 years in the future would travel back 10 years in the past.

But—

"Did I have to wake you up now to talk about this?" Shoko Ieiri was still a little annoyed.

Gojo Satoru immediately replied, "Jet and I are planning to take Rika to buy some clothes and daily necessities, but we are both men and we are worried that we might forget something or that it might be inconvenient, so we would like you to help us go and take a look."

Zhi Xueya Karin thought to herself, "That's not what you just said."

Shoko Ieiri also felt that these words didn't sound like something Satoru Gojo would say, and looked at him suspiciously: "Are you sure you don't want to wake me up to see if Jet suddenly has a daughter?"

Zhi Xueya Huali: Look, people who know you well can always spot your jerkiness immediately.

Gojo Satoru, not at all embarrassed by being exposed, simply said, "Just tell me if you're going or not."

Shoko, a member of the family, immediately knew she had guessed correctly and was speechless for a moment.

“Yes,” she replied, but emphasized, “but let me make this clear beforehand, I’m not going because of the two of you.”

She casually patted Yuki Aka's head: "Wait for me a moment, I'm going to change my clothes."

Karin Origami nodded obediently: "Okay~"

Shoko Ieiri turned to go back inside, but then suddenly remembered that she had just asked Karin Ooyuki to call her "older sister".

She turned around and added, "No matter who your father is, you can still call me sister."

After saying that, she looked at Xia Youjie and emphasized, "We'll each keep our own accounts."

Xia Youjie: "..."

Karin agreed readily. Although they were all younger than her, she already called him "Dad," so why would she need an older sister?

And to be fair, a cool older sister like Shoko Ieiri, who has both good looks and a great figure, can be called "older sister" by Karin Oriyuki, regardless of age.

My sister smells so good, why isn't she my sister? QWQ...

Seeing how well-behaved Karin was in front of Shoko Iriki at home, Gojo Satoru was full of questions.

"No, why are you so obedient to Shoko, but you ignore me?"

He could accept that the child was indifferent to everyone else, but he couldn't accept that Yuki Ayakari was only indifferent to him.

Karin stared at him for two seconds, then turned her head away.

Gojo Satoru:?

Six-Eyed Boy's eyes widened as he turned to his father and complained, "Jay, look at her!"

Xia Youjie glanced at him, then calmly said to Zhi Xueya Huali, "Yes, ignore him and don't follow his example."

Children need a good role model, and that role model should absolutely not be Wu Tiao Wu.

Although it was his first time becoming a father, Xia Youjie was already thinking about his child's education.

Upon hearing Xia Youjie's words, Gojo Satoru's eyes widened even more: "Jie!?"

Why are you like this too?

He looked at Xia Youjie as if he were looking at a heartless man. And this heartless man was even telling his children not to pay any attention to this person.

Then Gojo Satoru started making a scene, but neither Natsumi Suke nor Oriyuki Karin paid him any attention. Even when Ieiri Shoko came out later, she simply replied with one word to Gojo Satoru's complaint: "Oh."

Gojo Satoru felt he was being bullied by the group, so he made an even bigger scene. On the way to downtown Tokyo, he kept yelling that Natsumi and the others were bullying him. In the end, Natsumi and Ieiri Shoko couldn't stand it anymore and bought him an ice cream halfway through the trip to appease him.

Gojo Satoru was somewhat satisfied.

Why do I say "slightly"? Because Karin Origami still ignored him.

Gojo Satoru: Hmm...

I refuse to believe it. Someone as incredibly handsome, outstanding, and with such a perfect personality as him—how could he not win over a little kid?

Gojo Satoru is determined to prove that he, the strongest, is the most popular one among the children!

So, for the rest of the day, Gojo Satoru tried various methods to get closer to Karin Oriyuki. His methods included, but were not limited to, tempting her with delicious food, small toys, and pretty dresses.

But he never imagined that the soul within the object of his seduction was that of an adult.

Zhi Xueya Karin: She is not so greedy, does not like children's toys, and dislikes the shiny, fluffy princess dresses that are supposedly children's favorite.

So the result was that no matter how much Gojo Satoru tried to attract her, Oriyuki Karin remained unmoved and even seemed somewhat speechless.

Gojo Satoru stared at the whorl of hair on Oriyuki Ayaka's head, and the look in his eyes that said "I'm going to get you" made Ieiri Shoko a little uneasy.

She thought to herself: Is this bastard up to some kind of dirty trick again?

Sure enough, the next second she saw Gojo Satoru reach out and flick the left braid of Oriyuki Karin.

Karin Origami turned her head to look back, and then met the face of Satoru Gojo.

Zhixue Yahuali:?

what?

Gojo Satoru didn't say anything, but grinned and revealed a slightly smug smile.

Zhixue Yahuali: "..."

She puffed out her cheeks, walked past Xia Youjie, and went to his right.

A moment later, the braid was flicked again.

Karin Origami turned her head again and found it was Satoru Gojo again.

Zhixue Yahuali: “#&*@……”

Are you out of your mind?! Are you a primary school student?!

She glared at Gojo Satoru with a puff of her nose, then walked around to the other side again.

And so, the two of them began their game of "King Qin circling the pillar."

Xia Youjie is that pillar.

He was busy buying things for Yuki and Karin and didn't notice what Gojo Satoru was doing, but after being led astray several times, he wasn't blind and finally found out.

Xia Youjie reached out and shielded Zhi Xueya and Karin, then looked at Gojo Satoru with a speechless expression: "Satoru, are you an elementary school student? Why are you bullying a child here?"

Gojo Satoru replied confidently, "What do you mean by bullying a child? I was just playing with her."

Xia Youjie: "..."

Are you sure you're not messing with her?!

Karin's eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at Gojo Satoru as if she wanted to throw him into a ditch.

Although she knew she couldn't beat him, she couldn't help but ask Xia Youjie, "Dad, can I use my cursed spirit to fight him?"

Xia Youjie: "..."

He had no idea how he had inexplicably become a coordinator, and he pinched the bridge of his nose in exasperation.

"Satoru, stop playing around." He said to Gojo Satoru first.

Wu Tiao Wu wanted to say something more, but Xia Youjie said again: "If you play again, don't even think about borrowing my mission report to copy next time."

Gojo Satoru: "."

"Tch, fine, don't play then."

Asuka Karin thought to herself, dealing with Gojo Satoru really requires a targeted approach.

After dealing with Gojo Satoru, Xia Youjie turned to Zhixue Ayakari and said, "Ayakari, there are too many people here. If you want to fight, wait until we get back."

Origami Karin remained silent for a moment.

Is this the Xia family's educational philosophy? Hitting someone is okay, as long as it doesn't happen in public.

Or is it simply because Gojo Satoru couldn't get anything wrong with his typing, so he just stopped bothering with it?

Regardless, Ayaka nods obediently.

On the way back, everything was taken care of, and with Gojo Satoru no longer pestering her, Ieiri Shoko finally started asking Karin Oriyuki the question she was curious about: "Karin-chan, who is your mother?"

Hearing her ask this question, even Xia Youjie perked up his ears curiously.

Who wouldn't be curious about what their future wife will look like?

When asked the same question again, Karin Oriyuki was not surprised at all.

Fortunately, she had already set it up this time.

She blinked and replied, "Ayakari doesn't know."

"have no idea?"

This answer surprised all three of them.

How could someone not know who their mother is?

“Yes,” Karin Oriyuki nodded and said, “Karin doesn’t have a mother.”

All three of them fell silent for a moment.

Xia Youjie, in particular, only found out he was pregnant with such a big child, and then he learned that the child's mother was gone.

Although we don't know exactly how he died, it's certain that he will either be widowed or divorced in the future.

Xia Youjie: "..."

My feelings are somewhat mixed.

Gojo Satoru gave Xia Youjie a sympathetic look.

Shoko Ieiri realized she had asked a very inappropriate question and quickly said, "I'm sorry, sister, you shouldn't have asked that."

Karin Origami shook her head, completely unconcerned: "It's alright."

A thought flashed through her mind, and Karin Oriyuki added, "Karin has many family members."

"Hmm?" This made Ieiri Shoko a little curious. "For example?"

Shoko Ieiri thought it didn't matter that the child didn't know who his mother was; knowing other relatives might also help him find out who the child's mother was.

Perhaps in the future, it can even save some of the marriages of the same generation.

Then, Shiki Ayakari began a roll call of the main members of the Panxing Cult.

The cult leader Jay's family, aren't they her family too?

"Nanako-neechan, Mimiko-neechan."

The trio: ?

Gojo Satoru and Ieiri Shoko both glanced at Natsuyuki in surprise.

Shoko Ieiri: "Jay, you... you have quite a few kids?"

Shiki Ayaka: Pfft.

She suppressed a laugh and continued, "Uncle Miguel, Uncle Laru."

The trio: ?

Gojo Satoru voiced everyone's question: "Why are there foreigners here?"

Ieiri Glass asked Natsumi Yuki, "Do you have any foreign relatives?"

Xia Youjie: "...No, it shouldn't be from my side."

That's the child's mother's side.

The three looked at Karin Oori's face, trying to find traces of mixed race in her features.

Then they found they couldn't see anything.

Gojo Satoru suddenly uttered a strange remark: "Jay, I didn't realize your genes were so strong."

Xia Youjie: "..."

For a moment, I didn't know if this was something to be happy about.

As Yuki Ayaka listened to their words, she pursed her lips, trying hard to suppress the upward curve of her mouth.

No, this is too much fun!

She thought for a moment, what were the names of the other two? The mature woman in charge of finance, and the blindfolded man in the plot whose role was unclear...

Zhi Xueya Karin suddenly felt very fortunate that she was a fan fiction writer, otherwise most people would not have noticed the names of those two obscure supporting characters.

"And Aunt Suda and Uncle Negi."

The trio: ? ? ?

How come two more Japanese surnames that sound completely unrelated to me have suddenly appeared?

Gojo Satoru and Ieyasu Shoko looked at Natsuyuu again: "Your relative?"

Xia Youjie was also confused, because he didn't recognize anyone with those two surnames.

Surely she can't be a relative from the child's mother's side of the family? What nationality is this mother? How come she has both foreign and Japanese relatives, and their surnames are completely unrelated?

Xia Youjie couldn't help but ask, "Um... Ya Huali Jiang, are these people all your mother's relatives?"

Karin Yuki shook her head: "No. We're all family, not relatives."

Her words sounded a bit strange, and the three of them didn't quite understand, but they roughly realized one thing—this child didn't seem to understand the definition of family.

Just as the three of them were guessing what kind of relationship the "family" that Oriyuki Karin was talking about was, Oriyuki Karin added: "Dad said that Grandpa and Grandma are both dead, and Karin has no relatives."

Xia Youjie: ? ? ?

Wait, who died?

Startled, Xia Youjie looked up and suddenly realized that his parents were also gone, leaving him feeling choked up.

I have a feeling that my heart is about to have an infarction.

Gojo Satoru and Ieiri Shoko also paused for a moment, then each patted Natsuyuki on the shoulder: "Please accept our condolences."

Xia Youjie: "..."

I can't laugh at all.

Unable to hold back any longer, Xia Youjie asked, "Then... do you know how your grandparents... passed away?"

“I know,” Karin Oriyuki nodded immediately, answering in her childish voice with great innocence, “Dad said you killed him yourself.”

Xia Youjie: ? ? ?

Gojo Satoru:? ? ?

Ieiri Glass:? ? ?

Both Gojo Satoru and Ieiri Shoko looked at Natsumi Yuuki with shock.

Ieiri Shoko: "Jay, you..."

Guessing what Iori Shoko was about to say, Natsumi Yuki interrupted her preemptively: "No, my family relationships are very good."

Gojo Satoru: "Then you..."

Xia Youjie was also getting a little frustrated: "Don't ask me, I don't know either."

When Xia Youjie suddenly learned that his future wife was gone, he didn't actually feel sad. After all, he didn't even know who she was. At most, he just felt a little sorry for his future.

But suddenly finding out that your parents are gone, and that you were the one who killed them, who could accept that?

"Ya Huali... what you just said... is it true?" Xia Youjie found it hard to accept.

But Karin Oori nodded: "That's what Dad said."

Xia Youjie looked somewhat dazed.

He doesn't know what his future self is thinking or why he's doing this.

Gojo Satoru spoke up, saying, "Was it influenced by some kind of magic?"

He felt that if this was really as Yuki Ayakari said, it probably wasn't something Xia Youjie wanted to do.

This guy is always spouting righteous theories, and he has a whole bunch of excuses for protecting ordinary people he doesn't know. He would definitely not do such a harmful thing to his own parents.

Shoko Ieiri, standing to the side, frowned.

An outsider's perspective is often clearer; she noticed that when Karin Ooyuki spoke of this, there wasn't a trace of sadness in her voice. It sounded less like she was talking about a family member and more like she was discussing a stranger's situation.

Karin Oriyuki: I'm not really sad, after all—she's a complete stranger to me. She's practically just a background character who hasn't even shown her name or face yet, what emotions could she possibly have?

Being able to suppress her urge to complain to Brother Jie about this, and hide her excitement at seeing Brother Jie's reaction after he found out, already shows that she has maximized her acting skills.

Karin Origami tilted her head and asked, "Is Daddy sad?"

Xia Youjie wiped his face with mixed feelings and forced a smile at her: "No, I'm fine."

When Ayaka Riko saw this, she realized that she could still manage a forced smile.

This means it can still withstand the pressure.

So she decided to have some more: "It's okay, Daddy, they're just monkeys. Don't be sad about the monkeys."

Xia Youjie, Gojo Satoru, Ieru Glass:? ? ?

"What monkey?" Xia Youjie looked somewhat bewildered.

Gojo Satoru looked at him and said, "So you heard monkeys too? I thought I misheard."

“A monkey is a monkey,” Kiryuki Ayakari said, trying to look at Natsumi with the same puzzled expression. “Didn’t you say that non-magicians look just like us? They don’t have any spells. The spell spirits only exist because of them, so they are all monkeys and should disappear from this world.”

...

Silence fell, and the air seemed to freeze for a few seconds.

If Karin Oriyuki's words just now were quite shocking, then the fact that she, a 5-year-old child, said them in such a childish voice only made it seem absurd.

It can also cause a tingling sensation on the scalp.

All three of them felt as if they had heard a hellish joke, so eerie that they were speechless.

After a long silence, Ieiri Shoko suddenly spoke, breaking the sealed atmosphere: "Hey, Natsuyu, aren't you guys mistaken about something?"

"So... is it possible that Akari comes from a parallel world where... you are the main villain?"

A note from the author:

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This is starting to shock Brother Jie (rubbing hands).