Extra 2.3

At the moment when the innocent smile appeared, the spring breeze warmed the frozen river, and all the sharp edges were smoothed out softly. Those knots, regrets, and darkness seemed to be melted away by the warmth.

"..." Gojo Satoru was slightly stunned. He clenched the peach gummy in his hand, and his blue eyes met the pure brown eyes.

There was no fear or timidity in those brown eyes, as clean as those of an antelope or forest deer; when she looked up at him, there was only frankness and sincerity.

Just as Geto said, even though they couldn't speak the same language, Yorai could feel the emotions, and he knew Gojo Satoru's true heart hidden behind the objects.

The initial fear and trembling are nothing more than self-protection in an unfamiliar environment, but time will prove everything soft and warm.

The black-haired child blinked his eyes and tentatively opened his arms to Gojo Satoru with a hint of shyness, making some kind of gesture.

Gojo Satoru lowered his eyelids and paused.

Youlai carefully observed Gojo Satoru's expression, and seeing that he was standing there in a daze with no intention of responding, he silently withdrew his hand with a somewhat depressed look.

But before he could retract his arms, a shadow suddenly appeared in front of him. Gojo Satoru finally stopped hesitating, and with a rather casual movement, he bent down, clasped his hands together, and picked up Youlai!

Yulai, who was suddenly picked up, subconsciously wrapped her arms around Gojo Satoru. After realizing the other party's stable strength, she opened her arms with confidence and giggled like a bird spreading its wings.

"Hold it up high - it's such a light little bean sprout, I can lift it up like a kitten~" Gojo Satoru lifted Yurai and spun him around, his delicate and handsome face filled with the youthful smile of a high school boy.

"Nyanko...you're exaggerating, aren't you?" Xia Yujie smiled and shook his head, then exhaled and said, "But it's true. For you, your arm strength is there, so it's easy to lift anything."

"But Xiaodouya is still too light," Gojo Satoru held him up and weighed him. "He needs to be supplemented with more protein, calcium, and other trace elements necessary for the growth of young children."

"You've evolved into a super dad, Satoru." Xia Yujie said half-jokingly, "Didn't you say you were in a hurry just now? Why don't you have anything to do now?"

Here, Xia Yujie made fun of Gojo Satoru's poor excuse of "I have something to do" when he wanted to escape just now.

Gojo Satoru said calmly, "What the hell, Jie? You must have heard it wrong. After all, you often stay up late and think a lot, so it's normal to have auditory hallucinations occasionally. By the way, what could be more important than Xiaodouya?"

"I won't stay up late to think about it now," Xia Yujie raised his eyebrows in response. At this point, his speech slowed down slightly, and his eyes fell on the black-haired child, "...Back then, I was too impatient. Now, someone has given me more time to try and make mistakes. You and I still have a long time, enough to find the true path."

Hearing this, Gojo Satoru also stopped laughing and lowered his eyelids slightly: "It will take a long time, so Jay, don't leave alone this time - and don't abandon us again."

Gojo Satoru's voice was very light in the second half of the sentence, like the ripples caused by the tail feathers of a flying bird brushing across the surface of a lake.

"Sorry." Xia Yujie said softly.

He seemed to want to say more, but in the end, all his words were reduced to a sigh and a wry smile.

Youlai couldn't understand their conversation, but he could keenly sense the slightly depressed atmosphere.

He tilted his head, stretched out his tender hand, and pointed upwards at the corner of Gojo Satoru's drooping mouth, signaling him not to be unhappy.

"Haha, it's so itchy, little bean sprout~" Gojo Satoru held Youlai in one hand and gently grasped the black-haired child's little finger with the other hand, "I know, you want me to smile again, right? Actually, I'm not sad, I just... recalled the past a little bit."

"Well, anyway, we've started over again." Gojo Satoru stood firm, his eyes as bright and resolute as diamonds, "so the regrets that happened before will not happen again."

"We are the strongest. We will never fall into the trap of falling into two traps~" Gojo Satoru turned his head to look at Geto Suguru. The boy's appearance still carried youthful spirit. "Right, Geto?"

"..." After a slight pause, Xia Yujie's eyebrows relaxed, and his narrow and long fox eyes narrowed, "Yes. We are the strongest."

Youlai blinked his eyes, and after feeling the atmosphere return to normal, he smiled carefreely. He put one hand around Gojo Satoru's neck, like a little koala.

Xia Yujie's eyes fell on the black-haired child. He said, "Since you are not really busy, then you can take him out to the mall and buy him some clothes and toys that he likes. After all, it is better to let him choose by himself."

Although Youlai is still young, at the age of three, he already has his own ideas and cognition.

"Oh!" Gojo Satoru is not someone who would be interested in these little things, but when he heard this, his eyes lit up, as if he was interested. "Take Xiaodouya out to buy clothes~ Of course, it's a must."

Gojo Satoru spoke cheerfully, muttering, "Every time I saw him before, he always looked indifferent. Except for the time when he went to the Zenin family to pretend to be a monster, he was always dressed in that serious navy blue kimono."

"I'm curious about what he looks like when he changes his clothes." Gojo Satoru said with a smile, "Now I have the chance."

Xia Yujie: “…”

Xia Yujie held his forehead with one hand: "He... Xiao Douya is still a child now, don't joke too much."

"Of course not!" Gojo Satoru lifted Yurai up again, "You like to go out and play with me, right? I'll take you to wear all kinds of nice clothes~"

Youlai tilted his head in confusion. He didn't understand, but he could sense the white-haired man's high-profile mood, so he smiled and nodded in affirmation.

"Look~ Xiaodoushua agreed!"

"He just wants to cooperate with you because he sees you are happy." Xia Yujie said, "Xiao Douya is very sensible. Don't overdo your dress-up game - you are here to accompany him, not him to accompany you."

"I know, I know, Jie. I'm not an immature child." Gojo Satoru dragged out the last syllable and curled his lips. "I took him out to buy clothes and toys. Everything is based on Xiaodouya's wishes. If he doesn't want to, I certainly won't force him."

"But, based on this, I just want to see more."

"Okay." Xia Yujie nodded. He knew that Gojo Satoru would not bully Youlai. In fact, Gojo Satoru was the one who had the strongest desire to protect Youlai.

He originally wanted to go out with them, but he had some urgent task reports to write today and really couldn't spare the time.

Doing it again, Xia Yujie was not in a hurry to expose anything. Although he hated the senior management and the supervisors, he still kept a perfect fake smile on his face and went to hand over the task as usual as a task reporter, laying the foundation for future undercover work.

"Glass is going to Kyoto Polytechnic with Professor Yemo for the next two days. I have to be busy writing a mission report today. So you have to take Xiaodouya out for a walk by yourself."

"No problem, just leave it to me~" Gojo Satoru waved his hands nonchalantly, "I'm the best at having fun, and I'm very familiar with all the major shopping malls. I'll definitely make Xiaodouya happy~"

"Okay." Xia Yujie didn't say much. He exhaled, walked forward and touched the soft black hair of Youlai, "Be careful. If you don't like it, just cry and make a noise to express it. Wu will take care of you."

Although he knew that the black-haired kid couldn't understand, he couldn't help but give him some advice. Gojo Satoru complained, "Huh? Jay, don't teach the kid bad things. If you don't understand, I can lend you the "New Dad's Guide" in my dormitory. I got full marks on the dad simulation test!"

"I didn't expect you to do this...Okay, Satoru." Xia Yujie couldn't help but laugh. He stood where he was. "Have fun outing. New clothes and toys are for you."

"Okay, let's go~" Gojo Satoru waved his hand, and the black-haired child in his arms followed suit, waving his little hand to say goodbye.

The white-haired man held the child in his arms and walked towards the world outside Tokyo Jujutsu High School.

Today is a holiday and the mall is very busy with people coming and going.

Gojo Satoru walked briskly, his high-profile appearance could not be concealed by sunglasses. Or in other words, the cool sunglasses matched with him, but added a bit of charm.

Such a handsome white-haired young man was holding a cute black-haired child in his arms.

Such a dazzling combination attracted a lot of attention, and some gossipers speculated about the relationship between the two - father and son, or brothers? But it didn't seem like it.

Gojo Satoru is used to being the center of attention, and he doesn't care about other people's attention.

However, Youlai seemed a little uncomfortable with the focused attention and leaned towards Gojo Satoru.

Then Gojo Satoru raised his hands and picked up the black-haired child with a smile on his face. However, when his sunglasses slipped down, his cold, blue eyes were revealed. He scanned the people around him who were casting glances at him. It seemed as if he was saying, "I'll kill you if you look at me again." He was quite intimidating.

The people watching the excitement around immediately turned their eyes away.

“……” Youlai poked his head out of Gojo Satoru’s arms. He twisted his body and signaled Gojo Satoru to put him down. He wanted to walk by himself.

Gojo Satoru didn't insist on holding him. He followed the black-haired boy's wishes and put him back on the ground.

"I'm here to take you shopping for clothes and toys today. How about we go buy clothes first?" Gojo Satoru said as he gestured. He knew Youlai couldn't understand, so he used actions to express himself.

The black-haired boy blinked his watery brown eyes. He guessed that the adult in front of him wanted to take him shopping for clothes, so he nodded.

"Okay, let's go to the children's clothing area." Gojo Satoru was very satisfied and was already looking forward to the dress-up game. He held the VIP card that the housekeeper had just issued and planned to take Youlai directly to the VIP service store to try on clothes.

Gojo Satoru led Youlai towards that direction, but when they passed a stall, Youlai stopped.

With six eyes, Gojo Satoru had a full range of vision, so he could sense the black-haired child's stop immediately. He noticed that what caught the child's attention was a toy placed in front of a small toy store.

They were cloth tigers woven in red and yellow, with short limbs, large round eyes, exaggerated and brightly decorated heads, and ancient regular patterns on their bodies.

"Oh, this is an international folk toy store." Gojo Satoru picked up a tiger doll, "Do you want this? This thing looks quite novel."

"… a cloth tiger."

A small, soft voice was heard.

When Gojo Satoru first heard the sound, he thought he had misheard. He looked down and saw a black-haired child standing on tiptoe, looking at the toys on the counter.

"...I also have a stuffed tiger at home."

Youlai leaned on the edge of the counter and spoke in a low voice. His brown eyes were full of sparkles, and he was a little homesick.

Gojo Satoru didn't understand what Youlai said, but he determined that it was a language. His eyes fell on the note on the product label [Chinese traditional handicrafts - cloth tiger].

Is the language Lai is speaking now Chinese?

Unfortunately, it is 2007 and smartphones are not yet popular. I cannot use real-time translation apps.

Furthermore, Gojo Satoru believed in himself more than the translator.

Anyway, learning a language shouldn't be that difficult. I can stop by the bookstore and buy some Chinese textbooks directly. Gojo Satoru is very confident in his learning ability.

But at the moment, Gojo Satoru didn't say much. He didn't understand Yulai's language, but he could see Yulai's emotions.

So, Gojo Satoru paid for a stuffed tiger and stuffed the cute tiger doll into the arms of the child. He stroked the child's soft black hair and then took the child's small hand.

"Everything will be fine. The strongest man who never breaks his word is by your side."