Extra 5

Jiang Lai walked up the stairs. When he reached the fourth floor, he saw a black-haired boy sitting in front of the door of the stairwell with his legs crossed.

Hearing the footsteps, the boy raised his head slightly, glanced at Jiang Lai with his narrow, foxy eyes, and then quickly lowered his eyelids. He reached out silently and pulled his schoolbag inward to reduce the floor space it took up.

"..." Jiang Lai didn't say anything, he naturally withdrew his gaze and inserted the key into the lock of the next door.

He knew that the child sitting in front of the door was Geto Xia Yu - little Geto Xia Yu, who had just entered junior high school and whose parents were missing.

According to the plot, the next step is for the supervisory board to send someone to take him over. In fact, all this is the conspiracy of Naohua, whose purpose is to carve a shackle on Geto Kagome since childhood.

Jiang Lai knew all this because he came back from the future - or in other words, he came here because of the chaos in the time and space gate.

After everything was over and the dust settled, although Jiang Lai did not embark on the lonely road to becoming a god, he still obtained (or it would be more appropriate to use the word awakened) the power related to time and space - the Gate of Time and Space.

Jiang Lai usually uses this door to travel between the world of science and the world of magic to meet old friends from both sides. But this time, something seems to have gone wrong.

Jiang Lai's destination had shifted. He had either returned to the past, or had come to a past time point in another parallel universe. The latter was more likely.

Anyway, now that he is here, let's do something.

Jiang Lai has never been the type to sit idly by. No matter whether this is the past or a time point in a parallel universe, he will never ignore the suffering his friends have experienced.

If possible, he sincerely hopes to be able to erase those shadows. He can still grow without suffering.

Xia Youjie was sitting at the front door of his house, his hands wrapped around his knees, his posture somewhat stiff.

His head was still groggy, and what had happened in the past few days seemed as unreal to him as a dream.

The smiling parents who greeted me before school just disappeared without a trace. The police investigated this missing person case vigorously for several days, but in the end, without any clues, they could only declare the case closed temporarily.

Some people around him said that he was abandoned by his parents. Others said that this was a curse and that he was an impure child - because he could see things that others could not see since he was a child, his relatives avoided him very much.

As for those idle talks, Xia Yujie put them all behind his mind. He just squatted at the door of his house stubbornly, holding his breath and thinking, maybe if he waited a little longer, he would be able to wait for his parents to come home?

Was it because he forgot to say goodbye to his parents that morning that this was the outcome?

It was autumn and winter, and the cement floor of the stairwell was icy cold. The cool breeze blew in from the windows in the corridor, penetrating through the legs and collar of the first-year junior high school uniform, bringing a bone-chilling chill.

Xia Youjie shuddered involuntarily, he hugged himself tightly and lowered his head into his arms and knees.

"Would you like a cup of hot cocoa?"

Suddenly there was a sound coming from the upper side. Xia Yujie was startled and raised his head - he saw the black-haired young man who had just walked in from the opposite door.

Xia Yujie didn't remember seeing him before. This black-haired young man must have moved here recently.

However, Xia Yujie couldn't confirm the specific date because he had been in a daze these past few days and had no time to pay attention to the outside world.

At this moment, the man was standing in front of me with a smile on his face, holding a mug of hot cocoa in his hand.

The black-haired young man had a cheerful demeanor and spoke in a very natural tone. As he spoke, he half-knelt down and handed over the hot cocoa in his hand.

This series of skillful movements made Xia Yujie, whose body was stiff and head was dizzy, forget to refuse for a moment.

He took it subconsciously, and it was not until he felt the warmth coming from his palm that he came back to his senses.

Wait, this is——

"... Sir?" Xia Yujie opened his mouth. The consequence of not drinking water for too long was that his throat was extremely dry. He uttered a small question, holding the hot cocoa mug, and didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Drink first." The black-haired young man spoke in a gentle voice, his eyebrows curved, his brown eyes calm and bright, "If possible, can you help me with a favor? I moved in today, and I'm putting up wallpaper now. It's a bit troublesome to go alone, if you can help me pass the tools, that would be great."

"...Okay, no problem, sir." Xia Youjie nodded. He has always been a kind and polite child and would not refuse a request from his neighbors.

In fact, when he heard the black-haired young man's request, Xia Yujie felt secretly relieved.

In fact, he was a little nervous just now, not because he was afraid of unfamiliar danger, but simply because he didn't want to be asked what happened, and didn't want to be stared at by those eyes - because whether it was disgust or sympathy, it reminded him of the changes he had experienced.

Fortunately, the neighbor who suddenly appeared in front of me didn't ask many questions. He just handed me a cup of hot cocoa and then asked for help.

Xia Yujie got up from the ground. His legs were numb from squatting for too long. He staggered and almost fell when he stood up, but luckily he managed to control himself in the end, but a few drops of hot cocoa inevitably spilled from the cup in his hand.

"No hurry, why don't you drink it first? I'll go wash the cup later." The black-haired young man spoke gently, pointing with his finger.

Xia Yujie pursed his lips, whispered a thank you, then held the mug and drank in small sips.

In the past, he would not trust a stranger so easily, nor would he accept things from a stranger. Xia Yujie naturally understood these basic safety common sense.

But now, after experiencing a sudden major change and losing everything, he was too lazy to think too much and just followed his instinct to move his limbs.

After drinking a cup of hot cocoa, Xia Yujie's icy body seemed to warm up again. His stiff head and limbs also began to function again.

He raised his narrow fox eyes, handed over the mug, and politely said again: "Thank you, sir."

"No need to be so polite. Actually, I need your help." The black-haired young man raised his lips and relaxed his brows. "Come on, go in first."

He stretched out his hand and naturally took Xia Yujie's cool little hand.

So Xia Youjie followed the other person and walked into the warm house.

Just as the black-haired young man said, he had just moved in today, and the living room was filled with all sorts of newly purchased items.

At this time, Xia Yujie was still a little dazed. He just followed the instructions of the black-haired young man and obediently accepted the various items handed over by the other party.

When he finally came to his senses, he found that he had been sitting on someone else's sofa, eating and drinking a lot, but not doing much work.

Xia Yujie's face suddenly turned red, and he quickly stood up and went to help the black-haired young man put up the posters.

The black-haired young man's movements and words were still extremely natural. He accepted Geto's help naturally, and said that he needed scissors and a ballpoint pen, and asked Geto to bring his schoolbag over.

Xia Yujie took his school bag and found the pencil case. They spent the next two hours cleaning up their new home together.

Or to be more precise, it only took Xia Yujie half an hour to clean up, because soon the black-haired young man led him to the desk and asked him to do his homework for a while.

Logically speaking, when strangers first meet, they won't interact in this way.

However, everything the black-haired young man did was so generous and frank that Xia Yujie unknowingly let down his guard. The atmosphere became extremely harmonious.

After finishing his homework at his new neighbor's house, Xia Youjie finished his dinner and was sent back to the door, he suddenly realized that everything that had just happened was just like his daily life. So far away and yet so close.

"Are you free tomorrow morning, Jake?" the dark-haired young man smiled. They had just exchanged names. "I'm planning on making a sandwich and I might need your help - by the way, how about having breakfast together?"

Xia Yujie opened his mouth. He felt that he should refuse, but he didn't know how to refuse. Under the gaze of those clear brown eyes, he finally nodded: "...I'm free."

"That's great, see you tomorrow, Jay~"

"See you tomorrow, sir." replied Xia Youjie.

In this way, they began a magical and harmonious interactive life. Jiang Lai never did anything in the name of charity or assistance, and always interacted with Xia Youjie with words like "Can you give me a hand?" or "Let's clean up together".

So their lives gradually had more intersections.

Jiang Lai and Xia Yujie still live in their respective homes, but the two doors are more like doors of two rooms. They have the keys to each other's homes and visit each other very frequently.

Three meals a day, going to and from school, weekend outings, and even without realizing it, Jiang Lai would attend parent-teacher meetings for Xia Yujie.

When Geto grew up and graduated from junior high school, at a certain moment, he suddenly realized that what the other party had been doing was the responsibility of a guardian.

The reason why he never felt lonely was because he had never been alone - that black-haired figure was always by his side, leading him with a smile, staggering out of that dark time and towards a bright future.

At this moment, Xia Yujie was washing vegetables in the kitchen. Next to him, Jiang Lai was flipping through the recipe in his hand and preparing various small ingredients.

Recalling the past, Xia Youjie pursed his lips slightly and suddenly asked, "Why did you suddenly take me in back then, sir?"

——He still likes to call people "Mr." Sometimes he would add "Lai" and call them "Mr. Lai." It used to be a polite and courteous expression, but now it has become an intimate habit.

"Take in?" Jiang Lai raised his head from the menu and blinked. "What is this word?"

"... That is to say, why did you care about me back then?"

"Ah - this is not just me showing kindness unilaterally, didn't you help me too?" Jiang Lai laughed, and said, "We don't have a relationship of giving and receiving, taking in and being taken in. If we have to talk about it, it's just neighbors helping each other."

No, this cannot be simply regarded as mutual assistance between neighbors. The other party said it lightly, but Xia Yujie knew clearly in his heart that he actually owed the other party a lot over the years.

Lai has been silently acting as a guardian, leading the stumbling boy out of the fog.

Inexplicably, another scene from that period popped up in his mind.

At that time, a long-haired woman came to him on behalf of the Regulatory Commission and said she wanted to adopt him, but Geto Suguru refused. He didn't want to be adopted. At that time, he felt that he could live well on his own.

Now that I think about it, his idea that "I can live well alone" was due to Lai's silent support and care behind him. So he didn't need another guardian.

Why did the supervisory board suddenly come to him? There are still so many orphans in the welfare home. At this moment, doubts popped up in Xia Yujie's mind.

He has grown up and is no longer as naive as before. He can see more suspicious things in many things.

Xia Youjie didn't know what would happen if he chose to accept it.

But he thinks that now is the best choice and the best life.

Xia Youjie lowered his eyelids and looked down at his hands.

He grew up very fast during puberty, with long and beautiful fingers. When he stretched and curled them, he seemed to still feel the warmth that had been held so many years ago.

The warmth was not hot, but it was gentle enough to support him as he moved forward.

Lai protected him in his youth, Xia Yujie thought. He is growing up, and in the future, he will be able to protect Mr.

With this thought in mind, he accepted the admission letter from Tokyo Jujutsu High School and embarked on a new journey.

A day in college life.

Gojo Satoru rested his head on one hand and said leisurely, "Hey? Is your guardian going to come see you today?"

"Yes. The teacher is coming today." Xia Yujie had already packed his schoolbag. He smiled and said to his best friend, "Let's go to the school gate together?"

"Okay - I'm curious about what kind of people the neighbors who raised you were like."

After meeting.

Gojo Satoru: “?”

Gojo Satoru took off his sunglasses and his blue eyes widened: "Huh?? How come it's you, a thousand-year-old monster——"

He leaned back tactically, raised his hand and pointed, "You, you, you, it turns out that you mysteriously abandoned me when I was a child and a teenager, and you are actually raising another child outside!!"

Xia Yujie: “?”

Jiang Lai: "..." Oops, I totally forgot about this.jpg

He really didn't mean it!!

[Jiang Lai returns to the past to raise Xiao Xia Youjie if-end]

The story is free and you can get a small extra story of "Kuroi and the if of Shinmeii" by opening it~

A warm and happy little extra chapter that was just released~ The original novel is too good, I want to write something warm and happy qwq

I don't have a feel for Heijiang and Shenming if, and the only two sentences in my mind are "Who in the world doesn't know you" and "Even if we meet, we won't recognize each other". So I can only write a small extra for everyone~

The god Lai has no personal feelings. He will look at his friends in science and magic and give them the most perfect smile calmly and without any disturbance.

He didn't understand why the strongest man in the world, Rokugan, looked so sad. He had clearly separated humans and cursed spirits, and the crisis in the curse world had been resolved.

So why be sad?

The Curse King had also seen him, his eyes full of provocation. The god Lai had a calm expression, he had no special emotions, he just objectively and fairly strictly stated the rules of the two worlds.

"It's so boring." said Ryoumen Sukuna.

Then he turned and left, never looking back.

The god Lai usually lives in the Ninth Heaven, looking down at everything in the lower world from the gate of time and space. Occasionally, a person with a face similar to his appears beside him.

But the god Lai was not surprised, he just followed the rules.

"Wherever you come from," said the god, "you should return there."

The person with a similar face to him had a strangely different temperament. Heijiang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Oh my, I'm really excited to see myself like this one day?"

"Is this your choice? To stay here? Or to be trapped here?"

"Wherever you come from," the god Lai repeated calmly, "you should go back there."

"——But I want to give you this sentence as well." Heijiang suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Shenminglai's wrist. He smiled happily, "Let the world's consciousness be happy, but I am not happy. Come on! For yourself, go down!"

He grabbed the god Lai with irresistible force, leaped down from the high nine heavens, and landed on the human world.

I should be wearing the original costume in one go tomorrow, and then it will really be over~