Chapter 332 Nineteen Sweethearts

This weekend, Xiao Cao came back from the boarding school. He had planned to finish his homework and then happily play games for the whole afternoon. But before that, he accidentally saw a card that he had solemnly placed in a display frame and in the center of the desk.

Xiao Cao couldn't help but reveal a nostalgic look on his face: "Ah, this is it."

That is the original Kamen Rider gold card that is no longer available on the market. Even though only five years have passed since the card appeared, he feels like it has been a long time.

In fact, Xiao Cao had two cards of this kind, but he only put one out because he didn't intend to keep it.

"I was going to give him this card that Xiaojing didn't have." Xiaocao lay on the table, looking at the card and sighing, muttering to himself, "Really, where did Xiaojing go? He didn't even tell me, and he didn't even come back to see me!"

For some reason, Xiaocao suddenly had a strong thought in his heart - or rather, in the five years since he separated from his childhood playmate Xiaojing, he always thought of her, but now he missed her especially.

I really want to see Xiao Jing again. Xiao Cao wondered if Xiao Jing still remembered the promise they made before. They had agreed to be partners of justice and become police officers together in the future!

"It's decided! Let's go to the secret base and wait for Xiao Jing!" He suddenly became energetic and jumped down from the stool. "Maybe Xiao Jing is also on holiday today, and then remembers to come and play with me?"

Thinking of this, even though they hadn't set out yet and it was just his own imagination, Xiao Cao looked so happy as if he had really made the decision with Xiao Jing to meet today.

The adults in the mountain village couldn't help but sigh when they saw the children shouting that they were going out to play with Xiaojing and then running away excitedly.

"Xiao Cao really won't give up." The mountain village mother complained, "She has said this every time in the past few years, and then ran over in anticipation and ran back in disappointment, but in the end she still hasn't given up waiting for that little boy."

"After all, he is Xiaocao, he is always so energetic." The village father said casually, "But his friend probably has forgotten him a long time ago."

Xiao Cao, who had already run far away, of course had no idea how worried his family was. He had already skillfully sneaked into the mountains through the small path and rushed to the secret base of himself and his friends with a clear goal.

Xiao Cao and Xiao Jing, who were only seven years old at the time, used wood and cloth to build a large space on the boundary between Gunma and Nagano - it was really large for them at the time - but they couldn't think that it was a random location just because they were children. In fact, they even took a map to compare it with reality, checked the county boundaries, and then carefully marked the boundary with stones.

Because he really likes this place, even though he hasn't seen his friends in all these years, Xiao Cao often comes to the secret base to kill time on weekends when he is free.

Xiao Cao lifted the curtain outside, crawled into the secret base, sat down cross-legged, and was already a little out of breath.

"Why has this place become smaller?" Xiao Cao complained, and then suddenly realized, "Ah..."

It's not that the secret base has become smaller, it's that he has grown up. Now there is no room for two eleven-year-old children here.

Is this why Xiao Jing didn't show up? Should he find time to expand their base?

Although he really wanted to stay inside, the secret base, which had not been tidied for a long time, was too stuffy. Xiao Cao finally climbed out reluctantly and sat down again on the wooden stakes supporting the secret base.

In fact, Xiao Cao had thought about it on the way here today. He had something to say to Xiao Jing.

"I'm sorry, Xiaojing. I'm going to junior high school now, so I won't be able to come to the secret base often." The boy made a bitter face and rehearsed what he was going to say to the air, "But we can exchange addresses and email addresses! We can still write letters to communicate even if we can't meet in the future, or chat on the computer? Mom bought me a new computer because I did very well in the exam last semester!"

[Wow, Xiaocao is awesome! It's okay, I won't be angry, Xiaocao, come see me again when you are free.]

"Oh, and I wiped the cards twice today! Xiaojing, you wanted that card so badly, and I've prepared it for you. I guarantee you'll like it~ But you have to tell me three times, 'Xiaocao, I'm sorry I didn't come to see you', then I'll forgive you."

[Eh? Sorry, Xiaocao, I made you wait for so long, but I'm so happy that Xiaocao still remembers that I like that.]

As Xiao Cao was talking, his head began to nod. He couldn't help yawning and rubbing his eyes.

"Why haven't you come yet, Xiao Jing?" His complaints became quieter as he grew sleepy. "The secret base would be so lonely if I were alone..."

【sorry……】

【Ah, Xiaocao, wake up, someone is coming! 】

The boy, who was about to fall asleep, startled and looked up at the bushes where the voices came from. His ears were very sensitive and he also heard brisk footsteps.

And that voice sounded really familiar...it was Xiaojing's voice!

Xiao Cao muttered a few words, then jumped up from the ground in surprise and ran in that direction: "Xiao Jing? Is that you?"

But unlike what Xiao Cao had imagined, the people who came out from the bushes were not the good friends he was waiting for, but a group of strangers of the same age.

"It's not Xiaojing." He lowered his head in disappointment.

[Stupid little guy, I'm right here. ]

Xiao Cao was about to cheer up and ask a friend of his age who suddenly appeared, but suddenly he heard the red-eyed boy standing in the front, who was much shorter than them, ask him: "The Xiao Jing you are talking about, is it Zhu Fu Jingguang who is eleven years old this year?"

"Huh?!" Xiao Cao raised his head in surprise, "Do you know Xiao Jing too?"

Chi Jiang Na Yue remained calm and said, "I know him."

How can the thirty-year-old Zhu Fu Jingguang not be considered Xiao Jing? The right of the thirty-year-old Jingguang to be called Xiao Jing cannot be deprived.

He felt that the guardian eggs in his waist bag stirred for a while when he said this: they all realized that the person in the secret base heard the voice of Morobu Jingguang, so he mistook them for Xiao Jingguang here, which means that Xiao Cao may be able to see the guardian sweetheart just like Xiao Ling and the others.

So since they were just here for a visit and had no intention of exposing the secrets of Guardian Sweetheart, there was no need to let the others come out of the bag.

[Huh? Weird, I don't know you. ]

"We are friends with Zhufu." Xiao Hang said calmly, and since his face had a righteous aura, Xiao Cao believed what he said smoothly.

"Then we are friends, because Xiao Jing and I are also good friends." Xiao Cao smiled brilliantly and said, "I came here to wait for Xiao Jing. He hasn't come to our secret base for many years. What about you? Are you here with Xiao Jing?"

The person who answered this question was Zero, his voice sounded a little stiff: "...No, we were just passing by because the school came to collect folk songs. Hiro is not from the same school as us."

Jinping at the back whispered to Kenichi: "You're calling me 'Hiro' right in front of my childhood sweetheart..."

"There's nothing we can do. It's pitiful that Xiao Yuya is all alone." Yanyi also responded in a low voice, "He has no childhood friend. Please give him some space."

The veins on Zero Forehead's forehead jumped: "Can you speak louder? This place is so small, he can hear you even if you speak softly!"

"That's great. I thought Xiaojing didn't come because something happened. He is fine. That's great." Xiao Cao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mom and Dad are worried that Xiaojing has forgotten me." He shook his head and said with confidence, "But I believe that is impossible! Xiaojing will never forget me and our agreement, because that is Xiaojing."

[I will never forget Xiaocao, Xiaocao is my good friend! ]

"By the way, since you also know Xiao Jing, can you help me pass a message to him? Please, please." Xiao Cao suddenly looked at the boy who was much shorter than him with sparkling eyes, "It's a very simple sentence... Please help me tell Xiao Jing that Xiao Cao in the mountain village misses him very much!"*

When hearing this, Chijiang Nayue's gaze fell on Xiaocao's side. Under a tree in the secret base, there stood a short figure - Xiao Jingguang, who was only seven years old.

[I miss Xiaocao too.] The little boy blinked his blue eyes with upturned corners and looked at his friend with emotion, [But Xiaocao, you still can't hear me.]

【However...】

The little boy looked at Chijiang Nayue and the strangers of the same age around Chijiang Nayue, and blinked twice.

He walked up to them and waved curiously: [But, can you hear and see me? ]

Xiao Ling was even stiffer than before.

God knows how shocked they were when they pushed aside the bushes and saw a little boy who looked very much like Morobushi Jingguang standing next to Xiaocao! Wait a minute, what's the state of Xiao Jingguang, is he a ground-bound spirit? That shouldn't be a ground-bound spirit here, right?

After all... thinking of this, the real children couldn't bear to look away, only Chijiang Nayue looked at Xiao Jingguang without dodging.

After all, Xiao Jingguang died in his own home.

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"Eh - so you are my future self." Xiao Jingguang said in surprise, "How amazing!"

"I seem to hear the ghost praising Guardian Sweetheart for being so magical..." Jinpei, a great scientist who was a materialist before meeting Guardian Sweetheart, muttered in a low voice.

"It's okay to be afraid of ghosts, Xiao Zhenping." Yanyi said sympathetically, "But if you pull it again, my hair will break off... ah, it hurts!"

"Who's afraid of ghosts?!" The curly-haired boy said stubbornly, "I, I, I just think this is unscientific!"

"It's even more unscientific that my future self traveled back in time and became the guardian sweetheart." Hang complained.

How can this be the same? The guardian angel has a physical body, but, but!

He looked over there, and saw Xiao Jingguang, who had returned to the school team with them since Xiao Cao left, and was now chatting with Morobushi Jingguang. One of them was a guardian sweetheart that only pure-hearted people and children could see, and the other was...

One of them was a ghost that only the five of them and the guardian sweetheart could see! It had no shadow under its feet and was the kind of ghost that could not be touched!

"Me?" Xiao Jingguang's voice also floated over, "I don't know why I became a ghost, but I can still see my parents and brother like this, I think it's not bad, even though they can't see me..."

"Hmm? Are you planning to go sweep my grave later?" Xiao Jingguang's voice became excited. "Can I go with you?"

Zhen Ping choked.

Why are you looking forward to cleaning your own grave?