Chapter 335 Twenty-two Sweethearts

Dudu.

There was a knock on the door.

"Baby, it's time to get up." Chi Jiangyou knocked lightly on the door, feeling puzzled.

It was strange. Usually Xiaohong got up earlier than them. But today when they came downstairs, they found that she was not there. They thought she wanted to take a nap, so they didn't go upstairs to wake her up. But they didn't see her come down until they finished breakfast.

This is unlikely. If other parents of ten-year-old children have troubles with their children staying in bed and not wanting to go to school, their Xiaohong has never made them worry about this. The child is so self-disciplined that adults would feel ashamed.

Akae You waited patiently for a few minutes, but there was no response from Na Yue. The only sound in the room was the rustling of bedding, which meant that the child was still lying in bed.

She realized something was wrong: "Aka? I'm coming in." Akae You pushed open the door with some worry.

Akae Nayue has always asked herself to clean up her room. Akae You, who pays attention to her child's personal privacy, rarely enters this room directly, but she is actually very familiar with the structure and layout of the room.

After all, she was the one who personally selected the place for her children and was responsible for all the decoration work.

The blonde woman walked quickly as she passed the huge bookcase against the wall next to the door. The curtains in the room were tightly drawn, the light was dim, and there was a faint scent of white peach incense floating in the air. It was placed here by Akajiang You a week ago.

She ignored all this and walked straight to the bed and leaned over. As expected, she saw a boy with his eyes tightly closed and a flushed face stuffed in the bulging quilt. Perhaps because of a stuffy nose, the child unconsciously opened his mouth slightly to ensure smooth breathing, so she could clearly catch the uncomfortable breathing sound.

Akae You reached out and touched the boy's forehead, then his neck. He was burned by the expected temperature and found that he was covered in cold sweat.

As if he was finally awakened by her action, the child curled up in the quilt opened his eyes drowsily, but did not look at his mother beside him at first. Instead, he frowned listlessly and muttered something.

Chijiangyou moved closer, so he could hear clearly that he was saying "what a trouble".

The usually extremely smart head seemed to be stunned. It was not until this moment that it realized there was another Akae You beside it. The child's already clear eyes widened and stared blankly at his mother who was standing beside the bed with a worried look on her face.

"Ah." Chi Jiang's consciousness murmured under the moonlight, "Mom? Am I dreaming?"

He hadn't dreamed of Yu-chan for a long time, why did he suddenly——

Huh? Wait, this isn't a dream.

Chi Jiang's brain, which had been boiling with heat from the moon, finally cooled down a little, and his memory came back a little bit. He also remembered that he was now in the same home he had eighteen years ago, and the person in front of him was not an illusion in a dream, but a real living person.

After realizing what had happened, the first thing he did was to squirm in the opposite direction, trying to distance himself from Akae Yuu, and whispered helplessly in a voice that had become hoarse and dry due to the fever: "It's contagious, Mom, stay a little further away..."

He swallowed, resisting the urge to cough and the itchiness in his throat.

"It's okay, it's okay. Mommy is in great shape and is not afraid of infection." Akae Yuu didn't seem surprised by his reaction. She just spoke softly in a coaxing tone, reaching out to lift his sweaty hair and gently kissing his hot forehead. "Baby, wait here for a moment. Mommy will get a cooling patch. Don't be afraid."

"I don't need a cooling pad, I just have a slight fever, I can still..."

"Baby." The blonde, blue-eyed woman put her index finger on his lips to stop him from continuing. She then used a pencil on the bedside table to tuck her long hair that had been hanging on her shoulders behind her head. Only when she leaned over to talk would a strand of golden hair fall down her face. She narrowed her eyes, and this time her tone left no room for doubt. "Can you take a rest for a while?"

…

Akajiang You quickly left the room and the door was closed again.

Chijiang Nayue curled up in the quilt, maintaining her original posture and staring at the ceiling in a daze.

His mother almost became a star with teacher Sharon, which was enough to prove that his mother was a great beauty. Akajinazuki had no doubt about it. Even after so many years, Yuu-chan was still the most beautiful scenery in his memory.

Sometimes people always think that she is just a pretty vase with a good temper. However, Chi Jiang Na Yue knows very well that whether as an undercover agent or a killer, his mother is more successful than his father. Her outstanding abilities are needless to say.

It's just... because he has been very independent since he was a child, and the two adults in his family are too unreliable in daily life, Akae Nazuki has developed a character that is not used to relying on others, so he rarely sees this side of Akae Yuu that makes him feel reliable.

But when Yuu-chan looked at him with those almost transparent blue eyes just now, he had no desire to resist at all, nor could he say anything to refuse.

The black-haired boy huddled deeper into the quilt.

Mom, so handsome.

—

In Chijiang Nayue's impression, he was indeed rarely sick, but he had several serious illnesses when he was a child. This was almost impossible for him as a book-created person - provided that he was still in his original world.

So Dazai Osamu, who knew about this, affectionately called the illnesses he had as a child "acclimatization". Akae Nazuki did not comment on this. In his eyes, it was actually more like the world detected an invading virus (him), so even if it had not yet discovered where the virus was or who it was, it would instinctively reject him. That's why in the past he would either not get sick or, if he got sick, it would be to the point where people would complain about "how is he still alive".

The situation this time is similar, but also different.

We went to Nagano for field research last week. There were five of us going there, and five of us plus a ghost when we came back... Yes, that's right, they brought little Jingguang back with them as well.

After returning to Tokyo, they lived a normal life except for catching bad guys every day. Then, he suddenly received a contact from [Shu] last night.

The voice of [Book] still sounds intermittent, but He delivered very useful information. Akae Nayue learned that after the birth of the anomaly, both periods of time were disrupted, but the messed timeline in Yokohama has been repaired, so the two worlds will automatically reintegrate. They don't need to do anything more here, they can immediately return to the correct timeline, and then the world will repair itself.

In other words, this period of elementary school life that was like a vacation is coming to an end.

Chi Jiang Na Yue's reaction was very calm. After all, he knew from the beginning that this was a short and rare time travel, so he initially treated every day as the last day and got along with his past parents calmly. Although he didn't have any regrets, at least he was happy enough during this time.

But after he told others about this, everyone, including Xiao Jingguang, expressed their reluctance to part with it to some extent.

Chijiang Nayue was surprised by this, and then found that the reasons why they were reluctant were very similar.

"After the world returns to normal, we have to wait another ten years before we can get to know each other, right?" Little Kenji spoke for the other kids, saying, "We finally became friends, but it's so hard to wait another ten years..."

Akae Nazuki was touched for a second, and then he heard Hagiwara Kenji agreeing, "That's right! I see Nazuki, Furuya, Morobushi and the class leader less and less each time when they were little! Damn it, they were so cute, why didn't I recognize you when I was little?"

Chijiang Nayue coldly stuffed the half-long-haired guardian sweetheart in the air into the quilt and physically silenced her.

Then no one knew who started it, but in the end everyone agreed to let their future selves go home with them tonight. Even Xiao Jingguang and Zhufu Jingguang went to stay in the guest room that Chijiang Nayue had specially vacated for them. According to them, they wanted to chat a little more at the end.

Chijiang Nayue knew that this excuse was really bad, but he still agreed as if he hadn't noticed anything.

The result was so unexpected that even Akae Nayue himself did not expect that this body would have a high fever overnight. The guardian sweethearts were not at home, and no one noticed that something was wrong with his condition. Even Morobushi Jingguang was not the type of person who would rashly lift the quilt when his friend was sleeping. As a result, the little ghost and Morobushi Jingguang who had been hiding did not appear by the bed until Akae You left the room, and looked at their companion on the bed with worry and concern.

"Thank you." Since the ghost couldn't touch other things, Zhu Fu Jingguang picked up the water cup which was slightly bigger than him with difficulty and handed it to the child who was half leaning against the head of the bed with a flushed face. The latter subconsciously thanked him.

Chijiang Nayue sipped the water in small sips, and seemed to be concentrating on thinking about something. However, Zhufu Jingguang, who was proficient in Chijiang language at level 10, said, "Pay attention when drinking water. Don't be absent-minded. Nayue, you will be choked."

Thus, Chijiang Nayue was deprived of the chance to continue drinking water and daydreaming, as the sweetheart and the ghost worked together to push him back onto the bed.

"I'll go tell Zero and the others that you can't go to school today." Zhu Fu Jingguang whispered, "Remember to listen to your auntie and have a good rest after taking the medicine."

Zhu Fu Jingguang narrowed his eyes and said, "You are not allowed to get up and do anything else. Xiao Jing will supervise you on my behalf. Got it, aka?"

Chi Jiang Na Yue Wu Yan, who originally wanted to get out of bed as soon as he left, had to blink her big watery eyes and pretend that she didn't understand anything.

Zhufu Jingguang sighed and squeezed out from the door which was slightly open.

To be honest, it would be faster to go through the window, but then the moon would get colder.

After he left, Chijiang Nayue lay in bed for half a minute before he couldn't lie still again, but Xiao Jingguang stood firmly by his bed, not giving him any chance to take advantage.

If there is no loophole, create one!

"Cough, cough, cough..." Chijiang Nayue suddenly started coughing, tears welling up from the corners of her eyes, which scared Xiao Jingguang.

He waved his hands to indicate that he was fine, then curled up in the quilt feeling insecure.

Xiao Jingguang had read about this in a book. He knew what to do in this situation. Sick people tend to feel insecure?

"If time goes back to the way it was, I will never see Yuu-chan and Seigo again." The boy under the quilt said in a muffled voice, "I don't want this place to change back... but."

"But if it's Yuu-chan and Seigo," he said, his voice getting softer and softer, "they'll definitely want me to do the right thing..."

He turned over and faced the ghost by the window, revealing a rare vulnerable look in the ghost's eyes: "Can I... go down and secretly watch them for a while? I don't want to lie here and be unable to do anything."

In this respect, they both felt the same way.

So, little Jingguang, who couldn't play with Mr. Xinru, finally compromised. He followed Chijiang Nayue who sneaked down and hid behind the wall at the entrance of the stairs to observe the situation below.

Akae Yu, who was calm and composed in the room and even showed a strong side, was now in a mess, with a look of collapse and madness: "I must have brought the virus back two days ago and infected him! Where is the medicine? Seigo, where is the antipyretic in the family medicine box last time?!"

Akae Seigo, who almost stuffed himself into the refrigerator to search, was sweating profusely, and said anxiously, "I found it, but it's expired! The same goes for the heat-dissipating patch. I asked someone to buy some, but it seems that there are a lot of people in the nearby clinics today... Sato has been on leave recently, so should we take his temperature first?"

Sato is the name of their family's personal doctor.

The beautiful woman who had previously looked like she had everything under control punched her husband on the shoulder in anger: "I remember now, it was because you said that thing was useless last time that I didn't update the stock when I passed by the pharmacy!"

The two looked at each other.

Even though they have been raising a child for five years, in some ways, they are still like a pair of new parents... After all, their own children have rarely had the opportunity to fall ill and need care in the past, so the two of them are exhausted, but at the same time, they are rekindled with fighting spirit.

"Okay, I'll go cook a pot of porridge for Aka now." Akae Yu rolled up his sleeves, "Qingwu, I'll leave the heat-dissipating patch to you!"

Akae Seigo's expression changed drastically: "Baby, calm down!"

Xiaohong just has a fever now. She should go to the emergency room to check her stomach after eating...

Chi Jiang Na Yue, who was standing at the corner of the stairs and had a panoramic view of all this, fell into a brief silence. Xiao Jing Guang next to him secretly glanced at him.

Take another look.

Eh? Did the moon smile?

"...Well, I suddenly feel very uncomfortable. I'd better go back and rest." said the boy.