Chapter 342 Twenty-nine Sweethearts

Kenji and the others were really not sure whether Akae Nazuki had returned or not. After all, Morobushi Kagemitsu, who had inexplicably turned into a villain and never came out again, had been quickly put back into the bag. They were still not sure what had happened to Akae Nazuki that gave birth to a villain, let alone investigating his movements.

For the first time in his life, the young boy with semi-long hair felt that his social skills were not good enough. He used all his strength to hold Akae Yu for half an hour. Now that Akae Seigo is back, no matter what they were going to do, they had to stop first, otherwise their purpose would be easily discovered.

Life is not easy, Yan Er sighed.

After saying that, Akajiang You stood up from the sofa, and seemed to be ready to go upstairs. Ling quickly suppressed the formation that wanted to block him and winked at his friends.

Fortunately, the tacit understanding between the few of them was pretty good. Hang, who seemed the least likely to lie, cleared his throat and said, "If possible, can we go up together? After all, we are all very worried about Chijiang's health."

The blond-haired, blue-eyed beauty had been leaning on the wooden handrail of the stairs when she saw that they had something to say. After hearing this, she looked at them with a half-smile, then nodded readily: "Of course, you can, you are Xiaohong's friends, I don't think he will mind."

This was the first time that kid brought someone of the same age back and acknowledged their friendship.

"Speaking of which, how about everyone staying for dinner tonight?" She suddenly clasped her hands together and looked at the children expectantly, "Because Xiaohong's fever hasn't subsided yet, but the ingredients I bought won't be fresh by tomorrow."

"Huh? Won't that be too much of a bother?" Kenji hesitated.

"It's okay." Akae Yu smiled, "Besides, since everyone is so caring to come visit Xiaohong, it's normal for them to stay for a meal, right?"

The boys now felt too embarrassed to continue refusing.

Only Zero had a strange expression.

Why did he feel that the way Chijiang's mother smiled just now was exactly the same as the way Chijiang Nayue, after her transformation, wanted to trick the sweetheart/bad guy?

No, that's not what's important now.

They talked in low voices for a while, then fearfully followed Akagi Yu back upstairs - Zhen Ping had an idea and suggested calling home to tell them he wouldn't be back for dinner tonight, trying to delay the time.

Then he was left on the first floor to make a phone call.

The others looked at him with sympathy, then hung their heads and continued to follow Chijiang You upstairs to "wake up" Chijiang Nayue.

Dudu.

Chijiang You raised his hand and knocked on the door twice, saying softly, "Xiaohong, are you awake? Your friends are here to see you."

The room was completely silent.

The blonde beauty raised her eyebrows and patiently knocked again: "Then I come in?"

The few people at the back already showed painful expressions, and their brains began to work rapidly, thinking about how they should find an excuse for their little friend if Akagi You went in and found that his son was missing.

But just before Akae Yu was about to open the door, Akae Nayue's voice finally rang out in the room. Maybe because she had just woken up, she still sounded a little sleepy, as if she wanted to continue sleeping: "Yu... Yu-chan? Sleep for another five minutes..."

It took Zero a few seconds to realize that this was Akae Nazuki acting coquettishly with his mother. He held back the shocked expression on his face - the same went for Kenji and Kou beside him.

Who would understand! That transfer student who always had a blank expression on his face, looked like a devil when he smiled, and even made those who were lining up to cry on the first day of his transfer…actually acted cute with his mother? !

Wait, come to think of it, the transfer student is only ten years old, so this is normal, right? But the usual transfer students don't look like normal ten-year-olds.

Chijiang sighed and pressed the door handle gently but unquestioningly: "No, you've been sleeping for a long time, baby. If you sleep any longer, you'll probably get a headache."

The three of them showed even more awed expressions. In their opinion, Chijiang You looked like he was already used to this kind of coquettish behavior. Did that mean that Chijiang Nayue often behaved like this?

Wow……

What they didn't know was that Akajiang You's hand that was pressing on the door handle was also trembling slightly, and her eyes were full of regret and regret: Damn it, Xiaohong, who never stays in bed, used this sentence to act coquettishly for the first time, and there was no time to record it!

If any of the guardian sweethearts heard her thoughts, they would probably have only one thought.

...Well, like mother, like son.

After Chijiang You opened the door, the light in the room was still dim, the curtains were tightly drawn, and Chijiang Nayue was sitting up on the bed, rubbing her eyes sleepily.

For Akae Nazuki, who is used to maintaining long-term concentration, this state is rare, not to mention Akae Yu, whose expression now looks even more regretful than before - after all, she has recorded one less video.

She walked to the bed and touched her son's forehead naturally, and found that the temperature had dropped a lot. At least it didn't feel as hot as at the beginning. Chi Jiangyou couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised: "Oh, has the fever subsided a little? Baby, let me take your temperature..."

Akae Nayue obediently let her play with her, but her eyes passed over Akae You's shoulder and turned to the three friends standing at the door with doubts on their faces.

He didn't think it was shameful to be heard acting coquettishly with his mother, and even seemed to be very justified in doing so.

He is a child now!

Thinking of this, Akajennatsuki also breathed a sigh of relief when Akajyou turned around.

Logically speaking, he should have been unable to make it back, as the skateboard he was riding on was affected by Xiao Nayue's ultimate move and was broken.

At that time, Bad Sweetheart cried and was accidentally hit and the cross was broken. In Bourbon's shocked question, "I am not a bad sweetheart, why can I purify other bad sweethearts?!", he turned into a pure white soul egg and flew back to find his master. When Bad Sweetheart left, the power exerted on Akae Nazuki naturally disappeared, and he recovered his normal memory.

...and looked at Furuya Rei, who had also erased the cross and turned back into the guardian sweetheart because Akae Nazuki had returned to normal, and they tacitly chose to pretend that the terrible experience that had just happened, which was like a black history, had never happened.

Losing the skateboard meant that they needed to find another way to get home as soon as possible. Just as Chijiang was thinking about it, he received a call from Sharon.

Then this is what happened now. Sharon drove him back, and he had just climbed back from the window when he heard the sound of the door, so he had to quickly pretend to make it look like he had just woken up.

Kenji and the others seemed to have relaxed, but Akae Nazuki knew that the situation was not as good as it seemed - Sharon told him in the car that Yuu-chan had called her not long ago, which was why she happened to be near his house and was able to pick him up at the construction site.

So maybe Yuu-chan already knows something. Thinking of this, Akae Nazuki stared at the ceiling for a while.

Isn't it time for him to find some time to confess something to Yuu-chan?

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The opportunity came quickly. When Chi Jiang Na Yue learned that others would also stay for dinner tonight, he knew he couldn't delay any longer.

While Morobushi Kagemitsu and others, as well as Kokenji and others, were pestering Furuya Rei to ask about the Evil Sweetheart Bourbon incident this afternoon, Akae Nazuki slipped into the courtyard wearing the cartoon blanket that Seigo had forced on him.

There is an old tree with dense branches in their courtyard. Hanging under the tree are two swings that Seigo made for Akae when Akae was six years old. Since Seigo expressed in the early stages of making them that he had wanted to play with them for a long time, in fact, Akae may still be able to sit on them and play until he is thirty years old.

He was now standing in front of the swings, and there was already a person sitting on one of the swings.

Her long hair was not tied up at the moment, but curled up and fell loosely behind her head, trembling in the wind as the swing swayed. Her blue eyes, which always seemed to sparkle in front of the children in the past, were now drooping quietly, as if she was staring at her thighs in a daze.

In the past, Chijiang Nayue would often be coaxed by his parents to go to the courtyard to get some fresh air on sunny afternoons. At those times, he would always choose to sit on the left swing and read quietly while swinging. For ordinary children, this reading habit would be very bad, but for him, it would not hurt his eyes at all. On the contrary, he quite liked the feeling of swinging.

Until he was eighteen, he was a frequent user of the swing at home, and because the swing was worn out, Qingwu and he took turns replacing it several times.

But Akae Yuu didn't seem to like this, and he rarely saw her by the swing.

"Hmm? Aka, what are you doing standing there? Come here." Akae Yuya sensed his approach. She reached out and patted the chair next to her. When she raised her head and looked over, she seemed to come alive, and the familiar light filled her eyes again.

It seemed as if the loneliness and gloom he had seen before were all illusions.

Chijiang Nayue realized something.

Even after he sat down on the swing on the left for a while as he was told, no one in the courtyard spoke first.

"Actually you're not my Xiaohong, right?"

As if she didn't like such silence, Akajenna soon heard the woman beside her say so in a soft voice.

He didn't look over, but that young face didn't show any nervousness of being suddenly exposed, or any bewilderment. Instead, there was only understanding in his eyes.

After a gentle hum, Chijiang Nayue touched the swing rope at hand and said in a positive tone: "You knew it a long time ago."

"What mother who loves her child wouldn't recognize her own child?" The blonde woman smiled, her eyes soft as water as she looked at the person next to her. "So I also know that although you are not my Xiaohong, you are also him... I can feel it, baby."

Chijiang Nayue finally turned around and looked at her, and after a few seconds he smiled brilliantly.

He chose to tell the 'truth': "Yes, I am 'Chijiang Nayue' from the future, but I returned to this time because of some accidents. Don't worry, mom, I will be able to restore time to its original state soon, and then the ten-year-old me will be back."

Akae Nazuki hopes that he will always be a sunny, cheerful and popular boy in the eyes of Akae You. He wants to make Akae You, who is probably still worried about his son's inability to integrate into the crowd at this point in time, feel more at ease.

What could be easier to reassure a mother than to hear him admit it in person from the future? Look, this is Akae Nazuki from the future, who seems to be living a happy life.

He wanted to let his parents from eighteen years ago know that he would live a good life in the future.

"Really?" Akae Yuu also looked very happy. "The future sounds amazing."

"Yes, I was admitted to my mom and dad's alma mater, and I passed the professional group exam and became the youngest superintendent in Japan. Although I have resigned and am now a detective... But before I resigned, I almost became the youngest senior superintendent in Japan."

In fact, he is now the chief inspector, but he holds this position simply because he died in the line of duty once... so there is no need to tell her.

When Chi Jiang Na Yue was speaking, the blonde woman opposite him looked at him with tender eyes from beginning to end. Under this gaze, he spoke more and more boastfully, telling her in a coquettish manner about his achievements.

Chi Jiang Na Yue never cared about those false names, let alone showing off. In the seven years he worked in the police force, he almost buried himself in his job. Every day he was either handling cases or on his way to handle cases. Occasionally he also took private work from the public security. He did not do these for anyone's praise, he just did it because he wanted to.

However, Yu is different, and Qingwu is also different. Only with them, he wants to share everything of himself and wants to be praised by them.

After he finished speaking, Akae You clapped his hands enthusiastically, praising him generously: "As expected of our Xiaohong, as expected of my son, he is awesome!"

Akae then opened his arms to him, revealing his embrace: "Give this awesome kid a hug, okay?"

Chijiang Nayue was stunned for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he had already jumped off the swing without hesitation and threw himself into the arms that were so close to him.

The familiar temperature and smell made his eyes a little sore instantly - it was definitely affected by the child's body, he just had sand in his eyes.

Chijiang Nayue could feel a hand patting him gently on his back, and could hear his beautiful mother's steady breathing and her still strong heartbeat.

Perhaps all children in the world like to tell their worried parents good news instead of their worries, and perhaps all parents who are worried about their children can see through their pretense.

Because after this peaceful tranquility lasted for a while, Chijiang Nayue heard You's low voice asking: "Baby, do you like that kind of life?"

He raised his head from her arms and met her gaze as she looked down at him. He saw a look of all-seeing in those blue eyes.

"Well, I like it very much." Chijiang Nayue said, "I can easily get what I want. I live a free life that I never dared to imagine before. I also have a group of like-minded friends who are like family. I really like this kind of life."

His hands couldn't help but clutch the fabric of her clothes on her back.

He just missed the house where he had lived for thirteen years, and missed this "home" that gave him a human heart.

He just...misses his mom and dad very much.

"I'm sorry." Chi Jiangyou suddenly hugged him again, her hands constantly stroking his hair. Although she tried her best to conceal her voice, she still caught some sadness and self-blame in it. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I'm glad that you can live so happily, but I also feel very sorry for you... Are Qing and I no longer in your life?"

She wanted to continue to be a decent mother in front of her children, and to maintain her image of being reliable, calm and emotionally stable. However, after she saw the tears hidden in her children's eyes, all her disguise and resistance were shattered.

"It was me who kept you here without your permission, and made Qing and I the most important part of your life. But it was also me who left you without your permission, baby. I think I'm a very bad mother." Akajiang You's voice sounded a little choked.

She couldn't imagine how much suffering her child would have to go through after losing them, nor could she imagine how her child had reached that position. The achievements that should have been envied by others made her feel proud and reluctant.

Because she knew that it must be very difficult, and when Xiaohong was in pain, she and Aqing were not by his side.

"No, you're not." Her child buried in her arms and denied firmly, "You are the best mother in the world. I really, really, really... really love you, Mom."