Chapter 16: The Sixteenth Mom
A beige plush slipper flew out of the automatically opened shoe cabinet. It was about ten centimeters above the ground, suspended in the air, then staggered towards Bai Chuanmu, and with a "pop", it was thrown in front of Bai Chuanmu.
Baichuanmu: @o@Wow——!
Bai Chuanmu stared blankly at the beige plush slippers placed crookedly in front of him and exclaimed in his heart, "How magical! It's like watching a magic show."
Xiao Xia Youjie stretched out his finger angrily and poked the air in front of him, and taught him: "Don't throw your slippers in front of your mother. It's impolite. Pick them up and put them away properly."
"Well... no need, I can do it myself..." Baichuanmu said weakly.
But she spoke a little slowly, and the beige plush slipper floated up again and was placed in front of her.
Xiao Xia Youjie nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad... But Cat and Dog, go help Little Eyes and Little Fish. They are too weak to move the other slipper."
Baichuanmu seemed to hear a "meow" or "woof" sound... Or maybe it wasn't an illusion, because Xiao Xia Youjie was using his cursed spirit to help her get things.
The incident started when she said it was a bit cold tonight and she should wear cotton slippers. Xiao Xia Youjie, who was testing the curse spirits, volunteered to help, but he didn't go to get it himself. Instead, he drove the three curse spirits that had been successfully tamed to get it.
Xiao Xia Youjie also actively introduced three cursed spirits to Baichuanmu.
The small eyes are as big as Xia Youjie's fist, which is an eyeball. Behind it are translucent wings the size of a fingernail. It can fly and has a small mouth, like a fat little bee.
The little fish is made up of two black diamonds, one large and one small, the size of a palm, with a sharp head, about as thin as a piece of paper, and two white dots for eyes, a bit like a graffiti.
The cat and dog are about the same size as a Chihuahua, but rounder and with shorter legs. Maybe they are closer to Corgis? They look like a blue dog doll and a yellow cat doll sewn together. They have three eyes, one green and two blue. They stick out their tongues, and their meows sound like a mixture of a cat and a dog.
As a timid person who has never dared to watch horror movies, Baichuanmu feels that according to Xiaoxia Youjie's description, the cursed spirit doesn't seem to be that scary. It's ugly and cute... even a little bit cute?
Hearing that his mother wanted cotton slippers, Xiao Xia Youjie instructed: "Little Eyes, Little Fish, Cats and Dogs, go and help get the cotton slippers...Mom, what do your cotton slippers look like?"
"Beige... plush slippers with white flowers on them," Bai Chuanmu thought about it, but then he thought there was no need to use a curse to get a pair of slippers, "Xiao Jie... actually..."
Xiao Xia Youjie warned, "It's the beige plush slippers with little white flowers on them. Cats and dogs, be careful not to get your saliva on them... Hmm? Mom, what did you want to say just now?"
"...Mom wants to say thank you, Xiaojie."
"Hey, mom, you're welcome.
In Xiao Xia Youjie's vision, the cats and dogs meowed obediently, and their little tails turned like propellers. They spread their short legs and ran towards the shoe cabinet at the door. Although they were the first to move, they were not very fast because of their short legs.
The flying fish and the small eyes have some advantages over cats and dogs in this regard. The fish is like swimming in the water, drawing an elegant arc and coming to the side of the shoe cabinet. But the fish is very weak, it has no mouth and no hands, it can only poke the handle of the shoe cabinet with its pointed head, but it has no effect, and is criticized by Xiao Xia Youjie.
"Xiaoyu, don't poke the cabinet handle. It might leave a mark on it."
The little fish stopped and waited for his companions to come and help.
Little Eyeball was the second to arrive. Although its wings were small, they flapped very quickly, making a slight buzzing sound. But it was unable to open the door of the shoe cabinet. Although it had an extra mouth than the little fish, its strength was also very limited.
The two of them arrived earlier, but could only wander around in place, waiting for the cat and dog to arrive.
After the cats and dogs opened the cabinet door with a grunt, their tails seemed to twitch even faster.
"Huh?" Xiao Xia Youjie frowned slightly and made a puzzled sound.
"What's wrong, Xiaojie?" Baichuanmu asked with concern.
"I seem to be able to see... the images that the little eyes see, although they are a little blurry," he squinted and took a closer look, then instructed, "Yes, it's the pair in front of the cats and dogs."
Then the cat and dog held a beige fluffy slipper and placed it in front of Baichuanmu, and then happily went to help their two stupid companions get the other slipper.
Xiaoyu and Xiaoyanqiu tried their best to move the slipper nearly one centimeter. Cat and Dog ran over and picked it up easily, then gave it to Baichuanmu.
It seemed very proud, and raised its head towards Xiao Xia Youjie and meowed and woofed, as if asking for a touch.
Xiao Xia Youjie cooperated and touched its head: "Great! Hmm... but it feels a little cold, like it has been soaked in water... There is no water on it."
Baichuanmu looked at Xiaoxia Youjie who was touching the "air" and tentatively reached out his hand to touch it. Hmm... this time he seemed to be able to feel something, a cool touch, and a vague furry feeling... This shouldn't be a psychological effect?
But this contact made her feel uncomfortable, and her mood was inexplicably depressed.
That’s true, after all, cursed spirits are born from negative emotions.
"Mom!" Xiao Xia Youjie exclaimed, "Can you touch cats and dogs?! Then can you see it?!"
"I still can't see it~ But it seems that after Xiaojie subdued the cursed spirit, Mom seems to be able to touch it? Although it feels quite... strange?" Baichuanmu shrugged and smiled helplessly, "Although most people can't use cursed power and can't see cursed spirits, it doesn't mean that they don't have any cursed power at all. It's just that people like us can't control our own cursed power... That's why cursed spirits were born."
"The Curse Spirit... is born..."
Baichuanmu remembered that she had not yet explained to Xiaoxia Youjie the reason for the creation of cursed spirits. She thought about it for a while and then said, "Most people cannot control their own cursed power, which causes the cursed power to overflow and precipitate into cursed spirits... Therefore, the closer the cursed spirits are to humans, the stronger they will be. After all, they are born from humans in the final analysis."
"Is that so..." Xiao Xia Youjie nodded thoughtfully, "Is that why there are sorcerers who can control their own cursed power? Because we have power, we must protect those who have no power."
"Well, Xiao Xia Youjie is a hero. Although he is an unknown hero behind the scenes to most people, mom knows it," Baichuanmu rubbed Xiao Xia Youjie's head, "Xiao Xia Youjie has always been a very gentle person... No matter what time, he is the one who wants to protect the weak."
Whether before or after his transformation, Geto Suguru was like this. Although after his transformation, his desire to protect the weak had been distorted to the point where he could hardly see clearly.
Xiao Xia Youjie narrowed his eyes and smiled gently: "Well! It doesn't matter if others don't know, it's enough for mom to know! Because... because I want to protect the weak, because mom has always protected and taken care of me, when I become stronger, I will be mom's hero and protect mom~"
"Okay~" Baichuanmu pinched Xiaoxia Youjie's face, "But, my little hero, you should take a bath and go to bed now. Do you want to play with your three cursed spirits for a while before going to bed, or do you want your mother to read you a story book? We can watch an episode of cartoons together, but only one episode, and no snacks. Xiaojie should be full, right?"
"I'm very full, I... burp." Xiao Xia Youjie rubbed his stomach and burped again. He was a little embarrassed and wanted to change the subject, thinking about what to do before going to bed.
But the three choices given by his mother were all very tempting, and Xiao Xia Youjie didn't know what to choose.
"Hmm..." Actually, he wanted to choose all three.
The child doesn’t want to make a choice, he wants everything!
Baichuanmu saw Xiaoxia Youjie's entanglement and smiled: "Xiaojie, if you are so entangled, why don't you make the decision for you? Do you want to - do the homework assigned by the kindergarten first?"
"Hey!" Xiao Xia Youjie opened his mouth wide, eliminated one of the four options, and then randomly chose one, "Mom, I want to watch cartoons, can I?"
The weekend homework assigned by the kindergarten is not much and is very simple: do addition and subtraction math problems within ten on a side, write the twenty-six letters of the alphabet in a row, draw two pictures, and do handicrafts with their parents.
Xiao Xia Youjie is very well behaved and completes his homework well, but he doesn’t really like doing homework. He has the mentality of a child and wants to play.
Baichuanmu chuckled and said, "Of course you can. Then go take a shower and we will watch cartoons together later."
"Okay!"
Xiao Xia Youjie obediently found his pajamas in the closet and went to take a shower.
Baichuanmu was very busy at work in the past, and Xiaoxia Youjie had already learned to take a bath by himself.
But he still needs his mother's help to wash his hair, as his hair has rarely been cut and is quite long.
Bai Chuanmu took this opportunity to look for a suitable cartoon. Her mind was full of the word "monkey".
Are there any cartoons about monkeys?
She actually found it, and it was "Journey to the West"!
I miss it so much...
When she was in the orphanage, she also watched a few episodes on the TV in the lobby, but she never watched it from beginning to end.
This time I can finish the chase with Xiao Xia Youjie.
They watched "Journey to the West" together tonight. Xiao Xia Youjie seemed to like it very much and pestered Bai Chuanmu to watch another episode. Bai Chuanmu couldn't help it and watched three episodes with Xiao Xia Youjie.
After the third episode was over, Baichuanmu discovered that Xiaoxia Youjie had fallen asleep.
He closed the laptop, put it on the bedside table, covered Xiao Xia Youjie with a blanket, and turned off the lights.
"Xiaojie, have a sweet dream~"
…
In the middle of the night, little Xia Youjie was woken up by his little eyeball. He opened his eyes in a daze and saw his mother kicking off the quilt. He covered his mother with the quilt.
"I will take good care of my mother... Mom, have a good dream~"
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