Chapter 18: The Eighteenth Mom
While Xiao Xia Youjie was drawing, Bai Chuanmu was searching for "Why do children change their teeth too early?" There were three possible reasons on the Internet: genetics, balanced nutrition, and eating too much hard food. It was not an abnormal situation, but it was still recommended to take the child to the hospital for a check-up, just in case.
So she searched for a nearby dental hospital, one to get her teeth checked and the other to cast a spell.
The dentist is a nightmare for many people, as cursed spirits might be bred there.
Since she has decided to support Geto Natsume to become a sorcerer, she can't just talk about it. Although she is really powerless in terms of combat power, she can still provide help in terms of "intelligence".
For example...
Baichuanmu browsed the social media platform, looking at all kinds of strange stories and rumors, preferably those with specific locations marked. In this world with cursed spirits, these monster rumors and strange stories are very likely to be true.
Bai Chuanmu picked up her pen and wrote down in her notebook several places where cursed spirits were suspected to exist, as well as incidents where casualties had occurred... Her pen remained suspended in the air over the paper for a long time, until a small ink dot formed.
In the end, Baichuanmu still did not record the incident in which casualties occurred.
This kind of curse spirit that is capable of harming humans must be of a strong level, at least level one or two. It would be terrible if you encounter a top-level curse spirit.
Xiao Xia Youjie's talent is indeed very good, but he is still just a child. He has just awakened the technique not long ago, and there is still a big gap between him and the "strongest". He is still exploring how to use the cursed power. The three cursed spirits he has subdued seem to be weaklings, and it is difficult for them to help pick up something.
What's more, Bai Chuanmu, an adult, thinks that cursed spirits are scary and creepy. Wouldn't Xiao Xia Youjie, a child, feel scared when facing them?
Although Xiao Xia Youjie has already tamed three cursed spirits, and he thinks they are a bit cute, after listening to Xiao Xia Youjie's description, Baichuan Mu also thinks they are ugly and cute, but this does not mean that Xiao Xia Youjie will have the same mentality when facing other cursed spirits.
Baichuanmu lowered his eyes. In addition to the three cursed spirits that had been tamed, they also encountered a baby cursed spirit that was said to have six arms.
Xiaojie said he was a little scared.
Maybe it's more than just a little bit. Little Xia Youjie usually acts like a little adult, but he is only four and a half years old. He is obviously a kindergarten kid, but he has to face all these.
Bai Chuanmu was not very brave. She never dared to watch horror movies. Horror comics and animations were okay because they belonged to the second dimension after all... But the cursed spirits they were facing now were not as "kind" as those in the comics. They were monsters from the third dimension...
These incidents seem very dangerous, so the sorcery world should send sorcerers to resolve them, right?
She would not bring Xiao Xia Youjie to get involved, at least not for the time being. Besides, Xiao Xia Youjie's identity as a curse spirit operator should not be exposed too early, lest those rotten oranges have any bad intentions.
Bai Chuanmu wrote down a few key points of the plot in his notebook so that she wouldn't forget them.
From now on, there are still more than ten years before the critical asteroplasm event. Bai Chuanmu is not sure if he can still remember it clearly ten years later.
If Tenriko could have been saved, Gon might not have turned evil.
But the difficulty lies in the fact that I am really just an ordinary monkey!
Bai Chuanmu covered his face and wailed in his heart, where is her golden finger? ! Where is the golden finger that is standard for time travelers? ! Why can't she get one!
"Mom," Xiao Xia Youjie shouted. He picked up the painting, jumped off the chair, and hopped to Baichuanmu's side to show her, "Mom, I have completed one of my homework. This is the painting I drew. It's about washing dishes with mom~"
Baichuanmu's eyes fell on the painting. Xiaoxia Youjie was extremely serious when painting her, especially her pair of deep purple eyes, which were round and big.
Maybe in the eyes of adults, this painting is not very beautiful, but that is for other people.
Baichuanmu fell in love with the painting at first sight because she felt Xiaoxia Youjie's sincere feelings.
The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and her eyes were full of joy.
Why does she need a golden finger? Isn’t it enough to have Xiao Xia Youjie?
"But mom... I don't know how to write 'washing dishes'... so I didn't describe it in detail..."
"Oh? Xiaojie wrote 'very happy with mom'. Hahaha, mom and Xiaojie are also very happy together!"
Baichuanmu picked up Xiaoxia Yujie and let him sit on his lap. He turned the notebook to a new side and wrote "茶碗を洗う". Then he held Xiaoxia Yujie's hand and wrote again: "Write it like this, Xiaojie, try it."
"Hmm!" Xiao Xia Youjie held the pen and slowly wrote "茶碗を洗う" stroke by stroke. His speed was quite slow, but he was extremely serious. He was also deliberately imitating Baichuanmu's handwriting, and it was about 70% accurate.
Baichuanmu practiced calligraphy on purpose, and her handwriting is beautiful. When she was in school, some classmates bribed her with snacks to write letters for them, most of which were love letters.
She has been single all her life, but she has written hundreds of love letters and has a baby who can cast spells...
Although the handwriting on Xiao Xia Youjie's painting is not ugly, it is obviously written by a child. It is a little childish and reveals a bit of cuteness, which is far from the "wash dishes" he just wrote.
"Wow——" Bai Chuanmu couldn't help but sigh, "Xiaojie's learning ability is so strong, his handwriting is almost the same as his mother's."
"Well, because mom writes beautifully." Xiao Xia Youjie tilted his head back, "Now I remember how to write 'wash dishes'!"
"Xiao Jie is awesome, and his paintings are so beautiful. It seems that our Xiao Jie has the talent to be a great painter~" Baichuanmu praised. She rubbed Xiao Xia Youjie's head, "If this is a homework, will the teacher hand it out after reading it? Mom wants to keep it for later use."
"Well, they are usually displayed in class for a while. They will be handed out during the summer vacation. If mom likes it, I'll give this one to her. I'll draw another one!"
"If it is displayed in class, mom also hopes to show it to other children, because Xiaojie drew me very beautifully!" Baichuanmu said with a smile, tapping the little man on the painting, "Of course, Xiaojie in the painting is also super cute!"
"Hehe~" Xiao Xia Youjie smiled, "Then I... will give it to mom after the other kids have finished reading it."
"Okay~" Bai Chuanmu nodded, then closed his notebook and turned off his computer. "Xiao Jie, shall we get ready to go out?"
"Well, but mom," Xiao Xia Youjie also noticed that Bai Chuanmu was writing something, but he didn't know many words and didn't understand what she was writing, "What were you writing just now?"
Bai Chuanmu blinked at him and said, "It's a secret. I'll tell you when Xiaojie grows up~"
"When I grow up? Um... when was that? When I was five years old, was that considered grown up?"
"Hahaha...Xiao Jie is still a child when he's five years old," Bai Chuanmu laughed. She thought for a moment and said, "I'll tell Xiao Jie when he's fifteen."
"Is fifteen an adult?!" Xiao Xia Youjie said in surprise, and then hummed, "But, fifteen... it takes a long time to wait. I really hope time can go by quickly, and I can celebrate my fifteenth birthday tomorrow."
He was not only curious about the secret his mother told him, but also wanted to grow up quickly. For little Xia Youjie, only by growing up can he have enough strength to protect the people he wants to protect.
Baichuanmu kissed Xiaoxia Youjie's face and said, "You have to take it step by step and take your time. Don't be in a hurry... And if Xiaojie wants to become stronger, it will take time to accumulate."
Xiao Xia Youjie smiled and said, "I know. I want to collect a lot of cursed spirits. Super-many, so many that our house can't hold them all. That way I will become even more powerful!"
Bai Chuanmu couldn't help but imagine the scene of the room being filled with cursed spirits. Hmm... I'd better let her decline this...
But having said that.
"Xiao Jie, do you keep your curse spirit outside all the time?"
"Yes, they are all very well behaved," Xiao Xia Youjie pointed out the location of the three cursed spirits to Baichuanmu, "Little Eyes is lying on the windowsill, Little Fish is circling around the table, and Cat and Dog are under the sofa... Cat and Dog seem to be stuck under there and can't get out. I'll go help it."
No wonder Bai Chuanmu felt that the sofa seemed to be shaking, she thought it was an illusion, it turned out that there was a little fool stuck underneath... Why would cats and dogs crawl under the sofa? The gap in the sofa is only four or five centimeters, right?
Xiao Xia Youjie ran to the sofa and pulled the cat and dog out like pulling a carrot. He rubbed the cat and dog's head and said, "Okay, it's okay now. Don't hide in the corner next time."
"Xiao Jie, aren't you going to put them away?"
"Hey, can it be put away? How can I put it away?"
This question stumped Bai Chuanmu. She stroked her chin and thought for a while before saying, "Hmm... Mom is not quite sure. You may need to figure it out on your own. Maybe... it's similar to the feeling when you turned them into Curse Jade?"
"I'll give it a try."
Xiao Xia Youjie grabbed the cat and dog and stared at it for a long time with his eyes. Then the cat and dog turned into black and blue flames and disappeared from his hands. Or rather, it was as if they merged into his body. He could still feel the cat and dog's presence.
Xiao Xia Youjie tried to let the cats and dogs out again. The cats and dogs meowed at him and wagged their tails happily, as if they were happy that he let them out, even though they had only been kept there for a few seconds.
"I have learned how to collect curse spirits, Mom, look!" Xiao Xia Youjie collected the cat and dog again, and from a distance, he collected the little fish and the little eyes as well. However, he was a little slower in collecting them. After showing it off, he remembered that his mother couldn't see the curse spirits, "Sorry, Mom, I forgot that you can't see the curse spirits..."
"Xiao Jie, don't keep apologizing. It's not good. And you don't need to apologize at all." Bai Chuanmu smiled helplessly, squatted down and pinched Xiao Xia Youjie's face. "Although mom can't see, it doesn't mean that mom doesn't know that our Xiao Jie is great. Mom is very proud of Xiao Jie. He actually knew how to retract and release the curse spirit so quickly!"
"Hmm~" Xiao Xia Youjie laughed happily, "It was because of my mother's reminder that I knew how to do it... So my mother is also very good, and I am proud of her too."
Are you proud of me?
Baichuanmu blinked her eyes. It had been a long time since anyone had said such words to her. She hugged Xiaoxia Youjie and said, "This child is so sweet. Xiaojie... You are my eternal pride and my best 'golden finger'."
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