Chapter 49
The old house was not sold either, and most of the furniture remained there, with only some small bits and pieces they brought to Tokyo, such as Pokemon figurines, photo frames, etc. Of course, they carefully took down the paintings of Geto Suguru on the wall, preparing to use them as decorations for their own bookstore.
Xiaojie's paintings are so cute!
The old house was rented out by Bai Chuanmu, so she had another income every month. So Bai Chuanmu entered her "retirement period" happily at a young age.
"That's great..." Bai Chuanmu brewed a cup of instant coffee and added a lot of ice cubes. The end of summer has not yet passed, and she likes to drink something cold.
She held her coffee and watched Geto Suguru take out toys from his suitcase and put them on the table. Most of them were toys from the Pokémon series, such as Pokeball, Pikachu, etc. The ones given away in the previous collaboration with McDonald's were also among them. Although the workmanship of those toys was not as good as the ones that Geto Suguru got later, he still cherished them.
There are also a small number of toys...monkey-related, such as the one-meter-two-long monkey doll that Baichuanmu bought for Xia Youjie not long ago. Now Xia Youjie is no longer a kindergarten kid, but an elementary school student with his own bedroom.
However, Geto Xiayou might not get used to sleeping alone so quickly, so Baichuanmu bought him a doll to keep him company, and a night light, but the night light was in the shape of Pikachu. When the switch was turned on, the lightning-like tail emitted a warm yellow light.
Xia Youjie volunteered to clean the room himself, and Baichuanmu handed it to him with confidence. It was not a heavy job, he just needed to unpack the things from the suitcases and express boxes and put them in place. However, he helped Baichuanmu clean up the other rooms first before coming to do his own thing.
Cursed spirits can also help with some things, such as moving things, but you can't rely on them for more delicate work.
The mother and son worked quickly and finished the job in two or three hours. They only had to deal with the stacked empty cardboard boxes.
"This is Xiao Wu's room," Bai Chuanmu pushed open a door, "It's right next to yours. Both of your rooms have good lighting."
Xia Youjie looked inside. The layout was similar to his room, except that there was nothing on the bookshelf, desk, or closet, and even the bed was not made. "Isn't it a bit empty?"
Baichuanmu replied: "I'm not sure when Xiaowu will come to play, so I'll make arrangements when he comes... Do you want me to buy him some math exercise books to decorate his desk?"
"Not bad," Xia Youjie said with a smile. He suddenly thought of something and went back to his room. He took out a few Pokémon figurines and a white monkey doll. "I'll help Wu decorate the desk, too."
This is a close friend——
But when Baichuanmu bought math exercise books for Gojo Satoru, Xiayou Jie also selected a few English exercise books for him...
However, the consequence of "framing" Gojo Satoru was that he also got a one-to-one replica.
Xia Youjie watched Baichuanmu multiply the books they had chosen by two, and couldn't help swallowing: "Me too... have some? Mom, I actually have enough desktop decorations already."
"Your bookshelf is quite empty. Since Xiaojie selected these books for Xiaowu, you must like them very much, right?" Baichuanmu said with a smile.
Xia Youjie was silent for a while: "... Yeah."
Baichuanmu patted Xiayoujie's shoulder and said, "Sharing the hard times and happiness together, this is what true friends are like—"
Xia Youjie said, "Mom, would you like to have one too?"
"The questions for primary school students are too easy for mom, at least..." Bai Chuanmu said, then picked up the high school exercise book, took a look, and then closed it silently. This... In just over a year, she had returned all the knowledge to the teacher?
So Baichuanmu bought himself a few exercise books for junior high school students to consolidate his memory so that he would not be unable to help his children with their homework. As for high school... forget about high school knowledge, because the children would be going to the Jujutsu High School anyway, so they wouldn't need it.
Xia Yujie looked at the exercise book he had received and sighed softly. Although he did not hate studying, he could not say that he liked it either. Who doesn't want to relax a little? He quite enjoyed watching cartoons every day.
Baichuanmu rubbed Xiayoujie's head: "This is extra homework, so Xiaojie can choose whether to do it or not. However, mommy will only do my part when Xiaojie is doing these exercises. If Xiaojie wants to do homework with mommy, you can take out these exercise books~"
This means that Xia Youjie has the motivation to do his homework again. The initiative is in his own hands, and he can do his homework with his mother, just like going to class with his mother. He feels that this should be very interesting. However, there is still one thing that Xia Youjie can't figure out.
"I'm looking forward to doing homework with Mom, but... since I'm going to attend Jujutsu High School in the future, why do I still need to learn all this knowledge?" asked Geto Suguru.
Bai Chuanmu rubbed his head again: "Knowledge is power, just like... the power that comes from the heart, just like mom hopes that you will be happy every day. If you have enough knowledge and rich experience, you can better maintain a peaceful state of mind."
Geto Xiayou nodded thoughtfully. He only half understood it, but he still decided to do what his mother said.
"Xiaojie will be taller than his mother in the future. When that time comes, you will have to raise your hand higher if you want to touch Xiaojie's head." Baichuanmu couldn't help but sigh.
Baichuan Mu's height is considered tall, with a net height of 177cm, but Geto Suguru's height was 185cm when he was in high school, and Gojo Satoru's height is about 192cm.
At that time, if she wanted to rub Xia Yujie's head, she had to raise her hands above her head to be able to rub it.
Xia Youjie still remembered that Baichuanmu said he could grow to 185cm in the future, and he was looking forward to it. But now he heard Baichuanmu's sigh, and he couldn't help but smile, and said gently: "No, I will lower my head and let my mother touch my head when the time comes."
"Really?"
"Of course it's true."
"Xiao Jie will be a real big boy by then, he might be too shy to let his mother touch his head!"
"No way! And...and Wu would have let his mother pat his head at that time!"
"Wow - but it seems a bit difficult. Xiao Wu's personality is such that he only wants people to pat his head when he's a cub, right?"
"It's okay. If he doesn't want to, I will use the curse to hold him down." Xia Youjie gave a thumbs up and said, "Now I have one more motivation to become the strongest!"
"Okay!" Bai Chuanmu was looking forward to it. After bullying the cub Wu for so long, she also wanted to bully DK Wu.
Baichuanmu: You are worthy of being my mother’s good son!
Gojo Satoru: You are indeed my mother’s best friend!
Baichuanmu muttered to himself: "As for DK Wu...his height is about 1.92 meters..."
She let it slip again. Xia Youjie's eyes widened in disbelief. Impossible, how could Wu be taller than him! Last summer vacation, they clearly measured their heights, and she was one centimeter taller than him!
After returning home, Xia Youjie couldn't wait to measure his height. He was 1.49 meters tall, which was considered relatively tall among first-grade elementary school students. Some sixth-grade students might not be that tall.
However, Geto Suguru was not very satisfied. He wished he could grow to 1.85 meters... no, 1.95 meters. He wanted to be taller than Gojo Satoru!
Xia Youjie asked: "Mom, how can I grow taller quickly?"
Bai Chuanmu replied: "Eat a balanced diet, go to bed early and get up early, exercise more, and... drink more milk?"
Xia Yujie took note of it carefully and immediately made a cup of milk.
Baichuanmu seemed to be thinking about something, and thought to himself, this child will indeed grow to be 1.85 meters tall.
…
I don't know what Gojo Satoru is busy with. Maybe he is studying his own unlimited technique? Or maybe he has started to study Taijutsu seriously? Or maybe the Gojo family is too strict with him?
The last possibility is not high, because Baichuan Mu feels that the Gojo family should not be able to control Gojo Satoru, and whether he runs away from home or not depends on whether he wants to.
Although the person didn't come, the gifts were collected. However, Geto Suguru really hoped that Gojo Satoru would come to play with him, so he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
"It's not safe for Xiao Wu to escape," Baichuanmu comforted Xia Youjie in time, "Although he is very strong, he is just a child. There are many bad guys watching him! When he is proficient in the unlimited technique, he will definitely come to find you."
"Yeah!" Xia Youjie quickly recovered his spirits, "I also need to take this opportunity to become stronger!"
"Don't be too tired, and be careful to hide yourself." Baichuanmu reminded.
"Of course." replied Geto Suguru.
The overall level and number of cursed spirits in Tokyo are definitely higher than those in the small cities where they originally lived. After all, big cities have larger populations. Cursed spirits are born from human negative emotions, and population is an important factor affecting the number and quality of cursed spirits.
When Xiao Xia Youjie was in the third grade of elementary school, he already had three second-level cursed spirits. The second-level cursed spirit Deer Spirit that he subdued together with Gojo Satoru played a big role, and Baichuan Mu could also replace a cursed spirit as a bodyguard. Xiao Hei was laid off, but cats and dogs still stayed with Baichuan Mu as mascots.
"Mom, are you sure you want to choose this?" Xiao Xia Youjie placed his three cursed spirits in front of Baichuanmu, "I thought mom would choose the deer spirit."
The Deer Spirit has the best appearance among the three cursed spirits. The other two are level two cursed spirits, one has a huge dark red claw, and the other is a cursed spirit of the same type as Xiao Hei, but its level is higher than Xiao Hei, and it has many eyes on its body, which is so scary that a claustrophobic person would be scared when seeing it.
Bai Chuanmu chose the one with Xiao Hei, not just because of nostalgia: "Can't it hide in the shadows? If a passing sorcerer saw a cursed spirit following me, it would be very difficult to explain, and it would also be bad if Xiao Jie was exposed."
Geto Xia Yu was about to say something but stopped himself. In fact, even if it hides in the shadow, there will still be a strong smell of cursed energy, and part of the eyes of the cursed spirit will appear on the shadow, so the eyes cannot be completely hidden.
However, seeing his mother so happy, Xia Yujie didn't say much and concentrated on teaching the curse spirit new instructions. In addition to the previous "Salmon", "Bonito Flakes" and "Tuna Mayonnaise", Baichuanmu thought of a new one, which was still to fleece the unborn dog Juanji.
"Big mustard."
A dark curse spirit emerged from her shadow and grabbed the fly head that was lying on the girl student's head. It made a "crackling" sound, but was quickly swallowed up by the dark sticky substance.
"Eh?" The female student took the coffee handed to her by Bai Chuanmu in a daze. "I feel... my headache is gone after smelling the coffee. Sister, what kind of coffee is this?"
"It's XX brewed coffee bought from the supermarket~" Bai Chuanmu, who was wearing cursed eyes, replied.
"It's very ordinary..." The female student held the coffee in her hand, looked at the kitten drawn on the cup and the words "Be happy every day~" written on it, and couldn't help but smile, "Maybe the magic lies in this, sister, your handwriting is so beautiful, and your painting is so cute."
Bai Chuanmu chuckled and quietly used gestures to direct the cursed spirit to return to its own shadow.
That’s right, “Big Mustard” is to order the black shadow to eliminate the cursed spirits nearby, which is similar to the effect of “Salmon”.
Among the customers who came to her bookstore to drink coffee and read books, there would occasionally be a cursed spirit with them, and Bai Chuanmu would deal with it easily. A creature of this level was most likely just a small fry and there was no need to tame it.
As a result, Baichuanmu's bookstore became a little popular among young people, and some people even brought their friends to check in, especially those who were not in good shape.
"Let's go, let's go - let's go and take a look. It is said that the bookstore is amazing! I heard from Sakura that she had a sore arm before, but after she went to this store and drank a cup of coffee, her arm immediately got better." The girl who looked like an elementary school student took the hand of another girl and strongly recommended the bookstore to her.
The other girl had a teardrop mole at the corner of her eye. She looked listless, with dark circles under her eyes: "Well... I can't sleep if I drink coffee, Meiji, let's go back..."
Miki Toda insisted on recommending this shop to her friends: "Isn't it because you can see monsters that you can't sleep? It's not because of the coffee! Let's go and take a look, Glass."
"...Okay." She finally compromised.
Glass...also known as Ieiri Glass, nodded helplessly, but she didn't hold out much hope. Since she was six years old, she has been able to see monsters that others cannot see.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
