Chapter 9: The Ninth Word "Mom"
What's this?
It was the first time he had seen such a creature... Was it a monster? And it was so small... A little monster?
Xiao Xia Youjie looked at the little monster with his mouth wide open. He couldn't help but shrink his head and felt... a little bit scary, but just a little scared. Xiao Xia Youjie was more curious about it.
His eyes widened a little and he moved a little closer, staring closely at the little monster, trying to see what it was trying to do.
The little monster flapped its fingernail-sized translucent wings and danced and spun in the air. Its mouth opened and closed, and it kept muttering repetitive words, which were mostly "I'm hungry", "I want to eat", and "It looks delicious".
Its voice is a bit like a baby's, but hoarser, and a bit like an old man's, but very shrill, as if it is speaking with a pinched throat, which makes people feel uncomfortable listening to it.
The little monster circled aimlessly in the air for a few times, and its eyes met with Xiao Xia Youjie. Then it flapped its wings and crashed into Xiao Xia Youjie.
“Bang!”
It hit the glass and failed to attack Xiao Xia Youjie, but it made itself dizzy. Its pupils shrank a little and became a line. The words it muttered became shorter, as if it was angry.
[I’m so hungry. I want to eat…eat, eat something delicious…]
"Hmm..." Xiao Xia Youjie frowned, his expression solemn, and stretched out his hand towards the little monster. Although it was the first time he encountered such a strange little monster, he knew what to do, as if he was born with the ability. He just forgot it temporarily before, and now he suddenly remembered the ability he possessed.
Xiao Xia Youjie's hand was almost touching the glass, very close to the little monster. His little hand was folded inwards, as if he was holding something, like a blue-black translucent... flame? Mist?
He can control this blue-black mist.
Under the influence of the blue-black mist, the little monster's body began to become distorted, like the latte art on the coffee being disturbed by a spoon. Its tiny body was stretched very long, rotating in a line through the glass, then condensed into a ball in Xiao Xia Youjie's palm, and slowly turned into a small black ball.
The black ball is quite pretty, with a beautiful luster, like a piece of black jade with golden fragments on it.
But Xiao Xia Youjie had a strange idea, which was to eat the little black ball. It was as if... as if there was a voice in the dark telling him that he would become stronger by eating the little black ball.
"Hmm..." Xiao Xia Youjie looked at the black ball in his hand, hesitant.
But it doesn't taste very good and has a weird smell. The black ball seems to have no weight in the hand, but it gives people a "heavy" feeling, and it doesn't seem to be a good thing.
But if he could become stronger, Xiao Xia Youjie felt that even if it tasted bad, it would be okay.
It just tastes a little bit bad, but if it can help him gain strength, he thinks it's all worth it!
Xiao Xia Youjie brought the black ball to his mouth and was about to swallow it when Bai Chuanmu came back with two children's meals.
"Xiaojie, Xiaojie, Xiaojie! Quick, quick, quick! Help mommy!"
Bai Chuanmu sent out a distress signal. She held a children's meal in her left hand and another in her right hand. She walked the dozens of meters of flat road from the food counter to her seat as if she was walking on a tightrope with the help of a pole.
Bai Chuanmu felt that the portion of the children's meal was quite small and she could finish it in one trip, so she confidently asked the waitress to put a plate on each of her hands and politely declined the waitress's help.
However, she overestimated her ability. After taking two steps with the two children's meals, Bai Chuanmu felt something was wrong.
Baichuanmu: QAQ
Sorry, she's a dumb beauty!
When she added points at the beginning, except for beauty, she only added the other points to the passing line.
No, no, no! She wasn't that useless. It must be because one of the ice cola was replaced with oat milk, and the weight of the two sides was not equal, which led to this result.
Bai Chuanmu gritted her teeth and moved slowly, bit by bit, and finally returned to her seat safely with two children's meals. However, when she saw the dawn of victory, she was about to lose her balance due to joy, and the two children's meals were on the verge of falling.
So she immediately sent a distress signal to Xiao Xia Youjie.
After hearing this, Xiao Xia Youjie first put the black ball into the Poké Ball, closed the Poké Ball with a "click", and placed it on the table. Then he quickly went to help Bai Chuanmu take the children's meal in his hand, thus "saving" their dinner.
"Wow..." Bai Chuanmu let out a long sigh, covered his face and "confessed", "Mom was a little too stubborn. I should have asked the store clerk to help, or just walked a few more times to get it. Hmm~ I almost spilled it. Fortunately, Xiaojie came to my rescue in time. It was a close call..."
Xiao Xia Youjie snorted and laughed: "Hehe~ Although I helped my mother, I feel that my mother is very powerful! Even without my help, she would not have spread it."
"It's hard to say, and..." Baichuanmu rubbed Xiaoxia Youjie's head, sighed softly, and raised a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, "It's mom who didn't set a good example for Xiaojie."
"Huh? Why would mom say that?"
"Well, mom just acted stubbornly. I should have accepted the help of the waitress... Xiaojie, remember, don't always act stubbornly. Sometimes you can choose to rely on others. It's not a bad thing. Mom, I may be able to carry two children's meals back to the seat without the help of others, but there will be risks and I will feel 'tired'."
"Well, tired...tired? Did mom feel tired just now?"
"It wasn't like that just now, but if you let it accumulate in your heart for a long time, you will still feel 'tired'. Don't think that it will trouble others and try to take on everything. Your relatives, your friends, and the people who care about you don't want that. Helping you share the burden is not a burden, but rather... a kind of 'love'."
Xiao Xia Youjie blinked his eyes, only half understanding Bai Chuanmu's words. He tried to understand: "So... Mom just asked me for help, and I helped her... Does that mean I love her, and she loves me too?"
"Oh my, our Xiaojie is really smart!" Bai Chuanmu praised and rubbed his head, "So, when you need to seek help, you should seek help, don't just force yourself."
"Okay, I understand." Xiao Xia Youjie nodded, then looked at the Poké Ball containing the black ball. After hesitating for a moment, he grabbed it and handed it to Baichuanmu, "Mom, this..."
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
Baichuanmu was placing two children's meals in front of himself and Xiaoxia Youjie, when he saw Xiaoxia Youjie handing the Poké Ball to him. There were also two Charmanders and a Pikachu on the table, so the Poké Ball should be empty.
She was very hungry and couldn't wait to enjoy the food, but Xiaoxia Youjie handed her the Poké Ball. Baichuanmu put the meal aside and took the Poké Ball from him and opened it...
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