The sunny boy in Cardcaptor Sakura

Chapter 456 The Disappearing Book
Seeing Li Xiaolang blushing and lowering his head shyly, Xia Yu couldn't help but urge him a few times, but no matter how he urged, Li Xiaolang just remained silent.

"Tsk..."

After making sure that Li Xiaolang would not speak, Xia Yu let out a light click of the tongue and started eating the cake again with some dissatisfaction.

Innocence is good, but this is too pure. It makes people anxious just looking at it.

But after eating a few bites of the cake, Xia Yu's expression gradually changed from unhappy to somewhat surprised. He hadn't noticed it just now, but now after tasting it carefully...

This cake-making skill is not inferior to his!

"Did you make this cake yourself? Your skills are pretty good, not inferior to mine." After tasting a few more bites carefully, Xia Yu looked at the smiling Haidu and praised him.

Haidu: “…”

Although he was a little speechless in his heart, Haidu's courtesy did not decrease at all. He smiled and replied, "I'm honored."

Hearing this, Qiu Sui put down the fork in her hand and smiled gently, "Mr. Kaito's cooking skills are very good. He helped me prepare my snacks and bento."

"Oh? That's really amazing."

In response to the two people's words, Kaito just shook his head and said, "Nothing, this is just my job."

Although Kaito felt that there was nothing wrong with his answer, when he said this, Akiho, who was originally quite happy, paused and couldn't help but reveal a hint of disappointment in her eyes.

Yes, this is just Kaito’s job and has nothing to do with her.

She seems to be a little too self-indulgent.

Unfortunately, Kaito did not notice Akiho's slight change in expression. After placing the snacks and tea, he placed his hand on his chest and bowed.

"Then please enjoy your meal."

After speaking to these guests, he turned to Qiu Sui and said, "If you need anything, please contact me via the intercom or cell phone."

After saying this, Kaito turned around and pushed the cart away. Even until the door behind him closed, Akiho had not recovered from her disappointment.

Snapped--!
"what--"

Xia Yu suddenly snapped his fingers in Qiu Sui's ear, startling Qiu Sui and letting out a soft cry. She looked around in confusion.

"People are gone, it's time to get back to the spirit."

After hearing this, Qiu Sui finally realized that she had been in a daze just now. She waved her hands hurriedly in panic.

"S-Sorry, I didn't mean to be dazed, I just..."

"No need to explain. After all, anyone who hears this kind of answer will probably be stunned."

Xia Yu waved his hand to calm Qiu Sui down, and chuckled, "You can just say that I treat you so well because I care about you, but you insist on saying it's your duty. You really don't understand romance."

After hearing this, Qiu Sui became even more flustered, blushing and saying, "I didn't mean that. Mr. Kaito and I just..."

"Don't worry, I understand. After all, two people who love each other cannot express their feelings because one of them is extremely slow. I have seen a couple of them before."

As he spoke, Xia Yu glanced at Xiaoying and Xiaolang, who were still blushing and lowering their heads, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Why haven't these two come to their senses yet? Are they really going to keep their heads down in shame?

After hearing what Xia Yu said, Qiu Sui stammered and was completely speechless, and immediately joined the group of people blushing and lowering their heads.

For a moment, Xia Yu and Zhi Shi were the only ones who kept their heads up.

The two looked at each other, and Zhishi suddenly chuckled and said, "Mr. Xia, have you forgotten that there seems to be another person among those who are slow to express their feelings?"

"Who?"

"You~"

"Ah this..."

Xia Yu was speechless for a moment, feeling a little embarrassed. He subconsciously looked away and explained: "I had other reasons, it can't be treated as a routine case..."

"But no matter what the reason is, you can't deny it, right? Slow-witted Xia Jun~"

"..."

Another person joined the team that lowered their heads.

A few minutes later.

The people who had lowered their heads for different reasons gradually came back to their senses and silently ate the cake in their hands. This time no one spoke or chatted, as if they were all immersed in the embarrassment just now.

After finishing the cake, Qiu Sui saw that everyone else had almost finished eating, so she patted her face and perked up again.

"Um, have you all finished eating the cake? I want to take you to a place."

"Ok?"

Hearing Qiu Sui's words, everyone at the scene looked over, and Qiu Sui also smiled and said, "You'll know when you get there."

Soon, Qiu Sui led everyone along the corridor to where the books were stored. As the lights came on, what came into view were tall and neat rows of bookshelves and the heavy books on the shelves.

Looking at this library-like book storage, several people walked in amazed and spoke one after another.

"A lot..."

"It's amazing. I feel like a heavy knowledge is overwhelming me."

"Are all these books Akiho's?!" Hearing Sakura's surprised question, Akiho smiled and said, "Rather than saying they're mine, it's better to say they were collected by my family members."

"So, your family all likes reading?"

"Yes, everyone likes books, especially rare or precious books."

At this point, Qiu Sui waved her hand and introduced the many books here, smiling and saying, "Mr. Kaito and I always collect precious books when we travel around the world, and these are just a part of them."

Hearing this, Xia Yu suddenly asked, "So, can't you make a lot of money from this?"

"Eh? Make a lot of money?"

Qiu Sui was a little confused for a moment. What is the connection between collecting books and making money?
"Yes, because aren't these books very valuable? Some are even unique copies."

Xia Yu nodded and explained, "Think about it, there must be more than one person who wants such a precious book. You just need to make a lot of copies and sell them. You will definitely make a lot of money from it."

Qiu Sui blinked when she heard this, and Xia Yu continued, "Although this will devalue the rare books, think about it from another perspective. This will prevent precious books from being lost due to accidents, right? Instead, it will help more people know about these precious books."

“That makes some sense.”

After hearing what Xia Yu said, Qiu Sui hadn't expressed her opinion yet, but Li Xiaolang nodded first and said, "Let's not talk about making money for now. It's worth doing this just to prevent the book from being lost. In the past, public and private book collectors would rewrite a copy of a manuscript to prevent it from being lost."

"How about this idea?" Seeing that Qiu Sui looked a little dazed, Xia Yu clapped his hands to bring her back to her senses.

"Oh, sorry, I was daydreaming again."

Qiu Sui blushed slightly after coming back to her senses, but facing Xia Yu's question, she smiled bitterly and shook her head with some helplessness.

"It's a good idea, but my family won't agree."

"Why?"

"They would rather hold all the precious knowledge in their own hands. If they find a precious book, they will find all the other copies and burn them, leaving only one copy in their own hands."

At this point, Qiu Sui murmured somewhat sadly: "So there are many precious books, but now only single copies are left..."

Faced with Akiho's explanation, the others opened their mouths, not knowing how to comment. After all, this was a member of Akiho's family, and they were just outsiders.

Although after listening to Akiho's explanation, it seems that the people in her family are indeed not good people, and their first impression is that they are quite selfish.

After a few seconds of silence, Qiu Sui shook her head and smiled again, saying, "By the way, I have a book I really like. Wait a minute, I'll bring it over to you guys to read."

After saying that, Qiu Sui trotted away. Watching Qiu Sui leave, several people looked at each other and couldn't help but speak.

"Akiho is having a hard time."

"Yes, he obviously loves books so much, but his family actually did something like that to deliberately make the book become an orphan."

"Tsk tsk, this is the world of adults. In order to have a precious and unique copy for themselves, they just burn all other copies... Wait?"

Xia Yu, who was shaking his head, suddenly paused. Isn't this a gentle world? Why does Qiu Sui's family look so bad?

Is there something wrong?

Seeing Xia Yu suddenly pause while talking, Zhishi looked at him with some confusion: "What's wrong?"

"Is there something wrong?"

"Ah! I feel it too!"

As soon as Xia Yu finished speaking, Xiaoying also exclaimed softly. Seeing that the two of them felt something was wrong at the same time, Zhishi guessed: "Could it be that the card appeared again?"

Li Xiaolang looked around, frowned and asked cautiously: "Where is it?"

Xia Yu: "?"

What happened? Why did it suddenly come to the cards?

"that……"

"The aura should be over there, let's go look for it."

Before Xia Yu could speak, Xiaoying had already spoken, and then Xiaoying took the lead and ran towards the location where she sensed the breath. Seeing this, the others hurriedly followed.

Xia Yu: "..."

Soon, they arrived at the location where Sakura felt the breath.

But looking around, there was nothing unusual. Li Xiaolang frowned and said, "Nothing. Do we have to use an attack to force it out this time?"

"No, let's investigate first."

Seeing that Xiaoying said so, Li Syaoran had no choice but to calm down and look carefully for possible abnormalities.

After a careful search, they found the abnormality as expected, but this time the abnormality was very mild and did not even make any special noise.

“Only here…”

"There are no books."

Several people looked at the books on the bookshelf in front of them. There was a whole row of books on the bookshelf. On the left were volumes one to nine, with nothing in the middle, and on the right were books from volume eighteen onwards.

"The books in the middle are gone, and the bookshelves are gone."

Xiaoying murmured something and couldn't help but touch it. However, the touch made her subconsciously show surprise.

(End of this chapter)