The sunny boy in Cardcaptor Sakura

Chapter 607 Let’s Laugh Enough

"Crack, click, click..."

"Mr. Xia, you are so leisurely..."

After Li Xiaolang took the melon seed shells he had cracked and left, Xia Yu took out a handful of melon seeds and started cracking them.

But he had only cracked half of the melon seeds in his hand when the faint sound came from beside him again.

Turning around, I saw it was Tomoyo who had just finished practicing singing. Tomoyo was responsible for the music lead of the stage play, so while the actors in the stage play were rehearsing, she and the people in the choir were practicing singing in the music room.

Seeing Zhishi coming over, Xia Yu asked, "Have you finished your chorus practice?"

"Yeah, today's practice is over. After all, we need to combine work and rest. Practicing for too long is not good for the voice."

While answering, Zhishi sat down next to Xia Yu, then tilted his head and leaned on his shoulder.

"Haven't Sakura and the others finished their rehearsal yet?"

"Well, it looks like they need to rehearse for a while. After all, the exchange meeting is coming soon."

While answering, Xia Yu reached into his schoolbag and took out a thermos cup, and handed it to Zhi Shi beside him: "Would you like some hot tea? Moisten your throat."

"Ah."

Seeing this, Zhishi reached out to take Xia Yu's thermos cup, not caring that it was Xia Yu's cup. He unscrewed the lid and started drinking in small sips.

In fact, she was used to drinking cold water in the past, but after spending a long time with Xia Yu, she gradually got used to drinking hot water.

It must be said that when your throat is a little dry, it is indeed more appropriate to drink hot water than cold water.

"Phew - my throat feels much better now."

After drinking half of the hot tea in one breath, Zhishi exhaled a breath of hot air and handed it to Xia Yu who was eating melon seeds. Xia Yu also took it and took two big sips to moisten his dry mouth.

Eating too many melon seeds can easily cause getting inflamed, so you need to drink more water to neutralize it.

"Would you like some melon seeds?"

Seeing that Zhishi seemed to have recovered, Xia Yu waved the melon seeds in his hand. Zhishi shook his head and said, "No, I have to practice singing these days, so I'd better not eat these nuts."

"alright."

Since Zhishi said so, Xia Yu didn't force it and put away the melon seeds in his hand. However, just when he wanted to ask Zhishi if he wanted some other snacks, his cell phone suddenly vibrated.

"Ok?"

Feeling the vibrating phone, Xia Yu took it out of his pocket and glanced at the strange number that lit up on the screen.

"Whose phone is this?" Chise, who noticed there was no name displayed on the phone, asked curiously.

“I don’t know, but I’ll know after I answer the call.”

While Xia Yu was replying, he answered the call, turned on the speakerphone and asked, "Who is this?"

Logically speaking, people who know his phone number should be familiar to him. Now there is a strange phone call coming in. Could it be a harassing call that has found his phone number?

"Hello, is this from teacher CLAMP?" The person on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment when he heard Xia Yu's childish voice, and then asked politely.

"CLAMP teacher?"

Xia Yu was startled when he heard this name. Seeing that Xia Yu did not respond, Zhishi hurriedly reminded him in a low voice: "Xia Jun, this is your pen name for drawing comics. The call is for you."

"Oh, yes, this is indeed a call from CLAMP teacher."

After being reminded by Tomoyo, Xia Yu finally realized that the pen name he used when drawing "Cardcaptor Sakura" was CLAMP. He almost forgot.

Because in his impression, this title still refers to the original author of Cardcaptor Sakura, so for a moment he was unable to associate this pen name with himself.

When the person on the other end of the phone heard this answer, he seemed to be slightly relieved and regained his initial enthusiasm.

"I'm the editor of the manga magazine Nakayoshi. Are you a family member of CLAMP? I have something to discuss with CLAMP."

Comics editor?

Hearing the self-introduction of the person on the other end of the phone, Xia Yu became excited. Come on, it seems that "Cardcaptor Sakura", which was created by him, has passed the review.

This phone call should be to discuss the contract signing with him. If everything goes well, he will be able to see his own drawing of "Cardcaptor Sakura" in the next comic magazine "Nakayoshi" when it is released.

"I'm not CLAMP's family, I'm CLAMP himself. You want to discuss the manga "Cardcaptor Sakura" with me, right?"

There was a rare hint of anticipation in Xia Yu's tone. This was the first step in reproducing "Cardcaptor Sakura" in this world. How could people not be looking forward to it?

"Hey!?"

But unlike the tone he expected, the person on the other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds after hearing his answer, and then let out a rather surprised exclamation.

"Are you CLAMP teacher!??"

Although we didn't talk face to face, just from the surprised voice, I could seem to guess what the person on the other end of the phone's expression was.

"…Yeah, is there anything surprising about this?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect your voice to sound so childish, like that of an underage child."

As if sensing the silence in Xia Yu's words, the editor quickly apologized and then turned to compliment him: "Teacher, your voice sounds very young. You are so young and yet you can create such an excellent comic. You are really young and promising!"

"..."

"puff--"

Hearing the editor's compliment, Xia Yu's expression froze, while Zhishi couldn't help but burst out laughing. He quickly covered his mouth, his shoulders shaking, obviously trying to hold back his laughter.

"Hmm? Teacher, why don't you say anything?"

Hearing a faint suppressed laughter coming from the other end of the phone, followed by a long silence, the editor felt a little strange and asked again quickly.

Xia Yu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Is there a possibility? I mean maybe, what if I am actually a minor?"

"Haha - Teacher, please stop joking. Although my voice is similar to yours, you can't really treat yourself as a child."

The editor laughed twice and responded jokingly, but after he finished speaking, the other end of the phone fell silent again.

"..."

"..."

"Teacher, you are not really a minor, are you?" After a long silence, the editor asked cautiously.

At the same time, I couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed. Could it be that the person in front of me was just a child? But how could a child create such a comic?
Precocious? Precocious? Fang Zhongyong?
Because they learn ancient Chinese literature in their Chinese class, he has also learned the article "The Story of Zhongyong" and knows that the protagonist Fang Zhongyong was a genius with extraordinary talent in his childhood.

A modern Fang Zhongyong in the comics direction?

"Ugh……"

Hearing the editor on the other end of the phone still speaking in a tone of disbelief, Xia Yu sighed tiredly. He's already fourteen years old, why is his voice still so childish!
The voice change period came a long time ago, but his voice has not completely changed. Although it can be heard that he is a man, the childishness has not disappeared.

Judging from the situation, it will probably take another year or so for the voice to completely become hoarse. "Forget it, you'll know when we meet. How about tomorrow? I won't be available until after three o'clock."

Xia Yu asked, "We can just meet once when the time comes. We can't refuse to sign his comics just because he is underage, right?" At worst, he could ask the butler to sign the contract on his behalf.

"After three o'clock...Teacher, do you have any work?"

The editor asked carefully. The editor on the other side obviously still did not believe Xia Yu's words when he asked this question. After all, it was a bit too magical for an underage child to draw comics.

But if you really look into it, it's not too magical. As a comics editor, he also knows many cartoonists who debuted at the age of sixteen or seventeen.

Some of those cartoonists even became famous with just one book. Compared with the protagonists in their cartoons, they are more like the protagonists in real life.

Could this be another real-life protagonist? And he, the editor, encountered this person?
But this childish voice sounds like he is only about 13 or 14 years old. Is there really such a young protagonist? Or is he actually close to adulthood, but his voice is just a little childish?

Since they had not met in person, the editor could only fantasize based on the sound.

Xia Yu, who didn't know what the editor was thinking, was speechless when he heard the editor's question: "No, I won't be out of school until after three o'clock. I'll come to find you with my schoolbag then..."

"what?"

"Let's meet at your editorial office. I'll take the train over right after school. See you later."

After saying that, Xia Yu was the first to hang up the phone. He planned to go there in his school uniform as soon as school was over tomorrow, and then shock the editorial department with his young genius.

"Hehe~ Do you have any work, CLAMP teacher? Why do you have to go there after 3 pm?"

Seeing Xia Yu hung up the phone, Zhishi no longer suppressed the smile in his eyes and started teasing Xia Yu directly.

"Okay, you're making fun of me, right?"

Hearing Zhishi's teasing, Xia Yu glared, put away his phone, and then stretched out his evil big hand towards Zhishi's waist.

"Since it's so funny, let's laugh to our heart's content."

After he finished speaking, he reached out and started tickling Tomoyo's skin. Under this sudden attack, Tomoyo's body tensed up, and his eyes, which were originally smiling, instantly turned into panic.

"and many more……"

The moment his fingertips touched the soft flesh on his waist, a warm and itchy feeling instantly spread from his waist to his whole body, and Chishi subconsciously curled up like a cat.

She backed away from the chair with both hands, saying quickly: "Wait, wait! My waist is very sensitive, hahaha..."

The last syllable was interrupted by rapid panting and laughter. She obviously had not been so sensitive before, but as her body developed, her waist and other parts became surprisingly sensitive.

Especially since the bad guy next to her put his hand into her clothes, her sensitivity increased greatly due to the skin contact.

Seeing that he couldn't escape no matter what, Zhishi could only grab Xia Yu's wrist while panting and laughing to stop him.

But this futile struggle instead aroused someone's mischievous mentality, and he intensified his movements again. After dozens of seconds, Chiyo, who was tickled badly, completely lost his strength.

She laughed so hard that tears welled up in the corners of her eyes and her nose turned slightly red. She slumped weakly on the chair and did not move no matter how much Xia Yu tickled her.

"I...I was wrong..."

The nasal murmur was mixed with a hint of pleading, the wet eyes blinked, and the messy hair stuck to both sides of the flushed cheeks.

Because of the violent movements of his struggle just now, his breathing was a little disordered, and it was obvious that his growing chest rose and fell with his breathing.

"Gulu..."

Xia Yu's throat rolled, and the sight of Zhishi slumped in the chair, trying to calm his breathing, made his heart skip a beat.

After a few seconds, he looked away in panic, his ears gradually turned red, and he quickly sat up straight, hesitating: "Sorry, sorry..."

Hearing this apology, Zhishi caught a glimpse of Xia Yu's red earlobes, and his face, which was already slightly flushed due to panting, turned red again.

She covered her face with her hands, and a nasal hum came out from between her fingers: "Hmph~ I was wrong this time, so I forgive you."

"Um……"

The two stopped talking immediately, but the slightly heavy breathing sounds still made it impossible to calm down the ambiguous atmosphere.

After the little episode, there was a long silence, which was not broken until Sakura and the others finished their rehearsal and invited the two of them to go home.

Of course, the two of them seemed to have a tacit understanding and did not mention what happened before, and they did not mention it again until they went home separately.

The next day, I went to school.

In the afternoon, after school.

As soon as it was time to go home from school, Xia Yu hurriedly picked up his schoolbag, said goodbye to Zhishi and others, and quickly walked out of the classroom.

Xiaoying was a little surprised when she saw that Xia Yu did not follow them to the empty classroom to watch them rehearse today.

After all, as usual, Xia Yu would either go to the music classroom to listen to Zhishi singing, or go to the free classroom to watch them rehearse a stage play.

This was the first time I left the classroom directly after school.

"Tomoyo, what is Xia doing? This is the first time I see him leaving school so early."

On the way to rehearsal, since they were going the same way, Sakura couldn't help but be curious and asked Tomoyo in a low voice.

Listening to Sakura's question, Tomoyo recalled the phone call he heard yesterday and replied with a smile: "It's about Sakura."

"Is it related to me?"

Sakura tilted her head, quite confused: "What does this have to do with me? How come I don't know about it?"

"No, no, it's not about you."

There was an obvious smile in Tomoyo's tone: "It's about Sakura."

"But isn't Sakura me?"

Sakura was even more confused when she heard this. As far as she knew, she should be the only one around them who was called Sakura.

Isn't everything about Sakura about her? Why do we need to emphasize it?

Noticing that Sakura hadn't reacted yet, Tomoyo had to continue reminding her: "Sakura, think about it again. When you went to my house last time, did you also see another Sakura?"

"Another Sakura?"

Listening to what Tomoyo said, Sakura pondered inwardly, who is the other Sakura? Did she see her at Tomoyo's house?
But Tomoyo probably didn't say anything nonsense, so let her think about it carefully... Another Sakura?
comics!?
Suddenly, Sakura had a flash of inspiration and suddenly thought of another Sakura she met at the Chise family, that was Sakura in the comic "Cardcaptor Sakura"!

Are you talking about Sakura from the comics?

Sakura quickly asked, "Tomoyo, are you talking about Sakura from Xia's comic book?"

"You guessed right~"

Seeing that Sakura had guessed it, Tomoyo's lips curled up slightly, and without keeping her in suspense, he said bluntly: "Xia-kun has already submitted the comic to the publisher. I'll go there this afternoon to discuss the publication of the comic in the magazine. Sakura, you can look forward to it a little."

"Uh-huh!"

(End of this chapter)