The sunny boy in Cardcaptor Sakura

Chapter 609 This is Word of Mouth

"That guy didn't even change his wand..."

Li Syaoran couldn't help but twitch his lips when he saw the cartoon image of Sakura on the cover.

Although there are differences between Sakura's comic image and her real-life image, if someone like him is familiar with Sakura, he can tell at a glance that the heroine of this comic is definitely Sakura.

And the shape of the wand has not changed. Although the bird-head wand has been transformed into a star wand due to Sakura's own power, it always feels a bit too arrogant.

After staring at the comic cover for a while, Li Xiaolang shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, the magic wand is gone anyway."

Besides, only those who know magic know about this magic wand. When ordinary people see it, they will probably just think that the shape of this magic wand is a bit strange.

After all, in the magical girl comics on the market, the magic girls' wands are either cute hearts or sparkling stars, and there are very few wands that look like conical hammers.

Ok……

Li Xiaolang was stunned. He hadn't noticed it before, but when he saw a magic wand of this appearance in the comics, he realized that the shape of this magic wand was more like a monk's melee weapon, a one-handed hammer, than a prop for casting spells?
Clow Reed’s aesthetic is truly...ahead of its time.

Li Syaoran complained in his heart, but the star wand that Sakura created later using her own star power had a more girlish feel.

Shaking his head and stopping thinking about it, Li Xiaolang reached out and picked up the comic magazine sealed with plastic film. But just as he was about to turn around and go to the counter to pay for his purchase, a voice with a little surprise greeted him from behind.

"Classmate Li?"

"!?"

Li Xiaolang's body stiffened and he quickly hid the comic behind him. He turned around slightly stiffly and looked at it.

The person he saw was a slightly unexpected figure. The person was wearing round glasses and had short hair that reached his shoulders. It was Naoko, who was in the same class with him.

Looking at Li Xiaolang who turned around, Naoko said happily: "It's really you, Li, I thought I was seeing things."

"..."

Li Xiaolang suppressed his panic and said calmly, "Yanagaze, why are you here?"

"I live right here."

Naoko smiled and said, "Good morning, Li. Why are you here? I remember you don't live here."

"I...I came here to buy something..."

"Buying things? Is it only available at this convenience store?"

"Um……"

"Hehe~ That's a coincidence. I'm here to buy something, too. I'm here to buy the new comic magazine that came out today. I've been looking forward to it for a long time."

Naoko walked towards the library area, and Li Syaoran quickly moved aside and hid the comic magazine in his hand behind him, trying not to let her see it.

He came here secretly to buy girls' comics and stuff... If his classmates knew about this, his student career would probably be over.

"Found it. There's a new comic strip."

Naoko held up a comic magazine in the library. The cover was a dark grey background with the words "Extreme Horror" written in large, eye-catching letters in the upper right corner.

Looking at the new comic strips on the cover of the magazine, Naoko's eyes were filled with surprise and anticipation: "I really want to take a look at the new horror comic strips right now."

After saying that, Naoko seemed to have thought of something, and turned to look at Li Xiaolang who was about to quietly go to the counter to pay: "Mr. Li, are you here to buy comics too?"

"This one……"

Being called suddenly, Li Xiaolang had to stop his stealthy steps, not knowing how to respond.

After Naoko finished speaking, she turned her head and looked at the other comics area: "Come to think of it, other magazines also publish a lot of new comics that have started serialization."

"Although I'm only interested in horror and supernatural comics, but... eh? What a beautiful cover."

As she was talking, Naoko suddenly let out a light exclamation. Among a group of ordinary comic magazines, she saw a comic magazine that stood out from the crowd.

The cover was quite beautiful, and even she, who had little interest in girls' comics, subconsciously turned her attention to it.

Looking at the short-haired girl holding a bird-head magic wand on the cover, Naoko reached out to pick up the magazine, then turned around and showed it to Li Syaoran who was standing beside her.

"Student Li, look at this comic cover. It's so pretty, and the character on the cover looks a bit like Sakura."

Li Xiaolang: “…”

He knew it.

People who are familiar with Sakura will definitely subconsciously think of Sakura when they see this comic image.

"Yes, it is somewhat similar."

Li Syaoran could only nod. He couldn't just ignore Naoko's words. Besides, he had already hesitated and ignored the previous question. If he didn't respond to this one, it would be somewhat impolite.

"Not only the hairstyle and hair color, but even the eye color is the same. Could it be that the author drew the comic image based on Sakura's image?"

Naoko looked at the color cover and murmured, then smiled and said, "My curiosity has been aroused. Although it is not in my plan, my pocket money is enough to buy another comic magazine."

After that, she put the girls' comics and horror comics in her hands together and held them in her arms, then smiled at Li Xiaolang and said, "Let's go pay, Mr. Li, I've already bought what I wanted to buy."

"I……"

"Let's go."

Without waiting for Li Syaoran to refuse, Naoko quickly walked towards the counter.

Looking at Naoko's back, Li Syaoran held the comic magazine in his hand behind his back, feeling quite conflicted.

How about he return the comic magazine first and then come secretly to buy it after school?

But what if the magazine is sold out after school in the afternoon? Looking at Naoko's reaction, you can tell that even people who are not interested in girls' comics will stop and look at the beautiful cover.

Staying means that interest will be aroused, and interest means there is a high possibility of purchase.

If he gave up here, he might not be able to get the comic magazine because of his hesitation.

"Student Li, why are you still standing there?"

Naoko's voice came again. Li Syaoran looked up and saw Naoko, who had already paid, waving at him and standing at the door waiting for him.

After a few seconds of internal struggle, Li Xiaolang took a deep breath and walked towards the counter with a fearless step.

Now that things have come to this, we can only believe that Naoko won't talk too much.

After a while, two people from the convenience store came out.

Naoko walked out of the convenience store with a strange expression on her face. She glanced at Li Syaoran beside her, as if she wanted to say something but didn't know whether to say it or not.

"Just say whatever you want to say." Li Xiaolang's expression was calm, his heart as still as water.

He seemed to be able to vaguely reach Xia Yu's realm, that is, ignoring the eyes of others. What he did was what he wanted to do, so why should he care about other people's opinions?
"Student Li, I didn't expect you..."

Naoko glanced down at the schoolbag in Li Syaoran's hand and said in a complicated tone: "You actually have such a hobby."

To be honest, when Li Xiaolang took the girls' comics to pay, she was really scared.

That serious and meticulous student Li actually came to a convenience store to buy girls' comics! ?
Hard to imagine.

She thought that boys only liked those passionate fighting comics, but she didn't expect that there would be boys who like girls' comics, and they were very masculine like Mr. Li.

"I don't have this hobby. This is my first time buying this kind of comics."

Li Xiaolang's expression remained unchanged. Although he didn't mind Naoko knowing that he came to buy girls' comics, it didn't mean that he could accept random guesses. "First time?"

Naoko tilted her head and asked subconsciously: "Then why did you come to buy it?"

"Oh - I see!"

Without waiting for Li Xiaolang to explain, Naoko nodded and said, "You must have seen that the character on the cover of the comic looks a lot like Sakura, so you were curious and wanted to buy it, right?"

"Just like me, I was also very curious about this matter, so I bought this comic book on purpose."

Hearing this thoughtful explanation, Li Xiaolang was slightly speechless, but then he immediately reacted and nodded quickly, "Yes, that's it!"

"But didn't you say you came here specifically to buy something, Li? But I saw that you only bought that comic book."

But in the next moment, Naoko had a new question. She looked at Li Xiaolang with a suspicious look and said, "Could it be that you came to this convenience store specifically to buy comics, Mr. Li?"

"..."

Facing Naoko's inquiring gaze, Li Syaoran sighed softly. He knew that if he didn't explain clearly, Naoko would definitely not give up.

"I'll tell you the truth, but you have to keep it a secret for me."

"Uh-huh!"

Seeing that Li Syaoran was finally going to tell the truth, Naoko nodded repeatedly, with a hint of excitement and anticipation flashing in the depths of her eyes.

"Actually, Xia Yu asked me to buy this for him."

"Eh?"

"That guy was afraid of losing it... afraid of trouble. He couldn't get up in the morning, and was worried that the comics would be sold out after school, so he asked me to buy the comics for him."

"I came to a convenience store a little further away to buy comics because I was afraid that others would misunderstand me. I didn't expect to meet you here. That's what happened." After saying that, Li Xiaolang nodded, as if this was the truth.

Naoko, who originally had an expectant look on her face, couldn't help but sigh in disappointment after hearing this so-called truth.

"Is that all? I thought there was some special reason why you, Mr. Li, came here to buy girls' comics."

"that is it."

Li Xiaolang nodded seriously, his expression unchanged: "That guy likes to read girls' comics, so he asked me to buy it."

"That's fine. If it's classmate Xia, then it makes sense."

"?"

Li Xiaolang turned his head in confusion and asked, "Why is it that guy who makes sense?"

"Because that's classmate Xia."

Naoko sighed and said, "Xia-san is the kind of person who won't surprise me no matter what he does."

"..."

Li Xiaolang was speechless for a moment, but after a moment, he couldn't help but nodded in agreement and said, "That's true..."

After all, any unreasonable thing will become strangely reasonable once it happens to that guy.

This is the reputation Xia Yu has built over the years!
As for whether Li Syaoran's explanation was a lie, Naoko did not have too many doubts, because in her mind, Li Syaoran was the kind of simple person who would not lie.

This is also the reputation that Li Xiaolang has accumulated over the years.

Apparently, Naoko didn't know that there's an old Chinese saying that goes, "He who keeps company with vermilion becomes red, and he who keeps company with ink becomes black."

Li Xiaolang, the honest child who could not lie, was a thing of the past. Now standing in front of her was Li Xiaolang, who could lie without batting an eyelid!
"By the way, remember to keep it a secret for me."

Li Xiaolang suddenly warned again: "If that guy knew about this, he would definitely blame me for not hiding it from him, so don't mention this in front of him."

"Good... not right?"

Naoko was about to nod, but couldn't help wondering, "Why do you want to hide it? Xia-san isn't the type of person who would deliberately hide his or her interests, right?"

"Ahem...mainly me."

Li Xiaolang coughed lightly and quickly replied calmly: "If that guy knew about this, he would definitely laugh at me, so... um, please help keep it secret."

"That's it, okay then."

This reason was impeccable, and Naoko couldn't find any doubts. She nodded and agreed to Li Syaoran's request.

……

Early morning, school.

Class 2, Grade 1, classroom.

"Yo~ Good morning, Tomoyo, Sakura!"

Xia Yu arrived at the classroom a little later than usual. The moment he came to his seat, he greeted the two girls behind him.

"Good morning~ Xia Jun."

"Good morning, Xia."

Hearing the greeting, Tomoyo and Sakura responded with a smile.

After saying hello, Xia Yu raised the handbag in his hand, and then with a chuckle, poured everything inside onto Zhishi's desk.

"Look, what is this?"

Following Xia Yu's actions, Tomoyo and Sakura also shifted their gaze over and saw many unopened comic magazines poured out of the handbag.

The top of the magazine cover has the pink word "なかよし" printed on it, and in the center is a very beautiful color cover picture.

On it is a girl holding a bird-head magic wand. The girl has dark green eyes and a lively smile on her face. She is holding the magic wand in a very cute pose.

“Ugh!?”

Looking at the girl on the cover, Xiaoying exclaimed, and quickly looked at Xia Yu and asked: "Xia Yu, is this the magazine with your comics!?"

"Yes, this is the comic magazine with you, Sakura."

Xia Yu reached out and took out two magazines from the pile, handing one to Tomoyo and Sakura respectively.

"To celebrate the successful serialization of the comic, I bought a bunch of comic magazines. This is for you."

Tomoyo took it with a smile, while Sakura was a little stunned and said, "But even if we each get one, it seems like there are too many magazines, right?"

"How can there be so many?"

Xia Yu pointed at the magazines on the table and said, "This is Chiharu's, this is Naoko's, this is Rika's, this is Yamazaki's, this is Li Syaoran's, this is Akiho's, this is Elio's, this is Guanyue teacher..."

Sakura was stunned when she heard the names popping up one by one.

After talking to everyone he knew in one breath, Xia Yu put all the magazines on the table back into his handbag.

"Akiho and Elio are abroad, so we have to mail it to them, but Yamazaki and the others are in the same school, so we can give it to them during lunch."

"I also want to hear what people I know think of the plot. A good creator should listen to the readers' suggestions, so Sakura, remember to tell me your opinion after you finish reading it."

(End of this chapter)