The sunny boy in Cardcaptor Sakura

Chapter 652 The future is still long
Under the brilliant light, the gradually melting purple-black magic circle lost its luster, and the ominous magic power flowing within it was also transformed into flying cherry blossom petals.

Sakura is surrounded by cherry blossom petals that sparkle with a soft glow, and then merges into the interior of Big Ben in the flickering light and shadow.

The ominous magic power was purified and returned to peace, and Sakura, surrounded by cherry blossom petals, focused her eyes on the slowly falling cards.

That was the card she had just created that represented hope, and it was also the card that resolved the ominous magic circle.

Looking at the falling card, Sakura reached out to catch it and looked at it carefully.

The image on the card looked very familiar. It was a girl with a smile as bright as cherry blossoms. She could see it when she looked in the mirror every morning.

"Uh huh—is this me?"

Looking at the girl elf in the center of the card, whose image was obviously based on hers, Sakura blushed slightly. She didn't expect that the final card representing hope would actually look like her.

I always feel a little embarrassed.

While thinking about it, Sakura looked at the name of the card and read it out subconsciously.

“grow up…grow up…”

"Isn't it hope?"

Looking at the word "Growth" on the top of the card, Sakura was slightly stunned. Not only was the image of the card elf beyond her expectations, even the name of the card itself was different from what she had imagined.

but……

Isn’t every step of growth hope for the future?

The essence of growth is the process of continuous self-breakthrough, just like a seed cracking its hard shell, its roots heading into darkness, and its branches and leaves chasing after the light. Every step of growth is reconstructing future possibilities.

"growing up……"

Looking at the card in her hand, Sakura's mouth curled up slightly and she held the card to her chest. Now, she also had a card of her own.

Below the bell tower.

"Sakura succeeded."

Elio raised his head to look at the cherry blossom petals flying all over the sky and Sakura surrounded by the petals. He smiled gently and turned to look at Li Syaoran.

"I told you not to worry, Sakura will be fine."

"..."

Li Syaoran did not answer, but relaxed his hand that was tightly gripping the hilt of the sword. The moment Sakura flew into the sky just now, he almost couldn't help but fly up with her.

Fortunately, he suppressed his thoughts in the end, because he knew that following her would only distract Sakura, and might even prevent Sakura from performing normally.

"Trusting her doesn't mean you don't need to worry." Li Xiaolang was silent for a moment, but still responded.

"well said!"

Xia Yu suddenly came over, waved the camera in his hand, and laughed: "I have completely captured the scene of Xiaoying showing her power just now. Are you excited? Do you want it?"

"..."

Li Xiaolang paused for a moment, looked up at Xiaoying in the sky, lowered his head and remained silent for a few seconds, then asked in a low voice: "What's the price?"

"Hehe~ The price is simple, but I haven't thought about it yet. Anyway, you can't refuse my request when the time comes."

"..."

You talk as if I could have rejected you before.

Li Xiaolang complained in his mind, but replied, "Deal."

"Okay, I'll share a copy with you when I'm done editing it."

After saying this, Xia Yu poked Li Xiaolang with his elbow again, and as he dodged away, he reminded him, "Okay, open your arms and welcome your happiness."

"what?"

Li Xiaolang was stunned. Before he could react, he suddenly heard Xiaoying's voice calling from above his head.

"Little Wolf, I did it!"

When he looked up, he saw Sakura, with a sky full of cherry blossoms and her arms open, swooping down towards him.

By the time he reacted, the distance between them was less than ten meters. Without too much time to think, Li Xiaolang quickly opened his hands, and the next second -

Phew~
Sakura, with a faint scent of cherry blossoms still on her body, rushed into his arms. Because the Flying Card was holding back, he was not blown away by the impact, but only took several steps back.

After standing firmly, Li Syaoran subconsciously clasped his arms and hugged Xiaoying tightly.

Feeling the arms tightly around his neck, Li Xiaolang smiled helplessly: "You can obviously fly down normally, aren't you afraid that I can't catch you?"

"Hehe~ Because I'm so happy."

Xiaoying hugged Li Xiaolang's neck and rubbed it, then quickly retracted her head, stared into Li Xiaolang's eyes, and said happily.

"Little Wolf, Little Wolf, this time the card elf is my image. I also have my own card. I'm so happy."

"But the cards are not the hope I thought of at the beginning, but growth. Even the cards think I have grown!"

"Huh? Why is your face getting redder and redder, little wolf?"

Looking at Sakura, who was less than a palm's distance from his face, Li Syaoran's face gradually turned red. Because the distance was too close, he could even feel Sakura's warm breath.

"Too close..."

"Too close?"

Sakura tilted her head and suddenly realized that because she was too happy, her face and Li Syaoran's face were almost touching.

If they were any closer, it would not be just almost, but completely kissing.

"Well……"

A feeling of shyness suddenly rushed into Sakura's heart, and her face instantly turned red. Her eyes wandered and she said, "I'm sorry..."

"It's okay, so can you let me go now?"

"it is good……"

"not good!"

At this moment, Xia Yu suddenly came to the two of them like a ghost, and said unhappily: "Why are you relaxing? Shouldn't you give me a kiss now?"

"Eh?"×2
When these words were spoken, Xiaoying and Li Syaoran were both shocked, but before they could look at Xia Yu, Xia Yu had already put one hand each on the back of their heads.

"Come on, you deserve a kiss if you're so happy."

After saying that, he exerted force with his hands and pushed the back of their heads forward. Because the incident happened suddenly, Sakura and Li Syaoran had no time to react, and their heads collided with each other directly due to the push.

"..."

"..."

"Well, that's right. It's just a small favor. No need to thank me."

Looking at the lovers kissing each other in front of him, Xia Yu nodded with satisfaction, waved her little hand and turned away, keeping her achievements and fame to herself.

He and Chise have kissed more than once, so how could these two people in front of him be so cautious?

As a friend, sometimes you have to give a helping hand.

"Oh my god~ This is really unexpected." Looking at this sudden scene, Chishi's mouth corners rose subconsciously, and he held the camera in his hand more steadily.

Qiu Sui's cheeks turned red and she covered her face with her hands, but she couldn't help but watch the scene through her fingers.

Kaidu laughed and shook his head, muttering: "As expected...Mr. Xia Yu."

Elio's mouth also curled up, and he squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "It's a pity that Ge Fan was not here and missed this unexpected scene."

"That's right, that's what I wanted to see. You did a good job, kid." Nakuru raised his hand and cheered, staring at the scene with shining eyes.

In the air next to them, Sibi, Xiaoke and Xiaoxi, who had returned to their original forms, floated together, speaking one sentence each.

"Xiao Xi, your master is really amazing, but what do you think of Ruberos?"

"In my opinion, Sakura should take revenge on Xia Xiaozi and Tomoyo at this time, but considering Sakura's personality, it should be impossible."

"That's right. After all, that's the master of the small department."

The three little ones were watching the show and chatting, while Sakura and Li Syaoran, who were the focus of everyone's attention, were completely frozen in place.

Not long after, as if time had frozen and started to flow again, Sakura and Li Syaoran separated foolishly.

The two of them stared at each other's faces, their faces so red that they seemed to be bleeding, and their lips seemed to still retain their own warmth.

"Hey..."

With a moan, Sakura lowered her head deeply, and without hesitation, she curled up her body and squatted on the ground, burying her head in her arms, her ears turning extremely red.

Actually, actually in front of so many people, ugh...

Too embarrassed to see anyone.

Li Xiaolang turned his head with a stiff neck and fixed his sights on the culprit.

Xia Yu: <（￣︶￣）>
"..."

I want to be angry, but I can't.

After staring at her for a few seconds, Li Syaoran withdrew his gaze, squatted down in front of Sakura, and reached out to touch Sakura's head.

"Are you okay?"

Feeling the hand caressing her head, Sakura raised her head slightly and revealed her wet eyes from the crook of her arms.

Seeing that Li Syaoran also had a blushing face but was still trying hard to suppress his shyness while asking her, Sakura's eyes flashed and she replied sullenly.

"No, it's okay..."

"Well, I'll take responsibility."

"I know……"

"..."

"..."

The atmosphere was quiet for a moment. Li Xiaolang took a deep breath, stood up, patted his face, strode to Elio, and asked, "After the purification just now, is the bell tower okay?"

"Well, no problem."

Seeing Li Xiaolang trying to change the subject with shyness, Elio suppressed his smile and replied, "I have just used magic to detect it, and Big Ben has returned to normal."

"So what's going on? Who are those people?"

Li Syaoran looked at Kaito again. As the incident happened suddenly, they actually had no idea of ​​the specific situation. They only knew that the group of magicians on the opposite side seemed to want to snatch Sakura's cards.

He couldn't win the fight, so he tried to use forbidden magic, but the magic didn't work and he got backfired by the magic.

The last scene he saw was the group of magicians being shattered by magic, and the magic power blended together and turned into a rather ominous magic power.

"Sorry, this matter is closely related to me." Kaidu smiled bitterly and subconsciously glanced at Akiho.

But before he could say anything, Tomoyo had already noticed his gaze and the meaning in it.

She smiled slightly, and suddenly walked up to Akiho, pulling Akiho towards Sakura. As she walked, she turned back and smiled at the people on Kaito's side.

"You boys have your own things to say, and we girls have our own things to say, so don't sneak over here to eavesdrop~" Looking at Tomoyo who deliberately pulled Akiho away, Kaito was startled, and nodded slightly with gratitude in his eyes: "Thank you..."

"You're welcome. So what happened?" Xia Yu responded on behalf of Zhishi, and asked impatiently.

Upon hearing this, Haidu no longer concealed anything and told everyone about everything, whether it was the elders in the family or the ambitious people in the association.

After explaining the whole story, Kaito looked up at the clock tower in front of him and murmured, "Because of the uncontrollable expansion of ambition, that ambition turned into a flame that burned everything. How sad."

No one responded to Hai Du's words. After a few seconds, Elio shook his head and said, "Heaven's will can be avoided, but one's own will cannot be avoided."

“So, that group of people have already…” Li Xiaolang also looked up. The Big Ben in the dark night was covered with a thin layer of moonlight, making it look particularly cold and desolate.

"Obviously, that group of people have returned to dust and gone to the afterlife." Xia Yu replied casually.

According to his perception, there was no sign of life inside the bell tower, so the ending was naturally self-evident.

After a few more seconds of silence, Kaito withdrew his gaze and looked at Akiho who was whispering with Sakura and Tomoyo in the distance.

"Please don't tell Miss Qiusui that those white-robed magicians are all her blood elders."

"Although they are elders with whom I have no feelings, after all, they are related by blood. Miss Akiho will definitely be sad when she finds out."

In response to Haidu's request, several people nodded and did not refuse. Seeing this, Haidu bowed slightly.

"Thank you very much. After losing these stubborn elders, I believe Miss Akiho's family will move further towards its ideal direction."

Hearing this, Elio smiled and said, "If you need any help, you're welcome. I'm always here."

"It's the same for me and Sakura. If you need any help, please feel free to let us know." Li Syaoran also said.

"Me too."

Xia Yu said directly and chuckled: "Especially when it is inconvenient for you to take action, you can tell me everything, and I will help you blow them up directly."

"Thank you very much, everyone."

Kaito bowed again to express his gratitude, then stood up and shook his head, saying, "But there is no need for you to help. I would like to realize Miss Qiusui's ideas and goals step by step by myself."

After saying that, he looked at the girls in the distance and chuckled, "Since you have experienced unpleasant events, you need to have some fun to forget them."

"It's still daytime now, right? Once the night magic is lifted, I will take you on a tour of London as a token of my gratitude."

"I don't need it."

Elio shook his head slightly at Kaito's invitation: "I live here, and Clow Reedo once lived here too. I'm probably more familiar with this place than you are."

"That……"

"If you're interested, just bring some snacks when you visit us next time."

Elio smiled slightly, and swung his staff. A beam of light lit up from the top of his sun staff and went straight into the dark night sky.

The next moment, the darkness dissipated under the twisting of the light beam, the moon was covered by the reappearing sunlight, and the stars also quietly disappeared.

Its daybreak.

After canceling his magic, Elio casually transformed the Sun Staff back into the Sun Key, and then shouted to Nakuru and Spi.

"Let's go, it's time to go home."

Hearing this, Sibi, who was chatting with Kero, and Nakuryu, who had joined Sakura at some point, all looked at the people around them.

"Bye, remember to visit us before you leave."

"Goodbye."

After saying goodbye, the two quickly caught up with Elio and left the place together.

Looking at Elio as he left, Sakura sighed, "He came so suddenly, and left so abruptly. Elio really hasn't changed at all."

"Hehe~ It's not just Hiiragisawa, everyone hasn't changed much." Tomoyo smiled lightly and looked at Akiho beside her.

Akiho scratched her head embarrassedly when being stared at. At this moment, Kaito came over and looked at Sakura and the others.

"Now that the crisis has been resolved, let me lead you to enjoy London. Please don't refuse. This is my thanks."

"Eh?"

Sakura and Tomoyo had no doubts about Kaito's self-recommendation, but Akiho couldn't help but ask, "Is it okay? Doesn't Mr. Kaito have anything else to do?"

"No, no matter how busy I am..."

At this point, Kaito leaned in closer to Akiho and chuckled, "How can that compare to being with Miss Akiho?"

"Woo..."

Qiu Sui blushed, lowered her head and said no more.

Sakura and Tomoyo bowed their heads and thanked him, "Then we'll trouble you, Mr. Kaito."

"No need to do that. I will lead you on your next journey."

……

During the day, we enjoyed visiting all the attractions in London under the guidance of Haidu.

However, since there were so many attractions, we didn’t visit much in one day. But since there was more than one day to visit, we were not in a hurry.

Until the real evening came, the sky was dyed with pink and purple sunset, and the surface of the Thames was shimmering with fine golden light.

The London Eye on the riverside rotates slowly. This is the last attraction of today's itinerary. It is a huge Ferris wheel overlooking the entire city.

The glass of the cabin reflected the afterglow of the setting sun. Under Haidu's arrangement, the six of them were divided into groups of two and slowly rose into the air in the cabin.

Inside one of the cabins.

"Are there actually elders from Akiho's family among that group of people?" After listening to Xia Yu's story, Chiyo was a little surprised. He didn't expect the truth to be like this.

"Yeah, I thought the underlying logic of this world was gentleness, but it turns out it's still selfish and ugly."

Xia Yu curled his lips. When he first watched the Cardcaptor Sakura cartoon, Sakura was surrounded by only good people and there were no bad people at all, which made him think that the world was inherently gentle.

After experiencing so many things, he finally realized that the world has always been like that. The only gentle people are Sakura and the people around her.

Hearing Xia Yu's sigh, Zhi Shi moved closer to him and said softly: "The world is not gentle, but we can make it gentle."

"You mean..."

Xia Yu frowned and replied, "Since the world is not gentle, then beat the world hard and keep beating it until it becomes gentle, right?"

"..."

Zhishi paused for a moment, sat up helplessly, grabbed Xia Yu's face with both hands and pulled it to both sides.

"Really? Don't misinterpret what I mean."

"What distortion?"

Xia Yu blinked and pretended not to understand what Zhishi meant.

"Humph~"

Zhishi snorted lightly and did not answer. He just leaned against Xia Yu again and murmured.

"Do you remember when you first transferred here?"

"uh-huh?"

"At that time, I felt loneliness and alienation from your classmates. I thought it was because you were not used to living in a foreign country..."

The result was a different world, a world where there was no trace of his past existence.

Tomoyo recalled the loneliness that Xia Yu had revealed at the time, and the explanation he gave her after his confession. She pursed her lips and moved closer to Xia Yu.

"But now, you have completely integrated into this world and admitted that you have a sense of belonging. Isn't this the kindness of the world?"

"That's not the gentleness of the world."

Xia Yu paused, stretched out his hand to hug Zhishi, and whispered: "That is your gentleness."

"But I have become gentle because of this world, right?"

Zhi Shi said softly: "The world is not gentle, but we can make it gentle, and then there will be more and more gentle people."

Xia Yu did not answer. No answer meant consent. Zhishi smiled lightly and said nothing more.

When the cabin was halfway up in the air, she suddenly sat up, reached out and held Xia Yu's face, her eyes sparkling as she said, "You let Xiaoying and Li kiss, so I want to kiss them too."

"?"

Xia Yu was startled, and subconsciously asked: "Are these two things related?"

“No connection.”

Zhishi shook her head gently, her eyes moist as she said, "So I just simply wanted to kiss you."

"..."

"Don't say no."

"I didn't refuse."

Outside, the last ray of sunlight in the sky completely dimmed, and at this moment, the clock tower of Big Ben suddenly glowed with a soft light.

The next moment, countless illusory cherry blossom petals gushed out from the top of the bell tower, the petals flew against the wind and fell like pink snowflakes in the twilight.

The strange scene was like a dream, as if the clock tower itself had turned into a cherry tree, and it made everyone in the Westminster district of London subconsciously stop and look up at the sky.

Everyone in London's eyes was also attracted. Looking at the cherry blossom petals flying outside, Xia Yu murmured: "Isn't the remaining magic over yet?"

No one answered him, but in the next second, he suddenly felt someone straightening his head, and then someone's lips were pressed against his.

The two did not separate until the cabin passed the highest point.

Zhishi's cheeks were flushed, and her eyes were shining: "From now on, you are not allowed to refuse me when I want to kiss you."

"Why did you suddenly become so strong?" Xia Yu suppressed his impulse and turned his head to look at the cherry blossom rain outside the window.

"If you were more proactive, I wouldn't be so aggressive."

"..."

Be proactive...

Xia Yu withdrew his gaze, reached out and held Zhishi's small hand, interlocking their fingers.

It’s not impossible to be more proactive, but not now, because there are still many years to come and they have just started.

Noticing that Xia Yu suddenly held her hand, Zhishi was startled. She thought Xia Yu had come to her senses, so she also held his hand tightly and said softly.

"So you want to take the initiative?"

"Well... when I want to take the initiative, it's not okay even if you regret it."

"When is that?"

"When? Maybe someday in the future."

After all, their lives have just begun and there is still a long way to go in the future.

(End of this chapter)