The sunny boy in Cardcaptor Sakura

Chapter 676 Extra Chapter: A Cup of Oolong Tea

Private study room.

In the quiet study atmosphere, Sakura and Li Xiaolang lowered their heads and did their exercises, not daring to even breathe loudly, for fear of attracting someone's attention.

He usually doesn't act serious, but when he suddenly becomes serious, it can be quite frightening.

Meanwhile, Xia Yu, who was being frightened by the two men, was twirling his ballpoint pen from time to time, writing something on a clean draft paper.

Time passed slowly until Xia Yu suddenly tapped the table with his ballpoint pen.

dong dong!

The sudden sound made the three students who were studying look up instinctively. Meeting their curious gazes, Xia Yu handed Sakura and Syaoran draft papers filled with their plans.

"This is a study plan I've arranged for you based on your learning situation. It should be enough to improve your grades in the remaining time."

After Sakura and Syaoran took the book, he looked at Tomoyo and said, "As for Tomoyo, you don't need a study plan anymore. Just keep up your current study pace."

"Ok."

"Thank you, Xia!"

After hearing Xia Yu's arrangements for them, Zhi Shi smiled and nodded, while Xiao Ying and Li Xiaolang expressed their gratitude.

In response to Sakura and Syaoran's thanks, Xia Yu waved his hand and said, "It was nothing, don't mention it. So, how are you doing with your exercises?"

"..."

These words immediately silenced the two of them, and they lowered their heads in unison without replying.

Xia Yu: (ー`ー)
"Give me your workbooks, let me take a look."

"Oh……"

……

The entire day passed slowly in this rich learning atmosphere until dusk approached and night fell.

Outside the library, Sakura, who had been studying all day, slumped over and sighed deeply, "It's finally over. It's the weekend, but it's more tiring than when I'm in class."

"Yes."

Li Xiaolang nodded in deep agreement and couldn't help but sigh, "Luckily it's only today. I can get a good rest tomorrow."

"Oh? Are you sure?"

Suddenly, Xia Yu peeked out from behind the two like a ghost and said in a low voice, "Do you think you can rest tomorrow? You'll have to come to the library to study again tomorrow."

“Ugh!?”

"what?"

Startled, Sakura and Li Xiaolang looked pained and rejected upon hearing these cruel words.

The thought of having to study all day like today tomorrow made them lose all anticipation for tomorrow.

"Hehe~ This is a necessary process in order to get into your desired school," Tomoyo said with a smile as she stepped out from the side.

"We know, but..."

Sakura lowered her eyebrows and sighed softly. Li Xiaolang then picked up the conversation and continued, "Just make sure you have a balance between work and rest. If you continue studying after a long day, your learning efficiency will drop."

"That's right!"

Sakura nodded repeatedly, looking at Xia Yu with hope, hoping to get a day off tomorrow.

However, in the face of Sakura's expectation, Xia Yu gently shook his head and coldly rejected the request: "You can rest during class breaks, so there is no rest time during holidays."

"Ah... how could this happen?" Sakura felt a lump in her throat and thought she was about to cry.

"But..."

Huh? There's a twist?

Hearing Xia Yu's drawn-out voice, Xiao Ying quickly looked over expectantly.

"Tonight you can relax a bit. Come on, Sakura, let's go to your house together. I brought some nice things that will help you relax."

"Huh? What's this good stuff?"

"Hehe~ You'll see when the time comes."

Xia Yu chuckled and mysteriously strode away first. Seeing this, the others quickly followed.

After wandering around for a while, the group arrived at Sakura's house together.

At this time, the Kinomoto family home was empty. Touya, who had already graduated and was working, had moved out long ago.

The resurrected Kinomoto Nadeshiko also didn't want to stay at home idly by herself, so she went to Towa University to find a simple job and spent sweet time with Fujitaka.

Before Fujitaka returned from get off work, Nadeshiko naturally wouldn't go home alone. There was only a small, almost invisible person, Kei, watching over the house, so it wouldn't be wrong to say that the house was empty.

Kero is currently upstairs playing games, so Sakura has to personally entertain the three guests.

Before Xiaoying could brew tea, Xia Yu suddenly stopped her and said mysteriously, "No need to brew tea, I brought something even better."

"Something tastier?"

Upon hearing this, Sakura asked curiously, "Is it some kind of special drink? Something that can help us relax?"

“That’s right, hehe~ This is the answer.” Xia Yu chuckled and pulled out a glass bottle from behind his back. There was a label with the word “wine” on it.

"We're both adults anyway, why don't we give it a try together?"

“Ugh!?”

Looking at the bottle of wine Xia Yu pulled out, Xiaoying exclaimed, "Is this wine? But we're not there yet..."

"stop!"

Before Sakura could finish speaking, Xia Yu raised his hand to stop her and said, "I know what you're trying to say. The legal drinking age in Japan is twenty, right? But Syaoran and I aren't Japanese, so we don't need to follow that rule."

"As for you and Tomoyo... Anyway, there are no outsiders here, and Syaoran and I won't tell anyone, so there's even less to worry about."

After saying that, Xia Yu shook the bottle in his hand and tempted Xiaoying, "Besides, don't you want to try it? You're an adult now, don't you want to taste this special drink?"

"But……"

Sakura wanted to say something more, but Xia Yu had already taken out four wine glasses and filled each one to the brim.

"No buts, just tell me if drinking this will help you relax."

"Woo..."

Sakura gave up weakly. To be honest, after Xia Yu said that, she did become a little curious.

Looking at the wine glass pushed in front of her, Xiaoying hesitated, while Li Xiaolang looked at the wine bottle in Xia Yu's hand with some curiosity.

"So where did you get this wine from? As far as I know, the shops around here probably wouldn't sell it to students like us."

"Hmph~ If I can't buy it, can't I just rob it... cough, can't I just ask for it?"

Xia Yu snorted and said, "This wine was given to me by the Dimensional Witch, after all, I helped her so much. This wine is her thank-you gift to me."

"is it?"

Li Xiaolang narrowed his eyes, feeling that the truth might not be like that. After all, who would give wine as a gift?
Sitting next to Xia Yu, Tomoyo covered her mouth and laughed, seemingly thinking of something. "I can testify that what Xia-kun said is true. To prove her determination to express her gratitude, the witch never appeared in front of Xia-kun from beginning to end."

Li Xiaolang: "?"

"If she didn't appear in front of you, then how did she send you... wait, could it be that you stole it from someone's warehouse?"

"How can you call it stealing when it comes to a thank-you gift? It's clearly because I sensed her determination and accepted her gift first."

Hearing Xia Yu's explanation, Li Xiaolang was greatly shocked, once again deeply realizing the audacity and shamelessness of this person. "Alright, enough said, let's have a drink first." Xia Yu raised his glass and gestured to everyone.

Li Xiaolang hesitated for a second, but still picked up his wine glass. According to Xia Yu, he and the other party did not need to follow the rules of Japan, since they were not from here.

Besides, he was genuinely curious about what alcohol tasted like. To be honest, it was his first time trying alcohol.

Seeing that the two boys had already raised their glasses, Sakura subconsciously looked at Tomoyo. Upon seeing this, Tomoyo smiled slightly, raised her glass, and nodded at Sakura.

Encouraged by Tomoyo, Sakura took a deep breath and raised her glass as well.

If she were alone, she definitely wouldn't dare to drink secretly, but now that her friends were all here, with someone else leading the way, the guilt she felt instantly vanished.

"Cheers!" x4
(￣▽￣)～[]
The moment it entered her mouth, Sakura's face scrunched up, and she quickly swallowed the slightly spicy liquid, then couldn't help sticking out her tongue.

The taste was so strange, completely different from what she had imagined, and it didn't taste good at all.

Why do some adults still like to drink something that tastes so awful?

Sakura, taking small breaths, subconsciously looked at the others, wondering what their expressions were like.

Tomoyo gracefully held her wine glass, taking small sips without showing any discomfort, while Xia Yu downed his drink in one gulp, as if it were water.

Zhi Shihu noticed Xia Yu's generosity, and Li Xiaolang also downed his drink in one gulp, but his tightly furrowed brows revealed that he was not as calm as he appeared.

Watching the other three's reactions, Sakura shrank back, as if she was the only one who wasn't used to the taste of alcohol...

Want to try again?
"Sakura, you don't have to force yourself to drink it if you don't like it."

Tomoyo suddenly reached out, took the wine glass from Sakura's hand, placed it on the table, and said with a smile, "How about we drink juice? I think juice suits us better."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Xia Yu, who then took out a large bottle of juice and placed it on the table.

"Tomoyo is right. If you can't drink it, don't force yourself. It's just a taste anyway."

After saying that, he looked at Li Xiaolang and said, "Master Li, you should also stop drinking if you can't handle it. Don't worry, I won't laugh at you."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaolang, who had originally wanted to take a sip of juice to calm down, instantly forgot his weak idea and hummed softly.

"Who do you think can't drink? It's just a little wine, I drink it like water."

Before Xia Yu could stop him, he grabbed the bottle, poured himself a full glass, downed it in one gulp, and then exhaled a deep breath of alcohol.

"Ha...it's simple."

"Impressive, as expected of Master Li!"

Xia Yu gave a thumbs up, then took out a bottle containing a brown liquid, filled it to the brim, and pushed it toward Li Xiaolang.

How about a cup of oolong tea to rinse your mouth?

"Oolong tea? Okay."

Already a little tipsy, Li Xiaolang looked at the cup containing the brown liquid in front of him, nodded without thinking much, picked it up and downed it in one gulp.

"Glug glug... Ha, why does this oolong tea taste so spicy? Are you sure this is oolong tea?"

After downing the brown liquid in his glass in one gulp, Li Xiaolang felt his blood rush to his head, his face turned bright red, and his vision became blurry.

Seeing this, Xia Yu suppressed a smile and nodded seriously, saying, "I'm sure this is oolong tea, but I forgot to tell you, the full name of this cup of oolong tea is flammable oolong tea."

"Flammable oolong tea?"

"Yes, this is an oolong tea invented by a diving club. By mixing vodka and whiskey in a 9:1 ratio, you can get this drink that looks exactly like oolong tea."

"..."

Li Xiaolang nodded, not because he thought the recipe was fine, but because he was completely drunk at the moment.

He casually picked up the wine bottle, poured himself another glass of wine, and gulped it down. Then, Li Xiaolang suddenly looked in Sakura's direction, his eyes glazed over, and stroked Sakura's head.

"Sakura, you're so cute!"

"Eh?"

Sakura, who was still drinking her juice, was taken aback. Being so directly praised as cute by Li Xiaolang made her blush instantly: "Um, Xiaolang..."

Li Xiaolang, his face flushed, suddenly moved closer to Xiaoying, gently stroking her cheek with one hand, muttering repeatedly, "I really want to keep looking at you like this forever. Every time I look at you, I can't take my eyes off you..."

Her mumbled words gradually became unclear, but she kept talking: "Could you... smile at me more often in the future? Like, like now, your blushing face is so cute..."

The words had barely left his mouth when his head slumped, and he nearly fell into Sakura's arms, mumbling incoherently, "Sakura... I like her the most..."

After saying that, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength, tilted his head, and fell straight into Sakura's arms.

Sakura, her ears burning red, hurriedly and clumsily helped him up, feeling her heart pounding wildly.

The usually serious and shy little wolf suddenly expressed his love so openly that she, who had become accustomed to being with him, felt shy and embarrassed again after a long time, while also feeling an irrepressible sweetness in her heart.

She leaned close to Li Xiaolang's ear and whispered shyly, "I... also like Xiaolang the most."

After a long while, once her pounding heart had calmed down a little, Sakura finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It was only then that she suddenly realized that there seemed to be more than just him and Li Xiaolang in the room.

"Um, I..."

Noticing the gazes directed at Xia Yu and Zhi Shi, and realizing what she had just done with Xiaolang, Sakura's face instantly turned bright red.

"Don't worry about us. You should help Master Li to bed to rest. Zhi Shi and I will be going back soon, so we won't disturb your rest."

Xia Yu suddenly pulled Zhi Shi to her feet, and as they walked towards the door, they waved to Sakura.

Tomoyo waved to Sakura and said, "See you tomorrow, Sakura."

"Okay, okay..."

Sakura, her thoughts in disarray and unsure of what to say, nodded blankly and helped Li Xiaolang walk upstairs to their room.

The little wolf was drunk and needed to rest, but she couldn't take him home immediately, so she had to let him stay at her house for the time being.

But unbeknownst to her, someone secretly took a picture of this scene with their phone and sent it to a brother who was obsessed with his sister.

Outside, after sending the photo of Sakura helping Syaoran towards the room to Touya, Xia Yu embellished the story and then put his phone away, satisfied.

As for what happens next, that's none of his business; he's just an emotionless messenger.

"Xia-kun, you're really too naughty." Zhi-shi, who was watching Xia Yu's actions, teased Xia Yu with a smile.

Xia Yu chuckled and said, "Anyway, this was bound to happen sooner or later. I was just giving that guy a preview, hehe~"

After laughing, he looked at Tomoyo and said, "Let's go too, I'll take you home, Tomoyo."

"Ah~ I think I'm drunk too."

Just as Xia Yu finished speaking, Zhi Shi suddenly exaggeratedly covered her forehead, swayed and fell into Xia Yu's arms, her eyes glazed over.

"Sorry, I'm feeling dizzy, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to my bedroom to rest by myself."

"You only took a few small sips of that drink..."

"She's the type to get drunk easily, does Xia Jun intend to abandon a weak woman like me?"

"...I suddenly remembered that you made me a cup of goji berry water this morning."

"Oh dear~ I was just concerned about you, so..."

"Don't worry, I'll prepare some throat lozenges for you."

"That really makes me look forward to it!"

(End of this chapter)