The sunny boy from Cardcaptor Sakura

On the other side, the shop manager, hearing Sakura and the others' advice, shook his head sadly and said, "I can't do it alone. I was once engaged to a doll designer, but he died in an accident. He loved dolls and dreamed of selling his own doll designs in his shop."

"Masaki-neechan..."

Sakura and Tomoyo looked at the shopkeeper's back as he turned away from them, and for some reason, a feeling of sadness welled up in their hearts.

They wanted to comfort the store manager, but when they opened their mouths, they didn't know what to say. Even if they were precocious, they were still just elementary school students with no romantic experience.

How can women like them comfort each other?

"If I give up, he'll probably be very sad, but I've already..."

For a moment, the atmosphere in the store was somewhat oppressive, but soon the store manager wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. There were still students present, and innocent and carefree elementary school students were not the right people to listen to; she understood that.

"Sorry, I just couldn't help myself..."

The store manager composed himself, then forced a smile and said, "I'm sorry to have worried you all. It's getting late, so you should all go home now."

Seeing the shopkeeper's reddened eyes, Sakura remained silent for a moment, said nothing more, and left the toy store quietly after saying goodbye to the shopkeeper.

Seeing this, Tomoyo and Natsume nodded goodbye to the shop manager and then followed Sakura.

After walking in silence for a while, Sakura suddenly turned around and looked at Tomoyo and Natsume who were following behind her: "I want to help Maki-neechan. Whether it's the Clow Cards causing trouble or not, I want to help Maki-neechan."

"Tomoyo, Natsumi, you'll help me, right?"

Upon hearing this, Zhi Shi and Xia Yu exchanged a smile and each responded with a single sentence.

"Of course."

"We're friends, after all."

Upon hearing their reply, Sakura couldn't help but step forward and take their hands, saying with some emotion, "Thank you!"

Chapter 33 Please

Nighttime, the Kinomoto family home.

"Then let's go upstairs."

In the living room, Sakura greeted her brother and father, then led Tomoyo and Natsume toward her room.

After leaving the toy store, the three of them agreed to meet at Sakura's house that evening and discuss the matter with Kero together.

It was already evening, and Xia Yu and Zhi Shi had changed into their everyday clothes at home before arriving at Sakura's house one after the other.

"Would you like me to prepare some snacks and bring them up?" Fujitaka Kinomoto looked at the three children with a gentle smile.

"No, no, we still need to review our lessons. Eating snacks will distract us."

Sakura shook her head repeatedly, refusing her father's offer. They wanted to ask Kero about the Clow Cards, and it wouldn't be good if they were accidentally discovered.

"Alright then, just let Dad know if you need anything." Kinomoto Fujitaka didn't insist on Sakura's refusal; he respected his daughter's choice.

Unlike Fujitaka, Touya was rather annoyed. He glared at the guy who had absolutely no self-awareness.

"Hey, Daidouji is one thing, but why does this guy have to come up too?"

Touya glanced at Xia Yu sideways, his words utterly merciless: "You're a guy, how can you just barge into a girl's room like that? Don't you feel embarrassed? Or do you have absolutely no sense of shame?"

Although he could tell that Xia Yu didn't seem to have any romantic feelings for Xiao Ying, he still felt very uncomfortable as Xiao Ying's brother.

After all, no older brother could remain calm if a boy the same age as his sister wanted to enter her room.

What's more, he's a sister-complex guy, even though he doesn't think so himself.

Faced with Touya's aggressive questioning, an ordinary elementary school student would probably be intimidated. Unfortunately, Xia Yu was not an ordinary elementary school student, and Touya was right about one thing: Xia Yu indeed had no sense of shame.

"If Touya-nii-san is so bothered by this, then it's not impossible to treat her as a girl."

Xia Yu covered her face, twisting her body shyly, which made Touya feel disgusted and couldn't help but shiver.

What's wrong with this guy? He seems to have no idea where to start.

"You little brat, give me..."

"Alright, brother, stop bullying Xia!"

Seeing that Touya wanted to continue, Sakura couldn't help but interrupt him, saying, "This stupid older brother is so annoying."

"what?!"

Touya looked at Sakura in disbelief, his voice trembling, "You're saying I bullied him? I was clearly thinking of you..."

"Hmph, I'm ignoring you, you idiot brother!"

Before Touya could finish speaking, Sakura gave a soft snort, grabbed Tomoyo and Natsume by the arms of each of them, and strode upstairs: "Let's go!"

Watching Sakura's departing figure, Touya opened his mouth, his body slumped, and it seemed as if his entire being had lost its color and turned grayish-white.

Fujitaka watched all this quietly from the side. After Sakura went upstairs, he smiled helplessly at Touya and said, "You've been disliked. Find some time to apologize to Sakura properly."

The ashen Touya didn't answer. His eyes were lifeless as he muttered to himself, "I bullied him? You're the one who's bullying me, you wretched monster..."

……

Second floor, Sakura's room.

After leading Xia Yu and Zhi Shi into the room, Xiao Ying turned to Xia Yu and smiled apologetically: "I'm very sorry, Xia Yu. My brother didn't mean it. He was just worried about me. Please don't take it to heart. My brother is a very good person."

"Don't worry, I'm not that petty."

Xia Yu waved his hand to indicate that he didn't care. Besides, this was nothing yet. When Li Xiaolang arrived, his brother would be crying.

His beautiful little sister was suddenly kidnapped by a foreign brat. As a brother who dotes on his sister, he could only be angry but dare not speak out. It was truly heartbreaking to hear.

Xia Yu could only give Li Xiaolang a thumbs up for his blatant attempt to steal the good stuff.

As expected of a strong-willed Chinese man, he easily won over the Japanese girl.

"Huh? What brings you all here? Another Clow Card?"

Just then, Kero, who had been staying in Sakura's room pretending to be an ordinary doll, slowly floated over. Upon realizing that not only Sakura had entered, but also Natsume and Tomoyo, it frowned slightly and guessed.

Sakura shook her head: "We don't know either, that's why we wanted to come back and ask for your opinion."

Next, Sakura explained the whole story in detail, which made Keroberos frown and ask questions from time to time.

"Clow Cards for collecting toys?"

Xiao Ke sat on the bed with her arms crossed, frowning as she pondered, "What kind of strange playing cards are these? They can't possibly be related."

"you sure?"

Xia Yu suddenly leaned closer to Xiao Ke and said with a suspicious look, "I heard from Xiao Ying that you slept for thirty years and didn't take your duty of guarding the Clow Cards to heart at all. How can you be so sure that you didn't collect the Clow Cards that are toys?"

"Besides, you yourself said that each Clow Card has its own personality. Maybe one of the Clow Cards is interested in collecting toys?"

"This one……"

Xiao Ke was speechless for a moment. Although he didn't want to admit it, what Xia Yu had just said did make sense.

Although it is the guardian beast of the Clow Cards, it dares not guarantee that it understands the personality and interests of all the Clow Cards.

Maybe some Clow Cards really do have a hobby of collecting toys. Damn it, which Clow Card has such a strange hobby? I'm not a child anymore.

Seeing Kero's hesitant look, Sakura pressed her advantage, saying, "Kero, why don't you go and confirm it? Can't you sense the presence of the Clow Cards?"

"But it's impossible for every anomaly to be a Clow Card..."

Kero muttered a rebuttal, but Sakura ignored her and continued to plead, "If it really is the Clow Cards causing trouble, I should have a way to deal with it, Kero, please."

Faced with Sakura's coquettishness and the gazes of Xia Yu and Tomoyo, Keroberos rubbed his big yellow head, slapped his knee, and laughed helplessly.

"I have no choice but to go with you."

"Thank you, Xiao Ke!"

Sakura cheered and took Kero's hand, shaking it happily up and down.

Xiao Ke chuckled foolishly; Xiao Ying was happy, and so was it.

"What time should we go? Should we go now?"

Tomoyo suddenly spoke up and asked, "Now that we've decided to investigate together, we need to set a time."

"I think it's best to conduct the investigation at midnight."

Xia Yu offered his advice, and facing the probing gazes of the others, he continued to explain, "The toy store is probably still open, and we'll disturb the store manager if we go there. Besides, there aren't many passersby at midnight. If it really is a Clow Card, we won't be afraid of being discovered by passersby when we fight against the Clow Card."

"Makes sense."

Xiao Ke stroked his chin and nodded, looking at Xia Yu approvingly: "I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful. I agree to go at midnight."

After confirming the investigation time, Tomoyo suddenly put her hands together, smiled with narrowed eyes, and said, "That's perfect. I can go home and prepare Sakura's battle outfit now. This battle outfit is really cute, Sakura, so look forward to it."

"Hehe, Tomoyo, you've thought this through very well." Sakura smiled sheepishly; she had been planning to go investigate in her everyday clothes.

Chapter 34 Then hurry up!

At midnight, night fell.

The cool moonlight poured down on the entire city of Tomoeda, draping the city in a thin veil, while stars filled the night sky, twinkling with their unique brilliance.

At this time, Tomoeda City had fallen into a deep sleep, with virtually no one active outdoors, a stark contrast to the life of shops that never closed at night in later generations.