The sunny boy from Cardcaptor Sakura

"Wow, I didn't expect Xia to be so amazing."

Hearing Xia Yu's flute playing, Xiao Ying couldn't help but gasp softly, her expression one of admiration and her tone one of amazement.

"Yes."

Tomoyo nodded admiringly: "I really don't know if there's anything Natsumi can't do."

Sitting in the corner, Li Xiaolang heard Xia Yu's recorder and his calm expression froze. He couldn't help but take out his own recorder and quietly began practicing the fingering.

He didn't have much time to study, so in order not to embarrass himself, he had to cram at the last minute.

After the piece was finished, the music teacher gently clapped. Hearing the applause, the other students also responded and joined in with applause.

Suddenly, something unprecedented happened in the classroom: people applauded the performers.

Xia Yu didn't say anything due to his social anxiety. He just bowed slightly and walked off the stage. After all, it was an exam, so he decided to just bear with it. Anyway, he had already made a profit.

Chapter 79 Nobody Can Win

"Kinomoto-kun, it's your turn."

After Xia Yu sat back down, the teacher glanced at the list and called out his name again.

"Yes!"

Hearing her name called, Sakura hurriedly stood up. Seeing Sakura's nervous response, the teacher smiled gently and gave her an encouraging smile.

Even so, Sakura was still very nervous, and she even forgot how to walk properly, so she walked to the podium by the wrong foot.

As expected, when the exam started, Sakura made a mistake on a syllable because she was too nervous. However, the teacher did not scold her but instead gently encouraged her.

It's only a single syllable that's wrong, so overall it's still acceptable.

After a while, the music class ended.

Aside from the recorder exam in music class today, there were no other exams, so the day ended after the regular classes.

Students either went home or stayed at school for club activities in the afternoon. Of course, some students who didn't want to go home stayed on the school playground to play.

Afternoon, on the playground.

The boys who chose to stay at school were playing soccer on the playground, while the girls sat on the steps chatting, and the air was filled with youthful energy.

It's the kind of thing where just looking at it makes you feel your stiff corpse warming up.

Sakura sat on the steps, practicing her fingering with a gymnastic stick as a recorder, and couldn't help but whine, "I'm making weird noises, waaaah..."

Tomoyo smiled slightly and comforted her, "But Sakura plays very well in other parts."

"That's because we practiced before."

Sakura raised her chin and said admiringly, "But Tomoyo really does play perfectly, just like Natsu. Compared to you guys, it feels like I'm playing a completely different tune, sigh..."

As she spoke, Sakura lowered her head dejectedly again: "I should practice more."

Just then, the sound of a vertical flute suddenly came from afar, growing louder as it approached.

Tomoyo and Sakura looked up at the same time and saw Li Xiaolang, carrying a schoolbag, walking forward while playing a flute at the top of the steps.

It looks like he's heading home, but he's practicing playing the recorder even on his way home. He's really diligent.

"The exam is over, and Li is still practicing!" Xiaoying said, somewhat surprised.

"Perhaps it's because today's results weren't ideal."

Tomoyo guessed, "But it's dangerous to walk and blow the wind at the same time. It would be bad if you accidentally fell."

"By the way, Tomoyo, did Li move here from Hong Kong alone? I didn't see his parents at the sports meet."

Sakura looked at Li Xiaolang's solitary figure and felt a little curious, as she had never seen Li Xiaolang's parents pick him up from school.

Upon hearing this, Tomoyo thought for a moment and said, "That's right. I've never heard him mention his family before. Could it be that he's like Natsumi, who is..."

"Um... I don't think so, right?"

Sakura felt a little embarrassed upon hearing this; discussing whether someone's parents were still alive behind their back seemed rather impolite.

No, not just "seems," it's very impolite.

"Danger!"

Suddenly, a shout came from the playground where people were playing soccer. The black and white soccer ball was kicked away by someone and flew towards Li Xiaolang in a spinning motion.

If nothing unexpected happens, the soccer ball should hit Li Xiaolang directly in the face, causing him a minor disfigurement.

But as expected, something unexpected happened.

Just as the soccer ball was about to hit him, the little wolf, who was playing the clarinet, glanced at it, leaped up, and kicked the soccer ball with a flying kick.

In an instant, the football flew back at an even faster speed, spinning and shooting straight into the net, before the goalkeeper could even react.

After the ball bounced twice upon landing, the goalkeeper belatedly looked down at it.

"Li, well done!"

On the court, Takashi Yamazaki praised the player and led the applause, which then broke into a round of enthusiastic applause.

Hearing the applause, the little wolf scratched his head with his clarinet and smiled smugly.

After the applause subsided, Takashi Yamazaki nudged Xia Yu, who was playing soccer with him, and exclaimed, "I didn't expect Li to be such a good soccer player. Chinese soccer must be really good."

Xia Yu: (。￣□￣)

Ah this...

What is he supposed to say? Tell the truth?

Actually, he didn't know what the Chinese national football team was like in the 1990s, but judging from future trends...

After thinking about it, Xia Yu decided to tell the truth, after all, he was a good kid who wouldn't lie.

"That's right, our football and table tennis can both be described in one sentence: one can't beat anyone, and the other can't beat anyone."

"Wow, that's really impressive! But Xia, why did you repeat the same sentence twice?"

"Guess~"

……

Daytime always flies by, and another ordinary day has come to an end.

Night falls, the sky is dark, only the Milky Way shines with soft starlight.

The town of Tomoeda was fast asleep, with only a few lights still dimly lit among the thousands of homes.

At this moment, the hands of the clock on the clock tower inside Yuzhi Elementary School are about to point to midnight.

Besides telling time to students, this clock tower is also an important spiritual anchor for the residents of Tomoeda Town, and can almost be considered an indispensable building in Tomoeda Town.

However, just as the hands were turned toward zero, instead of the next second, the dial strangely rotated counterclockwise, as if time had been reset.

But no one noticed or knew about this scene.

early morning.

Sakura packed her schoolbag amidst Kero's wails.

For some reason, the game save file that Xiao Ke had painstakingly completed last night suddenly disappeared again, without any warning.

Faced with Keke's heartbreaking grief, Sakura gave a few perfunctory replies. She was going to be late again and had no time to comfort Keke.

Finally, amidst Keroberos's existential wailing, Sakura hurriedly left the house.

On her way to school, Sakura watched her fellow students practicing the recorder as they walked and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. The recorder exam was over, so why were people still practicing?

Are they like Li Xiaolang? Do they strive to improve even after the exams are over?

Not long after they started walking, Sakura spotted Tomoyo and quickly caught up with her, then they walked together toward the school.

"Tomoyo, it seems that not only Li is working hard, but everyone else is too. I can't fall behind."

After walking for a while, listening to the occasional sound of a vertical flute, Sakura clenched her fist and encouraged herself.

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Tomoyo was a little confused: "Sakura, what are you talking about?"

"A recorder."

Sakura didn't think too much about it and casually replied, "That's right. Let's do our best on today's recorder exam." Tomoyo nodded knowingly, "That's true. Let's do our best on today's recorder exam."

"Eh?"

Hearing Tomoyo's words, Sakura was a little confused. Wasn't the recorder exam over yesterday? Was there another exam today?

Although she had some doubts, Sakura didn't ask any more questions because they had already arrived at school and class was about to start.

But soon, Sakura realized something was wrong. Why was today's class exactly the same as yesterday's? Even the content of the lesson was the same.

Chapter 80 A Day That Repeats Itself

music classroom.

Sakura frowned slightly as she looked at the student playing the recorder on stage. This scene, exactly the same as yesterday, was truly strange.