Strange Cards

Chapter 399 Dinner at the Zhang Family

At night, Qi Nannan looked at the large table of dishes prepared in the yard and said to her parents.

"Dad, Mom."

Do you think Shigure-nii will really come back for dinner?

"He will."

Qi Wu, who had just finished his work, looked at Liu Yu, who was busy with this and that, and patted his daughter's head.

"He may lie, but he always keeps his promises."

"He's not the kind of person who breaks promises."

"Xiao Jiu, stop being so busy."

"Your brother will come back."

Liu Yu, whose bangs were stuck to her forehead with sweat from being so busy, casually brushed them aside, poured the loquat juice she had just made into a cup, and said...

"These are the loquats that grew on that tree this year. I kept them in the freezer."

"Brother Shiyu hasn't tasted the loquats from that tree yet."

"When we planted that loquat tree, we said we'd always eat loquats together..."

As Liu Yu spoke, she squatted down on the ground, holding the cup in her hand, and looked at the newly added bridge on the island.

"Why aren't they here yet...?"

As Liu Yu spoke, she glanced at the watch on her wrist, squatted down, and looked at the end of the bridge.

"It's almost six o'clock..."

Liu Yu tapped her fingers lightly on the cup, and her beautiful, bright eyes slowly dimmed.

And at the end of the bridge.

Shiyu looked at the newly built bridge hidden in the darkness, and at the people on the other side of the bridge, wanting to go across but not daring to.

At this moment, A came out, took off Shigure's cloak, and helped him change into a pair of jeans and a gray hoodie.

A helped Shigure tie up his hair at the back of his head, and then kicked Shigure.

"What are you so cowardly about? What are you afraid of when you go home for dinner?"

"Didn't you see that little girl waiting for you at the end of the bridge? Show her the courage she had when she fought the Joker!"

"Have you forgotten who you used to be? The most wicked Asura, who dared to take on an entire clan single-handedly, and even the natural disaster that destroyed a nation."

"How do you think you earned your reputation as a humanoid walking nuclear weapon? Tell me, someone who could earn that kind of name is now just going home for dinner and waiting here all day?"

"Go to hell."

"Hurry up and cross the bridge, then we'll have lunch."

"Don't even think about borrowing my power if you don't eat."

Shiyu was scolded mercilessly by A, but in the end, she mustered up her courage and walked onto the bridge.

For the first time, Shigure felt that the courage it took to go home for a meal was far greater than the courage to face death.

What's more, there's someone waiting for him eagerly at the bridgehead.

Shi Yu slowly emerged from the darkness, while Liu Yu, on the other side of the bridge, watched the dark figure gradually approaching her, her heart pounding in her chest.

Until the gray-haired, gray-eyed figure emerged from the shadows, Liu Yu looked at those eyes that had turned a dull gray and that weathered face. Even though the appearance had changed a lot, she still recognized who the person in front of her was.

"Brother Shigure!"

Liu Yu threw down her water glass and rushed into Shi Yu's arms.

Looking at the little girl in front of him who was almost up to his chest, Shi Yu realized that Liu Yu had grown up a lot and was no longer the little girl who used to follow him around calling him "brother".

The girl in front of me, Liu Yu, has grown up a lot and is now a very beautiful young woman.

Liu Yu hugged Shi Yu, feeling his broad chest, and pressed her face against it.

For the past three years, every time Liu Yu woke up, the first thing she would look at was the bedside.

She hoped that Shi Yu would be beside her when she woke up. For the past three years, even on her birthday and during the Lunar New Year, Liu Yu's wishes were all about hoping that Shi Yu would come back.

Now that her dream has come true, Liu Yu is somewhat at a loss.

Liu Yu wrapped her arms around Shi Yu's waist and pressed her face against it.

After becoming a demon, Shigure's body had little temperature, because Shigure had become a demon and even his heart stopped beating.

However, Shigure had prepared a human body for himself, which he had already used before coming here.

The slightly unfamiliar yet still familiar scent brought tears to Liu Yu's beautiful eyes.

After hugging for a long time, Liu Yu let go of Shi Yu, her reddened eyes staring pitifully at Shi Yu in front of her.

Looking into those aggrieved eyes, Shi Yu's heart softened again and again. Just as she was about to reach out and pat Liu Yu's head as she used to, Shi Yu suddenly remembered something, and her outstretched hand stopped in mid-air.

Liu Yu tiptoed and nuzzled her head against that large, broad hand.

"Hmm..."

Feeling that familiar sensation, Liu Yu's tears flowed again.

Back then, after Liu An's death, Liu Yu was utterly despondent. After losing her mother, she was afraid of being driven out of the hunters and afraid of returning to her previous life.

Those days of living a life worse than death are worse than death itself.

Shi Yu's family noticed that Liu Yu was acting strangely and persuaded her to stay.

As the head of the family, Shi Yu also fulfilled his responsibilities as an older brother. He did not spoil Liu Yu too much and placed Liu Yu in the same position as Bai Yu and Shi Yanlan.

Shi Yu managed to share her love equally with Bai Yu, Shi Yanlan, and Liu Yu.

So when Liu Yu heard about Shi Yu's death, her world collapsed once again. If it weren't for Qi Wu and the others comforting her, and Yu Yan, who was raised by Liu An, protecting Liu Yu like a mother hen protecting her chicks, Liu Yu would have been raised into a boss long ago.

There was so much love from everyone that it could fill Liu Yu completely.

But everyone's love was so little that it kept Liu Yu from escaping the shadows in her heart.

When Liu An died, Liu Yu's heart had already been cracked open.

The gap wasn't large, but it was deadly enough.

The timely rain filled the gap, tore open the gloom, and allowed Liu Yu to emerge.

But after Shigure left, the gap reopened, and even worse.

Although Liu Yu gradually patched up the gap with everyone's love, there were still cracks in that gap.

This little girl, who had no one to rely on, spent three lonely years in solitude. When she saw the person she could rely on return, she could no longer hold back her emotions.

Qi Wu, Gu Yue, Qi Nannan.

Da Niu and Yu Yan are both very, very good to Liu Yu.

But Liu Yu's wish has never changed since the day she learned of Shi Yu's death: she hopes Shi Yu will come back.

When Liu An was on his deathbed, he entrusted Liu Yu to Shi Yu, and Shi Yu did not disappoint Liu An's dying wish, taking good care of Liu Yu.

From that time on, there was one person in Liu Yu's family whose position could never be shaken.

Even if the Heavenly King himself came, Shi Yu's position in Liu Yu's heart would never be shaken.

She knew that Shiyu wouldn't die so easily.

His elder brother possessed world-class strength, and he even possessed a small portion of his brother's power.

She knew Shiyu's strength; someone as powerful as him couldn't have died so easily.

Fortunately, Shigure did not die, just as she wished, and she even returned.