Strange Cards

Chapter 402 I'll Be With You

Shi Yu felt her lower back was already wet, but in the end she couldn't bring herself to push Liu Yu's hand away.

Shi Yu turned around, squatted down and looked at Liu Yu, who was covered in dust from cleaning, and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Liu Yu's eyes.

"Small...."

Before Shi Yu could finish speaking, Liu Yu hugged Shi Yu's neck and said in a sob-filled voice.

"I don't have a mother anymore, and three years ago I thought you were gone too."

"But now that you're back, are you going to abandon me again?"

"Xiao Jiu has lost everything."

"You're all I have left."

After Liu Yu finished speaking, she clung to Shi Yu and refused to let go.

Shiyu naturally couldn't take Liuyu away. A large part of the reason Shiyu joined the Otherworlders and fought to the death was because he hoped that Liuyu could live well and live until that tearless tomorrow came.

He didn't want this girl to become a victim in the script, and he also wanted to stay by Liu Yu's side forever.

But this harsh reality doesn't allow it; there are too many variables.

Qi Nannan, dressed in a maid's outfit and having just finished cleaning the room, handed a stack of medical reports to Shi Yu.

"After learning of your death years ago, Xiao Jiu was diagnosed with a very serious mental illness."

"First came the blow of Aunt Liu's death; Xiao Jiu was already on the verge of collapse."

"Until the news of your death arrived, Xiao Jiu's taut string finally snapped."

"Back then, Xiao Jiu refused to see anyone and locked herself in her room all day long."

"Xiao Jiu locked herself in her room for more than a day, and none of us could persuade her to leave. It was Sister Yu Yan who managed to break down the door and get in."

"At that time, Xiao Jiu was already preparing to..."

"Fortunately, we made it in time, but the psychological trauma left behind was still too heavy for Xiao Jiu."

"At that time, she was only seven years old."

Qi Nannan took a breath and looked at Liu Yu, who was clinging tightly to Shi Yu.

"We finally managed to persuade Xiao Jiu to come out, and then Xiao Jiu had one more thing to do every week."

"I pray to the mountain and the Buddha, begging you to come back."

"You've finally come back, could it be...?"

Listening to Qi Nannan's narration and reading the medical report in her hand, Shi Yu finally understood how devastating his death after the battle on Nanhai Mountain had been to this little girl who relied on him so much.

She was only seven years old. Most children her age are being pampered in their parents' arms, but she contracted a disease that shouldn't happen at her age.

Liu Yu kept crying there, and even when she was exhausted, she still held Shi Yu tightly and refused to let go.

Shi Yu gently patted Liu Yu's back and spoke softly.

"Okay, I won't leave tonight."

"How about your brother stays with Xiao Jiu tonight?"

"real?"

Only then did Liu Yu slowly loosen her grip on Shi Yu's neck, but she stubbornly clung to Shi Yu's arm.

Even when she was completely exhausted and needed Shigure's support to stand, she still didn't let go.

They were afraid that Shigure would run away at any moment.

After seeing that Shi Yu had agreed not to leave, Qi Wu waved to his daughter, signaling Qi Nannan to go home.

After Qi Wu's family returned home, Liu Yu grabbed Shi Yu's arm and dragged her towards Shi Yu's former home.

Shi Yu looked at the clean and tidy house and then at Liu Yu.

"You must be very tired?"

"You've been crying for so long, you're exhausted."

"Go take a shower."

Shi Yu looked at Liu Yu, who was tightly holding her right arm with her left hand, while Liu Yu took a cookie from the table with her right hand, stuffed it into her mouth, and shook her head.

"don't want."

"I'm afraid you'll leave as soon as I come out of the shower."

Shi Yu looked at Liu Yu, who had a serious expression on her face, and chuckled.

"I already told you I'd stay with you tonight."

"I said I wouldn't leave, and I mean it. When have I ever lied to you?"

"You big liar!"

Liu Yu turned her head away, but her clothes felt sticky from sweat.

The hair on her forehead was also stuck there. Liu Yu shook her head, but she still couldn't shake off the hair that was stuck to her forehead.

After fiddling around for a while, Liu Yu wiped the sweat from her forehead and said.

"Brother, please wash my hair."

"After you're done washing, go outside. I'll call you every two minutes from inside the bathroom."

"If you don't answer me even once, I'll come out no matter what."

Shi Yu nodded, and then led Liu Yu to the bathroom.

Warm water sprayed from the showerhead, sprinkling onto Liu Yuna's silky smooth hair.

Wearing a bathrobe, Liu Yu could clearly feel her hair getting wet, and those warm, large hands were gently washing it for her.

Shi Yu said as she helped Liu Yu wash her hair.

"Cry less in the future. When you cry, you should sweat and take a shower."

"Be good, and I'll always be here."

"Really?"

"Will you stay here as long as I'm good?"

"real."

"I never lie."

What Liu Yu didn't know was that Shi Yu's right little finger had already bent when she said those words.

After helping Liu Yu wash her hair, Shi Yu left the bathroom and responded to Liu Yu's words every two minutes outside the bathroom.

Liu Yu took a very quick shower this time, finishing in less than six minutes.

After coming out, seemingly afraid that Shiyu had only left behind a remotely controlled puppet, Liu Yu pestered Shiyu for a very long time until finally confirming that Shiyu was the real person.

Shi Yu looked at the clothes she was wearing, then grabbed a set of her old clothes from the master bedroom. As soon as she entered the bathroom, Liu Yu blocked the doorway.

"Answer me every two minutes."

"Otherwise I would have stormed in."

"Okay~"

Shiyu went into the bathroom and came out about five minutes later.

After taking a shower, Liu Yu helped Shi Yu blow-dry her gray hair, looking at Shi Yu's eyes, which had turned gray for various reasons.

"elder brother."

"When you left, your eyes were black, weren't they? How come they've turned gray now, like your hair?"

Shi Yu held up a mirror and looked at her own dark gray eyes.

"I don't know either, it's probably a physiological disorder."

"Anyway, it doesn't affect my ability to see the outside world, so the color of my eyes doesn't matter to me."

Even if I saw all seven colors—red, orange, green, cyan, blue, and purple—I wouldn't feel anything special.

Liu Yu nodded, then suddenly realized that her body was getting weaker and weaker.

"elder brother..."

"Xiao Jiu seems a little...unwell."

Shi Yu turned around and saw that Liu Yu's face had turned bright red, like a boiled shrimp.

"Little Nine!"

Just as Liu Yu was about to fall, Shi Yu reached out and caught her, then felt the unusually high temperature emanating from Liu Yu's body.

"What happened?"

"Why does he have such a high fever?"