Curse back: Gender-swapped cosplayers always meet the real person

Chapter 337 A sincere smile

The rain didn't last very long.

After about ten minutes, the wind slowly died down.

The dark clouds that obscured the sunny day dissipated. Light and shadow played among the drooping branches and leaves. The crisp sound of raindrops, like falling on a jade plate, never ceased to be heard.

The subtle fragrance of grass and trees wafts from the uniform behind my head. It’s not a strong smell, but it’s very soothing.

The clouds disappeared and the rain stopped. We were all quiet. No one suggested leaving. We just stayed in the quiet atmosphere for a short while.

Suddenly, a brown hedgehog slowly rolled out from the grass beside a muddy path not far away.

It was probably only half the size of a palm, with its little head shaking, and it walked step by step with the soft little thorns on its fur.

Two eyes like black pearls were rolling around, and in its paws was held a small red fruit that had been collected from somewhere. It was shaking off the water droplets all over its body without a care in the world, looking naive and innocent.

What a cute little thing.

I couldn't help but follow the clumsy figure with my eyes, and then extended them into the distance until they sank into the roots of the tree. I saw the round shape disappear, and then I withdrew my gaze.

It’s amazing, I thought.

The god in this world who hates me and hunts me can still create a hedgehog that crawls around to find food on rainy days.

"Youxin, you--" Xia Youjie's eyes fluctuated, he lowered his eyes and looked at me, there seemed to be many unclear emotions hidden in his eyes.

Originally, it was just a stop through the clothes.

But when he lowered his head and our eyes met, I suddenly realized that being so close that I could even hear his breathing seemed to be a bit beyond the normal social distance and was also a bit too much.

"I'm sorry," I said. "You said it would only be for a little while."

After lying down for so long, even a top-class sorcerer's legs would be numb.

I quickly sat up, took a step back, held up my slightly messy pink hair, and asked, "Do you want to get up and move around?"

“No need.” He shook his head, smoothed out the wrinkles on his coat, put it back on, and said with a smile, “After all, I’ve been trained, so I don’t feel that tired. If you want to lie down for a while, I don’t mind.”

"Uh, no thanks." I was speechless for a moment. I felt something was wrong, but I couldn't put it into words. So I just asked him, "What did you want to say just now?"

"I want to say..." Xia Youjie fastened the two buttons on his chest, raised his eyes and smiled, and said in a gentle voice, "You seem to be a little different now."

Me: “…Ah? What’s different?”

I looked at myself. My hands and feet were intact, and my face... the person who used the face should be the one who had changed genders. He didn't have any tendency to become a zombie, and even his ability to eat was just a side effect of lying dead for four or five days.

"Not physically," he said. "I just thought you seemed a lot happier than when we first met."

"Oh, you mean that." I let out a long sigh, "Maybe it's because I reunited with my family that I felt much better."

The thing I hate finally has a physical form, and I know exactly what it is. Although I may not be able to kill it, I will definitely be happy that I have a goal in my muddled life.

"It's not just that." He paused, as if looking for an adjective, and then said, "You before... were very heavy."

“But not anymore.”

"Eh..." I was stunned for a moment, touched my cheek, and said helplessly, "It's so obvious."

"Yes." Xia Yujie looked at me steadily, and suddenly stretched out his hand to wipe away the drizzle that was blown in by the wind. His warm fingers conveyed the warmth of another person. He smiled and said, "A smile like this from the heart should be noticed by no one."

From the heart...

When he said this, I couldn't help but think of what he said to Gojo Satoru in the alley on Christmas Eve in the original work.

But I can't laugh from the bottom of my heart in this world.

Even when he said this, he raised the corners of his lips.

His tone was calm, and there was a look of desolation and death in his eyes, like a fire that had burned out, its final accusation against the world before the light faded.

I pursed my lips and suddenly asked him the question that had been buried in my heart for a long time.

I didn't ask in the first round. By the second and third rounds, one was a young man, the other had already died, and the one who came back was just Geto Suguru with amnesia, which was actually too late.

Now, it seems just right.

"Jie, then what do you think it takes for a person to laugh from the heart?"

"Is this what you want to ask?" He said, "Then perhaps, for different people, there will be different answers."

"For example?"

"For example," Xia Youjie turned his head and looked at the little hedgehog who had poked his head out of the cave again and was looking around vigilantly, "when you saw it, you smiled."

"It's a great reward for Miss Mingming."

Ah, that's natural. It would be hard for any worker not to laugh out loud.

"Nanaha wants a vacation without toil and overtime, Naoko wants to save every sorcerer she thinks deserves to live, and as for Haibara..." he said, "maybe a delicious meal."

He narrowed his eyes, thought for a while, and thought of another person: "Schoolmate Diva's, it's harder to guess."

"I think it's because she saw you and Gojo Satoru in trouble." I took over his words and said without hesitation, "I bet if she heard about something like that, she would be so happy that she would run to a restaurant and laugh and drink three bottles of beer."

"Well, maybe." Geto Suguru didn't refute, but shrugged helplessly and said, "Only that guy Wu still thinks that the Utahime ran to Kyoto not because she didn't want to see his face."

"But you are quite self-aware." I couldn't help laughing. "It seems that you guys are really capable of making trouble."

"As for Wu..." Xia Youjie also smiled, as if he remembered something. He didn't finish his words, but threw the topic to me, "What do you think?"

"you ask me?"

"Yeah." He nodded and asked, "What do you think will make Wu laugh from the bottom of his heart?"

I thought about it.

On a small level, it might be seeing delicious cakes, winning rare figures in a lottery, eating candies that have not been discontinued, or receiving carefully prepared birthday presents... On a big level, it might be discovering that a talented student can grow to be on par with him, or that the rotten oranges in the world of sorcery have been cleaned up and cannot do disgusting things.

But, most importantly——

"Maybe it's because when he turns around, he can see his trusted partners and friends supporting him from behind," I said.

Geto Xiayou listened quietly.

He did not agree, but did not object either. He just said, "He should be happy to hear you say that."

After I finished speaking, I looked up at him and asked, "After saying so much, I actually want to ask, can you truly laugh out loud in this world now?"

With such doubts, I have gone through four reincarnations.

And he finally gave an answer.

"I think so."