God's Gift

"You said I look like a banana?" Yu Youyou turned to look at Xiaoou in horror, and seeing that her expression was still calm, she suddenly understood why Xiaoou was scolded for having a foul mouth.

She grinned, picked up Xiaoou, and walked to the edge of the swimming pool step by step. "Okay, now is the first lesson of playing house mom. I will teach you how to swim."

"I don't want to..." Xiaoou, who was suddenly suspended in the air, tightly grasped Yu Youyou's hand, "I don't need to learn how to swim."

"Be brave." Yu Youyou said with a smile, "It will be useful in the future. How can seagulls on the sea be afraid of water?"

"To learn how to swim, you must first get into the water."

After saying that, Yu Youyou threw the little gull into the water without hesitation.

The feeling of weightlessness came, and the dazzling sunlight danced in Xiaoou's eyes. She screamed and closed her eyes in fear.

The imagined suffocation and coldness did not come. The pool water, which had been exposed to the sun for half a day, wrapped Xiaoou warmly, like a soft quilt, slowly wrapping her up.

The ripples of the pool water spread out in circles, and the reflected sunlight shattered like a mirror, turning into golden butterflies dancing on the surface of the pool.

A pool of roses that fell into the water swayed slowly with the ripples, and the fragrance of the flowers spread over the surface of the pool, like a bottle of overturned perfume, constantly seeping into the water.

Half of the little gull's body floated on the water. It slowly opened its eyes, and what came into view were dancing spots of light and a huge rose.

She paddled the water with her hands, and her eyes gradually changed from fear to surprise.

"I'm here too!" While Xiaoou was floating, Yu Youyou grabbed a rose vine and swung into the pool.

With a "splash", ripples appeared in the pool again. The little gull lost its balance in the ripples and its body continued to sink.

The water surface was getting farther and farther away from Xiaoou, and blood-red roses were blooming above her. She reached out and grabbed a rose.

The warm pool water was like amniotic fluid. She floated in it, as if she had turned back into a fetus in her mother's womb. The umbilical cord tightly tied to her was her mother holding her hand. A sense of security filled her body. She closed her eyes again and almost fell asleep.

The next second, Yu Youyou swam over from nowhere, lifted Xiaoou's body from below and brought her to the surface of the pool.

Air rushed in from all directions, Xiaoou took a deep breath of oxygen, and his heart seemed to be revived, beating violently in his chest, and every part of his body seemed to come back to life.

"It's fun, right?!" Yu Youyou's clear laughter awakened Xiaoou's consciousness. Xiaoou looked at his mother who was playing house in his arms, with a look of confusion in his eyes.

After a while, Xiaoou started laughing too.

Their laughter continued to echo in the swimming pool. In the empty desert, only the scorching sun and blooming roses responded to them.

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Yu Youyou always keeps her responsibilities in mind as Xiaoou's pretend mother. After teaching Xiaoou how to swim, she carefully dried Xiaoou's hair and baked a plate of cookies by herself.

Compared to the weird dishes for lunch, the cookies for dinner are much more normal.

As long as some novel ideas are removed, Yu Youyou can actually make edible food, but her brain circuits are naturally different from humans, and she often has some unique ideas.

Time passed quickly and the sky gradually darkened. Anthony and Shen Minghua sent a message saying that they would arrive at the villa tomorrow.

After playing for a whole day, Yu Youyou walked to the door yawning, grabbed the rose vines, climbed up the wall and sat down.

Xiaoou caught up with him, stood under the flower wall, looked up and asked Yu Youyou: "Why are you sitting here?"

"I'm waiting for Lu Keming." Yu Youyou looked down at the little owl under the wall and muttered sleepily, "It's getting dark. He'll be back soon."

"You can wait in the house." Xiaoou looked at where Yu Youyou was, with some worry in his eyes.

"You can't see it in the house." Yu Youyou smiled cheerfully and didn't move. "It's better to put it on the wall. You can see it at a glance."

Xiaoou frowned: "Those monsters will come again."

Yu Youyou nodded in agreement, "Yes, I know, they will come over when you sing."

"They will come even if I don't sing." Xiaoou replied silently, looking at Yu Youyou who was unmoved. After hesitating for a few seconds, he took out a knife and cut a cut on his wrist.

Bright red blood gushed out from the wound and dripped onto the roots of the rose. The rose sucked Xiaoou's blood, and its branches began to grow vigorously again, soon becoming more than twice as lush as before.

Xiaoou skillfully took out a bandage from her bag, covered the wound, and looked up to instruct Yu Youyou:

"Don't go beyond the range of these roses. Those giant beasts won't dare to approach."

Yu Youyou leaned on the wall with both hands and looked down at Xiaoou: "You would rather cut your wounds repeatedly and use your blood to nourish these roses to resist the monsters than return to the safe City of Hope?"

Xiaoou lowered his head. Even though he was used to cutting his wounds repeatedly, his wrists still hurt a little.

"It's nice to be here." After a long silence, Xiaoou looked up at Yu Youyou who was sitting in the middle of the roses and smiled:

"This is the first time I can use this blood to protect someone."