God's Gift

When the few people were on the verge of a fight, Yu Youyou was held by a soft little hand. The warmth spread to the palm of Yu Youyou's hand. The familiar touch like a distant memory made Yu Youyou slightly dazed.

Yu Youyou looked down at Xiaoou. An awkward smile appeared on Xiaoou's face, which still had some baby fat. She gently shook Yu Youyou's hand.

"Let's go, Yuzu."

'Ding-ling', 'Ding-ling'... The seagull wind chimes on Xiaoou's backpack kept shaking in the wind. The crisp sound of the wind chimes was like the lullaby in Xiaoou's dreams when she was a child, constantly echoing in Youyou's mind.

"Yuzu?"

This was the first time Xiaoou mustered up the courage to imitate the others and called out Yu Youyou's name. But Yu Youyou's absent-minded look made Xiaoou hesitate again. She was a little worried about whether she could call Yu Youyou like that.

So she asked timidly:

"Can I call you that?"

Yu Youyou came back to her senses, looked at Xiaoou's timid expression, and said firmly: "Of course."

"Then let's continue on our journey." Yu Youyou's bright and clear eyes were full of joy. She held Xiaoou's hand tightly and skipped forward holding Xiaoou's hand.

Lu Keming, who was standing by, looked at Yu Youyou with a smile on her face and raised his eyebrows curiously: "Why are you so happy all of a sudden?"

"She called my name." Yu Youyou's eyebrows were curved with joy, and her high-tied hair swayed with the shaking of her head.

Lu Keming didn't expect it to be such a simple reason, but it made him jealous inexplicably. He lowered his eyes and said in a depressed voice: "Just because of this?"

"Yes." Yu Youyou smiled and reached into Lu Keming's pocket. She rummaged around in his pocket for a long time and took out a few orange-flavored gummy candies.

"It's the first time she called my name in all these days!"

"What's there to be happy about?" Lu Keming glanced at Xiaoou, gnashing his teeth unconsciously and muttering to himself.

But even though Lu Keming was jealous, he didn't care too much because he saw Youyou was happy.

"And there are chocolates." He looked at the orange-flavored gummy candies that Yu Youyou didn't like very much, took out a few chocolates from the storage space and handed them to her.

Yu Youyou took them all, but did not eat them herself. Instead, she put all the candies into Xiaoou's hands.

Lu Keming paused and silently took out new candy. When Yu Youyou reached out to take it, he stopped Yu Youyou's hand and emphasized:

"You eat this, she can't eat that much."

"Got it." Yu Youyou nodded, unwrapped the candy wrapper, put an orange gummy candy into Xiaoou's mouth, and then happily fed herself a piece of chocolate.

She was chewing chocolate in her mouth, but she kept chattering, "Try this, it's delicious."

The sweetness of the orange spread in the cavity. Xiaoou, who was extremely demanding on food, had a slightly distorted expression, but did not spit out the candy.

"I don't like eating candy, and you shouldn't eat it often either." Xiaoou's way of speaking did not become polite just because they were getting closer. "Sugar can cause tooth decay, increase the risk of obesity, cause premature aging of the skin, and lead to cardiovascular disease..."

Xiaoou's voice kept coming into his ears. Lu Keming looked down at the chocolate in his hand, his expression becoming more serious.

He doesn't like sweets, so he never knew about this.

But now it seems that maybe I shouldn’t let Youyou go like this anymore.

Yu Youyou inexplicably had a bad feeling. She turned around and saw Lu Keming, who looked thoughtful.

She stopped abruptly and quickly covered Xiaoou's mouth with her hand: "Impossible, I didn't eat much."

Seeing Lu Keming opening his mouth to speak, Yu Youyou took a step forward aggressively. When Lu Keming was stunned by her serious expression, she quickly reached out and grabbed the chocolate in Lu Keming's hand.

Yu Youyou quickly unwrapped the chocolates, stuffed all the chocolates into her mouth, and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.

Because she ate too fast and too quickly, a mouthful of chocolate got stuck in Youyou's throat.

She was choked so much that her neck stretched two miles out, but she still managed to swallow all the chocolate.

She hadn't eaten much in the past five thousand years. Now that she finally had something to eat, she took the opportunity to eat more.

The black chocolate stuck between Youyou's teeth, and coupled with her clear voice that was always high-pitched and full of vitality, made her look a bit like a dirty Q-version character in a cartoon, always energetic and carefree.

She kept chewing and chewing, and suddenly said to Xiaoou: "I actually have a nickname."

Xiaoou had gradually gotten used to the sweet taste in her mouth. When she heard Yu Youyou's words, she subconsciously asked, "What?"

Yu Youyou strode forward, her face facing the sun, "Youyou."

Xiaoou was a little confused: "Youyou?"

Lu Keming quickly realized, "Is it the 'young' in 'young child'?"

Lu Keming still remembered that during the clay niche Buddhist sound trial, the name that Grandma Li gave Youyou was also the "You" which means a young child, but was this also Youyou's nickname?

Yu Youyou nodded, "Yes, this is the nickname my mother gave me."

Xiaoou asked Lu Keming's question: "Why does your mother call you Youyou?"

Yu Youyou stopped walking. She had never thought about this question before and couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

why?

The warm sunlight shone on her, just as warm as the day her mother left. Yu Youyou stared at the dazzling sun and spoke slowly:

"Maybe it's because mom won't be able to see what I look like when I grow up."

"When she died, I was still a small fish."

The other people present who were familiar with Yu Youyou knew that she was an orphan, and when she brought it up, they all listened in silence without saying a word.

Yu Youyou paused, as if she had thought of something. She tilted her head and muttered to herself, "Yu Youyou, young fish, young fish, so this is what it means..."

She turned away from staring at the sun, looked down at the sand drifting in the wind, and smiled inexplicably, "Human life is so short, there's not even enough time for me to grow up."

Yu Youyou's tone was relaxed, and there was no trace of sadness in her voice. But when Lu Keming looked at her back against the light, he felt an inexplicable loneliness.

How did Youyou manage to go through those long years alone during the five thousand years when he was not involved?

What does the endless life of gods mean?

Is it the immortality of the body, or the endless loneliness and eternal loss?

It was not until this moment that Lu Keming suddenly realized that the ability to love and feel sad that Youyou lacked might be the last kindness this world has towards God.

He raised his eyes to look at Yu Youyou, and his hands at his sides gradually clenched.

"Speaking of this!" Fang Ziang saw that the atmosphere was not right and immediately changed the subject, "Didn't the leader send the Als troops to pick up Xiaoou? Logically speaking, they should have arrived at the villa a long time ago."

"Since the little gull is not here, shouldn't they chase us? Why can't we see them now? They run much faster than us."

Shen Minghua also noticed something was wrong. He looked in the direction they came from, but didn't see any trace of Ars. "Did something go wrong on the road and stop them?"

"I think you've been deceived." Jiang De seemed to have expected this result. "The leader didn't even want to find her."

Jiang De's eyes were filled with hatred, and his voice was firm: "The leader has the most comprehensive information network, so it is easy to find someone."

"Besides, the leader has sent countless robots into the City of Despair over the past six months. With its power, if it really wanted to find Xiaoou, how could it have taken half a year to find her?"

"And this little girl is equipped with such powerful abilities."