Strange Cards

Chapter 317 I Have to Keep an Eye on Him

The group drank until midnight, but the ghost alarm didn't sound, so they went home to sleep without worry.

After all, there are satellites in the sky watching over the nine shadowy figures on the ground, with steel claws waiting to be deployed. This force alone is enough to eliminate most of the ghosts.

If these forces can't be eliminated, then it usually comes down to Shigure's intervention. However, after the Southern Demons were wiped out by Shigure, things have calmed down considerably, so at least we don't have to go out on night patrols every day like before.

Everyone quickly returned home and went to sleep one after another, except for Shi Yu, who was still sitting in the courtyard, and Bai Yu was also sitting in the courtyard.

Shi Yanlan, that little girl, had long been sleepy and had gone upstairs to sleep. The two looked at the stars in the sky and then glanced at Liu Andao, who was exercising.

"Alright, sis, there are rarely ghosts in the middle of the night."

"The matter was already cleaned up after Bai Yu's incident. We're quite free of things to do at our southern base."

"Go home and rest early."

After warming up, Liu An stretched and looked at Bai Yu lying in Shi Yu's arms.

"You two should get some rest early, in case you have work to do tomorrow."

Shi Yu nodded and took Bai Yu home.

When Liu An returned home, he found Liu Yu carrying two cups of hot milk out of the kitchen. Upon seeing Liu An enter, Liu Yu pushed one of the cups of hot milk toward him.

"Mom, drink some warm milk so you can go to sleep."

Liu An nodded, took the milk, and tilted his head back to gulp it down.

Liu Yu, holding the cup with both hands, drank it politely. After watching Liu An finish the milk in one gulp, Liu Yu thought for a moment and spoke.

"Mother."

"What's wrong, Xiao Jiu?"

Can I ask you a question?

Liu An nodded in response to Liu Yu's words, then took out a few tissues to wipe the milk from the corners of his mouth.

"I will tell you everything I can."

Liu Yu thought for a while before finally speaking.

"Mom seems to be stricter with Shiyu-gege, like she's his older sister."

Why?

Liu An looked at Liu Yu's question and thought for a long time before speaking.

"Your brother Shiyu has a very hard life."

Liu An took the fresh, washed apple from the table, broke it in half with his bare hands, handed one half to Liu Yu, and ate the other half himself while saying something.

"Before you came, your brother Shiyu was an orphan who was abandoned in Nanhai City. From the age of six, he drifted like a rootless duckweed until he was eighteen."

"Moreover, your brother Shiyu came from the slums, that cannibalistic place. Before joining the Hunters, your brother Shiyu had already taken many lives, all of which were killed to protect himself."

"Few people in this world have suffered more than him, and in that place he could only pretend to be an adult and hide his childhood deep in his heart."

"After he joined the Hunters, he always called me Sister Liu An. At that time, he had just come out of the slums and was very murderous."

"In the incident involving a drug-smuggling ship in June, your brother Shiyu killed nearly a thousand people that night. It's no exaggeration to say that the entire ship was stained red."

"Your brother Shiyu doesn't talk much because of what happened when he was little; he prefers to use his hands."

"At first I could keep an eye on him, but after your brother Shiyu got together with sister Baiyu, I thought he would be more restrained. I didn't expect him to be even more arrogant."

"Your sister Baiyu is as gentle as water. Even if you bully her, she won't say a word. At most, she'll say a few words like 'I hate you.'"

"Your sister Baiyu always goes along with your brother Shiyu. If I, as the older sister, don't show some of my authority and keep this kid in check, he'll make a hole in the sky."

"So I'm willing to be your Shiyu brother's older sister and take care of him, and I'm willing to be a good older sister."

"Moreover, your brother Shiyu values ​​me a lot; he truly treats me like his own sister."

"If your brother Shiyu hadn't realized something was wrong and turned back to the hospital today, your mother would have been seriously injured. I wouldn't have come back unscathed."

"Believe it or not, if I dare say that your brother Shiyu will immediately give me his Xie Zhi token."

Liu Yu nodded.

I believe you.

"Because everyone in the hunter community knows that the older brother values ​​his mother very much and truly treats her like his own sister."

Liu An smiled and hugged Liu Yu in his arms.

"So your mother is one of the safest people in the entire Southern Base, and even in the entire Hunters. No one dares to touch me. If anyone dares to touch me, your brother Shiyu will really fight them to the death."

"And all I can do is try my best to do what an older sister should do. This child was abandoned by his parents and the Shi family when he was young, and I can only try my best to fill the void in his family affection."

"He knows a lot of things, but at the same time he doesn't know a lot of things, so I, as his older sister, have to slowly teach him how to do them."

"After all, an elder sister is like a mother."

"When your Aunt Gu is buying things for the house, she will also bring me and Shiyu a set. After all, the Southern Base is like a big family with three smaller families."

"Your Aunt Gu also feels sorry for your brother Shi Yu, so she supports him in many things."

"But there always has to be someone who disagrees; if things go too smoothly for this kid, he'll lose himself."

"So Mom has to be the strict one to keep an eye on your brother Shiyu and protect him as he grows up."

"After all, his status is now very high. He is the holder of the Beast Token, and his status is equivalent to that of a national minister."

"Given these circumstances, your brother Shiyu is only eighteen years old, and his nineteenth birthday will be around June next year."

Do you understand?

Liu Yu nodded gently, while Liu An gently pinched her daughter's delicate cheeks and smiled.

"So if Mom isn't home in the future, and you don't want to go to Uncle Qi Wu or the others for help, you can go to Brother Shi Yu."

"As long as you're willing to ask, your brother Shiyu will definitely not refuse."

"Even if you asked for a star from the sky, your brother Shiyu would pry one off for you so you could taste what it's like."

"You are very similar to me. Your brother Shiyu sometimes says that he sees you as me when I was a child."

"Even without these conditions, your brother Shiyu will still help you. He has never refused a request."

Liu Yu yawned and hugged Liu An's neck.

"Mom, I'm sleepy."

"Okay, let's go upstairs to sleep."

As he spoke, Liu An picked up Liu Yu and carried her upstairs, while on the other side...

Shi Yu looked at the nine shadows beside Steel Claw and said coldly.

"The shadow splits into four paths, following the steel claw to find the whereabouts of today's ghost."

"I think that thing might be aimed at Sister Liu An, otherwise if it really wanted to cause trouble, it wouldn't have lured me away."

"We must take all necessary measures and precautions to ensure that we do not make any mistakes."

"Steel Claw, you and the four shadows will search the entire southern region. If you find it, great; if not, so be it."

Steel Claw nodded, then disappeared into the shadows along with the four shadows.

After giving her instructions, Shi Yu returned to her room, where Bai Yu was telling Shi Yanlan a bedtime story on the large bed.

Logically speaking, children Shi Yanlan's age shouldn't like listening to bedtime stories, but Shi Yanlan is an oddball who looks forward to listening to bedtime stories every day.

However, Bai Yu was also happy to say that this matter was now a case of Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai, one was willing to hit and the other was willing to be hit.

After Shiyu got into bed, she turned off the light and then fell asleep with the two of them in her arms.

The southern night was filled with turbulent winds, and at that moment, on a high mountain...

Chun looked at the ghost she had just killed, then glanced at Gu Nian.

"Boss, can we find it?"

"Little Grey is only missing the six and nine of spades to complete the set, but will there be any problems?"

"I know Little Gray is very strong, but if a human body were to withstand thirteen cards, it would probably cause severe demonization."

"After all, I once sensed that Little Gray Hair was beginning to turn into a demon, which was caused by his body overloading by driving two decks at once."

Gu Nian finished off the demon in front of him with a single strike of the Mortal Blade, then sheathed the sword and said...

"The six of spades is in the hands of the British Empire, but I am unclear about the prophecy of the nine of spades."

"I only know that he is in the hands of one of the hunters in the south, but I can't predict who he is in the hands of."

"It's strange. I used to work for a hunter in the South, and I was one of the earliest hunters when my brother-in-law became a headhunter."

"But I've searched through all my memories and still don't know who has the Nine of Spades, or who used it."

"This is the first time the Joker's prophetic ability has failed; it's quite a strange thing."