Anime Crossover: My Cheat Code is Myself

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After receiving Xia Yan's praise, each child wore a proud expression.

"As a return gift, please try the desserts I brought."

After speaking, under the admiring gazes of a group of children, Xia Yan, as if performing a magic trick, clapped his hands and conjured up various exquisite and adorable-looking pastries.

These things were not prepared by Xia Yan in advance; they were obtained temporarily through a chat group.

He didn't think much when he came; he just showed up empty-handed. If it weren't for the chat group to save the day, even someone as shameless as Xia Yan would have felt embarrassed.

However, Aoi was naturally unaware of this, and simply assumed it was a gift that Natsuhiko had prepared in advance.

Chapter 180 The Widow's Lodging

Looking at the expensive-looking pastries, Kui Zhi opened her mouth, but the children were already eating them and seemed very happy, so she didn't know what to say.

He could only lower his head and say somewhat embarrassedly:

"Thank you for spending so much money, Xia Yanjun."

"It's alright, it's alright. It's just a dessert for kids. Nobody in my family eats this kind of thing. It would be troublesome for me to take it back."

Xia Yan waved his hand dismissively.

Although the pastries weren't prepared in advance, what he said was absolutely true.

No one in my family eats this stuff.

He himself is a pure carnivore and doesn't like to eat any random things. His two wives, Tamayo and Kanae, are both demons and can't eat human food.

As for his sister-in-law, Shinobu Kocho.

That girl, I don't know who she learned it from, has an unusually strong palate. Her favorite food is pickled vegetables made with ginger.

Unaware of this, Aoi took Natsuhiko's words as a form of comfort and couldn't help but feel a bit more favorably toward him.

For single mothers, sometimes being kind to the child is more touching than being kind to the mother.

"By the way, did Natsuhiko-kun come to see Tanjuro about something?"

"Huh? I didn't say I came to see Tanjuro."

"Then why did you ask Tanjuro outside just now..."

"Ah, I was just asking because he wasn't home. I actually came to see you, Mrs. Aoi."

"Huh? You were looking for me...?"

Aoi was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

The way he looked at Xia Yan became somewhat strange.

There are children around; how can you say that openly and honestly?

We've never met before.

You're a grown man, and you have nothing better to do than come all the way up the mountain to find a widow like me.

Something feels off.

"Yes, that's right, Mrs. Kuizhi, have you seen a kind of blue spider lily?"

Hearing that Xia Yan had indeed come to her with important business, Kui Zhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

An awkward yet polite smile appeared on his face.

“Blue spider lilies…” She repeated Xia Yan’s question, a thoughtful expression on her face. “I seem to have a vague recollection of them. I remember seeing blue spider lilies somewhere in the mountains before.”

"If it's a blue spider lily, I know where it is!"

Tanjiro, who was taking care of his younger siblings while they ate snacks, suddenly spoke up after hearing their conversation.

"I remember seeing a large field of blue spider lilies when I was playing on the mountain with Nezuko when I was a child."

"However, I can't quite remember the exact location..."

"It's nothing! Knowing the general location is enough. You've really been a great help!"

Xia Yan's face lit up with surprise.

Although he knew there were blue spider lilies on the mountain, even with the Byakugan, it would still be quite difficult for him to search for them without any clear area.

"It would be great if I could be of help! Let's set off now!"

Tanjiro smiled even more happily than Natsuhiko. He was a person who had helping others in his bones, and no one who had met him had ever had a bad opinion of him.

"Tanjiro, if we go into the mountains at this time, it will be dark before we get back. It would be troublesome if we got lost."

Aoi's words dampened Tanjiro's enthusiasm.

"Oh dear, is it already this time?"

After hearing what Kui Zhi said, Xia Yancai belatedly realized what was happening.

Actually, it was already close to dusk when he arrived at the Kamado house.

For him, there wasn't much difference between day and night, and he even acted more often at night, so he was a bit fuzzy about time.

Although he was confident enough to protect Tanjiro during his travels.

However, it would seem rather cold-hearted to say that to Mrs. Aoi, and besides, he wouldn't be in a hurry to finish the matter.

Thinking of this, Xia Yan spoke up:

"Then I won't bother you any longer. I'll come to visit again tomorrow morning."

After saying that, he got up to leave.

But as soon as she stood up, Kui Zhi stopped her.

"Please wait a moment, Xia Yanjun."

"It's quite a distance from here to the town. It will probably be dark by the time you get there. If you don't mind, please stay here."

Xia Yan glanced at Kui Zhi with some surprise.

Although he knew the Kamado family were all very kind, gentle, and helpful people, he never expected them to let someone they had only known for less than an hour stay overnight, just out of concern for the person's safety on the road.

That's a bit too careless.

"Is this a good idea? Aren't you afraid of encountering any danger by leaving me at home? After all, Mrs. Kuizhi is so beautiful and she's a widow."

Hearing Xia Yan's almost blatant flirting, Kui Zhi's fair face flushed bright red.

The thoughts that had just been suppressed resurfaced.

She felt an urge to kick Xia Yan out of the house right now.

They simply didn't know Xia Yan's strength and regarded him as an ordinary person with a tall stature.

Considering that Xia Yan might encounter danger walking in the dark if he left now, his kind nature of thinking of others ultimately prevailed.

"Xia Yanjun is joking. I am just a peasant woman, how can I be called beautiful?"

"Haha, just kidding. In that case, I'll take my leave."

Seeing that others had offered a way out, Xia Yan didn't refuse, so he laughed it off and brushed the matter off.

His unreliable demeanor made Kui Zhi's lips twitch slightly.

For some reason, looking at Xia Yan's handsome face and thinking about how generous he was to the children, Kui Zhi couldn't help but feel a strange emotion.

But when she thought about her status as a widow and the six children she had to support, she realized that...

Kui Zhi silently suppressed this faint feeling in her heart.

The next morning, after having breakfast prepared by Aoi, Natsuhiko set off with Tanjiro to search for the Blue Spider Lily.

After walking for about half an hour, Tanjiro led Natsuhiko to a flat open space.

"It's probably around this location, but I've only seen the flowers bloom once or twice, so I'm not entirely sure where they'll actually be."

Tanjiro had a slightly apologetic expression on his face, as if he felt guilty for not being able to help Natsuhiko more.

"No! I've already found it, and it's been a huge help, Tanjiro!"

Looking at the bulbs on the ground that resembled garlic cloves, Xia Yan smiled with satisfaction.

Chapter 181 Good people shouldn't be held at gunpoint.

The red spider lily, also known as the rock spider lily.

One of the more obvious characteristics is that the part buried underground is an ovoid bulb.

Although the blue spider lily has special effects, it is still essentially a spider lily.

If Xia Yan were to look at the plants with bulbs all over the mountains with disdain, it might be a bit difficult for him to distinguish the blue spider lily.

However, now that we know this area is home to blue spider lilies, if we use this characteristic to search for them, we'll find them every time.

Moreover, Tanjiro's statement about "a large area" was not an exaggeration.

There must be at least a hundred blue spider lilies here.

This must be the place where Yoriichi buried his wife.

In fact,

In the Demon Slayer world, only one location of the Blue Spider Lily is explicitly stated.

That is, Yoriichi Tsugikuni buried his wife in the place where the blue spider lilies bloom.

The reason why there are blue spider lilies near Tanjiro's house is because this is actually the place where Yoriichi Tsugikuni buried his wife.

In fact, this ancestral home of Tanjiro's family was where Yoriichi Tsugikuni and his wife Shi lived hundreds of years ago.

At that time, it was just a small wooden hut.

Before Yoriichi's wife went into labor, he went to find a midwife for her, but when he returned, his wife had been killed by a demon.

After that, Yoriichi joined the Demon Slayer Corps so that such tragedies would never happen again.

The houses, uninhabited, were abandoned.

Tanjiro's ancestor, Tanjiro, and his wife accidentally discovered an abandoned house and, thinking it was uninhabited, settled there.