God's Gift

Su Yun, who came to find Xiaoou, saw this scene at a glance. She paused and stopped not far from the two of them, staring at them in a daze.

After a while, as the slight vibration of the aircraft landing was heard, she spoke calmly:

"Xiaoou, Youyou, what are you talking about?"

Yu Youyou immediately stood up from Xiaoou's legs. She put her hands behind her back, blinked innocently twice, and shook her head at Su Yun: "Nothing."

Su Yun did not ask any further questions. She turned her gaze to the window.

"The aircraft can only go so far."

She paused, and looked at Xiaoou with a gentle gaze, a bit hesitant in her expression. Finally, she spoke to Youyou:

"Youyou, I have something to tell you."

"Okay." Yu Youyou nodded obediently, and the puppy ears on her head swayed slightly with the movement.

She followed Su Yun and walked into the driver's cab step by step.

Su Yun stopped in front of the control console in the cab. She looked at the burning Eye of Hela in the sky ahead and asked, "Youyou, can the Eye of Hela really be destroyed?"

"Of course, it will be destroyed sooner or later." Yu Youyou paused and added, "Just not now."

Su Yun didn't ask Yu Youyou why. The light from the Eye of Hela reflected on her face, making her look exceptionally gentle and calm. "As long as we can destroy it, that's fine."

She turned to look at Yu Youyou, "Youyou, I asked you to take care of Xiaoou after I die."

"You rejected me at that time. You said someone would take care of her, but that person was not you."

Su Yun opened his mouth, seemingly with thousands of questions in mind, but all these questions eventually turned into one sentence:

"Will that person take good care of Xiaoou, be patient with her, accompany her as she grows, and... love her?"

Yu Youyou's gaze fell on Su Yun's face for a long time, and she slowly replied, "Yes."

"They will love her, just as you do."

"Really?" Su Yun was stunned for a while. She lowered her eyes, and the orange-yellow flames fell on her dry yellow hair like the setting sun, as if igniting her last moment of life.

The corners of her mouth curled up into a smile: "That's good."

Yu Youyou was still staring at Su Yun. Her gaze seemed to be substantial, caressing Su Yun's withered face inch by inch, caressing the corners of her eyes covered with wrinkles, and caressing her eyes that were still burning.

"Why won't you let me heal you?"

Su Yun paused for a second and did not directly answer Yu Youyou's question, "Blessings are truly an enviable power."

"It can prevent disasters and cure diseases."

"For thousands of years, humans have fought tooth and nail to conquer disease, but ultimately they have been unable to defeat all illnesses."

Su Yun looked ahead calmly, as if recalling his short life. "I once tried to find a way to cure all diseases in the world."

"Then no one in the world would die from disease."

"But when all my efforts became in vain, I began to think—" Su Yun looked at Yu Youyou, "If all diseases can be easily cured, then what is the meaning of their existence?"

"These diseases stubbornly remain in the human body, as if to remind us that birth, aging, sickness and death are inevitable lessons for every life in this world."

“This is probably the meaning of the existence of disaster relief.”

"And now, I am completing the last task that fate has given me." Su Yun smiled slightly, and even the sickness could not hide the light in her eyes.

“No one can help me with this project. I can only complete it on my own.”

Yu Youyou was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said as if she had suddenly realized something:

"So you are the warrior that Mom talked about in her stories."

"Is this considered a warrior?" Su Yun was amused by Yu Youyou's words, "Maybe."

"But it turns out that gods also have mothers?"

"Only ocean gods have this." Yu Youyou's eyes curved into the shape of the moon. "Every ocean god's mother is different. Some are fish, some are water plants..."

Su Yun listened to Yu Youyou patiently. After she told him a long story about the gods of the sea, he smiled and asked, "What is your mother?"

"My mother..." Yu Youyou's voice stopped abruptly. She tilted her head and looked at Su Yun. After a long time, she answered softly:

"It's a gull." She raised her hands, crossed them to form wings, and continued:

"It's a gull flying alone over the sea."

Hearing Yu Youyou's answer, Su Yun looked a little stunned. Her gaze lingered on Yu Youyou's face, from her cheek to the tip of her nose, and finally stopped at her deer-like eyes.

"is it?"

Su Yun's voice was very light, like a faint sigh, drowned out by the sound of the landing gear deploying when the aircraft landed.

Yu Youyou turned around and saw that the aircraft had landed on the ground. She said to Su Yun:

"Okay, I'm going to get the Eye of Hela now."

After saying that, she waved to Su Yun and turned to walk towards the door of the cab.

"Wait, Youyou." Su Yun suddenly called out to Yu Youyou, "You once told me..."

"Xiaoou asked you to tell me that she loves me."

"Is that true?"

She once thought that Yu Youyou just said that to make her happy.

After all, she spent five years and still failed to teach Xiaoou what love is.

But now a glimmer of hope ignited in her heart. This hope was like a weak flame, constantly burning and growing stronger in her body.

"Of course." Yu Youyou nodded without hesitation. "This is what she told me to convey to you."