In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

Chapter 1437 Xiao Xu is Missing 4

"It's a comic, no doubt, but it's a different one drawn by Asahi!!" Shin-chan stomped his feet in frustration, his potato-shaped head almost touching Kazama's face: "This is drawn by Asahi! The Asahi you always like to compete with! Last time your cute P was exposed, it was Asahi who helped you cover it up!"

Kazama's pupils suddenly contracted, and the sound of cicadas chirping outside the window seemed to vanish instantly.

"Xiao Xu, Nohara Akihisa, what a familiar name, but why can't I remember it?" Kazama muttered to himself. For some reason, he felt that he should know the name Shin-chan mentioned, and that he should even recognize him. However, he tried to recall for a long time but just couldn't remember where he had met him.

"Why?" Kazama asked Shin-chan.

"Why? What do you mean why? Kazama, do you know Asahi?" Shin-chan grabbed Kazama tightly, his eyes filled with panic.

"It feels familiar, but I really can't remember. Shin-chan, have we forgotten something?" Kazama asked Shin-chan uncertainly.

"Impossible! How could I forget!" With that, Xiaoxin turned and ran outside. He was going to find the others! There must be someone else who remembered Xiaoxu!

"Hey! Shin-chan!" Kazama was worried about Shin-chan's current situation. He quickly put on his shoes, grabbed the key to the door, locked it, and hurriedly followed. At the same time, he also wanted to know, who exactly is Asahi? Why do they feel so familiar with this name?

Shin-chan ran all the way and quickly arrived at Masao's house. This time, he went straight to Masao's house and shouted into the house, "Masao! Masao! Is Masao home!?"

"Huh? Shin-chan, what's he doing here?" Masao, who was watching TV inside, was startled when he heard Shin-chan's voice outside. He hurriedly went to the door, pushed it open, and looked at Shin-chan: "Shin-chan, uh? You didn't get the wrong door this time?"

"No time for that! Masao, Xiaoxu, Nohara Akira, do you remember this person?" Shin-chan grabbed Masao and asked urgently.

"Huh? Xiao Xu, who is that? We don't have any friends with that name, do we?" Zheng Nan was confused by Xiao Xin's question, scratched his head, and asked uncertainly.

"You don't know who Xiao Xu is?!" Xiao Xin stared at Zheng Nan in shock. "You have absolutely no impression of him? Don't you feel any familiarity with him? Your comics from back then even had Xiao Xu's guidance!"

"Manga guidance? What are you talking about? My manga, didn't we go to Yoshii-sensei together? Shin-chan, are you confused?" Masao scratched his head, looking at Shin-chan as if to say, "Shin-chan, are you sick?"

"Impossible! We did contact him, but he didn't give you any guidance at all! It was Xiaoxu who helped you in the end! Have you forgotten all that? Zhengnan, you're really terrible!" After saying that, Xiaoxin ignored Zhengnan's expression and turned to run towards another store.

"Hey! Shin-chan!" Masao called out anxiously, seeing Shin-chan's worried expression. Then, looking at Shin-chan's retreating figure, he scratched his head and asked, "Who exactly is Shin-chan? Shin-chan is in such a hurry, could this person have disappeared?"

After thinking for a while, Masao also felt that he couldn't figure it out. He turned his head and saw Kazama running over anxiously. Kazama asked Masao hurriedly, "Masao, has Shin-chan been to your house?"

"Yes, he just came by, asked a strange question, and then left." Masao nodded upon hearing this, then pointed in the direction Shin-chan had left.

"Huh!? Is it asking you who Xiao Xu is?" Kazama asked uncertainly.

"That's right, Kazama, how did you know? Could it be that Shin-chan...?" Looking at Kazama, Masao's face also showed an uncertain expression.

"Yeah, Shin-chan came to see me." Kazama nodded, sighed, and suddenly realized, "There's no time to chat. I need to go find Shin-chan. I'm worried something might have happened to him. Masao, let's go together!"

"Huh? Okay." Zheng Nan was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, put on his shoes, and called out to the house, "Mom, I'm going out!"

"Oh, drive carefully." Zheng Nan's mother's gentle voice came from inside the house.

"Understood." After saying that, Masao hurriedly left the house with Kazama, chasing after the direction Shin-chan had gone. If nothing unexpected happened, this time it would be Nene's house!

Shin-chan ran all the way to Nini's house, and before he could even catch his breath, he eagerly knocked on the door: "Nini, Nini!!"

"..." Inside the house, Nini's mother fell silent upon hearing Shin-chan's voice. Why was this little devil here?

However, Nini isn't home right now. There was nothing she could do. Nini's mother had initially intended to pretend she wasn't home, but Shin-chan's knocking grew louder and louder, so she had no choice but to open the door. But as she pushed the door open, Nini's mother thought to herself, "If only he were here keeping an eye on Shin-chan."

"Huh? That's strange. Who is he?" Nini's mother was suddenly taken aback, puzzled by her own thought.

Shaking her head to dismiss the thought, she opened the door, forcing a smile as she looked at Shin-chan: "Shin-chan, Nini isn't home, she's gone out. Why don't you come back later?" As she finished speaking, Nini's mother was about to close the door when Shin-chan quickly stopped her, looking at her anxiously.

"It's okay, Nini's not home, you're fine too!"

"Huh?" Nini's mother looked at Xiaoxin, somewhat confused. Wait, you little rascal, what do you want from me?

"Auntie! Do you remember someone named Xiao Xu? Nohara Akihisa?" Shin-chan asked nervously, looking at Nini's mother.

"Xiao Xu, Xiao Xu, who is he? And his surname is Nohara. Could he be Shin-chan's brother?" Nini's mother looked at Shin-chan with some confusion. Suddenly, it was as if a light flashed through the darkness in her mind. Could the "him" she had just been thinking about be Xiao Xu?

Thinking of this, Nini's mother's expression changed instantly. Looking at Xiaoxin, she asked uncertainly, "Xiaoxin, is that Xiaoxu you mentioned... is he often outside correcting your wrong actions?"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoxin's eyes lit up, and he looked at Nini's mother excitedly: "That's right, that's right! This is Xiaoxu, Auntie, do you remember me?"

"No, although I seem to have a vague recollection of it, I can say for sure that I don't remember anyone named Xiaoxu, let alone know him. Nini, it's probably the same for you. Xiaoxin, you've probably come to the wrong person." Nini's mother looked at Xiaoxin and shook her head slightly.

"How could this happen..." Shin-chan's shoulders slumped, his newly ignited hope extinguished once more. He hung his head, a barely perceptible hint of grievance in his voice: "Xiao Xu clearly exists! He even helps me keep my Action Kamen picture book that Mom confiscated. Last time Nini got her rabbit doll dirty while playing house, he secretly took it to wash it and brought it back..."

Looking at Xiaoxin's reddened eyes, Nini's mother felt a pang in her heart, as if some important fragment was stuck deep in her memory. But no matter how hard she tried to recall, all she could see was Xiaoxin's anxious and disappointed face.

"Shin-chan, don't panic." She crouched down and gently patted Shin-chan's back. "Have you been watching too many cartoons lately and are confusing the characters with reality?"

"No!" Xiaoxin suddenly raised his head, his cheeks flushed red with excitement: "Xiaoxu is true!"

Nini's mother paused, a blurry image flashing through her mind—a little boy in a blue jacket, walking by with his friends, sunlight shining on his fluffy hair, like a warm glow. But the image vanished in an instant, as quickly as if it had never existed.

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