Shizuka's gaze fell on Lu Ming. Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, casting fine spots of light.
Lu Ming's movements as he stroked the kitten were exceptionally gentle. The kitten lay at his feet, rolling onto its belly to let him pet it.
"Lu Ming, this kitten really likes you! It seems it won't refuse your adoption," Shizuka said.
Lu Ming nodded in agreement, picked up the little calico cat from the ground, and pondered. "Little guy. From now on, your name will be Xiaohua," Lu Ming named it.
Just then, Nobita and Doraemon were preparing to use the moving map.
Doraemon looked at the map, his gaze falling on the park. "Let's move the park to the back of our house." With Doraemon's swap, the park arrived behind the Nobi house in the blink of an eye.
Seeing this, Nobita found Shizuka's house on the map. "Let Shizuka's house move next to ours." Soon, Shizuka's house moved next to Nobita's.
"If I do this, I can see Shizuka every day!" Nobita ran to the window with a face full of anticipation, seeing that Shizuka's house really had appeared next door.
Nobita shouted excitedly from the window, "Shizuka, Shizuka, are you home?" But no matter how much Nobita shouted, there was no response from the other side.
At that moment, Lu Ming and Shizuka, who had just walked out of the park, vaguely heard Nobita's shouting.
Lu Ming turned his head to look at Shizuka beside him. "Did you hear Nobita's shouting?"
Shizuka nodded. "I heard it. The sound should be coming from the park exit up ahead."
But when Lu Ming and Shizuka walked out of the park, they still didn't see Nobita's figure.
Just then, Lu Ming, holding Xiaohua in his arms, noticed the scene ahead.
Lu Ming stretched out a finger and pointed at the familiar house ahead, asking in confusion, "Shizuka, look at the house ahead. Isn't that Nobita's house?"
"Eh, it really looks like it! But the park is quite far from Nobita's house! This shouldn't be Nobita's house, right?" But the more Shizuka looked, the more familiar it became, and the uncertainty in her words grew.
"Shizuka, look at the house next to it. Isn't that your house?" Hearing this, Shizuka looked where Lu Ming was pointing.
"It really is! It's exactly like my house. It feels just like my home," Shizuka said with a smile.
While Shizuka and Lu Ming were still puzzled, the house next to Nobita's house turned into the vacant lot where they usually played right before their eyes.
At that moment, Giant and Suneo, who were playing baseball in the vacant lot, accidentally hit the ball into Nobita's yard.
The two shouted loudly, "Sorry...", and hurriedly ran into Nobita's yard to find the baseball.
But after the two arrived in the yard, they stood frozen in place looking at the familiar scene.
"S-strange! I remember that next to the vacant lot was Mr. Leigong's house," Suneo stared blankly at Nobita's yard.
Giant was also full of question marks. "How can it be Nobita's house?"
Nobita upstairs saw Giant and Suneo in the yard. "It's... it's Giant and Suneo!"
Just as he finished speaking, Giant and Suneo in the yard turned to look at Nobita. "Nobita, what on earth is going on?"
At this time, Lu Ming and Shizuka, holding Xiaohua, also arrived at Nobita's house, looking at Doraemon and Nobita on the second floor.
Seeing this, Nobita had no choice but to invite everyone up to the second floor.
When the group reached the second floor, they gathered in a circle around the moving map, looking at the ordinary-looking map at their feet.
"Can this map rearrange the positions of houses in town at will?" Giant asked Doraemon.
Doraemon sighed. "That's indeed the case."
Suneo looked at the map at his feet with his eyes shining. "It looks like so much fun!"
Shizuka pointed to the house next door. "So, this really is my house."
Nobita nodded at this. "Yes, Shizuka! I moved your house here so I can go find you to play every day."
Shizuka frowned and said, "Nobita, you should move my house back to its original position. Otherwise, what if my father can't find his way home?"
Hearing this, Nobita could only move Shizuka's house back to its original place.
Lu Ming looked at the moving map at his feet, and the production method and upgrade plan for the gadget appeared in his mind.
Lu Ming saw that the moving map functions in the upgrade plan weren't much different, so he didn't look further.
Besides, it wasn't very useful to him, but the moving map would be quite helpful for his father's company in Japan.
Lu Ming thought for a moment and decided that when he made the cat-type toddler robot tonight, he would make the moving map as well.
Then Giant suddenly said to Nobita and Doraemon, "Let us try it too!" Nobita and Doraemon thought about it and agreed.
After getting Doraemon's consent, everyone gathered around the map, looking at the moving map.
Suneo looked at the moving map. "Let me see. Got it! First, let's move the toy store next to my house!" As he spoke, Suneo tore off the toy store and moved it next to his house.
Seeing this, Giant also tore off the comic book store and moved it across from his house. "This way, I'll know who has newly bought comic books."
When Nobita and Suneo saw this, cold sweat flowed down. They wanted to reach out and move the comic book store elsewhere, but after being glared at fiercely by Giant, they shrunk their necks.
Doraemon ignored Nobita and Suneo's small movements and tore off the dorayaki shop he had been longing for, sticking it near the house.
Shizuka saw that everyone had moved their favorite buildings near their own houses, and she couldn't resist moving her violin teacher's house across from hers.
This way, she wouldn't have to walk so far when she went to her teacher's house to practice the violin.
After finishing, Shizuka glanced at Lu Ming, who was just standing there watching. "Aren't you going to change something, Lu Ming?"
"We have a car at home, so traveling is very convenient. There's no need to swap things around like this," Lu Ming said.
"So that's how it is. No wonder Lu Ming didn't change anything!" Shizuka said.
After moving the bookstore, Giant looked at the map and noticed the vacant lot next to Nobita's house. "I've got it. I think I'll move my house next to the vacant lot."
Nobita broke into a cold sweat. "That would make it very close to my house! No! If you're going to move, it's better to move to a place with a wider view!"
Saying this, Nobita moved Giant's house across from Suneo's house.
"Nobita, you're right! I didn't expect you to have smart moments," Giant praised.
Seeing this, Suneo also broke into a cold sweat. "N-no... that's not good! It's better to be closer to the school," he said stutteringly.
Giant looked at him suspiciously. Suneo's forehead was covered in cold sweat, but he still insisted, "I-it'll be more convenient this way."
Hearing Suneo's explanation, Giant nodded. "Is that so! What you said makes sense!"
Nobita saw Giant's house being moved back by Suneo. "B-but but there were many grander houses in the place just now, weren't there!"
Saying this, Nobita moved Giant's house back again.
Giant narrowed his eyes and frowned, looking at Suneo and Nobita with some displeasure.
Lu Ming, holding Xiaohua, and Shizuka watched the group's farce from the side.
Suneo thought for a moment and said, "Let's just go all out and move to a place with beautiful scenery." As soon as he finished speaking, Suneo moved Giant's house to the top of the Back Hill.
Seeing this, Nobita said excitedly, "You're right! This is the best."
Giant's face darkened. "Do you guys hate This Great Master or something?"
Cold sweat broke out all over Suneo's forehead. He turned his head away. "N-no, not at all!"
Giant looked at Doraemon and Nobita again, only to see that they, like Suneo, didn't dare to look at him.
Finally, Giant looked at Lu Ming and Shizuka to the side.