Chapter 734: Is There Something Wrong with Your Sexual Orientation?

Tuan Cang, have you found a suitable match for a marriage?

Regarding Zilaoye's marriage, Lian Ye, as his teacher, naturally has to worry.

Here—everything's right here.

Zhi Cun Tuan Zang pulled out a stack of documents he had prepared long ago, each listing outstanding women from the major families.

With Zilaoye's qualifications, he could easily be matched.

Alright, then I'll hand it over to Zilaoye.

As he said, he turned with the documents to leave, but Tuan Cang called him back.

You really intend to set Zilaoye up for a marriage!

I thought my good brother was just acting on a whim, but now it seems that's not the case.

"Give it a try; maybe he'll find someone he clicks with," Lian Ye said with a smile. "If it doesn't work out, never mind."

He hopes Zilaoye will stop fixating on Gangshou; with his own qualifications, he could have someone even better.

"Alright, as long as you're happy."

Zhi Cun Tuan Zang said nothing more and continued lying on the chair, basking in the sun.

"Tuan Cang, do you think Lord Lian Ye is looking for a partner?"

After he left the courtyard, Yuzhibo Quannai asked curiously.

Using the excuse of finding a match for his disciple, he scoured the Village for quality women, then arranged a decent marriage.

The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed...

If Lord Lian Ye truly wants to marry, he knows a few decent women within the family.

He could easily introduce them to Lord Lian Ye!

"Yuzhibo Quannai, stop overthinking," Qianshou Feijian said irritably. "With that kid's temperament, he couldn't possibly look for a partner."

You never know; maybe he doesn't like women at all.

Otherwise, over these years, he wouldn't have remained single.

If he truly wanted a partner, he would have found one long ago and wouldn't have delayed until now...

"Feijian is right," Senju Hashirama said with a pretentious air. "Back when the Mito Clan wanted help finding a match, Lian Ye and Tuan Cang absolutely refused, no matter what."

As the words fell, everyone's gaze involuntarily landed on Tuan Cang.

Zhi Cun Tuan Zang: "..."

"Tuan Cang, aren't you planning to find a partner?"

Yuzhibo Quannai asked with interest.

Since Lord Lian Ye wasn't present, he could only ask Lian Ye's good brother.

"I don't need it," Zhi Cun Tuan Zang shook his head, explaining softly: "Being single is fine..."

"You're right; true strong ones don't need women!"

Madara Uchiha looked at Tuan Cang with admiration.

The few of them chatted intermittently in the courtyard about the benefits of staying unmarried.

At Zilaoye's doorstep.

"Teacher, you're really coming!"

Zilaoye stared at the thick stack of documents before him, his expression somewhat gloomy.

The teacher, who had been single for half his life, proactively introduced a match to him.

The scene felt increasingly bizarre...

"Of course, I have no idle time to joke with you," Lian Ye said, pointing at the documents. "Check if there's any girl you like up there; if you do, I'll have Tuan Cang set up a meeting for you."

Seeing that, Zilaoye could only helplessly flip through the documents.

"Teacher, I don't like any of them."

After a long while, he put the documents down and gently shook his head.

Lian Ye: "..."

He stared intently at Zilaoye's eyes, trying to spot any sign of lying.

Unfortunately, he saw nothing.

"Fine, it's up to you then."

In the end, he gave up on arranging a match for Zilaoye.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

"Teacher, I'm perfectly fine being carefree alone; I can do whatever I want."

Zilaoye said with a smile.

"I respect your decision, as long as you don't regret it later."

"Don't worry, I won't regret it!"

He's just not planning to marry, not like the teacher who never touches women.

The two are markedly different.

"Teacher, aren't you going to find me a master's wife?"

Seeing that Lian Ye wasn't pressing the issue, Zilaoye's face returned to a mischievous grin.

Now it's his turn to worry about the teacher's marriage.

"I'm almost fifty; what little girl would look at me?"

Zilaoye stared at Lian Ye's youthful face and fell silent for a moment.

If the teacher hadn't reminded him, he would have almost forgotten that teachers are usually in their forties or fifties.

Time seems never to have left a mark on Lian Ye's face…

"Even if a young girl really liked me, I still have no interest in women."

Lian Ye doesn't understand whether anyone could love and hate because of family ties to the point of life and death.

Living is already painful enough; torturing oneself with love and affection makes it worse.

Isn't that just swallowing bitterness without complaint?

"Teacher, you…"

Zilaoye hesitated, about to speak.

"What?"

"Is there something wrong with your sexual orientation?"

Although the question was bold, he had wanted to ask it many years ago.

A bunch of grown men crowd together all day, not a single woman nearby.

Decades of the same routine make it hard not to suspect their orientation.

"Get lost!"

Lian Ye kicked the person into the wall and, irritated, rolled his eyes.

"I'm uninterested in women, not that my orientation is a problem!"

It's just that he never found someone he truly liked, and he refuses to settle with someone he doesn't like.

Thus he's been single for half his life.

As time passes, he grows lazy to think about it.

"Hehe, I was joking, Teacher."

Zilaoye winced in pain, gritting his teeth, and gave an awkward laugh.

Don't speak recklessly in the future, or you'll eventually get beaten to death.

"Fine, since you don't intend to marry, that's that," Lian Ye waved his hand, "The weather's nice today; I'm going home to bask in the sun."

Zilaoye: "…"

When he was young, Teacher used to bask in the sun in the courtyard.

Now that he's grown, Teacher still loves basking in the sun all day.

He doesn't understand what purpose basking in the sun all day serves.

If there's time, why not go spy on a women's bathhouse.

Right, a women's bathhouse!

That does remind him.

Without a second thought, Zilaoye left and headed to the nearest bathhouse.

He only needs to sabotage the surveillance in advance; that should keep him hidden.

For Lian Ye, the meaning of life is to slack off and bask in the sun.

And for Zilaoye, the meaning of life is naturally spying on women's bathhouses.

Not watching for a day makes his whole body uncomfortable!

Konoha Detention Center.

"Zilaoye, why are you here again."

Uchiha Fugao looked at the detained Zilaoye, helplessly pressing his forehead.

"Haha, so the surveillance is truly all‑round with no blind spots…"

Zilaoye gave an awkward laugh; he hadn't expected Village's technology to be so advanced.

Uchiha Fugao: "…"

He doesn't understand why Lian Ye's disciples are all problem children.

"Fu Yue, could you let me go?" Zilaoye weakly said, "I'll be more careful next time."

"Not allowed!"

Uchiha Fugao said coldly.

"Lian Ye said that if you offend again, the normal procedure will be carried out."

"From now on, stay here and reflect."

Lian Ye wasn't joking; saying he wouldn't care meant he truly wouldn't.

Zilaoye: "!!!"

Don't!

Lian Ye Teacher, you can't ignore me…