Chapter 80: Uchiha's Meeting

"Kid, when are you planning to go out on a mission?"

Qianshou Feijian saw Lian Ye carrying a Food Box inside and couldn't help asking.

Qianshou Feijian couldn't help thinking that if Lian Ye didn't go out on a mission, Qianshou Feijian could have hot meals every day.

Although he could go out to buy or cook himself, the skill was far inferior to Lian Ye's own cooking.

His palate has already been completely spoiled by Lian Ye...

If the food wasn't made by Lian Ye's own hands, he'd rather eat Soldier's Ration Pills.

"Uncle, I'll go after I finish eating."

Lian Ye, while putting the food from the Food Box onto the table, said.

"I see..." A hint of disappointment flashed across Qianshou Feijian's face.

He had still been fantasizing that Lian Ye could stay in the Village for a few days, but didn't expect this kid to be unable to idle at all.

Lian Ye ladled a bowl of rice and handed it to Qianshou Feijian, "Uncle, you eat first; I'm going back to eat now."

Qianshou Feijian was startled, "You haven't eaten yet?"

He had thought that Lian Ye, coming so late, had already eaten at home, but it seemed that wasn't the case...

"I was busy training in the morning, and by the time I remembered to cook, it was already noon," Lian Ye explained.

Qianshou Feijian nodded, feeling a warmth in his heart.

Seems this kid still has a bit of conscience, huh.

After the meal was ready, it was delivered to Qianshou Feijian at once.

Seeing Lian Ye prepare to leave, Qianshou Feijian subconsciously blurted out, "Don't go back; stay here and eat with me."

After saying that, he suddenly froze.

Lian Ye's steps halted, and he looked at Qianshou Feijian in surprise, then laughed, "Never mind, Uncle, I already made it at home."

He waved his hand and left the office.

Qianshou Feijian stared at Lian Ye's back, lost in thought.

"How could I have said such a thing?"

He suddenly recalled the words his older brother had once guided him with.

"Could it be that I've really developed feelings for that kid?!"

Qianshou Feijian gave a wry smile, shook his head, and picked up his bowl and chopsticks to start eating.

"Hmm, tasty."

……

Lian Ye left the office, recalled Qianshou Feijian's words, and couldn't help muttering, "That old guy might have gotten mushroom poisoning."

Today's lunch happened to have stir-fried mushrooms; he suspected Qianshou Feijian was hallucinating from them, which led him to say that.

However, he thought the mushrooms should have been cooked through.

The earlier scene gave Lian Ye a whole layer of goosebumps.

He kept feeling that Qianshou Feijian was acting strange...

Hmm, it must be mushroom poisoning.

"That old guy is off, better not go home for a while."

Facing the odd Qianshou Feijian, he was still a bit scared.

If the other suddenly awakened some strange attribute and dragged him for dissection, he'd be finished.

Thus, Lian Ye found Tuan Cang and Xiaochun and went to the Mission Assembly Hall to receive a mission.

This time, the staff no longer gave the three a hard time; they smoothly received the mission and left the Village.

Qianshou Feijian stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, watching Lian Ye's figure leave Muye Dameng, and whispered softly.

"Kid, come back early..."

Lian Ye's departure meant there would be no hot, delicious meals for a short while.

He looked at the half-eaten food on the table, stepped forward, and packed the leftovers into a Food Box.

He planned to save these dishes for dinner.

Qianshou Feijian pulled the Uchiha Observation Handbook from his pocket and noted on it: "As time passes, it seems I've formed a bond with this evil Uchiha Xiao Gui..."

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"Lian Yejun, why did you stop?"

Muye Dameng.

Zhuan Qin Xiaochun and Zhi Cun Tuan Zang looked curiously at Lian Ye, who had suddenly halted.

"I'm fine."

Lian Ye shook his head and instinctively turned to look toward the Village.

He had just felt someone watching him, which made him very uncomfortable.

But when he turned back, that feeling of being stared at vanished.

Lian Ye could confirm it wasn't an illusion.

There was only one truth: someone in the Village had set their sights on him.

"Who could it be?" Lian Ye fell into contemplation.

Uchiha, Qianshou, or other families of the Village?

Lian Ye couldn't be blamed for overthinking; after all, people fear fame and pigs fear being plump.

Being an Uchiha, yet being adopted by Qianshou.

Especially since the one who adopted him is the current acting Hokage, Qianshou Feijian.

With such a status, far too many people want to get on good terms with him.

Being targeted by others is also a matter of course…

Just shortly after the three left.

A youth stepped out from behind a tree, murmuring softly.

"That traitor has left the village,"

Before the words finished, the youth turned and left, the fan clan emblem on his back unusually conspicuous.

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Uchiha Clan Territory, conference hall.

A middle‑aged man with an imposing appearance sat on the main seat.

On both sides sat several white‑haired elders…

"I propose expelling Yuzhi Bo Lianye from the clan!" said an elder on the left.

"Exactly, he's unworthy of being called Uchiha!" another elder on the left echoed, "The clan extended an olive branch to him, and he actually refused!"

"I disagree," the one‑eyed elder on the right interrupted, "It was a helpless move back then; no wonder that child."

"Indeed, that child has truly suffered," the elder on the right sighed helplessly.

"Suffering? Heh, I doubt it," the left‑side elder sneered, "Isn't that traitor living just fine at Senju?"

"You're getting more and more regressive, blaming a child for the mistake," the right‑side elder said coldly, "If you have the guts, go tell Senju Hashirama!"

The several elders on the left fell silent at once.

At that moment, a youth walked in.

"Father, I have returned."

The speaker was the same youth who had been at the Konoha Gate earlier.

The middle‑aged man seated on the main seat said gravely:

"Reifeng, has Yuzhi Bo Lianye left the village?"

Uchiha Reifeng hurriedly replied, "Father, that traitor just left the village."

The middle‑aged man asked no further; he turned his head toward the elders,

"Elders, I will go personally to ask that child what his thoughts are…"

"If he is willing to return to the Uchiha, the clan will give him this chance; if not…" He paused, "then let him be expelled from the Uchiha."

Hearing this, the elders nodded.

The one‑eyed elder frowned, about to speak but was held back by the elder beside him.

He glanced at his companion and finally sighed helplessly.

At first, the elders regarded Lian Ye as a Uchiha prodigy.

When they tried to extend an olive branch to Lian Ye, they found he was deliberately distancing himself from the clan.

Thus it sparked discontent among some elders.

In the end the elders split into two factions; one side felt they could not blame Lian Ye, as he was also forced by circumstances.

The other side believed Lian Ye had been brainwashed by Qianshou Feijian, unworthy of the Uchiha name, and wanted to expel him from the clan.

The middle‑aged man stood up and left the conference room.

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Hokage Office.

Qianshou Feijian, who was handling documents, set the papers down.

His complexion turned sour, "These Uchiha guys have been getting more and more out of line lately."

Saying that, his figure flashed and vanished from the office.