Chapter 285: 285. Chapter 283: Worried to death to ensure the Old Uncle's family line doesn't end

285. Chapter 283: Worried to death to ensure the Old Uncle's family line doesn't end

"Why is business getting worse?"

The girl next door with braids arranged a box of bright yellow fruits neatly, then raised her head and looked at the deserted doorway. The girl named Uchiha Mieko pouted somewhat discouragedly.

The fruits in their shop were all qualified products from regular channels, especially the lemons, which were well-received, and there were several regular customers who came to purchase them regularly.

But recently, for some reason, the business in the shop had plummeted. The neighbors who used to patronize them often deliberately walked around their shop, and some older aunts even pointed at her in groups of three or five, making the girl feel inexplicable.

"Could it be that someone ate our fruit and got sick?"

Up to now, Uchiha Mieko would rather suspect that there was a problem with her products than suspect that someone was making trouble.

Just as the girl was worried, a swaying figure stopped at her shop door. Mieko, seeing a customer, immediately put on a formulaic smile on her delicate little face, performed a classic 90-degree bow, and a sweet, greasy voice unique to a girl of this age came out.

"Welcome, what do you need?"

However, the girl, still bent over, hadn't raised her head yet when the pair of familiar bean shoes that came into view made Mieko recognize the customer's identity.

Mieko, who straightened up, had her formulaic smile turn into a brilliant smile with warmth. Her black eyes were full of innocence, and her tone was very familiar.

"Lord Izuna, are you here to buy lemons again?"

Uchiha Izuna, wearing the classic "Gai-Liu-Zi" (street punk) outfit, felt his body subconsciously stiffen for a second after seeing the girl's smile, then turned back into the sloppy appearance from before, shaking his head and saying,

"I'm just strolling~"

Somewhat awkwardly switching the leather bag tucked under his right armpit to his left, Uchiha Izuna wiped his nose, his eyes having nowhere to rest and never daring to look at the girl.

"I see..."

Hearing this, a look of disappointment flashed across Mieko's face. She thought she could make a sale and recover some losses. Looking like this, today's turnover was going to fall to zero.

"Tsk... here, anyway, I'm strolling, pack me ten jin of lemons."

Uchiha Izuna's eyes caught the girl's fleeting disappointment, and he immediately took out a huge banknote from his black leather bag and handed it over. But his two eyes were always looking at the sky and the ground, never placing them on Mieko, who was overflowing with youthful energy.

"Please wait a moment!"

The girl who took the money jumped three feet high with excitement. That naive and cute appearance made Uchiha Gin and his companion, who were peeping not far away, couldn't help but marvel.

"So my little cousin likes this type. No wonder he doesn't even look at those who throw themselves at him in the clan~"

"But Izuna didn't look at this one either!"

Peering at his brother's dodging gaze, Uchiha Madara, who was squatting on the side, raised an objection.

"You guy, you deserve to be single for a lifetime."

Uchiha Gin, who couldn't take it, gave Uchiha Madara a flick on the forehead, feeling like he was failing to live up to expectations.

Izuna is just not looking at her, but he's keeping her in his heart!

"Ouch..."

"Quiet! Keep watching quietly."

Interrupting Uchiha Madara's chanting, Uchiha Gin continued to peep.

"Lord Izuna, your lemons!"

Delivering the weighed lemons to Uchiha Izuna's hand, the girl's smile didn't diminish. Uchiha Izuna was her shop's biggest lemon customer, basically coming to purchase every day or two.

But with such a large amount of lemons, she didn't know what Uchiha Izuna was going to do with them.

"Lord Izuna, can you eat all these lemons by yourself?"

Unable to suppress the curiosity in her heart, Uchiha Mieko tilted her little head in confusion and asked softly.

"I don't eat lemons; these are to be given to someone else."

Uchiha Izuna used his head-shaking to cover up the anxiety in his heart.

"Given to someone else?"

Who needs to eat so many lemons? Aren't they afraid of becoming a lemon spirit?

"That's right, my cousin likes lemons the most."

Although Uchiha Izuna used the name of buying fruit to approach the girl, his cousin did indeed like to eat lemons, and he never refused every time he sent them.

"Look, Uchiha Izuna is looking for that little girl again."

There was more than one group of people peeping. Not far behind them, several aunts eating melon seeds had their eyes fixed on the fruit shop since Uchiha Izuna appeared.

"Snap! Oh my, Mieko is only fourteen this year, and Uchiha Izuna actually..."

Hearing someone dare to arrange his brother, Uchiha Madara, who was squatting in the corner, had a dark face, his gaze landing unkindly on the gossiping aunts behind him, preparing to punish these long-tongued women properly afterwards.

"Shh... keep it down. Lord Izuna is the brother of the Clan Head. Poor Mieko, it's estimated that before long, she will become a plaything for their brothers."

However, the next words of one of the aunts directly left Uchiha Madara speechless. How did they involve him while they were making things up? He was about to stand up and educate them on the spot, but was hugged by Uchiha Gin on the side.

"Just take these words as a joke, don't take them to heart."

Uchiha Gin, holding back his laughter, advised with a flushed face.

"Alright, I'm going to continue strolling~"

With a mischievous kitten seemingly locked in his heart, Uchiha Izuna felt that if he stayed with the girl for one more second, he would die of heart rate frequency. He lifted the lemons and turned to leave.

"Leaving already..."

Not expecting the only customer to leave so soon, the girl pouted somewhat disappointed, her two little hands turning around anxiously, her eyes implicitly showing a pleading look.

"Did something happen?"

Sensitively noticing that Mieko seemed to have something to say, Uchiha Izuna took a deep breath and asked, seemingly unintentionally but actually intentionally.

"Nothing~ It's just that business in the shop hasn't been good lately. I want to ask Lord Izuna to help me ask if there's a problem with our fruit."

Uchiha Mieko bit her lip anxiously, finally gathering the courage to pour out everything she had in her heart.

"There's such a thing?"

Hearing this, Uchiha Izuna frowned, stopping his head-shaking movements. A few strands of aura he hadn't suppressed escaped from his body.

Someone actually dared to destroy the business of Mieko's family; it was simply a crime deserving death!

It must be Senju Tobirama!

"I'm not sure either, it could also be that everyone's business hasn't been good lately."

Being intimidated by the aura emitted by Uchiha Izuna, the girl froze on the spot, hurriedly explaining carefully.

"It's okay, I have some weight when I speak in the clan. I'll go back and ask for you."

Seeing Mieko's pale face, Uchiha Izuna, who realized it later, immediately dissipated his aura and promised the girl while patting his chest.

"Thank you so much! Lord Izuna, you are a good person~"

The girl who received the promise bowed deeply to Uchiha Izuna.

"A small matter~"

Today, he had spoken more to Mieko than in the previous period combined. Uchiha Izuna, feeling beautiful in his heart, bid farewell to the girl and left with his "six-kin-don't-recognize" pace.

"Did you see it?"

After his little cousin's back disappeared at the street corner, Uchiha Gin finally stood up and patted Uchiha Madara's shoulder, asking.

"This is nothing, isn't it just Izuna buying fruit?"

Although he was very confused about his brother's avant-garde attire and strange behavior, after all, Izuna was already an adult, so Uchiha Madara couldn't say much.

But if Uchiha Madara knew who taught him the outfit, he would definitely make the culprit pay the price!

"Idiot!"

People are already opening up to you, and you're still here buying equipment.

"Let's go, let's find the person involved!"

Shaking his head, Uchiha Gin took Uchiha Madara and chased in the direction his little cousin had left.

"Today is a good day~"

Uchiha Izuna, humming a little tune, strolled with an increasingly proficient posture. Anyone who didn't know him would definitely identify him as a "Ding-Zhen-Gai-Liu-Zi" at a glance.

Just as Uchiha Izuna was reminiscing about the fragments of his interaction with Mieko, a large hand quietly patted his shoulder, startling him so much he almost peed.

It is well known that the back judgment of the Uchiha Madara family is problematic, and they lack a little bit of defense against sudden attacks from behind.

"Who is it? Don't you know who I'm hanging out with? My brother is the man who is going to be Hokage... uh?"

Uchiha Izuna, whose virgin fantasy was interrupted, turned back very angrily, preparing to teach the offender behind him a lesson.

But after seeing two familiar figures staring at him, Uchiha Izuna immediately surrendered, a smile of flattery hanging on his face.

"What a coincidence, aren't these my brothers? Are you out strolling too?"

The Uchiha spirit boy stood at attention on the spot, but with this outfit, it looked very funny.

"You guy, dressing up like this and swaggering through the streets is really a disgrace to the family's reputation!"

As expected of a Clan Head, Uchiha Madara went straight to the point, directly slapping on the big hat of disgracing the family.

"No! I'm wronged!"

Hearing this, Uchiha Izuna was anxious and scratching his ears.

"Still daring to quibble, where did you learn this outfit? Speak quickly!"

Uchiha Madara looked unkindly at his brother's spirit outfit. Looking closely, he actually felt it had a bit of that flavor, but he pressed it down for now, looking official.

Uchiha Gin on the side couldn't help but marvel. His cousin, speaking with reason, seemed to have learned quite a bit as an intern in the Hokage's office.

"Ah! Cousin, help me explain, isn't this outfit your recommendation?"

"Huh?"

Uchiha Gin, who was watching the show, was directly stunned, looking up and down at Uchiha Izuna's avant-garde spirit outfit, a strange look in his eyes.

It seems there was indeed such a thing, right?

"Stop talking nonsense, don't rely on your cousin's doting to do whatever you want!"

After hearing Izuna's defense, Uchiha Madara sneered; he didn't believe at all that this had anything to do with Uchiha Gin.

"Cough, cough... let's not talk about the outfit for now. What's important now is Izuna's personal problem."

Uchiha Gin, knowing he was in the wrong, coughed twice to skip the topic, turning his gaze to the fearful Uchiha Izuna and saying earnestly.

"Personal problem? His behavior of disgracing the family is the biggest personal problem!"

Uchiha Madara was still relentless. Even if Uchiha Gin spoke for him, it was of no use. He had to ask for the source of the outfit today, so he could go for a private customization.

"Cousin, what are you talking about? I don't understand~"

Being stared at by Uchiha Gin's teasing gaze, Uchiha Izuna turned his head, pretending he didn't know anything.

"Hmph... still playing dumb? Your business is already spreading like wildfire in the clan. Do you still think you're disguised well?"

Hitting Uchiha Izuna's head, in the latter's puzzled eyes, Uchiha Gin told the recent gossip.

Uchiha clan's second-in-command, Uchiha Izuna, relying on having some power, intended to forcibly occupy the Uchiha fruit shop owner's daughter, making the neighbors complain.

"Huh?"

Uchiha Madara's reaction was even more intense than Uchiha Izuna, the person involved. His two eyes widened, and his mouth, opened in surprise, was enough to stuff three lemons.

"I didn't! I'm not! Don't talk nonsense!"

Not expecting his business to be known to everyone, the person involved, who was kept in the dark, jumped up, his face red as he shouted in protest.

"Oh? So the rumors are false? Then we'll go back and issue a notice to help you clear your name."

"Hold on! It's not all false."

Hearing Uchiha Gin was going to make this public, Uchiha Izuna's expression became somewhat awkward, his voice lost its previous hardness, and his eyes didn't dare to look directly at his brother's righteous eyes.

"Izuna, this is a crime!"

Up to now, no matter how slow Uchiha Madara was, he had roughly guessed his brother's thoughts. He closed his wide-open mouth, his eyebrows furrowed into a "chuan" shape, and he advised with deep distress.

Counting the age, his brother would be thirty soon, and that little girl in the fruit shop was estimated to be only half of Izuna's age. If he really did something to the little girl, Uchiha Izuna's days would really be getting more and more to look forward to.

"I don't have that kind of thought, I just want to..."

Uchiha Izuna, seeing his brother misunderstood, shook his head like a rattle. He had never thought about having "negative distance contact" with Uchiha Mieko at the current stage.

"Don't even think about it!"

As the deputy clan head of the Uchiha clan, actually having thoughts about a young little girl—even if it was just a fantasy, it was not allowed.

"Brother!"

Uchiha Izuna, anxious with red eyes, erupted with sharp aura uncontrollably, confronting the aggressive Uchiha Madara.

"You actually still don't know how to repent!"

Not expecting his brother, who had always been obedient to him, to turn against him for a woman, Uchiha Madara felt heartbroken.

He really couldn't figure out what was so good about women that it was worth doing this for her.

Uchiha Gin, worried about the escalation of the situation, silently separated the two. Looking at the passersby pointing around, he said,

"You two, calm down. This is not the place to talk. Whatever it is, let's talk when we get home."

After saying that, he pulled the two toward the direction of the Clan Head's mansion.

Along the way, Uchiha Izuna didn't say another word to Uchiha Madara. Both were holding back a breath, feeling they hadn't done anything wrong.

After returning to the Clan Head's mansion, Uchiha Gin dismissed the servants, and the three sat around the table. He, the eldest brother, spoke first.

"Izuna, you apologize to your brother first."

Just now on the street, Uchiha Izuna had contradicted Uchiha Madara for the first time in his life. In the current order of seniority, this was undoubtedly an act of rebelling against heaven, so Uchiha Gin let his youngest cousin apologize first.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have raised my voice at my brother."

Uchiha Izuna, who had calmed down, said to Uchiha Madara, whose face was gloomy, with his head down.

"Hmph... if I didn't know, I would have thought you were the Hokage!"

Seeing his brother's sincere attitude in admitting his mistake, Uchiha Madara's anger had mostly dissipated, but the Uchiha clan's mouth was like it had eaten three jin of nails, making people fear their arrogance.

"Alright, alright, now let's focus on the cousin's problem~"

Uchiha Gin couldn't bear to see the "tsundere" behavior, so he waved his hand to stop Uchiha Madara from continuing to be arrogant.

"Izuna, don't blame your brother for being sharp-tongued. The girl's age is indeed a bit too 'criminal'."

After soothing the emotions of the two, Uchiha Gin spoke first.

"I can wait!"

Not expecting him to be a "Light Source Clan" member.

"No, I looked at your spellcasting materials before, they were all of the mature type. How come you changed your taste in reality?"

Uchiha Gin, who couldn't guess his cousin's preference, recalled Uchiha Izuna's inventory before and asked in confusion.

"!!!"

"Don't be surprised, all your spellcasting materials passed through my hands."

Looking at his cousin's shocked expression, Uchiha Gin shook his head lightly, telling Uchiha Izuna this secret hidden for many years.

That's right, Uchiha Izuna's spellcasting materials all came from Uchiha Jiro, and the "little imperial uncles" (pornography) collected by Jiro were all eliminated by Uchiha Gin to Uchiha Da Lang, so he could clearly know the specific content of those "little imperial uncles."

The exposure of sexual preference was even more shameful than physical exposure.

Uchiha Izuna, red all over, tremblingly extended his hand, pointing at Uchiha Gin, unable to speak for a long time.

"You..."

"Confess honestly~"

"Sigh... it's the feeling of heartbeat."

Uchiha Izuna, feeling he had been stripped clean, simply stopped covering up, and then followed his heart generously.

"Don't let me beat you to death, actually having that kind of thought about a little girl, you beast! Beast~"

Seeing Uchiha Izuna actually admit it generously, Uchiha Madara, furious, picked up a stool on the side and wanted to destroy his relative for righteousness, but was stopped by Uchiha Gin, who had quick eyes and hands.

"Mieko is already fourteen. If it were before, she could have been married long ago!"

In order to defend his love, Uchiha Izuna decided to fight to the end, moving out the old calendar of the Warring States Period to prove the legitimacy of his behavior.

"Tsk tsk tsk... cousin, listen to yourself, is that human talk?"

Uchiha Gin shook his head and said,

"Before was before, now is now."

That's right, after the establishment of Konoha, Senju Hashirama successively promulgated many bills in the first year, including detailed rules about men and women's marriage problems.

It clearly pointed out that women who want to get married must wait until at least sixteen years old, so according to current law, his cousin was fully qualified to enjoy "prison food."

"I know you're in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry first."

"I'm not in a hurry, it was my brother who was in a hurry first!"

"Try contradicting me again?"

"Do you really like that Mieko?"

Scratching his face, Uchiha Gin confirmed again.

"That's right, I won't marry anyone but her!"

The cousin, completely overwhelmed by love, nodded like a garlic.

"Then does she like you and want to marry you?"

Uchiha Gin threw out a soul-searching question.

"This..."

"Then I'll ask you again, does she know you like her and want to marry her?"

"..."

A series of questions directly silenced Uchiha Izuna. After holding back for a long time, apart from his old face turning red, he didn't let out half a fart.

"Hehe, so it's unrequited love~"

Uchiha Madara finally found a spray point and immediately started to be sarcastic.

You are the least qualified to mock others. At least your cousin is thinking of a woman, but you—you're thinking of a wooden man.

"I'm still in contact, aren't I~"

Recalling Uchiha Mieko's brilliant smile, Uchiha Izuna seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, arguing with his neck stiff.

"I believe that with my charm, I can take her down in minutes!"

After saying that, Uchiha Izuna made a hair-flipping gesture, but with his spirit outfit, Uchiha Gin couldn't feel a trace of the charm of an "open-minded Sasuke."

Too sweet, bring me my insulin quickly!

"Sigh... as long as you don't use low-down means, I can support you in this matter."

Suppressing his blood sugar, Uchiha Gin looked at his cousin's handsome face, which was full of determination, sighed, and nodded slowly.

"Ah? Cousin, no!"

The cousin, who was preparing to see how Uchiha Gin would sanction Uchiha Izuna, stood up in shock, switched to scarlet Sharingan in the blink of an eye, and looked up and down at his cousin, fearing he was someone else in disguise.

"Cousin, as long as Izuna doesn't do anything out of line, it's a blessing for our family if he can chase that girl."

"How do you say that?"

Not expecting the topic to be sublimated all of a sudden, Uchiha Madara frowned. He really couldn't figure out how Izuna's "copper-smelting" could become a blessing for the family?

"That's a long story..."

With a hint of emotion on his face, Uchiha Gin looked up, as if mourning something. After a few breaths, he spoke slowly.

"Back then, before the Old Uncle passed away, he specifically instructed me to pay attention to your two's lifelong events at all times."

Mentioning their father, the two brothers, who were just confronting each other, showed a touch of sadness. Uchiha Gin looked at them, swept his gaze from Uchiha Madara, and continued.

"So many years have passed, cousin, you... I won't talk about it for now~"

Now that his cousin can have feelings for a normal woman, it's all thanks to Uchiha Gin's strategic planning and layout in advance.

If all the offspring become "South-Tong" (homosexual), wouldn't the Old Uncle have to swim over from the Land of Waves in the middle of the night to give him a big slap?

"My cousin can like someone now, and it's a woman, even if she's a bit young, it's harmless. As he said, this can wait."

Most girls will eventually grow into excellent women, but wooden people won't~(End of chapter)

"So many years have passed, Cousin, I won't even talk about you~"

That the little cousin can now take an interest in normal women is entirely due to Uchiha Gin's strategic planning and advance layout.

If he had ended up exclusively into men, wouldn't his uncle have had to swim over from the Land of Waves in the middle of the night to give him a big slap?

"The little cousin can now like someone, and it's a woman, even if she's a bit young, it's of no consequence. Like he said, all this can wait."

Most girls will eventually grow into excellent women, but a wooden person won't~(End of chapter)