"Sigh…"
Yamanaka Miki let out a heavy sigh, then glanced again at Hyuga Nochika, who had been sitting there all along, warming the tea.
"Hyuga family girl, can't you say something?"
Hyuga Nochika was silent.
The absolutely beautiful face showed not a hint of complaint, icy cold, just like a robot.
Hyuga Nochika, daughter of the Hyuga main family, of noble status, rarely seen by ordinary people.
Famous in aristocratic circles; it's said that even the prince of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire once fell for her.
It's just that the Hyuga family's Kekkei genkai is esteemed and will not easily dilute the bloodline, so they declined the Daimyo's proposal.
Perhaps the Hyuga family had not yet waited for a stake worth betting on.
But now it has arrived!
Yamanaka Miki sighed again. "Sigh… you really are a block of wood. I'm doing this for the survival of the family, and you truly are a gift delivered to the door by the Hyuga family."
"You Hyuga people are really too cold-blooded. They cut so decisively and just abandoned you, someone of the main family."
Hyuga Nochika continued warming the cup, awakening the tea, brewing…
Her posture was as beautiful as a painting, carrying a chill like a plum blossom in snow, and the transcendence of green bamboo.
Seeing Hyuga Nochika's indifference, Yamanaka Miki snorted.
"When Moku Kairen shows his beastly nature later, will you still dare to be this aloof?"
A faint laugh came from along the path: "Miss is joking. I am upright and righteous. How could I commit violence against two fair ladies?"
He's here!
Yamanaka Miki's heart flustered, and she hurriedly looked over.
A young man in scholar's robes, as refined as a learned person, with the corners of his mouth always carrying a smile, as if the affairs of the world were all in his heart.
Hyuga Nochika outwardly forced herself to remain aloof, couldn't help taking a look, then quickly shrank back.
She let out a breath of relief in her heart—fortunately, not an old man.
Kairen waved his fan and slowly approached, quietly appraising the two delectable feasts… no! Fair ladies.
The more he looked, the more familiar they seemed.
A blonde one was certainly from the Yamanaka family—her dress and demeanor all resembled Ino, and even her looks were very similar.
And the one in white embroidered clothes, with a cold temperament from the Hyuga family, resembled Hinata.
Kairen smiled faintly.
"This humble one greets the two young ladies!"
Kairen clasped his hands in salute and slowly sat down cross-legged.
Yamanaka Miki forced herself to stay calm, her voice trembling a little: "M… Moku Kairen, could you please not threaten our Ino–Shika–Cho three clans?"
Kairen picked up the teacup and lightly sipped the fragrant tea.
The tea entered his mouth, carrying an elegant freshness.
Tasting tea is like tasting a person; this one warming the tea had a solemn stillness about her, like a divine child as pure as ice from the heavens.
Kairen closed his fan and turned his gaze to Yamanaka Miki.
"May I ask your name?"
"Ya… Yamanaka Miki!"
Kairen murmured softly: "Miki, a good name."
He then smiled and said, "Throughout ancient and modern times, purges and exterminations during power transitions are everywhere. My not wiping out your Ino–Shika–Cho three clans is already mercy."
Yamanaka Miki continued pleading: "Then what will it take for you not to erase our three clans' names?"
Kairen took another sip of tea.
"Haven't you already got the answer?"
Answer?!
It meant offering herself.
Yamanaka Miki understood all too well, yet she still couldn't help turning pale.
Her untouched 23-year-old body—does it really have to be sold for someone else to develop?
Yamanaka Miki tried to save her own life's path: "Is there any other way?"
Kairen: "Oh!"
After about a minute of silence, Yamanaka Miki asked again, "What way?"
"Oh!"
"What?"
Kairen reminded: "Split the word apart and look at it!"
Yamanaka Miki stayed bewildered. "What?"
Then she thought for a moment, and when the word split apart appeared in her mind, her face instantly went pale, and her throat kept wanting to gag.
"You—"
At that moment, Kairen seemed to tear apart all his disguises, turning into a beast in clothes.
He rolled up his sleeves, tossed the fan aside, and the expression on his face became simple and direct.
"You were sent here to be sold, so why pretend to be pure? How many people's interests have you ninja families devoured in secret? Don't pretend to be pitiful to me!"
Yamanaka Miki's face turned pale; she stood there, not daring to speak.
Kairen took another sip of tea, licked his lips, looked at Yamanaka Miki, and pointed toward the small path he had come from.
"I can return the goods, but I don't know what complaints the seller will suffer. Now, your choice is?"
Yamanaka Miki looked at the courtyard gate. As long as she walked out, she could be free, and wouldn't have to be so afraid.
But the consequences?
The Ino–Shika–Cho three clans would bind her and beg Kairen to accept her.
The moment a product is placed on the shelf, it has only one attribute—sold.
Since that's the case—
Yamanaka Miki stood up, face full of a fierce tigress aura.
"I'll follow you from now on. You have to support me for a lifetime."
She turned around and slowly untied the belt on her clothes.
"Later, serve me well."
Yamanaka Miki walked toward the inner room, stripping off the packaging on her body, waiting for Kairen to inspect the goods.
Kairen stared in a daze at her valiant figure.
So this is the real young lady of the Yamanaka family?
A bit fierce!
But I, Moku Kairen, like it.
Having convinced one, Kairen's wolf-like eyes turned toward Hyuga Nochika, who was still pretending to be aloof.
"Name?"
"Hyuga Nochika!"
Her voice was pleasant and gentle, as moving as the sound of bells.
"Bust size?"
Hyuga Nochika's hand warming the tea paused in mid-air for a moment, then continued warming the tea.
"I don't know!"
"Would you suggest—"
"Enough!"
Hyuga Nochika suddenly raised her voice, cutting off Kairen's indecent words.
She stood up, maintaining icy aloofness as she walked into the inner room.
"As you please!"
Behind her, Kairen gently sipped a mouthful of tea.
Why do all these goods delivered to the door have such presence? Aren't they afraid of me giving a bad review?
Kairen stood up, straightened his waist, still carrying a bit of gunpowder-like aura.
He tiptoed into the inner room and gently closed the bamboo door.
...
Night fell, the moon shyly used dark clouds to cover its face, leaving only torrential rain pouring down.
...
Kairen was having a sweet dream.
Suddenly, from clear to cloudy, Tsunade, who was buried in work, suddenly looked up and said,
"Do you have other women outside?"
Kairen hesitated for a second and instantly became Tsunade's best girlfriend.
"I'm a eunuch!"
"I'm a eunuch!!"
"I'm a eunuch!!!"
Kairen woke from the nightmare and immediately saw the mischievous smile on Yamanaka Miki's face.
He looked down—burning pain.
"Good! You dare splash me with chili water—watch me spice you to death!"
"Don't!"
Long sleeves fluttered, white waves surged, and the early sun became shy again.
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