Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha lacks motivation.

Chapter 116 Madam, Please Behave Yourself

Under a canopy erected outside a shop in the market area of ​​the Uchiha clan compound.

"Please enjoy your meal~ Ah~"

A voluptuous purple-haired woman stared at the upright-looking Uchiha Gin with her beautiful eyes full of spring, ignoring the about-to-explode Uchiha Hikaru beside her, and put a shaved ice covered in honey syrup to his mouth.

"Gintoki, why aren't you eating today?"

The woman tilted her head in confusion, tucked a stray strand of long purple hair behind her ear, and scooped out shaved ice mixed with syrup with a spoon.

Blown by the hot air, it melted into a viscous liquid and dripped down the woman's white, lotus-like forearms into her forward-leaning cleavage.

Uchiha's silver eyes, focused on his mouth, nose, and heart, remained motionless under the invisible pressure from the girl behind him.

No matter how the plump and juicy woman in front of him acted up, he maintained a meditative expression.

"Ara ara~ Gintoki, what's wrong? Is it because of the heat? Did you get heatstroke?"

The woman, exuding a mature and alluring aura, saw Uchiha Gin, who was completely different from his usual self.

She stuck out her pink tongue to lick the syrup dripping from her forearm, while pressing her head against it, wanting to use her fair forehead to check Uchiha Gin's body temperature.

"Gintoki!!!!"

The mercury cloak could barely contain Uchiha Hikaru's fury; countless wisps of black energy surged from the girl's body, about to erupt, when a familiar voice rang out from behind them, its tone filled with helplessness.

"Mother! Please stop teasing Mr. Gin."

Uchiha Shigeaki, also with purple hair, came out of the house wearing a cute work apron.

Her long hair was tied into a simple ponytail and draped down her back. She held a plate of shaved ice steaming in the air and her eyes were filled with a look of disappointment.

"Bang!"

The pale-faced girl placed the shaved ice in front of Madara Uchiha and Izuna, who were watching the commotion. She then turned and delivered a sharp chop to the mature woman's head, speaking in a slightly cold tone.

"Don't do things that cause trouble!"

"Waaaaah~~~"

The woman, clutching her head, her beautiful eyes brimming with tears, puffed out her cheeks and waved her slender arms, throwing a tantrum like a naive young girl.

"Waaaah, little Zhili's all grown up! How could you treat Mom like this? Have you forgotten who raised you with such care and hardship?"

"Shut up!"

The girl delivered another swift chop to the wrist without any mercy. She was already used to her mother's shameless behavior and felt no pity whatsoever.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yin, I didn't keep a close eye on my mother."

The sensible young girl bowed apologetically to Uchiha Gin, then pressed her mother's head down and continued in an icy tone,

"Mother, if you don't apologize to Mr. Yin and the others, I will be in a lot of trouble in the future."

Having said that, he was about to press the purple-haired woman's head down so that Uchiha Gin could bow and apologize.

"No need, no need, Xiao Zhili, I know Madam Yongmei is joking with me."

The two, who were already familiar with each other, naturally didn't mind the woman's deliberate prank. Uchiha Gin quickly waved his hand, indicating to Uchiha Gin not to take it too seriously, as he and the woman were just acquaintances.

"Seriously, little administrator, do you also have feelings for Gintoki?"

The woman who had been chopped in the hand did not stop there. Instead, she looked up at her daughter with great interest and asked excitedly, "..."

"You actually want to be enemies with Mommy-chan? Gintoki is going to become Daddy-chan's man!"

"Bang!!!"

This time, the girl grabbed the plate of shaved ice she was holding and slammed it hard on the head of the woman who was talking nonsense. As a puff of smoke rose, the woman, feeling wronged, covered her head and ran back into the house with tears streaming down her face.

"Waaaaah~ Little Zhi is such a big idiot!"

"I'm sorry, Mother is just like that, she always likes to talk nonsense."

The girl turned her head away and spoke coldly to Uchiha Gin and the others, but the sharp-eyed Uchiha Hikaru noticed a bright red earlobe on the side of the girl's ponytail, indicating that the girl's heart was not as calm as she spoke.

"There's one more, I'll go in and make it first."

With his back to everyone, Uchiha Rinpoche walked back into the house without looking back, leaving everyone looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Ah Yin, who is that woman?"

Still confused about the situation, Uchiha Hikaru, seeing the nonchalant expressions on the faces of everyone present, couldn't help but ask the person involved, Uchiha Silver Hair, "..."

"Well, Mrs. Eimi is Xiaozhi's mother. Because that kid Itama is acquainted with Zhili, our two families have become familiar with each other over time."

Uchiha Gin scratched his curly black hair, his face full of composure. "That's right, my wife and I are completely innocent. I am not married and she is not dead. How could there be anything shameful that could happen?"

"Oh, I see!"

Judging from the woman's practiced demeanor just now, these two definitely have some kind of ambiguous relationship. Uchiha Hikaru clenched his fist, which had gone numb, and tried to reassure himself.

Since the other party is Xiaozhi's mother, even if Ayin is extremely hungry, she wouldn't make a move on a married woman, right?

"Poor little Zhili, he lost his father right after birth. If it weren't for his older cousin..."

While eating watermelon-flavored shaved ice, Izuna couldn't suppress his inner excitement and brought up Uchiha Ryūji's background, intentionally or unintentionally.

???

Uchiha Hikaru's gaze changed instantly. His hawk-like eyes fixed on Uchiha Gin, who was looking down. In an instant, an overwhelming pressure swept over him, causing Uchiha Gin, who was enthusiastically showing off his shaved ice, to shiver.

"That's right, I never expected my usually lazy older cousin to help Madam Yongmei fetch water in the middle of the night."

Madara Uchiha, who had been silent all along, suddenly said something, though it was unclear whether it was a deliberate act of retaliation.

Ah? ? ?

I never imagined that you, the ninja demon with thick eyebrows and big eyes, could be so petty.

For a moment, Uchiha Gin, unsure how to explain, could only cover his head and eat shaved ice, ignoring what the two were saying.

"Hehe, I didn't expect Gintoki to have such a peculiar hobby!"

The girl, her face dark and gloomy, looked at Uchiha Gin, who was pretending to be an ostrich with his head down, with a sickly expression, and spoke in a tone that seemed to have changed completely.

"Please don't say things that could be misunderstood. Although Mr. Yin may seem unreliable, he is an honest and good person."

The purple-haired girl, holding the last strawberry shaved ice, lifted the curtain and spoke with an ordinary expression.

Uchiha Osamu placed the strawberry shaved ice in front of Uchiha Hikari, who had a strange expression. He looked at the girl, whose demeanor was completely different from yesterday, with some surprise, and tilted his head in confusion.

"Senior Hikaru, are you feeling unwell?"

"Xiao Guang is wearing too many clothes; he might have heatstroke."

Sensing that something was wrong with the girl, Uchiha Gin temporarily held back and spoke up to explain, "This is the dark personality usurping power again."

"It's really hot today. Hikaru-senpai, come and eat. Our shaved ice is famous for being delicious all over the street."

Uchiha Gin could only tell that something was wrong with Uchiha Gin's expression, so he believed what Uchiha Gin said and began to strongly recommend his family's shaved ice.

Uchiha Hikaru, who was about to lash out, looked at the food in front of him that he had never seen before, and decided to give it a try. He immediately scooped up a large spoonful and threw it directly into his mouth.

"No! Eating like that will..."

Seeing the girl's bold actions, Uchiha, who knew the power of his shaved ice, hurriedly tried to stop her, but it was too late.

"Ugh~~~"

As soon as she emerged, "Uchiha Hikari" felt a chill run from head to toe. After several cycles, the chill finally hit the top of her head, freezing her consciousness instantly, and then she fell back into darkness.

"Uh, what happened to me just now?"

Uchiha Hikari, whose head was throbbing from the cold shaved ice, came to her senses. Completely unaware of what had just happened, she looked at the strawberry shaved ice with a large chunk scooped out and asked with a hint of confusion,

"See, isn't it much more comfortable now?"

Seeing that the girl had returned to the same posture she had seen yesterday, Zhili smiled and said to the bewildered Uchiha Hikaru.

"Indeed, recommending your mother to open an ice cream shop was the right choice."

Seeing that the girl had returned to normal, Uchiha Gin breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the shaved ice in his hand as if to take credit, explaining the reason why the girl's family ran an ice cream shop.

"That's right, thank you Mr. Yin. If it weren't for your help, my mother would still be working hard for others."

Uchiha Rinko recalled the man who suddenly appeared in her house a few years ago.

He helped a mother and daughter who worked hard but received meager pay to open this cold drink shop, giving him time to pursue formal training instead of running errands every day to supplement the family income.

"This is what I should do, after all, Xiao Zhili is working so hard."

As he ate the shaved ice in his hand, Uchiha Gin recalled the stubborn figure of the girl before him.

To ease the burden on her family, she braved wind and rain, working day and night to do all sorts of troublesome tasks that others would look down on.

Despite his small stature, he possessed an unwavering strength, which compelled him to lend a helping hand.

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two was a bit off, the perceptive Uchiha Hikaru sensed something was wrong.

I thought this purple-haired girl wasn't a threat, but I didn't expect the two of them to have this past. And it's a buy-one-get-one-free deal, a mother-daughter donburi! In this situation, how could an ordinary man resist?

"Actually, there's something I've always wanted to ask Gintoki!"

Before anyone knew it, the alluring purple-haired woman reappeared. Upon seeing his mother, Zhili assumed she was about to cause trouble again and reached out, ready to punish his unreliable mother once more.

"Stop making any more of those weird and nonsensical requests!"

"Hehe, I'm talking about serious business this time."

The woman giggled as she dodged her daughter's chop, then turned her head, her charming face now filled with seriousness.

She spoke sincerely to the man who had helped her but had not taken anything from her.

"Little Zhi is not young anymore. Her dream has always been to become an excellent ninja, but her father died early, and no one has ever formally taught her ninja skills, so..."

The woman paused, a pleading glint in her alluring eyes.

"I hope that Gintoki will take Koji as his apprentice and train her to become an excellent ninja."

After saying that, she bowed deeply to Uchiha Gin, revealing her plump waist and hips in full view of him.

Looking at the beautiful scenery before him, Uchiha Gin subconsciously swallowed.

The woman's humble attitude made him fall into deep thought; this was the situation for most families now.

Although the Uchiha clan has training facilities and assigns specialists to provide instruction, the deeper skills of a ninja...

For example, taijutsu and ninjutsu are mostly passed down through blood ties, and children inheriting their fathers' mantle is the normal way of inheritance in this era.

As for Uchiha Rinpoche, although her father was a ninja, he died early, and her mother was an ordinary person who could not give her guidance on the path of a ninja.

In this situation, without someone to impart all their knowledge and skills, Uchiha Zhiji might not achieve much in his life.

Uchiha Rinne was stunned when she heard her mother's words. The precocious girl had seen through the rules of ninja inheritance a long time ago, and originally she only thought that she would find her way forward on her own.

I never expected that my mother, who usually seems so unreliable, would actually beg someone so humbly for my sake.

In an instant, an overwhelming warmth welled up in her heart. Sure enough, her mother was not the kind of shallow woman who only cared about finding men for herself.

"Quickly, Zhili, what are you standing there for? Come over here and kowtow to your new dad!"

(End of this chapter)