"It's been a long time since you've talked to my father." Pushing open the door, the patriarch naturally sat down opposite Horikita.

"Maybe after my mother died?" Horikita began to fiddle with the tea set prepared on the table, and his meticulous movements made Horikita's whole temperament change.

"It's been so long......" The patriarch looked at Horikita with a straight face in front of him and suddenly smiled, "You're so old in a blink of an eye." ”

"I don't think it's anything to be happy about, please." He poured a cup of tea and handed it to the patriarch, and sat at the north end waiting for him to taste it.

"I'm impetuous, and I've wasted good tea in vain." Taking a sip of tea, the patriarch felt a little distressed about the tea. "It's okay, you won't talk to my father, who has never been taken seriously by you, let's talk about it."

"That's what I don't like about you the most." Horikita frowned, his face was very displeased, and he didn't even need an honorific title, "Does the taste matter?" Shouldn't it be that this cup of tea was made to you by your son? ”

"It makes sense, but in the tea I only drank the irritability, but there was no son's heart for his father." Not angry at Horikita's aggressive tone, the patriarch retorted with a gentle smile.

"Hey, you have a point anyway." Horikita stubbornly said goodbye to disdain.

"It's not that I have a reason, but the reason is on my side." It's like, exactly the same look you look on when you're angry...... The patriarch looked at Horikita's side face in a trance.

"Don't talk about this, why do you seem to have a lot to do with the shadows of Konoha?" Unable to find an excuse to refute the patriarch, Horikita skipped the topic.

"It's just business."

"Business?" Horikita looked sarcastic, and his tone was a little frivolous, "Do you think I am the two eight or nine-year-old children born to that woman?" ”

“…… You've finally spoken out. The patriarch sighed and lowered his eyelids.

"What?" Horikita was a little confused, "What did I say?" ”

"At first I thought you didn't hate this mother, but then I realized that your whole personality has changed since she came." The patriarch took a breath and smiled bitterly, "I'm still thinking about you when you haven't recovered from the blow of your mother's death, thinking about children, it will be fine after a while, time will dilute everything......"

"Unfortunately, I'm not as unsentimental as you, and she's not my mother." I didn't expect the patriarch to say this, and after a moment of silence, Horikita replied in a stiff tone.

"Lack of affection? If you want to say that, I will admit it, after all, sometimes you have to make some compromises when you sit in this position. Without refuting, the patriarch continued to say, "You've always been right...... The attitude shown to this stepmother is very respectful, and he is also the appearance of Brother Yan in front of the two younger brothers, in fact, now that I think about it, I just think that you don't like their means of keeping a distance. ”

"Who likes a strange woman to live in their mother's room shortly after her death?" was reminded of the memory, Horikita asked through gritted teeth.

"I didn't realize what you really thought at the time was my father's dereliction of duty, I'm sorry."

"Huh?" I didn't expect the patriarch to apologize to himself, Horibei was suddenly a little at a loss, and his tone was flustered but he refused to relent, "You...... It's good that you know! ”

"Then I'll forgive me." The patriarch looked at Horibei's flustered appearance and smiled, a word of sorry will make you mess up, it's still too tender. "Since it's all said, I don't force you to treat her as a mother, although you have acted profligate over the years, you haven't really done anything bad, plus I have noticed some of your thoughts and feel a little guilty for not caring about you, you have been very smart since you were a child, come back to the clan to help me, right?"

The patriarch made a sincere request, and Horikita was stared at by his gaze and twisted his head for a while, "You haven't taken care of me for so many years, and it's hard for me to accept this suddenly." ”

"It's too late to adapt from now on, and it won't be as easy as it used to be." The patriarch looked at Horibei's tangled expression and smiled, in fact, all these years of debauchery have been deliberately shown to me, do you think I neglect you too much, so you should not refuse.

"Let's not talk about this for now, what do you have to do with the shadows of Konoha?" Horikita gritted his teeth and tried his best to divert the topic.

"I'll tell you all when I come to help me, after all, the family will be inherited by you."

"I'm going to inherit? Don't you have two sons? Horibei was a little stunned, and opened his mouth wide to ask the patriarch. Didn't you be so disappointed in me that you gave birth to them? ”

"How did you come up with this idea?" Horibei's words also surprised the patriarch, and he shook his head angrily and funny, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, and the patriarch said seriously to Horibei, "It seems that I have really neglected you all these years and let you have this strange thought." Remember, you are my eldest son, it is your responsibility to inherit the family, and your two younger brothers will also depend on you as an elder brother in the future. ”

“…… Can I give me some time to think about it? A sentence overturned a lot of previous thoughts, and now it seems that his self-abandonment is really like a clown, and Horikita will say after being silent.

"Of course, but don't keep me waiting." Without much persecution, the patriarch got up with a smile and pushed the door open.

"Father."

"Huh?" This call was no longer as emotionless as it had been in front of the guests before, and the patriarch couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Take care of yourself."

"I'm not that old, stinky boy......" laughed and scolded, the heart knot between father and son was relieved a lot in the conversation, the patriarch stepped away easily, walking on the corridor, the patriarch suddenly restrained the smile on his face and opened his mouth to the old housekeeper who had been following him, "What did Ah Jian just let people do?" ”

"Go to find a girl from a performance troupe, it seems to have something to do with that Konoha treacherous ninja, aren't we ......" The wrinkled old butler followed and said.

"How can Tuan Zang have his own son?" With a disdainful sneer, the patriarch continued to instruct, "Protect that girl, and finally contradict Ah Jian, don't make the relationship stiff again because of this girl." ”

"Yes."

"Have you found out what's happened to Konoha lately?"

"I heard that the Uchiha clan came out of a traitor and slaughtered the clan, and only one lone seedling remained."

"Uchiha?" The patriarch suddenly lost interest, turned a corner at the end of the corridor and disappeared into the mansion. "It has nothing to do with us, we don't get involved in this kind of thing."

What should I do? Horikita looked at the corridor outside the open gate at this moment, and his thoughts were full for a while.

"You two run slower." Not far away, there was a sudden sound of children running on the floor of the corridor, followed by a gentle female voice.

"Haha......" The two children ran to the door and saw Horibei, who was in a daze, and was suddenly stunned nervously, "Brother, hello." ”

"Hmm......" nodded flatly, and Horikita looked at the woman chasing after him. Mother. ”

"Ah, I see you." In her early thirties, a woman with a gentle face full of maternal brilliance said hello, "You, who are an older brother, are in charge of these two children, and you don't look like you are running around all day." ”

"Mother laughed, you should know the reputation of debauchery outside."

"Huh?" The woman was stunned, looking at Horikita, who was smiling and talking to her for the first time, and didn't know how to answer for a while, as a delicate woman, how could she not be aware of Horikita's rejection of her all along.

"Seeing that there are still some things to deal with, I won't bother my mother."

“…… Okay" Horikita stood up respectfully and bowed to leave, and the woman held the two children and stared blankly at Horikita's back and muttered, "What's wrong with this suddenly?" ”