Abandon.

It's an easy thing to do.

It's also very simple.

Yes, it is very easy for anyone to give up something, to give up a belief, and to give up feelings for someone.

It's hard to persevere.

Especially when you have been persevering but not getting a reward, and some people can get a reward by doing it casually, it is easier to want to give up.

Persistence is victory?

Hehe.

If you can win by persistence alone, then there will not be so many losers in this world, in addition to persistence, you must also have talent and strength.

Or maybe you have to add luck and background?

Maybe.

For Sakura Haruno, although she has the surname "Haruno", which is different from ordinary civilians, it seems that there is no difference other than the surname.

Sure enough.

has no talent and no background, those Shangninas won't care about her, and Qingming won't care about her, she should have understood a long time ago, this world is so realistic.

So, should you give up?

She pondered.

And Qingming was looking at her, perceiving her confusion, and probably could guess her thoughts, but he didn't say anything, and seemed to deliberately ignore the girl.

"Alright, let's get back to work."

He waved his hand.

Then he went out with Kurama Yakumo, after all, it is not up to you to accept apprentices, and you have to get the consent of some people, such as the Kurama people.

Another example is the fifth generation Hokage.

……

Office.

Regarding the matter of Qingming and Kurama Yakumo, the dark ninja in charge of monitoring quickly made a report, but there are many unknown places in this report.

What happened between them? What was said? And why apprentice? Could it be that Qingming wants to teach Kurama Yakumo to learn medical skills?

I don't know.

It happened so suddenly, so they had no idea what was going on, and it was clear that the two of them hadn't communicated at all before, and it suddenly became like this......

Odd.

It's just so weird.

"Hmmm......"

Tsunade was also thinking about this sudden happening, and she couldn't figure out why Kiyoshi did this, because of talent? Or is it because of something else?

If so, what kind of talent?

Medicine?

Or is it some other kind of talent?

Don't understand.

I don't understand it at all.

Of course, this is only because she knows too little about Qingming, so there is no way to speculate on many things, and the previous three generations of Hokage are also like this, so they are a little helpless against Qingming.

It's not easy.

"Alas......"

With a light sigh, he made a decision.

"Leave him alone."

Since I don't know what Qingming wants to do, and I don't know if what he wants to do is a good thing or a bad thing, it is also a good choice to leave it alone for the time being.

Time will tell.

……

Tsunade doesn't care.

Naturally, the others didn't care, including Kurama Yakumo's clansmen, although they were a little surprised, but they all admitted the master-apprentice relationship between Kurama Yakumo and Kiyoshi.

That's a good thing, too.

After all, a freed heir is better than an heir who is isolated and guarded, and Kurama Yakumo can still learn from Qing.

They know the clarity.

Coffee shop owner.

This is the label on Qingming's body, and he himself always says something like "just a coffee shop owner in Xia", which seems to be modest.

Although others have absolutely no idea what he is being humble.

Let's not talk about that

Another label attached to Qingming is "medical skills", very powerful medical skills, so far, there seems to be no one who he can't cure.

So Qingming is very famous.

Therefore, when they knew that Kurama Yakumo worshiped Qingming as a teacher, they were all in favor, after all, Kurama Yakumo's physical fitness was not suitable for being a ninja.

Even if it's just an illusion-type ninja.

Very poor.

Kurama Yakumo's physical fitness is much worse than that of ordinary people, which also caused a series of incidents, which eventually led to Kurama Yakumo's inner demons.

So now they only hope that Kurama Yakumo can live a normal life, and it is naturally excellent to be able to worship Qingming as a teacher and learn medical skills from him.

But does Qingming really want to teach her medical skills?

It's hard to say.

Anyway, the people of the Kurama clan would not know, they had no objections, and they had no opinions, and it was easy for Qingming to take their future patriarch away.

This choice may or may not be the right one.

Who knows.

……

There is always a huge gap between the ideal and the reality.

Example?

Well......

For example, some people always think that what they know and what they have is the truth, and as long as they disagree with them, they are ignorant and brainwashed.

Who is brainwashed?

God knows.

For example, some people think that they are the protagonists, so they always think that they should be how they should be, and they look like they have never met and the opportunity has not come all day long.

Who is the main character?

Scold.

Imagination is always beautiful, reality is always cruel.

Very aggrieved.

Although she was able to understand these truths, Sakura Haruno still felt aggrieved, very sad, sad, and even wanted to cry, and her eyes were already filled with tears.

Because Qingming was finally willing to accept an apprentice, but that apprentice was not her.

Obviously, she came first.

Whether it was knowing Qingming, learning from Qingming, or proposing to apprentice, she came first, but Qingming did not choose her.

After all, for Qingming, "Haruno Sakura" is just an incidental person, not a big deal.

She thought so.

In the final analysis, she knew Qingming because of Yamanaka Ino, and she was also pulled by Yamanaka Ino to be a maid, and her relationship with Qingming is not close.

There's no way around it.

"Alas......"

Sighing lightly, he smiled self-deprecatingly, and seeing that it was already dark, he simply left the coffee shop and walked back in the direction of his home.

Although people are cold, at least home is warm.

……

Qingming returned to the coffee shop.

At this time, Sakura Haruno and Natsu Hinata have already left, leaving Shiro alone here, and she is now fully adapted to life in the coffee shop.

How long has it been?

I remember that it seemed to be spring, and now it is autumn, so roughly calculated, half a year has passed, and time flies really fast.

"Time is not forgiving!"

sighed.

Bai just looked at him, not understanding why this owner of hers suddenly sighed about the problem of time, and he always seemed to like to sigh this and that.

What a strange person.

"That's right."

He seemed to think of something again, looked at Bai who was cleaning up, and directly commanded.

"Don't come up and disturb me tonight."

"Yes."

Although she didn't understand it very well, Bai who heard the order hurriedly responded, she didn't need to understand, anyway, she just had to do things according to her master's instructions.

Qingming didn't say much.

Go upstairs.

Shiro looked at the staircase, thought for a moment, and finally didn't do anything superfluous, but continued to clean up, and it would be done soon.

……

Haruno House.

At a glance, I saw that my daughter was depressed, and she pouted slightly, as if she was very aggrieved, obviously something not very good happened.

So, the conversation between mother and daughter began again.

"So what?"

Mother didn't quite understand the specific process, and Sakura Haruno couldn't say it clearly, but she just said that Qingming suddenly accepted an apprentice, but that apprentice was not her.

She felt aggrieved.

It seems that she probably wants to give up, after all, she has been holding on for so long and has not been able to see hope, and today's incident has hit her a little too hard.

The mother was not very satisfied with this.

"Do you want to give up? Absolutely not, now is the critical moment, Sakura, keep it up, I'm sure your sincerity will impress the shopkeeper. ”