In the blink of an eye, four years have passed.

I was promoted to a shinobi and moved into the mansion of the Qimu family, which can be regarded as living with Akane.

I don't know if it's because of this, but soon, people around me will bring up the same topic almost every now and then: "When are you and Akane going to get married?" ”

Asma and Sunset Red had been married for a year - a year ago, when Shippuden theoretically began, I was very anxious and uneasy, not knowing how things would change.

But to my surprise, nothing happened that year.

Although my heart is no longer so apprehensive as the years go by, there is still a faint sense of uneasiness.

Dida and Black Earth have returned to Iwakuin Village, and this year Black Earth has just inherited the position of Tsuchikage - sure enough, although there were rumors that Dida belonged to Didara to become the next Tsuchikage, but both Dida and Deidara had joined the rebel ninja organization after all, and it may be a bit troublesome to finally conduct a political trial.

The scorpion stayed in the Uchiha's mansion, and Chiyo had no way to take her, before Konoha invaded the plan, and the Sand Hidden Village owed Konoha a lot of favors, so he could only turn a blind eye to this.

Kite's child was born, and sure enough, there were two boys, one named Sasuke Uchiha and the other Izuna Uchiha.

Since I've been downplaying my doppelganger all these years, and when I need to go to the Uchiha house, I mostly use the 7-year-old [Ninja Rookie Uchiha Itachi], so I suspect that the two little guys, who are only four years old this year, may think of me as the elder brother of a relative.

Then occasionally use the identity of the eldest sister Hinata Hinata to go to Hinata's house to find out how their research on Taketori Dance is progressing, and by the way, accompany Hinata and Hanabi to practice.

…… The moment Hinata used the spiral pill on me, I almost froze in place and didn't react.

Although she knew from Naruko's side that she had learned the Spiral Pill, and like Naruko, she had signed a psychic beast contract at Myoki Mountain, but she saw it with her own eyes......

It's really impactful!!

Even though I won in the end, I just won.

Recently, Mai Taketori's illness has improved dramatically, and Hinata Hinata seems to be happy, saying that their project seems to be about to develop the skill of "killing ashes together".

Since he can't safely hand over this ability to Taketori Mai, who belongs to a foreigner, I've been a little worried lately that he will transplant the cells of the Taketori clan into Hinata so that she can get the "Ashes of Killing Together".

On the other side of Konoha, the women's tea party was held in peace and tranquility.

Red picked up a cup of tea and sighed, "...... It's been four years. ”

"yes, it's been four years." Akane sighed.

"Before I knew it, it was four years." Mao Yue Xiyan was also quite emotional.

Finally, Hongdou couldn't help but say: "You are all one by one, either the children are about to be born, or you are already married and have a boyfriend, please, leave a way for my single dog, okay?" I'm so scared that in a few years' time, you'll all be talking about parenting. ”

"No, it won't." Sunset, who had a big belly, sighed and got to the point: "According to Akane, she is estimated to be able to accompany you for a while." ”

Mao Yue Xiyan muttered: "Indeed, your relationship has always been very good, and you have been in love for so long...... Doesn't Zhencheng-kun have any intention of proposing? ”

"I always felt ...... He seems to be worried about something......" Akane frowned slightly, and stopped talking, "but when I asked him, he always said nothing. ”

Hongdou thought about it for a while, and said with a big brain: "Their family, will there be any genetic diseases?" That's why he hasn't dared to propose to you? ”

"If that's the case, it's too much to drag Akane all the time, right?" Mao Yue Xiyan frowned: "It's been three years, if you have a genetic disease, even if you are in love, you have to make it clear." ”

"Ah, I just guessed!" Hongdou hurriedly said, "But, Akane, have you talked to him about this?" ”

"Hmm, what do you say......" Akane propped her chin and thought for a moment, "I don't really want to put pressure on him......"

Mao Yue said: "And this kind of thing, if the woman speaks, it feels like she is begging or persecuting the other party, right?" ”

Hongdou suddenly noticed something at this time, and looked at the red on the side: "Huh? Red, you don't seem to talk much? It stands to reason that you're Akane's chief advisor, right? ”

"Ah......? Because I don't have that much to say about getting married...... I think it's good to just go with the flow? Red said indifferently: "If Akane is not unhappy with Masumi now, this is not bad." ”

She smiled and said, "If it weren't for the pregnancy, Asma and I probably wouldn't have gotten married so soon." ”

"That's true," Akane said helplessly, "I told you before, don't make it a marriage to a son, but in the end, it turned out to be a prophecy." ”

"Ahh Hongdou clapped his hands violently and said, "Then Qian, why don't you also try to marry Fengzi?" ”

Qi Mu Qian: "...... I don't want to. ”

Hong also said: "Don't learn from me!" Akane and Masumi's situation is different from me and Asma. ”

"I don't have to get married...... "Qi Mu Qian paused, "I just think that since a year ago, he has really ...... It seems like I'm always worried about something...... Makes me a little concerned. ”

"He seemed very upset and would often ask me, 'Will we always be together like this?' Madder? And I often have nightmares, saying that I dreamed that I was gone......"

Hearing this, the three friends were silent for a moment.

Hong said: "But when you ask him, he won't say anything?" ”

Hongdou said: "Didn't you talk to him well?" ”

Qian frowned slightly: "He is not very willing to talk to me about this matter, every time he mentions this matter, he will change the topic." ”

Mao Yue Xiyan propped her chin and said, "Eh...... It's a very worrying reaction......"

"But, at least he definitely didn't refuse to marry because he didn't love you enough, right?" Red said, "He values you very much...... I don't think there's anything to worry about! ”

"But," Mao Yue Xiyan hesitated, "Akane is already thirty years old this year......?" ”

"What's wrong with thirty?" Hongdou immediately disagreed: "Thirty years old is still very young!" ”

"But that's a real problem. The impact of the age difference will be greater. Hong paused, "Masumi-kun, you're twenty-two years old this year, right?" ”

"Ah, age." Akane rubbed the corners of her forehead with a little headache, "This is indeed something I can't do." But...... I don't think Masumi minds about it. ”

"Then I don't think it's a big problem." Red laughed, "Masumi doesn't mind getting into your house, right?" ”

"Because it's said that it's a wealth, in fact, the two of us are alone, and we don't have any relatives or elders or anything like that, so it's no different from an ordinary marriage. Matsumi didn't have a surname originally, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with the surname Qimu. Speaking of this, Qian smiled slightly, "Although he hesitated for a long time at the beginning of moving in, he always felt that the man had to buy a house, and then I said, I can't sell the old house, right?" It was a place where I lived with my father, and I have a lot of memories...... He compromised. ”

Looking at her unconsciously gentle expression, Hongdou propped her cheeks and said softly, "You...... I love him. ”

"Huh...... Is it obvious? ”

"Obviously."

Hearing this, Akane paused and said with a smile: "Yes." Love him. ”