"Teacher Hong, it wasn't like that before, she didn't like too lively occasions before, and generally speaking, she would never eat with so many of us."

Ino explained, "Later, I got closer to Mr. Asma, and my whole person changed a lot. ”

Sakura nodded, didn't speak, and glanced quickly to the other place. While the gaze swept by, he did not stop, and his movements were skillful and watertight.

The party ended, Red Bean left early, and Asma left with Sunset Red.

"We're going back, too." Shikamaru and Dingji turned around and waved at the crowd, then walked in the other direction.

The midsummer night was cold, Xiao Li went to practice, and Sakura and Tian Tian left together. Hinata and Ninji happened to return to the Hyuga station together, so they saluted a few people, "Thank you for the hospitality, it's rude." ”

Seeing the two leave, only Naruto and Ino were left on the scene.

"Let's go, I'll send you back." He said.

"I can go back myself." Ino didn't look at him, struggled and said.

"Okay, go and stay with me." Naruto said to himself as if he hadn't heard at all.

"Huh?" Ino looked resistant, "No, it's so late." ”

As soon as she said that, she suddenly remembered what Sakura had said. It seems that he has slept in the same bed as Naruto, although nothing has happened, but

As soon as this thought arose, Ino was suddenly shocked in his heart, and he couldn't think about it. Recently, I've been getting sluggish and sluggish, and it's something that can be figured out very simply.

How can you really compare that kind of thing with Hinata, it's too much. Task! Task! There's a mission tomorrow!

If you keep moving forward because of your feelings, you will be left behind. Hinata must have thought the same way, so she restrained her feelings and didn't talk to that guy.

She patted her cheek and said silently in her heart, "Wake up."

"What's wrong with you?" He asked, a little confused.

"Ah, nothing." Ino stammered, "Huh? Let's go, already. It's late. ”

"To my house?"

"Not really! Outline! You idiot! Ino refused, "I'm very good, and I will grow up to be a good ninja like Tsunade-sama in the future." ”

"Yes, yes, it's amazing." Naruto said like a child.

Ino said that it was late, but he still wasted a lot of time grinding with Naruto on the road. She seemed to have been dressed up for the party.

She wore a snow-white short-sleeved top with long blonde hair tucked behind her head. When he spoke, his hands behind his back swayed, and his eyes narrowed slightly, like the chirping of summer cicadas in the leaves overhead.

Every time she spoke, Ino had to look at Naruto, and she didn't see the look of annoyance on his face before she could continue.

"Yesterday there was a very old customer in the store, and he said that his wife asked him to buy flowers, but he forgot what flowers." Ino said babblingly.

"And then?" He asked as he walked forward.

The most Ino chatted about was the things in the flower shop in the mountains, she spent almost all of her childhood in the shop, and almost every day she was sensible in the shop watching the sunset.

"Later, of course, I accompanied the guests to pick a lot of varieties of flowers, the expensive and cheap ones were all seen and said no, and finally he chose a pot of very ordinary yellow flowers."

Ino turned his head and said as he looked at Naruto's side face.

"You know what? The customer's wife, a long-time customer of our shop, passed away two years ago, and her favorite is Huanghua. ”

"Then why don't you just give him the right flowers?" Naruto tilted his head, his shoulders were broad, and the general outline of his shoulder blades was outlined under his neck.

"That would be cruel, if he forgot that his wife had died. If you take out that pot of yellow flowers directly, you will probably remember it quickly. ”

Ino walked forward with small steps and said with a serious face.

"People die, but if anyone remembers, it's not completely gone. Although the old woman has passed away, life has light, and it is extinguished once when she dies. ”

"But when the old man came to buy flowers, his memory was already very bad. I could tell that he was trying very hard to remember, probably not only about the flowers that the old woman liked, but also about the time they had lived together. ”

"So. So." Ino frowned, as if he didn't know what to say.

Hearing this, Naruto spoke.

"So if you tell the old man the answer like this, he will stop missing, and the answer itself is pale and can't give more comfort."

"Hmm." Ino frowned, smiled and said, "That's right." ”

He remembered it little by little, and his face became more and more ruddy, and when he finally found the pot of yellow flowers, he almost jumped up with excitement. He remembered his wife completely, and the light of his wife's life was rekindled. ”

Ino paused again when he said this, and ten pear-white fingers gestured on his chest, frowning.

"I don't know how to describe it, you know? It's just shocking, I feel that life is really fragile, and everyone wants to live well, but."

"But." Naruto turned his head and glanced at Ino, acting as her mouth substitute.

"All grief and separation is a narrow light that shines on someone at a given time. As long as someone remembers it, it doesn't really disappear. ”

"As long as the yellow flowers are still blooming, someone will love you."

"That's right."

Ino didn't speak, glanced at him, and turned his head away in a panic. His face was red, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Even though Naruto was still a young man when he died suddenly in his previous life, he could be regarded as having experienced a lot of things. There are some things that I understand a little bit, but I don't understand very well.

Looking at Ino's happy appearance, I will unexpectedly feel happy, probably this is like.

"Here we are." He paused and said.

"Then I'll go back first!" Ino's face was crimson, and he ran into the store as if he had fled.

Naruto stood there and watched for a while, don't be in such a hurry to leave when sending the girl away, stand there for a while. If you don't look back, you won't lose, you just look back and look at each other, and you will earn blood.

The moment he opened the door, Ino quickly glanced back and saw Naruto still standing on the other side of the road. Under the dim street lamp, the shadow of the teenager stretched infinitely.

With a bang, Ino knocked on the door without paying attention.

"Oops!" She clutched her headache and exhaled, and wanted to look again but was stopped by her mother in the store.

"Ino, can you come and do your mother a favor?"

"Okay~." Ino turned around again, and there was no one under the street lamp, so he couldn't help but sigh, changed his shoes and walked over slowly.

"Why are there so many feverfew?"

"Mr. Noda passed away yesterday, and his family specially asked us to prepare some flowers." Rino Yamanaka said, her hands moving non-stop.

"What's wrong with you?" Rino Yamanaka turned to look at her daughter, "Isn't it uncomfortable?" ”

"It's fine."

Naruto walked home along Konoha Street, buying a popsicle on the way and licking it slowly, he was suddenly a little happy. Although he has been reborn in his second life, he is not an immortal monster.

If you're with them, it's okay to grow old and die in this world.

He took a bite of the popsicle, thinking about how the mission of the Land of Rain would unfold, and he now had a bunch of Payne information in his mind, directly killing the thief and cutting off the head of the snake!

What kind of organization, just kill Nagato's little Karami.

As he thought so, he looked up to see a familiar figure leaning against the wall of the road.

"Sakura-chan? Why are you here? ”

This is on the edge of Konoha Street, and Sakura's home is not here. It can't be waiting for him here, it can only be that he is waiting here on purpose.

"I'm looking for you." Sakura laughed suddenly, "Speaking of which, you better think about how to thank me first, I've done you a great favor now." ”

"What?" Naruto stepped forward and stared at her for a long moment, "What's the hurry?" ”

Sakura didn't speak, turned her head to look in the direction of the corner, clapped her hands and said.

"Come out."

Hearing this, Naruto's gaze swept to the corner of the street, and a figure appeared behind the wall. It was a beautiful woman, and her haggard face couldn't hide her mature beauty.

The black hair is dense, the dress is mature, and there is a world-weary expression.

It is the long-missing Fenghua Xiaoxue.

"Princess Fengyun!" Naruto prides himself on being as calm as an old dog, and he can't hold back at the moment, "Why did you come back!" I want to kill you. ”

"That." Fenghua Xiaoxue had a sneer on her face.

"Princess Fengyun came back to restart the Snow Country mission, but Konoha rejected her." Sakura said, "She was drunk at a tavern by herself, and I happened to meet her when she went out. ”

Naruto leaned in, and sure enough, he smelled the smell of alcohol all over his body. But this is not in the way, Fenghua Xiaoxue's intention to take the initiative to restart the mission means that the full-level Flying Thunder God is expected.

At this moment, in his eyes, Fenghua Xiaoxue's whole body was exuding the golden light of a female bodhisattva.

"That's right." Fenghua Xiaoxue lowered her head and said a little decadently, "She's right, Konoha doesn't accept my request. ”

Naruto glanced at the sky, suppressed his excitement, his expression returned to indifference, and spoke.

"This is not the place to talk, let's talk about it in another place."

Rotisserie.

Kazeka Koyuki was dressed fashionably, attracting the attention of many people from afar, and when she swept Sakura's ninja forehead guard, she immediately retracted her gaze.

The ninja thing, I can't afford to mess with it.

Naruto seemed relaxed, there were few people in the store, and no one recognized Kazeka Koyuki's true identity. Under the chandelier, he sat on the other side of the table, with Sakura and Kazeka Koyuki sitting opposite.

Fenghua Xiaoxue put her hands on the table, looking a little nervous, and she could see that the back of her hand was not obviously green.

"Fuji Fengxue is a stage name, and you know, it's okay to call me Fenghua Xiaoxue, or Princess Fengyun." She said a little nervously, "I'm the princess of the Snow Country, my ex. ”

"Don't be so nervous, we'll help you." Sakura saw at a glance that she was afraid of rejection now, and glanced at Naruto again, and said with relief.

"We can also be regarded as friends who have been born and died, right, don't be afraid, just say what is difficult."

"Thank you." "I just can't help it." ”

"My father was the king of the Snow Country, but my uncle killed my father and took the throne, and I have been running away from it for many years."

"I didn't have the courage to face my father's death, nor did I have the courage to fight my uncle. So I became an actor and played the brave and fearless Princess Fengyun in front of the screen, but I was not who I was. ”

She said with a painful expression, "My acting skills are very good, and everyone is praising me, but the more I do it, the more uncomfortable I become." I'm not a princess, I'm a coward. ”

"I don't deserve to play such a perfect role, I'm a rotten person in private!" Fenghua Xiaoxue's emotions gradually became excited, and tears appeared in her eyes.

"No matter how I dodge! Dodge, dodge! But in the end, I will think of my father's face, and I don't have the courage to avenge him, nor do I have the courage to return to my hometown. ”

"Konoha refused my request because I didn't say goodbye last time, and all the people in the boatload died because of that mission. They need to investigate and will not accept my assignment until the results of the investigation are in. ”

"I know that's just a rhetoric, Konoha thinks I'm a troublesome client, even if I can afford to pay the commission"

"Then why did you run away?" Naruto stared into her eyes and asked, "I told you to wait, but you still ran away, and there was no news for so long." ”

Konoha is understandable for refusing to be a little snowy, and it doesn't matter if the task is more difficult. But Fenghua Xiaoxue's agent, that is, the client of the last Snow Country mission, concealed the information, and even Fenghua Xiaoxue herself ran away later.

With such an unstable client applying for a task, Konoha naturally has to consider it.

I'm sorry." Fenghua Xiaoxue lowered her head and said, "I can't face those things myself, and I don't want to bother you." ”

"So you still don't see us as friends." Naruto knocked on the table and said, this is a habit he learned from Tsunade, very good and pretending, now it's his.

"I didn't," Fenghua Xiaoxue subconsciously retorted.

"Princess Fengyun, why didn't you tell us first when you returned to Konoha?" Naruto frowned and asked again, "Sakura and I both consider you friends, I thought we were already friends. ”

"You saw it just now, and I'm glad to see you back. But you'd rather be desperate than come to us, and if Sakura hadn't happened to meet you, maybe you'd have to leave Konoha now. ”

I'm sorry." Fenghua Xiaoxue lowered her head and said, "I was wrong, please help me, I can give you whatever you want." ”

Obviously, Kazeka Xiaoyuki regarded Naruto as the last straw, but she didn't realize that it wasn't a straw, it was a stout tree.

"I'm not short of money, and you don't even want to call me a call. Ahem. Naruto coughed, almost running out for a moment, "You don't even want to admit that I'm a friend." ”

"I do." Fengyun Xiaoxue said first.

"Good." Naruto stood up and smiled, "You begged me to take it, and I'll give you justice." ”

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(End of chapter)