chsdbacks Chapter 208 I will try my best... to please him!
Chapter 208 I will try my best... to please him!
The luxurious lighting in the royal secretary's office was just the right brightness.
Uzuki Yugao sat in a dark yellow leather office chair, her fingertips holding a silver fountain pen, unscrewing and screwing the cap back on several times.
The document had been organized half an hour ago, but she couldn't help glancing at the half-open door out of the corner of her eye, her heart pounding like a rabbit.
She knew that at this time, Lord Mitsufumi would come to see her after finishing his official duties.
The thought had barely crossed her mind when she couldn't help but pinch her palm: Uzuki Yugao, what are you expecting?
The sky outside the window was already dark, and the palace lights were on.
She opened the photo album, and the first picture was her school graduation photo from 6 years ago.
In the photo, she stands beside Moonlight Gale with a bright smile, her hair tied in a high ponytail.
He was wearing a black training uniform, with gentle features, and his right hand quietly made a "good luck" gesture.
She recalled that afternoon before graduation when cherry blossoms were falling, and the two of them practiced the Three Bodies Technique side by side on the training field.
Moonlight Gale was always a little faster than her, but he would deliberately slow down to wait for her: "Xi Yan, don't rush, keep your breathing steady, you've already improved a lot."
When they got tired of practicing, they would sit under the cherry blossom tree and share the same bento box.
Moonlight Gale would pick out the carrots she didn't like, and then laugh and say, "From now on, I definitely won't put carrots in my cooking."
He also said that after graduating and becoming a full-fledged ninja, he would team up with her to "protect every inch of Konoha Village."
The wind was warm, the cherry blossoms were sweet, and even the future seemed so clear that it was within reach.
But no sooner had the graduation ceremony ended than a transfer order shattered everything.
Hayate Gekko was urgently dispatched to the border to carry out a "long-term reconnaissance mission" because "the border urgently needs experienced reconnaissance ninjas."
She remembered chasing after him that day, tears streaming down her face: "Swift Wind, when are you coming back? Didn't we agree to be partners?"
He simply patted her head, his eyes filled with complex emotions: "I'll come back to you after the mission is over."
This departure lasted for 6 years.
At first, there were intermittent letters. In the letters, he would write about how bright the starry sky was on the border and ask her if she was doing well in Konoha.
But starting from the third year, the correspondence suddenly stopped. When she asked around, she only received the reply that "the mission is confidential."
Until last year, she learned by chance that the so-called "emergency missions" over the years might have been because of her.
The pen fell to the table with a "tap," the crisp sound pulling her back to reality.
She hurriedly picked up the pen, and just as she was about to put her phone away, a deep male voice came from behind her.
"Xiyan, what are you thinking about? You seem so engrossed."
Uzuki Yugao was so startled that she froze and stood up abruptly. Her movement was so sudden that she almost bumped into the other person's arms.
As he steadied himself and looked up, he met Uchiha Mitsunori's eyes.
He was dressed in a noble black suit, with wisps of hair falling across his forehead. The depth in his eyes was like a whirlpool, carrying an irresistible sense of oppression, yet strangely, it made her involuntarily fall into it.
"N-nothing, Lord Mimine." She hurriedly lowered her head, her voice trembling.
The office was so quiet that I could hear my own heart pounding.
He had a faint masculine scent that gave her a strange sense of peace.
Over the years, he has been very good to her, so attentive that she couldn't refuse him: once, when she was on an intelligence mission, she was ambushed by the enemy and injured her arm. He rushed over with a first-aid kit and personally bandaged her arm, his movements so gentle as if he was afraid of breaking her; even when she casually mentioned in the tea room that she "wanted to eat cherry blossom cakes," the kitchen sent over a whole box, with a special note that "it has brown sugar added, which is suitable for girls."
This gentleness, like slowly boiling a frog, gradually made her forget the figure of Moonlight Gale.
But when the night is quiet and I lie alone in my luxurious apartment bed, I fall into a deep sense of confusion.
Was Daimyo Mitsuaki's kindness towards her genuine, or was it merely a ploy to obtain her body?
Looking at her flustered appearance, Uchiha Mitsunori had a faint hint of smugness in his eyes. He bent down and picked up the pen that had fallen on the table.
He handed the pen back to her, his voice slow and gentle, like a feather lightly brushing against her heart: "You've been working hard lately. This document isn't urgent, you should go home and rest. Tomorrow I'll have the kitchen make your favorite osmanthus cake with some honey; I think you'll really enjoy it."
"Th-thank you, Lord Mitsumine!"
Uzuki Yugao took the pen, her fingers gripping it so tightly that her knuckles turned white.
She turned around almost as if fleeing, and hurried toward the door, forgetting to even say goodbye.
Only after stepping out of the office and leaning against the cold wall in the corridor did I dare to breathe heavily, my heart pounding as if it were about to burst out of my chest.
She knew his feelings for her, and she also understood that she wasn't completely indifferent to him.
His strength and his gentleness both captivated her.
But those six years of blank space, the moonlight and the wind far away on the border, their fate unknown.
Like a sharp thorn, it pierced her heart, making her hesitate to take that step.
Inside the office, watching Uzuki Yugao's hasty retreat, the smile on Uchiha Mitsumine's lips gradually faded.
At the same time, in a mansion near the palace, the warm lights in the kitchen were still on.
Wearing heat-resistant gloves, Ma Buyi took out the heated Yunyin Village specialty rice cake from the microwave. The rice cake on the porcelain plate was steaming and exuding a faint aroma of rice.
Mabui placed the rice cakes on the table, her tone somewhat uncertain: "Tomorrow, I'll deliberately tell him that you made his favorite red bean rice cakes and want him to try them. He should come."
Teak door stood at the kitchen doorway, dressed in off-white loungewear, her hair loosely tied back.
She walked to the dining table, picked up a piece of red bean rice cake, and took a small bite. The sweetness of the red bean filling spread on her tongue, but it did not dispel the bitterness in her heart.
Her eyes were full of expectation, yet tinged with unease: "Will he really come?"
Mabu-i held her hand: "Yes, although he is a womanizer, he is also very sentimental."
Teak door nodded, his fingertips gently tracing the edge of the porcelain plate: "Hemp clothes, thank goodness you're here. If I were alone, I really wouldn't know what to do."
She recalled what Mabui had said about the strength of the Water Kingdom during the day, and thought about the future of the Hidden Cloud Village, and a wave of sorrow washed over her again.
She was once the pride of Kumogakure, a capable Jinchuriki of the Two-Tails, but now she has to rely on "pleasing" the enemy and "having children" to exchange for a glimmer of hope for her homeland. How pathetic.
Ma Buyi patted her shoulder and sighed, "We're all in the same boat now. Tomorrow, put on some light makeup to look more refreshed. He likes gentle and considerate people, so don't be too nervous. Just talk to him like you normally would."
Teakwood Door responded softly, placing the remaining rice cakes back on the porcelain plate: "Yes, I understand. For the future of Kumogakure, I will try my best... to please him!"