Japanese Cold Dishes He Was Sick Of, Being a Filial Son

Liuyun spent the entire morning training diligently at the open-air practice ground.

Old Duy had to earn money by taking missions, so he said goodbye to Liuyun midway through and went to the Hokage Tower.

"997... 998... 999... 1000!"

After gritting his teeth and completing 1,000 frog jumps, Liuyun could no longer hold on and collapsed onto the ground.

With his physical condition, he normally would not have been able to complete this training goal without stopping. But with Chakra reinforcing his feet, finishing 1,000 frog jumps became possible.

Frog jumps primarily trained the explosive power of the legs, keeping blood and Chakra in the legs for extended periods to nourish the vitality of the leg muscles. When needed, one could unleash the power of both legs at any time. This was a necessary training exercise for the Body Flicker Technique.

Liuyun had already initially mastered Chakra control and could easily guide Chakra to remain in his legs, so he had begun working on the training exercises Old Duy taught ahead of schedule.

Might Duy did not know this, because he did not believe an elementary school student could master Chakra control, nor did he think Liuyun possessed much Chakra to expend during training.

After lying sprawled on the ground for more than ten minutes, Liuyun forced his exhausted feet to carry him home.

Near noon, Liuyun fell silent as he looked at the Japanese dishes in his lunchbox.

Rice balls, sashimi, meatballs, vegetables—this was the nutritious lunch his mother, Asuka, had prepared for him. The boxed lunches he ate at school were generally much the same...

Because of her work, Asuka usually did not return home at noon. Liuyun ate lunch by himself, and it was always cold food Asuka had prepared for him in the morning.

He was practically sick of the Japanese meal set before him. The original owner's memories held a deep resentment toward it...

Liuyun closed the lunchbox, then took his allowance and left the house. He planned to buy some ingredients himself, make something hot, and improve his meals a little.

Since his family was not well-off and he received very little allowance, he did not dare buy expensive ingredients.

He bought a few eggs, a cheap large taro, then gritted his teeth and bought some crab sticks.

After bustling about at home for a while, he successfully made two rather impressive-looking Chaoshan dishes.

One was Crab Stick Steamed Egg, and the other was Candied Taro.

These two dishes required skill. Most people would not necessarily be able to make them without knowing the little tricks involved.

Liuyun ate the food with rice balls, savoring every bite. Before long, he had finished half of it, his little stomach bulging full.

He packed the other half he had set aside into a food container, then left the house, intending to bring it to his mother Asuka to try.

Although this did not fit the original owner's "character setting" and would inevitably arouse Asuka's suspicions, Liuyun was not worried. Since he spent every day with Asuka, there was no way he could completely hide himself without being noticed.

Besides, home was a place to relax. He did not want to keep putting on an act and "wearing a mask" at home too. Living that way would be too exhausting.

So he simply stopped pretending. Even if he no longer acted like Uchiha Liuyun, as long as he acknowledged Asuka in his heart and could call her Mom, then he was still Uchiha Liuyun.

Asuka had to work and earn money to support the family while also taking care of Liuyun's three daily meals. Life was not easy for her. Liuyun wanted to help lighten her burden, and at the very least, he could not become the little burden in daily life that the original owner had been.

At this moment, Asuka had not yet eaten lunch, and her lunch was also a cold meal set made that morning, exactly the same as Liuyun's.

"Asuka, come out quickly! Your son brought you food!" a woman suddenly shouted.

"What!"

Asuka, who had been about to eat, was startled.

Her son had brought her food? Didn't she already have food? What could her son possibly have brought her? She hurriedly got up and ran to the factory entrance.

"Mom, you haven't eaten yet, right? I just made two dishes and thought I'd let you try them..."

Liuyun handed over the food container as he spoke.

"Th-These... you made all of this?"

Asuka found it hard to believe as she looked at the dishes in the container.

"Yeah, I made them following a recipe. Try them..." Liuyun nodded with a smile.

"Asuka, isn't your child still in school? He can already cook?"

A woman who heard the mother and son's conversation was instantly stunned.

"My goodness, isn't this little guy too considerate?" another woman from the factory exclaimed in admiration.

The commotion immediately drew quite a few female workers over to watch.

"Such a sensible, filial child. Asuka, just how did you raise him?"

The women chattered in amazement, every one of them praising the mother and son.

Asuka ignored all the discussion around her.

It was the height of summer, and the sunlight outside the factory was scorching. Seeing her son drenched in sweat from the heat, Asuka's throat suddenly tightened. She covered her mouth tightly, and tears instantly filled her eyes.

Had Asuka suspected that someone else had replaced her child? She truly had!

Liuyun had become far too sensible, far too unusual. It was difficult for her not to be suspicious.

But the good child standing before her, and this sincere, pure love—those were real. They could not be faked!

Especially the little look in Liuyun's eyes, so earnest and carrying a hint of anticipation. It was clearly the expression a son would show when he wanted his mother's praise and approval...

From that look alone, Asuka could be one hundred percent certain that this was her son—Uchiha Liuyun!

Only women who had been mothers could understand that look. From that moment on, Asuka would only think that her son had suddenly grown up and become sensible. She would no longer question whether he was really her son.

Asuka wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, took the food container, then pulled Liuyun into a tight embrace.

"Thank you, son!" Her voice was clearly choked with tears.

Liuyun stood there in a daze for quite a while before finally gently pulling himself out of Asuka's embrace.

"Mom, go eat first. I'll head home..."

This damn weather was far too hot. Being held so tightly felt a little uncomfortable, and being surrounded by a group of female workers also felt suffocating.

"Okay..."

Asuka nodded instinctively.

"Wait..."

Liuyun had only taken a few steps when Asuka called out to him.

Asuka quickly pulled a banknote from her pocket and stuffed it into Liuyun's hand.

"Son, it's so hot out. Go buy yourself some ice cream and a drink to cool off..."

Looking at the banknote in his hand, Liuyun was slightly stunned. But he quickly came back to himself and smiled. "Thank you, Mom!"

"I'm going, Mom... Hurry up and eat!"

"Mhm, mhm. The sun is fierce outside and the heat is heavy. Stay home and don't run around, okay..."

Asuka waved at him and reminded him.

"I know..."

Asuka stared at his small, thin retreating figure for a long time, unable to come back to herself. Only when someone laughingly snatched the food container from her hand did she hurriedly react.