Hearing the visitor's explanation, Liuyun nodded slightly, a thoughtful look on his face.
"Let me remind you: even if you don't live in the Uchiha Compound, every household must send a representative to attend. It's the most basic form of respect for the clan."
"At the end of last year, no one from your family attended the clan meeting. If you skip this Mid-Year Clan Meeting too, given your current situation, the clan may not rule out stripping you of your surname..."
Seeing that Liuyun spoke and carried himself properly, like a promising young man, the Uchiha Chunin could not help offering him a few kind reminders.
"I understand. Thank you for the reminder, big brother."
Liuyun smiled and thanked him. The Chunin nodded slightly before leaving their home.
"Mom, why have you been so absent-minded?"
At the dinner table, Liuyun asked with a smile. He had already told Asuka about the Mid-Year Clan Meeting.
"It's... it's nothing..."
"Son..."
Asuka opened her mouth, but hesitated to speak.
"Mom doesn't want to attend the Uchiha Clan's Mid-Year Clan Meeting, does she?" Liuyun saw through her thoughts and took the initiative to say it.
Because of Uchiha Sheng's death, and because Liuyun had been too young before—too likely to be bullied and too immature to handle things properly—Asuka had forced herself to attend the previous clan meetings.
Among a crowd of black-haired people, there would be one or two "outsiders" with different hair colors mixed in...
For a bloodline clan as xenophobic as this one, allowing you into the Clan Shrine was already the limit. Getting a pleasant look from them would be a miracle...
The Uchiha Clan did intermarry with women from outside the clan, but for major occasions like clan meetings, those women generally avoided them deliberately. A mother and