Never Always Be Passive, and Hopes Can Always Come True

Naruto was a little confused. What was going on? Was he about to be teased by Ino?

What kind of incredible script is this, such incredible luck falling from the sky? But before he could figure it out, Ino was taking the initiative for the first time, had already wiped her mouth and silently got up.

"Goodbye," she said, then turned and left.

"??????" Naruto was stunned for a while, picked up the water glass on the table to drink, but put it down again just as it reached his lips.

How silly of me! I was caught completely off guard and didn't gain any advantage at all. But, this kind of unexpected kiss was actually quite enjoyable.

He touched his lips, tilted his head back, and took a sip of water.

"I'm too ashamed to show my face!"

Inside the room, Ino swallowed a mouthful of water to catch her breath, put the cup down, and felt her head buzzing. She was startled herself; how silly of her she had been.

How could I have come up with such a terrible idea? It was just a spur-of-the-moment decision. By the time I came to my senses, I had completely lost control.

"Ah!! How could this be!" She fell onto the bed and rolled around, then paused as if she had thought of something.

Then she rolled around again, inwardly berating herself for being so stupid!

The next day, Ino ran into Naruto as he was washing up after getting up, and her heart skipped a beat. She quickly lowered her head, pretending nothing was wrong, and tried to avoid him.

"Last night," Naruto stopped her.

"I don't know anything! You didn't remember anything!" Ino lowered her head and ran away from him, her ears turning red in the morning Nikko.

In the morning, Naruto took out a bladed lawnmower from the Sealing Space and cleared away all the weeds in the yard.

How could you have something like this?

"I like to collect tools, just in case." He pulled the chain, and the lawnmower roared deafeningly loudly, sounding terrifying just to listen to.

Ino was dumbfounded, watching Naruto wreak havoc with his lawnmower. Countless blades of grass flew everywhere, accompanied by the buzzing sound of cutting; Itachi Uchiha would have to calm down.

The old lady stood in the window, watching the two people playing around in the yard, her face expressionless.

When a person truly falls in love with someone, they become anxious and insecure. Their heart is always hanging in suspense, tightly bound to the other person.

All joys and sorrows from then on were related to him.

These old ladies all understood that she had no intention of giving Ino any instructions, nor did she intend to separate them. At her age, she just wanted to see them one more time.

A break between rest periods.

Ino suddenly looked up at him and asked without warning.

Will you not want me?

"Why do you ask that?" Naruto was a little surprised. The lawnmower under his foot had just been overheated and he had poured some water on it, so it was still steaming on the ground.

"I just want to know, so tell me first," Ino said.

"No," he said. "I'm not stupid, I definitely won't leave you."

"What if water gets in?"

"Ino, there's no point in asking that." Naruto was speechless. "If someone's brain is full of water, they're doomed, aren't they? Once someone's dead, they're no longer in control of their own destiny."

"No! You can't leave me even if you die!"

"What?" Naruto tilted his head, truly baffled by the way women think. "Grandma, do I get to decide what happens after I die?"

"I'm not the Death Reaper. If I were the Death Reaper, I would make you immortal and never die."

"Hmph, if you were the Death Reaper, I wouldn't be with you," Ino said with a hint of arrogance. "I've seen the Death Reaper's portrait, it's so ugly, and the mask you're holding is ugly too."

A few years ago, Naruto looted all the god masks from the Uzumaki Clan's shrine, and Ino was watching at the time. It's normal for her to remember that.

"Oh, so you don't want to be with me anymore just because you're not pretty anymore?" Naruto said sourly.

"Oh dear! I was just using an analogy."

"I'm just using an example."

Ino: "."

She pinched Naruto's soft waist, then turned and went back into the yard. Naruto gasped, rubbing his waist as he sighed at the blindness of a girl in love.

Even though Ino always appears generous and sensible in front of others, she always has some inexplicable problems and little temper tantrums when she's with me.

It's quite cute, but sometimes it can be quite troublesome. It's a bittersweet experience; we just have to bear it for now.

Outside, Naruto continued his busy mowing of the lawn. Ino, was already drinking hot water from a cup—the suggestion to drink more hot water was actually made by the old lady.

Ino had just returned to the living room when the old lady caught her. She obediently poured herself a cup of hot water and sat on the sofa, sipping it slowly.

"Grandma, I can't finish it."

"No, one cup is only a small amount." The old lady said sternly, without any mercy. "You need to plan for the future now. It's cold, so drink more hot water."

"Otherwise, if you don't take good care of your health, you'll easily develop health problems later on, and you'll suffer a lot."

"Root cause of illness? What root cause of illness?" Ino blinked, holding the steaming cup with a bewildered look. "Grandmother, I'm a ninja, and I'm in very good health."

"Ninja? Ninjas don't have children anymore?" The old lady's words shut Ino up, and she obediently drank the hot water.

If Naruto saw this scene, he would definitely think, "There's always someone who can overcome something. You've got the upper hand Tenten, now look what you've done! The old lady is truly formidable."

The little tsundere was no match for the old tsundere. Ino finished her hot water, put down the cup, and went into her room. The old lady shook her head helplessly and slowly closed her eyes.

Inside the room, Ino quietly closed the window. She listened quietly at the door for a while before finally taking a book out of her luggage.

My face flushed and my heart pounded as I turned to a page filled with all sorts of fancy jargon. Papaya, honey, milk—a whole host of formulas and all sorts of other things.

After a long day of work, as dusk approached, Naruto finally finished clearing away the weeds from the surrounding courtyards. He looked around and found the entire mansion clean.

Aside from the small courtyard where the old lady lived alone, the entire mansion was quite large, but it was mostly abandoned. Naruto only did a quick weeding; the workload wasn't very heavy.

As usual, he cooked dinner that evening, but when he put the food on the table, he noticed that Ino's expression was strange.

"What did you do? Why is your face so red?" he asked directly.

"Nothing! Idiot!" Ino snapped at him, stopping him from asking any further questions.

The old lady ate her meal silently, without even glancing at the two of them. She didn't have a big appetite; she finished one bowl and left, leaving the table to the young man.

"Is your period starting?"

"Pervert!! Go to hell!"

After nightfall, Ino ignored him, angrily took a shower, and went back to her room alone. Naruto didn't bother to ask, planning to wait until she calmed down.

In less than ten minutes, Ino's anger subsided. She cautiously opened the door and crept closer like a thief, seemingly wanting to try the same trick again.

What are you doing?

"Kiss me." Ino said, fiddling with her hands, somewhat embarrassed.

"Sure, but could you please not pin me down on the sofa?" Naruto's expression was complicated. "And you only did it once, why are you doing it again?"

"Didn't you treat me the same way last time?" Ino, somewhat indignant.

"That's different. I'm a man, and you're a woman." Naruto tactically took a sip of water. "When you pin me down and kiss me, it's easy, but it just feels weird."

"I don't find it strange!" Ino insisted.

"Since you insist, then fine." Naruto said somewhat awkwardly, then opened his arms, looking resigned to his fate.

"Fine, I can't do it, you do it." Ino gave in.

"What you're saying is ridiculous," Naruto said, and the two stared at each other, a slightly awkward feeling creeping over them.

As expected, things got awkward once the words were out in the open. Normally, we'd just let our hormones get the better of us and kiss passionately, but now it suddenly felt like an exam, which put a lot of pressure on us.

"Shouldn't we warm things up a bit?"

Ino stared at him wide-eyed. "Are you impotent?"

This is ridiculous! Naruto had no idea how Ino's thought process worked. He was speechless for a while, opened his mouth to speak, then closed it again.

"It's like two people have been running around naked for a long time, and suddenly a piece of clothing falls from the sky. I let you wear it, you let me wear it, it's awkward for either of us to wear it."

"Pah! You're the one who's running around naked!" Ino shoved him irritably. "If you're not going to kiss me, then I'm going back to my room."

"Ugh!!"

Before Ino could react, Naruto pounced on her, and the two kissed for quite a while. Even though the temperature wasn't high, they both ended up sweating before stopping.

In high spirits Ino took another shower, and before returning to her room, she even took pity on him and gave him a hug before smiling and going back to her room to sleep.

He leaned back on the sofa and sighed, while she seemed content. Was this constant coming and going, like torture, simply because spring had arrived?

Ten minutes later, he got up and went into the bathroom to take a cold shower. The cold water jolted him awake, and the burning heat in his body finally subsided.

The next day.

Naruto continued cooking as usual, and three days passed in a row, having done all the chores. The old lady didn't say much to him either; Ino was like a bridge between the two.

By the third day, Naruto figured Ino would probably only stay until today.

While eating breakfast, he glanced at the old lady while drinking his porridge, and sure enough, she didn't look well. Ino also seemed to have a sadness about parting on her face, and neither of them spoke.

He knew the old lady was reluctant to Ino, but definitely not with him. So Naruto wisely remained silent all day, avoiding making his presence felt whenever possible.

The space was cleared out for the grandmother and granddaughter.

Before leaving.

Naruto was already squatting outside the yard, waiting for Ino to come out. No one knew what they talked about inside, but when Ino came out, her eyes were red, as if she had just been crying.

"Not staying a little longer?" he asked.

"My grandmother told me to leave," Ino said in a low voice, "And not to come again next time."

Next time, or even if there will be a next time, is uncertain. The old lady has been proud and arrogant her whole life, and probably didn't want Ino to see her dying state, so she sent her away early.

"It's alright, come back in the fall and I'll come with you again."

Tomorrow will be 10,000.