Ayari saw Shin sitting alone in the corridor pavilion, lost in thought. With her swollen belly, she made her way over.
"Aren't you going to work today?"
Shin turned to glance at her, then helped her sit down beside him.
"I'm resting today. I'm not going."
"What are you thinking about?" Ayari asked with a smile.
"Our child," Shin said.
"There are too many bad people in this world. I'm afraid he'll be bullied in the future."
Ayari said brightly, "With your temperament, it would already be good enough if he didn't bully others."
"I'm not that bad," Shin said.
Thinking carefully about it, with all the things he had done, he really could not be called a good person. He only wanted to live a better life himself. If that hurt others as a result, then that could only be considered their misfortune.
Ayari stroked her belly and suddenly said, "As for me, I only hope my son will be devoted to one girl in the future. He mustn't be like certain scumbags and break girls' hearts."
Shin: "..."
He wrapped an arm around Ayari and let her lean against his shoulder. "The two of us love each other enough. Our child will definitely grow up to be a good man."
Ayari could not help rolling her eyes at him.
A servant hurried in from outside the courtyard and presented a letter, saying it had been sent by someone from the Nara Clan.
Shin opened it and gave it a look. It was merely an invitation, inviting him to visit the Nara residence.
"Someone from the Nara Clan?" Ayari looked rather surprised.
Their relationship with the Nara Clan had been quite ordinary. She had never heard of Shin being close to them. On the contrary, the Uchiha Clan, whom