"Don't be nervous, don't be afraid. I'm not some man-eating demon."
Temari could not help but laugh. All the tension Ronglin had brought with him was swept away. Although Hinata's reaction was rather helplessly amusing, it undeniably made people want to laugh a little. The little girl was always overly sensitive, flustered at the slightest thing.
"No, I didn't mean that. I just, I just..."
Hinata's little face, which had only just regained a bit of color, turned red again.
Here we go again...
Hinata was nervous beyond belief, while Temari was somewhat dumbfounded. Was there really any need for this? She wasn't that scary, was she?
Temari, who had always thought herself beautiful and approachable, suddenly felt unsure of herself. With Hinata acting like this, anyone who did not know better would think she was terribly fierce!
But heaven knew she had not done anything at all.
"Ah!! My lord, it's still daytime!!!"
On the other side, Uchiha Diqin cried out before Ronglin scooped her up and ran off. As for what they did...
The faint sounds that occasionally drifted over made Mei Terumi, who was sitting in the courtyard, blush as she wailed inwardly:
Here we go again, here we go again. Don't they know older unmarried women are under a lot of pressure? Wuwuwu~~ This is too cruel.
"What? Uchiha Ronglin is back?"
Rasa in Sunagakure, Ōnoki in Iwagakure, and Ay in Kumogakure were all shocked the moment they received the news.
For the past fourteen years, Ronglin had vanished without a trace. They had even assumed that he was most likely dead, and had wondered how someone as powerful as Ronglin could have met with such misfortune.
Yet their guess had been wrong. He had returned after all.
This immediately put the leaders of the