After sending the drunk Anko home, only Hong and Asuma were left on the quiet street.
Under the blowing of the night wind, Asuma's drunkenness had long since dissipated, and he quietly looked at the quiet Yuuhi Kurenai next to him.
He was not surprised at all by Hong's attitude today. He ran out of Konoha and didn't return for a long time. He did something wrong.
"I was wrong..." His voice was particularly clear under the moonlight.
But Hong didn't seem to forgive him. She held her head high and walked slowly towards her home without saying a word, getting further and further away from Asuma until she could no longer feel his breath or hear his voice.
Hong didn't mean to be so cold, but someone found her this morning, it was Elder from the Sarutobi Clan.
They brought good news and a bad request. The good news was that Asuma was back, but the bad request was that she should be more indifferent to Asuma.
Yuuhi Kurenai knows that the Elders of the Sarutobi Clan do not want their eldest young master to marry a civilian ninja, even if she has been promoted to Special Jonin.
But at the beginning, Asuma's father was in favor, and their Clan Head were in favor, so naturally those Elders wouldn't say anything.
However, the Elder that I found this morning did not directly express his intention to break up the two of them, but there was no lack of such meaning in his tone. Compared with the previous indifferent attitude, their attitude has changed and become stronger.
In fact, she hasn't seen Asuma for a long time. With fewer meetings, the temperature of the relationship will naturally drop. But even if the relationship cools down, she has never thought about separating from Asuma.
Hong returned home and brewed a pot of tea. The warm aroma of tea spread throughout the room. She meditated on the spot and started practicing until the clock started ticking. She stood up and walked towards the door. There was a strange noise outside the door.
Outside the door was Asuma. Instead of going home, he went directly to Kakashi's home. After leaving Shadow Clone behind, he quietly took it out.
While stuffing roses into Hong's mailbox, he noticed the letters inside.
Who would write a letter to a ninja? He just used his peripheral vision to see the obvious mark on the envelope. It was a letter sent from Daimyo. When he sent a letter to the village as Guardian Ninja, he needed to use the letter seal of Daimyo.
It was a letter he had sent to Hong. He picked up the letter and felt the chakra belonging to Hong stirred up on the envelope. The chakra condensed on the envelope for a period of time.
That's it now.
Hong opened the door carefully, looked around, picked up a Kunai that suddenly appeared in front of the door, and then closed the door.
"Red, do we need to do this?"
Kunai exploded and became Asuma again. He looked bitter and complained softly.
"Didn't anyone in your family tell you?" Hong frowned and sat in front of the coffee table again. Her attitude was finally not as cold as it was in the afternoon, and there was resentment in her tone.
"Say, what are you talking about?" Asuma also sat down cross-legged, facing Hong Mian, picked up the tea cup in front of him, and took a sip.
The warm aroma of tea immediately filled his mouth. This was good tea.
"Are these the ones I sent back? You haven't finished drinking them yet?" he asked again.
"I'm a ninja, how can I find so much time to drink tea?"
Hong Ye took a sip of tea and then explained to Asuma, "People in your family found me. Although they didn't say it explicitly, I can tell that they want me to leave you--"
Asuma felt a breath stuck in his chest and almost stopped breathing. No wonder Hong looked so cold today and had to use Genjutsu to notify him to come to her house in the evening.
There is probably someone in the family who has been monitoring her.
"They didn't tell me..." Asuma frowned and replied.
"But I know their purpose..."
There is nothing to hide, or telling these things to Hong might make him feel better.
"I know too..." Before Asuma could speak, Hong smiled softly and interrupted him.
Her makeup had not yet been removed, and Asuma was stunned by her beauty.
"They hope you can find a wife with Kekkei Genkai, have you forgotten? Your sister Huang and I are also good friends."
"You must really want to know what happened to Konoha during this period. During the party tonight, you couldn't wait to ask everyone."
"Actually, it's not that complicated. Huang told me that it's an internal matter within your family--"
Hearing what Hong said, Asuma suddenly understood that it was Huang in the past, and now it is his turn.
He looked at Yuuhi Kurenai's ruby-like eyes that had the same name as hers, and wanted to ask her what she thought, but he paused again.
If Hong really wanted to leave him, she would definitely tell him openly.
But what should he do next? He suddenly wished that he could not return to Konoha.
But what would happen if she left Konoha? Hong had just been promoted to Special Jonin, and the issued certification was placed on the cabinet at the door, together with others, including a photo of herself and Hong.
When he was at a loss what to do, Hong suddenly sat up on his knees, stretched out her hand, crossed the coffee table and put her arm around his head.
"I am not Hokage's child, nor am I a member of a big family. Although I don't know how much pressure you are under, why don't you let me share some of it." Hong's voice was so gentle.
But Asuma knew in his heart that he was not under a lot of pressure, or in other words, he had not started to bear the pressure yet.
In the past, Huangmei was under pressure and had no way to choose her own future. When I was still Konoha, I had never heard of Huangmei looking for a boyfriend. That Uchiha Jie must be a request from the family.
He has never endured this before. His father blocked everything for him, but he is old now and can't block it anymore--
"I'll take care of it!" Asuma said word for word.
But Hong shook his head, and his voice became gentler. "You have had quarrels with Lord Hokage before, but now you don't want to have quarrels with your family again. It doesn't matter. I have a way."
"What can I do?" Asuma asked in confusion.
In his opinion, he is the only one who can do something now. He can argue with his Clan Head veterans and tell them that he is now Special Jonin and that further progress is just around the corner.
Persuade them to put down their sectarian views, or choose other young talents from the family to replace him.
He could only think of these methods. What could Hong do? Could it be that she could make those ruby-like eyes turn Tomoe into Sharingan?