A Fine Son-in-Law! So Thoughtful!

A Fine Son-in-Law! So Thoughtful!

"You brat! Good thing I wasn't sleeping too deeply!"

Hyuga Hiashi hurriedly threw on his clothes and shoes, ready to rush out and take a look.

Since the situation had become extremely awkward, Room 205 was dead silent.

Even though Hyuga Hiashi's movements were very slight, Feng An caught them immediately.

Feng An's pupils instantly widened.

If Hyuga Hiashi saw that swimsuit again, he was afraid he would suffer their Byakugan for the rest of his life.

Just as Feng An was wondering what to do, Hinata spoke with a blush on her face.

"Is this... for me?"

"Yes."

In his panic, Feng An was unable to think and instinctively admitted it.

He regretted it immediately.

He could already imagine Hinata standing up in fury, flinging the swimsuit into his face, and angrily cursing, "Hentai!"

The next second, Hinata stood up just as he had expected.

Feng An hurriedly shut his eyes.

However, the scene he imagined did not happen.

Hinata blushed and said shyly, "Thank you... This is the first time I've received a swimsuit like this..."

Hearing her words, Feng An opened his eyes a sliver and saw that Hinata was not angry.

He asked timidly, "Why aren't you mad?"

Hinata shook her head and smiled softly. "I'll treasure anything Feng An gives me."

A warm current nearly leaked from Feng An's eyes.

"Hinata!"

Just as he was about to hug her, Hinata blushed and quickly dodged away.

She said quietly, "But... I definitely won't wear it!"

Knock! Knock! Knock!

A rapid series of knocks sounded.

Hyuga Hiashi's low shout accompanied them. "Feng An, Hinata, don't you two do anything foolish!"

Father?!

Hinata's pretty face turned pale in shock. "Why is Father here? What do we do?"

Feng An was even more flustered than she was. It was the middle of the night, they were alone in the same room, and she was holding such a strange swimsuit.

They had to hide this thing first!

His mind raced, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

Got it!

Outside the door, Hyuga Hiashi suddenly remembered. Why don't I just use the Byakugan?

"I'm really getting senile."

He slapped himself hard across the face and activated his Byakugan.

After seeing what was happening inside Room 205, Hyuga Hiashi's eyes widened.

"They're actually—"

"They're actually training???"

The image reflected in his Byakugan showed Feng An and Hinata sitting upright on the bed, looking like they were meditating and training.

Impossible. Absolutely impossible. There must be something wrong with my Byakugan.

Seeing such a sight made him somewhat angry instead.

My beautiful, adorable precious daughter is right beside you, and you're training?

Hyuga Hiashi raised a hand, gathered Chakra, and pushed forward through the air.

Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, mini version.

With the Byakugan and his control over Chakra, a two-millimeter block of Chakra accurately struck and snapped the wooden latch that had been wedged in place.

Creak—

The door to Room 205 was pushed open.

Hearing the sound, Hinata's heart raced, and her brows twitched slightly.

Feng An hurriedly opened his eyes.

He looked at Hyuga Hiashi with a bewildered expression.

"Uncle, why aren't you asleep yet?"

Hinata knew it was her turn to perform.

She put on a dazed expression, as if she had trained for a long time and had a slight headache.

"Father? Why are you here?"

Why am I here? Turning the tables on me, are you?

Hyuga Hiashi shot Feng An a fierce glare.

Feng An slightly furrowed his brows and put on an even more confused and puzzled expression.

Hyuga Hiashi's face darkened.

"What were you two doing just now? You didn't even hear the knocking."

Feng An replied calmly.

"We were thinking about the third exam, so we took this little bit of time at night to train. We got so immersed in our training that we didn't hear Uncle knocking."

Hinata hurriedly nodded in agreement. "That's right, Father."

Hyuga Hiashi looked at Hinata with a dark expression.

Her expression was unnatural, and Hyuga Hiashi could easily tell that Feng An had coached her.

Feeling her father's gaze, the somewhat frightened Hinata lowered her head slightly and peeked at him from beneath her lashes.

"It's getting late. Go to sleep early."

Hyuga Hiashi did not ask any further questions. If he really found something out, his heart would not be able to take it.

Hinata nodded and said to Feng An, "Good night."

"Alright, good night."

Hinata slowly walked past Hyuga Hiashi and returned to Room 206.

After seeing his daughter return to her room, Hyuga Hiashi gave Feng An a long, deep look before leaving as well.

Once he was gone, Feng An let out a long breath and lay spread-eagled on the bed.

He glanced at the Sealing Scrolls beside him.

"Good thing I bought three scrolls earlier."

That Striped String Bikini was now lying inside one of the Sealing Scrolls.

In that instant earlier, his mind had raced and come up with the safest solution. If Shuriken and kunai could be sealed inside scrolls, then clothes should work too.

Before long, Feng An and Hinata drifted off to sleep.

Meanwhile, in Room 204, Hyuga Hiashi lay in bed with bloodshot eyes, listening closely to every sound from next door.

It looked like he would not be getting any sleep tonight.

After Feng An and the other two had spent several more days having fun in the Land of Hot Water, they prepared to return to Konoha.

When the three had arrived, Feng An had only prepared snacks, so for the latter part of the journey, they had relied on Military Rations Pills to stave off hunger. But they tasted truly awful and were hard as rocks.

For the journey back, they understood the importance of stockpiling supplies.

"Dried fruit... ready-made meals... potato chips... juice..."

With a pale blue Butterfly Hairpin clipped in her hair, Hinata murmured to herself as she packed things into her bag.

The three of them moved through the various shops in the Land of Hot Water.

Hinata and Feng An were responsible for picking out food and stuffing it into their backpacks, while Hyuga Hiashi was responsible for paying.

"Buy whatever we want. Having money feels great!"

Feng An sighed inwardly.

"Father."

Hearing Hinata call him, Hyuga Hiashi understood that it was time for him to fork over some cash.

For his daughter, what did spending a little money matter!

He walked up to the shopkeeper and pointed at the pile of items that stood half a person tall.

"How much for all this?"

The shopkeeper chuckled. "Thirteen thousand seven hundred fifty-eight ryo. I'll round it down for you—thirteen thousand seven hundred fifty ryo."

Hyuga Hiashi was extremely disdainful inwardly.

"Do I care about those eight ryo? This is practically an insult!"

When he reached for his wallet, he paused.

When had the wallet that was bulging when they first arrived become so shriveled?

When he saw that there was only one thousand ryo left inside, his face instantly turned pale as paper, and he froze in place.

Even if the shopkeeper rounded it down again to one thousand three hundred seventy-five ryo, he would still be short three hundred seventy-five ryo.

If this were Konoha, he could buy on credit, but this was the Land of Hot Water. Who would let a stranger buy on credit?

Fortunately, Feng An noticed the embarrassment written all over Hyuga Hiashi's face.

Then he saw the shriveled wallet in his hand and immediately understood.

"Uncle, you took the wrong wallet. That one is mine."

Feng An stepped forward and swapped his wallet with Hyuga Hiashi's.

Hyuga Hiashi was briefly stunned before quickly catching on.

A fine son-in-law! So thoughtful!

He gave Feng An an appreciative look.

Then he opened the wallet.

His expression instantly changed from appreciation to shock.

So much money?!

He suppressed his shock and paid first.

After they had moved away from the shop, Hyuga Hiashi could no longer hold it in and flung Feng An's wallet back at him.

He demanded resentfully, "You brat, you had this much money all along?"

"How could I not bring money when traveling abroad? Was I supposed to take Hinata on a poverty tour?"

"Then why didn't you say so?"

"You never asked. You rushed to pay every time. I thought you really enjoyed the thrill of paying."

Hyuga Hiashi recalled how he had rushed to pay for the Hot Spring, and how he had also rushed to rent three rooms when booking lodging...

"So I was the one rushing to be a sucker???"

At once, he deflated like a punctured balloon, and his face seemed to age several years.

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