A woman's heart is fucking black through and through.
Shiraishi Yoshijo said irritably, "You sure know how to dream. Even if I wanted to bring them in now, I couldn't. Yang Zi controls the Land of Water, and those sons in the Land of Fire—do you think they'll hand them over just because I want them to? And women like Yuexiang, Reika, and Tsunade—which one of them is easy to deal with?"
"If I dared do that, I'd never have another peaceful day. What kind of rotten idea is this? Aren't you just putting the two of us over a fire?"
Anna said in an odd tone, "They're not easy to deal with. Do you think I'm easy to deal with, then?"
Shiraishi Yoshijo's head instantly felt twice its size. "Fine, fine. None of you are easy to deal with. I'm the only sucker here. I've had eight lifetimes' worth of rotten luck. I never should've gotten involved with any of you in the first place. Then I wouldn't be living such an exhausting life now."
"If you're tired, then retire. Spend every day fishing and soaking up the sun. Wouldn't that be nice?"
"Easy for you to say. Do you think I don't want to retire? The key is, how am I supposed to retire?" Shiraishi Yoshijo snapped. "Forget everyone else—Nianze is your precious son. Do you think if I hand my position over to him, he'll willingly support this whole family for me afterward?"
"Dream on. Nianze works himself to the bone for his own children. As his father, am I supposed to bow my head and hold out my hand to him in the future?"
"Hmph. It's only right for a father to support his son's family. If it were the other way around, how the fuck