"Neji, what do you like?"
Wuye suddenly crouched down, bringing himself level with Hyuga Neji's eyes.
Hyuga Neji answered instinctively, "I want to practice Gentle Fist. I want to make Dad happy!"
Hyuga Hizashi did indeed break into a happy smile.
But Wuye shook his head. "I'm asking what you like, not what your father likes. Do you really like Gentle Fist?"
Hyuga Neji stared at him blankly. "I don't know... Dad said that us Hyuga children all have to cultivate diligently..."
"A little guy without a childhood..."
Wuye turned to Hanabi and Hinata. "Little ones, what do you like?"
Little Hinata and little Hanabi looked at each other while holding hands, then answered together in clear, crisp voices, "We like Uncle!"
Wuye: "..."
"Looks like I asked too early. Children gradually find what they like as they keep encountering new things, slowly discovering what their nature is drawn to. They're still too young." He stood up helplessly.
Hyuga Hizashi could not help glancing at little Hinata and little Hanabi. "I heard about those two little ones. I think... their liking for you truly comes from the heart, from their souls..."
"Don't bring that up again." Wuye pressed a hand to his forehead. "Brother Hiashi won't be happy."
Hyuga Hizashi shrugged. "Good thing my Neji is a boy. I don't have to worry about you... ahem."
Wuye's face darkened.
It seemed his personal reputation had truly become dreadful...
"But, Wuye," Hyuga Hizashi suddenly asked curiously, "if you don't demand anything of them and only let the children do what they like, what if the things they like have no value? Like playing around."
"I don't think anything is useless. Only by doing what they like can they unleash their greatest creativity," Wuye said, shaking his head. "You must never educate