Chapter 237: Uzumaki Naruto, Don't Bully Lady Mei Terumi!

"Huh? This is my fault?!"

Ayame pointed at herself in disbelief when she heard Naruto Uzumaki's words.

She was the one who had just been teased!

"Ayame, I decided long ago that I'd make you mine when I grew up."

"You were the one who flirted with me first."

Naruto Uzumaki spoke softly.

"..."

Ayame thought about it. It did seem to be as Naruto Uzumaki said.

She really had teased Naruto a lot back then.

But "make you mine"... Did he have to put it like that?

"All right, I don't like beating around the bush."

"Do you want to be my woman?"

Naruto Uzumaki pulled Ayame into his arms and asked with a touch of possessiveness.

"I..."

Caught off guard by the question, Ayame didn't know what to say.

She did want to be Naruto Uzumaki's woman, but she couldn't bring herself to say it aloud.

"If you won't answer, I'll take that as a yes."

Naruto Uzumaki lifted Ayame's chin, activated Kamui, and vanished from the room.

That night.

Ayame dragged her exhausted body back to the ramen shop.

By then,

the shop was empty. Teuchi sat at a table by the door, dozing with his eyes closed.

The sound of the door opening startled Teuchi awake. He saw that it was Ayame.

"Ayame, you're finally back."

"Where were you all day?"

Teuchi looked at Ayame, a little angry.

She had disappeared for so long without a word. Didn't she know how worried he had been?

"I left in a hurry today, so I didn't tell you."

"It won't happen again."

"I'm tired. I'm going to bed."

Ayame yawned and walked toward the back with her eyes half-closed.

Seeing her like that, Teuchi couldn't help feeling puzzled.

What had happened to his daughter today?

Why did