"Father, I want to marry her," Uchiha Xiao said.
"Good, good! When the time comes, we'll see how you do," Uchiha Arashi said with a hearty laugh.
Konoha, the Uchiha Clan.
That day...
The Uchiha Clan had laid out a grand feast to celebrate the return of Uchiha Yin and Uchiha Mikoto.
The two of them had returned to Konoha the day before.
In the hall...
A group of people waited, each with their own thoughts. The feast would begin as soon as Mikoto arrived.
"Zhi, Mikoto should be here soon, shouldn't she?" Uchiha Arashi asked with a smile.
"She should. They only got back last night, so they went to bed late. They might arrive a little late today." Uchiha Zhi's eyes were narrowed as always, and he wore a foxlike smile.
How could Uchiha Zhi not guess what everyone present was thinking?
But no matter who they were, their efforts would be wasted. Mikoto's heart and body had long belonged to that brat Yin.
Uchiha Zhi, who often made breakfast, had noticed long ago that Mikoto sometimes came out of Uchiha Yin's room in the morning, or Yin came out of hers. How could he not guess that something had been going on between them for ages?
That was probably part of the reason the two of them were so late today.
So it was all but impossible for Mikoto to marry anyone else.
With a rough idea of what was about to happen, Uchiha Zhi sighed twice.
He could only hope the Uchiha higher-ups wouldn't go too far.
Just then, Uchiha Arashi stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Old Zhi, I hear your daughter is already sixteen this year, but she still isn't betrothed. What are your thoughts?"
Uchiha Arashi's casual question silenced the entire