"Well... if you really don't have the money, if you don't..."
Tsunade, just spit it out already!!!
Tsunade couldn't help cursing inwardly.
But it really was hard to keep her composure!
Mostly because she really didn't want to say those words.
She had originally wanted to tell him that if he didn't have the money, she could settle for a little less.
But when it actually came time to say it, Tsunade found the words sticking in her throat.
After all, she really couldn't bear to do it!
This was money they were talking about!
Was she supposed to just leave it on the table?!
"What?! If I'm broke, you'll tighten your belt along with me? Why does that sound a little weird...?"
Bai Ye rubbed his chin as he spoke, thinking it over before realization struck.
He gave Tsunade a very odd look.
The next moment, as he looked over, Tsunade looked at him too, and their eyes met.
Tsunade immediately lost her composure. "Don't talk nonsense!! Don't make it sound so intimate! You and I aren't in that kind of relationship."
But as she spoke, her bluster suddenly faded.
Mostly because she really wasn't confident about that herself.
Sure, she said their relationship wasn't like that.
But thinking about it carefully, wasn't the money she was spending right now all Bai Ye's?!
It really did seem as though he was supporting her...
Even if she refused to acknowledge that sort of relationship.
Given everything going on right now, though, she could hardly bring herself to deny it, could she?!
"Oh? Then what kind of relationship do we have?!"
Bai Ye watched Tsunade with amusement as he asked.
In the past, he wouldn't have asked that.
But now...
He was rather curious about how Tsunade would react next.
"Never