Uchiha Miko walked up to Uchiha Mikoto, her eyes full of fury, raised her fair, delicate hand, and slapped Mikoto across the face!
Smack-
The slap rang out loudly~
It shone as dazzlingly as a bright star in the night sky!
Even Uchiha Lei outside the door did not dare knock anymore. He helplessly lowered his small hand and stood quietly where he was, waiting!
In his memories, when his mother-in-law got angry, she would listen to no one. She was terrifying.
Inside the room~
Uchiha Mikoto was stunned by the slap. A red handprint instantly appeared on her fair, tender cheek!
Uchiha Miko planted her left hand on her hip and pointed her right index finger at Uchiha Lei behind the door, roaring furiously at Uchiha Mikoto:
"Uchiha Mikoto, don't you know Lei has only just recovered?
What if something happens to him again? Will you repay his life with yours?"
After hearing her mother's words, Uchiha Mikoto saw an image of Uchiha Lei's deathly pale face before her eyes. Tears streamed rapidly from the corners of her eyes as she sobbed softly!
Seeing that her daughter did nothing but cry, Uchiha Miko grew even angrier and jabbed the pad of her index finger hard between her daughter's eyebrows!
"Ah-"
Uchiha Mikoto let out a scream of pain~
It was so loud that it rang through the entire courtyard, showing that Uchiha Miko had not held back at all!
Uchiha Mikoto covered the reddened spot between her eyebrows with her fair, delicate hand and pouted her rosy little lips. Her sobbing grew louder, but she did not dare cry out!
Uchiha Miko continued shouting furiously:
"Do you know what pain feels like now, Uchiha Mikoto? Yet because Lei dotes on you...
You keep saying things that hurt him. Is your heart made of stone? Heartache hurts far more than physical pain."
When Uchiha Mikoto heard that last sentence, her heart suddenly clenched. She covered her chest with both fair, delicate hands, feeling pain as though ten thousand arrows had pierced her heart!
Memories from before surfaced before her eyes. All she ever did was force Lei to agree with her. Whenever he disagreed, she got angry, leaving him to think of every possible way to apologize!
How much must Lei's heart have hurt? It could only have hurt more than mine does now!
I was wrong, terribly wrong. Lei never had to do what I said!
But he still did without hesitation, while I only went further, continuing to act haughty and demand that he obey me!
Uchiha Mikoto's previously light breathing turned into heavy gasps. She immediately raised her head and looked at the wooden door with determination in her eyes!
Mikoto immediately stood up and rushed past her mother. Disregarding her ladylike image, she ran to the door with long, swift strides, quickly unlocked it, and flung the wooden door open!
Once again, she saw Uchiha Lei, whom she wanted to see, only his face was pale and he looked weak.
Seeing Lei so fragile yet strong, she could not stop the tears streaming from the corners of her eyes!
Scenes from the journey home surfaced before her eyes:
She and Lei had been a meter apart. Lei had gone to great lengths to please her, only to be rejected by her stubborn temper, and his complexion had grown worse and worse!
Uchiha Mikoto's hand felt as though it had been filled with lead. Slowly and with difficulty, she raised it until it was a fist's distance from Lei's cheek.
Whenever she thought of that meter between them on the way back, Mikoto felt that the fist's distance before her was an impassable chasm. She could see him but could not touch him!
It hurt~
It hurt so much~
Her heart throbbed painfully~
"Hah, hah!"
Mikoto gasped for breath, her voluptuous curves heaving violently. Wanting to touch him yet being unable to reach him truly hurt so much!
Suddenly~
Uchiha Lei took Mikoto's hand and guided it to touch his cheek!
He asked about Uchiha Mikoto's condition with concern. His voice was somewhat hoarse and loud, but it lit up the gloom enveloping her now.
"Mikoto, what's wrong? Don't scare me!"
Uchiha Mikoto felt she could breathe freely again, and her breathing returned to normal, but she did not dare embrace Uchiha Lei!
Because Mikoto felt that she did not seem worthy!
Unworthy of being a proper fiancée!
She even felt unworthy of having Lei's love...
His love was sunny, bright, radiant, and utterly dazzling!
Yet while she looked radiant on the surface, she was actually far too self-centered. She was like a patch of darkness, constantly eroding Lei's light, wearing that faint glow away little by little until nothing remained!
Mikoto stayed where she was, not knowing how to apologize. She lifted her upper lip slightly, then quickly began lowering it again!
I'm like someone who has lost the ability to speak now, as though my mouth has been sealed. All I can do is keep crying, as if apologizing without a sound!
He felt Mikoto's small hand trembling constantly against his cheek, along with her silent crying!
Uchiha Lei's heart trembled, and he actually felt somewhat sad.
This was the first time he had truly felt sad since transmigrating!
Over the two days he had spent with Mikoto, he had gradually grown to like this beautiful girl.
Mikoto was no longer a tool for obtaining rewards through the system!
In his heart, she was a living, breathing person.
Seeing Mikoto happy made him happy!
Seeing Mikoto cry made him sad too.
Overwhelmed by emotion, Uchiha Lei felt his body could no longer hold out, and his eyes closed heavily!
His body fell straight against Uchiha Mikoto...
Uchiha Mikoto was immediately terrified by Uchiha Lei's sudden movement. She hurriedly held his body tightly and shouted through heart-wrenching sobs:
"Lei, what's wrong? Don't scare me..."
Uchiha Miko saw that Uchiha Lei had turned deathly pale and fainted. She immediately hurried to his side and pried her daughter's hands away with her fair, delicate hands!
She bent down, slipped one delicate hand beneath Lei's armpit to support his chest, and placed the other beneath his knees. Holding him horizontally against her chest, she shoved her obstructing daughter aside and immediately ran downstairs!
"Mikoto... move!"
With a thud~
Uchiha Mikoto fell onto the cold wooden floor. She felt no pain in her body, only an emptiness in her heart!
Just then~
Uchiha Yama's loud voice came from downstairs~
"Miko, Lei... what happened to him?"
"Go ask your precious daughter! Move!"
The hurried footsteps downstairs grew farther and farther away until they could no longer be heard!
Uchiha Yama knew that his daughter Uchiha Mikoto must have acted willfully again, and he roared up toward the second floor:
"Uchiha Mikoto, why are you still standing around upstairs?"
After speaking, Uchiha Yama flicked his sleeve and immediately turned around to chase after his wife, Uchiha Miko!
She heard her father's roar and the receding footsteps!
Uchiha Mikoto's arms seemed to have been unsealed, but not completely. With difficulty, she pushed herself up with her delicate hands, only to fall hard to the floor again from weakness!
After more than ten attempts, she finally managed to stand with the help of the wooden railing beside her. She ran downstairs with long strides, ran out of the bedroom, and headed toward Konoha Hospital!
Konoha Hospital~
It was lunchtime now. The streets were empty, and only the ninja at the gate was picking up food with his chopsticks!
Suddenly~
A purple figure shot through the entrance like lightning and immediately rushed toward the stairs leading to the pediatrics department on the third floor!
The gate guard immediately stood up and shouted:
"Enemy attack-"
A bang rang out~
"Ow~"
The gate guard's face twisted in pain. Clutching his head with both hands and knitting his brows tightly, he jerked his head up and was about to curse when he realized it was the Uchiha chief elder, Uchiha Yama!
Uchiha Yama was furious and roared at the guard:
"Enemy attack, my ass! That's my wife!"
After speaking, Uchiha Yama immediately chased after his wife like a black phantom!
"What kind of people are they? The Uchiha really are evil..."
Before the gate guard could finish~
A bang rang out~
"It hurts..."
The gate guard now held one hand over each side of his head, his pained expression growing even more agonized!
A hoarse, deep voice sounded beside him~
"Stop bad-mouthing the Uchiha! We haven't done anything to you..."
After speaking, Uchiha Mikoto likewise became a black streak of light, racing toward the third floor at top speed!
Only the gate guard remained, slumped on the ground, pouting and muttering softly:
"I'm just eating dinner... what did I do to deserve this!"
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