After the incident ended, Xia Yu headed straight for Konoha Hospital.
He was very worried about Akimi Inuzuka's safety.
Fortunately, Qiushi was all right, though her body was very weak.
After all, she had spent over five hours in the delivery room before safely giving birth to the baby.
Seeing Xia Yu enter the ward, Qiushi asked anxiously, "Xia Yu! I heard someone tried to kill you while I was giving birth. How are you? Are you all right? Hurry, let me see if you're hurt..."
Xia Yu smiled as he walked to Qiushi's bedside, turning around to reassure her. "Hehe, aren't I perfectly fine? You're the one I'm most worried about. The doctor said this delivery drained a tremendous amount of your physical and mental energy. Don't get worked up. Lie back down..."
Only after seeing that Xia Yu really was fine did Qiushi breathe a sigh of relief.
"Who tried to kill you? Have you found out? They've got some nerve, going after my husband so openly right here in the village. Once I recover, I'll definitely settle the score for you!"
"Hehe, didn't I tell you not to get worked up? Just behave yourself and focus on getting better soon. I've already dealt with it. The person who tried to kill me was Danzo."
"What?"
Qiushi's pale lips parted and closed. Though she was utterly drained, her deathly pale face could not conceal her shock. "Why would that old bastard Danzo want to kill you? Wait! That's not right..."
Qiushi suddenly realized something was wrong. She knew what Danzo was capable of. If he really wanted Xia Yu dead, Xia Yu could not possibly still be alive.
Seeing the complicated expression on Qiushi's face, Xia Yu gently kissed her forehead and told her everything that had just happened, including the secret of the Sharingan on Danzo's right arm.
"..."
Qiushi was completely stunned, taking a long time to come back to her senses.
She knew Danzo was no good, but she had never imagined he would commit so many atrocities against the Uchiha Clan.
Having married into the Uchiha Clan, she was one of them now.
A deep hatred began to sprout in Qiushi's heart.
But what surprised her even more was Xia Yu's strength.
"Darling, so you're actually this powerful..." Deep down, Qiushi was very happy. She did not blame Xia Yu for hiding his strength from her all this time. She knew he had done all of this to bide his time.
"I, Akimi Inuzuka-no, Uchiha Akimi-really did marry the right man..."
After this incident, the members of the Inuzuka Clan probably would no longer complain about her marrying Xia Yu.
With a wicked grin, Xia Yu leaned close to Qiushi's ear and whispered:
"Of course. Don't you already know how capable I am? Hmm?"
At his words, Qiushi's cheeks instantly flushed red.
Ever since she became pregnant, she and Xia Yu had not been intimate.
Those long days had truly been hard to bear.
After Xia Yu teased her like that, Qiushi really could barely take it.
Finally, she could not hold back any longer!
"Quick, help me up. I can still do it!"
"Huh?"
One minute later...
Xia Yu had already appeared at the hospital entrance.
He had "fled" the hospital.
Although Xia Yu had also really wanted to... with Qiushi just now, his last shred of reason told him he could not. Qiushi's body could not withstand that exertion.
"Qiushi, don't blame me. I'm doing this for your own good..."
"Sigh... I'm all worked up now. I need to hurry home and cool this fire. Tsk, tsk... Whose turn should it be?"
That was a problem.
Xia Yu had not taken in anyone new for a long time.
Among his thousand-plus wives and concubines, they were either recovering from recent childbirth or pregnant and waiting to give birth.
Now the question was not whom to pick, but that he could not touch any of them.
"Looks like I need to get back to my old trade and hit the streets to turn on the charm. Otherwise, I really won't be taking in any concubines..."
He acted on it immediately. It was all about getting things done.
Xia Yu headed straight for the busiest street in the village.
If he spotted a female passerby he liked, Xia Yu would actively pursue her using his handsome face, just as he had charmed girls in the past.
For no other reason than to cool his fire...
No, to revitalize the Uchiha Clan!
After winding his way around, he finally reached the busiest street.
But the atmosphere was very wrong.
"What the hell is going on?"
All along the way, there had not been a single female passerby...
It was so strange.
On either side of the street, there were only men's eyes, filled with resentment or admiration.
The masculine energy was overwhelming, without a trace of feminine energy.
This was a shopping and food street. Usually, it was full of pretty young girls in short skirts shopping and eating snacks.
People came and went, wave after wave, without stopping, day or night.
But now he could not see a single one. There were only groups of men.
"What the hell... What a buzzkill."
Being stared at by a bunch of men from start to finish felt extraordinarily uncomfortable.
"Forget it. I'd better go back and get a good night's sleep. I was up all night, and I really am a little tired."
Helpless, Xia Yu could only find some random excuse to comfort himself and leave in disappointment.
The journey felt both short and long. Before long, the gates of the Uchiha Clan Compound gradually came into clear view.
A dense, dark mass.
All of it people.
"Damn it!"
Xia Yu's heart tightened.
His first reaction was that these had to be remnants of Danzo's forces or his admirers, here to cause trouble for him.
Xia Yu's eyes turned scarlet again, and killing intent surged instantly.
His wives and children were all inside the Clan Compound.
"If you dare lay a hand on my family, I don't care if it means making an enemy of Konoha!"
Xia Yu sprinted all the way, rushing to the Clan Compound gates.
"Uh..."
The sight before him left him stunned.
They were all women.
It was completely different from the shopping and food street earlier, forming a stark contrast.
Only then did Xia Yu realize.
"Holy crap! I've hit the jackpot!"
Clearly, they had all come for interviews...
What surprised him most was an alluring figure among the women, one he knew extremely well.
Long, curly black hair, seductive red lips, long, fair, delicate legs, and that glimpse of black fishnet at her chest...
Wasn't that Kurenai Yuhi!
She had actually come to line up for an interview too?
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