"What are you doing? Why are you asking me out all of a sudden?"
"Nothing, can't I just go shopping with you?"
Hongdou raised the unfinished dumpling in her hand and said with some disdain, "You are not usually so proactive. Isn't it me who brings you out?"
Xi Rihong looked melancholy.
The two came to a flyover and leaned on the railing.
"Asuma again?" Anko asked.
"...He asked me to go see a performance, saying that a drama troupe had come to the village." Xihihong sighed.
"This has happened for the nth time this month. You can't keep using me as a shield." Hongdou said helplessly.
"Besides, aren't you two a good friend? You grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and everyone knows how he feels about you. Every boy in your same group dares to pursue you because of him."
"It was originally pretty good." Xihihong pursed her lips.
"But since he returned to the village, he has changed a little."
"What's changed?" Hongdou asked curiously.
Xihi Kurenai was silent, while Hongdou was quietly eating the dumpling in her hand.
"Ever since he became one of the Twelve Guardians protecting the daimyo, he has always wanted to prove something to me." Yuhi Kurenai said slowly.
"Before he left the village, we had a good relationship with each other."
"But after he came back, he was eager to take it one step further. I couldn't stand his impatience."
After saying this, Xihihong scratched her hair in annoyance, straightened it out, and leaned on the railing, staring into the distance in a daze.
Hongdou looked at her like this and curled her lips, playing with the bamboo sticks she had eaten.
"You're just being pretentious. If there was a boy who had always liked me like this since childhood, I would have agreed a long time ago."
Xi Ri Hong said, "Love is not something that one party must respond to after giving it. It's his business if he likes me."
"Then your realm is really high." Hongdou said sarcastically.
"You don't have a solution and you don't give a clear attitude. What do you think Asma will think? Are you going to keep hiding like this?" she asked again.
"…"
"Forget it, let's go shopping." Xihihong let out a long sigh and turned to smile at Hongdou.
Hongdou rolled her eyes when she heard that, and just as the two of them walked down the overpass, they happened to see two figures walking side by side on the opposite side of the road, one of whom looked very familiar.
"Why did we meet him? What bad luck." Hongdou muttered softly.
"What? Are you pretending not to know me?" Xi Ri Hong teased from the side.
"Pretending?" Hongdou raised an eyebrow, "Why, am I afraid of him?"
She walked directly towards the two people opposite with a swagger. Seeing this, Xi Rihong curled her lips and chuckled, and followed her.
"Oh, what a coincidence, kid." Hongdou greeted very rudely.
Guan Yuelong looked at the woman who suddenly appeared in front of him and frowned slightly: "It's Guan Yuelong."
"Along, is he your friend?" Shisui said with a smile.
Guan Yue glanced at the two of them and saw a hint of malice in Hongdou's eyes.
"No, we just know each other," he said.
Hongdou's face froze, and her eyes looked even more unfriendly.
"Hello everyone, I'm Aroko's friend, Uchiha Shisui." Shisui introduced himself with a smile.
"Uchiha Shisui?" Hongdou and Yuhi Kurenai were both stunned when they heard this, and their attention was instantly diverted.
"Are you Shunshin Shisui?"
"Along has caused you trouble, I hope you don't take it to heart." Shisui said very politely.
Guanyue couldn't help but look dark when he heard Shisui say that he had a bad temper.
"I've only heard about him all along, but now I finally see him in person." Hongdou couldn't help but say, looking Shisui up and down. Unlike Guanyue's dead face, this Uchiha Shisui looked quite approachable.
"Along, you haven't introduced me yet?" Shisui looked at Guanyue with a smile.
"Hello, my name is Mitarashi Hongdou." Before Guanyue could speak, Hongdou said confidently.
"Sunset Red."
"So it's Anko-senpai and Hong-senpai. I've heard of both of you before. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Don't call me senior. You are a Jonin, a higher position than both of us, and you are so famous." Hongdou waved her hand.
"It's all just empty reputation."
Guanyue calmly watched the polite exchanges between them. This kind of occasion had been seen before by him, and Hongdou felt as if he had met a celebrity.
Among the younger generation of ninjas, only Hatake Kakashi can be compared with Uchiha Shisui's fame in the village.
"I didn't expect that someone at your level is so approachable. I thought geniuses like you would have some quirks." Hongdou said with a smile. She said this because of the example of Kakashi.
"I'm no different from everyone else, just a ninja." Shisui said.
"At least it's much better than some people." Hongdou said and glanced at Guanyue beside her.
"Along is actually a person with a cold exterior but a warm heart. Once you get to know him, you'll know that he has a sharp tongue but a soft heart." Shisui had no choice but to say this as he heard the thorn in her words.
"We all have a kind heart, so why does he have a sharp tongue?" Hongdou sneered.
Xihihong couldn't help but gently pulled her aside.
Shisui looked embarrassed. He had noticed that the two girls seemed to be Guanyue's friends, so he wanted to have a good chat with them since it was a rare opportunity.
"You are wrong." Guanyue spoke at this time, his tone calm.
"I'm not a soft-hearted person. Everything I say is what I think in my heart."
"I saved you that day purely for the mission, but I didn't expect you to be so familiar with me."
"You!" Hongdou was furious and was about to step forward to attack, but was held back tightly by Xihihong who was standing beside her.
"Well, we still have things to do, so we'll take our leave first." Seeing that the situation was not good, Shisui pulled Guanyue and left quickly with a wry smile.
"Why are you pulling me? Look at that guy, he deserves a beating!" Hongdou turned to Xihihong and said angrily.
"I really want to smash his dead face into pieces!"
"What are you doing? Do you really want to fight with him?" Xi Rihong said helplessly, and then let go.
"Just fight, who's afraid of who?" Hongdou snorted coldly.
"Okay, since we can't stand each other, just stop interacting in the future." Xi Ri Hong said. This was also the result she wanted.
It was a pity that Shunshin Shisui was so close to that Kanzuki, but she couldn't understand how these two completely different people could become friends.
"I'm so pissed off!" Hongdou was still angry and couldn't help but slap the railing beside her, but the iron railing made her palm hurt.
She felt even more resentful towards Guanyue.
The other side.
"Don't be so embarrassing when you talk to me." Shisui couldn't help but complain, "Do you want to fight her on the street?"
"Don't worry, she can't beat me."
"…"
"She simply said 'we're friends' and asked me to fulfill my friendship obligations. It's so unfair. Has she ever done anything for me?" Guanyue said. "And you saw how much drama she put on just now. It was quite annoying."
Shisui was helpless: "Why are you so extreme? Are you a child?"
"It just so happens that I have experienced more, so now I am so resistant to things I don't want to do." Guanyue said lightly.
"Friendship doesn't mean you have to get something from each other," Shisui said again.
"Then you are really noble." Guanyue glanced at him and said.
"What I mean is that giving between friends doesn't necessarily have to be material or expressed in actions. It also includes the satisfaction and joy gained on a spiritual level." Shisui explained with difficulty.
"I'm not at that level yet."
"What about me? Did you get anything from me?" Shisui suddenly asked helplessly.
Guanyue seemed stunned for a moment, and then fell silent.
"You've already given it."
After Guanyue finished speaking, he walked away.
"Huh?" Shisui was also stunned, with a strange look on his face.
"What have I given you?"
"Wait for me, Along."
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