Will he agree in Chapter 138?
Will he agree in Chapter 138?
Having decided to help the last remaining member of the Hatake family, Yan Yi began to think of ways...
Should we approach them directly? Given their personalities, would they agree to accept Konoha's help?
Yan Yi lay on the bed, gazing at the moon outside the wooden house, her mind filled with many thoughts.
First, I speculated about Tongtong's symptoms to see if there were any diseases that matched my understanding of the disease, but judging from his performance... it was probably a heart problem.
However, heart problems are no joke. A complete cure would likely require surgery, but surgery...operating on the heart, given current medical technology, the chances of survival are extremely slim...
With her mind wandering, Yan Yi started to feel sleepy... After two days of running around outside, she could finally get a good night's sleep today.
Yan Yi glanced at her side and her eyes softened... Banban is so cute when she's sleeping.
After all, they had been living together for a while. When sleeping, the saddlemate always liked to snuggle up to him and stay very close. Since they were staying at the Hatake family's house for the night, A-Feng lent his own bed to the two of them, while he went to sleep with his younger brother.
Yan Yi gently patted Banban's head, then slowly closed her eyes, listening to Banban's rhythmic breathing, and soon drifted off to sleep...
However, not long after Yan Yi fell asleep, Banma opened his eyes.
I wasn't familiar with the area. Although Ah Feng's room was very clean and tidy, and the room was quite cozy, it wasn't my own home, and I didn't sleep very well in the subdivided flat...
Just now, Yan Yi had only lightly touched his head, and Itama had already woken up a little. Now, looking at Yan Yi's sleeping face, Itama's heart couldn't help but beat a little faster...
Yan Yi looks so cute when she's sleeping.
Itama leaned closer to him, slowly extended a hand, hesitated for a moment, and then hugged him...
......
Ah Feng was fixing his hair in the living room. As a cool little boy, Ah Feng always took good care of himself.
Wangshan had already prepared breakfast, and Tongtong, unusually, got up to eat breakfast with her brother.
Seeing that Yan Yi and Ban Jian were already up, A Feng casually asked, "Did you sleep well last night?"
The board room didn't sleep very well, but it was definitely better than in the cave, so it nodded like Yan Yi.
"That's good. My room isn't great, but I hope you don't mind." Ah Feng was still the same as always, his tone was always a little lazy.
Yan Yi smiled apologetically and looked at Wang Shan, saying, "I'm so sorry to have troubled you so much..."
After all, the sumptuous breakfast in front of me was probably specially prepared to entertain me and Banban, and thinking back, last night's dinner was also quite lavish.
After all, Wangshan doesn't earn much money every day, and its resources are certainly not enough.
They ate breakfast in silence, no one uttering a single word...
Yan Yi pondered for a moment, hesitated, and then decided to speak first.
"Um, Uncle Wangshan, why don't you come back to Konoha with us? Of course, you can bring them along too..."
Wangshan looked at him with some doubt, but still patiently said, "I already told you the reason yesterday. After all, our Hatake family can't contribute to the village right now, and we can't just eat and drink for free..."
"Uh..."
He was speechless; he was just eating and drinking for free at A-Feng's place.
"Ah, that's not what I meant. You are guests, so it's only right that we entertain you!" Wang Shan smiled awkwardly and quickly explained.
"Regarding this matter... I actually have some thoughts..."
As she spoke, she picked up the bowl of congee, took a sip, and revealed a happy smile.
"Uncle Wangshan, our village isn't operating on a free-for-all model anymore. We're currently working on new rules, the most important one being the village's economic resources..."
Yan Yi patiently explained each point one by one. The general idea was that ninjas could accept missions and receive rewards after completing them. The missions were divided into many levels, and he could easily complete the simplest ones.
Yan Yi was very familiar with this system; it was basically a direct copy of the operating model of the ninja village from his memory.
Having learned from past mistakes and seen successful examples, Yan Yi wasn't too worried about running out of money.
Ah Feng's eyes lit up as he listened, and his usually calm expression now revealed a hint of longing...
If I could also take on those simpler tasks, wouldn't I be able to help my father a bit? And at least we wouldn't have to worry about safety in the village, giving my younger brother a better chance of finding a treatment...
Wangshan fell silent, pondering the feasibility of doing so... After all, the Hatake clan was a clan with backbone; even in its current state of decline, they had never proactively sought help from the Uchiha or other clans.
The reason Wangshan has to consider this now is largely because he genuinely wants to cure his youngest son... At his age, he should be freely playing in the fields, or perhaps starting to practice ninjutsu and find something that interests him, but...
With a deep sigh, Wang Shan silently shifted his gaze to his youngest son, Tong Tong.
He's very well-behaved and obedient. He never cries or makes a fuss. Even when his illness flares up and he's in excruciating chest pain, he endures it, not wanting to worry himself and Ah Feng...
At this moment, Tongtong was taking small bites of an egg, looking quite satisfied. Although it was just a regular boiled egg, he still found it delicious.
"Tongtong..."
Wang Shan turned his head away, his eyes slightly moist.
He couldn't bear to look at his youngest son's face anymore; he felt he had failed him, letting him be born into this world with an unfortunate defect. He felt no joy, at least not in his own eyes; Tongtong could have had a better life...
Instead of what we are like now, where there is no cure for the disease, and most of the time we can only lie in bed, or wake up in the middle of the night in pain, then cry and groan silently.
Yan Yi didn't speak, but continued to eat his breakfast in silence. He wanted to give Wang Shan some time to think, but he also knew that even if it was just for Tong Tong, Wang Shan would probably agree.
"Xiao Yan...I..." Wang Shan's voice was a little hesitant, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "The Hatake family can't repay you for the time being, but do you still want me to go back to Konoha with you?"
Yan nodded and said matter-of-factly, "Although we are short of money and manpower, if we let Tongtong continue to be neglected and rely on these drugs to prolong her life...forgive my bluntness, but I'm afraid we can't hold on for much longer."
"I...I know..."
Wang Shan's heart was bleeding. Every time he saw Tongtong's cute little face contorted with pain in her chest, her lips turning white and her whole body trembling, he would even think that he wished he could take her pain in his place...
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