"Aunt Mito, why are you here?"
At Senju Tobirama Residence, Renye had just returned when he found Uzumaki Mito cleaning in the yard.
"I knew you were coming back, so I'm helping you clean the rooms."
Renye and Senju Tobirama had been away from the Village for so long that the house, left vacant, was already covered in dust.
Having nothing to do, she brought Tsunade over to clean, hoping the two would have a clean living environment as soon as they returned.
After all, Renye and Tobirama weren't like Hashirama, who had a virtuous wife to take care of the house even when he was long on the battlefield.
It seemed it was time to arrange marriages for them, especially Tobirama, who was no longer young; who would take care of him if he didn't marry soon?
Surely Renye couldn't be expected to take care of an aging Tobirama?
As his sister-in-law, she had to worry and consider Tobirama's happiness for the rest of his life.
"Thank you, Aunt Mito, for the trouble."
Renye scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed.
He hadn't expected Uzumaki Mito to personally come and clean for them, and it looked like she was almost finished.
Previously, Renye used to do these things, but now that Mito had done it, he didn't know what to do.
Uzumaki Mito smiled and said, "You sit and rest first; I'll be done soon."
"Okay, okay, thank you, Aunt Mito."
Renye was just about to sit down on a stone bench in the yard.
Just then, a tender voice came.
"Uncle Renye, you're finally back!"
Tsunade, in the corner, saw Renye return, quickly dropped her broom, and excitedly ran over, hugging his leg.
Having not seen him for over a year, Tsunade had grown taller.
"Little Tsunade, did you miss me?"
Renye smiled and ruffled her blonde hair, casually wiping away the dust on her face.
"Yes!"
Tsunade raised her head, her eyes shining, and responded loudly.
Ever since Uncle Renye left the Village, she hadn't eaten such delicious food again.
Several times she dreamed of a table full of delicacies, only to open her eyes and find nothing, a feeling that was incredibly hard to bear.
Whenever this happened, she would think—if only Uncle Renye were home.
Then she could run over and freeload on his meals…
To eat delicious food, the little girl even asked her grandmother to send her to the battlefield to find Renye, but her grandmother flatly refused.
She could only come to her second grandfather's house from time to time to see if she could run into Uncle Renye returning home.
She had waited day and night, and finally, Uncle Renye was back.
Tsunade couldn't help but show a happy smile; she could finally eat the delicious food she had been craving.
Today, she must make Uncle Renye cook a large table of sumptuous food, and she had to eat her fill!
She would make up for all the food she hadn't eaten this past year!
Renye looked at Tsunade's fervent gaze, knowing without guessing what the greedy girl was thinking—most likely, she was eyeing delicious food again.
He pinched Tsunade's chubby cheek and teased, "Do you want to stay for lunch?"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Tsunade was so excited she almost jumped up.
Uncle Renye truly was like a worm in her stomach; he knew her thoughts before she even spoke.
Uzumaki Mito sat on the stone bench, looked at Tsunade, and shook her head with a smile.
When Renye wasn't in the Village, this girl often ran to the Hokage Office to ask Tobirama when Renye would return.
Later, when Tobirama also went to the battlefield, Tsunade asked her to take her to the battlefield to find Renye.
Tsunade's series of actions, just to eat delicious food, made Mito somewhat exasperated.
It seemed she needed to learn cooking from Renye.
Renye promised to cook a sumptuous meal for lunch, and only then did Tsunade satisfactorily let go of his hand, skipping off to the corner to play with the cat.
"Hehe, this girl just loves your cooking."
Uzumaki Mito smiled, looking at Tsunade in the distance, her eyes full of doting affection.
She doted on her only granddaughter.
"As long as Little Tsunade likes it."
Renye followed Mito's gaze.
...
"You dead cat, you peed on my hand?!"
"Meow meow meow—"
"Bang!"
Tsunade punched the Tanuki Flower on the head, and the latter let out a miserable meow.
Renye's mouth twitched slightly; was this girl showing violent tendencies at such a young age?
"Renye, do you have a girl you like?"
Uzumaki Mito suddenly looked at Renye, "Do you want Auntie to introduce you to someone?"
"Cough, cough, cough…"
Renye almost choked on his own saliva, his face full of disbelief.
"Aunt Mito, what are you talking about?"
He was only sixteen now; wasn't it too early to discuss such things?!
At least wait until he was twenty, right…
Besides, he didn't seem interested in women, and as for a girl he liked, he didn't even have one.
No, let alone a girl he liked, he barely knew any girls.
Apart from Utatane Koharu in his team, he didn't know any other females.
Renye wasn't interested in Utatane Koharu, nor did he want to get to know other females.
He'd rather spend that time cultivating and developing poisons.
As long as there are no women in one's heart, drawing the blade naturally makes one a god!
"Aunt Mito, I'm only sixteen now."
Renye wanted to use his young age to refuse Mito's suggestion.
"Sixteen is not young."
Uzumaki Mito said softly, "In our era, fifteen or sixteen was old enough to marry and have children."
Although Renye was still young, they could scout ahead, and he could get married in a couple of years.
Otherwise, what if he dragged it out and couldn't find a partner?
Don't end up like Tobirama, who was forty-something and still a bachelor, with not a single woman by his side.
Back then, she and Hashirama worried a lot about this matter.
Mito had watched Renye grow up since he was a child, considering him half her son, so she naturally had to worry about his future happiness.
"If you really don't have a girl you like, I can introduce you to a few girls from the Senju Clan."
Uzumaki Mito said softly.
Renye: "???"
Introducing a Senju woman to an Uchiha, wouldn't the child born from that have an ancestral bloodline reversion?!
He was actually quite curious about what kind of child would be born, and if they would possess two bloodlines?
Uzumaki Mito saw his reaction and assumed Renye had agreed.
"You sit here; I'll have the girls come over right away."
She knew several gentle and elegant girls in the clan whom she thought would be very suitable as Renye's wife.
Upon hearing this, Renye immediately reacted.
He was just curious; he had no intention of putting it into practice!
"Aunt Mito, there's no need."
Renye quickly held down Mito, who was about to get up, "I'm still young; marriage is too early for me."
"Just get to know them now, and later…"
Uzumaki Mito was cut off halfway through her sentence.
"Aunt Mito, I'm going to prepare lunch first."
This wouldn't do; he needed to distract Aunt Mito, and it seemed he could only inconvenience that Old Man Senju Tobirama.
Acting on the principle of 'better you than me,' Renye shifted the topic to Senju Tobirama.
"Uncle isn't married yet, is he? Aunt Mito, you should help him solve his marriage problem first…"
"I'm still young and not in a hurry, but Uncle won't have a chance if he doesn't get married soon."
After saying this, Renye immediately turned and entered the kitchen.
Sorry, Uncle.
This is all for your own good.
I hope you can understand my sincere intentions…
You wouldn't want to be single at your age, would you?