Hinata was startled and quickly wiped the corner of her mouth with her hand.
???
It wasn't drooling.
Seeing Hinata's adorable expression, Feng An chuckled, "I was just tricking you."
Then he patted his full stomach.
"I'm really full. This half-pig was roasted especially for you."
Hinata sat down next to Feng An, half-believing, half-doubting.
She slowly extended her small hand and rubbed Feng An's stomach, only then realizing that Feng An hadn't lied to her.
"Tha... no, no thanks, no, no..."
Hinata's face grew even redder.
She subconsciously wanted to say thank you, but then suddenly remembered that Feng An didn't like her always saying thank you to him, which made her incoherent, not knowing what to say.
Seeing Hinata like this, Feng An couldn't help but laugh.
"I know what Hinata means."
He placed his hands on Hinata's cheeks and gently lifted her lowered head.
Her beautiful eyes fluttered slightly, and her white pupils, illuminated by the Gekko, were as clear and bright as the starry sky, making it hard to look away.
She also stared at Feng An's face. Besides his unique red hair, Feng An's handsome face was very dashing. Under the Gekko, the thirteen-year-old Feng An already displayed his extraordinary good looks.
"Is this okay? We're already friends, so this should be fine..."
Hinata's heart, held by Feng An, pounded like a startled deer. She could feel the heat on her face still rising.
Just then, Shino's voice suddenly came from nearby.
"Actually, I haven't left yet."
Hearing this, Hinata gasped and quickly turned around, burying her flushed face deep into her chest. At this moment, she only felt her body temperature rising rapidly.
Shino saw it, oh no, what am I doing.
Shino Aburame adjusted the sunglasses on his face with one hand and said calmly, "It's fine, you don't have to mind me."
"Don't mind your sister, you did that on purpose, didn't you?"
Feng An seriously suspected that Shino and Kiba had both been bribed by the blond kid and were deliberately causing trouble.
"I'm leaving, Hinata, be careful, there's a Red-haired Villain in our team."
After Shino Aburame finished speaking, he took a roasted pig's trotters, fed it to the insects in his body, and then walked away.
Hinata nodded, "O-okay."
Seeing her nod, Feng An rolled his eyes and said, "Are you stupid? He meant I'm the Red-haired Villain."
Hinata whispered, "I'm not stupid."
"I know you're the Red-haired Villain." She didn't say the latter part aloud.
"Not stupid? I feel like even if I sold you, you'd be the kind of fool who'd help me and the kidnappers haggle over the price."
Hinata, who had been looking down, raised her eyes to him, "I really am not stupid..."
Feng An saw her clear yet naive eyes and decided not to pursue the topic further.
"The roasted pig is all done, hurry up and eat."
With Feng An's permission, Hinata no longer held back. Her stomach had been eager for a long time.
In an instant, she devoured it like a whirlwind. In a few minutes, half a roasted pig, as big as Feng An, was gone into Hinata's stomach.
Looking at Hinata's still unchanged stomach, Feng An even suspected she had Doraemon's four-dimensional pocket.
"Let me see what it's made of."
As he spoke, Feng An's unruly hand was about to reach for Hinata's lower stomach.
Hinata quickly ran away, muttering, "Shino was right, there's a Red-haired Villain in the team."
Just now she touched her own stomach, but she wouldn't let him touch hers.
This was a classic example of a double standard!
He looked at the sky; it was already very late. He straightened his expression.
"Hinata, let me walk you back."
"Mm, okay..."
Feng An patted the dust off himself, extinguished the campfire, and then accompanied Hinata through the forest, walking towards the Hyuga Clan.
Passing through the night market, Hinata pulled Feng An to a shop that was still open.
She bought a cup of juice for herself and Feng An.
Feng An originally wanted to pay, but at Hinata's strong insistence, he compromised.
Whenever Hinata used her ultimate weapon, looking at Feng An with her big, watery, aggrieved eyes, he would feel like he deserved to die.
Feng An, who had intended to manipulate Hinata, had unknowingly been manipulated by Hinata instead.
The two walked side by side in the alleys of Konoha, the streetlights casting their long shadows.
Before long, they arrived at an old-looking courtyard.
Hinata pushed, but it didn't open; it must have been locked from the inside.
"Didn't your uncle leave the door unlocked for you?"
"It must be too late, he probably thought I wouldn't come back..."
I had clearly told Father to leave the door unlocked for me for the class gathering tonight. Is Father angry with me again for coming back so late?
What a heaven-sent opportunity, Feng An rejoiced inwardly. Uncle Hyuga, you can't blame me for this.
Hinata just turned her head and saw a terrifying smirk on his face.
"What are you thinking about?"
Feng An immediately straightened his expression and said seriously, "Nothing, I'm thinking, since that's the case, you can sleep at my place. My bed is quite big."
"You can't do that, we're just friends..." Hinata said shyly, quickly covering her eyes with both hands.
Hearing this, Feng An was startled.
No, even though I have exactly the kind of thoughts you're thinking, those thoughts shouldn't be in your head!
Seeing Feng An not speaking, Hinata thought he was angry and explained softly, "We're still too young, at least wait until we're sixteen..."
The speed was too fast, and Feng An's horsepower couldn't keep up. Was this the plot of a naive young lady falling in love with me during puberty?
He subconsciously glanced at Hinata and couldn't help but blurt out, "You're not small..."
Compared to Sakura, Hinata's current development was already quite remarkable, enough to be out of reach for many.
Just then.
With a creak, the gate suddenly opened from the inside.
Oh no, if her dad sees his precious daughter out with a boy so late, I'm dead!
Feng An quickly shrank behind a stone pillar.
However, it wasn't Hinata's father, Hyuga Hiashi, who came out, but Hinata's younger sister, Hyuga Hanabi.
Hyuga Hanabi, with chubby cheeks, scolded, "Big Red-haired Villain, flirting with my sister right at our doorstep."
Hinata said shyly, "He wasn't flirting with me..."
Seeing her sister defending the Red-haired Villain, Hanabi stamped her foot in anger, "Hmph, if big sister isn't coming in, then I'm going to bolt the door!"
Hinata clasped her hands together, placing them on her chest, and looked somewhat hesitantly towards where Feng An was hiding.
Feng An stepped out and said with a smile, "Go back quickly. I was just joking with you. My bed isn't actually big, and it's a hard bed, you wouldn't be used to it."
Seeing Hinata's guilty expression, if it weren't for being at the Hyuga's doorstep, he would have wanted to pull her into his arms.
So silly and so cute.
"Go back, I need to go back too. See you tomorrow," Feng An waved his hand and walked away gracefully with his hands in his pockets.
He knew that if he didn't say goodbye first, the fool who always prioritized others would just stand there with him for a while longer.
"...See you tomorrow," Hinata gazed blankly at his retreating figure until he disappeared.
"I'm so mad!" Hyuga Hanabi's cheeks puffed out with anger, expressing her fury with both hands and feet, "Sister, the Red-haired Villain has already gone far away!"
After saying that, Hyuga Hanabi ran inside, no longer paying attention to Hinata.
She felt that her gentle sister was being taken away by the red-haired Red-haired Villain, and she was very angry.
"Sister can only be mine! You hateful Red-haired Villain!"