Lin Feng ran frantically and only calmed down when he saw that Tsunade hadn't pursued him! That woman was too terrifying; he didn't know if he could survive one punch from her.
The temporary houses for the foreign villagers were clustered together. Although they couldn't compare to the homes of the local villagers, they were technically a part of Konoha. However, the location was a bit remote, close to the edge of the forest.
"I'm back!" Lin Feng yelled as soon as he entered the house, intending to find Kushina and ask her to teach him Ninjutsu!
But there was no one inside!
"That's strange!" Lin Feng walked around, muttering to himself, "Where did they go?" He searched room by room for Kushina, Kimimaro, and Haku, but found no one. Finally, he noticed faint, low sobs coming from Haku's mother's room.
Lin Feng walked over curiously and saw through the gap in the door that the woman was crying while looking out the window.
Lin Feng naturally knew her pain!
However, this was a matter that outsiders could hardly resolve; she had to be the one to come to terms with it herself!
Haku's mother—to be honest, Lin Feng didn't even know her name!
Kushina had once asked her, and she only said her name was Ying (莹), and said no more.
Perhaps it touched upon a painful memory!
Watching her shoulders gently shaking, Lin Feng felt uneasy.
She wasn't tall, possessing a delicate, classic beauty. She looked very much like Haku. Or rather, Haku looked very much like her.
"Why is this happening!?" Ying covered her face with her hands, her whole body trembling. Every time she thought of the moment her husband tried to kill her, her heart felt a wrenching pain!
Perhaps, this was simply what they called fate!
Lin Feng sighed softly outside. Just as he was about to leave, he accidentally bumped the door.
"Who?" Ying quickly wiped away her tears. Seeing the door pushed open and her savior entering, she was instantly alert!
"Lord Lin Feng." Upon seeing Lin Feng, Ying immediately bowed a perfect ninety degrees. She was extremely grateful to her savior; if he hadn't appeared, she would already be a corpse, wouldn't she?
And she would never have seen her daughter again!
"You shouldn't call me that!" Being addressed as 'Lord' by such a beautiful young woman made Lin Feng slightly uncomfortable.
"No! This is the minimum respect I must show you!" Ying's personality was a bit stubborn, unlike her daughter's.
But honestly, both the mother and daughter were so enticing!
Though Haku was still young, she would definitely grow up to be a great beauty!
And as her mother, Ying was no less attractive.
Although her figure was petite, she was voluptuous and radiant, lacking the immaturity of a young girl and possessing the calmness of a wife and mother.
Moreover, she exuded the unique charm of a mature woman.
Lin Feng smiled bitterly: "Just now, you..."
Realizing that he had seen her crying, a faint blush immediately crept onto Ying's face, and tears that hadn't completely dried welled up in her eyes again!
Lin Feng sighed once more, feeling helpless about her passive attitude.
"Let the past be the past! Now, don't you still have Haku by your side? Are you willing to continue living in this pain?"
Ying gently shook her head: "I know! I know all that! But knowing doesn't mean I can accept it!"
"That's true!" Lin Feng leaned against the door, suddenly recalling that he was also alone in this world!
Perhaps their situation was tragic, but they were much better off than him, right?
At least they still had loved ones accompanying them!
Seeming to notice the sorrow in Lin Feng's eyes, Ying quickly stopped her tears and bowed again: "Lord Lin Feng, I'm truly sorry for making you recall sad things!"
What a gentle and considerate woman! Lin Feng thought to himself. "It has nothing to do with you!"
"I am an unlucky person; I will only bring disaster to you all!" Ying remembered the fact that she was a Bloodline Limit user, and the hatred of those villagers, making her even sadder.
Humans were like this, always bound by their subjective thoughts.
"Perhaps you think Bloodline Limit users are hated, but have you considered why war happens in the first place?"
"It's because of people like us," Ying subjectively believed.
Lin Feng gently shook his head: "Even without you, war would still happen! Where there are people, there will always be conflict! Even without us ninja, ordinary people would still have devastating wars! The existence of nations is an unchangeable hierarchy! With power, humans naturally want greater benefit! This is the so-called War! You were merely used, treated as tools for killing. In truth, you are also victims, aren't you? Those superficial villagers think that without Bloodline Limit users, there would be no war—how naive!"
Living in the 21st century, Lin Feng knew some theories that people of this era couldn't comprehend. Perhaps, this was the limitation of the times!
"Is... that true?" Ying pondered. Perhaps, what Lin Feng said was correct. But as she had said before, knowing didn't mean accepting!
"Cry it out!" Lin Feng turned to leave. "The way you are now, you're merely hiding your inner sorrow, and that will make you collapse one day! You need to know, you are not alone; you still have Haku! She needs you!"
"Right... right! I still have Haku!" Ying suddenly seemed to understand something. Although she wasn't completely clear, it felt as though a burden had been lifted.
"Wuwu..." The sorrow she had deliberately suppressed for so long now transformed into torrential tears!
Lin Feng knew that once she cried it out, the wound would gradually heal over time.
Time, indeed, is the best doctor!
He slowly turned around, only to see the beautiful young woman kneeling on the ground, weeping bitterly, her body trembling uncontrollably. It seemed she had suppressed her emotions for too long!
Instinctively, Lin Feng walked over.
He crouched down, reached out, and gently held the beautiful woman's sloping shoulders, saying softly, "Get up. If Haku sees her mother like this, she'll tease you!"
"Lord Lin Feng..." Ying slowly raised her head, meeting Lin Feng's clear eyes. Is this what it feels like to be cared for?
Her heart suddenly tightened, and with a sob, she threw herself into Lin Feng's arms, crying softly.
In a woman's most vulnerable moments, she still needs a man's warm and secure embrace!
Lin Feng felt incredibly awkward right now!
Two masses of elastic pressure were squeezing against his chest, and his own unruly member unexpectedly chose this moment to rise up, pressing against the beautiful young woman's lower abdomen...