Uchiha Fucheng put away the Mangekyo, straightened his collar slightly, and then stood up to answer.
"Yashiro, please ask Madam Uchiha Meiling to wait for me in the living room."
He stood up, focused, and opened the door!
Fucheng had already thought through his plan.
Since Mikoto was now his follower, the wedding could wait, but the engagement ceremony to confirm their relationship had to be put on the schedule as soon as possible!
"Delay leads to changes!"
If he let historical inertia take effect, and Mikoto ended up on a blind date with Fugaku, then his act of stealing Mikoto away would become a complete joke.
He couldn't keep calling a fourteen-year-old girl to his home. Even though Uchiha Fucheng was now the Clan Head, it would still invite gossip.
Fucheng thought to himself: "I still have that unique special reward in my hands. This reward must be used after confirming the relationship with Mikoto. Otherwise, if there is a special usage anomaly, and Mikoto can't complete the reward fusion under my supervision, my most important trump card might be exposed to others."
...
Mikoto's mother hadn't expected the Clan Head to be so direct. Almost as soon as they met, he honestly expressed his desire to marry Mikoto.
That night, at Mikoto's home, Uchiha Meiling had a heart-to-heart talk with her daughter.
Looking at her daughter's expression, Meiling asked softly: "The new Clan Head proposed to me today. He wants to finalize your marriage in the near future."
Mikoto looked up in surprise.
"Mom, did I hear that right? Lord Fucheng wants to marry me?"
Mikoto looked at her mother, astonished. "Lord Fucheng has saved me several times on the battlefield and has taken very, very good care of me, but this sudden proposal... isn't it too fast?"
Uchiha Meiling looked at her daughter with a smile and asked with concern, "What about you? How do you feel about Lord Fucheng? Do you like him too?"
Mikoto froze for a moment, wanting to shake her head bashfully, but quickly lowered her head in shyness, nodding to admit her feelings.
"I... I really like Lord Fucheng."
Under her mother's gaze, Mikoto said uncertainly, "I don't know how to describe it. When Lord Fucheng saved me on the battlefield, I had that feeling of my heart beating so fast I couldn't catch my breath. Although I don't know if this counts as liking, I would be very happy if the person I marry is Lord Fucheng."
Meiling stroked her daughter's hair affectionately. "If this isn't liking, then what is? Your heart is pounding so loudly, it's about to be heard by someone else."
Mikoto lowered her head and said softly, "Lord Fucheng is tall, handsome, and very powerful. He is also the Uchiha Clan Head. I am just a fourteen-year-old Chunin; isn't it a bit too early to consider marriage?"
Meiling covered her mouth and chuckled.
"Silly girl, it's not like you're getting married immediately. The Clan Head is only sixteen, and he said today that he wants to hold the engagement ceremony first to confirm the relationship. That way, there won't be any other rumors when you interact daily. Besides, from what Mom understands, many daughters of the elders have taken a fancy to Lord Fucheng. I guess Lord Fucheng is also annoyed by being asked by several families. He wants to use the engagement to tell others, thereby reducing excessive attention from other women."
Mikoto nodded, half-understanding.
Although she was already a Chunin, she wasn't like her mother, who was a businesswoman. Lacking social experience, she truly thought Lord Fucheng was just trying to fend off the daughters of other elders.
Seeing her daughter nod, Uchiha Meiling hugged her comfortingly. "It's good that you approve of the Clan Head; that way, Mom can rest easy."
Looking at Mikoto's tomboyish appearance, she was still dressed in Ninja attire. Meiling reminded her specifically: "Mikoto, Mom and I moving back to the Uchiha Clan and changing our surname back to Uchiha is also to prevent others from bullying us. I was just thinking, why don't you change back to Uchiha as well? That way, it will be more in line with the rules of the Uchiha Clan Head marrying within the clan during the engagement ceremony."
As she spoke, she tapped Mikoto's Chunin tactical vest.
"Since you are back in the Village for rest, you should wear pretty dresses when you aren't on missions. Spend more time with Lord Fucheng these days and see what you need for the engagement. Mom will prepare it for you in advance."
A rare blush appeared on Mikoto's chubby cheeks.
"To change it to Uchiha Mikoto." Mikoto felt a bit dazed. She felt that this engagement was truly sudden. It left her feeling bewildered, yet also pleasantly surprised.
...
Speaking of Mikoto, both her looks and personality were exactly to Fucheng's taste.
Her name was identical to the 'Railgun' from another anime.
Her personality was somewhat similar, possessing both the toughness and straightforwardness of a boy, as well as the delicacy and gentleness of a girl. If there was one difference, it was that Fucheng's own black-haired Mikoto seemed more like a virtuous wife and good mother.
After finishing the succession arrangements within the clan, Uchiha Fucheng specifically set aside time to go on dates with Mikoto for a few days.
Feelings, after all, need to be carefully cultivated. Otherwise, it would really become a legendary arranged marriage of a Kekkei Genkai clan.
The current Konoha was not yet comparable to the era of the Konoha 12; the streets were not that prosperous. Both in terms of town scale and commercial scale, it didn't seem very lively.
Fucheng took Mikoto, who was dressed in a skirt, and they strolled along.
The Three-Color Dango of Konoha had already appeared by this time. Mikoto seemed to like it quite a bit, eating several skewers in a row.
Fucheng observed the living conditions of ordinary Konoha villagers. He felt that the overall consumption power of the current Konoha Village was quite good. After all, he had returned to Konoha all the way from the Land of Wind, and he felt that none of the towns in the countries along the way had a range of goods as complete as Konoha Village.
"Mikoto, what kind of business did your family originally do?" Fucheng asked curiously, biting into a Three-Color Dango.
Mikoto pointed to a high, round building in the distance. "My father, Misaka Shenxiao, was originally a noble of the Land of Fire. He mainly did loans, mortgages, pawnbroking, financial trade, and margin business for bulk commodities. He once had many branches in the Land of Fire. That building with the round roof in front is my family's pawnshop, which is currently managed by my mother. Later, when my father went to the Land of Fire to do business, he died unexpectedly. Many of our family's connections were cut off, and many businesses in the Land of Fire lost money. In the end, Mom brought me back to Konoha, which stabilized the business in the Land of Fire. Now, Mom only does business in Konoha Village and around the NinjaVillages."
Fucheng had seen it all in the county town, both the shady and the clean. With just a little thought about the nuances of Mikoto's family business, he guessed the cause and effect.
With Mikoto's explanation, he finally understood why Uchiha Meiling had to change her name back to Uchiha after marrying out. To protect the business in the Village, only the status and background of the Uchiha Clan could allow Mikoto's family to barely maintain some assets. As for Misaka Mikoto's father, his cause of death was probably not simple either.
A cold sneer appeared at the corner of Fucheng's mouth. He ate the last dango and commented confidently: "Those relatives of your father in the Land of Fire certainly have the means to devour an inheritance. Are many of your family's businesses in other towns of the Land of Fire currently in the hands of your relatives?"
Mikoto was surprised and nodded curiously: "How did you know, Lord Fucheng? Because the business in the Land of Fire lost money, most of our family's pawnshops and currency exchange shops were bought by my second uncle."
Fucheng looked at the surprised Mikoto and gently stroked her hair. "Let's not think about these things. Whatever bullshit nobles of the Land of Fire, in this world, they don't even count as slightly larger ants. When you become a Jonin, I will let you take revenge yourself."
"Revenge?" Mikoto's expression soured. She was simple, but not naive. From Fucheng's words, Mikoto seemed to hear the subtext.
Just as she was about to think it over, Fucheng's large, thick hand directly grabbed Mikoto's.
"Let's go, it's almost noon. What do you want to eat? Let's eat outside before going back."
Fucheng pointed to several restaurants on the street, commenting casually.
Mikoto was a bit shy from being held by Fucheng and didn't look carefully, picking one at random.
"I'm not very hungry. Let's eat at this newly opened ramen shop. I haven't been to this new store yet."
Looking up, in front of the large ramen shop, two cloth banners were erected.
A very familiar face was at the entrance, distributing coupons to solicit business.
"Oh?"
"This is? Otsutsuki Ichiraku?"
Fucheng immediately laughed.
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