Naruto: The Beautiful Uchiha is Actually Me?

Is Ban Ge in a better mood than usual in Chapter 22?

Knowing his son's understanding and thoughts, Tajima was completely relieved. At least Yan Yi could understand, which made him feel a little better.

"Let your brothers change your dressing before you go to sleep. You'll be fine by tomorrow morning..." Tajima patted Yan Yi's head and turned to leave the room.

After Tajima left, Madara and Izuna immediately rushed into the house, looking at Yan Yi with concern.

I didn't hear my father get angry just now, so he probably didn't scold Yan Yi, but Ban still thinks my father should change Yan Yi's teacher...

"Brother Ban...I want some candy..."

Yan Yi didn't want to dwell on this topic. Even if he had to walk that cobblestone path again tomorrow, he would accept it!

The most important thing right now is to prevent my brothers from arguing with our father, so that I won't be scolded or even punished by him.

Madara understood at that moment, and although he still couldn't accept it, he had no choice but to leave it at that for now...

He took a pretty candy out of his pocket and gave it to Yan Yi. Seeing the satisfied expression on Yan Yi's face as she ate the candy, Ban's mood improved a little.

......

Lying in bed at night, Yan Yi couldn't fall asleep. His mind kept replaying the process of cultivating during the day.

"Chakra... um... the fact that I can train it is amazing, even though it really hurts..."

I kept reviewing it in my mind, hoping to grasp some of the essence so that tomorrow's practice would be easier.

The herbs on the soles of my feet felt cool and soothing; the burning, stinging sensation had disappeared. The medicine my father specially brought back was indeed very effective...

As the images flashed through her mind, Yan Yi gradually began to feel sleepy... She wondered what Itama was doing right now? Was he thinking of her?

......

In the Senju clan's territory, in the room of the four brothers, the older brothers were already asleep, but Itama couldn't sleep at all.

He's been like this for a while now, and he even seems to have gotten used to it. Not only is he not being scolded, but he's also receiving more and more encouraging voices around him...

Is this really okay...?

Unbeknownst to Itama, he still found it difficult to completely erase his memories of Yan Yi, even though he had forced himself not to think about them.

Every time he thinks about this, Itama even finds it hard to breathe. Even though everything about Genichi has been erased, he still keeps thinking about it on nights like this.

He rolled over, forcing himself to close his eyes to stop thinking. He had training early tomorrow morning; he needed to become stronger as soon as possible... and then protect his family...

Even if this wasn't his true thought, he successfully fooled himself.

......

The morning training left Yan Yi somewhat exhausted. Apart from basic physical training, he spent most of his time being "beaten up".

My body was covered in wounds that hadn't fully healed yesterday, and today I got new ones... But thankfully, I've gradually mastered using chakra to protect myself, so the situation is much better than yesterday.

However, Yan Yi was too happy too soon. When the old man was supporting her and stretching her muscles, Yan Yi felt like she was going to die from the pain...

His legs were spread to their limit, and his arms were twisted backward, as if they were on the verge of breaking...

After several rounds, Yan Yi's tears continued to fall freely, just like yesterday. However, Yan Yi did not complain and persevered through it all.

After all, he could understand this. While his bones and muscles were still developing, he needed to focus on improving his flexibility.

The Uchiha clan's taijutsu emphasizes both danger and elegance; it would be a great waste to neglect taijutsu training for the sake of basic skills.

The afternoon was the same as usual, walking barefoot on the pebbly path. However, compared to yesterday's difficulty, Yan Yi seemed much more skilled today. But this kind of training is very extreme, and it was still difficult to avoid adding some new wounds.

......

For the next week, Yan Yi spent his time constantly getting injured and healing.

That old man, in particular, was really going too far.

At first, it required walking on a gravel path, but now the old man feels it's not challenging enough, so he's even scattered a lot of barbed wire on the gravel path! And he's started setting a time limit!

To avoid stepping on those hidden weapons that would definitely pierce the soles of his feet within the displayed time, Yan Yi could only continuously improve the precision of his chakra and his own quick judgment.

Only in this way can cultivation be completed.

So Yan Yi's feet haven't been well lately, and he comes home every day covered in injuries... If it weren't for Yan Yi's efforts to persuade Ban, Ban probably would have really fought that old man to the death.

Today was no different. When Ban carried Yan Yi home, he complained for a long time again. However, what Yan Yi found a bit unusual was that Ban didn't seem as irritable as before...

Ban seems to be in a good mood today; I wonder what happened outside this afternoon.

"Brother Ban...you seem to be in a good mood today?"

"Hmm? Is there?"

When Madara asked the question, both Yan Yi and Izuna nodded in deep agreement.

Ban didn't explain, but just smiled and said, "Next time... well, I'll take you to skip stones on the South River sometime. I should take you there occasionally."

"Huh? Didn't my brother forbid me from going out?"

Yan Yi was a little curious. Why did Brother Ban suddenly change his mind and want to take her out?

Ban shrugged and quickly replied, "Taking you out is possible, but I will bring three teams with me at the same time, just in case something happens to you again."

"Uh... I'm not going out..."

Yan Yi would never trouble his clansmen to follow him just because he wanted to have fun! He never considered himself a young master and had no right to ask so many people to protect him.

"Hmph, you're just too sensible, so sensible that it breaks my heart."

The brothers chatted for a while, and after helping Yan Yi change his dressings, they went to sleep early.

However, Ban didn't fall asleep immediately.

He recalled meeting a short, straight-haired boy with black hair by the river that afternoon, who seemed to get along well with him.

What was it called again...?

Okay, I forgot about it, but that person's skipping skills were pretty impressive. I wonder if I'll ever see them again, and whether we can be friends in the future...

After all, Ban didn't have any real friends his own age, and meeting a boy he could talk to for the first time made him feel quite good.

However, starting tomorrow, he will be going on this combat mission with his father, and he probably won't see that boy for a long time.

And what if Yan Yi has no one to carry him home?

Although Izuna will stay at home, he's not much different from Yan Yi. Isn't it too much of a stretch to ask him to carry Yan Yi home?

This is undoubtedly the key reason why Madara is so worried and finds it hard to let go. Without me taking care of Yan Yi and changing his bandages, could Izuna have taken good care of him?

Ban's mood improved for a short while, but he felt upset again. However, he couldn't think about that now; he had to get up early to set off tomorrow and couldn't afford to be late.

After putting those worries aside, Ban forced himself to fall asleep.