Chapter 484: Values
"This... won't be a problem, right?" Yugao asked calmly.
Haruno Sakura was slightly stunned.
"How could it be? This, this is completely a good thing!" She laughed dryly and said quickly, "This shows that the previous heart transplant surgery was very successful... you will soon recover to your original level, maybe even surpass it."
"Hm...?"
Yugao raised her beautiful eyebrows and gave Haruno Sakura a meaningful look.
Then she laughed and patted Sakura's shoulder: "Alright, I was just saying, don't mind too much!"
Compared to the situation before the heart transplant where she might have to retire or even endanger her life giving birth, Yugao was already quite satisfied with the status quo. Even if there were any problems, she wouldn't blame Haruno Sakura who kindly helped her.
Haruno Sakura breathed a sigh of relief lightly.
She sat cross-legged on the mat. The little baby seemed to like being close to her, crawled to her side, supported herself on her knees and stood up unsteadily, making incomprehensible sounds.
"So cute." The girl touched the little doll's head and smiled.
Then in the next second, her smile froze—the little baby pounced on her, opening her mouth, moving as if looking for a place to bite.
Yugao was slightly stunned, then laughed loudly.
"Silly piggy, Sakura-nee doesn't even have breasts, you won't have anything to eat even if you catch her!" The woman picked up the baby who couldn't find the point for a long time and laughed.
Haruno Sakura's face darkened, murmuring: "I didn't care about these things at all, but being said like this by you every day... even a Buddha would get angry!"
Influenced by the residual male thinking, Haruno Sakura never felt the significance of girls comparing breast sizes... but being despised by someone often, she was still very unhappy!
The girl's eyes changed, and she shouted angrily: "Yugao-nee, take my [beep] Dragon Claw Hand!"
Saying that, she really reached out and grabbed towards Yugao...
Her armpit.
"Haha!"
Yugao laughed wildly, the pair of high peaks on her chest shaking exaggeratedly and dazzlingly.
"Haha... okay, okay, stop messing around." She pulled down the girl's claws, laughing a bit breathlessly, thinking in her heart, after all, she is still a little girl, although her strength has reached the top of Konoha, her skin is still too thin.
The woman lifted her clothes, carelessly exposing a large patch of white soft flesh in front of Haruno Sakura, picked up the baby and said: "Weren't you full just now? Why hungry again as soon as you saw Sakura-nee?"
Seems to be a size bigger than before marriage... This benefit made Haruno Sakura blush slightly and look away.
"Shy?" Yugao teased, "You will have such a day in the future too."
"No, I won't!" Haruno Sakura kept a straight face and said seriously.
"You think so now, your thoughts will change when you grow up." Yugao could see Haruno Sakura was serious, shook her head nonchalantly, "Before I gave birth to her, I also thought about only dating Hayate for a lifetime without getting married or starting a family, dreaming of becoming a great taijutsu female ninja, a female swordsman who can leave a name in history."
"But becoming a mother is also an excellent choice."
She looked down at her daughter quietly drinking milk in her arms, her face overflowing with maternal love.
Haruno Sakura pursed her lips and didn't speak.
Women bear the heavy responsibility of human reproduction and sacrifice a lot in childbirth. Not to mention the suffering before and after childbirth; like Yugao, at her peak, she hadn't touched a sword for almost a year due to childbirth and heart problems. Her strength regressed greatly, and whether she could recover to her peak after giving birth was a question.
There were also some subtle and troublesome problems, such as severe stretch marks on Yugao's body at that time, looking ugly as if the whole skin was torn. Fortunately, Haruno Sakura had been helping her with treatment to restore smoothness and tenderness; also, "pregnancy brain" caused by hormonal changes, that is, a significant decline in cognition, memory, and execution, would greatly affect the strength of a ninja living on the edge of a knife.
Haruno Sakura admired these mothers who made sacrifices.
However, as far as she was concerned, she could be selfless in other places, but she preferred to be selfish in this aspect; forget about having children, humanity won't go extinct with one less person contributing...
This has always been Haruno Sakura's thought, and Yugao's condition over the past year or so has strengthened her determination.
Speaking of which, she didn't even have thoughts about dating, let alone getting married and having children? That's thinking too far... After all, this is a battle shonen manga!
"Tch... I've grown up, my thoughts won't change easily!" Haruno Sakura considered her mental age not younger than Yugao, snorted and said.
"Hehe, really grown up?" Yugao looked around, said meaningfully, smiled, then her tone became earnest, "Anyway, sometimes people have to make choices and sacrifices. Even if you want to follow your master and stay single forever... think about it, isn't this singleness also a sacrifice for such excellent Tsunade and you? Does Tsunade-sama really like this singleness?"
She blinked and said softly: "Seriously, if I turned into a boy now, I would definitely pursue you, Sakura."
"No need to turn into a boy, your success rate of pursuing me as a girl is even higher." Haruno Sakura rolled her eyes at her, didn't want to talk about her own affairs anymore, so she changed the subject stiffly, "By the way, becoming a mother doesn't conflict with your ideal, right?"
"I don't think your strength has reached the ceiling."
"Hn..." The woman tapped her chin with her slender and powerful fingers, pondered for a moment, "Generally, women can consider retiring after giving birth, but I seem to be able to make a comeback and see if I can go further..."
"And my Hayate's strength, cough cough."
Yugao laughed dryly twice.
Strong woman and weak man is quite awkward for traditional ninja families, especially since Tsunade intended to encourage Yugao to make a comeback and let Hayate retire to be a househusband, because Hayate's strength was far inferior to Yugao and he looked sickly, the earlier he retired the better...
Any man treated like this would feel his dignity insulted.
However, Hayate finally agreed and made a sacrifice in the choice between family and career.
Chatted for a while, incidentally gave Yugao a physical examination—having a doctor friend is so convenient. Later, Hayate got off work early and returned home carrying a big fish.
"Yugao, how about making crucian carp soup for you today?" Hayate's voice came before entering the door, looking like a good family man. It seems he was already preparing for retirement in advance.
Seeing the pink-haired girl as a guest at home, Hayate almost blurted out "Haruno Sakura-sama": "—Ah, Sakura, you came to see Yugao!"
Hayate looked slightly restrained, making Yugao and Sakura laugh secretly.
However, as Haruno Sakura's record continued to refresh and the successful cultivation of Sage Mode, Sakura also received more and more reverent gazes from others; even Hayate, who had met Sakura a few times, felt from the bottom of his heart that his wife's friend was extraordinary.
"Then, I'll go back first." After greeting Hayate, Haruno Sakura proposed to leave.
Declining Yugao's warm retention, Haruno Sakura, who didn't want to disturb the couple's world, walked out of the Gekko house.
The air on the street after the heavy rain was very fresh, much better smelling than the sudden rotten smell of love in the house—that was the mixture of the sour smell of love and the smell of photinia flowers.
Today's conversation with Yugao gave her some new insights into the values of people in this world.
Yugao's words made sense.
Haruno Sakura also knew well that Tsunade-shishou's singleness was not her original intention. The seemingly strong Fifth Hokage actually deep down also longed for the pity of her loved one.
Even Yugao saying she would definitely consider pursuing her if she were a boy was not purely a joke.
However... the girl's thoughts did not change because of this.
The sky had dimmed.
Haruno Sakura was not in a hurry to go home, walking with light steps, playfully stepping on shallow puddles, leisurely strolling on the streets of Konoha.
On the way to the Hyuga residence, she unsurprisingly met a friend.
Hinata with white eyeballs and dark circles.
"Why do you look even more haggard than before?" Haruno Sakura was stunned.
"I was squeezed dry by your master!"
Hinata lay on her shoulder.
Crying and complaining, saying words full of dirty meaning.
Squeezed, squeezed dry? Haruno Sakura was dumbfounded, almost thinking crookedly.
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