Chapter 238: Entrusting the Orphan
"Why is it you?"
Li Jiexuan stared wide-eyed, utterly dumbfounded and deeply disappointed. Uchiha zhenxiong smiled and shook his head. "What? Jiexuan-san, you weren't hoping to see me?"
Li Jiexuan waved his hand, letting out a long sigh as he sat down across from him. "It's not your fault—I just got the wrong idea."
Hearing that, Uchiha zhenxiong shook his head very seriously. "No, this matter is related to me. To be precise, I bear most of the responsibility."
"Nani?"
Li Jiexuan raised an eyebrow oddly, thinking to himself: Could it be that this Uchiha zhenxiong snatched away Hiruzen Sarutobi's cute cousin?
"The Uchiha clan secretly plotting against you—that is my fault!" Uchiha zhenxiong's face was filled with remorse. "As the clan head, I failed to stop them…"
At this point, Li Jiexuan couldn't help but sigh. It seemed there really was no such thing as a cute cousin after all.
"Forget it, those things aren't important!"
Li Jiexuan didn't care in the slightest. Whether the Uchiha smeared him or not, they were simply courting their own destruction. Before long, the name Uchiha would vanish from history…
Seeing how magnanimous Li Jiexuan was, Uchiha zhenxiong felt deeply grateful and, forcing a smile, pushed over a stack of banknotes. "Even if you are so forgiving, Jiexuan-san, I cannot be at ease because of it. Please accept these as a small token of compensation…"
"A small token?"
Li Jiexuan flipped through the notes and couldn't help swallowing. Since when did 300 million ryo count as a "small token"? As expected of the long-established Uchiha clan—wealth rivaling a nation!
But no matter how rich they were, this wasn't how money should be spent…
As the head of the Uchiha, did zhenxiong really think that 300 million ryo could settle the conflict between him and the clan? That would be far too naïve.
Was zhenxiong a naïve man?
The answer was no.
"Clan Head zhenxiong, why not speak plainly?" Li Jiexuan tossed the banknotes aside and sneered. "Money is something I may not have as much of as the Uchiha, but I have more than enough!"
The medicine business managed by the bald-headed director for him had been growing larger and larger. At the same time, the surplus from ninja tool auctions brought in substantial income.
Li Jiexuan had always been a hidden tycoon!
Hearing Li Jiexuan's blunt questioning, Uchiha zhenxiong showed not the slightest hint of anger. Instead, he smiled with a trace of humility. "Of course Jiexuan-san doesn't lack money. I never expected this sum to mend the relationship between you and the Uchiha. This is merely a small personal gesture from me, zhenxiong."
zhenxiong made it very clear—this 300 million ryo had nothing to do with the Uchiha; it was his personal gift…
Hearing that, Li Jiexuan immediately stuffed the money into his pocket without hesitation. The Uchiha were the Uchiha, and zhenxiong was zhenxiong—he made that distinction very clearly!
Since there was no grudge between them, why refuse free money?
"Go on then, tell me—what do you want me to do?" Li Jiexuan smiled, shaking his finger. "If it's beyond my ability, I won't be giving a refund…"
"… "
After a long silence, a mature, graceful woman suddenly stepped out from behind a large tree, holding a peacefully sleeping baby in her arms.
Uchiha Fugaku!
It seemed this beautiful woman was zhenxiong's wife—Uchiha Mikoto.
"What does this mean?"
Li Jiexuan raised the corner of his lips, already vaguely guessing something.
"We want to entrust this child, Fugaku, to you." Uchiha zhenxiong and Mikoto gently placed the swaddled Uchiha Fugaku in front of Li Jiexuan together.
As expected…
Uchiha zhenxiong was entrusting him with his child!