In the end, the whole family decided to go out for a meal. Luckily, Bubuki's mother would only cook for the sake of the couple when her father came back from a long mission. Haruno's father didn't seem like someone who would die from the love of a couple. He had just come back, and he was too tired to cook again, so he could only take his wife and children out for a meal.

Sakura, who managed to keep her life after putting up a strong resistance, silently made a peace sign in her heart.

Oh yeah!

If it weren't for her perseverance in mocking her mother's cooking, her wife-doting and henpecked father would've definitely eaten that table full of dark cuisine. He would've also forced her to praise her mother's cooking, which would've greatly increased the chances of her mother cooking in the future.

It was too scary.

This kind of bad habit of flattery must be strictly resisted!!

There must not be a second time!!

Sakura flipped the barbecued meat in satisfaction. Smelling the delicious aroma, she felt that perhaps good food was the meaning of life.

After eating and returning home, Sakura completely forgot about Naruto, who she met in the afternoon, especially after her mother forced her to apologize to Ino. After that, she didn't go to the river to daydream anymore. Of course, she didn't know that Naruto went to the river every day to wait for her, but no one came.

Naruto went from being disappointed to accepting his fate. He even started to think that the pink-haired girl he met that day was just an illusion.

After all, he had never met a child in the village who didn't hate him.

A few days later, Sakura was originally staying at home. However, since her parents were both at home, no matter where she was, she would be dragged out by her mother and forced to eat dog food. So, she found an excuse and ran out.

Sakura, who was holding a bottle full of soy sauce and two pieces of coconut candy that the shop gave her, stood on the road and dawdled on her way home, trying to infinitely extend the time it took for her to return home. At this moment, Naruto ran in front of her and yelled. Behind him was a group of boys, and the leader of the group, a fat boy, bumped into Sakura.

"Crash —" Sakura, who was distracted for a moment when she saw Naruto, didn't hold the bottle of soy sauce, and the whole bottle fell to the ground and shattered. The dark brown sauce splashed all over Sakura's body.

"Fuck!" Sakura looked at her pale yellow dress that had already died from the unexpected accident and couldn't help but curse.

"Sakura!" Naruto, who was running with his hands covering his head, also saw Sakura. He stopped and exclaimed.

"What are you guys doing?" Sakura took a deep breath. She couldn't help but want to explode.

"We … Uh, we're playing a game!"

Naruto waited for several days for Sakura, but she didn't appear. Now that she was standing in front of him, he didn't realize that he was actually a little angry at Sakura. "We're playing ghost catch!"

"This group of ugly people are your friends?" Sakura had a face of doubt.

Naruto, don't you think that your looks don't match?

If you hang out with this group of ugly melons and cracked dates, you'll grow ugly in the future!

It's worse than becoming a prostitute!

"Yes!"

Naruto immediately replied.

"Who's friends with Demon Fox!" The fat boy who bumped into Sakura jumped out and pointed at Naruto. "We're not friends with him!"

"Yes, yes, yes!

We're chasing Demon Fox away!

We're protecting Kiba! "Another ugly melon and cracked date clamored.

"Demon Fox, get out of Kiba!"

Hearing these words, Naruto's expression froze for a moment. At this moment, someone threw a stone at him, directly hitting Naruto's forehead.

"Tsk." Sakura curled her lips.

"This wide forehead pink monster is Demon Fox's partner!

Let's not let her go! "Another potato spirit who was causing trouble shouted.

"Sakura is not my partner!" Naruto saw that someone started to throw stones at Sakura and was extremely anxious. He hurriedly explained.

"Who's not going to let go of who?"

Sakura tilted her head to avoid the flying stones and instantly rushed towards the fat boy. Sakura wasn't as tall as him, but she jumped up and pressed her hand on his face. After a teeth-numbing bang, the back of the fat boy's head was pressed against the ground by Sakura.

"Compensate me for my soy sauce, or else I'll beat you to death!"

Super fierce.jpg Sakura's limited edition successfully frightened everyone, including Naruto.

In fact, if this group of boys all pounced on her, Sakura wouldn't be able to win if she didn't use her true strength. However, everyone was frightened by Sakura's fierce appearance.

Her current expression wasn't the same as when she scared Naruto at the riverside. Her face had a strange angle of a smile, and her widened eyes flashed with a metallic light. For Sakura who had lived for so long that she couldn't even remember how long she had lived, a casual murderous aura was enough to scare this group of sweet potato spirits.

She didn't feel like she was bullying children at all. After all, her current body wasn't even ten years old ~

"Compensate me for my soy sauce." Sakura rode on top of the fat boy, one hand tightly gripping his collar while the other hand pressed against his head in the opposite direction. This position was extremely uncomfortable for him. "Give me all your pocket money!"

"…" Naruto, who was standing on the side, was stunned.

What was supposed to be a violent claim for compensation had turned into a blatant robbery …

The brief street disturbance incident finally ended with Sakura Haruno's victory. Not only did Sakura get back the money for the soy sauce, but she also threatened the group of pumpkin spirits to take out their pocket money to compensate for her skirt and mental damage.

"Sakura, I hope you don't let your parents know when you go back. Unless you can guarantee that you won't see me again in the future, I will let you experience what it means to be engraved in your bones and in your hearts again." Sakura smiled and warned the group of winter melon spirits who were standing in a row in front of her at this time.

"Yes, yes!"

"… We understand …"

After finally sending away the group of sweet potato spirits, Sakura held a handful of change in her hand and looked at Naruto Uzumaki, who had been quietly waiting behind her.

"Naruto." Sakura didn't know why Naruto kept his head down.

"Sakura … You are amazing …" Naruto smiled embarrassedly and rubbed the back of his head as he replied.

"In the face of this kind of bullying between children, as long as you resist fiercely once, this group of cowards will not dare to come again."

Although Sakura advised Naruto, she felt that this group of children would not dare to trouble them in the future.

Xiao Ying knew very well how much of a threat she could pose to others.

"I have … Um …" Naruto fought back, but when he won, their families would come looking for him. Naruto didn't have a family, he didn't know what to do. Gradually, he just ran away. In fact, if he didn't meet Sakura, he wouldn't have stopped. He ran very fast, and this group of people couldn't catch up with him.

"Do you want to eat candy?"

Sakura took out the coconut candy that she had put into her pocket when she was fighting. She didn't like the taste of coconut candy at all.

Naruto looked at the hand that Sakura stretched out in front of him. In the palm of her hand were two pieces of brown packaged candy.

Sakura suddenly felt that she was very despicable. She could see that Naruto was different from her. Although she also didn't like to socialize, she didn't like to deal with others. Secondly, she didn't lack people around her. However, Naruto was a very lonely person who also yearned for friendship.

For Naruto, she only needed to pay a little attention to have a loyal friend.

"Thank you, Sakura!" Naruto only took one piece of candy from Sakura's hand. "Sakura, eat too!"

"I don't like to eat candy, Sakura. My body seems to be allergic to these irritating things." The pink-haired girl shook her head.

"Ah?

Then, then you can't eat a lot of delicious things! "Naruto showed a sympathetic expression.

"Well …" Sakura thought for a moment. "I'm just allergic to things that I don't like to eat."

If it was something that she liked to eat, even if it would make her sick, she would still eat it.

Just like many humans she knew in her previous life, they would say that they were on a diet when faced with something that they didn't want to eat. However, when faced with something that they really liked, they would decide to eat it first before going on a diet.

As a human, if they couldn't eat and drink well, then what was the difference between them and salted fish?

Naruto didn't really understand Sakura's logic. In the end, he still took the two pieces of candy.

"You keep your head down. Is it because I look ugly in soy sauce?" Sakura looked at Naruto's golden head and felt a little regretful that she couldn't see his blue eyes.

"… Sakura, why didn't you go to the river again?" Naruto couldn't help but ask.

"The river?" Sakura looked confused.

"I've been waiting for Sakura at the river for the past few days!" Naruto questioned weakly.

"Why would I go to the river?

Don't we have an appointment? "Sakura was even more confused. She clearly told him that she had an irreconcilable feud with that river.

"…" Naruto froze for a moment. Then, he thought for a second and realized that Sakura didn't tell him that she would go to the river again in the future.

Sakura looked at Naruto's wide-eyed disbelief turn into disappointment. In her heart, she felt that this child could still be saved. At least he knew how to be disappointed. At least he didn't become a selfless giver.

"So, do you want to make an appointment with me now?" Sakura tilted her head.

"Can I?" Naruto's hair immediately stood on end.

"Sakura, I'm going to the river tomorrow afternoon. Do you want to come too?" Well, actually, Sakura didn't hate the river that much.

"Okay!

Let's make an appointment this time, right? "

"Yes." Sakura nodded solemnly. "Whoever misses the appointment will have to swallow a thousand needles!"

"…" Naruto was dumbfounded.

So, making an appointment was such a serious matter. The person who missed the appointment would have to apologize with death …?

"Ah, it's just a metaphor …" Sakura looked at his expression and knew that this silly child took it seriously. She hurriedly explained.

Although she didn't mind swallowing a thousand needles, she felt that it was better not to turn this kind of nursery rhyme into a scary and bloody scene. After all, a child's heart was very fragile. What if it left a psychological scar?

"Who came up with such a scary metaphor!!" Naruto couldn't stand it anymore and shouted loudly.

"I don't know. Maybe someone was stood up too many times, so they used needles to kill the person who missed the appointment?" Sakura guessed.

"Ahhhhh, Sakura, don't say anymore. You're going to have nightmares at night!!"

Although she said that she would never miss the appointment, the person who missed the appointment the next day was actually Sakura.

Because the chubby kid who was beaten up by Sakura told his parents, the chubby parents came to the Haruno family to reason. Although the chubby kid brought the chubby kid back in defeat, Sakura was still beaten up by her mother and grounded.

But fortunately, her house was very close to the river.

For the first time, she felt that being close to the river was a good thing. So, when the appointed time came, she climbed onto the roof and shouted in the direction of the river with a voice louder than her mother's.

"Naruto — —!!!"

"I'm Sakura Haruno — —!!!"

"I was grounded by my mother — —!!"

"I can't go to the river — —!!!!"

"I'm sorry — —!!!"

"The next time we meet, Sakura, I'll apologize with death — —!!!"

Hearing Sakura's shout, Naruto jumped up in fright. He also climbed onto the dam and shouted back.

"Sakura — —!!!"

"Don't die — —!!!"

"Please don't die — —!!!"

Later, because Sakura climbed onto the roof and tried to commit suicide, she was caught by her mother and beaten up again.