"Oh, so your child is named Uchiha Itachi. It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Uchiha Tenki, your grandfather. Please take care of me!" Tenki feigned surprise, bowed with a smile, and extended his hand. He was quite pleased that this genius Itachi had been born into his family.
"Uh... my name is Uchiha Itachi, nice to meet you!" After being bewildered for a moment, Itachi was forced to accept the sudden appearance of his new grandfather and extended his hand to shake hands with Tianqi.
At this point, the grandfather and grandson officially met. Itachi Uchiha learned that he had a grandfather named Uchiha Tensei.
"This child, why doesn't he call me grandpa? Honestly!" Mikoto frowned and patted Itachi's little head, speaking up.
"It's alright. Itachi is a little unaccustomed to being back. He'll get used to it after a while. By the way, Mikoto, how's the food preparation? Itachi must be hungry since he's back. If it's ready, let's eat!" Tianqi didn't insist that Itachi call him grandpa. After all, he was just a five-year-old child, and it was better to let him adapt slowly.
"Uh... we're all ready, but Qianyu hasn't come back yet. Father, what do you think..." Mikoto said hesitantly, not saying the word "wait" aloud. After all, it's very impolite to make an elder wait for a junior to eat, and Mikoto, coming from a large family, knew this rule.
"Let's just eat first, there's no need to wait for him. That brat isn't worth me waiting for. Itachi, let's go!" Tianqi snorted coldly, grabbed Itachi's hand, and left.
"Sigh, it seems the old man really has some issues with Qianyu. I hope nothing bad happens!" Watching the backs of the grandfather and granddaughter, Mikoto sighed and turned to instruct the servants to start serving the dishes.
At the dinner table, Tianqi sat in the main seat, while Itachi sat beside him. Looking at this adoptive grandfather, Itachi stared wide-eyed at him, blinking his big eyes, looking adorable.
"Itachi, why are you staring at me like that? Is there something on my face?" Tianqi said, touching his face as he watched Itachi staring at him. Mikoto had been staring at him before, and now Itachi was staring at him too. He was starting to wonder if there was something on his face.
"Uh... no flowers, nothing at all. I'm curious, are you really my grandfather? You look about the same age as my father!" After hesitating for a while, Itachi finally asked the question that had been bothering him. There was no way he could help it; the person in front of him really didn't look like someone of his grandfather's generation.
"Hahaha, you don't need to doubt this at all. I am your grandfather, there's no mistake. As for my age, I am actually fifty-five years old. As for my appearance, there are some special reasons. You can think of it as me using special ninjutsu to keep myself looking young!" Tianqi began to explain with a smile, explaining it in a way that Itachi could understand.
"Oh, I see. But how come I've never heard of you before?" Although Itachi roughly understood Tianqi's explanation, he still looked at this cheap grandfather with a blank expression.
"Never heard of me? Your father never mentioned me to you?" Tianqi asked, frowning. Judging from Itachi's appearance today, it seemed that he had no idea that such a person existed. At the same time, Tianqi also had a bad feeling.
"Not yet. Grandma and Father did mention it, I think they were traveling in the ninja world. But Grandpa, you weren't mentioned at all. I always thought you passed away a long time ago!" Itachi said slowly, completely unaware that his words were digging a huge hole for his father.
That's really how it is. Well, Uchiha Chiyu, you're ignoring me, aren't you? Fine, you've got guts. Wait till you come back and I'll beat the crap out of you, even if you manage to clean yourself up. After hearing Itachi's words, Tianqi made up his mind that he would definitely teach Chiyu a lesson today.
Seeing his adoptive grandfather's face darken, Itachi realized he might have said something wrong. It was incredibly rude to a living person. After hesitating for a moment, Itachi said, "Uh... did I say something wrong? Could you just pretend I didn't say anything?"
"Hehe, Itachi, you didn't say anything wrong. On the contrary, you told your grandfather a very important piece of information. When your father comes back, I will definitely have a good talk with him about this issue!" Realizing that his expression was off, Tianqi quickly recovered and replaced it with a cruel smile.
They inquired about Itachi's life and school, and then the food was served. For the first time, the three generations sat down together for a meal. During the meal, none of the three spoke, and the atmosphere was very strange.
After finishing his meal, Tianqi moved a chair and sat down in the corridor in front of the lobby, looking at the door ahead as if waiting for someone.
The seven or eight servants were also discussing Tianqi's actions, but no one dared to step forward because Mikoto had informed them of Tianqi's identity as the old patriarch. All the servants hid to the side, secretly observing and discussing, including Mikoto and Itachi.
"Mother, what is Grandpa doing? Why is he sitting in the corridor after eating?" Itachi asked his mother with a puzzled look. He really couldn't guess what his adoptive grandfather was doing.
"Well... the old man is probably waiting for my father. After all, they haven't seen each other for so many years, they must miss each other terribly..." Mikoto made up a reason that she herself didn't quite believe. Seeing that Tianqi was clearly about to teach someone a lesson, she had originally planned to have her son Itachi appear in the middle to ease their relationship, but now it seemed that was a bit unlikely.
“Mother, your reasoning is completely unconvincing. Why wait for Father outside instead of inside? And look at Grandpa, he clearly has a murderous look on his face. He doesn’t look like he misses Father at all.” The clever Itachi directly refuted his mother’s reasoning based on various clues.
"Uh...!" After hearing her son Itachi's words, Mikoto was speechless. She really wished Itachi wasn't so smart now, so she could easily trick him into rushing out and causing some trouble to ease the tension.
After hesitating for a while, Mikoto decided to push Itachi forward as the liaison to ease tensions. At worst, she could join in. After thinking it through, Mikoto gently stroked Itachi's head and said, "Itachi, I know you are a responsible and smart child. I have something to tell you, so listen carefully. If your grandfather gets furious later, you must rush up and stop him, understand?"
"Why is Grandpa angry?" Itachi's little head was full of question marks; he still didn't quite understand what it meant.
"Why do you care why he's angry? In short, when your grandpa gets angry, just rush out and stop him. He won't calm down because of you, understand?" Mikoto said seriously. She knew a little about Grandpa Tianqi's temper when she was young. When he was fine, he was a kind and amiable elder who was good to everyone. But when he got angry, he didn't care who you were. Even if the Hokage came, he would dare to point his finger at him and curse his whole family. That was Mikoto's understanding of Tianqi's temper.
"Oh, alright then!" Seeing that his mother didn't want to explain the reasons, Itachi didn't press further and simply nodded in agreement.
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