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"Steal? No, no, no, I was just trying to protect you from trouble, sister-in-law. If I hadn't appeared in the changing room that day and said those things to Naruto, do you think things would have progressed that quickly between you and Naruto?" Ziyuan gently shook her head and said.
Hinata's eyes narrowed. Shion really knew about her and Qiu Xiaoming. She said in a deep voice, "Xiaoming told you."
Ziyuan gently shook her head and said, "He didn't tell me about this, but I knew that day that you two had hidden in the closet because of an accident. If I hadn't suddenly appeared, you two would probably have been wrongly accused."
Although Qiu Xiaoming and Hinata have a relationship now, back then, Hinata and Qiu Xiaoming were completely innocent.
Hinata took a deep breath and stared coldly at Shion, asking, "You knew about me and Naruto all along?"
“Of course, I know everything that happened on your wedding night, in the kitchen and living room,” Ziyuan said, nodding gently.
"Why didn't you tell Naruto?" Hinata asked again. "Tell him? What would I tell him? I'm not Naruto's woman, I'm Qiu Xiaoming's woman."
"Then shouldn't you have spoken up and stopped me from being with Qiu Xiaoming?" Hinata said.
“No, no, no, if I tell you, you two can elope, but Qiu Xiaoming will leave me. What I need to do is help him,” Ziyuan said, shaking her head.
"Help him with what?" Hinata frowned and asked, puzzled.
"Help Qiu Xiaoming achieve his great cause of unification!" Ziyuan smiled as she looked at Hinata.
Chapter 128 Confessing to Hinata
"Knock, knock, knock!" Qiu Xiaoming was lying on the floor when he heard the knocking. He called out, "Come in!"
As Qiu Xiaoming finished speaking, Hinata and Shion appeared before him. However, Hinata looked rather pale, and there was a hint of coldness in her eyes as she looked at him.
"You two chat first, I'll go call the others." Ziyuan looked at Qiu Xiaoming, who shrank back, and said with a smile before leaving the room, closing the door behind her.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong? You don't look well." Qiu Xiaoming went up to Hinata, hugged her, and asked with concern.
"Don't touch me!" Hinata struggled and said.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong?" Qiu Xiaoming asked with concern, still holding Hinata.
"What's wrong with me? What's going on with Shion? How does she know about us?" Hinata glared at Qiu Xiaoming and coldly questioned him.
"Uh..." Qiu Xiaoming was stunned for a moment, scratched his head awkwardly, and then said, "Would you believe me if I said she can predict the future?"
"I believe you!" Hinata nodded.
"You believe me?" Qiu Xiaoming was taken aback; he thought he would have to explain for a long time.
"I know she's a witch and can foresee the future, but what does that have to do with her knowing about our relationship?" Hinata asked Qiu Xiaoming calmly.
"Anyway, what she told me is that her precognition is no longer like before, where she could foresee life and death, or other things," Qiu Xiaoming explained.
"You mean, she knew about us through precognition?" Hinata frowned and asked.
"Hmm!" Qiu Xiaoming nodded gently, then said, "It seems she foresaw everything, like what happened between you and me, and what happened when we came out."
Hinata nodded slightly upon hearing this.
"Sister-in-law, do you believe what I'm saying?" Qiu Xiaoming asked softly, holding Hinata in his arms.
"What can I do if I don't believe it?" Hinata leaned against Qiu Xiaoming's chest and said softly, "Anyway, she already knows about our relationship now."
"Hehe!" Seeing that Hinata believed him, Qiu Xiaoming immediately smiled happily and hugged Hinata's waist tightly.
"Is there anything else you're hiding from me?" Hinata asked, raising her beautiful eyes and staring at Qiu Xiaoming.
"Uh..." Qiu Xiaoming felt embarrassed.
"You really are hiding something from me. Tell me honestly." Seeing Qiu Xiaoming's expression, Hinata became even more certain of her guess. She glared at Qiu Xiaoming and said angrily.
"Um, sister-in-law, I've told you, please don't be angry!" Qiu Xiaoming thought for a moment and decided to be honest with Hinata first, since she would find out sooner or later anyway.
"Go ahead and say it!" Hinata said, staring at Qiu Xiaoming.
"Actually, besides you and Ziyuan, I have other women," Qiu Xiaoming said weakly, head down.
"You have other women!" Hinata was taken aback, then her face turned ugly, and she sneered, "Who else? Tell me the truth!"
“Um…” Qiu Xiaoming hesitated.
"Speak!" Hinata glared at Qiu Xiaoming and said, "If you don't speak, don't even think about touching me again!"
"Okay, okay! I'll tell you!" Qiu Xiaoming quickly raised his hands in surrender and said helplessly, "Sakura-nee, Ino-nee, Temari-nee, and..."
"Who else?!" Hinata was incredibly surprised as she listened to these names, but she still kept asking.
“My godmother…” Qiu Xiaoming said weakly.
"Huh?!" Hinata was stunned.
“Kushina!” Qiu Xiaoming added.
"This..." Hinata was speechless for a moment, she was really shocked this time.
Sakura, Ino, and Temari were already shocking enough to her, but she never expected that Qiu Xiaoming would even sleep with Kushina.
"So, all the women who came out with you this time are your women?" Hinata asked again.
“No, Sister Huan isn’t,” Qiu Xiaoming said, shaking his head.
"It'll be soon!" Hinata said with a cold laugh.
Qiu Xiaoming lowered his head and remained silent; he truly had no intention of letting Huan go.
"You little rascal, how dare you be so bold?!" Hinata looked at Qiu Xiaoming's silent expression and tapped his forehead with her finger.
"I can accept that I ate them, and you can accept that you touched Ino, Sakura, and Temari, but you even touched our mother..." Hinata said, her pretty face turning bright red instantly, and she dared not continue.
"I..." Qiu Xiaoming opened his mouth to argue.
"Alright, alright!" Hinata waved her hand and said, "I really don't know what bad luck I've had. I used to like your womanizing brother, but he was a womanizer, but he couldn't be one. Now I like you, and you're not only womanizer, but you're also capable and bold!"
"Who can resist when you're all so beautiful, sister-in-law!" Qiu Xiaoming said coquettishly, hugging Hinata's slender waist.
"Smooth-talking." Hinata pushed Qiu Xiaoming away, sat up straight, and asked, "Do they all know about the other people?"
"I don't know." Qiu Xiaoming shook his head, then said, "Only Ziyuan knew that they knew. Besides her, you are the first person to know."
"Now I understand what Shion meant by your grand plan of unification," Hinata said, shaking her head and sighing.
What grand cause of unification? It's clearly a grand cause of stabbing! A grand cause of stabbing everyone together!
"So, you were planning to take us all down together in the hot spring?" Hinata asked, glancing at Qiu Xiaoming.
"Okay!" Qiu Xiaoming nodded.
"Then why didn't you do it?" Hinata asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Ziyuan won't allow it, saying she's afraid her godmother will be upset. Everyone else is fine, but it's mainly you. She's worried her godmother won't acknowledge you anymore," Qiu Xiaoming said, spreading his hands and shrugging helplessly.
"Ha! So you're actually thinking of me?" Hinata scoffed, speaking in an annoyed tone.
"Of course!" Qiu Xiaoming hugged Hinata's slender waist tightly and whispered in her ear, "Sister-in-law, don't think that just because I have many women now, my first time will definitely be with you."
Hinata blushed upon hearing this, and rolled her eyes at Qiu Xiaoming, saying, "You're making it sound like I'm not one of you."
"Hehe!" Qiu Xiaoming chuckled, then kissed Hinata's little mouth.
"Stop fooling around, they'll be here soon." Hinata struggled slightly, but didn't refuse, responding shyly instead.
"Let's kiss for a little while first," Qiu Xiaoming said, kissing Hinata. "You saw me kissing Shion in the hot spring just now, don't you want to?"
Hearing Qiu Xiaoming recount what had happened at the hot spring, Hinata felt a pang of sadness well up in her heart again. So she stopped struggling and closed her eyes, letting Qiu Xiaoming kiss her.
"Xiaoming, no matter how many women you have, you'll still be good to your sister-in-law, right?" Hinata opened her beautiful eyes, looked at Qiu Xiaoming, and asked softly.
"Of course, I will be good to you for the rest of my life!" Qiu Xiaoming promised.
Hinata felt much more at ease after receiving Qiu Xiaoming's assurance, and then she began to enthusiastically respond to Qiu Xiaoming's kisses.
Chapter 129 The Card Game
Sometimes, you have to admire how good the eye-rolling skill is.
If it were anyone else, Qiu Xiaoming wouldn't be able to start a fight directly, but Hinata has the Byakugan, so she can observe whether anyone is approaching or coming from outside the door.
Therefore, the battle naturally began very easily.
Hinata initially didn't want to play, but she couldn't resist Qiu Xiaoming's persistence. After looking around with her Byakugan and noticing that Shion wasn't calling people quickly, or rather, she was deliberately stalling for time, she finally agreed.
"Hurry up, Naruto, they're almost here!" Hinata urged as she saw Shion approaching with the others.
"Here it comes!" Qiu Xiaoming roared, leaving all the syrup inside the Water Curtain Cave.
Hinata didn't have time to catch her breath. She quickly straightened her clothes, sat up straight, and pretended that nothing had happened.
"Dang Dang Dang!"
"Enter!"
Shion pushed open the door and brought Sakura, Ino, and Temari inside.
Shion didn't call Kushina and Tamaki because it wasn't the right time yet; she needed to unite these women's forces first.
"You're all here! Please have a seat!" Qiu Xiaoming said to the girls.
The girls sat down, and Sakura asked in confusion, "What are we going to play?"
"Playing cards, didn't we talk about it before we came?" Ziyuan said with a smile.
"Let me make this clear first, I don't gamble with money," Temari reminded him.
"No money involved, no money involved," Ziyuan said with a smile. "But it's no fun just playing around, there has to be a punishment, right?"
"Tell me, what punishment?" Ino asked Shion.
Ziyuan's beautiful eyes darted around, then she looked at Qiu Xiaoer and Sanba Ming and said, "Since it's a punishment, it must be something you don't want to do."
"How about this, whoever loses takes off a piece of clothing?" Ziyuan thought for a moment and then suggested.
Upon hearing this, all the girls blushed. Ino glanced casually at Qiu Xiaoming and said, "Punishment? I think it's a perk for some people, isn't it?"
"How about this, if Xiaoming loses, he'll designate someone to wear one outfit," Ziyuan said after thinking for a moment.
"How many outfits are there? If you're unlucky, they might be gone in three or four rounds. What kind of punishment will you get then?" Temari asked Shion.
"If we lose everything, how about we do push-ups on Qiu Xiaoming?" Ziyuan said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, the women were all stunned for a moment, then quickly shook their heads and said, "No, no, we absolutely cannot do that."
Although they are all related to Qiu Xiaoming, they are unwilling to bring it into the open.
They were afraid that they might not be able to resist and suddenly sit down in front of everyone.
"How about this, if you lose all your money, let Xiaoming give you a kiss," Ziyuan suggested after thinking for a moment.
"He got off easy again?" Ino glanced at Qiu Xiaoming and said.
"If you don't dare, then forget it!" Ziyuan said with a sigh.
"Who said I wouldn't dare? Come on then!" Ino wasn't being provoked; she was just pretending to be.
Since Ino had already agreed, Temari and Sakura naturally wouldn't refuse either.
They all needed an excuse to participate in the game. After seeing Qiu Xiaoming and Ziyuan openly hugging and kissing at the hot spring, they also wanted to openly hug and kiss Qiu Xiaoming.
And that is their opportunity.
If they lose enough, they can openly kiss Qiu Xiaoming.
"Hinata, let's get this straight, you're not allowed to cheat with your Byakugan!" Ino said to Hinata.
"Don't worry, I won't," Hinata said with a smile.
"There are six of us now, how do we play?" Temari asked Shion.
"Eight cards are dealt to each person, and the remaining four are kept face down. Then, players take turns playing one card at a time, with 7 beating 6, Q beating J, and so on. If you don't have a higher card than the previous player, you can't play it. Of course, you can intentionally not play it even if you do. The last one to play all their cards loses." Ziyuan thought for a moment and then said.
Upon hearing this, the women nodded slightly. This method did indeed rely solely on luck, and even if Hinata used her Byakugan, it would be difficult to execute.
Qiu Xiaoming could barely contain his smile as he watched the women agree; he was about to see the scene from his dreams.
"Xiaoming, go first." After dealing the cards, Ziyuan looked at Qiu Xiaoming and said.
"3."
"No." Hinata, sitting next to Qiu Xiaoming, shook her head.
"You don't want any 3s? What cards did you take?" Ino muttered, then played a 4.
“Go ahead.” Sakura immediately played a 5.
Shion has no cards, so she skips them. Temari plays a 6.