This feeling of sadness lasted until...

"...Good morning, Xing."

"Ah, good morning."

"Why didn't you go to work with the boss today?"

"Well, I have something to do at the moment and I can't drive to pick up my boss."

"Then why did you take this elevator like us..."

"...Huh? I'm not accompanying my boss today. I should definitely take the ordinary employee elevator."

…

Uchiha brought his son to work.

The elevator in the early morning is always so busy.

But to be honest, she doesn't feel very good now. Because it is such a crowded elevator, everyone else has maintained a considerable social distance from her, and... how should I put it, they really didn't say any gossip in front of her.

But the subtle eye contact between each other cannot be faked.

She realized belatedly that, unknowingly, there was an irreversible "estrangement" between her and these former colleagues.

Of course, it's not that these people have any malicious intentions, it's just that they have subconsciously regarded her as "another kind of person". And...

"Huh? Xing, your bracelet looks great today."

"...Is this...?" Uchiha raised his hand with a belt. This was one of the gifts given to her by Madara. She thought she liked it and put it on. Now it seems that this was probably a wrong decision.

"I remember this is a new product this fall..."

"Yes, the unit price is very high, it seems to be..."

"Did you buy it yourself?"

"cough!"

"My brother gave it to me yesterday." Uchiha replied with a calm look.

"That's it..."

"I see."

"It seems that your brother loves you very much, hahaha."

…

In fact, ordinary people in society occasionally carry one or two luxury items, such as earrings, necklaces, bracelets, bags... At most, people will only say "Wow, you are really willing to give up, how much did you spend?"

, but these people are actually doubting...

She suspected that it was given to her by Brother Hashirama...or rather, the boss.

I see……

The Uchiha leader belatedly realized that in the Senju Group, the scandal between himself and Hashirama's eldest brother might have been spreading like wildfire for a long time. The latter should also know about it, and she was the only one who knew nothing...

This is too much...

This person.

When she walked out of the elevator, she thought with a slightly puffed face.

Although she doesn't really care about this because those who are clean will be clean themselves, she is still very depressed.

But this doesn't mean that she expects to see a big golden retriever jumping out and wagging its tail as soon as she opens the office door——

"Hoshi-chan, you're here~ Morning!"

"...Boss," Uchiha replied speechlessly, "At this point, if you don't work in your own office, what are you doing here?"

"Waiting for you to go to work~" Senju Hashirama replied with a smile, "Without the 'first cup of coffee in the morning' prepared by you, I can't concentrate."

"...Then you go back and wait for a while. I'll put down my bag and go over."

"Let's go together."

"..."

In the following time, a certain big golden retriever who was too cheeky really followed the little black cat all the way. Until the latter put the coffee on his table, gritted his teeth and said: "Boss, come on, enjoy you first

Take half an hour for coffee and then start working."

"Hoshi-chan... no, little boy," Senju Hashirama simply called out the real name of the person in front of him because no one else was around, "Before this, maybe we need to talk?"

"That's true, but not now."

"……reason?"

"It's working time now. You can't use this time to do personal things. This is the code of social animals." As Uchiha said this, he turned and walked towards the door of the office, leaving behind this sentence, "Boss, I am half

Come back in an hour.”
Chapter completed!