This was the first time Naruto had received a gift since he could remember.
It wasn't a gift that he got after being picked out by other children in the orphanage. It was a gift that belonged completely to him!
"Brother... who are you and why are you so nice to me?" Naruto, who had been looked down upon all the time, could of course feel that there was no other factor behind Chi Qing's attitude towards him.
It's purely about being good to yourself.
He held the new clothes and toys, and looked at Chi Qing's clone helplessly.
Chi Qing's clone didn't expect little Naruto to be so sensitive.
Not knowing how to explain, he scratched his hair with a headache: "I always say that I am your uncle, right?"
"But my brother is obviously very young..." Little Naruto still doesn't understand the other meaning of "uncle".
"I want him to explain it to you himself." Chi Qing's clone pointed at the original body lying down, and then gently patted Naruto's head: "Your father's younger brother is your uncle."
"My father's...brother?" The word father was too unfamiliar to Naruto.
This made Naruto even more confused since he had been in an orphanage for as long as he could remember.
Children in orphanages are either abandoned at the doorstep because their parents are unknown, or because both parents have passed away and they have no relatives at home.
Naruto has always felt that he is the latter.
But the sudden appearance of "little uncle" means that he still has relatives, so why was he abandoned in an orphanage?
So I am the abandoned child?
This was sadder than the death of both parents.
Seeing the hurt expression on the kid's face, Chi Qing's clone held him in his arms and explained, "Uncle didn't abandon you. There is a reason why I waited until now to meet you. Please believe in uncle, okay, Naruto."
"Wait until he wakes up and let him explain it to you."
Hearing this, Naruto felt much better. He buried his face in the arms of Chi Qing's clone and said in a dull voice, "Brother... Why hasn't little uncle woken up yet?"
"Because I didn't get enough rest during the mission, I will probably sleep for ten days or half a month, or maybe even longer."
Chi Qing's clone hung the spare key he had prepared around Naruto's neck: "Come here whenever you want during this time, and just open the door yourself. I'm just a clone, and I'll disappear after my chakra is consumed."
Chi Qing's clone introduced the placement of things in the house to little Naruto, and the dangerous things had been put away by him.
When the time was almost up, Chi Qing's clone hugged little Naruto and said, "Take care of yourself. You can actually wake him up if there's an emergency. Bye."
With a "bang", Chi Qing's clone disappeared in front of Naruto.
Little Naruto was stunned for a moment, feeling a little helpless because it was so sudden.
But when he turned around and saw Chi Qing still lying on the bed, he felt relieved.
He ran to Chi Qing's side and lay down, looking at Chi Qing's sleeping face. Thinking of the relationship between them, he couldn't help but chuckle.
"I'm not alone anymore."
"My little uncle is so handsome."
Naruto didn't want to go back to the orphanage.
Before disappearing, Chi Qing's clone left him some living expenses for food.
Therefore, during this period of time, little Naruto visited Ichiraku Ramen more often.
But most of the time he just ate bread.
Sometimes he would go out to play, but after his friends were picked up, he would happily run back to Chi Qing's apartment.
She would wring out a towel to wipe Chi Qing's face, and mop the floor with a mop that was much taller than his.
I wash my clothes and hang them outside the window.
After finishing the day, he happily lifted Chi Qing's quilt and lay down in it.