On the way to Shikamaru's house, Kakashi kept asking me questions in a low voice, but since I was a person who had lost my memory and common sense, no matter how he asked, I said "I don't know", "I don't remember", and "I can't remember".

But Kakashi wasn't angry or disappointed at all. After seeing the Nara family's nameplate, he said goodbye to me with a smile. He was very graceful from beginning to end.

I watched him walk away and thought to myself: He is really talkative. No matter how I responded, he would always pick up the conversation and not let it get boring...

At this moment, a voice came from behind: "What an idiot... you've been tricked all the way...!"

"Shikamaru, are you awake?"

Shikamaru propped himself up a little from behind me and looked at me helplessly: "I woke up when I met Kakashi."

"Then why don't you speak?"

"I want to hear what he has to say to you." Shikamaru motioned for me to put him down. "I always feel that his attitude towards you is a little strange."

I didn't say anything. After putting him down, I quickly canceled the transformation technique.

"Besides, he probably knew that I had woken up a long time ago." Shikamaru said, "After all, he is a Jonin in the village..."

I finally felt the same tiredness that Shikamaru had just felt. I felt weak in my hands and feet, and my head was a little dizzy.

However, I was able to force myself to reply as usual: "Then he didn't avoid you, which means he has nothing to feel guilty about, right?"

Shikamaru frowned and looked at the direction where Kakashi left. "It could be that he felt that there was nothing I could do even if I knew. He seemed to be very concerned about your parents' background, but how many times have you met them? Being so curious about a girl you're not that familiar with is problematic in itself."

I think I know why Kakashi is here, but I can't tell Shikamaru, so I have to change the subject: "Let's go in first? Are Shikamaru's parents home?"

"At home, but it doesn't matter, don't worry about them, we just play our own game."

Shikamaru no longer worried about Kakashi, or perhaps he just temporarily suppressed his doubts in his heart and took me into the house.

He took a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and placed them at my feet, and helped me put the shoes I had taken off neatly in place.

A black-haired woman came out of the house upon hearing the noise and asked curiously, "Hey, Shikamaru, are you back now?"

She then saw me again and was suddenly stunned: "...Lin?"

I greeted her obediently: "My name is Zhaolu, hello, Auntie."

"Chaolu...? Huh?" She looked a little confused and kept staring at my face.

Shikamaru asked, "Who is Lin?"

"Rin is one of mom's juniors," Shikamaru's mother did not hide it, it was no secret: "She was once a student of the Fourth Hokage... but she died during the Third Ninja World War."

Shikamaru wondered what he was thinking and asked, "Is Kakashi a jonin and her in the same team?"

"Yeah, how did you know Kakashi?" Shikamaru's mother still looked at me in amazement: "It seems...! How can it be so similar... It's just like Lin is back...!"

Shikamaru looked back at me. He had never seen Lin before, so he naturally couldn't imagine how surprised others would be. "It seems that Kakashi Jonin cares about you so much, probably because of this."

I already knew the reason, so I just smiled at him.

Shikamaru's mother hurriedly said, "Hey... come in."

She led us to the living room and asked us to sit down. After a while, she brought a tray with a kettle of purified water and drinks on it for us to choose from. There were also many snacks and fruits.

If Kakashi could only ask questions in a veiled way, then Shikamaru's mother asked openly: "Your name is Chaolu? Where do you live now?"

As soon as I sat down, I felt sleepiness creeping up on me, but I was able to hold it back: "I'm an orphan adopted by Konoha, and I live in an orphanage."

"Ah, orphan, are you sure you are an orphan? Does Chaolu still remember any relatives you have?"

I shook my head. "I...had lost a lot of my memories when I was found by the villagers. I don't remember many things."

Shikamaru's mother subconsciously asked, "Lost your memory? Why did this happen?"

Shikamaru answered for me somewhat helplessly: "If she knew, it wouldn't be considered amnesia."

He poured me a glass of juice, and when he placed it next to me, Shikamaru's mother raised her eyebrows.

I smiled at Shikamaru and thanked him, "Thank you."

He lowered his eyes and didn't look at my face: "Nothing."

Under the thoughtful gaze of Shikamaru's mother, Shikamaru looked a little uncomfortable: "Ahem."

He turned to his mother and said, "Chaolu, can you have lunch at our house today?"

Shikamaru's mother stopped asking about my background and asked Shikamaru with a smile, "What are your plans for today?"

"That's it. Let's eat first, then rest for a while. We'll see if we want to go to the movies in the afternoon."

Shikamaru's mother smiled and said, "Watch a movie? Watch a movie is good, what movie should we watch?"

Her teasing tone immediately made Shikamaru a little embarrassed and annoyed: "...It's not decided yet!"

Shikamaru's mother stopped teasing him and asked me with a smile, "What dishes does Chaolu like to eat?"

I don't understand those complicated etiquettes, so when she asked me, I told her the truth without thinking: "I like to eat tempura!"

"Oh, tempura? I think we can make it today. Is there any dish you don't like?"

"fish!"

"Then we won't cook fish for lunch today, is that ok, Shikamaru?"

I immediately looked at Shikamaru and asked curiously, "Does Shikamaru like to eat fish?"

"Well... it's okay, I don't like it that much."

Shikamaru's mother laughed and cursed in a low voice: "Stinky boy..."

She stood up, looked at me carefully one last time with a complicated expression, then turned and went to the kitchen.

"Then I'll go prepare lunch. Shikamaru, please entertain the guests well."

"Well... you already know it without me telling you! It's really troublesome..."

Shikamaru muttered quietly, holding up the tray and saying to me, "Come on, Asaro, let's go to my room."

I was afraid that he had too much to carry, so I helped hold the cups for both of us and said, "Okay."

Shikamaru's house is also a Japanese-style building, a bit similar to Sasuke's house. However, compared to the deserted Sasuke's house, Shikamaru's house has a warm and popular atmosphere.

Turning the corner in the corridor, you will find the backyard. The Nara family also has a garden, but there is no pond in the garden, but there are several deer raised there.

"deer!"

Shikamaru opened the paper sliding door of his room and placed the tray in his hand on the table. I didn't follow him in, but stood in the corridor and watched the deer as if they had taken root under my feet.

He looked back at me and asked, “Do you like deer?”

I stared at the deer strolling leisurely in the courtyard without blinking: "I haven't seen any deer yet."

Shikamaru walked out, stood on the corridor and waved to the deer. A fawn poked its head out from behind the adult deer and walked towards him innocently.

My eyes widened as I watched Shikamaru walk up and touch the deer's chin very expertly.

With a smile in his eyes, he turned to me and asked, "Do you want to try it?"

I quickly put the cup in my hand into the house, ran to Shikamaru, tentatively reached out my hand, and curiously touched the deer's head.

The little deer didn't run away. Instead, it tilted its head and rubbed against me under my palm.

I was so happy: "It's not afraid of me!"

Shikamaru asked me with a smile, "Want to try feeding him?"

"May I?"

"Yeah." Shikamaru said, "Wait here for a minute. I'll go get the snacks."

He put the snacks and fruits on the tray and took it out.

We sat side by side at the edge of the corridor, placing the trays on our legs close together so that it would be easy for either of us to get snacks or fruits.

It seemed that they saw food, so not only the fawn, but all the deer came over.

Shikamaru was obviously very familiar with them, and the Nara family also had their own way of disciplining them. Although the deer were crowded together in front of us, none of them took the permission to eat the fruit snacks on our legs. They only ate what was in our hands.

I fed them a lot of cut fruits. Shikamaru remembered how much each deer ate. If one deer ate too much, he would slap it away and let it make room for its companion who ate less.

I couldn't help but sigh: "Shikamaru is amazing."

He was stunned for a moment: "I just spend a long time with them, so I can recognize them."

I shook my head: "It's not just this matter, Shikamaru is very powerful in my heart."

Shikamaru looked at me and said nothing.

I changed the subject and said with longing, "Sure enough, it would be very different if there were living things in the house. It would be great if I could raise deer in my new home in the future."

"If I live with Naruto, there's no way I can live in that kind of building."

"Well……"

Shikamaru looked at the deer, as if deliberately not looking at me: "If Chaolu likes deer, why not live in my house?"

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