Liu Mingzhi's seemingly humble but actually somewhat proud words brought Sakai Hoshino, who was looking at the scenery in front of him in a daze, back to his senses.
Sakai Hoshino subconsciously withdrew his gaze, and looked at Liu Mingzhi with a puzzled look on his face next to him, who was smiling like a spring breeze.
"Ah? Liu Jun, what did you say?"
When Young Master Liu saw the silly expression on the beautiful woman's face, he immediately understood that this silly woman had been stunned by the scenery just now and didn't even hear what he was saying.
He folded the folding fan and tapped the beauty's forehead. Liu Mingzhi raised his head and pursed his lips towards the imperial garden under the viewing platform.
"This young master just asked you, is the view of my Dalong Palace pretty good?"
Sakai Hoshino naturally heard Liu Mingzhi's question clearly this time. He looked excitedly at the beautiful scenery in front of him again and nodded vigorously.
"What a great experience, it really opened Hoshino's eyes.
Mr. Liu, to tell you the truth, Hoshino has lived for more than thirty years, and he has never seen anything as impressive as the Dragon Palace... Oh, Hoshino was so shocked that he didn't know how to describe it.
"
The scenery in front of her seemed to make the beauty forget her previous worries. She excitedly grabbed Liu Mingzhi's wrist and shook it several times.
"Liu Jun, do you know? More than ten years ago, you brought Hoshino, brother and us to the Dragon Palace for the first time. Hoshino was surprised at that time.
At that time, Hoshino was thinking, Mr. Liu, when will you be able to show Hoshino what the entire palace is like?
Unfortunately, Hoshino never thought that since that day, Mr. Liu, you would suddenly disappear.
Later, Hoshino secretly sneaked out to find Mr. Liu on his brother's back many times. Hoshino went to the place where we met, and also went to the places Mr. Liu told Hoshino. As long as there are places in the capital that Hoshino can go to,
, Hoshino went to all of them.
It's a pity that Hoshino never found Mr. Liu every time.
Later, my brother also discovered that Hoshino was secretly looking for you, Mr. Liu.
My brother felt sorry for Hoshino. He knew that Hoshino had sneaked out to find you many times behind his back. Instead of blaming Hoshino, he comforted Hoshino and sent people to help Hoshino to find you together.
However, Hoshino still hasn't found Mr. Liu, let alone where he went, Mr. Liu.
Hoshino also asked someone to inquire about Mr. Liu's residence, but Hoshino's Chinese was really not very good at the time.
Whenever I find someone to inquire about you, instead of telling Hoshino Yanagi where you live, they stare at Hoshino with vigilance.
At first, Hoshino thought it was because his Chinese was not good and they couldn’t understand him well!
Slowly, Hoshino understood that it wasn't that Hoshino's Chinese was not good, or that Hoshino didn't understand what he said, but that they regarded Hoshino as a bad guy with ulterior motives.
However, Hoshino never gave up and kept searching in the streets and alleys of the capital.
At the end of the search, Hoshino himself almost lost count of how many times he had looked for Mr. Liu.
Until the day I left the capital by boat and left Dalong to return to our country of Japan, God did not give Hoshino a chance to see you again.
Liu Jun.
Actually, I just want to say goodbye to you and thank you sincerely.
Thank you for buying so many gifts for Hoshino when I first met him.
The day when he received the gift was Hoshino's happiest day.
It was you who allowed Hoshino to see the light of day and hope in the world during his life on the run.
The moment the ship set sail, my brother comforted Hoshino. He told Hoshino that as long as we sold all the Dalong goods we brought back, we could come back to Dalong immediately.
Therefore, during those days when he was wandering in the vast ocean, Hoshino spent all his time reading the books he bought from Dalong and studying Chinese day after day.
Hoshino wants to learn Chinese well so that the people of Dalong will no longer regard Hoshino as a bad guy with ulterior motives.
Likewise, I also want to give you a surprise, Mr. Liu, when we meet again.
However, fate seems to play tricks on people.
Hoshino made all preparations and was full of expectations to meet Liu Jun again, but fate played a big joke on Hoshino.
Hoshino will never have the chance to come to Dalong again, let alone meet Liu Jun again.
And this separation actually lasted twenty years.
So many years have passed.
Hoshino has aged and faded, and is no longer the same as before.
Twenty years!
Liu Jun, tell me, how many twenty years can a person have in this life?"
Liu Mingzhi listened quietly to the beauty's words, until she finished her sigh-filled words, and then subconsciously looked towards her.
Whether it was the first meeting in Jiangnan that year or a chance reunion in the capital later.
Or maybe it was an accidental reunion on the long street.
After meeting several times, this was the first time he saw Sakai Hoshino like this.
In my own impression, this woman is a little silly and cute, and a little natural.
Only there is no sentimental side.
I just found out today that I sometimes make mistakes.
"Hoshino."
Sakai Hoshino pursed her lips and smiled sweetly. She silently released her jade hand from Liu Mingzhi's wrist, opened her arms and took a deep breath.
"Liu Jun, Hoshino has really made all the preparations to reunite with you, but the result is so unsatisfactory.
Although the ending seems a bit unsatisfactory, Hoshino has tried his best.
So many years have passed, and even now Hoshino himself doesn’t know it. What I have always missed is the Great Dragon Palace that opened my eyes.
Or someone.
Someone made Hoshino's heart suddenly fall in love, but he became a passing guest again.
It may be the former, it may be the latter.
Maybe, it's both.
As for what it is in the end, I'm really sorry, Hoshino can't give you an answer to Mr. Liu.
Because Hoshino himself is too stupid to figure out what he is expecting."
"Hoshino."
"Mr. Liu, Hoshino doesn't want you to misunderstand me."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Sakai Hoshino shook his head vigorously with a toothless smile, lowered his arms and patted his sleeves lightly a few times.
"Mr. Liu, don't you want to help Hoshino fulfill his long-cherished wish many years ago? Let's leave quickly.
Although you can have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery of the palace from here, you can't see clearly, so you can take Hoshino down for a walk."
Liu Mingzhi looked at the beauty with complicated eyes, who was obviously full of worries but was pretending to be smiling. He frowned and pondered for a moment, then gently inserted the jade fan in his hand into his waist.
"Hoshino, we don't need to go down for the time being. There are other things that can help you see the scenery around the observation deck clearly.
I will take you down after you have used this object to see the general scenery of the palace and really want to visit some place alone."
"Really? What?"
Liu Mingzhi smiled calmly, stretched out his hand and handed the cloth bag in front of the beautiful lady.