Hearing the beauty's answer, Young Master Liu couldn't help but have an unconcealable smile on his face.
The regret that had been lingering in my heart disappeared in an instant.
Mr. Liu turned over and crossed the bench in the corridor, gently shook the jade fan in his hand, and walked straight towards the pavilion where Sakai Hoshino and his daughter were.
Hua Qi Yingzhi immediately gave him a blessing before Young Master Liu entered the pavilion.
"Mr. Sakuraori."
"No gifts."
"Thank you, sir."
Young Master Liu walked into the pavilion, smiled lightly and patted Ying Zhi's bun.
"Xiaoyingzhi, I haven't seen you for so long, do you miss your husband?"
The little girl nodded with a smile, then looked up at her mother.
"I thought about it, but..."
"But what?"
"Sir, Yingzhi's mother misses you more. You don't know, sir, that my mother is calling your name even in her dreams!"
When Sakai Hoshino heard his daughter's reply to Mr. Liu's words, his pretty face turned rosy, and then he quickly glared at his daughter.
"Smelly girl, what are you talking about?"
"Mother, Yingzhi is not talking nonsense, you are..."
Sakai Hoshino glared at his daughter again and tapped her on the top of her head with his finger.
"You also said, hurry up and pour tea for Mr."
The little girl rubbed the top of her head and nodded with an aggrieved face.
"Oh, Sakurazhi knows."
Hua Qiyingzhi walked to the stone table, poured a cup of herbal tea from the pot, turned around and handed it to Young Master Liu.
"Sir, please have some tea."
"Okay, so good."
Young Master Liu took the tea and took a sip, looking teasingly at the blushing beauty in front of him.
"Hoshino, what Sakurazhi said just now, is it true?"
Sakai Hoshino gave Young Master Liu an angry look and quickly looked away.
"Not at all. If a child talks nonsense, how can you take it seriously?"
"Really?"
Sakai Hoshino did not dare to meet Mr. Liu's gaze, and twirled his slender fingers with his eyes wandering.
"Of course it's true."
"Oh, then I have to ask Ying Zhi again."
Sakai Hoshino's pretty face panicked, and he immediately stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around Young Master Liu.
"Can't."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sakai Hoshino immediately turned around and looked at his daughter behind him.
"Sakuraori."
"Hey, mother?"
"Mom, I have something to tell my husband. You go and play with your sisters Yunxin and Lianniang first."
"Really? Can Sakurazhi go play?"
"Go, go quickly."
"Thank you, mother."
"Sir, Yingzhi went to see Sister Lianniang first."
Hua Qi Yingzhi shouted and ran towards the outside of the pavilion.
Young Master Liu watched the little girl's back gradually go away, then he smiled and touched the beauty's slender waist with his elbow.
"Hoshino, there are only two of us left now. To be honest, do you miss me?"
Sakai Hoshino looked around shyly with his beautiful eyes, looked at Young Master Liu with a blushing face, and nodded in a voice as quiet as a mosquito.
"Think...think about it."
"What? I didn't hear it."
"Oh, Mr. Liu, you are so annoying.
If you deliberately tease me again, I will ignore you."
Young Master Liu waved his hands cheerfully, nodded, took a sip of tea, and placed the teacup on the stone table.
"I was wrong, I won't say it anymore, I won't say it anymore."
"Mr. Liu, Yaoyao and Cheng Qian came back long ago after they retired from the imperial court. Why are you not back until now?"
Young Master Liu opened his folding fan and pointed to the garden outside the pavilion, then walked down the steps.
"Hoshino, let's go for a walk in the garden."
"Okay, Hoshino listens to you."
Sakai Hoshino walked side by side with Young Master Liu, and asked softly again: "Mr. Liu, why did you come back so late? Did something happen again?"
Hearing the beauty's curious question, Young Master Liu turned to look at the beauty and rolled his eyes angrily.
"You still have the nerve to ask, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have come back until now?"
"Ah? Because, because of me?"
Young Master Liu gently fanned himself in the cool breeze and sighed with a sad expression.
"Huh, during the meeting today, the old man Wang Hezheng wrote to me and told me that your Japanese delegation had already left Beijing yesterday.
When I heard what this old guy Wang Hezheng said, my heart suddenly went cold.
I thought you had left yesterday!
I kept thinking again and again, why didn't you come and say goodbye to me before you left?
Even if you don't have time to say goodbye because of time constraints, at least you should send someone to inform me!
At that moment, you don't know how confused I was in my young master's heart."
Sakai Hoshino paused, his pretty face showing embarrassment.
"and after?"
"Later, I couldn't wait to rush to Honglu Temple to see if you had really left.
But, I still didn't do that in the end.
There are many government affairs in the Great Court, and most of them are related to people's livelihood, official administration, and important matters for the people of the world.
No matter how impatient I was at that time, I couldn't delay a major world event that affected the great dragon's land and country because of my children's affair."
As Young Master Liu spoke, he looked at the beautiful lady's face with tenderness in his eyes and reached out to take her slender hand.
"So, I had to force myself to calm down and suppress the disappointment in my heart when I learned that you had left.
It wasn't until all the government affairs were handled that I could take some time off to calm down and think about the fact that you, Hoshino, have left the capital.
After leaving the palace, I rushed directly to Honglu Temple with a hesitant mind."
Sakai Hoshino's pretty face was stunned, and he asked in a sweet voice: "What, Mr. Liu, did you go to Honglu Temple?"
Seeing the surprise on the beautiful woman's face, he stretched out his hands and took her into his arms.
"Yes, after a slight delay after leaving the palace, I rushed directly to Honglu Temple to find you.
Without seeing with my own eyes that you are no longer in the quiet courtyard of Honglu Temple Government Office, of course I will not be reconciled!"
To be continued...