Huo Yunshen persuaded himself.

Yin Feng came in not long after and reported, “My liege, the king of the Nothern Kingdom has arrived.”

“Come, let’s go welcome him.”

As soon as Huo Yunshen learned that Huangpu Xuanye had arrived, he quickly got up to welcome his guest.

A group of luxurious cars was parked outside the palace, and down came a young man with two bodyguards by his side.

Three years had passed, and Huangpu Xuanye was now 20 years old. Both his mind and body had grown, and the Nothern Kingdom thrived under his reign.

Ever since Huangpu Xuanye had become the emperor, he had maintained a good relationship with Estan and the Dragon Kingdom.

The leaders of each country would always visit each other as friends. It wasn’t that different from Huangpu Xuanye’s current visit, as he was on a private trip that the public had no idea of.

He would visit Ying Bao in the Dragon Kingdom once every one or two months.

“Sorry for troubling you again, Uncle Huo,” Huangpu Xuanye greeted.

“Don’t worry about it. It’s our honor to have you here,” Huo Yunshen replied with a smile.

They then sat down and started a conversation. Yet Huo Yunshen could sense that Huangpu Xuanye’s mind was slowly drifting away.

“Go on, Ying Bao should be waiting for you,” Huo Yunshen said, putting the conversation to a halt.

“Thank you.”

Huangpu Xuanye got up and followed the servants to look for Ying Bao.

The girl was sitting on a swing in the garden while looking at her little brother playing with their dogs.

“Why don’t you go and play with the prince?” one of the servants asked as she realized the princess was staring at her brother.

“It’s fine...”

Ying Bao shook her head.

One of the setbacks of being too smart was that Ying Bao had suffered a lot when she lost her mother.

She suddenly felt that life was dull and wondered what the meaning of live was.

She really wished that she could turn back time, back to when she was still little, and her mother was always by her side.

Huangpu Xuanye arrived in the garden. The servant pointed to where Ying Bao was and he could see a girl sitting by the swing. The girl looked lonely and it hurt him. It was as if he was looking at his old self.

He knew the feeling of being alone and helpless.

He wanted to help Ying Bao to walk out from her shadow but had no idea what to do.

Huangpu Xuanye then walked towards the girl and called out her name. “Cherry.”

Ying Bao turned her head around, and her eyes were filled with surprise when she saw who was standing behind her.

“Uncle Prince?”

“What did I tell you? What’s my name?” Huangpu Xuanye asked as he kneeled in front of the girl.

“I’m sorry... Brother Xuanye..”

Huangpu Xuanye had asked Ying Bao to change what she called him, but the girl had the tendency to forget it.

“Good girl.” Huangpu Xuanye smiled as he pinched the girl’s cheek. “What are you doing here all alone?”