The blond-haired Hokage, starting from before Hinata's wedding.

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"Hehe, what can I do? My little Ying is just too beautiful, of course I couldn't resist," Qiu Xiaoming said with a grin.

"You're so glib." Xiaoying gave a coquettish snort, but her smile grew even wider. She gently nudged Qiu Xiaoming and said, "Alright, it's getting late, we should get up too."

"I'll help you get dressed." Qiu Xiaoming picked up Xiaoying's clothes and carefully helped her put them on.

The hotel doesn't have a bathroom, otherwise Qiu Xiaoming would have definitely dragged Xiaoying to take a shower first.

As Qiu Xiaoming gently dressed her, Xiaoying's face was filled with happiness. She had never imagined that one day someone would be so considerate as to dress her. She thought she would never experience such a thing in her life.

"Oh!" When Xiaoying stood up, her legs went weak and she almost fell, but Qiu Xiaoming caught her in time.

"Sister Xiaoying, what's wrong?" Qiu Xiaoming asked worriedly.

"It's all your fault! You were like a bull, making my legs go weak!" Xiaoying glared at Qiu Xiaoming and said coquettishly.

"Hehe, didn't you tell me to do things seriously?" Qiu Xiaoming said, scratching his head with a silly grin.

"Hmph!" Sakura snorted and glared at Qiu Xiaoming, saying irritably, "Hold on tight, or you'll regret it if you fall."

Chapter 78 Let's Get a New Dad

"Now that you've eaten, are you satisfied? Where to go now?" Sakura asked Qiu Xiaoming as they went downstairs from the hotel.

“Let’s go to your place!” Qiu Xiaoming said matter-of-factly.

"What? You're worried that Sasuke will snatch me back?" Sakura rolled her eyes at Qiu Xiaoming and asked.

"How could that be! I just wanted to see Sarada, after all, she'll be..." Qiu Xiaoming hurriedly tried to explain, but before he could finish speaking, Sakura covered his mouth.

"Don't say anything, or we'll be in big trouble if someone else hears." Sakura cautiously scanned the area outside the hotel, making sure no one was paying attention before letting go of her hand.

"You're not allowed to say anything to Sarada, especially not to her calling you 'Dad,' understand?" Sakura solemnly instructed Qiu Xiaoming.

Sarada is still young, and she might believe whatever Qiu Xiaoming says. If she shouts something random, her mother-in-law Mikoto might actually start to suspect something.

"Don't worry, I won't say anything," Qiu Xiaoming assured him.

After hearing Qiu Xiaoming's assurance, Xiaoying nodded slightly and followed him out of the hotel.

"Huh? Is that Sakura?" Just as Sakura and Qiu Xiaoming were leaving the hotel together, a beautiful woman noticed Sakura's back and muttered in confusion.

Although Sakura used her transformation technique to be safe when leaving the hotel, the beautiful woman still recognized Sakura's back at a glance.

"Why did she come out of the hotel? And with a man?" the beautiful woman muttered in surprise.

"Alas! This child has really suffered. Her husband is never home. I advised her not to be with Sasuke, not to be with Sasuke, but she wouldn't listen. Now look what's happened, she's learned to cheat on her husband." The beautiful woman gently shook her head and sighed helplessly.

The beautiful woman did not investigate further and turned to leave.

"Sakura!" Just as Sakura brought Qiu Xiaoming back to her front door, a voice suddenly came from behind her.

Sakura was startled by what she heard and slowly turned around. Sasuke was standing on the street in the distance, looking at her.

"Sasuke, when did you get back?" Sakura asked, feigning surprise.

Her heart was pounding. She kept thinking, "Sasuke probably didn't see us, did he? He probably didn't see us coming out of the hotel."

“Last night,” Sasuke replied.

"What are you doing standing at the door? Hurry up and go inside and sit down!" Sakura said.

"Hmm!" Sasuke nodded slightly and walked over.

"Sasuke-nii!" Qiu Xiaoming called out.

"Ning, it's been a long time." Sasuke nodded gently.

"Yeah, it's been a long time. Sasuke is still as handsome as ever!" Qiu Xiaoming said with a smile.

"Hmm!" Sasuke simply nodded slightly, without saying anything more.

Sakura pushed open the door while Sasuke and Qiu Xiaoming were talking. Mikoto, hearing someone open the door, also came out of the living room.

"Sakura's back! You must have been tired last night," Mikoto asked as she saw Sakura return.

When she got up in the morning, she saw that the living room light downstairs was still on, and Xiaoying wasn't home. She thought something had happened at the hospital last night, so she rushed over and asked that question.

However, Xiaoying heard these words and interpreted them differently, since she was really tired last night, though she was tired from playing.

"Mm!" Sakura simply nodded slightly without saying anything more.

"Xiaoming, you too..." Mikoto was about to greet Qiu Xiaoming, but when she saw Sasuke next to Qiu Xiaoming, she was stunned.

"Sa...Sasuke? When did you get back?" Mikoto asked in disbelief, her eyes wide with shock.

After saying that, she quickly stepped forward and began to pat Sasuke's body, muttering, "You've lost weight, how did you get so thin?"

Mikoto looked at her son with heartache, tears instantly welling up in her eyes.

"Mom, it's nothing," Sasuke said calmly.

"Oh dear, Sasuke, come inside and rest. Don't stand outside." Mikoto wiped away her tears and led Sasuke into the house, while calling out to Sarada in the living room, "Nana, come here quickly, Daddy's home!"

"Ta-da!" Sarada heard her father come home and happily ran out of the living room.

But when she saw Qiu Xiaoming and Sasuke standing at the door, she was stunned.

Sasuke looked at his daughter Sarada, a hint of tenderness flashing in his eyes.

"Daddy!" Sarada was stunned for a moment, then rushed into Qiu Xiaoming's arms and called out in a coquettish voice.

Although Sarada called Qiu Xiaoming "Dad" last time he came, Mikoto corrected her.

However, Sarada always remembered that Qiu Xiaoming played with her. She liked Qiu Xiaoming very much. Now that Qiu Xiaoming had reappeared, and Mikoto even said that her father had returned, she naturally continued to call Qiu Xiaoming "Dad."

After all, she had no recollection of Sasuke whatsoever.

"Uh..." Everyone was stunned, no one expected Sarada to call Qiu Xiaoming "Dad".

Sakura, in particular, felt her heart pounding and her conscience was prickly, since Sarada's call was indeed perfectly reasonable.

"Um, Nana, I'm your brother Xiaoming, not your dad. This is your dad." Qiu Xiaoming rubbed Sarada's head and pointed at Sasuke.

"Ah!" Sarada looked up at Sasuke in a daze, got off Qiu Xiaoming, stood in front of Sasuke, raised her little head, and looked at Sasuke expectantly.

Sasuke looked at his biological daughter, reached out his large hand, and gently stroked her little head, his eyes full of doting tenderness.

"Are you really my dad?" Sarada blinked her big, watery eyes and looked up at Sasuke, asking in a childish voice.

"Mm!" Sasuke nodded slightly.

"Then can I ride a horse?" Sarada asked Sasuke, her eyes shining.

Sasuke looked puzzled, not understanding what Sarada meant by riding a horse.

"Oh, it means you lie on the ground and I ride on your back, and you crawl like a horse," Sarada explained to Sasuke when she saw he didn't understand.

As a cold and aloof man, how could Sasuke possibly agree to such a thing? Even if it were her daughter, it would be absolutely unacceptable.

"Sorry, I can't do it," Sasuke coldly refused. He would never do something so shameful.

When Sarada heard Sasuke's refusal, her face fell, she pouted and threw herself into Sakura's arms, saying aggrievedly, "Mommy, I don't want this daddy, let's get a different daddy, I want Naruto to be my daddy!"

Sakura panicked even more after hearing Sarada's words. She gently patted Sarada's head and said with a stern face, "Don't talk nonsense!"

"Waaaaah!!! I want a different dad! I want a different dad!" Sarada started crying.

"Nana, be good. Brother Xiaoming will let you ride your horse. Don't cry, don't cry," Qiu Xiaoming coaxed.

Chapter 79 Haruno Meibu eavesdropping

"Let's ride a horse! Let's ride a horse!" Sarada cheered excitedly as she rode on Qiu Xiaoming's back in the living room.

Mikoto sat on the sofa, asking Sasuke all sorts of questions, while Sakura looked at Qiu Xiaoming and Sarada with tenderness in her beautiful eyes.

Seeing Sarada so close to Qiu Xiaoming, Sakura was very happy. At least, if her affair with Qiu Xiaoming were ever exposed, Sarada would definitely stand by her side.

"Ding-dong!" The doorbell suddenly rang, and Sakura stood up and walked to the door.

"Who is it!" Sakura opened the door, and after seeing the two people standing there, she was stunned for a moment, then called out, "Dad, Mom, what brings you here?"

"What? Can't we come over? Can't we come and see Nana?" The beautiful woman at the door glared at Sakura and said.

"Okay, okay, of course, come in quickly." Sakura quickly invited her parents in and closed the door behind them.

When Mikoto heard Sakura call out "Mom and Dad," she immediately stood up and went out to greet them, calling out, "Father-in-law, Mother-in-law, come in, come in! You didn't even say a word before coming over!"

"Hehe, we just happened to be passing by and stopped by to see Nana." Haruno Meibuki smiled slightly, then looked at Sarada and called out, "Nana, Grandma's here."

"Grandma~" Sarada got off Qiu Xiaoming and ran towards Haruno Meifuki, affectionately hugging Haruno Meifuki's beautiful legs and calling out in a coquettish voice.

"Oh, my Nana, you've finally grown up!" Haruno Meibuki squatted down and stroked Sarada's head, saying happily.

"Hehe, of course." Sarada laughed smugly.

Haruno Mei looked around the living room, and when she saw Qiu Xiaoming, her beautiful eyes narrowed.

Sure enough, it was Sakura and this man who had just come out of the inn. When she saw Sasuke, she was taken aback and said, "Sasuke's back? When did you get back?"

“Last night,” Sasuke replied casually.

Last night? That doesn't make sense. Shouldn't Sakura have been with Sasuke when she came back last night?

Did I really see it wrong?

But wait, that man should definitely be this little boy in front of me!

"Hehe, it's been so long since our whole family has been together like this," Mikoto said with a slight smile, looking happy.

"Who is this?" Ya Chui asked Qiu Xiaoming, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

"Oh, this is Qiu Xiaoming, Kushina's godson," Mikoto introduced.

"Oh, him! I didn't expect the young man to have grown so much." Yabuki nodded and said.

"Hello, Auntie Yabuki, Uncle Haruno Zhao." Qiu Xiaoming greeted them politely.

Xiaoying's mother, Qiu Xiaoming had met her once before. He never expected that after so many years, she would still be so young and beautiful. She was wearing a white short-sleeved cheongsam, revealing her fair and jade-like arms. The slit in the cheongsam just covered her thighs, and her long, straight legs were faintly visible.

The mature buds are dressed in a trendy and fashionable style. Although there is a hint of coldness in the corners of their eyes, it cannot hide their mature charm.

As for Chunye Zhao, Qiu Xiaoming doesn't like men, so why would she look at him?

"Hmm!" Ya Chui nodded gently, her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, her beautiful eyes fixed on Qiu Xiaoming, as if trying to see through him.

"Aunt Mikoto, since it's your family reunion today, I won't disturb you any longer. I'll head back now." Qiu Xiaoming felt embarrassed by Ya Chui's stare and quickly took his leave.

Of course, he still remembered his promise to Ino today, and maybe Ino was already waiting for him.

"Okay, come over another day." Mikoto nodded with a smile. Qiu Xiaoming really wasn't suitable for this occasion.

"No!" However, Sarada clung tightly to Qiu Xiaoming's leg, pouting as she said, "Nana won't let Brother Xiaoming leave."

"Nana, be good. How about Brother Xiaoming comes to play with you next time?" Qiu Xiaoming squatted down, stroked Sarada's little head, and said softly.

"No, no!" Sarada shook her head and said stubbornly, "Brother Xiaoming, no matter what, Brother Xiaoming can't leave today!"

"This..." Qiu Xiaoming looked helplessly at Xiaoying, hoping she could come up with a solution.

"Why don't you stay here and play with Nana, have lunch before you leave?" Sakura said with a smile.

“That’s right, let’s eat before we leave,” Sarada chimed in her childish voice.

"Alright then." Seeing that Sarada was pestering him so much, Qiu Xiaoming had no choice but to agree.

"Yay! Let's ride horses again!" Sarada jumped up and down with joy. Qiu Xiaoming smiled helplessly and could only accompany her to play.

"It's getting late, I'm going to cook." Sakura glanced at the time and then went into the kitchen.

Sarada rode Qiu Xiaoming around the living room a few times, then felt a little tired. With Meibuki and Haruno Zhao calling her, she went to play with her grandparents.

As for Mikoto, she kept asking Sasuke all sorts of questions.

Qiu Xiaoming looked around and realized he didn't know what to do.

[Ding! Intimate Paradise Quest: Get intimate with Sakura in the kitchen. Reward: 500 Affection Points upon completion.]

Huh? People who have eaten there also have tasks?

Qiu Xiaoming was stunned when he heard the system notification.

After sending Sarutobi Mirai home, he now has 1400 affection points. If he completes this task, he will have 1900 points. He only needs 100 more points to use for the system lottery upgrade.

Now that the mission has been assigned, Qiu Xiaoming has no choice but to go even if he doesn't want to.

"How did you get in here?" Sakura asked, puzzled, when she saw Qiu Xiaoming enter.

"I can't talk to anyone outside, so I had to come find you." Qiu Xiaoming said with a grin, wrapping his arms around Xiaoying's slender waist.