“Ms. Calico, I’ve come to seek your guidance again.”0

A voice from outside suddenly called out, and then a figure stepped through the doorway.0

The little girl, who had been flipping through a book while eating candied hawthorn, froze for a moment. She lifted her head to look outside, and immediately her small face turned serious. She stared at the approaching visitor like an enemy about to invade her territory.0

“Well, well! You’re eating candied hawthorn?”0

“Yes!” Lady Calico replied firmly.0

“Where’d you get candied hawthorn on a rainy day?”0

“Someone gave it to me!”0

“Oh...”0

“Do you want some? Here, have some!” Ms. Calico immediately extended her hand, offering the skewer of candied hawthorn to her student.0

“Alright, I’ll try one,” the martial heroine Heroine Wu replied.0

Lady Calico froze for a second, then suddenly withdrew her hand. She looked at Heroine Wu with the utmost seriousness and declared, “On second thought, no. I just remembered that I already licked it...”1

“How stingy...”0

“I’m not stingy! I just remembered that humans don’t eat things someone else has licked—it has saliva on it!”0

“Then I’ll eat one from lower down.”0

“I’ve already licked the entire thing.”1

“Fine, never mind then.”0

“What do you want to ask? Go ahead and ask.”0

The student walked over,...0