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What if I fall straight down?

Even someone as physically strong as Walnut would get injured, right?

So she reached out and gently patted Hu Tao's shoulder, softly calling out, "Hu Tao, you..."

Before Fang Qiu could finish speaking, Hu Tao turned her head away, and Fang Qiu's words came to an abrupt halt.

A tear welled up in her eye and streamed down Hu Tao's cheek, dripping onto the back of her hand.

Their eyes met.

Is it sadness? Or joy?

Fang Qiu was stunned.

She had never seen Hu Tao cry, not even in her previous work, "Your Lie in April," nor in the filming of "Chinese Paladin 1."

This was the first time she had ever seen Hu Tao cry.

"Hu Tao... are you alright?"

Fang Qiu panicked for a moment and quickly asked.

"Huh? Did I cry?"

Seeing Fang Qiu's flustered expression and concerned eyes, Hu Tao was also taken aback.

A cold wind blew, and drops of rain began to fall.

In just a few breaths, it turned into a torrential downpour, quickly soaking them.

"Master, uh, Miss Fang Qiu, when did you arrive? No, that's not the point. It's raining, come and take shelter from the rain quickly."

The voices of the young female attendant behind them rang out.

The baby in her arms also made a sound of discomfort.

"Let's take shelter from the rain first."

Fang Qiu released her grip on Tingyu, then reached out to Hu Tao and said.

"Ah."

Hu Tao placed her hand in Fang Qiu's hand and followed Fang Qiu as she jogged into the main hall of the Hall of Rebirth.

Tingyu and Sanmi had already run into the hall.

They had just stepped into the hall when a loud "boom" sounded from the sky.

Thunder rumbled in the winter.

A torrential downpour then began.

Although the sky had been overcast for a long time, the rain came very suddenly.

"What a heavy rain! It's rare to see thunder in winter. I wonder if something happened to Inazuma's Thunder General."

The young maid took out two towels and handed them to Hu Tao and Fang Qiu, while looking at the torrential rain outside the window and saying...

"Thank you, but I was perfectly fine when I left home."

Fang Qiu took the towel handed to her by the maid, and while wiping her slightly damp white hair, she thanked her.

However, her gaze fell on Hu Tao.

Did Hu Tao just cry?

Or was it rain that fell on her face?

"You two chat first. I saw that it was going to rain, so I had someone prepare hot water. I'll go and get ready to make you a pot of tea and give you a nice bath in the wooden tub."

The young lady said, "After all, if you don't warm yourself up after getting caught in the winter rain, it's easy to catch a cold. The other day, that old man who passed away was... uh, that's bad luck. Never mind, you guys chat."

After saying that, she went into the back hall to boil water.

The icy rain soaked into his body, and Fang Qiu immediately felt his body tremble slightly as if it were out of control.

"Fang Qiu, are you alright?"

"Hu Tao asked."

"It's alright, just a bit cold."

Fang Qiu gently shook his head and said.

Hu Tao raised her hand and beckoned, causing the Fire God's Eye to light up slightly. A fire butterfly fluttered its wings and landed in front of Fang Qiu.

Feeling the warmth emanating from the butterfly, Fang Qiu finally felt much more comfortable.

Tingyu and Sanmi jumped onto the table and started a fire.

After a while, the coldness in my body gradually subsided.

Walnut took a towel and gently wiped the pages of the book.

The heavy rain just now soaked the books too.

Fang Qiu glanced at the story in the book; the silver figure was glowing with a fluorescent light, which was gradually fading away.

He opened his arms to Hotaru Takegawa.

"Come on, Hotaru, I've finally met you."

Hotaru Takegawa greeted him with a smile and hugged him.

But after only a brief embrace, the silver completely vanished.

Hotaru Takegawa knelt on the ground, weeping, clutching the clothes that still held the warmth of the silver.

So that's why Hu Tao cried.

A three-second embrace, a memory to cherish for a lifetime.

Just as Fang Qiu was thinking this, Hu Tao, who had her back to her, stopped wiping the paper and asked with a somewhat gloomy expression, "Fang Qiu, if two people are destined not to be together, wouldn't it be better to give up from the beginning?"

Fang Qiu was taken aback when he heard what Hu Tao said.

Does this refer to Gin and Takegawa Hotaru?

She wanted to ask, but then she noticed that Hu Tao's body was trembling slightly.

With Walnut's constitution, she wouldn't shiver from the cold rain at all, let alone with a fire butterfly radiating warmth.

"If it were me, even if we couldn't end up together and I was left battered and bruised, I wouldn't regret meeting the other person, whether as Gin or Takegawa Hotaru."

Fang Qiu thought for a moment and then didn't ask any more questions, speaking softly.

If she were Hotaru Takegawa, she would never regret meeting Gin.

Even if this memory will become an unhealable scar in her heart.

"I see."

Hu Tao's tone relaxed considerably.

At this moment, the young maidservant came out from the back hall carrying a pot of water.

She quickly made Fang Qiu a cup of hot tea. After taking a sip, Fang Qiu immediately felt much warmer.

"Miss Fang Qiu, I have prepared the bathwater. You and the hall master should go and take a bath."

The young maid said, "I'll go and prepare some clean clothes for you."

"Okay, Walnut, let's go."

Fang Qiu nodded.

Even if she drinks hot tea and warms herself by a fire, she is prone to catching a cold if she doesn't take a bath, given her constitution.

"Ah."

Walnut nodded.

Just as they were about to leave, Yi Guan paused and said, "By the way, Master, Miss Fang Qiu, I overheard your conversation and have seen most of it. Before you go for your bath, may I share my thoughts?"

"Please speak."

Fang Qiu smiled and said.

Walnut also cast her gaze.

"I think there are very few things in this world that cannot be formed. In Liyue, there are countless legends of immortals and humans falling in love, leaving behind many beautiful stories. Even if their lifespans are different, just as Miss Fang Qiu just said, they do not regret meeting each other. People like Yin and Takekawa Hotaru are indeed not meant to be. However, apart from such untouchable fates, I think most obstacles are not a problem."

The young lady smiled and said, "Speaking of which, a few days ago I saw two girls pledging their lives to each other on the beach. I don't think that's a bad match, is it? Miss Fang Qiu, do you think they're a bad match?"

Upon hearing the question from the young lady, Fang Qiu's pretty face, which was slightly pale from the cold, flushed with an alluring blush.

For some inexplicable reason, she remembered the female author from her past life who was kept by her beautiful and wealthy female roommate.

She also sent me photos of herself sleeping with that beautiful, rich young woman.

Fang Qiu coughed lightly and said, "It's not that we can't be together, as long as there is love."

No sooner had I spoken than the plot of "Junior Sister, Be Gentle, Senior Sister Is Hurting" came flooding back to me.

Thinking about the plot of the book, and perhaps because the cold had seeped into her body, Fang Qiu felt her legs were a little weak and she couldn't stand steadily.

"Thank you, Ms. Fang Qiu, for clearing up my doubts."

The young maid smiled and said, "Alright, you should go take a bath now, the water will get cold soon. Oh, and I also had someone prepare some glass lily petals for you, which are good for calming the nerves."

As she spoke, she winked at Hu Tao.

Hu Tao blushed, and after saying a few words, she grabbed Fang Qiu and ran all the way to the backyard as if fleeing.

Fang Qiu followed behind Hu Tao, slightly out of breath. Hu Tao noticed her unusual condition and quickly slowed her pace.

They arrived at the room that the young lady had mentioned.

With a creak, the door was pushed open and we entered.

Another girl dressed in the attire of the Temple of Rebirth is pouring the last bucket of hot water into the wooden tub.

Then, more than ten petals of glass lilies were sprinkled into the wooden tub.

"Master, the bathwater is ready."

The girl said.