The owner selling qingxin flower cool cakes was a kind-faced Old Lady.
Her face was always smiling, and she would give out candy to passing children.
Perhaps due to her advanced age, the Old Lady's eyes were cloudy, and she couldn't see anything.
But even without her sight, the qingxin flower cool cakes she made tasted very good, and there were many repeat customers.
"Would you two like a qingxin flower cool cake?"
Although the Old Lady couldn't see, her hearing was very sharp.
She heard Makoto and Ganyu's footsteps and immediately stood up.
"Although I can't see, the flower cool cakes I make are not bad; if you don't believe me, you can try them."
As she spoke, the Old Lady handed the qingxin flower cool cakes to Makoto and Ganyu.
Seeing the Old Lady's enthusiasm, Makoto first thanked her.
Then he picked up a qingxin flower cool cake and handed it to Ganyu.
As Ganyu put the qingxin flower cool cake into her mouth and tasted it carefully, her eyes immediately lit up.
The qingxin flower cool cake was delicious, even better than she remembered!
Makoto saw that Ganyu liked this qingxin flower cool cake.
He said to the Old Lady, "I'll take all these flower cool cakes."
Hearing that Makoto wanted to buy all the desserts, Ganyu quickly shook her head: "No, you can't eat too much, you'll get fat."
Qingxin itself is bitter, and to eliminate the bitterness in this kind of flower cool cake, many shops add a lot of sugar.
Ganyu was worried that eating too much sugar would make her fat, which would affect her standing in Makoto's heart.
Looking at Ganyu's nervous expression, Makoto smiled and said, "Eating just this much pastry won't make you fat."
"Besides, you're too thin now; even if you gain weight, it doesn't matter. You might even be cuter that way."
"For example, accidentally rolling down a mountain, just thinking about that scene is amusing."
Hearing Makoto's teasing, Ganyu's pretty face immediately turned exceptionally red.
"No, don't say another word."
"Otherwise, I won't talk to you anymore."
Looking at Ganyu's bashful, blushing appearance, Makoto found her very cute.
Girls who blush easily like this are truly treasures of the world.
Makoto's tone was doting: "Alright, alright, I won't say anything then."
The Old Lady next to them chuckled; she didn't know that the person in front of her was Ganyu, only thinking she was an ordinary girl.
"Girl, don't worry, these flower cool cakes won't make you fat, I'm absolutely not lying to you..."
"Because these pastries don't have white sugar; sweet flower is used instead."
Makoto also gestured for Ganyu to relax, then paid for and bought the qingxin flower cool cakes.
The Old Lady handed the packaged flower cool cakes to Ganyu and chuckled, saying, "If you think these pastries taste good, you can come often in the future."
The Old Lady's words touched Ganyu's heart.
She had always avoided human society, but this brief interaction with the Old Lady made her feel that this feeling was quite good.
Especially the Old Lady's phrase "come often in the future," for a moment, it made Ganyu feel like she was an ordinary citizen of Liyue.
Ganyu didn't know if this counted as integrating into human life, but at the very least, Liyue didn't feel so distant from her anymore.
At this moment, Makoto said to Ganyu, "The Old Lady makes and sells qingxin flower cool cakes every day; that is her life."
"In fact, most people's lives are like this, simply and unpretentiously living day after day."
Ganyu turned her head and looked at the Old Lady's shop behind her.
She seemed to understand human life a little more.
For Ganyu, a simple and unpretentious life was also quite good.
If one day she no longer worked as a secretary, she also wanted to live an ordinary life.
After this, Makoto took Ganyu to a teahouse.
Makoto explained to Ganyu, "In their leisure time, many common people come to teahouses to drink tea and listen to stories, to pass the time and relax."
"If you want to understand human life, perhaps a teahouse is a good observation point."
Hearing Makoto's words, Ganyu nodded, half-understanding.
Speaking of which, Ganyu had never been to a teahouse to listen to stories before.
Because she always had endless work, she never had time to drink tea and listen to stories.
And since Makoto said that the teahouse was a good place to understand human life, Ganyu naturally didn't want to miss this opportunity.
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