Heiserana quickly calmed down. She felt somewhat embarrassed by the loss of composure she had displayed after failing to control herself, and in her embarrassment, she even forgot to pursue the matter of Hao Ren treating her like a child again.
"I'm fine," Heiserana exhaled. "I just suddenly remembered what happened back then and got a little emotional. It's all in the past—but it left me with such a huge psychological shadow."
"That bat is so unreliable," Lily said with a curl of her lips. "She gave birth but didn't raise you, and she has a terrible memory. Even if her memory had been good, she couldn't have supported herself. Having a mother like that really was your bad luck."
Heiserana immediately glared at Lily. "You're not allowed to say anything bad about Lady Vivian!"
Lily put her hands on her hips and glared back. "Do you know who I was in my previous life? I was already fighting with your mother in my previous life before you even existed. In terms of seniority, I count as your elder—what business does a child like you have interrupting when elders are evaluating each other?"
Heiserana was momentarily left speechless, but she quickly recovered. "That was in your previous life! How can it count? Who was it that said a previous life and this life were two different things?"
Lily giggled. "They're both my own lives, so can't I have sole authority over their interpretation?"
That Husky spirit really was convenient to have around in both lives...
However, precisely because of Husky Girl's interruption, the last of Heiserana's gloom was washed away. She waved her hand, indicating that she couldn't be bothered to argue with a stupid dog, then turned to look at her childhood self. The little girl had been curiously