"Kid, why don't you try some too?"
The old man looked at the boy.
"Have you eaten it before?"
Kid?
The boy froze for a moment.
Then he looked at the exquisitely shaped Maple Leaf Crisp on the plate and honestly shook his head.
"No."
Not only had he never eaten it...
This was even the first time he had learned that Maple Leaf Crisp existed.
"You haven't?"
The wrinkles at the corners of the old man's eyes relaxed.
"Then hurry and try some."
"Master Xiao likes it a lot too."
"I think you'll like it as well."
He had originally worried that the taste of Maple Leaf Crisp might be too... how should he put it... old-fashioned for young people nowadays.
But after the Maple Leaf Crisp had been so well received last time, especially after learning that Spirit Maple also liked it, the elderly couple had immediately become full of confidence in the pastry.
Everyone knew why the old woman had not made this pastry before.
But now, there was nothing left to worry about.
Everything had been laid out in the open.
The old woman had once again started making the pastry after so many years, and it had received widespread praise.
The old woman was very happy.
He was very happy too.
After Master Xiao and the others had visited last time, the old woman often made Maple Leaf Crisp.
After hesitating for a long while, they placed the freshly made Maple Leaf Crisp on the stone table beneath the Maple Tree together.
They glanced at the Maple Tree, then looked away.
After learning how special the Maple Tree was, they did not know how to get along with it for a while.
Because everything they said and did had truly been