Unable to stop.
The young woman set down her teacup and popped a pastry into her mouth.
Mmm.
This one was delicious too.
The young woman couldn't help smiling.
She'd never had a bad pastry at this shop.
Every single one was delicious.
She couldn't help thinking... if the owner turned the teahouse into a dessert shop...
Would...
business be even better?
The young woman smiled again.
She was even worrying about someone else's income...
It wasn't as if they'd share it with her.
Why was she thinking so much about it?
The young woman shook her head.
She turned to look around the teahouse.
Then she immediately noticed the old woman watching her warily.
She paused for a moment.
Then she found it a little amusing.
She'd had her suspicions...
But actually realizing that her image in other people's eyes had already become this bad...
still left her feeling a little wistful.
But she didn't take it too seriously.
They were strangers to each other, after all.
Once she left, she wouldn't run into anyone from the Xiao Family again.
No one else would know what she'd done.
The young woman rested her cheek in one hand and gazed out the window.
Bright sunlight streamed down.
It made the asphalt road look as if it were glowing.
In weather like this...
it was really hard to associate the day with plum blossoms.
And yet...
The young woman rubbed her nose.
She was sure...
she really had smelled the fragrance of plum blossoms.
It had carried a faint chill.
It had made her shiver all over.
Though it hadn't lasted long...
The young woman touched her nose.
The courtyard gate had struck her nose.
Tsk.
It still hurt a little.
Fortunately, it wasn't red anymore.