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"..."
"..."
Daiyu, Tanchun, Zijuan, and Xueyan exchanged glances, at a loss for what to say.
But fortunately!
Before they could ask her anything, Annie couldn't help launching straight into a vivid account:
"At the time, I was absolutely furious!"
"Then, I suddenly had an idea and conjured up a brand-new pair of bright red embroidered shoes, each stitched with mandarin ducks."
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"After that, I used a little trick of the eye and a guiding spell to secretly hang one of the shoes on the old man's fishing hook beneath the water!"
(︶)
"When the old man felt his fishing rod dip, he was delighted. He thought another big fish had taken the bait, so he quickly raised the rod—"
(o▽)o
As she spoke, she mimed the old man's motion, swinging the rod up.
"Now, guess what happened?"
"He found that he'd caught a soaking-wet, bright-red embroidered shoe!"
(⊙⊙)
"Hahaha! You should've seen the look on his face!"
(*)
At this point, Annie didn't care what Daiyu, Tanchun, Zijuan, or Xueyan thought. She burst out laughing all by herself.
(...)
(;￢￢)
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Daiyu and Tanchun exchanged a glance. They could both imagine the old fisherman's stunned expression, and couldn't help finding it a little funny.
Of course, they weren't laughing at the unlucky old man. They were laughing at the troublesome, petty, small-minded little girl of an immortal sitting before them.
"Then..."
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Annie paid them no mind and continued:
"The old man just froze, staring at the shoe for ages and muttering things like 'What rotten luck.'"
(〃￣︶￣)
"But luckily, even that didn't scare him. He casually tossed the embroidered shoe down beside his feet, grumbled a bit, changed the bait, and went right on fishing."
(*︶*)..
"He was probably thinking that someone upstream must