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nOnce Fischl spotted his lonely figure,

n“Oh, how wonderful, my dear Prince! Dusk and dawn but fleeting shadows are. Once more, the twists of fate have led you into my everlasting cold embrace!”

nShe announced and hugged him.

nHer movement was so quick and unexpected, but he remained steady and embraced her.

nDespite what she was saying, her embrace was a complete opposite of cold. It was very warm and comfortable. She also smelled nice, and definitely came out of the bath not long ago.

nShe buried her face into his chest and stood up on her heels to reach his face, happily rubbing her cheeks against his and then gave him a morning kiss.

n“Good morning to you girls as well.”

nHe said softly and rubbed Fischl’s back, his gaze trailing towards Hu Tao as well.

nThe girl in question raised one of her eyebrows seeing both of them act like that and looked far off with a glazed atmosphere, but soon enough reciprocated the greeting.

n“Good morning, Assistant-kun! Today is the day! Don’t you forget!” Hu Tao giddily replied.

nHe also naturally smiled seeing her like that.

nShe was always so energetic and mischievous, it was a part of her personality and her whole being, he didn’t want to see her cry again. It simply didn’t fit her…

nYomite and Hu Tao had finished up their breakfast and said goodbye to Fischl.

nThey proceeded to wander down the busy streets towards the city gates, while holding hands.

nHu Tao seemed more shy than he thought.

nIt was as if she was looking around, constantly watching if someone wasn’t paying attention to them, walking around the town intimately…

nHe leaned to her ear and whispered, “Relax a little, will you? We should be enjoying this day, right? To easily breeze through it. There is no need to be nervous, we already said we love each other, no? Besides, who cares what other people think about us? I certainly don’t.”

nShe took a deep breath and nodded.

nThis was Mondstadt, and not Liyue, she didn’t need to be afraid someone would call Yomite names and talk behind his back for hanging out with a weirdo like her…

nThis was a completely different territory, with a friendly city and most of its residents were also very polite.

nBut soon, she would have to return back to that unpleasant place.

nBack to Liyue where everyone ostracized her for just breathing…

nShe didn’t want to go alone….

nHe wouldn’t go with her, would he?

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nWhich person of Liyue did not know of the little troublemaker named Hu Tao?

nThe number of people would be low, that’s for sure.

nIf they even existed. Even little kids knew of her infamous existence, as their parents warned them of the creepy little Wangsheng Funeral Parlor Director.

nStill, to be the young boss of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor at such a fine young age was actually considered quite the achievement.

nUsually, one would become the Director at age above forty, yet she was clearly cut above the rest, only around eighteen years of age or barely older and capable of handling every problem that would arise.

nAfter their previous leader passed away, Hu Tao’s grandfather, Old Hu, she did everything to perfection and no one could find a single mistake to reprimand her.

nThe retainers of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor were impressed, as they rarely saw a child as young and as talented as Hu Tao, to have the spirit and the soul of a businessman…

nThe problem was…that her spirit was quite extreme…because it wasn’t like a person died and needed a burial ceremony every single day in Liyue, right…?

nHu Tao was trying way too hard and most of the time, shunned the people around her away by her forced advertising and her weird techniques of advertisement.

nAlmost everyone talked badly about Hu Tao, it was no wonder, as the little peppy woman was capable of entering people’s homes uninvited during night to advertise her services of selling coffins, while saying that the best time of the day to promote them was during the night…

nThat was also probably where she picked up her lock picking skills that Yomite was so afraid of.

nOnce in a while, she would crack jokes about death, but no one would get them.

nPeople were scared of death. Death wasn’t funny to anyone but her. Death was nothing to joke about…

nThat was a worldwide fact, no matter in which country.

nThis especially concerned humans with short lifespans and people doing dangerous jobs like adventuring.

nIf they purely talked about the promotion of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor services, Hu Tao sometimes carried banners, walking around the town and promoting, and gave away the special discount coupons of 40% off for those who would deliver the dead bodies of their deceased relatives right in front of the doorstep of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, which was to most people, unacceptable.

nThis also spread around hatred of those people who recently lost someone close to them, thinking she was simply mocking them.

nWords of her antics spread all around the Liyue and even across the world.

nEven in Mondstadt, some people heard rumours about her, but seeing that she was hanging around the ‘Hero’ like a usual cheerful girl, made them forget such things.

nPeople would forget rumours if they didn’t seem true.

n“That reminds me, do you not have any other set of clothes? Why do you always wear the same coat with a piece of cloth around your chest and short shorts?”

nHe wanted to see how she would react, being called out about the thin fabric that covered her tiny bosom.

nShe didn’t wear a bra either, it was just a black piece of cloth that could easily come undone during their spars…

nLuckily, she wore her coat over it when she was walking through the streets.

nFull of people.

nShe puffed her cheeks, as if she was offended and replied.

n“I have to wear the coat! If not, our business will be buried while the business of others will outshine us! The coat is the representation of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor! I can’t just throw it away…”

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