Seeing her astonished expression and her large, round eyes, Xiao Qingyin couldn't help but think of the orange cat that Fu Weiyun had picked up.

He immediately understood.

She asked him why he kept a fierce-looking stray cat, because it looked like Zuo Miaomiao.

Zuo Miaomiao had no idea what she was thinking and was still worrying about Fu Weiyun.

"If he accidentally gets infected, Sister Xiao, do you have a way to save him?"

Xiao Qingyin shrugged: "That's hard to say. I can't handle every kind of germ."

Zuo Miaomiao's heart sank.

Even Sister Xiao couldn't do anything about it, so wouldn't Fu Weiyun be...?

She could almost see him lying on the bed, emaciated, pale and weak.

He was a young general who was skilled in battle.

How frustrating would it be to die just from being bitten by a cat?

Just thinking about it made Zuo Miaomiao feel tightness in her chest and shortness of breath.

Just then, she heard someone chuckling beside her. Turning her head, she saw Xiao Qingyin covering her mouth and laughing.

She suddenly understood, her eyes widening in surprise.

"Sister Xiao, you've gone too far! How can you joke about human lives like this? I'm getting angry."

Xiao Qingyin lowered her hand and chuckled, "I'm just telling the truth, it's just that the probability of something bad happening is only one in ten thousand."

"snort!"

Zuo Miaomiao pouted.

"You're just playing with me on purpose."

Xiao Qingyin quickly apologized to her.

"It was my fault, I shouldn't have scared you like that, but—"

She changed the subject: "You seem to have always disliked Xiao Yun. You should be happy if he suffers a great misfortune."

Zuo Miaomiao blurted out, "When did I ever dislike him?"

Only after I finished speaking did I realize that it was inappropriate.

Sure enough, Xiao Qingyin smiled and said, "So I misunderstood. Miaomiao cares a lot about our Xiaoyun."

Zuo Miaomiao: "..."

When does "finding something pleasing to the eye" equate to "caring about it"?

"Sister Xiao, you really know how to twist the facts. If you keep doing this, I'm not talking to you anymore."

Xiao Qingyin chuckled: "Alright, I won't tease you anymore. Let's eat some persimmons. These persimmons were picked by Xiao Yun from the mountain, and each one is sweeter than first love."

Zuo Miaomiao: What is "chulian"? Is it fruit or candy?

With that in mind, she asked the question.

Xiao Qingyin laughed heartily: "First love, it's the first time your heart flutters."

Zuo Miaomiao: "!!!"

Is Sister Xiao a tapeworm in her stomach?

She felt like she had been seen through.

These persimmons are about the size of an egg, soft, and can be easily broken in half.

The flesh is soft, chewy, and delicious, even sweeter than honey.

As Zuo Miaomiao ate, she imagined Fu Weiyun climbing a tree to pick persimmons, and found the persimmons increasingly cloyingly sweet.

She ate two and then stopped.

Xiao Qingyin cast a questioning look at her.

Zuo Miaomiao rinsed her mouth with a cup of tea: "It's too sweet."

Xiao Qingyin drawled out the last syllable: "Yeah, I think it's too sweet too."

Zuo Miaomiao: "..."

I felt that her words were implying something, but I couldn't find any evidence.

After eating the fruit, the two chatted for a while, then Xiao Qingyin got up to say goodbye: "I still have some pills to roll, so I'll head back first. Come visit me sometime."

After seeing her off, Zuo Miaomiao realized she couldn't be lazy anymore.

Staying at home only leads to overthinking; it's better to go out and conduct interviews.

He then took his servants, rode in a carriage, and went to visit the interviewees according to the originally agreed-upon interview topics.

They were busy until dusk.

After leaving the home of her last interviewee, she walked out of the alley in the afterglow of the setting sun, feeling very fulfilled.

"Sure enough, men only delay my writing."

A sudden realization flashed through her mind.

The next instant, his eyes widened suddenly.

Not far ahead, a round, orange little dumpling was squatting on the ground, its back to her, whether it was sunbathing or just spacing out, she couldn't tell.

Its fluffy, round appearance is absolutely adorable.

She tiptoed forward, and the little dumpling, hearing the noise, turned to look at her.

"Meow~"

It's a cute yet fierce baby voice.

Zuo Miaomiao took out a small dried fish from her snack bag and handed it over.

The little dumpling immediately stood up and came over wagging its cute little tail.

He snatched the dried fish in his mouth.

While it was engrossed in gnawing on dried fish, Zuo Miaomiao quietly placed her hand on its head fur.

Seeing that the little dumpling didn't run away but instead tilted its head back and rubbed against her, she took advantage of the situation and rubbed it from head to toe.

"It feels so good."

She let out a sigh.

No wonder Fu Weiyun didn't change his mind even after being bitten by a cat.

Cats are so cute.

She really wants to raise one too.

The little dumpling finished its dried fish in the blink of an eye, raised its little head and rubbed against Zuo Miaomiao's palm, meowing as it continued to beg for more.

Zuo Miaomiao couldn't stand its cuteness.

He immediately took all the dried fish out of his bag.

"Here you go, all of it is yours."

"Snoring~"

The little dumpling made a happy sound.

Zuo Miaomiao immediately made a decision: she would raise this little dumpling.

After the little dumpling finished eating the dried fish, she grabbed its legs and picked it up.

The little dumpling nestled obediently in her arms, without even a hint of struggle.

This made Zuo Miaomiao even more certain that she and this little dumpling got along very well.

But just as she stood up and walked towards the alley entrance, the little dumpling lifted its leg to lick its paw, inadvertently revealing the small wooden tag tied around its neck.

Zuo Miaomiao suddenly had a bad feeling.

Could this dumpling already have an owner?

She picked up the wooden board and saw that it was engraved with the four characters "General's Mansion".

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