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The Apothecary Diaries

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Fengxian...

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I wanted to be with the daughter she left behind.
This story is a work of fiction. The names of all of the characters, organizations, and so on
are imaginary. It also bears no connection to any specific real-life events.
That was my only wish.

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It's only natural for her to hate me.

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But I still wanted her near me.

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At any rate, a bet is a bet.
I'll have to try again another time.

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But that man...

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Advisor
I'll never forgive him.
He put his hand on my daughter's shoulder
three times during that match.
Advisor

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Now, I wonder how to take my revenge...

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Finally awake?

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I hear you're trying to buy out one of our courtesans.

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You realize it'll cost you more than
a few thousand silver, right?

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I know. If ten thousand isn't enough,
then twenty, thirty, whatever.

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A hundred thousand, though,
might be a bit much.

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Is that so? Then come this way.

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I'll let you have your pick.

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Sheesh.

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Little cuckoo sings as the sun goes down.
Meimei! I didn't allow you to open that!
What are you doing?!

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W-Wait!

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A flower that retains its beauty
even when withered!

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If that was supposed to be a message...

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Could it be?!

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Sleep, my baby, sleep.

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Where is she? She cries.

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Little birds are so innocent.

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Off they fly to somewhere far.

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Sleep, my baby, sleep.

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Sleep now, and I'll see you tomorrow.

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What are you doing?!
This place is for the sick!

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Get out of here, now!

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Hurry up and pick a courtesan from out there!

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Yes. I have to choose, don't I?

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Are you listening to me?!

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I want this woman.

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Stop this nonsense!

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You're the one who said
I can pick anyone I want.

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I'll pay whatever you ask. A hundred thousand,
two hundred thousand, whatever.

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What are you talking about—

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Let's play go.

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Oh, so that's your move?

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Your moves are always so sudden and unexpected.

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Maomao must have gotten that from you.

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Big Sister, you should have been
honest from the start.

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Why so late...

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I will buy out this courtesan.

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This woman, beautiful as a balsam flower.

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EpisodeJinshi and Maomao
Basen was the one that accompanied me to the Verdigris House to drop off that man.

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I'm tired.

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Hmm?

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Dammit, the wicked father-daughter duo.

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That's Concubine Loulan.

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I guess they stayed out here
after the garden party.

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So that must be her father,

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the one that pushed hard to get
his daughter in the rear palace.

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At any rate...

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I really wish this guy would quit bad-mouthing
high-ranked officials in public.

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If someone overheard, I might get
mistaken for saying it right along with him.

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I guess he's still young.

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Hey.

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Master Jinshi wants to see you.

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You must be tired.

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No, not really.

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Oh!

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Oh my, you've lost so much weight!

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I'm fine.

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Here you are, Xiaomao. Eat up.

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There's plenty more where that came from.

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I thought you hated our master strategist.

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Master Jinshi.

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It's not that I hate him.

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After all, I'm here because
he was able to land that shot.

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Was there really no other way to phrase that?

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It's just facts. I'm not sure
how you imagined it,

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but she wouldn't have gotten
pregnant if she didn't want to.

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There's drugs to prevent
or abort pregnancies.

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Ending it would have been easy, early on.

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She must have given birth
because she wanted to.

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Rather, perhaps he was the one who was tricked.

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The strategist?

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Women are clever.

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It's not hard to make a good estimate of
when one is most likely to become pregnant

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by tracking blood flow cycles.

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As a courtesan, she was able to control
the date of his visits by sending him letters.

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That must have been why she lost her
mind when things didn't work out.

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So much so, that she was
willing to hurt herself.

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Not only that, but she sent
the baby's little finger as well.

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Master Jinshi, that man never talks to you
outside your office, does he?

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Now that you mention it...

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That man isn't able to recognize human faces.

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Unable to recognize faces? What do you mean?

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He can tell the shapes of eyes and mouths,

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but he's unable to view
the parts together as a whole.

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I hear that everyone's faces
look the same to him.

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That's unfortunate.

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Yes, that's what my adopted father
told me too, when he explained it to me.

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He's an unfortunate fellow.
It has troubled him all throughout his life.

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Huh...

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But, for some reason,

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he's able to discern my face,
and my adopted father's.

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That's why he has that
strange attachment to me.

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Master Jinshi,

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if that monocled face came at you and told you,
"Call me Papa!", how would you react?

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I'd be tempted to shatter that monocle.

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Right?

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He keeps stressing that he's my father,
but he's a stud-horse, at best.

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I wonder if he understood the message
behind the withered rose?

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Well, it's fine if he didn't.

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I do dislike him, but I don't hate him.

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I'm grateful that I was able
to become Luomen's daughter.

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You seemed pretty disgusted when you saw him.

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Master Jinshi, you still have a lot to learn.

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When I tried to stop
that ceremony, he helped me.

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I think he had the feeling
something was going to happen.

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The strategist? I didn't think he knew
anything about it at that point.

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He doesn't collect evidence
to make predictions like I do.

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He goes off gut feelings to sense when
something's not right, and he's rarely wrong.

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The annoying part is that he's too lazy
to actually do anything himself.

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If that guy actually took action,

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I might have had the resurrection
drug in my hands right now!

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I know this is just jealousy.

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He's so talented that my dad would
praise him with no caveats.

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He doesn't realize how blessed he is.

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He will never become your ally, but you
shouldn't make him your enemy, if possible.

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Understood.

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What's wrong?

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Nothing, just...

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Please remember that
no father wants to be disliked.

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A few days after returning to the rear palace,

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Meimei sent me a package.

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Inside was a letter
describing who bought out who,

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and a beautiful shawl.

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Listen, Maomao.

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When I get bought out,
you have to dance for me.

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To be honest, I wanted to send off Meimei.

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That courtesan, kinder than anyone else...

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I'm surprised I still remember all of that.

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Hey.

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Wha—

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I got a report that another weird
woman was climbing the outer wall.

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I had no choice but to respond.

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I thought I was being sneaky, but...

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Of course I'd get caught.

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A kind guard recognized your face
and came directly to me.

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You might think you're keeping a low profile,
but not everyone agrees. Remember that.

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Understood.

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Now, your turn. What were you doing?

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In the pleasure district, when sending off
a courtesan who's been bought out,

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it's customary for the other
courtesans to dance.

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What is it?

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Well, I'm surprised you know how to dance.

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I was taught dancing as part of
the bare minimum of education.

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There were rumors on the outside
that the weirdo was buying out a courtesan.

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I'm sure there were.

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He also sent a notice of leave.

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He's going to take a vacation
for at least ten days.

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What a troublesome man.

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My elder sister told me that
they're hosting a banquet

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not just for three days and three nights,

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but a whole seven days and seven nights.

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There's no way to know how much
he spent on the courtesan,

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but just from the number
of lamps being put out,

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it's only natural to assume
it's no normal courtesan.

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Just how old Grams planned it.

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By the way, who did
the strategist buy out, anyway?

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Who knows?

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You do.

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No matter how beautiful,
she will be no match for you.

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That doesn't answer my question.

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But you still don't deny it.

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The woman who the man
bought out won't last long.

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Nobody told me about the woman who
birthed me during my days at the brothel.

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The old lady probably kept everyone silent.

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But those types of things tend to leak out
from seemingly small cracks.

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That I was the reason the Verdigris House
almost went out of business, once.

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My relationship with the woman who always
chased me off, ashamed for losing her pride.

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That nightmare was a thing
that really happened in the past.

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That woman has no memories of being a mother.

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All she has now is a crooked little finger.

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None of that matters to me anymore.

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I'm happy to be Luomen's daughter.

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Master Jinshi.

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What is it?

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You can cut off the tip of a finger
and it grows back.

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Is now the time for that?

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W-What happened?!

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Looks like my wound opened up.

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It's fine, I'll stitch it right back up.

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Maomao!

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Master Jinshi's here to see you!

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Coming.

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Excuse me.

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Are you feeling better now?

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Yes. Everyone's very nice to me
at the Jade Pavilion.

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So, how may I be of service?

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Well, something interesting came up.

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I'd like to ask something of you.

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Oh, this again.

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So, what is it that you
would like for me to do?

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Maomao's story has just begun.

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What kind of incident
will she get mixed up in next?

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