“Oh, what a sweet, polite child!”
Grandma Chen (Goodness: 98) beamed from ear to ear as she accepted a warm porcelain cup of red-date tea from the trembling rabbit-kin salesgirl. Reaching into her woven bamboo basket, Grandma Chen pulled out a warm, freshly steamed sesame milk-bun wrapped in oil-paper and tucked it gently into Xiao Bai (Goodness: 95)’s apron pocket.
“Look at how thin your wrists are, little bunny,” Grandma Chen said with maternal warmth. “Make sure you eat that bun while it’s still warm. Nobody can work on an empty stomach.”
“Thank you, Grandma!” Little Guo’er (Goodness: 100) also took a tiny sip of the sweet red-date tea and smiled brightly at Xiao Bai. “Big Sister Bunny, your ears are so fluffy and pretty! Can I pat them later?”
“O-of course, little miss!” Xiao Bai’s pale cheeks flushed pink with gratitude, her long white rabbit ears giving a shy, happy twitch.
For the three years she had worked as the lowest probationary clerk in the Myriad-Treasure Immortal Pavilion, human supervisors and wealthy sect disciples had treated half-demon clerks like dirt. No customer or colleague had ever spoken a kind word to her, let alone tucked a warm steamed bun into her pocket.
