Painted pleasure boats on Slender West Lake in Yangzhou raised the Cyan Ox Seven flag today—the Jiangnan branch of Qingniu Medical Hall was officially open for business! Huwa squatted at the bow of the boat, applying "anti-worm sweet wax" to the railing. In the distance, he spotted Su Wanyue supporting a young woman holding an oil-paper umbrella. The hem of the girl's skirt was dusted with Huwa's special "anti-mosquito sweet powder." Upon touching water, the powder particles blossomed into miniature lotus flowers, sweetening the pursuing mosquitoes into dizzy, buzzing circles.
"Protagonist! Come receive the guest!" Su Wanyue called out from the bow. "This Miss Liu has contracted 'lotus poison.' She smells fragrant, but her whole body is covered in red bumps!" The Protagonist hurried forward to greet them. He saw that the skin exposed at Miss Liu's cuffs was plastered with "allergy test patches" drawn by Huwa, the lotus patterns on the stickers licked completely white—this was Huwa's newly invented "self-testing sweet patch," which could reveal what one was allergic to with just a lick. Huwa handed over a "desensitization peppermint candy," and the surface of the candy sphere miraculously projected the golden maxim: "Stay away from lotus fragrance, best to lick this candy."
Just as the scene buzzed with excitement, Manager Qian of the opposing "Apricot Grove Hall" waded over swinging a sandalwood fan, the four characters "Spring Warmth in the Apricot Grove" on the fan distor…
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