"No need," Shen Yan said, grabbing Mu Anxiao's arm. "Jump with me."
Mu Anxiao curled her lips. "You have a way of hurting people's feelings." With that, she and Shen Yan jumped upwards.
"....."
"What's going on?" Mu Anxiao asked impatiently, looking at Shen Yan, who had furrowed her brow.
"That's strange, why am I..." Shen Yan tried jumping again, finding no reaction.
Above, Ye Yin peeked down at Shen Yan, who had jumped several times, and smiled. "I've cast a spell. Don't even think about coming up."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yan released Mu Anxiao's hand and roared, "You wicked woman."
Mu Anxiao covered one ear and looked up at Shen Yan. "Is that useful? As a cultivator, you trying to fight a demon is a fantasy. Look at me," she shrugged, "I've already accepted this reality with ease."
"Did you cooperate with her?" Shen Yan suddenly asked.
Mu Anxiao blinked. "That, I can't tell you."
"If you can't tell me, it means you did," Shen Yan's face turned cold.
Mu Anxiao used the sliver of light shining down from above to see Shen Yan's expression clearly. She swallowed, losing her voice.
Shen Yan said coldly, "If I had known you were this kind of person, I wouldn't have bothered trying to save you."
"You were using me from the start, and you have the nerve to say that? For the past six months I've been with you, I've endured your constant criticism. Do you think I enjoyed being with you? Every day with you was torture. Now, I have no other wish than for you to quickly find a wife and disappear from my sight forever." After saying this, Mu Anxiao turned her back.
Mu Anxiao's words struck Shen Yan hard. He clenched his fists slightly, and after a moment of stiffness, he spoke.
"I've always disliked the feeling of seeing people in the dark," Shen Yan closed his eyes slightly, touched his temples with two fingers, then slowly opened them. After the initial blurriness, he could clearly see Mu Anxiao. "But because of you, I've temporarily forced myself to accept this. Now, turn around."
Mu Anxiao crossed her arms and snorted. "You can cure night blindness just like that? What a joke."
Shen Yan stared at Mu Anxiao's slightly defiant figure, narrowed his eyes, and reached out, pressing her head. "Now, do you believe me?"
"You..." Mu Anxiao froze, tilting her head slightly. "You can really see me?"
"Turn around," Shen Yan said, removing his hand.
Mu Anxiao swallowed hard a couple of times and slowly turned to face Shen Yan, giving a dry laugh. "I thought you were joking," she said, then suddenly remembered something. "Wait, didn't you say you couldn't use magic?"
"This kind of demonic curse breaks when I am provoked," Shen Yan said, and the next second, he raised his hand.
Mu Anxiao looked up at Shen Yan's raised hand at close range, her mouth twitching. "Big brother, what are you doing? I've been with you for half a year, and I know you've tolerated me for a long time, but you... just scold me, don't hit me, okay?" She cautiously took a step back.
Shen Yan smiled coldly, waved his arm gently over Mu Anxiao's head, and whispered, "Don't worry, I don't hit women."
"..." Mu Anxiao's lips began to tremble from Shen Yan's actions.
Shen Yan looked up at the sky and shouted, "Ye Yin, I don't know what benefits you gave this fool, but let me make this clear to you: this person is completely useless, except for a mouth that can spout nonsense..." He glanced at Mu Anxiao's mouth.