"I know I haven't been good to you these past six months, but are you dead?" Shen Yan asked coldly.
Mu Anxiao was speechless.
"Let me make it clear now. The reason Auntie died is because you asked something you shouldn't have."
"What did I ask?" Mu Anxiao didn't understand.
"Yesterday, you asked Auntie for directions."
"To the living quarters of the Xian Yuan girls," Mu Anxiao replied matter-of-factly.
"It was precisely for that reason that Auntie met her doom," Shen Yan stated directly.
"This..." Mu Anxiao was stunned.
"Apologize now, and I'll help you," Shen Yan said, looking at Mu Anxiao's dumbfounded expression.
"So, it really was my fault that Auntie died," Mu Anxiao said weakly.
"Don't think about it now..."
"I can handle this myself," Mu Anxiao suddenly declared.
"What?"
"Besides, I've always protected you. You didn't act, and I drove away those monsters. These two," Mu Anxiao glanced back at the two monsters arguing over 'matchmaker' duties, "I can handle them."
"You're quite confident," Shen Yan said helplessly.
"Yes, I, Mu Anxiao, have never done anything righteous. Today, you'll see how I deal with them, and then I'll personally introduce those girls to you." After a burst of bravado, Mu Anxiao turned and strode towards them.
Shen Yan watched Mu Anxiao's retreating figure with a helpless sigh, shaking his head. "That darn girl, has she gone mad?" he muttered, leaning casually against a tree.
Mu Anxiao gathered all her courage and walked into the women's line of sight, deliberately saying, "I'm sorry, I lied to you."
Instantly, Ye Yin and the man, who had been glaring at each other, both shifted their attention to Mu Anxiao's face.
Mu Anxiao didn't look at them and continued, "Are there any girls who want to marry me?"
"You shorty," the narcissistic girl shouted.
Mu Anxiao smiled and looked at the narcissistic girl. "I may be short, but I can help you achieve immortality."
"No need," the narcissistic girl roared, and along with the man, she walked away first.
Afterward, everyone else also dispersed one by one.
Only after everyone had left did Mu Anxiao say, "Let's discuss this properly. It's not good to waste everyone's time like that."
"What are you up to now?" Ye Yin asked suspiciously, looking at Mu Anxiao, who had suddenly become meek.
Mu Anxiao chuckled, "No, they all have demon-repelling talismans. I was afraid if you angered them, they'd reveal their talismans. Then, your true forms would be exposed, and it's daytime, making it difficult for you to use your powers. I'm doing this for your own good, hee hee."
"You're very thoughtful," the man said, drifting in front of Mu Anxiao in an instant.
Mu Anxiao felt a gust of cold wind blow towards her, and she shivered. "So cold."
"Who are you?" Ye Yin asked, looking at the man up close.
The man coldly eyed Ye Yin. "That thing was mine from the start. You could actually take it." His gaze lingered on the booklet for a moment.
Ye Yin's eyes narrowed. "It's yours?"
"You don't recognize me, monster," the man said coldly.
"Who are you?" Ye Yin inexplicably felt the man seemed familiar.
"The person from the dry well, have you forgotten?" The man deliberately moved closer to Ye Yin.
Ye Yin's eyes gradually widened.
Mu Anxiao couldn't help but recall what Ye Yin had said when she climbed out of the dry well. Her body trembled, and she looked up at the man, asking, "Uh, you're not that youngest son who was scared to death shortly after going down the well, are you?"