Shen Yan sneered, "It's too late. You didn't leave when I let you, and now you can't."
"Why not?" Mu Anxiao frowned.
"Because if you go back now, the memory in the white-robed man's mind will change drastically, and you will become his enemy. This is all your own doing for meddling."
"You just told me to go, and now you're like this. Shen Yan, you change too quickly." Mu Anxiao was angry.
"I didn't think of it just now, but I do now."
"Will I die?" Mu Anxiao pouted.
"You won't die, but you might have to stay here for a few more days."
"What about you?"
"Me," Shen Yan glanced away, "I have nothing else to do here, so naturally, I'll leave first. Once everything is resolved, you blow this, and I'll come to pick you and him up." With that, he handed Mu Anxiao a whistle.
Mu Anxiao took the whistle and frowned, "Your way of appearing is truly unique."
"How is it unique?" Shen Yan asked.
"When I worked at Master Zhang's house, his dog would appear at the sound of a whistle. You appearing like this makes me feel a bit awkward doing it." Mu Anxiao looked at the whistle.
"You..." Shen Yan was speechless.
Mu Anxiao put away the whistle and grabbed Shen Yan's arm, "Big brother, don't go. If you leave, I won't be able to handle it alone."
"The white-robed man will help you."
"Him?" Mu Anxiao's mouth twitched as she held Shen Yan's arm tightly. "He wishes he could kill me a hundred times. You want me to be with him? Isn't that seeking death?"
"He said you are his savior. Do you think he would kill his savior?"
"Wouldn't he?" Mu Anxiao raised an eyebrow.
"Why are you so slow-witted?" Shen Yan was helpless with Mu Anxiao.
"You can say I'm slow-witted or not, but... I don't want to stay in this place. Now, you either take me with you, or you stay. You have no other choice." Mu Anxiao glared at Shen Yan.
Shen Yan sighed softly and looked at the arm Mu Anxiao was holding tightly. "Do you want to cultivate immortality?"
"I have no immortal destiny," Mu Anxiao remembered Shen Yan's earlier words.
"You do, as long as you let go," Shen Yan glanced at Mu Anxiao's hand. "When we get back, I'll take you to cultivate immortality."
"Really?" Mu Anxiao was moved.
"Yes, but the prerequisite is that you help me find a suitable person for me," Shen Yan's final condition.
Mu Anxiao had always been easily satisfied. She let go of Shen Yan's hand and nodded, "Okay, deal."
"Let's go." Shen Yan said and instantly disappeared.
Mu Anxiao happily thought about becoming an immortal and smiled.
The next moment, the door to the woodshed was opened. Mu Anxiao put away her smile and looked at the middle-aged man walking in, saying, "I didn't kill your son, and I'm not a monster."
"I know," the middle-aged man said with a grin, stepping aside to look at the white-robed man standing behind him. "Alright, you can go now."
Mu Anxiao looked directly at the white-robed man standing behind the middle-aged man, her eyes widening, "You really came back to life."
"I just fainted from fright. You can go," the white-robed man said.
"I told you I was framed," Mu Anxiao said. As she walked past the white-robed man, he suddenly clutched his chest.