Mu Anxiao glanced at Shen Yan's hand and grunted. Turning, she walked behind the pedestal and bent down to pick up the broken bowl. "Before that, I want to do something."
"I'll help you."
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao stood up, rounded out from behind the pedestal, and asked, "Do you know what I'm going to do?"
Shen Yan didn't speculate further and directly said, "I'll help you teach that fatty a lesson. See you at the city gate at Haishi."
"I don't need you," Mu Anxiao said, walking forward gracefully and stopping in front of Shen Yan.
"Why?"
"I don't want to owe you a favor. Besides, this is my own business. If you help me," Mu Anxiao stepped back half a pace, fearing she might dirty Shen Yan's clothes, "what does that make this?"
"See you at the city gate at Haishi." Shen Yan patted Mu Anxiao's shoulder without any disdain and turned to leave.
Mu Anxiao calmly watched Shen Yan's slowly departing figure and snorted, "What a fool. You think I'll really help you? I just want to use you to leave this place." She said, taking out a dagger from her sleeve and narrowing her eyes. "You fat pig, I'll definitely teach you a lesson today."
As dusk fell, Mu Anxiao arrived opposite the brothel the fat man frequented. She sat on the spot, tilted her head back, and stared at the candlelit rooms, muttering, "This place is truly lively."
"You stinking beggar, how dare you come here?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao turned her head and calmly looked at the young master who had stopped beside her. She gave a silly smile. "Young master, can you spare some alms?" She held up the broken bowl.
The young master stepped on Mu Anxiao's shoulder and said, "You little beggar want to ask this lord for money? Be smart and scram."
Mu Anxiao glanced at the young master's foot on her shoulder. She tilted her head back and continued to smile playfully. "Young master, spare some alms." She deliberately moved the broken bowl closer to the young master.
"Don't you understand human words?" The young master's eyes widened in anger. Just as he was about to exert force, Mu Anxiao flipped the broken bowl onto his foot.
Instantly, the young master was furious.
"You damned beggar, these are my newly bought boots! You've gotten them dirty, how can I..."
Mu Anxiao took the broken bowl, picked up the dagger from the ground, pointed it at the young master, and coldly uttered one word: "Go."
The young master glanced down at the dagger in Mu Anxiao's hand and said unhappily, "This lord won't argue with you, you stinking beggar." With that, he removed his foot and left.
Mu Anxiao put down the dagger, glanced at the girls watching them from across the way, snorted, and looked down at the broken bowl, sighing.
In an instant, the fat man outside the brothel saw Mu Anxiao and shouted, "Why are you here?"
Hearing him, Mu Anxiao hid the dagger, picked up the broken bowl, stood up, and quickly ran to the fat man with a smile. "Big brother, I've made a decision. From now on, I'll follow you."
"Someone like you wants to follow me." The fat man said and pushed Mu Anxiao forcefully.
Mu Anxiao lost her balance and fell onto the ground. Enduring the pain, she continued to smile up at him playfully. "Big brother, business has been bad lately. Please take me in as your subordinate."
"Mu Anxiao, are you sick?" The fat man glared down at Mu Anxiao and roared.
"Big brother, I..."
Before Mu Anxiao could finish speaking, Shen Yan suddenly appeared and stood in front of her, saying self-importantly, "From now on, she's with me."
"With you?" The fat man frowned, looked down at Mu Anxiao, who was staring blankly at the back of Shen Yan's head, and then looked back at Shen Yan. "Young master, my subordinate doesn't seem to know you."
Shen Yan stared indifferently at the fat man and said, "Whether she knows you or not is none of your business. And," he flicked his ear, "if I heard correctly, she doesn't seem to have any relation to you either, does she?"