"Everyone in this manor, big or small, I know them, but you," Mu Xi explained truthfully, "I haven't met, so naturally, I would know."
"Then, if that's the case," the vine spirit's lips curved, "you know all the maids in this manor too."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Young Master Mu Xi, if I'm not mistaken, you've flirted with all the maids in this manor, haven't you?" the vine spirit sneered, starting to chuckle lewdly.
As the vine spirit said, Mu Xi had always enjoyed flirting with the maids in the manor since he was young. It was also because of him that his father had established that rule. However, he hadn't realized that his actions had already displeased his father; he had always believed his father enacted that rule merely out of idleness.
Therefore, from then on, apart from not severing ties with one particular maid, he had ceased contact with all other maids.
Many years had passed since then. Now, with the vine spirit bringing it up, he couldn't help but feel nervous. "Who exactly are you?"
"I told you, I am your future benefactor."
"Future?" Mu Xi truly didn't understand the vine spirit's meaning.
Feng Qishi and Mu An Xiao remained silent.
However, in the heart of the young Mu An Xiao, Mu Xi had always been a polite elder brother. In her eyes, he never flirted with any maid.
Now that the vine spirit spoke of Mu Xi in such a way, it made her feel indignant.
"You mustn't speak nonsense," she said, enduring the pain in her feet and standing up.
Hearing this, the vine spirit shifted his gaze to the young Mu An Xiao. "You little brat, what do you know?"
"I don't know, but..." The young Mu An Xiao turned to face the vine spirit, stepping forward. She leaned against the tree and said, "I know my brother would never flirt with any maids. He has always been a responsible and good elder brother."
The young Mu An Xiao understood these things purely from watching many young men and women. Moreover, the girls would often tell her things beyond her age. The girls even told her that if a man flirted with women, it meant that man was a scumbag.
Therefore, influenced by the girls, she could not accept the vine spirit speaking of Mu Xi in this manner.
"It seems you know quite a lot," the vine spirit chuckled with interest, watching the young Mu An Xiao speak such words.
Young Mu An Xiao: "What are you laughing at? You're not allowed to slander my brother."
Mu Xi, seeing the young Mu An Xiao defending him so earnestly, his eyes darkened. He then looked back at the vine spirit and said, "I don't understand what you're talking about."
Upon hearing this, the vine spirit shifted his gaze from the young Mu An Xiao to Mu Xi. "You'll understand soon enough. I've come now because I want something from you. If you don't give it to me, then don't blame me," he narrowed his eyes slightly, "for being impolite."
The matter had come to this, and the vine spirit was too lazy to pretend any longer.
"What do you want?" Mu Xi felt nervous. He lowered his gaze and inadvertently looked at the vine spirit's limping leg, then chuckled, "You're a cripple after all."
"...." The vine spirit looked down at his injured leg and said, "Mocking a cripple like me, you better be careful, or I'll break your leg too." As he spoke, he raised his hand, which glowed with a green light.
Seeing this, Mu Xi's eyes widened. "You know magic?"
"This isn't..." Before he could finish, the vine spirit looked at the wide-eyed young Mu An Xiao and said, "Some things are not suitable for you to hear." He then looked at Mu An Xiao.
Mu An Xiao, upon hearing this, glanced at the wide-eyed young Mu An Xiao and asked, "You want me to knock myself out?"
"...." The vine spirit nodded slightly at Mu An Xiao, then turned back to Mu Xi and smiled.
Mu Xi: "....." He was stunned.
Mu An Xiao sighed. "It seems this is the only way." Just as she was about to raise her hand to use magic to knock out the young Mu An Xiao, Xi'er arrived. "Who are you?"
Feng Qishi saw this and quickly said, "You don't need to do anything."
Hearing this, Mu An Xiao clenched her now-open hand and looked at Xi'er. "She's really come at the right time."
At the same time, the young Mu An Xiao saw Xi'er approach. She endured the pain in her feet and limped behind Mu Xi. "Brother, I'm leaving."
"Can you walk by yourself?" Mu Xi asked, feigning concern for the young Mu An Xiao.
The young Mu An Xiao didn't want to look at Xi'er and nodded slightly.
"Alright, then you can go," Mu Xi said. He then looked up at the vine spirit. "I hope you won't trouble her."
"I won't trouble a little brat," the vine spirit said. He then looked down at the young Mu An Xiao, who was looking up at him cautiously, and said, "Go on."
The young Mu An Xiao didn't dare to speak. She quickly stepped around the vine spirit and left.
Then, Mu An Xiao glanced at her retreating figure and then looked at the vine spirit. "You're wise."
The vine spirit glared at Mu An Xiao and shifted his gaze to Xi'er, who had stopped in front of him. "...."
Xi'er leaned forward and glanced at the retreating young Mu An Xiao, then glared at the vine spirit and looked at Mu Xi. "It seems your sister is afraid of me."
"She's not afraid of you," Mu Xi said.
Xi'er: "Then what is it? Why did she leave?"
"She wanted to leave, so she left," Mu Xi said impatiently. He then looked at the vine spirit, who was also looking at Xi'er impatiently, and asked, "What do you want?"
The vine spirit: "This woman is really an eyesore." Saying this, he immediately reached out and pushed Xi'er's forehead.
Xi'er froze. "What are you doing?" She was clearly startled.
Mu Xi: "Don't touch her." As he spoke, he tremblingly reached out and grabbed the vine spirit's arm.
The vine spirit: "Eyesores, I usually don't pay them any mind." He glanced at Mu Xi, then lowered his gaze to meet Xi'er's eyes. "Do you want to die, or live?"
"Who are you?"
"I am Mu Xi's future benefactor. In short, I'll give you three chances to answer me: live, or die."
"You..."
"One..."
"Of course, I want to live." Xi'er still cherished her life.
The vine spirit grinned upon hearing this and turned to look at the terrified Mu Xi. "Let go."
"Don't kill her," Mu Xi said, complying and loosening his grip.
"Don't worry, I'm just scaring her, that's all," the vine spirit said casually. He then turned back to meet Xi'er's eyes. "I really like your reaction." He removed his hand from her forehead.
Xi'er swallowed, not daring to speak.
Then, inexplicably, the vine spirit burst into laughter at Xi'er.
Feng Qishi and Mu An Xiao exchanged disgusted glances and then looked at each other without speaking.
Xi'er: "Are you... a demon?" She sensed the demonic aura emanating from the vine spirit.
"Am I a demon," the vine spirit leaned forward to meet Xi'er's eyes, "is not important. But I know who you are."
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