Alun glanced in the direction of Mu Anxiao's finger, spotting the old woman being ganged up on. He quietly got to his feet.
Just then, Yuan Ye halted his steps. Upon seeing Alun, he was startled.
At the same moment, Mu Anxiao turned to look at the startled Yuan Ye and whispered, "You've come at the perfect time."
Yuan Ye stiffened. "What do you want me to do?"
"Take her out." Mu Anxiao said, suddenly realizing Yuan Ye might not manage alone. She then looked at Feng Qishi. "You help too."
"Simple," Feng Qishi replied. He raised two fingers, cast a spell on Alun, and then she vanished.
Yuan Ye gasped, "Why can't I see her?"
Mu Anxiao glanced at Yuan Ye, then at the smug Feng Qishi, and said, "Why didn't you do that just now?"
Feng Qishi spread his hands. "If I made her disappear, those people would have turned all their attention to you. Besides," he shrugged, "the timing is just right now."
"It's not my credit," Mu Anxiao said, ignoring Yuan Ye. She turned back to the old woman, who was rendered speechless by the crowd. Her heart sank. She thought, there must be a reason why pitiful people are detestable!
Having thought that, she looked at the dog soul wagging its tail at Feng Qishi's feet and asked coldly, "Is that dog yours?"
Hearing this, the old woman stiffened. She turned to look at Mu Anxiao. Before she could speak, a woman in the crowd shouted, "It's her! It must be her!"
Listening to the woman's urgent cry, both the old woman and Mu Anxiao's hearts sank. Then, Mu Anxiao looked at the old woman again, "You speak."
The old woman said, "My husband died."
"Died... from a dog bite?"
"Yes, that dog was mine. That day, he was killing it, and it suddenly retaliated, and then... it just... alive..." The old woman bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes, and choked out, "It bit my husband to death. It was no use when I tried to pull the dog away." As she spoke, she cried.
Mu Anxiao asked, "That dog is yours."
The old woman nodded while crying.
Immediately, the man who had claimed to be the dog's owner frowned. "That dog is clearly mine."
"It's my dog," the old woman cried.
"Whose dog is it, really?" Mu Anxiao asked helplessly.
"My dog," they replied in unison.
Suddenly, a woman from below said, "That dog belongs to his family, but," she pointed at the old woman, "for the past two years, he's been away on business and entrusted the dog to the old woman to raise."
"..." Mu Anxiao glanced at the woman, then finally shifted her gaze to the man's face. "She killed your dog, and you're not angry?"
"It's just an animal. However, she said that if the dog was killed, there would be compensation," the man said. He pulled out a piece of paper from his robes and held it above his head. "Old woman, you did say that if my dog suffered any harm, you would compensate me fifty taels."
"Fifty taels?" Mu Anxiao was truly taken aback by the man's exorbitant demand.
The old woman was also shocked. "Didn't you say ten taels?"
"You killed my dog so gruesomely, how can you say that?"
"You..." The old woman was speechless and continued to weep.
Mu Anxiao looked at the old woman and the man, who treated a dog's life as a business, with anger. She narrowed her eyes, looked down at the not-so-old dog, and gritted her teeth, saying, "You two are worse than beasts."
The second Mu Anxiao uttered these words, the crowd echoed in unison, "Yes, worse than beasts."
Feng Qishi looked at the people who had turned their accusations entirely on the old woman with exasperation and sighed.
Mu Anxiao looked at the people speaking to her in surprise and said, "Alright, you all can disperse."
The young man said, "That ghost."
"What ghost?" Mu Anxiao hadn't expected anyone to remember Alun and pretended to be ignorant.
"Ghost..." The young man uttered the word and looked behind Mu Anxiao, frowning.
Fearing the young man might stir up more trouble, Mu Anxiao said earnestly, "The sky doesn't look right. If you stay gathered here, perhaps a ghost will come to catch you..."
"You."
Hearing the voice, Mu Anxiao hastily swallowed her words and tilted her head up to search for the source. At that moment, a black light enveloped the old woman.
Seeing this, Feng Qishi was about to cast a spell when the black light, carrying the old woman, vanished.
The crowd froze for a moment as the old woman was swept away by the black light. They screamed loudly and scattered.
The man, upon witnessing the scene, immediately tore up the agreement with the old woman, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it on the ground before running away.
Fake Lin Yan walked to the doorway and calmly watched the figures of people fleeing. With an evil smile, he turned and went back inside.
Lin Yan sat at the table, looking at the waiter staring at him speechlessly. "Why are you looking at me?"
"Does it hurt?" The waiter, reminded by Yuan Ye, clearly showed no fear towards Lin Yan.
Lin Yan looked down at the hole in front of him and said, "No, it doesn't hurt."
"That's good," the waiter said. With a trembling hand, he pushed a refilled teacup towards Lin Yan and smiled foolishly, "Have some tea."
"Thanks, but I don't drink." Lin Yan replied politely.
The waiter continued to smile foolishly. "Okay." As he said this, he stood up and inadvertently looked at Fake Lin Yan, who had stopped beside him. He was startled and, without a word, walked away.
Fake Lin Yan did not look at Lin Yan. Instead, he picked up a teacup, took a sip of tea, and said, "Good tea."
Lin Yan smiled slightly.
Outside the shop.
Mu Anxiao stood in place, covering her ears as she listened to the noisy shouts of the crowd.
Yuan Ye, startled, hid behind Mu Anxiao, gripping her arm tightly.
Seeing this, Feng Qishi immediately reached out and grabbed Yuan Ye's arm. "Let go."
"I won't," Yuan Ye shook her head.
Feng Qishi knew Yuan Ye was scared, but even so, he didn't want Yuan Ye clinging to Mu Anxiao like this. So, without thinking, he said, "Hold onto me." He released his hand and offered his arm to Yuan Ye.
Upon seeing this, Yuan Ye cooperatively let go of Mu Anxiao and held onto Feng Qishi.
Mu Anxiao didn't even glance at them. She walked forward a few steps and raised her hand, about to cast a spell to find the old woman, when the dog soul ran to her leg and began to bark.
Hearing the sound, Mu Anxiao lowered her hand, crouched down, gently stroked the dog soul's head, and then looked up at Feng Qishi. "Do you understand dog language?"
Seeing Mu Anxiao like this, Yuan Ye was startled. "Is there a ghost?"
"Shut up." Mu Anxiao gave Yuan Ye a look and then turned to Feng Qishi. "Do you?"
Feng Qishi looked down at the dog soul and shook his head slightly. "I don't."
"Aren't you quite capable?" Mu Anxiao said, gently stroking the dog's head.
The dog soul moved its head as if enjoying it and then wagged its tail.
Alun looked down at the dog soul's docile appearance and said faintly, "It must have been very intelligent in life."
"It's still intelligent now," Mu Anxiao emphasized.
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