Along heard Mu Anxiao’s words and couldn’t help but smile, “Let me tell you a secret.” She walked up to Mu Anxiao.
“Go ahead.” Mu Anxiao looked up at Allong.
Along squatted down and gently petted the dog’s head, “I can talk to dogs.”
Mu Anxiao was stunned. She looked down at the dog’s soul, then back at Allong, and asked, “Is that true?”
“I am from a cultivation sect, where we learn everything. I happened to learn this. What do you want to know?”
Mu Anxiao: “Just ask it what it wants.”
“What do I want?” Allong frowned, looking down at the dog’s soul, “I don’t quite understand what you mean.”
Mu Anxiao patiently said, “Just ask.”
“Alright!” Allong agreed, reached out and gently held the dog’s head, then lowered her own head, locking eyes with the dog’s soul.
Mu Anxiao openly watched Allong’s motionless mouth and asked foolishly, “Why don’t you bark like a dog?”
Along: “....” She ignored Mu Anxiao.
Feng Qishi: “She’s communicating with it mentally.”
Mu Anxiao: “....” She glared at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi’s eyes widened as Mu Anxiao glared at him.
Yuan Ye couldn’t see the dog’s soul or Allong and felt anxious. “This is truly terrifying.” He still held onto Feng Qishi’s arm.
Seeing Yuan Ye’s frightened expression, Feng Qishi asked, “Are you a man?”
“I am, but…” Yuan Ye guessed what Feng Qishi was going to say and preempted him, “But I’m human, and of course I’d be scared of this. Even a strong man would be afraid.”
After hearing Yuan Ye’s words, Feng Qishi was speechless for a few seconds. He looked back at Mu Anxiao’s retreating figure and, remembering how the elderly woman had been instantly taken away, asked, “Mu, you silly girl, shouldn’t you be looking for that woman?”
“....” Mu Anxiao glanced at Allong, withdrew her hand from the dog’s head, and stood up, saying, “I’ve thought about it, we won’t be able to find her even if we look, so we can only ask for its help.”
“It?” Feng Qishi glanced at the dog’s soul, who was still communicating with Allong.
Mu Anxiao nodded, “Yes. It was able to follow that woman just now, which means it’s very familiar with her scent. So, if we let it help, it will be twice as effective.”
“....”
Feng Qishi had never been impressed with Mu Anxiao’s intelligence, but this time, he chose to trust her.
“Why aren’t you talking anymore?” Mu Anxiao took two steps closer to Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi: “I believe you.”
“I believe myself too.” Mu Anxiao was not moved by Feng Qishi’s sincere words. Instead, she thought of something. “By the way, did you forget something?”
“What?” Feng Qishi was slow-witted.
Mu Anxiao smiled, “What did I ask you to do?”
“You asked me to do…” Halfway through, Feng Qishi suddenly realized, “Oh, distribute the money.”
“You remembered,” Mu Anxiao lifted her chin.
“I didn’t, because I saw you were seriously injured at the time…”
“So, I should thank you, but,” Mu Anxiao interrupted, reaching out and grabbing Feng Qishi’s ear, “you forgot the task I gave you, and that’s your mistake.”
Having her ear pulled was the most unbearable thing for Feng Qishi, especially in this weather. The pain was excruciating.
At this moment, Feng Qishi’s expression was completely contorted as he looked at the angry Mu Anxiao, tilting his head and saying, “It hurts, it hurts, it hurts.” He grabbed Mu Anxiao’s wrist.
Yuan Ye, driven by fear, did not let go of Feng Qishi’s arm.
Mu Anxiao: “Go ahead.” She deliberately twisted Feng Qishi’s ear hard and then released her hand.
Feng Qishi gasped and said, “It hurts so much.” He rubbed his ear.
“Go ahead,” Mu Anxiao smirked, “I’ll watch your disciple for you.”
Feng Qishi looked at Mu Anxiao’s inexplicably sinister smile, puzzled, and asked, “If you watch, you watch, why are you smiling sinisterly?”
“I like it,” Mu Anxiao continued to smile sinisterly.
This time, Feng Qishi caught a hint of something in Mu Anxiao’s sinister smile and asked, “What are you going to do?”
“I’m going to torment the impostor.” Mu Anxiao felt there was no need to hide it and said it.
“You…”
Just as Feng Qishi uttered one word, Mu Anxiao stepped forward and suddenly looked up, locking eyes with Feng Qishi. “Come down a bit.”
Feng Qishi complied, leaning down and meeting Mu Anxiao’s gaze, asking, “What do you want?” His gaze swept over Mu Anxiao’s face.
Mu Anxiao felt nothing as she stared into Feng Qishi’s eyes and said, “Yuan Ye, can’t you read the room?” Saying that, she turned her head to look at Yuan Ye.
Yuan Ye’s body stiffened. He glanced at the distance between Mu Anxiao and Feng Qishi, then at Mu Anxiao’s hand gently holding Feng Qishi’s arm, and said, “I won’t say anything, you guys…” Halfway through, he was startled by Mu Anxiao’s gaze, “I’m scared, I won’t let go.”
“If you stay here any longer, I’ll let that dog’s soul eat you.” Mu Anxiao deliberately tried to scare Yuan Ye.
Feng Qishi continued to stare at Mu Anxiao’s face and smiled openly.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ye quickly released Feng Qishi’s hand and said, “I really won’t be in trouble.”
“Even if you are in trouble, I will save you,” Mu Anxiao said righteously.
Yuan Ye was stunned, “Then…” He grabbed Feng Qishi’s arm again, “Then forget it.”
Feng Qishi remained indifferent, still staring at Mu Anxiao’s face.
Mu Anxiao rolled her eyes, “Enough nonsense. Go into the inn, walk to the ghost with the holes on its body, sit down, and don’t speak.”
“That’s a ghost… it’ll eat me.”
Mu Anxiao had seen cautious people, but never anyone so cautious and verbose.
So, she closed her eyes in utter helplessness and said, “He won’t eat you, nor will Yuan Yan, who is looking for you. Because they don’t even spare you,” she pointed at Yuan Ye, then at her own eyes, “a glance. Understand.”
“You…”
Normally, Mu Anxiao would not tolerate someone as verbose as Yuan Ye and would have beaten him up without hesitation. However, due to an important matter, she couldn’t take action. If she acted, that important matter would surely be forgotten instantly.
Therefore, she had to remain calm.
However, after this exchange, she felt it was no longer necessary. “If I forget what I was going to say because of you, you’re finished,” she glared at Yuan Ye.
This time, Yuan Ye was instantly frightened by Mu Anxiao’s gaze, then he quickly released his hand and turned to run into the inn.
Mu Anxiao watched Yuan Ye’s rapid departure, exhaled, and turned back to look at the smiling Feng Qishi, asking, “What are you smiling about?”
After she finished speaking, just as she was about to step back, Feng Qishi suddenly grabbed her arm, “This distance is just fine.”