minutes later.
Mu Anxiao stopped before the tree, sighed, and turned to look at the Yin Messenger standing behind Mu Miyan, "Why are you following?"
Yin Messenger: "I am her Yin Messenger, I have to follow."
"I need to ask her some private matters, do you want to listen?" Mu Anxiao tilted her chin.
"I'll listen..." The Yin Messenger intentionally glanced at Mu Miyan, who was standing in front of him with her head down, "It shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"It's fine."
"Then I'll stay..."
"No."
"Why?" the Yin Messenger asked, confused.
Mu Anxiao calmly looked at the Yin Messenger's face and smiled, "Because this is between me and her. You have to promise that if I hit her, you won't block me, and then I'll let you stay."
"Hitting people is not good."
"She is a sinner, and it is her due to be beaten by me."
"That's still not good."
"What, are you going to protect her?"
"..." The Yin Messenger looked at Mu Miyan again, then thought for a moment and asked, "Then, what kind of grievances could you two possibly have?"
"What kind of people do Yin Messengers hate the most?"
Yin Messenger: "Liars."
"You know that too," Mu Anxiao raised an eyebrow.
Seeing Mu Anxiao's expression and hearing her answer, the Yin Messenger suddenly understood, "She deceived you?" he pointed at Mu Miyan.
Upon hearing this, Mu Miyan quickly said, "I didn't deceive you."
"Be quiet." Mu Anxiao's gaze fell sharply on Mu Miyan's face.
Seeing this, Mu Miyan closed her mouth again, "..."
The Yin Messenger looked at Mu Miyan, considering the time she and Mu Anxiao had spent in prison and Mu Anxiao's attentiveness towards her. He nodded and said, "Alright then, take your time. I'll wait aside."
"Go ahead. I'll call you when I need you."
"Understood." The Yin Messenger agreed and turned to leave.
Then, Mu Anxiao glanced at the Yin Messenger's receding back, and turned back to Mu Miyan, "Why didn't you tell me clearly why you killed him for this reason?"
"I..." Mu Miyan no longer had the courage to look at Mu Anxiao.
"You don't trust me."
Mu Miyan shook her head.
"No?"
Mu Miyan nodded.
"It's best if it's like this, but," Mu Anxiao sighed, "I really thought you couldn't stand him because of that braised fish, and then you had a conflict with him. Who knew it was something like this."
Mu Miyan: "...."
"But you're amazing, you could incapacitate him with just a dagger..." Mu Anxiao gestured with her hand, "Snap. It shows how much hatred you had for him."
"Yes." Mu Miyan looked up and met Mu Anxiao's eyes, "I know you'll think I'm lying when you hear my explanation."
"Since you knew, why didn't you tell me the truth back then?"
"I didn't dare."
"Didn't dare?"
"Yes, if I killed him for such a reason, you would definitely look down on me."
"Why would I look down on you?" Mu Anxiao found Mu Miyan's psychology unfathomable.
Mu Miyan: "In their eyes, I'm just a woman from a brothel. If I did that, you would also think of me as a brothel woman, and you would definitely despise me then."
"Are you a brothel woman?"
"I have stayed in a brothel."
"What?"
"However, I injured the person who tried to bully me. If this counts as a similar mistake, and combined with this one, that would be two. My sins would be even deeper."
"No," Mu Anxiao was a bit confused, "Aren't you only fourteen?"
"I lied to you, I'm seventeen." Mu Miyan nodded slightly.
"What?"
"Actually, I was sold to my ninety-year-old grandfather. At first, they wanted me to be the young master's concubine, but due to my personality and my ordinary appearance, I became a servant to take care of my grandfather."
"Is that so?" Mu Anxiao was not surprised, because she had already guessed from what happened in the hall earlier... that Mu Miyan's words were likely not entirely true, so she didn't feel much now.
Instead, she began to care about what Mu Miyan had said in the hall earlier, "That, after your old man died, everything changed, what did that mean?"
"That old man is my ninety-year-old grandfather."
"He died?" Mu Anxiao was surprised.
"Just a few days ago. After the demon soul left, he died. Because of what people truly revealed over time, and his death, no one was willing to believe him anymore."
"He didn't feel anything?"
"No. When he celebrated our escape from their clutches, he cooked himself a meal of braised fish. It was also at that time that I had a conflict with him, and at night, I killed him."
Mu Anxiao: "...." She lowered her eyes.
Mu Miyan watched Mu Anxiao's silence quietly, her heart sinking, "I knew you wouldn't want to help me after hearing all this."
"Then, is your getting lost true or false?" Mu Anxiao looked up at Mu Miyan.
Mu Miyan: "It's true. I got lost when I was twelve. I didn't lie about those things."
"That's good."
"Huh?"
"Everyone has their own hidden difficulties. As long as you didn't lie to me about this, it's fine."
"You're going to help me?"
"Yes, what I need to do, I must do. When we go back later, you cooperate with me. Of course," Mu Anxiao said expressionlessly, "I might say things that aren't pleasant, but I hope you can accept them."
"Can I be released?"
"I can't guarantee that." Mu Anxiao suddenly thought of the fake medicine incident, "Right, those thirty old men and the young people, are they real?"
"Those are all real," Mu Miyan said firmly.
Seeing Mu Miyan's determined expression, Mu Anxiao felt reassured.
So, she said, "That's good. Give me the booklet." She extended her hand.
Just as Mu Miyan was about to take out the booklet from her懷, she looked down at Mu Anxiao's bleeding palm and was startled, "Your hand, it's bleeding."
Mu Anxiao didn't look at her wound, "The wound, give it to me."
"This is not a wound."
"Stop talking nonsense, give it to me." Mu Anxiao urged.
Seeing Mu Anxiao's insistence, Mu Miyan dared not say anything more. She took out the booklet from her怀 and handed it to Mu Anxiao, "Is your hand really okay?"
"It's fine." Mu Anxiao casually made the booklet disappear.
Seeing this, Mu Miyan was startled again, "How did it disappear?" She looked at Mu Anxiao's hand with surprise.
Mu Anxiao shook her hand gently, "It just vanished. Did your master never teach you?"
"He knows nothing, only how to deceive and harm people." Mu Miyan's teeth itched with anger whenever she mentioned Guan Mian.
Mu Anxiao calmly looked at Mu Miyan's hateful gaze towards Guan Mian and smiled, "Alright, later when we go in, call me master."
"...." Mu Miyan didn't react for a moment and leaned forward to ask, "What?"