Mu Anxiao couldn't sleep for the entire night.
At this moment, she lay quietly, gazing at the beams of the house, recalling every word Xiang Nang had spoken to her the previous night. A strange sense of nervousness filled her heart.
Instantly, she pulled the covers tighter and let out a long sigh.
At the same time, Xiang Nang transformed back into human form and walked gracefully to the bedside, looking down at Mu Anxiao. "You haven't slept all night."
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao shifted her gaze to Xiang Nang's face. "I can't sleep thinking about the mission."
"Then let's get to work. Once we work, you'll want to sleep tonight."
"Work on what?"
"Get up, and you'll know," Xiang Nang said, bending down to directly grab Mu Anxiao's arm.
Then, before Mu Anxiao could react, she was pulled by Xiang Nang into the kitchen.
"You want me to cook?" she asked, scanning the messy stove and the dust on the floor.
Xiang Nang said, "Shen Xian went out last night and must eat when he returns in the morning."
"Can't his servants cook for him?"
"It's not the same."
"How is it not the same? I don't know how to cook."
"If you don't know, then learn."
"I'm clumsy, I won't learn."
Xiang Nang: "....." She stared intently at Mu Anxiao.
Having lived for decades, Mu Anxiao had always detested cooking in the kitchen. She could count the few times she had cooked for herself on her fingers.
Now, Xiang Nang was asking her to cook for Shen Xian? Wasn't that courting disaster?
"Don't look at me like that, I really don't know how," she emphasized.
Xiang Nang said, "I've recorded all the recipes in your immortal book. Take a look yourself, and I'll help you clean the kitchen."
Over the years, Mu Anxiao had only glanced at the immortal book a few times, catching only the surface meaning, when she didn't understand the other party's demonic arts.
Xiang Nang, on the other hand, was even better at utilizing the immortal book than she was.
Yesterday, after learning of Xiang Nang's ability, Mu Anxiao had offered to give her the immortal book.
Unfortunately, Xiang Nang wasn't interested at all!
Mu Anxiao: "......" She sighed softly, then glanced around the kitchen again, clicking her tongue twice.
In the next second, she wondered why the kitchen was so dirty and messy. Could it be that Shen Xian and his household didn't eat meals?
Thinking this, she turned to look at Xiang Nang.
Xiang Nang, while casting a spell, said, "Just say whatever you want to say."
"Don't they eat? It's so dirty and messy here..."
Xiang Nang said, "They eat, but not here."
"Then where?"
"There's a restaurant not far outside the mansion, just like in the mortal world. All the servants here buy their cooked meals from there."
"Do they also spend money?"
"They don't spend money."
"Then what do they spend?"
"Every night, Shen Xian goes out to catch monsters. Those monsters are equivalent to your money."
Monsters equaled money.
Mu Anxiao thought, perhaps money was better? At least it wasn't a living thing.
Thinking about having to go out and catch those living creatures to survive every day, she shuddered at the thought!
"Humans have their way of life, and demons have their way of life. Even if you can't accept it, you have to accept it for the mission."
"....." Mu Anxiao glanced at Xiang Nang. "I understand."
At this moment, Mu Anxiao suddenly felt that this mission was really difficult to handle!
Then, Xiang Nang said, "You go out for a bit."
Mu Anxiao replied listlessly, "Okay," and turned to walk out of the kitchen.
Just then, Shen Xian returned, stopping by a tree not far from the kitchen with his back turned.
At the same time, Mu Anxiao, judging solely by his back, noticed... his mental state was completely different from yesterday. She then began to scan Shen Xian's blood-stained clothes from top to bottom, thinking, "Clearly, the harvest is good." Thinking this, she sighed.
Unexpectedly, her sigh was quite loud.
In the next second, Shen Xian's vigilance was aroused. He quickly turned around to look, and then heaved a sigh of relief. "Why are you here?" he said, walking towards Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao, recalling Xiang Nang's instructions, tensed up and said, "What kind of place is this? Don't tell me you can't see."
Shen Xian said, "How can I not see? What are you doing in this kitchen?"
"Where did you go last night? Why are you covered in blood?"
Before, Gu An used to question Shen Xian like this.
Therefore, the moment Mu Anxiao uttered these words, he was startled and honestly replied, "I went to catch monsters."
"Can you eat monsters?"
"No."
"If not, why did you catch them?" Mu Anxiao asked, looking down at Shen Xian's hand, which had a long tear. "Look, you're injured."
Shen Xian looked down at the back of Mu Anxiao's head and asked, "Why do you care about me?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao quickly withdrew her gaze fixed on Shen Xian's wound, looked up at Shen Xian, blinked her eyes, and said, "That's right, why do I care about you?"
"Your behavior is very much like your former self."
Although Shen Xian had verbally forced Mu Anxiao to change her name to Gu An, he knew in his heart that she was not.
Mu Anxiao had always thought Gu An was a very sheltered, young lady type. Hearing him say this now, she was startled and said, "If you don't like me treating you like this, I'll change."
Shen Xian said, "Very good." He took a step forward.
Mu Anxiao took a step back and said, "You catching monsters is for survival, but this way is too dangerous."
"Are you speaking these words sincerely?"
Sincerely?
Mu Anxiao wasn't sincere at all. She simply felt pity for him for some reason!
Seeing his expectant expression, waiting for her reply, she didn't want to lie.
So, she said, "I simply pity you. It's just sympathy, not sincerity."
In the kitchen, Xiang Nang, hearing Mu Anxiao's direct reply, smiled and thought, "As expected, still direct like in the past."
Thinking this, she continued cleaning.
Shen Xian: "...."
Mu Anxiao looked at Shen Xian's suddenly silent expression and saw the tears shimmering in his eyes. She asked dryly, "What's wrong? Are you going to hit me?" She pointed to herself.
Shen Xian said, "I've made up my mind."
"Huh?"
"Just be yourself. From now on, you are Mu Anxiao, not Gu An." After saying this, Shen Xian turned and left.
Mu Anxiao was stunned by this. She then poked her head out, watching Shen Xian's retreating figure, and muttered, "I spoke like that, and he's not angry?" Saying this, the corner of her mouth twitched.
In her past life, Gu An was such a direct person. After marrying Shen Xian, she often told him that if she died, and they met again in the next life, she hoped he would accept her reincarnated self.
He had forgotten Gu An's words when he met Mu Anxiao yesterday.
Until just now, the moment Mu Anxiao showed concern for him, he remembered.
From then on, he realized that she hadn't changed at all, but he was the one who had changed!