"Understood."
After a soft "Understood," Feng Qishi entered the residence with him.
At the same time.
The unwelcome vine spirit spotted Feng Qishi. "You're back," he said cheekily.
Feng Qishi walked past him without a glance, approaching Xiang Nang. "Is there anything to eat?"
Vine spirit: "....."
Piao shot the vine spirit a glare, yawned, and said, "Oh, I'm exhausted."
Chen walked up to Piao and asked, "Where did you go? Tell me." Her face was full of curiosity.
Piao smiled. "Why are you curious about that?"
"I'm just curious, why is Feng Qishi's coat on Mu Anxiao?" Chen's face was full of gossip.
Since arriving here, not only had Piao changed, but Chen had also changed. Now, her conversations with Piao were clearly much more natural than before.
"...." Piao reached out and patted Chen's shoulder. "Some things are better not to be too curious about."
"You..."
"Alright, I need to go rest for a bit. I'm completely worn out today." After speaking, Piao walked towards the room.
Chen: "...." She pouted.
Shen Xian's room.
Mu Anxiao listened to the sounds from outside, yawned, and said, "Since the operation is tomorrow, I can rest today." With that, she walked towards the bed by the desk.
Shen Xian said, "Change your clothes."
"I'm not changing," Mu Anxiao replied without turning her head.
Shen Xian: "...."
An hour later.
Mu Anxiao lay on the bed, one hand propping up her head, the other held in front of her face. She couldn't help but think about the power of that Soul Sword, and then about what the Number One monster had said. She mumbled, "The owner of the Soul Sword is someone else? So Gu An isn't... its owner? Who is it?" She yawned again.
Then, Shen Xian walked to Mu Anxiao's side with a tray and said, "Get up and eat."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao sat up and said, "I don't want to eat."
"You don't want to eat?"
"No, I want chicken legs. Tomorrow will be a tough day." Mu Anxiao fixed her gaze on Shen Xian's face. "I need to eat well."
"....." Shen Xian just stared at Mu Anxiao without speaking.
Before, Mu Anxiao had thought she could handle the monsters easily.
But after fighting them today, she realized that not only were they ugly, but their stamina was also incredible. She thought that if she didn't rest well, she would definitely fail tomorrow! She might even lose her life.
So, for her own sake, even if she was afraid of Shen Xian, she couldn't show it.
"What are you looking at? I told you to get chicken legs, so get them..."
"If that's the case, then I'll go catch monsters myself."
"Huh?" Mu Anxiao was startled. She kicked her leg and sat up straight, asking, "What do you mean by that?"
Shen Xian said, "I asked for your help because you wouldn't let me go. Now..."
"I'll eat," Mu Anxiao immediately conceded.
"That's more like it," Shen Xian said, turned, placed the tray on the nearby desk, and walked away.
Mu Anxiao swung a fist towards Shen Xian, got out of bed, walked to the table, and looked down at the rich vegetarian dishes on the tray. "Did Feng Qishi make this again?" she asked, sitting down.
"....." Shen Xian sat at the table.
Seeing that Shen Xian was ignoring her, Mu Anxiao said again, "Why aren't you talking to me?"
"You eat your food. Why are you talking so much?"
"I think I'll just tell you, I don't believe you're doing this to train Feng Qishi. I think you just want to kill him." Mu Anxiao picked up her chopsticks, ate some vegetables, and said, "As expected of a demon."
"....."
"If you act like this, Gu An definitely won't like you."
Find your conscience!
For days, Mu Anxiao had tried every method, but none of it worked. Shen Xian remained the same, or even worse.
But after fighting those monsters today, she suddenly realized that Shen Xian's weakness was Gu An. If that was the case, as long as she used Gu An to speak, wouldn't things be resolved?
So, she continued, "Think about it, back then you were an immortal, and Gu An only knew you from back then. Conversely, if you were like this now back then," she picked up her bowl, took a mouthful of rice, her cheeks puffed out, "she definitely wouldn't fancy you."
"You have no right to speculate about Gu An's thoughts."
"I didn't say I had the right. I just think," Mu Anxiao picked up a piece of cabbage, tilted her head back, and popped it into her mouth, "you should look for your past self." She pointed towards Shen Xian with the tip of her chopsticks.
Shen Xian: "...."
Mu Anxiao didn't care whether Shen Xian responded or not and said, "Really, I'll tell you a secret."
"Speak."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao smiled. "I thought you weren't curious."
"Speak."
Mu Anxiao nodded. "Okay, I'll tell you. Just now," Mu Anxiao placed her chopsticks in the tray with a clatter, becoming serious, "I dreamed of Gu An."
"...." Shen Xian's eyes widened.
"Gu An told me," Mu Anxiao leaned forward, becoming serious, "she doesn't like you like this, she likes the you from the past. She said you've changed and told me not to play with you."
When Mu Anxiao started speaking, Shen Xian had been listening. But the moment she said "play," he saw through it.
So, he stopped paying attention to Mu Anxiao.
"....."
Mu Anxiao thought Shen Xian would be excited upon hearing her words.
To her surprise, he showed no reaction at all. Disappointed, she couldn't be bothered to say anything more.
"....." She picked up her chopsticks again, stirred them in the bowl, and found a miniature note.
Kitchen.
Feng Qishi tidied the kitchen utensils, thinking about the miniature note she had put in the bowl. She wondered if "Silly Mu" would see it and if she wouldn't just eat it.
In the room.
Mu Anxiao glanced at Shen Xian, who was not looking at her at all, and deliberately said, "Tch, fine if you ignore me. I'm too lazy to bother with you anyway."
Shen Xian: "...." The corners of his mouth curved up slightly.
Immediately after, Mu Anxiao stared at Shen Xian, pinched the note out of her bowl, and thought, Feng Qishi is really unhygienic.
Thinking this, she put on a facade of nonchalance, slowly unfolded the note, and quickly looked down, silently reading: "The vine spirit went out. There is indeed a problem."
Seeing the words, Mu Anxiao's eyes darted around, and she felt an inexplicable sense of crisis.
At the same time, Shen Xian looked at Mu Anxiao. "What are you looking at?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao's heart skipped a beat. She calmly looked up at Shen Xian and said, "Didn't you not want to talk to me?" As she spoke, she crumpled the note into a ball and threw it into her mouth.
Seeing this, Shen Xian asked, "What did you just put in your mouth?"
Mu Anxiao swallowed the wad of paper and said, "Candy."
Shen Xian: "....." He sighed.