However, they were also perplexed by Mu Anxiao's cold laugh.
"What do you mean?" Piao asked disdainfully.
Mu Anxiao glanced at Feng Qishi and said, "I mean, I think you, this demon lord, are too pretentious. Normally, I don't see you bothering with mortals, but the way you're speaking now makes me find it ridiculous."
Piao narrowed his eyes and said, "Who says I don't bother."
"Have you ever bothered?"
"People are living their lives well, why should I bother with them?"
"A few months ago, a woman went to the back mountain and was captured by a monster. Someone came to ask for your help, but you directly turned them away. Do you remember that?"
Mu Anxiao was referring to a deer demon that appeared in the back mountain a few months ago. Due to hunger, it had captured a woman who had gone up the mountain to chop wood with her husband. Later, that family came to Piao for help, and Piao immediately drove them away.
If Mu Anxiao hadn't passed by, the woman would have been in mortal danger.
Therefore, every time she remembered that incident, Mu Anxiao felt that Piao was a bad guy.
Piao nodded, "I remember."
Mu Anxiao snorted coldly, "I thought you had forgotten."
"What do you want to say?"
"I want to say," Mu Anxiao glanced at Feng Qishi again, "don't try to act like a good person in front of Shen Fengzi. It's truly disgusting."
"Disgusting" was the word Piao hated the most. Hearing Mu Anxiao say it now, he also became angry, "Mu Anxiao, I'm giving you face, don't you push your luck."
"You're clearly giving Shen Fengzi face, where are you giving me face?"
"Mu Anxiao, I find you not just unreasonable, but exceptionally unreasonable. That incident, if I recall correctly," Piao glared at Mu Anxiao's face, "the one who captured that woman was a herbivorous monster. Wouldn't you think how could it possibly eat people? So, I..."
"So, you felt there was no need for you to act," Mu Anxiao interrupted.
Piao: "..."
That day, Piao had thought exactly that. Because according to the demon lord's philosophy, if you shouldn't help people, don't help them, as getting involved with humans in the end is a very troublesome matter. So, he carried this philosophy and tried not to cause himself trouble!
Moreover, from the old man's description, he had also heard that it wasn't a troublesome matter. He believed the deer demon would release the woman, so he didn't bother helping the old man.
Who knew that months later, Mu Anxiao would bring up this matter, which made him annoyed.
Seeing Piao remain silent, Mu Anxiao sighed, "That day, I went."
Piao asked coldly, "And then?"
"Unlike what you thought, that deer demon almost ate the woman."
What Mu Anxiao meant by "eat" wasn't eating flesh, but rather absorbing her vital energy.
Of course, she felt there was no need to explain it too clearly to Piao, so she said it like that.
Piao said, "You should thank me!"
However, Mu Anxiao didn't expect Piao to be so thick-skinned. She took a deep breath and said disdainfully, "Why should I thank you."
"If I hadn't refused that old man, there wouldn't have been an opportunity for you to show off."
Mu Anxiao didn't believe that she was showing off that day. She just wanted to save the woman. So, being said that by Piao, she was very angry.
But considering Piao's opinion of her, she was too lazy to explain anything to him.
Therefore, without another word, she pushed Piao aside and walked out of the room.
Piao thought Mu Anxiao would argue with him for a while longer, but surprisingly, she just left.
"Is she angry?" he asked Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi said, "Deer demons don't eat people, but they do absorb people's vital energy. If Mu Anxiao hadn't saved the woman that day, the woman would likely have met a terrible fate. Also," he said, "although Mu Anxiao is greedy for life and fears death, she genuinely wants to save people, not to show off. Your words were indeed a bit too much." After saying that, he left.
Piao was stunned for a moment, then looked towards the screen, "What's going on? Do you mean I was wrong?"
Then, An Yan circled out from behind the screen and walked up to Piao, "Those people were probably captured by soul spirits."
"What?" Piao didn't understand An Yan's words.
An Yan said, "Fifty soul spirits have come to seek revenge on Mu Anxiao. Can you... can you help her?"
For ten years, An Yan had cursed Mu Anxiao incessantly.
Piao had never heard An Yan ask for help for someone before, so he was surprised, "What's going on with you?"
"Just help her!" An Yan said, turning her back.
Piao was confused, "You've changed quite quickly."
Just now, while Mu Anxiao was bathing, she had recited all the names of the soul spirits. She had also mentioned An Yan in between, which surprised An Yan.
Because before this, An Yan had always thought that Mu Anxiao had forgotten about her. She had never imagined that Mu Anxiao would mention her, and she had even paused specifically when mentioning her name.
This had brought a slight touch of emotion to An Yan.
"She mentioned me."
Piao asked, "Did you come out to see her?"
An Yan said, "No, I don't know what kind of madness struck her, but she was reciting names for no reason. When she got to me, she said my name several times, so..."
"So, you were moved," Piao interrupted.
An Yan nodded slightly.
Piao wondered why An Yan was acting like this. It was only for this reason... which made him find it amusing.
An Yan asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Piao said with a laugh, "I'm laughing at you. You hated that woman to the bone before, and now you've changed your opinion just because she called your name. You're too... naive."
An Yan looked at Piao's mocking expression and hesitated before asking, "What kind of person do you think she is?"
Hearing this, Piao smoothly suppressed the smile on his face, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't know."
"Do you think she's kind?"
"Kind?" Piao repeated the word, then thought for a moment and said, "I haven't thought about that question. Anyway, I think she's quite foolish, like she has a mental problem."
In the past year, Piao had played various pranks on Mu Anxiao. Mu Anxiao's attitude each time was different, but timidity and cowardice occupied most of it, while arrogance accounted for only a small part.
Of course, Mu Anxiao's arrogance was also magical. She was only arrogant towards others when it concerned Piao, never for herself. Every time he drove her away, she would obediently leave.
And among those whom Mu Anxiao had helped, not a single one thanked her. They all spoke ill of her behind her back. Several times, Piao had seen her overhear them.
But, strangely, Mu Anxiao didn't get angry.
From this aspect, Piao concluded that Mu Anxiao was a fool!
An Yan nodded, "I think so too."
"You think so too?" Piao was surprised by An Yan's response.
An Yan said, "Yes, I think she's just sick. The year she captured me, she was so fierce, not even blinking an eye, so cold it was terrifying. But now, she's so sentimental. I really don't understand what she's thinking."