Piao and the Rabbit Queen pointed their fingers at their next moments and turned away.
Mu Anxiao calmly glanced at their retreating figures, then smiled at Feng Qishi and said, "There's no one else."
"You're being so dramatic," Feng Qishi said.
Mu Anxiao nodded slightly and said, "I'm asking you, is there any way for Xiao Nian to get through this tribulation without dying?"
"What are you thinking about?" Feng Qishi asked coldly.
Mu Anxiao wasn't angered by Feng Qishi's attitude and said, "Just tell me if there is."
"How could there be?" Feng Qishi said, turning his face away.
Mu Anxiao looked at Feng Qishi deliberately avoiding her gaze and asked, "Why isn't there?"
Feng Qishi took a deep breath, looked at Mu Anxiao, and smiled, "Then you tell me, why should there be?"
"So Xiao Nian has to die?" Mu Anxiao asked.
Feng Qishi nodded slightly, "Yes, there's no other way. Don't think about it anymore."
"Really... there's no more," Mu Anxiao said, lowering her head.
"Didn't you say you wouldn't interfere anymore? Why are you asking about this now?" Feng Qishi asked, looking at Mu Anxiao with confusion.
Mu Anxiao said, "The moment the Rabbit said there was only one day left, my heart truly... sank with a clang. I think," she bit her lip, "I still can't accept reality."
"Why did your heart sink with a clang? Did you hear it?" Feng Qishi intentionally changed the subject.
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao's expression stiffened. Then she looked up at Feng Qishi and said, "What did I say? What are you saying? Find a solution," she pointed at Feng Qishi.
"Why me?" Feng Qishi pointed at himself.
"Where there's a tribulation, there's a way to overcome it. I bet you definitely know, but you just don't want to tell me," Mu Anxiao became insistent again.
Feng Qishi looked down at Mu Anxiao's persistent expression, closed his eyes helplessly, and said, "You can't change anything."
"Xiao Nian is only nine years old," Mu Anxiao said earnestly.
"What's wrong with being nine? I'm telling you..."
"No," Mu Anxiao suddenly interrupted.
"What have you thought of now?" Feng Qishi asked, knitting his brows tightly.
Mu Anxiao glanced down with her eyes and said, "Why... is Xiao Nian one of the rare few?"
"Rare few," Feng Qishi repeated, sighing, "It's simple. Because her father didn't follow the rules and married her mother early."
"Then, if that's the case," Mu Anxiao said, thinking, "Was he already married when he was bullying us beggars?"
"Yes, perhaps it was because he broke the rules that he fell seriously ill. So, it means he didn't get thin from not eating, but from illness," Feng Qishi analyzed seriously.
"So, it's his fault that Xiao Nian became like this?" Mu Anxiao said disbelievingly.
Feng Qishi nodded, "It's definitely his fault, and I never said it had nothing to do with him." He looked helplessly at Mu Anxiao's deliberately widened eyes and swallowed. "Can you not be so surprised?"
"Then, it seems I really can't save her," Mu Anxiao said, dejected.
"It's still the same thing. Just create beautiful memories for her," Feng Qishi said indifferently.
Mu Anxiao nodded and said, "Then, I'll listen to you."
"What do you mean by 'listen to me'? Anyway, in short, don't go back on your word," Feng Qishi said helplessly, pointing at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao let out a long sigh, "I know. All I can do now is leave beautiful memories for Xiao Nian before she dies. As for anything else, I'm truly useless."
The moment Mu Anxiao said this, Feng Qishi suddenly called out, "Mu Shazi."
Mu Anxiao frowned and looked up at Feng Qishi, "What are you doing?"
"I'm really very happy for you right now," Feng Qishi said inexplicably.
Mu Anxiao gave a fake smile, "I think you should feel sorry for me."
"Really happy," Feng Qishi said with sincere sincerity.
"Happy about what?" Mu Anxiao asked impatiently.
"Happy that you're useless, because you..." Feng Qishi slowly retreated, "are too troublesome. You think you know everything all day long, and you meddle in everyone's business. This is a very bad trait of yours." After saying that, he turned and ran away.
Mu Anxiao stood still, calmly watching Feng Qishi's retreating figure. She wasn't angry. Instead, she accepted it and said, "You're right. It's a good thing I'm useless, otherwise, I would definitely find ways to save Xiao Nian. I wouldn't have discussed it with you at all." With that, she looked up at the clear sky and walked forward.
Returning to the room, Mu Anxiao glanced at Tian Jiang, who was still talking incessantly to Xiao Nian, and said, "She doesn't want to talk to you, so why are you talking?"
Hearing this, Tian Jiang turned to look at the returning Mu Anxiao and said, "Is your stomach feeling any better?"
Mu Anxiao nodded, "It's okay." As she spoke, she glanced at Xiao Nian, who had started sneezing, her eyes darkening.
Feng Qishi walked to her side and said, "Don't mind it."
Mu Anxiao glanced sideways at Feng Qishi, walked to the table, sat down, and asked, "Xiao Nian, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, just a bit dizzy. But it's okay. I've often felt this way before. Mother said it's nothing," Xiao Nian patiently explained.
Gecko looked down at Xiao Nian's profile and said, "Are you really okay?"
Xiao Nian looked up at Gecko and smiled, "I'm fine, just sneezed a few times. Maybe the little madam is talking badly about me behind my back."
"But you said you were dizzy," Gecko said again.
Xiao Nian smiled, "I was just saying, I'm not."
Mu Anxiao looked at Xiao Nian's optimistic demeanor and thought about her nearing end, lowering her head.
Yan said, "They can't see us, so we can say whatever we want, and no one will hear us." She looked at Mu Anxiao. "But Mu Anxiao... she can communicate with them. I imagine her feelings must be very painful."
"That's for sure," the Rabbit Queen nodded.
"We really have to stay here for seven full days," Piao suddenly said.
Feng Qishi asked, "What, you don't want to stay?"
"Where Mu Anxiao is, that's where I'll be," Piao said with a playful grin.
Feng Qishi's expression stiffened upon hearing Piao's reply. "What am I talking to you about? What are you saying?" he said, turning his face away.
Time passed, and it was soon the sixth day.
In the room, Mu Anxiao sat by the bed, looking down at Xiao Nian, who was lying on the bed, and asked, "Where is Tian Jiang?"
Gecko stood beside Mu Anxiao and said in a low voice, "All the doctors here have been consulted, but none of them can diagnose her. Tian Jiang is worried that Xiao Nian won't be able to hold on, so she left last night to find a more skilled doctor."