Feng Qishi clutched his chest as the wind picked up, his eyes fixed on Mu Anxiao’s feet, which were slowly lifting off the ground. He pounded the ground in frustration, sat up, and yelled with all his might, “Piao, that guy likes you, really, no joke. Don’t be jealous. Being jealous over someone like me is pointless.”
Mu Anxiao didn’t hear Feng Qishi’s voice at all. She slowly lowered her head.
Piao, on the other hand, clearly heard Feng Qishi’s voice. He then released his grip and instinctively pulled Mu Anxiao’s arm.
Mu Anxiao rolled her eyes. As her feet touched the ground, Piao hugged her.
Seeing this, Feng Qishi felt unhappy, but he breathed a sigh of relief knowing Mu Anxiao was alright.
Mu Anxiao squeezed her eyes shut and said, “Don’t hug me.” As she spoke, she took a few breaths of air.
Hearing this, Piao’s eyes gradually returned to normal. He withdrew his arms from Mu Anxiao and said, “You…”
Mid-sentence, Mu Anxiao stumbled back a step and said, “Open your mouth.”
“What for?” Piao asked.
Seeing Piao had returned to normal, Mu Anxiao let out a sigh of relief and said, “Just open your mouth when I tell you to. Why all the nonsense?” As she spoke, she pulled out a brown pill.
“I won’t eat it,” Piao said, looking down at Mu Anxiao’s hand and shaking his head.
“Hurry up,” Mu Anxiao urged.
“I won’t…” Piao covered his mouth.
Mu Anxiao said, “Piao, are you a man?”
Hearing this, Piao’s expression froze. He quickly removed his hand and said, “Yes.”
“Yes,” Mu Anxiao turned her head to breathe in some air, then held the hand with the brown pill in front of Piao, “Then eat it.”
“Eat,” Piao nodded and opened his mouth.
Mu Anxiao frowned, “You still want me to feed you?”
Piao grunted and opened his mouth wider.
Mu Anxiao looked at Piao’s action and thought: If it weren’t for my life, I wouldn’t listen to you. With that thought, she popped the pill into Piao’s mouth and quickly covered his lips the moment he closed them.
Piao’s eyes widened.
After several tens of seconds, Mu Anxiao watched Piao’s throat no longer moving, sighed in relief, and removed her hand. “You’re safe,” she said, and then suddenly hugged Piao.
Piao was startled and looked down at Mu Anxiao’s head. “You actually hugged me proactively.”
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao patted his arm and stood up, asking, “How do you feel?”
“I feel less oppressed in my heart,” Piao replied honestly.
“That’s good,” Mu Anxiao smiled slightly, then looked up at the gradually dispersing black mist and asked, “Besides not feeling oppressed, how else do you feel?”
“A bit dizzy,” Piao said.
“Dizzy?” Mu Anxiao had just uttered the word when she pointed to the ground, “Then squat down.” She squatted first.
Piao smiled, squatted down, and asked, “Mu Anxiao, do you really like me?”
“Huh?” Mu Anxiao was bewildered.
Piao said, “Feng Qishi said you like me.”
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao frowned and turned to look at Feng Qishi, who was hastily averting his gaze. She stammered, “Feng Qishi, you know how he is…” she said, then turned back to Piao and smiled, “He just likes to talk nonsense. We’re not that familiar.”
The moment Mu Anxiao said this, Piao looked dejected. “You’re not even willing to tell me a little white lie?”
“I…” Mu Anxiao scratched the back of her head and said, “I’m sorry.”
“You don’t owe me an apology. Do you know why I didn’t want to take this pill before?” Piao asked.
Mu Anxiao looked at the calm Piao and shook her head. “I don’t know.”
“If I ate it, I wouldn’t only forget your appearance, but also our past. This time,” Piao reached out and placed his hands on Mu Anxiao’s shoulders, “if it weren’t absolutely necessary, I would never have compromised. Because I promised not to kill you.”
“Piao, I… actually, you’re quite good, but I think you’ve mistaken who to like. Someone like me…”
“Don’t say it. Last time, you forgot me, and I remembered you. This time, I forget you, and you remember me. We’re even now.” Piao squinted and smiled at Mu Anxiao before slumping sideways.
Mu Anxiao calmly looked down at the unconscious Piao and said, “The next time we meet, I won’t let you kill me.” Then, she stood up and turned towards Feng Qishi. “You stay here. I’ll be right back.”
“I’ll go with you,” Feng Qishi said.
Mu Anxiao glanced at Feng Qishi’s appearance and smiled. “You’re not even as good as me right now.” She then looked down at Piao, turned, and walked towards the back door.
Feng Qishi watched Mu Anxiao’s receding figure with a look of annoyance, clenching his fists.
In the room, the red-clothed rabbit demon looked nervously at the suddenly returned Rabbit Queen and Yan and asked, “Where are they?”
The Rabbit Queen looked to both sides and said, “I don’t know.”
“I think they might have landed somewhere else,” Yan said.
The Rabbit Queen nodded slightly.
The red-clothed rabbit demon looked at the calm, rather than angry, Rabbit Queen in disbelief and asked, “Queen, what’s wrong?”
“Don’t call me Queen anymore. I’m a rabbit demon just like you,” the Rabbit Queen said, turning to glance at Yan. “Let’s go.”
“Then… are we still going to the town?” the red-clothed rabbit demon asked softly.
The Rabbit Queen said, “No, we’re not.” She then turned to Yan. “You can go see your own kind now.”
“Okay,” Yan nodded.
The red-clothed rabbit demon said nothing, watching the Rabbit Queen.
Following that, the soul spirit knocked on the door.
The Rabbit Queen glanced towards the door and said, “Coming.” She walked to the door and opened it without hesitation, facing the soul spirit.
The soul spirit looked at the Rabbit Queen’s face with confusion and asked, “You’re not angry that I’m here?”
“There’s nothing to be angry about,” the Rabbit Queen said, pointing to the sky and asking, “What’s the situation?”
“The rat demons… are clearing the demonic barriers, but they might be encountering some difficulties,” the soul spirit reported honestly.
The Rabbit Queen nodded. “I see,” she said, then turned to Yan. “You wait here. It might take a while.”
“Okay,” Yan agreed.
The soul spirit blinked and said, “Everyone wants to talk to you.” With that, he moved aside.
Immediately, the Rabbit Queen crossed the threshold and walked to the steps. She looked at the rabbit demons below and said, “It was my fault before. I’m sorry, everyone…”
“We don’t want to go with you anymore. We want to… we should atone for our sins,” the runaway rabbit demon number one said.
“Yes, Queen. You might be angry, but we… we can’t go on like this anymore. If you’re leaving,” the maid rabbit glanced at the other rabbit demons, then continued, “you go ahead. We won’t say anything.”
“Yes, even though what you did was heartless, we understand you. You… you should go.”
“Queen, go, just go.”
Listening to their voices, the Rabbit Queen fell silent for a moment and said, “I’ve done so many excessive, selfish things. If you don’t hate me, are you fools?”