The first guard rabbit glanced at her eyes, thinking that if this was the Rabbit Queen’s instruction, and the Rabbit Queen found out, she would surely be finished. So she deliberately hesitated for a few seconds before saying, "I… I was wrong."
"You were wrong," Mu Anxiao repeated deliberately and asked, "Alright, what did you do wrong?"
"I shouldn't have come to report you just to gain merit," the first guard rabbit said, lowering her head.
Mu Anxiao watched the first guard rabbit’s deliberate avoidance and said, "Lift your face and say that again."
Upon hearing this, the first guard rabbit hesitantly slowly raised her face to look at Mu Anxiao, forcing herself to say firmly, "You are right, I came to gain merit, for that promotion."
"What is the point of you coming here?" Mu Anxiao suddenly asked.
The first guard rabbit couldn't help but dodge her gaze slightly and said, "I came here… to report, to gain the Queen’s favor, so I wouldn't have to guard the woodshed."
"What you said sounds very fake, but I'll reluctantly believe it. You can go," Mu Anxiao waved her hand.
The first guard rabbit's expression turned grim. "Please, give me another chance."
"If you knew that someone was about to talk about you behind your back, what would you do?" Mu Anxiao asked earnestly.
The first guard rabbit glanced at her eyes and said, "If someone did that, I would definitely be angry."
"Do I look angry?" Mu Anxiao asked again.
Upon hearing this, the first guard rabbit finally understood Mu Anxiao's meaning and shook her head, "It doesn't look like it."
"But, actually, I am very angry," Mu Anxiao said, coldly staring at the first guard rabbit.
The first guard rabbit pursed her lips and said again, "I was wrong."
"I don't accept it," Mu Anxiao said.
"Then what do you want me to do?" the first guard rabbit asked, her hands fidgeting restlessly.
"Go…" Mu Anxiao drew out the sound, shaking her head. "But then again, I don't want you to go."
"Ah?" The first guard rabbit's eyes flickered.
"What 'ah'? Come in with me, let's see what you have to say?" Mu Anxiao said deliberately teasingly.
"I can't say it when you are there," the first guard rabbit said unnaturally.
"It's fine, if you can't say it, I'll say it myself. It's just that your fate might change," Mu Anxiao said, shrugging her shoulders.
"Please don't make things difficult for me," the first guard rabbit choked out.
Mu Anxiao blinked her eyes and said directly, "To be honest, did you want to come yourself, or did the Rabbit Queen send you?"
"Please don't make things difficult for me," the first guard rabbit repeated.
Mu Anxiao's lips curved into a smile. "Alright, I understand." As she said this, she turned around.
Seeing this, the first guard rabbit's eyes widened. "What are you doing?"
"If you don't speak properly, I'll have to go ask the rabbit head who sent you here," Mu Anxiao said without turning her head.
The first guard rabbit froze and quickly stepped forward to grab Mu Anxiao's arm. "No."
"No," Mu Anxiao repeated, turning sideways to look at the first guard rabbit. "Do you have any intention of stepping aside to talk?"
"Yes," the first guard rabbit nodded obediently.
"Let's go." Mu Anxiao uttered the word, pushed away the hand the first guard rabbit had on her arm, and walked around her towards the rockery not far away.
The first guard rabbit glanced cautiously at the door of the Rabbit Queen's room, then turned and quickly followed Mu Anxiao.
In a blink of an eye, Mu Anxiao and the first guard rabbit stopped at the foot of the rockery.
The first guard rabbit looked around. After confirming there were no other rabbit spirits, she said, "Can you not tell the Queen about me?" She pointed to herself.
"Why, give me a reason," Mu Anxiao said, crossing her arms in front of her.
The first guard rabbit lowered her head and said, "If the Rabbit Queen finds out that I told you her plan, she'll drive me away."
"Drive you away?" Mu Anxiao's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean, explain more clearly?"
"Many rabbits who accidentally made small mistakes have been driven away. Once, a rabbit guarding the woodshed was driven away because he didn't tell the Queen in time that the great demon had cast a spell on the door. Later, the Queen found out, and he was driven away. We've never seen him since," the first guard rabbit explained patiently.
"You haven't seen him, so… hasn't the great demon mentioned him either?" Mu Anxiao asked with a frown.
"No," the first guard rabbit shook her head.
Listening to the first guard rabbit's explanation, Mu Anxiao deliberately glanced at the control spell cast by Piao on the first guard rabbit's head. She thought: This doesn't make sense. Every rabbit here has been put under a control spell by that guy Piao. If that's the case, it means he won't let them go, but this rabbit says this. She narrowed her eyes and thought, then suddenly realized: I know, those rabbits who were supposedly expelled didn't leave; they were killed by that Queen. Piao knows this too.
"What are you thinking about?" the first guard rabbit asked, looking at Mu Anxiao's face.
Mu Anxiao came back to her senses and said, "Nothing. You go and report it."
"Huh?" The first guard rabbit looked surprised and pointed to herself. "You want me to go?"
"Go ahead. Anyway, even if you say it, the Queen can't do anything to me," Mu Anxiao shrugged.
"Then I'll go." The first guard rabbit cautiously pointed in the direction of the Rabbit Queen's room.
"Go ahead. By the way, how are you going to say it?" Mu Anxiao asked curiously.
"You weren't successful," the first guard rabbit said simply.
"Go," Mu Anxiao waved her hand.
The first guard rabbit nodded slightly, turned, and ran away.
Mu Anxiao watched the first guard rabbit running away, sighed, and then looked around, muttering, "It seems I have to go later, so I don't get misunderstood by that petty Queen and harm that rabbit."
"Mu Anxiao."
Hearing the sound, Mu Anxiao frowned, then slowly turned around and saw the red-clothed rabbit spirit.
"Why are you out?" she asked.
"What were you just talking about with that rabbit?" the red-clothed rabbit spirit asked with great curiosity.
Mu Anxiao's lips curved into a smile. "Want to know?"
"Mmm," the red-clothed rabbit spirit nodded.
Mu Anxiao squinted and smiled at the red-clothed rabbit spirit, then looked around and leaned in to say to the red-clothed rabbit spirit, "I'm not telling you."
"Stingy," the red-clothed rabbit spirit immediately pouted.
Mu Anxiao smiled faintly and stood up straight. "Why did you come out?"
"I'm not telling you," the red-clothed rabbit spirit turned her face away.
Mu Anxiao snorted lightly. "Fine if you don't say. I'm leaving." As she was about to turn, the red-clothed rabbit spirit suddenly reached out and grabbed her arm.
"Don't go," the red-clothed rabbit spirit suddenly said.
"What are you doing?" Mu Anxiao was startled and asked.