Mu Anxiao's actions and Feng Qishi's movements left Mu Xi completely bewildered. Before this, he had assumed Mu Anxiao would abandon him and Aunt Mu Xiang, leaving with Feng Qishi.
He also felt that Mu Anxiao would certainly not treat him well; she only came here to expel him from Mu Long's body.
And now, it was the best opportunity for her to succeed. With a few casual words, she could make Ouyang Ye kill him.
Yet, Mu Anxiao did not do that. Instead, she protected him. Seeing this scene, a strange feeling arose in his heart.
That feeling was so long absent for him, so long that he didn't know how to describe it.
Ouyang Ye's lips curved into a smile, "What's your relationship with him that you care about him so much?"
"I..." Mu Anxiao glanced again at the fake Mu Long, who was staring at her with wide eyes, and said, "I just won't allow you to touch him. If you dare to touch him, I'm not done with you." She clenched her fists.
Ouyang Ye smiled, "I won't touch him, but you come over." He beckoned.
"Why should I listen to you?" Mu Anxiao sneered.
"Because you're setting conditions for me," Ouyang Ye said coldly, turning his gaze back to the fake Mu Long, who stood frozen. "A person like you doesn't deserve to live."
The fake Mu Long was stunned.
"How dare you," Mu Anxiao roared, "He's Mu Xiang's brother, and Mu Xiang is going to marry you. If you kill him, Mu Xiang definitely won't let you off."
"Mu Xiang." Ouyang Ye calmly repeated the two words and then laughed, "Do you think I would still care about her?"
"Since you want to marry her, it means you like her. If you like her, then..."
"There's a kind of liking that's created from fantasy, it dies upon meeting, you understand?" Ouyang Ye interrupted.
Mu Anxiao didn't understand Ouyang Ye's meaning and shifted her gaze to Feng Qishi's face. "Shen Fengzi, explain," she whispered.
Feng Qishi glanced at Ouyang Ye and whispered, "Online dating, do you know what that is?"
"Online dating?" Mu Anxiao was even more confused.
Feng Qishi swallowed and said again, "Chatting and dating with people you haven't met online. In the end, when you meet, the other person isn't what you imagined, so naturally... that feeling disappears, and then you break up."
Mu Anxiao stared blankly at Feng Qishi. After repeating his words in her mind a few times, she understood and said, "But they've met." She pointed at Ouyang Ye.
Feng Qishi was speechless for a moment, then continued, "The disappointment is the same. Don't take it too seriously. Besides, Mu Xiang doesn't know him, so they can't be compared."
"Right, Mu Xiang doesn't know him."
"Now, do you understand?" Feng Qishi believed his explanation was clear enough.
Mu Anxiao nodded.
Over there, Ouyang Ye was looking at Mu Anxiao and Feng Qishi, who were whispering, with a look of anger. Then, thinking about the fact that Feng Qishi liked Mu Anxiao, he felt threatened and walked towards them.
At the same time, the door to the reception hall was suddenly pushed open. Immediately after, Ye Yu, dressed in wedding attire and acting foolishly, rushed into the reception hall and stopped beside Feng Qishi. He looked at Ouyang Ye, who was wearing a hat and red clothes opposite them, and pouted, "You lied to me."
Ouyang Ye stopped his advancing steps due to Ye Yu's appearance and asked knowingly, "Brother, how did I lie to you?"
Ye Yu ignored Mu Anxiao and Feng Qishi beside him, glaring fiercely at Ouyang Ye, "On my way here, I heard people saying you were going to marry my wife."
Feng Qishi looked at Ye Yu's relatively normal side and inexplicably began to doubt... whether Ye Yu was truly foolish.
Mu Anxiao saw the meaning in Feng Qishi's expression and whispered, "Stop looking." As she spoke, she pulled Feng Qishi a few steps to the side.
Feng Qishi glanced at Mu Anxiao and said nothing.
Ouyang Ye didn't have time to look at Mu Anxiao, so he continued to stare at Ye Yu and said, "Brother, you say I'm marrying your wife, so look, is your wife here?"
"Wife..." Ye Yu mumbled, looking around, then ignoring Mu Anxiao, and looked at Ouyang Ye again, "No."
"Then that's right. You go look somewhere else."
Ouyang Ye didn't want to cause trouble with a fool. He knew that fools were the most troublesome type of people. With fools, one had to placate them, otherwise... one would always be the unlucky one.
Ye Yu pouted, "I've looked everywhere, she's not here."
"Not here," Ouyang Ye said, laughing. "Then she must have left."
"Left... Then why are you wearing wedding attire, brother?" Ye Yu's mind surprisingly became sharp.
Ouyang Ye was startled by Ye Yu's words, "Oh, I'm marrying someone else." As he spoke, he shifted his gaze to Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao was taken aback.
Immediately after, Ye Yu forgot about his own matter and turned his head to look at Mu Anxiao. "..." He stared at her, not speaking.
Mu Anxiao was completely stunned by the fool's stare.
Ye Yu, "You're a woman." Then, he pointed at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao said awkwardly, "I'm clearly a man."
"You're not. Your hair has a fragrant scent, that scent is like..." Ye Yu trailed off, then pouted, "Sister, I miss you so much."
Ye Yu's sister had passed away several years ago. It was also because of his sister's death that he was heartbroken, and after falling seriously ill, his previously dull mind became clearer.
Therefore, many people, like Feng Qishi, suspected... if he was actually foolish.
But in Mu Anxiao's opinion, whether Ye Yu was foolish or not had nothing to do with her. She was mainly worried about... this kid suddenly running over.
It seemed she couldn't stand here. She thought, deliberately hiding behind Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi was startled and turned to look at Mu Anxiao, "What are you doing?"
Mu Anxiao, "I have a feeling he's going to come over."
"Come over?" Feng Qishi retorted, looking at Ye Yu, who had lowered his head and started to cry, his lips curled, "I don't think so."
"..." Mu Anxiao pouted, "Fools are the most emotional. You..."
"Who told you you smell like my sister?" Ye Yu suddenly interrupted.
Feng Qishi was stunned.
Mu Anxiao tightly gripped Feng Qishi's arm and said, "See, I told you fools are not to be offended." As she spoke, she observed Ye Yu and whispered, "I'm leaving first."
"What about Mu Xi?" Feng Qishi was surprised by Mu Anxiao's immediate attitude of surrender.
Mu Anxiao, "There's a back door to this reception hall. I'll save them through the back door. You..." Her voice was very low, "Hold them off."
"You..."
"Don't 'you' me. That guy is about to come over. I'll count to three, I run, you charge at him. That's it." Mu Anxiao made her own plan.
Feng Qishi was stunned again, but he still cooperated with Mu Anxiao and moved towards Ye Yu.
Mu Anxiao leaned forward slightly, ignoring Ouyang Ye's gaze, and quietly observed Ye Yu's expression and his slight movements. She quickly counted down, "Shen Fengzi, three, two, one, go." After speaking, she pushed Feng Qishi away and turned to run out the door.
Unexpectedly, all her actions were seen by Ouyang Ye. "Do you think you can escape?" he said, his lips curving, and he waved his arm again. Just as Mu Anxiao was about to rush out, the door closed with a bang.
This time, Mu Anxiao was thoroughly frightened.
"..." She stood in place, looking at the wooden door up close, took a step back, raised her hand to touch her nose, and said in a pinched voice, "Ouyang Ye, you win this time." Then, covering her bleeding nose, she turned to look at Ouyang Ye.
At the same time, Feng Qishi had already been hugged by Ye Yu.
Ouyang Ye laughed, "Brother, keep a good hold of him. Brother will find you a wife later."
However, Ye Yu, who was fighting for himself, now completely changed direction upon hearing Ouyang Ye's words and hugged Feng Qishi tighter.
Feng Qishi was an immortal, and should not have acted against mortals. Moreover, he was facing a fool. If he had acted, it would be bullying the weak.
Having no other choice, he could only endure.
Ouyang Ye smiled with satisfaction at Ye Yu's obedience and said, "Do you come over, or do I come over?"
Mu Anxiao had witnessed how insidious Ouyang Ye was. Therefore, to prevent him from going over and ruthlessly attacking Feng Qishi, she complied and tilted her head, approaching Ouyang Ye.
At this moment, the wolf demon, along with Piao, them, including the elder and Mu Long, stopped at the back door of the Mu family.
Mu Long was found by the wolf demon. The place where he found him was the privy of an inn. Facing the Mu Long at that time, the wolf demon found it both funny and exasperating.
The wolf demon knew that Mu Long could not meet Mu Xi, as it would cause conflict. So, he took him back the way he came to find Piao and the others.
As if by chance, as they were about to leave the city, they encountered Piao and them, who were just entering the city. Then, with Piao's help, Mu Long passed without any discomfort.
"Are you feeling uncomfortable?" the elder looked at his grandson with concern.
Mu Long shook his head, "No, it's just..." He touched his head, "My head is a bit fuzzy."
"Head..." the elder repeated, looking at the back door of the Mu family and said, "Then you can't go in."
Mu Long, "Grandpa, if I don't go in, how can I live?"
"None of you should go in," the wolf demon suddenly said.
Gu Xiao, "Why?"
The wolf demon looked at Gu Xiao, "There's an immortal inside. That immortal has set up a protective barrier. If you go in, you will definitely be disturbed, leading to the loss of your demonic powers."
Piao, "I'm fine."
"You..." the wolf demon uttered a word and suddenly remembered that Piao was a demon, "You are indeed fine."
"You can't go in," Piao said.
The wolf demon, "Why can't I go in?"
"You are a demon. If you go in, you will naturally lose your demonic powers. Not only that, but you will also be unconscious in the early stages. Who will carry you then?" Piao thought thoroughly.
The wolf demon was speechless.
Then, Piao turned to look at A Xia and Chen, "You both stay far away."
Upon hearing Piao's words, the elder and the others actively stepped back a few paces.
Piao smiled as they cooperated.
Lin Yan, "Can I go in?" He stared at Piao.
Piao, "Only I going in is somewhat useful. What can you do?"
"I..." Lin Yan was speechless.
The wolf demon, "I can't even go in, so you shouldn't either. There's nothing worth seeing inside." As he spoke, his ears twitched, and he heard the conversation of two young people not far away.
"It's terrifying, that groom actually killed people."
"Yes, but thankfully, we were lucky and were let go."
"Exactly, it was too scary. I wonder where the fool who was supposed to marry the bride went."
"Perhaps he was killed."
"How is that possible?"
"Maybe. Look how terrifying that man is. I heard his name is Ouyang Ye."
"Stop talking. I just want to go home now."
"Mm."
In the dark alley, only voices could be heard, but no people could be seen.
After the wolf demon confirmed that the two had walked away, he looked at Piao, "I heard."
Piao nodded, "I heard. They actually got married so late at night." He said, using the light from the lanterns outside the back door, he stared at the wolf demon's face, "Do you know about this?"
"What do you mean?"
"I feel like you've misrepresented the situation."
"Misrepresented?" Piao's thinking had completely convinced the wolf demon, so he sneered, "Who do you think I am? I was just following Feng Qishi's instructions to find him, then I met you all, and then I told you Feng Qishi was here. Now you say I misrepresented, are you implying... I didn't tell the truth?"
Piao smiled, "You said that yourself."
"You..."
"He didn't lie," Lin Yan said, speaking for the wolf demon.
Upon hearing this, Piao laughed, "I didn't say anything either."
In fact, Piao, who loved to drink 'wedding wine,' became suspicious of the wolf demon after hearing the conversation of the two men. In his understanding, marriage was the most important event in a person's life. He thought the wolf demon deliberately didn't mention it, deliberately preventing him from drinking wedding wine.
However, after seeing Lin Yan step forward to speak for the wolf demon, he dispelled his prejudice against the wolf demon, leaving only awkwardness.
The wolf demon stared at Piao for a few seconds and said, "You just want to drink wedding wine, don't you."
Piao, "Don't talk nonsense."
"I remember you have a habit of drinking wedding wine. Now that the wedding wine is over, you doubt me. You're truly childish," the wolf demon seized the opportunity to scold Piao.
Piao was speechless.
Mu Long listened to Piao and the wolf demon's conversation and said lightly, "Perhaps it's my sister's wedding, and this must all be Mu Xi's arrangement." His face was firm.
The elder's eyes darkened, and he said nothing.
Immediately after, the wolf demon recalled the conversation of those two people and quickly turned to look at the elder, "The person you arranged for Mu Xiang... is a fool."
The elder, "..." He averted his gaze, seemingly unwilling to answer the question.
The wolf demon was impatient, so seeing the elder like this, he became angry, "You lied to her." Saying this, he walked in front of the elder.
The elder looked up, "I... it was also for her own good."
"For..." the wolf demon uttered a word and couldn't help but recall Hu Yuan, whose illness was concealed by his parents. His heart sank, "She never knew about this."
The elder nodded.
Seeing this, Mu Long's eyes sank, "I told you." Saying this, he looked at the elder.
"You told her?" the elder looked at Mu Long, not showing surprise, but rather calmness.
Mu Long, "Grandpa, I didn't do it on purpose, I just..."
"You deserved to have your leg broken by her," Lin Yan said coldly.
Immediately after Lin Yan's words, they all fell into silence.
Seeing them not speaking, Piao also looked at the wolf demon without saying anything, turned around, and left.