Mu Anxiao finally realized that Sister-in-law Mu Xiang truly knew nothing. Of course, she wasn't curious about the affairs of Mu Xiang's family.
However, she was still puzzled… why was she, a 'man', locked up here? Could it be that Ouyang Ye believed she was a woman?
But that didn't make sense either.
Mu Xiang: "Sigh, why isn't she awake yet."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao set aside her doubts about that question and looked up at Mu Xiang: "You don't know what she is."
Mu Xiang frowned: "What do you mean?"
"..." Mu Anxiao sighed softly, stood up, walked gracefully to Mu Xiang's side, and then looked down at the sleeping Wan Sha: "She's been drugged." Her voice was very low, as if afraid Sister-in-law Mu Xiang would hear.
At this moment, Sister-in-law Mu Xiang had already sat down at the table.
A Long glanced at her sister-in-law, who still felt guilty towards Mu Xiang, and then walked to Mu Xiang's other side, saying: "Why am I okay?" She looked at Mu Anxiao.
Just now, Mu Anxiao had been worried that Ouyang Ye's spell would affect A Long, so she had deliberately kept them away from the reception hall. Who would have thought… those servants were also quite diligent. Upon seeing Wan Sha, they carried her away. Therefore, the moment Mu Anxiao saw Wan Sha, she had forgotten about that matter.
Now, prompted by A Long's question, she too was puzzled: "Indeed, why are you fine?" She looked at A Long.
Mu Xiang, hearing Mu Anxiao's words, turned her head to look at A Long: "Why?"
A Long blinked her eyes.
Then, Mu Anxiao thought to herself and suddenly realized: "I know, you're not a complete demon soul, you are…" She glanced at Sister-in-law, who was sitting at the table, not daring to look this way, and said in a low voice: "a celestial soul."
"..." A Long realized: "Oh, I'm a celestial soul, and you also gave me a layer of spiritual energy, that's right, that's right." She nodded repeatedly.
Thus, their confusion was resolved by Mu Anxiao's statement.
Following this, Sister-in-law Mu Xiang tilted her head up to look at Mu Anxiao: "Your name is Mu Anxiao?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao's heart sank. She suddenly remembered that Mu Xiang had inadvertently uttered her name earlier. She then glanced at Mu Xiang, smiled, and turned to face Sister-in-law Mu Xiang: "I…" She knew she was quite famous in this area. Half the people here who hadn't seen her had definitely heard of this name.
If she admitted it now in front of Sister-in-law Mu Xiang, wouldn't all the bragging and lies she had told before be in vain?
Thinking this, she chose to remain silent.
Seeing Mu Anxiao's expression of refusal to answer, Sister-in-law Mu Xiang's eyes deepened: "You don't want to talk to me."
"..." Mu Anxiao pursed her lips and started to spout nonsense: "I am a man. Right now, there are only three women in this room besides me. She doesn't count. If I talk too much with you, and your husband finds out, it will definitely cause conflict between you two. It's not worth it."
Hearing Mu Anxiao's words, Sister-in-law Mu Xiang couldn't help but recall how doting the fake Mu Long had been towards her in the reception hall earlier, and she became shy.
Seeing Sister-in-law Mu Xiang like this, Mu Anxiao couldn't help but feel relieved.
Mu Xiang glanced at Sister-in-law Mu Xiang, gently pulled Mu Anxiao's arm, and whispered: "What's wrong with her?"
Mu Xiang knew clearly that at this critical juncture, she could only be rescued with the combined efforts of Mu Anxiao and Wan Sha.
Therefore, she now wanted to know what exactly was wrong with Wan Sha.
Mu Anxiao cautiously glanced at Sister-in-law Mu Xiang, who was starting to sink into shyness, and whispered: "She's a demon. Ouyang Ye used magic to drug her."
"Drugged…" Mu Xiang repeated, her eyes deepening, "Then he's very powerful."
"I haven't fully grasped his abilities yet," Mu Anxiao said softly.
Mu Xiang: "Is he as powerful as you?"
Mu Anxiao never expected Mu Xiang to compare her with Ouyang Ye. She thought about it, her master was Zhang Yan, after all. And who was Zhang Yan? Zhang Yan was an immortal. As for Ouyang Ye, in her opinion, he was at most a cultivator without a known name.
There was no comparison at all.
But… if asked whether he was truly powerful… she really couldn't say.
"..."
"I'm asking you," Mu Xiang nudged Mu Anxiao's arm.
Mu Anxiao disliked comparisons with others immensely, because in her opinion, everyone had their own strengths, and it was too boring to try and rank them.
Thus, she continued to remain silent.
Seeing Mu Anxiao's silence, Mu Xiang also fell silent.
In another guest room, the fake Mu Long and Ye Yu sat facing each other at a square table, looking at each other without saying a word.
Feng Qi Shi thought that Mu Anxiao and the fake Mu Long were locked up together, so he took the wedding attire specially prepared by Ouyang Ye for Ye Yu from a servant and entered the room.
And so, Feng Qi Shi met Mu Xi (the fake Mu Long).
"You…" Mu Xi still had a bit of respect for Feng Qi Shi, so after uttering one word, he didn't know what else to say.
At the same time, Ye Yu looked at Feng Qi Shi and shouted.
Startled, Feng Qi Shi shifted his gaze from Mu Xi, who was using Mu Long's body, to Ye Yu, who was pointing at him and shouting, and said: "What are you shouting about?"
Ye Yu: "Bad person."
"You…"
"Bad person, bad person." Ye Yu interrupted, standing up.
Hearing the moniker Ye Yu, who seemed foolish, called him, Feng Qi Shi felt too lazy to retort. He stepped forward, placed the heavy wedding attire on the table, and said: "This is yours."
Upon hearing this, Ye Yu immediately stopped talking, gently patted the clothes, and looked at Feng Qi Shi: "Ye Yu is going to be the bride." Saying this, he grinned.
Seeing Ye Yu's relatively normal side, Feng Qi Shi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "You are the groom."
"Groom," Ye Yu mumbled, and smiled, "Groom, I want a wife." As he said this, he bent down and lay directly on the heavy wedding attire.
Feng Qi Shi felt helpless. Looking at Ye Yu's傻子-like appearance, he said faintly: "Go change over there."
"Change…" Ye Yu spread his arms wide, looked up at Feng Qi Shi, "I won't. I just want to hug my wife." Saying this, he grinned foolishly at Feng Qi Shi.
Feng Qi Shi felt speechless looking at Ye Yu's傻子-like appearance.
Then, Ye Yu smiled again and buried his face in the wedding attire.
Feng Qi Shi sighed.
Mu Xi continued to stare at Feng Qi Shi and asked: "Why are you here?"
"..." Feng Qi Shi withdrew his gaze, looked at Mu Xi, and said with a cold expression: "What do you think?"
When Mu Xi heard this, he thought about it and said excitedly: "I will not listen to you. I want him." Mu Xi was worried that Feng Qi Shi would persuade him to return the body to Mu Long, so he spoke first.
Seeing Mu Xi's determined expression, Feng Qi Shi understood his meaning and said: "I'm not here to control you. I'm just here to stop that foolish Mu. To be honest," he walked up to Mu Xi, "I miss you quite a bit."
He had actually prepared himself to meet Mu Xi, but… he hadn't expected to communicate with Mu Xi without Mu Anxiao. Out of helplessness, he could only do as Mu Anxiao had said.
Although it felt quite unfair to Lin Yan, there was no other way.
Mu Xi's eyes deepened.
Feng Qi Shi glanced around: "Where is that guy?" Fearing that mentioning 'foolish Mu' would attract Ye Yu's attention, he changed his words.
Mu Xi: "I don't know."
"You don't know?" Feng Qi Shi didn't believe Mu Xi.
Mu Xi looked at Feng Qi Shi's suspicious expression, then turned to look at the room door, and said: "You're here to help me."
Feng Qi Shi's eyes were firm: "Yes."
"Help me…"
"That guy wants to capture you. I'm here to stop her, and then I became a servant here. Actually," Feng Qi Shi said, "If I were to choose an apprentice, I would much rather choose you."
"Didn't you not want me?" Mu Xi said faintly.
Feng Qi Shi gave a wry smile: "After you left, some very unpleasant things happened. You are still more reliable." Saying this, he reached out and patted Mu Xi's shoulder.
Mu Xi startled, lowered his head to look at Feng Qi Shi's hand that had been removed, and said: "I don't want to be your apprentice anymore."
"..." Feng Qi Shi smiled: "I know."
"You know?"
"Yes, you…" Feng Qi Shi looked at Mu Xi, deliberately brewing his emotions, and said: "It seems you like her very much." He was referring to Sister-in-law Mu Xiang. He believed that after their time together, Mu Xi should have developed some… tacit understanding with him?
As Feng Qi Shi had thought, Mu Xi understood as soon as he heard his words: "Yes, I like her."
"I knew it," Feng Qi Shi said. "After all, you called me master for a while before. Well then, let's be master and disciple one last time."
"Huh?" Mu Xi couldn't immediately grasp what he meant.
"I'll help you, fulfill your…" Feng Qi Shi gritted his teeth and started to speak from the heart, "fulfill your wish."
"Really?" Mu Xi's eyes lit up.
"Of course. As the saying goes, you only know what you've lost when it's gone. I think I haven't lost you yet, have I?" Feng Qi Shi watched Mu Xi carefully.
Mu Xi lowered his eyes and smiled: "You have lost me."
"..." Feng Qi Shi nodded slightly, suddenly feeling the atmosphere was… awkward.
Mu Xi paused for a moment, then gave a wry smile: "You are the first person to defend me."
"What do you mean?" Feng Qi Shi was confused.
"..." Mu Xi glanced at Ye Yu, who was sleeping on the wedding attire, and said in a low voice: "I don't remember many things, but I remember… I was never defended by anyone since I was young. I appeared to be a person who made no mistakes, a pampered young master protected by everyone, but in reality, I never truly felt the defense from my father."
Feng Qi Shi frowned: "You mean, you consider me your father?"
"As the saying goes, 'once a master, forever a father.' Although you are not my master, being defended by you, during that period of belief, I was quite happy."
"...." Feng Qi Shi suddenly felt a bit pitiful for this fellow.
Mu Xi: "Precisely because I was never protected, I want to protect my family." He said, "So my wish is very simple: please protect my wife."
"Your wife?"
"Yes, Mu Long's wife is my wife. Please do this for me."
"Then what about you?"
"Me," Mu Xi took a deep breath. "If I die, Mu Long will also be finished. I believe Mu Anxiao definitely doesn't want Mu Long to die, right?"
"You're indirectly asking Mu Anxiao to protect you?" Feng Qi Shi realized.
Mu Xi smiled: "Yes."
"You don't even know where she is, and you're asking her to protect you? You... are you crazy?" Feng Qi Shi realized that Mu Xi's mind wasn't as sharp as before.
Mu Xi: "She's next door."
"Didn't you say you didn't know?" Feng Qi Shi frowned.
Then, fearing he might offend Feng Qi Shi, Mu Xi said: "I really don't know, but I think she should be next door… maybe!"
"Maybe?" Feng Qi Shi repeated and sighed: "The room next door is for storing sundries, and I've already checked. There's no one there."
"What?"
"You take care of him now, and perhaps that guy will let you go. I'll go look for her now, and by the way," Feng Qi Shi said seriously, "I'll protect your wife."
"Thank you." Mu Xi believed Feng Qi Shi wouldn't harm him.
Feng Qi Shi shook his head and turned to leave.
Immediately after, after Feng Qi Shi closed the door, Mu Xi turned to Ye Yu, gently patted Ye Yu's shoulder, and decided to follow Feng Qi Shi's advice.
At the same time.
After a period of silence, Mu Anxiao deliberately turned her back.
Mu Xiang also found it strange. Ever since Mu Anxiao started being silent, she had been staring intently at Mu Anxiao without saying a word. Now, she still didn't give up and moved to face Mu Anxiao.
Finally, Mu Anxiao couldn't stand it anymore: "Do you really want me to answer?" She looked troubled.
Mu Xiang: "If you want to say it, say it. If you don't want to say it, don't. Now," she leaned forward to meet Mu Anxiao's eyes, "wake her up." She pointed at Wan Sha.
Mu Anxiao met Mu Xiang's eyes tightly, feeling an endless pressure.
In other words, she had never learned this spell before, so how could she wake Wan Sha?
But she didn't want to admit that she was weaker than Ouyang Ye. In short, she didn't know how to answer.
"...." She deliberately dodged her gaze.
Mu Xiang frowned: "I see, you definitely…"
"What are you guys doing?"
Hearing this, Mu Xiang quickly swallowed the words that had reached her lips, stood up, and looked at Ouyang Ye, who had walked into the room and was glaring at them, stunned.
Mu Anxiao felt relieved hearing Ouyang Ye's arrival and said faintly: "Nothing." As she spoke, she turned around.
Listening to Mu Anxiao's reply, Mu Xiang showed a disdainful expression: "I talk to you, you don't answer. He talks to you, you answer. What does that mean?" She reached out and pushed Mu Anxiao's back.
Mu Anxiao tilted her face and said: "Ouyang Ye, I know you are not an ordinary person."
Hearing Mu Anxiao's words, Mu Xiang stopped speaking.
A Long glanced at Mu Xiang.
Sister-in-law Mu Xiang became fearful of Ouyang Ye and sat motionlessly at the table.
Ouyang Ye: "You are not an ordinary person either." Saying this, he walked gracefully to Mu Anxiao, then reached out and touched her messy hair: "If I were to pull out all your hair, would you cry?" As he asked, he lowered his head and met Mu Anxiao's eyes with a smile.
Mu Anxiao's body stiffened, and she quickly raised her hand and pushed Ouyang Ye's hand away, saying: "I am a man. Why did you lock me up with them?" She deliberately deepened her voice.
Ouyang Ye smiled: "What do you think?"