This question, to Mu Anxiao, was quite idiotic, but seeing Feng Qishi's expectant expression, her heart once again began to race, though she could control it better than before.
She didn't want to give him a perfunctory reply to his words, so she said, "Yes, but," she took half a step back, forcing herself to meet Feng Qishi's eyes, "you and I are impossible."
Feng Qishi knew Mu Anxiao would say this, and he didn't feel any sadness about her reply. Instead, he felt that it was enough that Mu Anxiao could express her true thoughts.
As for establishing a relationship, he wasn't in a hurry. Right now, he just wanted to follow Mu Anxiao, experience some things with her, and grow with her.
He believed that one day she would see the beautiful side of love.
"Alright, I understand," he said calmly.
Mu Anxiao thought Feng Qishi would be very disappointed or even lose control after hearing her words. To her surprise, he was so calm, which surprised her: "Aren't you disappointed?"
"Why would I be disappointed? Of course," Feng Qishi smiled, "If you were to randomly introduce me to immortal-destined women, then I would be disappointed."
"Don't you need to have an immortal-destined woman before you can have an immortal position?"
"I don't need it anymore," Feng Qishi said with a serene expression.
"You don't need it?" Mu Anxiao's eyes darted away. "Then you can't have an immortal position, you..."
"I don't interfere with your matters, so you shouldn't interfere with mine. Besides," Feng Qishi shrugged his shoulders, "I have an immortal position, it's just not a very high one."
"You have an immortal position?" Mu Anxiao didn't understand what Feng Qishi meant.
Feng Qishi reached out and cupped Mu Anxiao's head, smiling, "From now on, I'll be your errand boy. Catching demon souls counts as an immortal position, it's just," he said, "that there isn't a proper title for it."
"Without a title, it's not an immortal position. I'm just... working for you. I can't pay you a salary," Mu Anxiao, using her modern-day thinking, started to calculate things clearly with Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi: "What's wrong with working for you? You work for Hei Feng, and I'll work for you as a subordinate. But unlike you, I don't want money. As long as you feed me, you don't need to worry about clothes. I can transform. In short, you are my boss."
Hearing that he didn't want money.
Mu Anxiao was moved, "You really don't want money?"
"No," Feng Qishi shook his head.
"Then, alright, you can follow me."
"Mhm," Feng Qishi smiled, then took his hand away, "But let's get the unpleasant stuff out of the way first. If you... kick me out, or abandon me, you'll have to settle my accounts, and double."
From past experiences, Feng Qishi knew that Mu Anxiao would indeed abandon him under certain circumstances. Therefore, to avoid such a situation, he decided to clarify things.
Just as Feng Qishi had expected, Mu Anxiao did have such thoughts. But upon hearing Feng Qishi say this, and considering her dwindling finances, she thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll try my best..."
"Remove the 'try my best'," Feng Qishi interrupted.
Mu Anxiao pursed her lips. Seeing that Feng Qishi was in a good mood, she agreed, "Okay, I won't abandon you. If I do, I'll pay you double the wages."
"Not double, but multiplied. As for how many times it's multiplied, that depends," Feng Qishi put his hands behind his back, leaned in to meet Mu Anxiao's eyes again, and said in a low voice, "on how deeply you hurt me."
"You say that as if I'm prone to hurting you," Mu Anxiao took a step back, looking uncomfortable.
Feng Qishi's lips curved. "Alright, my conversation with you is over." Saying this, he straightened up, crossed his arms, and looked towards the dilapidated gate.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao followed Feng Qishi's gaze and looked to the side. She saw the wolf demon peeking out with a disappointed expression, saying, "That's it?"
"Yes, I thought you two would get married?" Lin Yan walked into the dilapidated room first.
Hei Feng and Bi Dao both looked speechlessly at the wolf demon, who had been persuaded by Lin Yan to come and eavesdrop but hadn't heard the main point. Hei Feng sighed and spread his hands, "You first." He looked at Bi Dao.
Bi Dao smiled at Hei Feng, stepped forward, brushed past the wolf demon, and entered first.
The wolf demon watched Bi Dao enter, then stood up. Just as he was about to lift his foot, Hei Feng grabbed his arm. "Me first, get out of the way." With that, he pulled the wolf demon aside and entered.
The wolf demon was annoyed, but considering Hei Feng was an underworld envoy, he endured it.
Mu Anxiao and Feng Qishi hadn't paid attention to the wolf demon and Lin Yan's words. Instead, Mu Anxiao walked towards Hei Feng.
Hei Feng stopped in place and asked, "Your brother... how is he?"
Mu Anxiao had been feeling shy since she returned. Seeing her like that, Hei Feng didn't know how to communicate with her. Unable to do anything, he waited until now.
Mu Anxiao stopped in front of Hei Feng and asked, "Who told you there was another reason for him falling into the abyss?"
"There was a tomb on that cliff."
Mu Anxiao remembered it clearly. To prevent anyone from discovering the tomb, she had deliberately not piled up the soil. If her guess was correct, for decades, the graves of Mu Xi and Xin'er would not have been discovered by anyone. Certainly not by the underworld envoys.
However, Hei Feng mentioning this now surprised Mu Anxiao.
She thought, it seems I have truly changed the past!
"..." Fearing Hei Feng would criticize her, she deliberately remained silent.
Feng Qishi stood behind Mu Anxiao and also said nothing.
Seeing Mu Anxiao's silence, Hei Feng glanced at Feng Qishi again and asked, "Why aren't either of you saying anything?"
Hearing Hei Feng's sharp questioning, Mu Anxiao became uneasy. "Do you know whose tomb that is?" she asked Hei Feng cautiously.
Hei Feng: "I don't know, but," he said, "I think it's your brother's."
"I..."
"You've already returned. You should know whose tomb it is, right?" Hei Feng interrupted.
Mu Anxiao swallowed. "That's right, I buried him." Fearing Hei Feng would criticize her, she became cautious.
"It was you?" Hei Feng was surprised.
Mu Anxiao nodded. "Yes, Mu Xi... was torn apart by monsters. Only his soul fell into the abyss. I saw..." Her eyes darted away, "Since it was like that, I funded the purchase of a coffin and buried him. But, I didn't erect a tombstone? And as far as I know, it's impossible for anyone to recognize it as a tomb."
"Indeed, no one recognized it," Hei Feng said calmly.
Mu Anxiao frowned. "Then how did you see it?"
"I went there a few days ago, and then... I guessed... if it was a tomb, after half a day," Hei Feng wasn't angry, but rather calm, "it really was."
"So, you guessed that Mu Xi didn't die for me?" Mu Anxiao probed.
Hei Feng nodded.
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