The young man fell silent.
"You are a disciple of the cultivation sects, so you must have something to do with those rabbit spirits," the proprietress said, looking at the young man with surprise.
The young man had no desire to be involved with those rabbit spirits and quickly shook his head, "No, I don't know them. He knows them." He then turned his attention to the man in green.
"I am just a rabbit keeper, and my rabbits were taken away by the rabbit spirits," the man in green said excitedly.
"I can testify to that," Feng Qishi raised his hand.
Mu Anxiao looked at the young man, who was unable to explain himself and was speaking nonsense, and couldn't help but recall the disciples of the cultivation sects she had met more than fifty years ago. She snorted and said, "It's been so long, and the descendants are still the same. I'm speechless."
"You're a demon," the young man turned his attention to Mu Anxiao again.
Mu Anxiao helplessly turned her face slightly and said, "Say whatever you want."
"Are you a demon?" the proprietress asked, looking at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao glanced at Feng Qishi and nodded, "Yes, but I'm not a rabbit spirit, I'm..."
"You're a rat spirit," Feng Qishi interrupted.
Mu Anxiao was speechless at the identity Feng Qishi had bestowed upon her.
The man in green glanced at Feng Qishi, then put on a surprised expression and said, "So you're a rat spirit."
"Why are you so surprised? I..."
Before he could finish, the man suddenly reached out and grabbed Mu Anxiao's arm, saying, "Come with me."
"Huh?" Mu Anxiao was taken aback by the man's sudden intervention and froze.
"Who are you?" Feng Qishi asked the man curiously.
The man glanced at Mu Anxiao and, without another word, disappeared with her from their sight.
Feng Qishi and the man in green were stunned.
"What's going on in this shop?" the young man asked, before fainting.
The proprietress looked calmly at the young man lying on the ground and said, "He fainted quite quickly!"
Feng Qishi looked at the young man, then at the proprietress and asked, "Um, is the waiter really missing?"
"Who told you that?" the proprietress said, lowering her head.
"Nobody told me," Feng Qishi replied perfunctorily, looking at the proprietress meaningfully and asking, "Would it be convenient for me to check out the backyard?"
"It's not convenient," the proprietress said, shaking her head and walking away.
Feng Qishi watched the proprietress leave, then turned to the man in green and asked, "Junior Brother, do you understand?"
"First rabbit spirits, then rat spirits. I'm really confused now," the man in green said, tapping his head.
Feng Qishi sighed, "I'm confused too."
"We need to make a long-term plan," the man in green said, looking down at the young man lying on the ground and asking, "What about him?"
"It was this guy who muddled our thoughts. He..." Before he could finish, Feng Qishi suddenly had a realization, looked down at the young man, narrowed his eyes, and said, "He's the catalyst."
"What do you mean?" the man in green asked, confused.
Feng Qishi looked at the man in green, stepped forward, crouched down, and raised his hand, saying, "Young man, you're faking it. I'll beat you until you can't cultivate anymore."
"Senior Brother, he..."
Just as the man in green finished speaking, the young man's eyes suddenly opened, and he sat up and smiled.
"You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Feng Qishi said, looking at the young man.
"I figured," the young man said with an awkward smile.
"Tell me, what's your plan? And that man, you knew him already, didn't you?" Feng Qishi had figured it out.
The young man smiled awkwardly.
"Stand up, sit down and tell me slowly. I'm listening," Feng Qishi said, pulling the young man's arm.
"Okay," the young man agreed and stood up with Feng Qishi's help. He glanced at the man in green and turned to sit at the table.
"Senior Brother, aren't you going to save Mu Anxiao?" the man in green asked, thinking of the beauty.
Feng Qishi turned his head and said, "It's alright. That man won't do anything to her." Then he looked at the young man.
The young man sat down, picked up the teacup, and said, "Have some tea."
"Speak," Feng Qishi said, pushing the teacup away.
The young man swallowed and said, "Where should I start?" He put down the teacup.
"From the man, and, what did you do with the waiter?"
The man in green was also taken aback by Feng Qishi's words and stepped forward, asking, "Senior Brother, he already..."
"He was lying to you," Feng Qishi glanced at the man in green.
The man in green's expression froze.
The young man cautiously glanced at the man in green and said, "I'm sorry."
The man in green, who had been somewhat clear about the matter, was now truly confused.
Feng Qishi looked at the young man's face with a cold expression and said, "Start from the beginning. You'd better not talk nonsense."
"Alright," the young man nodded and said, "We are all disciples of the cultivation sects, but now the cultivation sects have been occupied by rabbit spirits. Our master sent us out to inquire about the situation in the cultivation sects, so that we can eliminate those rabbit spirits. Then... we came here last night and saw you."
"Tell me your plan," Feng Qishi said coldly.
"When I entered this place, I indeed saw a rabbit spirit disguised as the waiter, so I had evil thoughts and tied up the waiter who was carrying water upstairs."
"You tied him up there, didn't you?" Feng Qishi pointed to the counter.
"Yes, when that waiter was getting the key, I grabbed him, and then he got a nosebleed," the young man said in detail.
"And then you spread the rumor that the waiter was missing. In fact, you didn't hear the proprietress's conversation, did you?" Feng Qishi said, looking at the young man.
"Yes, my junior brother and I also tied up that man. My junior brother transformed into the man's appearance and pretended to look after the shop. I spread the rumor. I originally wanted to lure you down, but unexpectedly, I lured down that stinking kid." The young man's voice grew softer as he spoke.
Feng Qishi narrowed his eyes, "You also deliberately said she was a demon just now."
"Yes, who told her to scare me," the young man said aggrievedly.
"You slandered her just because of that?" the man in green asked in surprise.
"Yes," the young man nodded.
"Do you have a grandmother?" the man in green asked again.
The young man shook his head, "No, I'm just a junior disciple."
The man in green glared at the young man fiercely and said nothing.
"Then did you go to the backyard or not?" Feng Qishi asked.
"No, but my junior brother told me to say that the man was dead, saying that it would be more effective in proving that the stinking kid was a demon, but my junior brother..." The young man suddenly thought of Mu Anxiao being taken away and exclaimed, "That's not right, my junior brother isn't that powerful."
"What do you mean?" Feng Qishi had a bad feeling.