Song Xu watched Liu Ye’s expression suddenly go silent, then glanced at Mu Anxiao standing beside Liu Ye. He sneered and said, "I get it."
"Get what?" Mu Anxiao, worried Liu Ye might reveal her identity to Song Xu in a moment of panic, deliberately asked.
Conversely, Song Xu completely ignored Mu Anxiao and continued to look at Liu Ye, saying, "Girl, tell me the truth, what's Cao Gen's relationship with your General? Why did your General hit her?" He fixed his gaze intently on Liu Ye's face.
Liu Ye felt guilty.
At the same time, Mu Anxiao glanced at Liu Ye's guilty expression, then looked back at Song Xu, lowered her head, and urgently called out to Feng Qishi in her mind, "Shen the lunatic, where are you? I'm at the front gate, hurry up." After calling out, she couldn't forget to glance again at Song Xu, who was insisting on exposing her identity, and became nervous.
Concurrently, Mu Anxiao's voice transmitted completely into Feng Qishi's ears. He then grumbled, "Silly Mu," and quickly stopped beneath the rockery.
Zhao Xiang halted his steps, looking at Feng Qishi's peculiar behavior with confusion, and asked, "What's wrong?" He hadn't heard Feng Qishi's voice.
"Nothing," Feng Qishi said, turning his head to look in the direction of the voice. "I have something to do, you go ahead."
"I go?"
"Yes, you go," Feng Qishi said, then turned and left.
Zhao Xiang stood rooted to the spot, utterly bewildered, watching Feng Qishi's retreating figure. He thought about their agreement to leave from the back door together and continue searching for his parents, his heart sinking. He muttered, "Where am I supposed to find them alone?" With a shallow sigh, he turned around and was startled.
"Who are you looking for?" Ouyang Ye asked as he approached.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Xiang immediately calmed his nervous emotions and said blandly, "Looking for Mu Xiao." A flash of inspiration struck him, and he decided to say only what might interest Ouyang Ye.
"Mu Xiao?" Ouyang Ye repeated, frowning. "Shen Moyun has found Mu Xiao."
"No," Zhao Xiang shook his head.
Seeing Zhao Xiang shake his head, Ouyang Ye pondered for a moment and said, "No, where are you going to look?"
"Just searching randomly. Shen Moyun thinks Mu Xiao is in the city," Zhao Xiang lied, his gaze firm, all to prevent Ouyang Ye from seeing through him.
"Is that so?" Ouyang Ye didn't suspect Zhao Xiang at all and said, "Then go ahead and search. If you find her, be sure to notify me first." He was serious.
Zhao Xiang nodded.
Immediately, Ouyang Ye turned around without another word and vanished.
The moment Ouyang Ye disappeared, Zhao Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and decided it was best to return to his room to lie low.
With that thought, he turned and walked away.
At the front gate, Liu Ye remained silent.
Finally, after Song Xu had asked Liu Ye the same question nearly twenty times, he became angry. "Damn girl, I'm talking to you, can't you hear or what?" he said, stepping forward.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao unhesitatingly stepped forward and blocked Song Xu's path. "She doesn't know how to answer, what kind of thing is it to keep asking her like this?" she asked, frowning and putting on a stern expression.
"I wasn't asking you, why are you so anxious? Could it be," Song Xu lowered his eyes to meet Mu Anxiao's, "that you've been lying all along?"
Seeing without saying, from the moment Liu Ye had come over and said that, Song Xu had already suspected Mu Anxiao's identity. He was asking Liu Ye merely to confirm his suspicions and also to force Mu Anxiao to reveal her own identity.
At this moment, Mu Anxiao finally forced Song Xu to speak the truth. "You think I'm lying? Well then, do you have any proof?" she asked, her face impassive.
"Proof?" Song Xu repeated, sneering. "You and Moyun are not friends at all. You're just a servant in this mansion. If I'm not mistaken, the clothes you're wearing were stolen from Brother Shen."
"..." Mu Anxiao couldn't be bothered to argue with Song Xu.
However, Mu Anxiao's reaction only fueled Song Xu's arrogance. "It seems I've guessed it all. Speaking of which, do you like Ah Chu?" he asked deliberately.
"You..."
"If you really like him, I can go to Brother Shen and put in a good word for you, ask Brother Shen to speak to Lord Jin and have Ah Chu bestowed upon you, how about it?" Song Xu arrogantly continued to attack Mu Anxiao's self-esteem with his words.
In contrast, Mu Anxiao had seen people like Song Xu many times decades ago. Naturally, dealing with him was a piece of cake for Mu Anxiao.
However, she didn't want to waste time on this guy.
Therefore, she said coldly, "You're quite good at arranging things."
Song Xu's lips curved. "That's right, I am good at arranging things. What do you think of my arrangements, servant?"
"You call me a servant?" Mu Anxiao retorted.
Song Xu chuckled sheepishly. "Aren't you a servant? In this mansion, only servants get hit by the masters. Could it be that you offended Brother Shen, and that's why you were hit? If you think about it that way, your relationship with Brother Shen isn't that great either?"
"Then let's see if Shen Moyun sides with you or with me," Mu Anxiao said calmly.
Upon hearing Mu Anxiao's words, Song Xu chuckled and said, "I dare guarantee that Brother Shen will definitely side with me."
Then, Mu Anxiao deliberately made an 'oh' sound, calculated the time, and turned to look at Feng Qishi who was walking over elegantly. "Shen Moyun, you're here," she said, waving her hand.
However, Feng Qishi only knew that Mu Anxiao had asked him for help, but he hadn't expected to find Song Xu arguing with Mu Anxiao here. Clearing his throat, he came to Mu Anxiao's side. "What are you doing here?" he asked, feigning ignorance.
Seeing that Shen Moyun was ignoring him, Song Xu was about to protest on his own behalf when Liu Ye called out, "Greetings, General."
Hearing this, Feng Qishi looked at Liu Ye. "What's going on?"
Having been here for so long, Liu Ye had basically understood some things, so she deliberately said, "Just now, I casually asked about Young Master Cao, and then this person asked me why you hit Young Master Cao. When I didn't say anything, he started making all sorts of sarcastic remarks. In short," she cautiously glanced at Song Xu and continued, "I think he's just ill-intentioned and wants to see you make a fool of yourself."
"Girl, can you speak properly?" Song Xu panicked.
Seeing this, Liu Ye, startled, quickly hid behind Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao, secretly pleased, glanced at Liu Ye and said, "Yes, I feel he's just ill-intentioned." As she said this, she lowered her head to look at the wine pot in her hand.
Watching Mu Anxiao and Liu Ye's act of colluding, Song Xu shouted angrily, "Wicked accomplices, the guilty party accuses first." After shouting, he looked at Feng Qishi with a dejected expression.
Seeing Song Xu like this, Feng Qishi couldn't help but chuckle and say, "There's no need to be so angry, is there?"
Song Xu's face fell. "Why no need? I'm being bullied by a servant, and you're not helping me, you're even laughing at me. Brother Shen, you're being too much." He looked as if he were about to cry.