"I..." Xiao Fei dared not offend Mu Anxiao, and then cautiously pointed towards the door. "This room is too bright, I'm still scared."
"Scared? I've already used magic to make the light in this room very soft. If you're still scared, it means you don't trust me," Mu Anxiao said with a serious expression.
Xiao Fei shook her head slightly. "I don't, I just..."
"Stop making excuses and come out," Mu Anxiao interrupted, reaching out and immediately taking Xiao Fei's arm.
Xiao Fei's body stiffened.
Minutes later.
Xiao Fei followed Mu Anxiao's steps to the table and sat down beside the woman in the green dress.
Mu Anxiao walked around the table and chairs, returned to sit opposite them, and looked at Xiao Fei. "How do you feel?"
After staring at her palms for a few seconds, Xiao Fei lowered her head and smiled. "It doesn't hurt."
"See, I told you," Mu Anxiao said, picking up her spoon and continuing to eat.
Xiao Fei: "I'm really embarrassed."
"You know it's embarrassing too," the woman in the green dress glanced at Xiao Fei, then turned back to Mu Anxiao. "She's a soul. If she doesn't return in time, she'll become a wandering ghost. Don't you understand this?"
"She still has something unfinished."
"Something..." the woman in the green dress said, frowning slightly. "So, according to you, after anyone dies, they can complete their wishes with your help? Don't you know what you're doing is..."
"My mother's life is entangled with hers. If I don't do this, the killer will be hard to find, and I'll never..." Mu Anxiao interrupted, glancing at Xiao Fei. "She holds deep resentment. Today, she managed to escape the eyes of the Yin soldiers. If I don't do this, she will definitely make mistakes again, so I must help her."
Every soul that becomes a wandering ghost must have a certain amount of courage.
Therefore, judging from Xiao Fei's persistent attitude, Mu Anxiao felt it necessary to continue this 'agreement' with her.
Xiao Fei looked moved, her eyes fixed on Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao looked at the expressionless face of the woman in the green dress opposite her and continued, "Of course, I also know that becoming a wandering ghost takes time. As long as I send her back within a month, she won't become that."
"Really?" The woman in the green dress had never heard of this rule, so she showed a surprised expression.
"Mm," Mu Anxiao nodded, picked up her chopsticks, and placed a piece of leaf into her bowl.
The woman in the green dress: "Since you've said so, I won't say anything more." As she spoke, she suddenly stared at Xiao Fei.
Xiao Fei felt shy under the woman's gaze. "Why are you looking at me?"
"What's your name?"
"My name is Xiao Fei."
"Xiao Fei," the woman in the green dress repeated, nodding slightly. "Alright, I know."
"..." Xiao Fei smiled awkwardly and asked, "What's your name?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao looked up at the woman in the green dress, as she didn't know her name either, and was now curious.
The woman in the green dress glanced at both Xiao Fei and Mu Anxiao. "My name isn't pleasant." As she spoke, her gaze shifted evasively.
Mu Anxiao: "If it isn't pleasant, you won't say it? Then..." She looked serious. "What should I call you in the future? Could it be... I call you 'the woman in the green dress'?"
Xiao Fei blinked her eyes and said nothing.
The woman in the green dress looked embarrassed. "That nickname is too strange." As she spoke, her expression froze.
Mu Anxiao shrugged. "I also think it's strange. In that case, just leave your real name." After she finished speaking, she smiled at the woman in the green dress.
Xiao Fei also smiled.
The woman in the green dress had always thought Mu Anxiao wouldn't ask for her name.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Fei's question had piqued Mu Anxiao's curiosity.
Swallowing, she glanced at both Mu Anxiao and Xiao Fei again and said, "My name is Yuan Qing."
"Yuan Qing?" Mu Anxiao said, then looked at the green dress the woman was wearing. "No wonder you like wearing green dresses; it has meaning."
"It has no meaning. My master thought it was troublesome to come up with names, so he named us according to the color of our dresses."
"Then those two, won't one be Yuan Hong, and the other called..."
"No, one is called Yuan Chi, and the other Yuan Fen."
"Yuan Chi... Chi, red," Mu Anxiao said, laughing. "Your master really knows how to name people."
"..." Yuan Qing smiled awkwardly.
Mu Anxiao: "Speaking of which, do you have your original name?" She thought, since Yuan Qing's master could rename her, it meant Yuan Qing must have had another name.
Of course, it wasn't out of gossip; she just felt since there was nothing to do, it wouldn't hurt to find some topics of conversation.
Yuan Qing: "Yes."
"Do you still remember it?" Mu Anxiao tested.
Yuan Qing shook her head slightly. "After becoming an immortal, I asked my master to seal all my memories, so the memories before becoming an immortal are all gone."
"Why did you do that?"
"Because..." Yuan Qing said, shaking her head slightly. "No, I forgot."
"You..." Mu Anxiao uttered a word, then after thinking through Yuan Qing's words, she said faintly, "Alright, then I won't ask you anymore." As she spoke, she picked up her bowl and ate the remaining porridge in two or three gulps.
Yuan Qing smiled. "This is my master's favorite breakfast."
"Do you always make it for your master when you have nothing else to do?" Mu Anxiao asked, putting down her bowl.
Yuan Qing nodded.
"Then you..."
Before Mu Anxiao could finish speaking, a blue light suddenly flashed from the sky, and then Yuan Xiao appeared beside the table. "..." She ignored Mu Anxiao and looked down at Yuan Qing.
Xiao Fei was startled and jumped up, hiding back beside the wardrobe.
Mu Anxiao calmly watched Yuan Xiao, who had suddenly appeared before her, and frowned.
Previously, Mu Anxiao hadn't observed Yuan Xiao carefully. Now, seeing her suddenly, she realized... Yuan Xiao looked exactly like a woman she had met before.
However, she had forgotten what the person who looked like Yuan Xiao was called.
With this question in mind, she stood up.
Seeing Mu Anxiao stand up, Yuan Qing also stood up.
Then, Yuan Xiao finally turned her head to look at Mu Anxiao. "You're better."
"...." Mu Anxiao listened to Yuan Xiao's words, then temporarily set aside that topic and said, "I didn't expect you to still..."
"Don't flatter me. Why did you let my disciple follow you?" Yuan Xiao suddenly asked.
Mu Anxiao's expression stiffened, and she slowly shifted her gaze to Yuan Qing's face.
Seeing this, Yuan Qing quickly explained, "Master, this was all my own decision; it has nothing to do with her."
Listening to Yuan Qing's agitated words, Mu Anxiao asked, "Your master didn't agree?"
Yuan Qing's eyes darted away.
Yuan Xiao said, "If I had agreed, I wouldn't have found myself here." She glanced at Mu Anxiao, then looked back at Yuan Qing.
Mu Anxiao was speechless.
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