Under the bed, Jia was still staring at the blue light in Mu Anxiao’s hand. Just as he was about to speak, Mu Hua’s face suddenly appeared in Mu Anxiao’s eyes. She had no reaction, lowered her head, and glanced at her hand.
Mu Hua frowned.
Jia turned his head to look at Mu Hua, whose gaze was constantly drifting around the bed, and said, “She can’t see you.”
“…” Mu Anxiao observed Mu Hua’s facial expressions.
As the wind stirred, Feng Qishi heard Jia’s voice, then fixed his gaze on the bedsheet, thinking, *Strange, the spell I cast on that foolish Mu has already failed, and with her current physical condition, she’s not even capable of invisibility. What’s going on?*
However, as Feng Qishi was pondering this with great confusion, Mu Hua straightened up and mumbled, “No one’s here.” Her eyes flickered, and she slowly turned with an embarrassed expression to look at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi withdrew his thoughts and coldly said, “Have you had enough?”
Mu Hua nodded.
“Go out,” Feng Qishi simply uttered two words.
Mu Hua slightly lowered her eyelids. Just as she was about to step away, her gaze locked onto the bundle. “What is that…” she said, bypassing Feng Qishi and walking towards the table.
Feng Qishi squinted his eyes, turned around, and asked, “What are you doing now?”
“This bundle…” Mu Hua stopped at the table, reached out and touched the fabric wrapped around the clothes, and asked, “This isn’t yours, is it?”
Feng Qishi remained silent.
Seeing Feng Qishi not respond, Mu Hua frowned, turned sideways, and fixed her gaze on Feng Qishi’s face. “It seems I was right.”
“It’s not mine,” Feng Qishi admitted.
“…” Mu Hua smiled.
Feng Qishi asked, “What are you laughing at?”
“As expected, you’re hiding someone,” Mu Hua said. She then turned back and looked at the fabric, exclaiming in surprise, “No, this is the exclusive fabric of my Mu Manor.”
Feng Qishi: “…” He sighed, utterly speechless at Mu Hua’s startled and surprised demeanor.
Then, Mu Hua turned back to Feng Qishi again, “How do you have…”
“That’s enough,” Feng Qishi interrupted. He truly couldn’t stand Mu Hua anymore.
“I’m not done, this clearly is…” Mu Hua trailed off, then realized, “I know.”
“What do you know now?” Feng Qishi said helplessly.
“This is Mu Xiao’s, right?” Mu Hua turned all her accusations towards Mu Anxiao.
Beneath the bed.
Mu Anxiao heard Mu Hua’s words, pulled her thoughts back, and frowned, “This wretched girl is indeed trying to harm me everywhere.”
“Truly wicked,” Jia chimed in.
Mu Anxiao glanced at Jia, unsure if he was defending her or just adding to the situation, and remained silent.
Jia frowned, “What are you looking at me for?”
“Didn’t you say she’s prettier than me, and definitely kind-hearted? How come…”
“When did I say that?” Jia interrupted, startled by Mu Anxiao’s sudden words.
“You…” Mu Anxiao uttered a single word, lowered her head, stared at the blue light in her palm, and mumbled, “No.”
Seeing Mu Anxiao acting so mysteriously, and thinking of her slanderous words, Jia said indignantly, “I’m talking to you very seriously about this problem, what do you mean ‘no’?”
“This light… looks familiar,” Mu Anxiao said in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Jia temporarily put aside the previous topic, lowered his head, and stared at the blue light in Mu Anxiao’s palm. After thinking for a moment, he exclaimed excitedly, “I remember!”
“What do you remember?” Mu Anxiao looked at Jia calmly.
Conversely, Jia thought Mu Anxiao would be very excited upon hearing his words, but to his surprise, she was so calm. At this moment, he was disappointed. “Why aren’t you surprised?”
“It’s not too late to be surprised after you’ve finished speaking,” Mu Anxiao said faintly.
Hearing Mu Anxiao say this, Jia was speechless for a few seconds, then continued, “I saw this light once when I was on a mission.”
“On a mission?” Mu Anxiao remained calm.
This time, Jia had grown accustomed to Mu Anxiao’s reaction and said, “It seems I saw it in the wheat fields, but at that time, because of the mission, I didn’t look closely, so…”
“You can still remember it now, and you call not looking closely?” Mu Anxiao interrupted.
Jia was momentarily embarrassed and said impatiently, “Alright, alright, I admit it, I was being lazy.”
“No wonder you were demoted,” Mu Anxiao stated directly.
Hearing this, Jia reacted, “Oh, I was demoted, not dismissed.”
“…” Mu Anxiao was speechless.
Jia looked at Mu Anxiao’s speechless gaze, smiled, and then lowered his head again to stare at the blue light in her palm, saying, “I know.”
“What do you know?”
“It must be nearby.”
“Who is nearby?” Mu Anxiao was confused.
Jia said earnestly, “That… immortal… or demon… who possesses this spell.”
“Immortal… or demon?” Mu Anxiao spoke, carefully sniffed the air around her, and wondered, “I don’t think so.”
“I think that person, whether male or female… has hidden their immortal or demonic aura, just like you,” Jia became exceptionally serious.
After staring at Jia for a few seconds, Mu Anxiao turned her head and looked outside through the gap again, saying, “Strange, why have they stopped talking?”
“Who knows? Are you listening to me?” Jia asked.
Mu Anxiao: “Talk to me after you’ve cleared your head.” Saying this, she followed the gap with her eyes to Feng Qishi and Mu Hua’s feet.
Jia was speechless.
Outside.
Feng Qishi listened to their conversation while staring at Mu Hua, deliberately remaining silent.
Conversely, Mu Hua, seeing Feng Qishi completely silent and then glancing back at the bundle, couldn’t help but speak, “What, I was right, you’re helping Mu Xiao escape.”
“…” Feng Qishi heard no movement from under the bed, then said, “Think whatever you want.”
“You…” Mu Hua appeared angry, but a smile still lingered on her lips. “I know, you are…”
“If your mother finds out you are here with me,” Feng Qishi narrowed his eyes, “will she be angry?”
“My mother won’t be angry. Speak, where is Mu Xiao?”
“If you say one more nonsense word, I won’t be polite,” he said, drawing the short knife tucked at his waist.
Seeing this, Mu Hua took half a step back, bumping into the table, and said, “What are you going to do?”
“I’m thinking of how to cut off your gibberish tongue,” Feng Qishi deliberately tried to scare Mu Hua.
Mu Hua’s eyes widened, “You dare! You… the fabric of this bundle is clearly from our Mu family. You… you’re definitely hiding Mu Xiao, definitely.”
“…” Feng Qishi, seeing Mu Hua’s persistent attitude, also grew annoyed. “Fine, you say it’s Mu Xiao’s, alright, take it.”
“You…”
“Hold on, I’m stating my terms upfront. Open the bundle first and see. If there’s no women’s clothing, I’ll cut off your tongue,” Feng Qishi threatened Mu Hua.
Mu Hua’s body stiffened upon hearing this. She turned her head, reached out, and fumbled through the clothes in the bundle, exclaiming in surprise, “It’s all men’s clothing. This… this is yours.”
Feng Qishi: “Now that you know it’s mine, alright, my tongue can also…”
“I was joking,” Mu Hua quickly interrupted, smiling at Feng Qishi. “Brother Shen, I apologize for the disturbance.”
“…” Feng Qishi played with the short knife.
Mu Hua gave a dry laugh, cautiously moved a couple of steps to the side, then quickly turned and ran away.
Feng Qishi let out a soft snort, retracted his short knife, walked gracefully to the door, and after ensuring Mu Hua had completely left, closed the door and said, “You can come out.”
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao glanced at Jia, who had been staring at her since earlier, and asked, “What are you looking at me for?”
“You’re invisible now…” Jia said, but halfway through, a blue light flashed before his eyes, forcing him to close his eyes due to the blinding light.
Mu Anxiao was startled, quickly turned her head, lifted the bedsheet, looked at the blue light flying away, and mumbled, “It’s nearby.” Saying this, she climbed out.
Jia no longer had the courage to open his eyes.
Feng Qishi looked at Mu Anxiao, who had suddenly stood up, with a confused expression and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Mu Anxiao ignored Feng Qishi, quickly ran to the door, and just as she was about to open it, her heart sank. She thought, *No, isn’t it that once a spell is cast, it can’t be recalled? What exactly was that blue light?* Thinking this, she lowered her head and looked at her own palm.
Feng Qishi looked at Mu Anxiao’s retreating figure, utterly bewildered, and asked again, “What’s wrong?”
“…” Mu Anxiao stared at her palm for a few seconds, turned to look at the questioning Feng Qishi, and retorted, “Is there a spell that can be cast and then recalled?”
“…” Feng Qishi couldn’t understand Mu Anxiao’s words and frowned.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao walked up to Feng Qishi and asked, “You didn’t understand what I said?”
“I…” Feng Qishi uttered a word, then repeated Mu Anxiao’s words in his mind before saying, “I understood, it’s just… I don’t understand why you’re asking this question, and also… what were you discussing with Jia just now?”
“You heard,” Mu Anxiao said faintly.
Feng Qishi nodded.
“It’s good that you heard. Did you see the blue light just now?” Mu Anxiao tilted her head and fixed her gaze on Feng Qishi’s face.
Feng Qishi looked puzzled, “What blue light?” He hadn’t seen anything.
“You didn’t see it?” Mu Anxiao was surprised.
“What are you talking about? What did you see?” Feng Qishi was curious about what Mu Anxiao was saying.
Mu Anxiao saw that Feng Qishi didn’t seem to be lying, so she didn’t say anything more, recalling that question.
Feng Qishi: “…” He didn’t dare to ask further, quietly observing the changes in Mu Anxiao’s expression.
At the same time, Jia crawled out from under the bed, stood up, and looked at Mu Anxiao and Feng Qishi, who were both silent. “Why aren’t you talking?” he asked, still rubbing his eyes.
Upon hearing this, Feng Qishi and Mu Anxiao turned their gazes to Jia’s face together. Mu Anxiao asked, “Hey, did you see that blue light just now?”
Hearing this, Jia said excitedly, “If I hadn’t seen it, would I be like this?” He closed his eyes. “I don’t know what you’re thinking.”
“Do you think that was a demon, or…”
“Outside,” Jia suddenly interrupted, quickly passed them, ran to the door, then forcefully opened it and looked outside, his eyes widening.
Mu Anxiao became curious about Jia’s reaction, then quickly turned, walked forward, and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Don’t come over,” Jia said.
Mu Anxiao stopped and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”
Jia took a step back and slammed the door shut.
Mu Anxiao was confused, “What’s wrong with you… what is this?” She was startled by Jia’s reaction.
Jia swallowed a couple of times, turned to look at Mu Anxiao, and said, “I’ve caused trouble.”
“Caused trouble…” Mu Anxiao was completely bewildered, turned her head, and looked at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi saw Mu Anxiao looking at him, was stunned for a moment, and asked, “Why are you looking at me?”
“Only you can help him here,” Mu Anxiao said, pointing at Jia.
Hearing Mu Anxiao say this, Jia also shifted his gaze to Feng Qishi’s face and said, “When I opened the door just now, a girl was standing in the center of the courtyard. When the girl saw the door suddenly open, she fainted.”
“…” Feng Qishi was speechless.
Mu Anxiao: “There’s a maid outside.” Saying this, she stepped forward, glanced down at Jia, then gently opened the door and peeked out through the gap, saying, “No one’s here.”
“Under the steps,” Jia reminded her.
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao realized that in this manner… she would certainly not be able to see what she wanted to see. So, she thought for a moment, mustered all her courage, opened the door, stepped over the threshold, and walked out.
Moments later.
Mu Anxiao, carrying the maid who had been scared unconscious by Jia, stopped at the door. “Move aside,” she said, looking up at Feng Qishi, who was blocking her.
Feng Qishi glanced at the maid on Mu Anxiao’s back and said, “She can’t come in.”
“Why…”
“If I’m not mistaken, she’s Mu Hua’s maid. If she comes in and Mu Hua finds out, do you think,” Feng Qishi interrupted, his mind clear, “what her fate will be?”
“Whether it’s good or bad has nothing to do with me,” Mu Anxiao said coldly.
Feng Qishi was startled, “What do you mean by that?”
“What do I mean…” Mu Anxiao, carrying the relatively light maid, snorted coldly and retorted, “What do you think she sent this maid here for?”
“…” Feng Qishi remained silent.
Seeing Feng Qishi’s stunned expression, Mu Anxiao asked, “You don’t know?”
“…” Feng Qishi took a deep breath and said, “I really don’t know.”
“You don’t know…” Mu Anxiao sneered, completely unbothered by the maid’s weight on her back. “Aren’t you Shen Moyun, General Shen? How could… you not know.”
“Do you have to mock me?” Feng Qishi was displeased.
Mu Anxiao’s lips curled, “No need, move aside.”
“You…”
“She definitely heard our conversation just now. If you want her to go back and report it, then continue blocking me and wait for her to wake up,” Mu Anxiao interrupted, her eyes sharp.
Feng Qishi frowned, lowered his head, and looked at Jia standing beside him, asking, “What do you think about this matter?”
“If you have a clear conscience, you won’t be afraid of a ghostly knock. She definitely heard it, otherwise,” Jia looked up at Feng Qishi, becoming serious, “she wouldn’t have such a strong reaction.”
“…” Feng Qishi thought Jia’s words made sense, then raised his head to look at Mu Anxiao, “You think so too.”
Mu Anxiao nodded.
Feng Qishi sighed, “Alright, you can come in.” Saying this, he and Jia moved aside together.
Mu Anxiao, carrying the maid, entered.
Minutes later.
After Mu Anxiao placed the maid flat on the ground, she stood up and looked at Feng Qishi, who had closed the door, without speaking.
Jia glanced at both Mu Anxiao and Feng Qishi, pursing his lips.