Yao Hun looked at You Xian’s face, appearing drunk yet lucid, and with a surge of disdain, withdrew her hand from You Xian’s forehead. “A young lady like you drinking so much, what are you thinking?” she said, standing up and looking at the two drunks who continued to mock Mu Anxiao. She snorted, “It’s these two who are hindering my communication with this little lass. It seems I need to teach them a lesson.”
At that moment, You Xian fell asleep.
Yao Hun glanced down at You Xian, then skirted around the tables and chairs to the side of the two men in black, crouching down.
Over there, Mu Anxiao grabbed the woman’s wrist, which held a short knife, and said, “Enough.”
“You have a wound on your hand, you know,” the woman said, glancing at the wound on Mu Anxiao that had started bleeding again.
Mu Anxiao endured the pain of her torn wound and said through gritted teeth, “It looks like you’ve tricked quite a few girls.”
“That has nothing to do with you,” the woman said, struggling to break free.
Mu Anxiao persisted, still gripping the woman’s wrist tightly. “I need to teach you a lesson,” she said, completely ignoring her own injury and using all her strength to twist the woman’s wrist backward.
The woman cried out in pain, “You’re really ruthless.”
Mu Anxiao: “If you move again, I’ll break your wrist.”
“You wouldn’t dare,” the woman gritted out, sweat beading on her forehead.
Mu Anxiao’s lips curved into a smile, “See if I dare.” She took half a step forward.
Immediately, the woman, frightened, shouted, “Stop.”
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao retracted her foot and said calmly, “What, scared?”
The woman endured the pain and said, “Let go of me.”
“I won’t,” Mu Anxiao said softly, a bold idea suddenly forming in her mind. “Tell me, where are the girls you sold?”
“What do you want to do?” the woman exclaimed.
Mu Anxiao: “I just came in to see if those two were still up to no good, who knew I’d run into you.” She narrowed her eyes. “Oh, right, I gave you a chance earlier, and you didn’t take it.”
“You…”
“I am the young lady of the Mu residence, naturally, I have the right to capture you. This,” Mu Anxiao interrupted deliberately, momentarily ignoring Yao Hun behind her, maintaining her smile, “you should understand, right?”
“Let us go,” the woman said in a low voice.
“Even if you beg me, I won’t listen,” Mu Anxiao said firmly, using this to listen to the movement behind her.
The woman’s expression froze.
Behind them.
Under the influence of Yao Hun’s sorcery, the two men in black awoke together and stood up.
Yao Hun crossed her arms and looked at them, saying calmly, “Let her go.”
The first man in black heard a voice but saw no one, looking left and right. “Who’s speaking?”
“Never mind. The girl you captured has a status. If you dare to be negligent,” Yao Hun stared at the two men who were looking around for her, continuing, “I’ll let you die.”
Yao Hun was in the dark, while they were in the light.
Naturally, they were scared.
Immediately, the first man in black looked in the direction of the voice and asked, “What do you want us to do?”
The second man in black, just like the first, fixed his gaze on that direction and said, “Yes, tell us what to do, and we’ll do it.”
Yao Hun smiled, “Very good.” She said, glancing sideways at the sleeping You Xian on the ground, continuing, “Get a carriage and send her to the palace gate. Someone will pick her up. Then, you can leave.”
“Carriage…” the first man in black said, looking around. “Then the money is yours…”
“Of course, you’ll pay for it yourselves. I know exactly what you do. If you don’t want to die,” Yao Hun’s tone was icy, “do as you’re told.”
“Yes,” the first man in black replied immediately.
The second man in black managed a wry smile.
Yao Hun looked at them each in turn and said, “If you dare to fool me, you’ll die too.”
“We wouldn’t dare, we wouldn’t dare,” they said in unison.
“Send her off in an hour,” Yao Hun said, then glanced at You Xian and left in a red light.
Outside.
Feng Qishi looked up at the red light streaking into the sky, thought for a moment, then circled out from behind a pillar and walked gracefully towards the room.
In the room.
The two men in black exchanged a look. The first man in black said, “You go find the carriage.” He looked at the second man in black.
The second man in black showed a displeased expression, “Why me? Not you.”
“Fine, then you carry her.” The first man in black pointed at You Xian.
Seeing this, the second man in black’s eyes darted away, and he said, “Forget it, I’ll go.” He lowered his head, then unintentionally looked at Mu Anxiao’s retreating back and called out, “Who are you?”
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao threw off the woman’s hand, turned to face the second man in black, and said calmly, “Who do you think I am?”
“…” The second man in black was stunned.
The woman rubbed her wrist, looking at the two men in black who had been talking to themselves for so long with surprise, not daring to speak.
Conversely, the first man in black peeked at the woman and pretended to be angry, saying, “You little brat, why are you here? You…”
“Stop pretending, I know you’re in this together,” Mu Anxiao said, turning her head to glance at the woman, then at the two men, asking knowingly, “Who are you talking to?”
After hearing Yao Hun’s conversation with them, she suddenly realized… Yao Hun wasn’t as bad as she thought. On the contrary… she inexplicably felt that Yao Hun seemed kinder than this woman.
In any case, she had softened towards Yao Hun.
The first man in black looked surprised, “You didn’t hear?” He thought they had all heard.
Mu Anxiao frowned, “Hear what… No, I didn’t.” She then looked at the woman and asked, “Did you hear anything?”
The woman shook her head.
Then, Mu Anxiao turned back to the two men in black who had been assigned tasks and said, “See, none of us heard.” She spread her hands.
The second man in black frowned, “That’s strange.”
“Don’t be strange for now,” Mu Anxiao said, glancing at You Xian lying on the ground. “Didn’t you stop doing this kind of business? What’s with her?”
Upon hearing this, the second man in black chuckled foolishly.
The first man in black looked at the second man in black and smiled, saying, “No, this is a girl we are sending to the palace. She…”
“Stop lying, I heard what you said just now,” Mu Anxiao interrupted.
Hearing this, the first man in black hurriedly walked around the table to You Xian’s front, turned to face Mu Anxiao, and said, “My lady, please turn a blind eye this time. I beg you.” He knelt down.
The woman looked on, astonished.
“What is it?” Mu Anxiao had no intention of stopping the first man in black and asked.
“This…” The first man in black, thinking of Yao Hun’s words, showed a bitter expression. “This… it’s a long story.” He then looked at the second man in black.