"Ant spirit," the wolf demon reminded her simply.
The vine demon stared at Mu Anxiao with annoyance…
"What's the connection between the name I chose and ant spirit? She's called..." Mu Anxiao's eyes lit up mid-sentence, and she smiled, "Oh, her name is Xiao Yi."
"Yes," the wolf demon nodded.
Wang Hu's eyes brightened as he waited for Mu Anxiao's reply.
At the same time, Zhu You, looking foolish, glanced at the wolf demon and Wang Hu, then stood up. "You guys chat, I'm leaving." He knew he wouldn't have any common ground with them.
"Farewell," Mu Anxiao said, raising a hand.
Zhu You cupped his fists. "Farewell." After speaking, he smiled at the wolf demon and the others again and left.
After Zhu You left, Mu Anxiao looked back at the vine demon. "If that's what you think, then name yourself."
"I want a surname," the vine demon suddenly made a request.
Mu Anxiao was taken aback. "Why are you telling me this? Can't you just give yourself a name?"
"Anything is fine, as long as it's not like the ant spirit," the vine demon's 'request' wasn't high.
Mu Anxiao chuckled dryly. "You're really making things difficult for me," she said, giving the wolf demon a look, asking for his help.
"I didn't even name myself," the wolf demon understood Mu Anxiao's meaning.
Mu Anxiao was speechless.
The next second, Wang Hu exclaimed, "I know what your name is!" He looked at the vine demon.
The vine demon didn't hold out any hope for Wang Hu's words… and then gave him a polite smile.
On the contrary, Wang Hu became serious. "Your name will be Wang Tiao," he said, eagerly awaiting the vine demon's reply, "How is it, how is it?"
"Then I'll still be called Mu..."
"You are Mu Anxiao."
At the sound of her voice, they, who were caught in the naming storm, all turned their gaze in unison towards Xiao Yi standing behind the vine demon…
The vine demon's body stiffened. He slowly turned his head to look at Xiao Yi's face. Xiao Yi revealed a look of disgust, "It's you, ugh..." She withdrew her hand that was about to help him onto his shoulder.
Then, the wolf demon raised his head and stared at Xiao Yi, saying nothing.
"Why are you here?" Wang Hu stood up and asked.
"You lied to me," Xiao Yi said, looking at Wang Hu, then crossing her arms in front of her.
"What did I lie to you about?" Wang Hu pretended to be calm. Worried that Xiao Yi would turn her attention to Mu Anxiao, he quickly walked around the tables and chairs to stand in front of her. "Let's talk outside," he said, reaching out and taking her arm without any hesitation.
"You've already found Mu Anxiao," Xiao Yi said, showing no intention of leaving.
Wang Hu frowned slightly. "Let's talk outside. You're disturbing my friends' meal."
"I heard from my master that Mu Anxiao used to be a beggar. If..."
"They're all men," Wang Hu interrupted intentionally.
Xiao Yi sneered, "I remember now, Mu Anxiao never wears women's clothing." With that, she violently shook off Wang Hu's hand and looked at the wolf demon.
The wolf demon frowned slightly.
A smile played on Xiao Yi's lips. "You're not Mu Anxiao," she said, glancing at the vine demon again. "And you're not either. That means Mu Anxiao must be her." After speaking, she shifted her gaze to Mu Anxiao's face.
Mu Anxiao calmly accepted this reality.
"She's not," Wang Hu said quickly.
"Don't try to lie to me," Xiao Yi said, quickly withdrawing her gaze fixed on Mu Anxiao's face, and then glared fiercely at Wang Hu. "My master said you are the most deceitful."
"You..."
"You only listen to whatever your master says. I think," Mu Anxiao disliked this feeling of being kept in the dark and stood up. "You really aren't suited to be a diligent little ant, but rather... truly suited to be a watchdog."
Wang Hu's eyes darkened.
Xiao Yi snorted and pushed Wang Hu away. Passing by the vine demon, she walked to Mu Anxiao's side. "What I want to do is my business, and you have no right to interfere."
"I know," Mu Anxiao said, turning to Xiao Yi, and said coldly, "How strange."
Xiao Yi frowned. "What do you want to say?"
"Your teeth..." Mu Anxiao said, pinching Xiao Yi's face. "No, you don't have teeth."
Xiao Yi was stunned…
Mu Anxiao continued, "That's not right. Are you even an ant? You should only have mandibles (mouth), right? So, are these teeth fake?" After asking, she released her hand and wiped it twice on Xiao Yi's shoulder.
Xiao Yi's eyes widened in anger. "What exactly do you want to do?"
Hearing Xiao Yi's words, the wolf demon and the vine demon both stood up.
"Nothing, I just heard that your master wants you to kill me," Mu Anxiao said indifferently.
Originally, all of Xiao Yi's tasks were to be carried out in secret. Now… with Mu Anxiao saying this, all her plans were exposed. At this moment, she saw Wang Hu as the culprit who exposed everything.
Therefore, she turned sideways and glared furiously at Wang Hu. "..." The reason she was worried about Wang Hu finding Mu Anxiao first was because she knew Wang Hu would definitely reveal everything to Mu Anxiao. As expected… her worries came true. Because of this, she hated Wang Hu to the core.
Wang Hu's face turned cold.
"If you don't let me off easily, I won't let you off easily either," Xiao Yi said, spreading her hands to conjure wooden bars and walking towards Wang Hu.
Wang Hu snorted coldly and was about to attack.
Mu Anxiao looked at Xiao Yi's clearly disadvantaged back and said coldly, "You doing this might lead to a miserable death." She believed Xiao Yi valued her life.
Hearing this, Wang Hu looked at Mu Anxiao, who was trying to stop Xiao Yi.
As expected, after hearing Mu Anxiao's words, Xiao Yi lowered her raised hand and said, "Go back," her eyes darkened, and she turned to look at Mu Anxiao. "I'll die anyway."
"If you follow me, you won't die," Mu Anxiao decided to bribe Xiao Yi.
"You're crazy," Wang Hu said quickly.
The wolf demon and the vine demon also didn't expect Mu Anxiao to be so foolish. Looking at her, they both said in unison, "Mu Anxiao, you're crazy."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao glanced at them, who were considering her well-being, and smiled. "Don't worry, I'm not crazy," she said, then turned back to Xiao Yi, who was staring directly at her. "What do you say?"
Wang Hu frowned. "Mu Anxiao, she doesn't even trust me, and you..."
"I can choose you," Xiao Yi interrupted suddenly.
Mu Anxiao: "It seems you have demands." She stared at Xiao Yi's face.
The wolf demon looked at Xiao Yi's hypocritical face and thought about what Xiao Yi had done to Wang Hu. He couldn't help but say, "Mu Anxiao, don't trust her, it won't do you any good."
"Don't trust her," the vine demon agreed.
Conversely, Mu Anxiao ignored them completely and waited for Xiao Yi's reply…