Mu Anxiao watched Feng Qishi grow even more silent, then glanced at the direction of the room door. She spoke in a low voice, "Right, a reminder for you."
Hearing this, Feng Qishi finally snapped back to attention and shifted his gaze to Mu Anxiao's face. "..." He deliberately remained silent.
Mu Anxiao blinked her eyes and continued, "Given Ouyang Ye's personality, he definitely won't let you off easily. If I'm not mistaken, he'll probably try to set you up with Zhao Mei'er. You..." She paused, "You must cooperate then."
"I don't want to cooperate," Feng Qishi said flatly.
Mu Anxiao frowned. "Why? If you don't cooperate, that fellow Ouyang Ye will surely suspect you, and then the mission will be impossible. Are you stupid?" As she spoke, her brow furrowed tightly.
Feng Qishi's eyes sank. "I have other methods."
"Here, you have to listen to me, unless," Mu Anxiao said, her gaze towards Feng Qishi turning cold, "you don't show up."
"Mu Anxiao, I have my plan, and you have yours. Since our plans conflict, let's each do our own thing and not interfere with each other," Feng Qishi said, standing up.
Mu Anxiao's eyes sank, and she also shot up from her seat. "Shen Fengzi, I'm doing this for your own good. This is Ouyang Ye's territory. If you act recklessly, it won't do you any good in the end. Do you understand what I mean?"
"No," Feng Qishi glanced at Mu Anxiao and walked away.
Mu Anxiao had expected Feng Qishi to obey her completely. Unexpectedly, Feng Qishi had given her such a response. With a shallow sigh, she suddenly didn't know what to say.
And so, Feng Qishi didn't talk much with Mu Anxiao for several days. However, to Mu Anxiao's surprise, every time Zhao Mei'er came to find Feng Qishi, he would speak to her kindly. Not only that, but he would also go out with Zhao Mei'er. Every time Mu Anxiao witnessed this scene, her heart felt uncomfortable. But thinking of the mission, she endured it. As for Ouyang Ye, after the incident that day, he hadn't come to find Mu Anxiao. Although she didn't care whether he came or not, his behavior undoubtedly made her feel a sense of crisis.
Lying on the lounge chair, she gazed at the clear blue sky, thinking about the time that had been wasted these past few days, and began to feel anxious. But since Feng Qishi was unwilling to pay her any attention, she could only convey her anxiety to the wolf demon sitting on the lounge chair beside her.
"Tell me, why isn't he coming?"
Hearing this, the wolf demon opened his eyes, turned his head to look at Mu Anxiao beside him, and asked, "Let's not talk about that. I want to ask you a question?"
"Answer my question first," Mu Anxiao said sternly.
The wolf demon took a deep breath and supported the back of his head with his hand. "It's not that I can't answer you, it's just that I really want to ask you a question right now. This question has been stuck in my heart for several days." As he spoke, he clutched his chest.
Mu Anxiao shifted her gaze to the wolf demon's hand and said, "You fellow, alright." She said reluctantly, "Ask away."
"Seeing Feng Qishi and Zhao Mei'er together every day, doesn't it make you feel bad?" the wolf demon said, his expression earnest. "Just now, they went out again."
"Went out... so what if they went out?" Mu Anxiao said, not meaning what she said. She hadn't really noticed that Feng Qishi had gone out.
"He went out with Zhao Mei'er, and you really..."
"Jiong Ye is following them, so she naturally wouldn't feel anything," the vine spirit interrupted the wolf demon and walked to Mu Anxiao's side. "By the way, when will the escape plan be executed?"
If the vine spirit hadn't mentioned it, Mu Anxiao wouldn't have known that Jiong Ye was also following them. Now that she heard it, her suspended heart finally relaxed. "Who told you I devised an escape plan? Didn't everyone say we should live well here? How come," Ever since that day, the vine spirit had been bothering Mu Anxiao to discuss this issue from time to time. She had given him countless answers, but he still wouldn't give up. She felt a sense of exasperation towards him. "Do you want to go back to the mortal realm and cause trouble again?"
"If I go back, I'll be a chain."
"I don't care what you are, I still remember all the things you've done."
"What about me?" the wolf demon interjected.
"You," Mu Anxiao turned her head to look at the wolf demon, a smile playing on her lips, "speaking of which, among all the demon souls and monsters I've captured, you two are the ones I remember most vividly."
The wolf demon gave an awkward laugh.
Mu Anxiao cast a sideways glance at the wolf demon, then turned back to the vine spirit. "You should just stay here properly. You have food and drink without worry, what else do you want?"
"I don't feel at ease here."
"Why don't you feel at ease?"
"The demons here are all fickle. I always feel like I can't fit in."
"It will get better slowly," Mu Anxiao said, pointing towards the room. "Go and pour me a cup of tea, I'm thirsty."
"Oh." The vine spirit responded, turned, and walked away.
The wolf demon smiled. "I didn't expect him to really listen to you."
"It's just a small favor. But speaking of which," Mu Anxiao said, looking at the wolf demon again, "Rose hasn't come to see you recently."
The wolf demon shook his head and smiled. "It's better if she doesn't come to see me. This means she might have given up on me."
"It's always quiet before the storm," Mu Anxiao said, taking a breath of air. "Terrifyingly quiet."
"Then, does that mean you're about to encounter a storm?"
"Who knows? I really can't figure out what Ouyang Ye is plotting lately," Mu Anxiao said, reaching out to take the tea offered by the vine spirit.
The vine spirit said, "Recently, Feng Qishi and the others have gone out and haven't brought back any news. The calmer it is," he clutched his chest, "the more uneasy I feel."
"Mm, I feel the same," Mu Anxiao and the wolf demon said in unison.
Just then, the bee's voice came from the direction of the courtyard gate, "You're all here."
Upon hearing this, they collectively shifted their gaze. As for the wolf demon and Mu Anxiao... they had no intention of getting up.
The bee looked at them and smiled. "You're living quite leisurely," he said, walking up to them.
Mu Anxiao, looking at the bee's cheerful expression, muttered to herself, "Why are you so happy? Did Rose agree to marry you?"
"You really talk nonsense," the bee said, tidying his sleeves and continuing to smile. "I've been promoted."
"Promoted?"
"Yes. The master has promoted many demons in the past few days." The bee stopped mid-sentence, then suddenly realized. "Oh, you don't know?"
"..." Mu Anxiao was completely bewildered.
The wolf demon quickly calculated with his fingers and sat up abruptly. "I remember now."
Mu Anxiao: "..." She turned her head to look at the wolf demon.
The wolf demon said, "Recently, it's the time for the Cultivation Demon Realm to recruit disciples, and also the time for disciples who have cultivated into demons to receive positions." He looked up at the bee. "It seems you've benefited from their influence."
"You really know how to talk," the bee said, looking displeased.
The wolf demon's lips curved, and just as he was about to retort to the bee, Rose arrived. "Everyone's here."
Hearing this, they all turned their gaze towards Rose.
A quarter of an hour later...
The wolf demon sat on the lounge chair looking dejected, muttering incessantly, "...No way, no way."
"I told you it was the calm before the storm," the vine spirit said, turning back to look at Mu Anxiao, who was squatting in front of Rose's dowry. "What are you doing?"
"These are all magic artifacts from the demon realm. It's evident she's made quite a contribution," Mu Anxiao said, then stood up and looked at the wolf demon, who was about to enter into marriage.
Upon hearing this, the wolf demon bent over and covered his face.