Mu Anxiao nodded.
Mifeng smiled, "You really are a loyal fellow. In that case," he gestured towards the study, "you go in for me."
"But.."
"Go." Mifeng commanded.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao could only nod speechlessly and turned to the door. After a pause, she entered.
After Mu Anxiao had completely entered, Mifeng smirked and looked around. He thought to himself, it was too easy. If you want to be a scapegoat, I'll give you the opportunity...
Inside.
The moment Mu Anxiao closed the door behind her with her hands clasped behind her back, she snorted and muttered, "What a fool." She then walked to the center of the study, turned, and glanced at the bookshelves on all sides. Finally, she locked onto Xi'er's desk, thinking that given Xi'er's personality, she wouldn't leave such an important terrain map in plain sight. Thus, there must be a mechanism under the desk.
A few minutes later.
Mu Anxiao searched everywhere but found nothing.
"What's going on? No mechanism," she muttered, crawling out from under the desk and standing up.
Unexpectedly, just as Mu Anxiao was about to fall into another round of contemplation, Mifeng's voice came in, "Elder, I need to see you." He deliberately amplified his voice.
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao quickly looked around and grumbled, "This is really bad timing." Then, while Mifeng was delaying, she looked up at the roof beam... Just then, a ball of black mist floated down from above the beam. Seeing this, she quickly abandoned all other thoughts and raised her hand. Just as she was about to confront it, the man appeared before her with the black mist. "You..." she had just uttered one word when the man reached out and covered her mouth. Her eyes widened.
Following that, the man pulled Mu Anxiao in front of him and said in a low voice, "If you delay my business, I'll kill the wolf demon." After saying that, he led Mu Anxiao towards a bookshelf on the side.
During this process... Mu Anxiao was very cooperative.
"Don't make a sound," the man reminded her last, holding Mu Anxiao tightly.
At the same time, Xi'er pushed the door open and entered. Mifeng, worried that Mu Anxiao would be discovered by her, followed Xi'er in with a flustered expression.
"Why are you following me?" she asked, turning her head to look at Mifeng.
Upon hearing this, Mifeng quickly regained his composure and then gave Xi'er two憨笑了 (simple, honest laughs). "Elder, didn't you say you had something for me?" he asked, not daring to look around, his gaze fixed on Xi'er's face.
"Mifeng, why do I feel you're not right?" Xi'er said coldly.
"I..." Mifeng panicked. "Elder, how am I not right? I'm just nervous seeing you." He said, rubbing his sweaty hands.
"Why didn't I notice you being nervous around me before? Could it be..." Xi'er stopped midway, then quickly turned around and surveyed the surroundings.
Seeing this, Mifeng also took the opportunity to look around and found that... Mu Anxiao had already disappeared. He breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled dryly, "Elder, what's wrong?" he asked, daring to pat Xi'er on the shoulder at the risk of being killed.
Over there.
Mu Anxiao, listening to Xi'er and Mifeng's conversation behind her, broke out in a cold sweat.
Meanwhile, at Mifeng's 'summoning,' Xi'er turned back and focused her gaze on Mifeng's face. "Why do you want to see the fortune-telling book?" she asked, no longer suspicious.
Mifeng, seeing Xi'er's guard lowered, felt a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart and said, "Elder, you might already know about my situation."
"Your situation..." Xi'er said, thinking for a moment, then smiled. "It seems you really like roses."
"It's not liking," Mifeng shook his head.
Xi'er frowned. "Not liking, then what? What exactly are you trying to do?" After Mifeng's reply, she lost her basic patience with him.
"Elder, I love roses," Mifeng said, taking a deep breath.
Hearing Mifeng's words, Xi'er smiled helplessly. "Don't tell me this is why you want to see the fortune-telling book."
"I don't want Rose to marry that wolf demon," Mifeng said truthfully.
Xi'er's eyes darkened. "This matter was agreed upon by the master. If you interfere and the master finds out, do you know what your fate will be?" she said sternly.
Mifeng nodded.
Xi'er saw this and frowned. "You know, and you still want to."
"Elder, if the wolf demon suddenly dies, the master wouldn't say anything, right?"
"You want to kill the wolf demon?" Xi'er was surprised.
Mifeng gave a wry smile. "I do have that idea, but if the wolf demon dies, Rose will definitely be sad, and then..." He trailed off at this point.
"Then Rose will care about you even less," Xi'er finished for Mifeng.
Mifeng lowered his head.
"Besides, even if you get the fortune-telling book, it might not be useful," Xi'er said calmly.
Mifeng replied, "I know." Then he looked up at Xi'er and continued, "But I just want to see if that wolf demon truly has a connection with Xi'er. If he does, I'll give up. If he doesn't, I'll kill him."
"You're truly contradictory."
"Elder..."
"I won't give you the fortune-telling book. Go," Xi'er said, tired of talking to Mifeng.
"But..."
"Get out," Xi'er roared.
Mifeng understood Xi'er's temper. If he continued, he would surely anger her. Moreover, his purpose in saying all this was only to prevent her from finding Mu Anxiao. Now that it was proven that Mu Anxiao had disappeared, there was naturally no need for him to waste more words with Xi'er.
"Yes, I'll leave now." He said, turning around.
Immediately after, as Mifeng was leaving, Xi'er reminded him, "The wolf demon is Mu Anxiao's friend, and Mu Anxiao will be the master's wife in the future. If you kill the wolf demon," she said, turning to look at the pausing Mifeng, "I'll report you first."
"I wouldn't dare," Mifeng said, turning back to look at Xi'er.
Xi'er let out a cold laugh. "I don't think you would dare. Let's go."
"Yes," Mifeng nodded, turned, and left.
Then, Xi'er waved her arm, and the door closed automatically.
Over there.
Mu Anxiao had indeed heard Xi'er's warning to Mifeng, so she curled her lips upwards, thinking, 'Great, with Xi'er involved, that Mifeng fellow will definitely give up.' Just as she was about to look up at the man, he directly reached out and covered her eyes.
A quarter of an hour later...
Xi'er stood up, conjured the terrain map with her palm, and muttered, "I wonder what Song Xi wants with this?" She casually placed the terrain map on the desk, yawned, and walked around the desk.
The man watched this scene intently.
In contrast, Mu Anxiao had already fallen asleep in the man's arms and heard nothing. The man was utterly speechless at Mu Anxiao's behavior, but thinking of her usefulness, he couldn't push her away. Helplessly, he could only let her sleep. Finally, after a long period of perseverance, Xi'er left.
"You can fall asleep through this? I'm impressed," he muttered, patting Mu Anxiao's shoulder forcefully twice.