"Brother Shen."
"Don't call me that. Many things are interconnected. If your master knew, he would surely condemn you. Have you thought this through?"
"Brother Shen, why do you always overcomplicate things?"
Shen Yan said, "I don't know who's complicated. First you said you knew nothing, and now you've become the leading figure in this matter."
"I was wrong." The man in the light blue robe lowered his head.
"If you know you were wrong, then stop asking me for the immortal book. I will return it when I wish to give it to you," Shen Yan said.
"Alright, do as you please. I won't be going back for a while anyway." After speaking, the man in the light blue robe walked into the woodshed.
Shen Yan glanced at the woodshed without a word, then turned to look at the girl who had appeared beside him.
The girl asked, "Why are you back?"
Shen Yan remained silent. He glared at the girl and was about to step into the woodshed when the girl reached out and grabbed his arm.
"You are an immortal."
"No," Shen Yan replied, shaking off the girl's hand.
The girl looked at her palm and said, "If I'm not mistaken, your servant doesn't know your true identity, does he?"
"You ask so much, but I won't get involved with you in any way," Shen Yan said, glancing sideways at the girl.
The girl smiled faintly, "I don't have that intention. I just want..." She paused, then continued, "I want you to protect me."
"Protection requires a reward. Can you afford it?" Shen Yan said, mimicking Mu Anxiao's tone.
"I don't have any."
"You want me to protect you without having anything? What a joke."
The girl hesitated for a moment and said, "I know you deliberately didn't tell that kid your identity. If you want to keep this secret, you must protect me. If you don't protect me, I'll go to that kid right now and expose your identity. Think about it."
"You're threatening me," Shen Yan said coldly.
"It's not a threat, just an exchange of conditions," the girl said, tilting her chin up.
Shen Yan sighed faintly. He still refused to let Mu Anxiao know his identity, so after a few seconds of hesitation, he agreed.
"Alright, but you're not allowed to tell your father about my return."
"I know, Dad only thinks about Sister now. Sister today again..."
"I don't want to know about your family matters," Shen Yan said, turning and walking into the woodshed.
In the woodshed, Mu Anxiao persistently stood with his arms spread in front of the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, refusing to listen to the white-robed, long-haired woman.
"Move aside," the white-robed, long-haired woman shouted sternly.
Mu Anxiao swallowed and said, "No, if he dies, all this will be linked to me. For my own sake, I can't let you."
"In that case, I'll kill you."
"That won't work either. If I die, I'll become a vengeful spirit, and I'll pester you every day. Don't find me annoying," Mu Anxiao said shamelessly.
"I'm killing him, not you. Do you have to be like this?" The white-robed, long-haired woman softened her tone.
Mu Anxiao glanced at her, "I... I don't mean it. In any case, you can't kill him."
The man in the light blue robe stood calmly at the door, looking left and right at Mu Anxiao and the white-robed, long-haired woman, and couldn't help but smile.
Then, the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy looked up at the back of Mu Anxiao's head, and his hand uncontrollably took out a dagger from his怀, shouting involuntarily, "I don't need your protection." Saying this, he stood up and plunged the dagger directly into Mu Anxiao's back.