"Mu Anxiao," Shen Yan called out coldly.
Mu Anxiao slanted her eyes and said again, "Even if I liked you, I wouldn't make it happen."
"Why?" the girl asked casually.
"Because your old man is no easy match," Mu Anxiao accidentally spoke her true feelings.
The girl didn't get angry. Instead, she lowered her eyes and smiled, "You also noticed my father isn't easy to deal with."
Mu Anxiao hadn't expected such a reaction from the girl. Looking at her smiling face, Mu Anxiao was speechless.
"Don't worry," the girl said, placing her hand on Mu Anxiao's shoulder, "I won't have any other ideas. I just want your young master to protect me."
"Protect?" Mu Anxiao said, turning her head to look at Shen Yan and ask, "Did you agree to protect her?"
Shen Yan deliberately avoided her gaze and nonchalantly grunted in affirmation.
At this moment, Mu Anxiao's heart sank. She raised her eyes to stare at Shen Yan's profile. A flicker of displeasure crossed her eyes, and she clenched her fists. Without another word, she stood up.
Shen Yan and the girl looked up with her movement.
"What are you doing?" Shen Yan asked.
Mu Anxiao, with her back to them, said, "It's nothing, I just want to be alone for a while." With that, she walked towards the woodshed door.
However, before she had taken a few steps, the door was pushed open by a woman.
"Everyone's here."
Mu Anxiao stopped and looked at the woman before her, asking, "Why are you here?"
The woman ignored Mu Anxiao, turning instead to the disciple numbered one and the boy of fifteen or sixteen lying on the ground. "These two are quite leisurely, sleeping like this." She then stepped forward, pushing Mu Anxiao aside, and looked pointedly at the girl who had deliberately moved closer to Shen Yan. "Junior sister, you're here too."
"Senior sister, why did you come?" the girl's voice trembled.
"Junior sister, at this time you should be hiding behind Master. Otherwise," the woman took two steps forward, "who will protect you?" After speaking, she glanced at Shen Yan, who was not looking at her at all.
"Senior sister, he will protect me," the girl said, reaching out and taking Shen Yan's arm.
Mu Anxiao turned to look at Shen Yan, who was being held by the girl, her eyes darkening.
Yin Chai watched Mu Anxiao's strange behavior and asked, "Why are you so unhappy?"
Mu Anxiao slanted her eyes at Yin Chai and didn't reply.
Shen Yan, meanwhile, looked up at the woman and said, "The wolf demon sent you." As he spoke, he pulled his hand away from the girl and stood up.
Worried the woman might attack her, the girl quickly stood up and grabbed Shen Yan's arm again.
Mu Anxiao sighed softly and muttered, "This might just be my fate."
"Your fate?" Yin Chai asked, confused.
Mu Anxiao, tired of watching Shen Yan play the hero, turned her back and said, "My fate is to protect myself and slowly become a useful person." With that, she walked towards the open door.
At the same time, disciple number one and the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy woke up.
"How did I fall asleep again?" the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy sat up, looking confused.
The moment disciple number one sat up, his gaze shifted to Mu Anxiao, who was walking towards the door.
"You stop right there."
Hearing this, everyone present froze. Mu Anxiao stopped and turned to look at disciple number one who had called her, asking, "Why are you calling me?"
"You are a demon under house arrest, you..."
"I... what kind of memory do you have?" Mu Anxiao said, turning to squat in front of disciple number one and asking, "Where is my food?"
"Didn't you say you wouldn't eat?" disciple number one asked in confusion.