Startled by the words, the girl stiffened, turning to look with wide eyes. "Who are you?"
"You talk too much," Shen Yan said coldly. As he swung his hand towards the girl, a blue light enveloped her. The next second, she was forced back several paces uncontrollably before crashing against the wall and losing consciousness.
Watching Shen Yan's actions inside, Mu Anxiao, recalling how she met him, said, "Shen Fengzi, you can't remember."
Feng Qishi replied, "I can't remember." He stopped beside Mu Anxiao, looking at his own retreating back, his eyes darkening.
"That's truly strange," Mu Anxiao murmured, looking at herself curled on the ground, her body spasming. "So, you saved me." She looked at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi lowered his gaze to Mu Anxiao, cleared his throat, and said, "I have no memory of that. Perhaps it wasn't me."
"It was you," Mu Anxiao stated firmly.
"How can you be so sure?" Feng Qishi asked, surprised.
"In a way, I know your past better than you do. Back then," she glanced at the girl lying on the ground, "you just didn't know how to cherish a woman."
"You mean, I do now?" Feng Qishi chuckled.
"Even less so now," Mu Anxiao retorted, giving Feng Qishi a sidelong glance. She then looked at Shen Yan, who was walking gracefully to the side of the young Mu Anxiao, and frowned.
Feng Qishi fell silent, afraid Mu Anxiao would say something more unrealistic.
The wolf demon asked, "Strange, he can't see you?"
Mu Anxiao hugged her arms and turned to the wolf demon. "What do you mean by that?"
"You..." The wolf demon looked Mu Anxiao up and down, then glanced at Shen Yan inside, asking, "You're invisible, but only to mortals. Why can't he see you?"
Nitpicking.
Mu Anxiao had expected the wolf demon to ask something insightful, but this was it.
Thus, she couldn't be bothered to answer him. She turned back to look inside.
"..."
"How can you..." the wolf demon started.
"Are you stupid? She's from the future. That's the invisibility technique her master taught her, specifically for all the people and demons here, including me inside," Feng Qishi interrupted, pointing at Shen Yan. "You don't even know this."
The wolf demon suddenly understood and smiled. "So that's how it is."
"Your question is rather dim-witted," Lin Yan said, looking at the wolf demon, who kept making his presence known, with disdain.
"Who are you calling dim-witted?" The wolf demon shot Lin Yan a glare.
Lin Yan flinched. "I was just saying, I'm not targeting anyone." He backed down.
Seeing Lin Yan's submissive demeanor, the wolf demon smirked. He turned to Mu Anxiao and asked, "Can I go in?"
"For what?" Mu Anxiao asked without turning her head.
The wolf demon stared at Mu Anxiao's profile. "I just want to get a closer look at Shen Yan."
"Is that interesting?" Mu Anxiao shot the wolf demon a look.
The wolf demon gave a dry laugh. "He's an old friend, after all. I..."
"At this time, I don't know you yet. Can you stop making up connections?" Feng Qishi interrupted, looking down at his hand glowing with blue light. He then recalled Mu Anxiao gripping his hand just now and was startled. "Mu Shazi, how... can you move me?"
"I don't know," Mu Anxiao replied. She calmly looked down at Feng Qishi's glowing blue hand and pondered, "During this period, you haven't come down here at all?" She looked up at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi replied, "No. I remember... I met you directly when I descended to the mortal realm."
"You remember?"
"Of course, I remember everything, but..." Feng Qishi frowned, looking at Shen Yan, who was still standing before the young Mu Anxiao. "I just don't remember this."
"That's truly strange," Mu Anxiao muttered, also looking at Shen Yan.
Feng Qishi knew this was not the time to ask questions, so he remained silent, shifting his gaze along with Mu Anxiao to himself.
The wolf demon also quieted down.
Lin Yan sniffled and said, "It's so touching."
Hearing this, the three of them simultaneously turned their attention to Lin Yan's face. "..."
Lin Yan wiped his nose with his hand. "Decades ago, Master saved Mu Anxiao, and decades later, it's the same. Your feelings..." He shook his head, sighing. "They are truly deep."
Feng Qishi was stunned by Lin Yan's words. He lowered his head to observe Mu Anxiao's reaction.
Mu Anxiao, however, wore an expression of disdain. "Lin Yan, if you spout any more nonsense, when we get back, I'll deal with you."
"I'm telling the trut—"
"Mu Anxiao and Shen Yan had no relationship decades ago. Decades later... we have some connection, but," Mu Anxiao didn't even glance at Feng Qishi, "it's only a partnership. Furthermore, Shen Fengzi is Feng Qishi with Shen Yan's memories; he is not Shen Yan."
Feng Qishi's eyes darkened; he felt hurt.
"If you don't want to admit it, then don't. You're such a blockhead," Lin Yan said, turning to look at Shen Yan, who was slowly squatting down. "It's always been Master making the effort. You, on the other hand, have no feelings at all. Truly... a blockhead."
"Shut up," Mu Anxiao glared fiercely at Lin Yan and looked at Shen Yan again.
Feelings?
During the six months she spent with Shen Yan, Mu Anxiao had always acted as a shield. Every time Shen Yan encountered danger, she was the one to step forward, using her sharp tongue to persuade demons.
She had always believed that she and he were not the same kind of people! How could she possibly have feelings for someone who always bullied her? Because of this, she constantly thought about how to escape from Shen Yan's side.
But... after hearing Lin Yan's words, an inexplicable feeling stirred within her, a feeling that reminded her of the kindness Shen Yan had shown her.
Then, she looked up at Shen Yan, who was using his magic to heal the young Mu Anxiao, and suddenly realized... during the time she followed Shen Yan, she had never gone hungry. Whenever she mentioned being hungry, Shen Yan could always produce food for her. In times of danger, if she couldn't reason with demons, Shen Yan would save her.
Following him, she had barely been injured. The same was true when she was with Feng Qishi.
But... even so, she didn't want to admit that Lin Yan was right, because her goal was to become an immortal.
"So, someone deliberately erased your memories," the wolf demon said, staring inside.
Feng Qishi's eyes darkened. He glanced at the wolf demon but said nothing.
The wolf demon took a deep breath and shook his head. "That must have taken a lot of magic." He then turned his back.
"What are you doing?" Lin Yan asked, looking at the wolf demon.
"It's no fun," the wolf demon said, scanning the surroundings.
Lin Yan curled his lips and continued to look into the woodshed.