"I... of course I did," the woman stammered, looking down at the dog's blood on her clothes. "That's when I splashed it on that fellow."
"Splashed!" Mu Anxiao uttered, then glanced at A Long. She suddenly realized the woman treated A Long quite well, so she softened her tone and asked, "In that case, did that fellow's soul vanish into thin air?"
The woman shook her head. "I don't know, but he did disappear."
"Disappeared," Mu Anxiao repeated, looking down at the cowering dog at the woman's feet. She thought that if the dog was bothering her for a reason, then she might as well direct everyone's attention to the dog. That way, they wouldn't target A Long, and she could also help this canine companion. Why not?
With that thought, the corners of her mouth curved upwards slightly. "Is that dog's blood your dog's?" she asked, feigning seriousness.
"..." The woman's eyes darted away.
Seeing the woman's strange expression and the suddenly quiet crowd around them, Mu Anxiao asked, "Why aren't you speaking?"
"I..."
"That dog is mine."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao turned her gaze to the man who had interjected, but he wasn't angry. "Your dog."
"Yes, it's mine," the man replied readily.
Using the man's words, Mu Anxiao glanced again at the mongrel lying by the woman's feet and deliberately said, "I think it belongs to you." She then looked up at the woman.
"...." The woman's gaze shifted again.
Judging by the woman's shifty expression, Mu Anxiao thought she must be connected to that dog. As for what kind of relationship the sudden dog owner had with her, Mu Anxiao wasn't interested.
Feng Qishi looked at Mu Anxiao, who had suddenly started talking about dogs, completely bewildered. "Mu idiot, we were talking about those souls, why are you bringing up dogs?" he asked, also glancing at the dog at the woman's feet.
The dog, seeing Feng Qishi look at it, barked twice and walked towards him.
Feng Qishi looked down at the mongrel that had come to his feet and froze. "..."
Mu Anxiao glanced at the surprised Feng Qishi and whispered, "Everything in heaven and earth has a spirit, and dogs are the most sentient. It wants us to help it."
The dog barked, "Woof woof woof."
Feng Qishi, hearing the dog's barks, said no more.
The woman hadn't heard what Feng Qishi and Mu Anxiao were discussing, but seeing Mu Anxiao's constant gaze fixed on the ground at her feet, she became timid.
"Is there something under my feet?" she asked cautiously.
Mu Anxiao looked back at the now frightened woman and then at the silent man. "Yes, there is."
"Is... is it a dog?" The woman broke out in a cold sweat.
From the back of the crowd.
Yuan Ye watched Mu Anxiao's peculiar behavior, a sense of unease growing in his heart.
Xiao Er stood beside Yuan Ye and whispered, "Do you know that ghost?"
Yuan Ye was startled by the question. He turned to Xiao Er and asked, "Who are you talking about?"
Xiao Er said, "I mean the ghost in the hall with a hole in its belly. Do you know him?"
"How could I possibly know him?" Yuan Ye replied with a look of apprehension.
"Won't he kill me?" Xiao Er grabbed Yuan Ye's arm.
As Xiao Er pulled him, Yuan Ye leaned to one side, and then recalled Mu Anxiao's previous words and Lin Yan's clothing color. He said, "From what I know, he's a good person."
"Good..." Xiao Er's eyes flickered. "So, you mean he won't kill me?"
"Yes."
Although Yuan Ye didn't know Lin Yan, he knew that Mu Anxiao definitely knew Lin Yan. Therefore, based on this alone, he was sure that Lin Yan would not harm anyone.
"That's good then," Xiao Er said with relief, releasing his grip. "Thank you." With that, he turned and walked into the shop.
Yuan Ye watched Xiao Er's retreating back, sighed softly, then squeezed through the crowd and walked towards Feng Qishi.
Over there.
Mu Anxiao deliberately remained silent after the woman's question.
Seeing Mu Anxiao's unresponsiveness, the woman grew unexpectedly nervous. "Is it a dog?"
Mu Anxiao looked at the woman's anxious expression and no longer delayed, nodding. "Yes, it seems to be quite attached to you."
"Attached..." The woman gasped and took a half-step back. "You mean, it's been by my side all along."
"Yes," Mu Anxiao nodded. In reality, the mongrel had already begun to attach itself to Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi looked down at the mongrel's continuous bowing to him and wiped away a bead of cold sweat.
The woman's eyes widened, startled by Mu Anxiao's words.
Following Mu Anxiao's plan, those people indeed forgot about A Long and began discussing the woman's past.
"Her family used to run a dog meat restaurant."
"Yes, and she had a habit of raising dogs for a while before killing them. She said the dog meat was delicious at that point!"
"She killed them even after forming a bond with them?"
"She likes that feeling. In other words, when she was young, she was like a young lady from a wealthy family, easily bored with everything. I heard she once really liked a maid and treated her like a sister."
"And then?" a woman asked excitedly.
The woman who brought it up thought for a moment and continued, "Then... one day she woke up and suddenly didn't like her anymore. She ended up marrying that girl off to a very remote place. I heard she married a simpleton."
"How cruel."
"Yes, that's what my grandmother told me."
The woman added, "Later, her father committed a crime, and their property was confiscated. Afterward, a dog followed her. That dog was particularly clever and stayed with her. A year later, she married a dog meat seller. Her husband, the dog meat seller, said that the dog was young and its meat was of good quality, so it would fetch a good price. Doing so was considered a good deed, saving it from a natural death."
"Right, and from then on, their dog meat business became very popular."
"But in recent years, she doesn't seem to do that anymore, and I heard she doesn't keep dogs now."
"Have you seen her husband?"
The woman replied, "She wasn't from here before; she was from somewhere else. Her husband was apparently bitten to death by a dog. Anyway, there are all sorts of stories. Who knows."
The woman clenched her fists, listening to the blatant discussion about her past. "I did all this for you all. You," she said, veins bulging in her neck, turning to face the crowd, "and you still speak of me like this? Have you no conscience?"
"You have no conscience."
"Right." They began to argue.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao turned to A Long. "Get up."
A Long shook his head.
Mu Anxiao said, "It's alright." She pointed at the woman's back.
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