"What then?" Mu Anxiao looked up at Xu Lan again.
Xu Lan: "Help, investigate."
"Twenty taels, too little."
At the same time, Feng Qishi stepped forward, circled to Mu Anxiao's side, and casually took her arm, "...".
Mu Anxiao frowned, turned her head to look at Feng Qishi, while Xu Lan let go and used magic to make the treasures on the ground disappear.
The next second, as Mu Anxiao hurriedly turned her head to look at the ground, she pursed her lips and started crying dryly, "Ah..."
"What are you 'ah'-ing about?" Feng Qishi looked at Mu Anxiao, who was still bent over, with a helpless expression.
Mu Anxiao shook off Feng Qishi's hand and said, "It's all your fault, you made me lose the chance to look at the treasure one more time." She straightened up and glared at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi: "Why are you blaming me again?"
"Just blaming you."
"Whatever."
Mu Anxiao snorted and turned back to look at Xu Lan, who was staring at her, "I don't care, twenty taels isn't enough."
"Then how much do you want?"
"Twenty taels of silver, ten taels of gold."
"Greedy."
"I am greedy, unless you don't want my help."
"If you don't want my help, then don't ask for it."
"Then I won't help," Mu Anxiao said, turning her back. "Anyway, let's see who else you can find to help you."
Immediately, Xu Lan shifted his gaze to Feng Qishi's face, "...".
Feng Qishi's eyes flickered, and he said, "I can't."
"You're a celestial being, and you're more powerful than her, you... you definitely can."
Hearing Xu Lan's praise, Feng Qishi's lips curled up slightly, and he said, "This, I..."
Unexpectedly, before he could finish speaking, Mu Anxiao interrupted, "He hasn't been here long and is unfamiliar with this place. For investigation matters, I have more experience than him. If you find him," she chuckled to herself, "it would be a waste of time."
Hearing this, Xu Lan's face stiffened, "...".
Feng Qishi was annoyed by Mu Anxiao's words, and his lips curled. "Mu the idiot, you're not speaking nicely."
Mu Anxiao: "Can you guarantee to find a clue?" She turned her head to look at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi felt guilty, "This..." He couldn't help but glance at Xu Lan, and immediately conceded, "Fine, I can't guarantee it."
Xu Lan: "...". He lowered his head.
Mu Anxiao wanted Feng Qishi's answer, so she smiled contentedly, turned to look at the helpless Xu Lan, and said, "Figure it out yourself."
Feng Qishi sighed.
Mu Anxiao secretly smiled. Just as she was about to step around Xu Lan, Xu Lan stepped forward and blocked her, "Help."
"Didn't you say I was greedy?" Mu Anxiao said flippantly.
At this moment, in Xu Lan's eyes, Mu Anxiao's demeanor was not just creepy, but extremely creepy.
However, after thinking about it, these were the only two mortals and celestials he knew. If he missed this opportunity, he would truly miss it.
Helpless, he could only compromise, "I was wrong."
"Twenty taels of silver, ten taels of gold, that's not too much, is it?" Mu Anxiao raised an eyebrow.
Xu Lan took a deep breath, "Not too much."
"Then give me ten taels of silver first," Mu Anxiao said, holding out her hand.
Xu Lan was taken aback, "I'll give it to you after the job is done."
"No."
"Why?"
"After the job is done," Mu Anxiao sneered, recalling how she had been mocked by them, "because you are too prone to breaking your promises."
"We..."
"You know in your heart, even if I don't say it."
Xu Lan had witnessed all the harm Mu Anxiao suffered in the underworld during those days. Hearing Mu Anxiao's words now, his memory was instantly jogged, "Okay, I understand." He said, taking ten taels of silver from his robe and handing it to Mu Anxiao, "Is that enough?"
At the same time, Mu Anxiao looked at Xu Lan's plain clothes with surprise, then at the silver in his hand, and smiled, "How did you do that?" As she spoke, she pressed her hand onto Xu Lan's chest.
Feng Qishi was shocked and exclaimed, "Mu the idiot, men and women should not touch. Don't you know that?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao quickly withdrew her hand and turned to look at Feng Qishi, "I don't need you to tell me." She then turned back to Xu Lan, "How did you do that?"
Xu Lan was dazed and looked down at his clothes, saying, "That, I cannot disclose."
"Stingy," Mu Anxiao said, reaching for her money pouch at her waist and putting the silver into it one by one. "Don't worry, I will help you investigate thoroughly."
Xu Lan: "Thanks."
"You're welcome, goodbye," Mu Anxiao waved.
Xu Lan nodded unnaturally, turned his back, gently touched his chest, exhaled, and disappeared.
Feng Qishi saw that Xu Lan was quite frightened by Mu Anxiao, so after Xu Lan left, he said, "Mu the idiot, remember you are a woman, and you should have boundaries with men."
Mu Anxiao weighed the money pouch in her hand and said, "I know, I don't need you to tell me."
"You don't need me to tell you, but you just did that to Xu Lan," Feng Qishi said agitatedly.
Mu Anxiao didn't pay attention to Feng Qishi's words and asked, "Don't you find it amazing?" She turned to Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi: "What?"
"..." Mu Anxiao thought for a moment, then grabbed Feng Qishi's collar, saying, "If it were anyone else, hiding those treasures in their clothes would definitely make them bulge, but he didn't. Don't you find it amazing?" She pulled him down slightly.
Feng Qishi: "Can you let go?" He bowed slightly, meeting Mu Anxiao's eyes.
Mu Anxiao: "Just tell me, amazing or not."
"Amazing," Feng Qishi complied.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao let go and said, "If you think it's amazing, then my actions were not wrong."
Feng Qishi smoothed his creased collar, which Mu Anxiao had pulled, and said, "If you have the guts, try pulling Xu Lan's collar like that. You only bully me."
Mu Anxiao: "I will bully you, what's wrong with that?" She glared at Feng Qishi and continued weighing her money pouch.
Feng Qishi: "...". His lips curled.
After another half an hour.
Mu Anxiao and Feng Qishi returned to the front of the dilapidated temple, and Mu Anxiao suddenly stopped.
Ahead.
Feng Qishi noticed Mu Anxiao stop and quickly stopped as well, turning sideways to look at Mu Anxiao and asking, "What are you doing?"
Mu Anxiao shushed him, pulled the money pouch from her waist, and put it in her embrace, "...".
"What are you doing?" Feng Qishi couldn't understand Mu Anxiao anymore.
Mu Anxiao: "One must guard against others," she whispered.
Feng Qishi knew instantly that she was referring to Xie Xin, but he was too lazy to voice her thoughts and turned to walk ahead.
Mu Anxiao followed and asked softly, "You didn't understand what I said, did you?"
Feng Qishi: "I understood."
"Don't show it," Mu Anxiao patted Feng Qishi's arm forcefully.
Feng Qishi: "This habit of yours of hitting people is not good."
"You're the one with the habit," Mu Anxiao said, passing Feng Qishi and breaking into a run.