“You forgot?”
“I...” Mu Anxiao started to speak, then lowered her eyes to recall events before she fell unconscious. She asked, “Shen Fengzi, wasn’t I on your back?”
“You remember, be thankful to me!”
“Thank you?”
“I carried you back.” Feng Qishi pointed at Mu Anxiao, then turned and walked to the table to pour a glass of water for her.
“How long have I been asleep?”
“Two hours, and for half of that time,” Feng Qishi said, holding the cup and turning back to the bedside, “you were on my back.”
“....” Mu Anxiao reached out and took the cup Feng Qishi handed her, saying, “So that’s how it is.”
Feng Qishi was taken aback. “Why aren’t you thanking me?”
“Thank you.” Mu Anxiao said it casually, drinking the water in one gulp.
Feng Qishi: “....”
Then, Mu Anxiao handed the cup back to Feng Qishi. “Here.”
“I thought you would be very grateful to me?” Feng Qishi took the cup.
“I already thanked you,” Mu Anxiao said, her mind now preoccupied with the dream she just had.
Seeing Mu Anxiao lost in thought, Feng Qishi asked, “What’s wrong?”
Mu Anxiao said, “I dreamed I became… Gu An.” She looked up at Feng Qishi.
“What do you mean?”
“....” Mu Anxiao shook her head. “Never mind, I won’t tell you.”
“Then you should rest well.” Feng Qishi saw that Mu Anxiao lacked energy. He figured it was just a dream and decided not to pry further.
Outside the room.
Shen Xian glanced at the window, recalling how weak Mu Anxiao looked when Feng Qishi carried her in earlier, and the words the monster leader had said to him before leaving. His heart sank.
Piao said, “I told you the vine spirit was lying, but you wouldn’t believe me.”
Shen Xian: “.....”
Piao continued, “It’s good if Mu Anxiao is fine. If something happens to her, Feng Qishi will definitely not let you off.”
Shen Xian looked at Piao and said, “I admit I was blinded by my own desires this time. Do whatever you want.”
“I can’t just do whatever I want, because I’m not the one who’s injured,” Piao said, turning to look at Xiang Nang.
Xiang Nang pouted. “I was wrong.”
“Mu Anxiao is not dead, what are you wrong about?”
“I really…”
Xiang Nang’s words were cut short as Feng Qishi opened the door and walked out. “No more talk. It’s good that Mu Shazi is alive.”
Upon hearing this, Xiang Nang looked at Feng Qishi. “How is she?”
“She’s awake, but she still needs to rest,” Feng Qishi said, turning and closing the door.
Shen Xian peered through the door crack at Mu Anxiao lying on the bed, reflecting on his ignorant desire to resurrect Gu An. He clenched his fists. “Can I go in?”
Feng Qishi, holding the door, asked coldly, “What else do you want to do?”
Shen Xian said, “I want to apologize to her face.”
“Don’t do that, she needs to rest.”
“......” Shen Xian understood Feng Qishi’s feelings and stopped speaking.
Yan Bian, seeing Shen Xian at a loss for words and glancing at the door, said, “Let her rest properly.”
In the room.
Mu Anxiao listened to the voices outside, sat up, and thought for a moment. She then grabbed the edge of the quilt. Just as she was about to lift it, her arm suddenly ached.
She gasped and released her grip, looking down to see her hand covered in wounds.
Subsequently, she glanced towards the door and called out, “Yan Bian, can you come in for a moment?”
Outside the door, Yan Bian heard Mu Anxiao’s voice and looked at Feng Qishi. “She’s calling me.”
“....” Feng Qishi respected Mu Anxiao’s decision and moved aside.
Then, Yan Bian stepped forward, pushed the door open, and entered.
At that moment, they all dispersed.
In the middle of the room.
Yan Bian walked to Mu Anxiao’s bedside and asked, “What did you call me for?”
Mu Anxiao asked, “Have they left yet?”
“They’ve left.”
“Good that they’re gone,” Mu Anxiao murmured. After thinking for a moment, she asked, “Jie Shi Wan, who gave it to you?”
“Why are you asking this?”
“I…” Mu Anxiao felt there was no need to hide anything, so she said, “I dreamed I became Gu An.”
“....” Yan Bian’s eyes widened.
Mu Anxiao continued, “To be honest, I don’t think it was a dream.”
“What do you mean?”
“If that Jie Shi Wan pill was given to you by Gu An, I suspect…” Mu Anxiao said, “it contains Gu An’s memories.”
“....”
“Just tell me, did Gu An give it to you?”
“No.”
Previously, Gu An had instructed Yan Bian not to tell anyone about the Jie Shi Wan. Now, she had already broken half of that promise.
Naturally, she could not reveal the other half of the secret!
“....” Mu Anxiao saw the lie in Yan Bian’s eyes, but she didn’t want to expose it. She thought that Yan Bian must have her own reasons for doing so.
Seeing Mu Anxiao fall silent, Yan Bian’s heart sank as she said, “You should rest now!”
“Mm.” Mu Anxiao nodded.
Then, Yan Bian left. xxs壹贰
In the following days, whenever Mu Anxiao closed her eyes to sleep, she would turn into Gu An. She became increasingly curious about these occurrences, but her injuries prevented her from investigating.
Xiang Nang, on the other hand, would stammer and avoid straightforward answers each day. Shen Xian had tried to visit her several times, but Feng Qishi had blocked him at the door, and Yan Bian had left.
Due to these various reasons, Mu Anxiao could not find out anything, a situation that made her restless.
“No, I must find something out today.” Saying this, Mu Anxiao looked down at her now healed wounds and directly threw off the quilt.
At the same time, Feng Qishi entered the room with a tray. He looked at Mu Anxiao, who was putting on her shoes, with a look of surprise. “Why are you getting up?” he asked, placing the tray on the table.
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao stood up and said, “I’ve been lying down for almost seven days, and besides, you’ve been using your magic to heal me every day. I’m all better now.” She then walked to the table and looked at the porridge and dishes on the tray. “Not bad, the dishes are different every day.”
“Are you going to eat?”
“Yes.” Mu Anxiao replied and sat down.
Feng Qishi yawned and said, “Shen Xian has changed a lot these past few days.”
Mu Anxiao picked up a spoon and asked while eating, “How has he changed?”
“He doesn’t throw tantrums anymore, helps with chores every day, and even… learned to cook.”
Feng Qishi had never said these things in the past few days, so when he said them now, Mu Anxiao was surprised. “Are you joking?”
“What’s the point of me joking about this?” Feng Qishi said, sitting down as well. “He even talks to me about his master.”
“Scolding your master?”
“No, he said he wants to know what really happened that year.”
Mu Anxiao hadn’t expected that one of her failures would cause such a drastic change in Shen Xian. She found it hard to believe.
“Are you making this up for me to hear?”