Feng Qishi felt satisfied watching Mu Anxiao ask him for a favor. "Alright," he said.
Mu Anxiao grinned.
Feng Qishi rolled his eyes at Mu Anxiao. "Calling you Mu Shazi (Mute Fool) was truly fitting."
Mu Anxiao: "...."
Originally, Mu Anxiao had planned to bring Yang Tai along for the investigation. However, because their route involved passing through the Demon Realm, she had to abandon this idea. She then approached Yang Tai.
Yang Tai: "You're not taking me?"
"Go back with them first," Mu Anxiao said, glancing at Ma Kai, who was bound by silver ropes. "I can't take you with me."
"Then, alright!"
"I will do my best to help you."
"Mm."
After their recent conversation, Yang Tai had chosen to trust her.
Mu Anxiao liked the feeling of being trusted by a demon soul. She was happy looking at Yang Tai at that moment.
"Go," she said, pointing towards the gathered demon souls.
Yang Tai nodded and turned to leave.
And so, Hei Feng and the others left with these demon souls.
Before leaving, Hei Feng promised to take good care of Yang Tai and gave Mu Anxiao some advice on self-protection, but Mu Anxiao called him a "mouse dropping."
Ultimately, he left in anger.
Mu Anxiao felt nothing about this.
Now, only Gu Xiao remained, as Feng Qishi's magic had inexplicably failed, preventing Gu Xiao from manifesting. This worried him.
"What's going on?" he asked, looking at his fingers as he manifested.
Gu Xiao looked down at his body. "Forget it, I'll just wait."
Feng Qishi clicked his tongue. "It seems I'll have to take you down myself."
Gu Xiao shrugged.
Mu Anxiao glanced at Gu Xiao. "Let's go back."
"Let's go," Feng Qishi uttered dejectedly.
Not long after, Feng Qishi and the others returned outside Pia's residence.
However, Feng Qishi worried that Chen would come to pester him again, so he deliberately stayed behind Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao, feeling embarrassed to ask Pia for help, hid behind Feng Qishi.
After a back-and-forth exchange, Gu Xiao impatiently asked, "Are you two done yet?"
Hearing this, Feng Qishi stopped behind Mu Anxiao and firmly grasped her arm. "You go first."
Mu Anxiao turned her face slightly, then her gaze inadvertently fell on Feng Qishi's bleeding finger. "Your hand is bleeding."
Feng Qishi: "It's bleeding, so what? You go first."
However, when Mu Anxiao thought about Feng Qishi suffering for her sake, she felt embarrassed.
"Wait," she said, suddenly reaching out and grabbing Feng Qishi's wrist.
Feng Qishi was startled. "What are you doing?" he asked, his grip loosening.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao turned around. "What else? I'm here to heal your wound!" As she spoke, she took out a white handkerchief from her embrace.
Seeing this, Feng Qishi recalled Mu Anxiao's earlier fall and then looked at the handkerchief stained with dust. He retracted his arm. "No need."
"Yes, there is," she insisted. Mu Anxiao gently unwrapped the blood-soaked bandage from Feng Qishi's finger, then concentrated a faint glow with her index finger. "Zhang Yan, once I cultivate ten layers of spiritual energy, I'll be able to help heal."
Feng Qishi asked, "Why didn't you think of treating me earlier?"
As Mu Anxiao treated Feng Qishi, she replied, "As Zhang Yan said, I have a flaw."
"What flaw?"
Then, Mu Anxiao glanced at Gu Xiao, who was watching them. "My flaw is that I have no flaws."
Her flaw was that when she lacked confidence, her spiritual energy would weaken. As long as she had confidence, she could do anything. But because Gu Xiao was present, she didn't want to.
She feared that Gu Xiao would see her weakness because of this. Zhang Yan had once said that no matter what, she must never let any demon see her weakness, not even a good demon!
"Just be narcissistic," Feng Qishi said, reaching out and picking a dead leaf from her hair.
At the same time, she happened to look up and touch his hand.
The next second, Feng Qishi withdrew his hand and held the dead leaf in front of Mu Anxiao.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao ignored the dead leaf and looked directly into Feng Qishi's eyes. "Why did you hit me?"
Feng Qishi met Mu Anxiao's gaze. "I didn't hit you."
"You mean, I imagined it?"
"No, look." Feng Qishi emphasized, holding the dead leaf in front of her eyes. "I was just taking this fallen leaf off your head."
Mu Anxiao: "....." She lowered her head and continued to treat him, saying, "You're the narcissistic one."
Feng Qishi smiled.
Gu Xiao looked at Feng Qishi and Mu Anxiao's profile. "Actually, you two match quite well."
Hearing this, Feng Qishi's eyes lit up, and he turned to look at Gu Xiao. "Really?"
Mu Anxiao's attitude was completely different from Feng Qishi's. "Who matches him? You just wait. I'll find a perfectly compatible immortal-destined maiden for him and bring her to show you then."
Hearing this, Gu Xiao smiled. Just as he was about to reply, Feng Qishi gave him a look, and he fell silent.
"...." Gu Xiao.
Mu Anxiao didn't pay much attention either. "Your wound is quite deep. Fortunately, my spiritual energy has recovered a bit, otherwise, it would have been really troublesome."
"Thank you."
"If you have the ability, thank me a hundred times."
"Don't push your luck."
Mu Anxiao pouted.
Feng Qishi snorted. "Afterward, when you leave, I'll follow behind."
"I won't."
"You're not allowed to refuse."
"If I go in first and you talk to Pia behind me, he'll definitely think... I don't respect him. If he doesn't help then, you'll be responsible?"
"If I go first, and Chen sees me, he'll definitely come running."
"Not necessarily."
"How do you know it's not necessarily?"
"After I said what I did, she definitely understood."
"A woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea."
"Have you seen a woman's heart?"
Feng Qishi was speechless at Mu Anxiao's nitpicking question.
"...."
"Alright, trust me, she definitely won't pay attention to you anymore," Mu Anxiao said, moving behind Feng Qishi and pointing at the door. "Let's go!"
Feng Qishi blinked, then turned to look at Mu Anxiao. "You're not a woman."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao's expression turned cold. "What do you mean by that?"
"You don't understand women at all. I don't care," Feng Qishi said, turning around and moving behind Mu Anxiao. He directly placed his hands on her shoulders. "Before you go, if you don't agree, I'll keep my hands on your shoulders."
Mu Anxiao blinked her eyes and processed Feng Qishi's words in her mind. Finally, she realized that he seemed to make sense, and she might indeed... not understand women very well.
Therefore, she still compromised. "Fine, when you talk to Pia later, you must go first."
Feng Qishi looked down at Mu Anxiao's agreement and smiled. "No problem." He released her.
Mu Anxiao sighed and walked ahead.