"I understand."
"Understand what?"
Feng Qishi's lips curved into a smile as he turned to look at Yang Tai. "Now, go ask him."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao was startled and whispered, "Are you crazy? If I tell him, wouldn't that be betraying Gu Xiao?" She glanced at Gu Xiao.
Gu Xiao said, "As long as it can help him, I don't mind."
This time, Mu Anxiao gained a new perspective on Gu Xiao.
In her impression, Gu Xiao was a demon who disliked trouble and feared offending anyone. Yet now, for Yang Tai's future, he was risking being misunderstood and asking her to directly question Yang Tai about those five women.
This also surprised her.
"Are you serious?" she asked softly.
Gu Xiao hesitated and said, "It doesn't matter. He hasn't considered me a friend for a long time anyway. In his eyes, I'm just a cowardly demon soul, so it's nothing."
"I'm saying, he might beat you up in anger. Can you take it?"
Mu Anxiao looked at Gu Xiao's thin arms and legs and asked this.
Gu Xiao said, "Stop talking and just go ask."
"I'm really going."
"Mhm."
"Alright." Mu Anxiao agreed, then glanced at Feng Qishi, "Don't you dare reveal yourself."
Feng Qishi said, "I know."
Mu Anxiao nodded, and just as she took a step, Feng Qishi suddenly grabbed her arm. "What's wrong with your leg?" he asked, pointing to her slight limp.
Mu Anxiao looked down at her foot. "I accidentally kicked a stone just now."
Feng Qishi thought Mu Anxiao had injured her leg fighting Yang Tai. Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief, let go, and said, "Be careful in the future. My spiritual energy isn't meant to heal your injuries."
"I know." Mu Anxiao disliked Feng Qishi's words, so she glared at him, brushed past him, and hobbled towards Yang Tai.
Feng Qishi turned to look at Mu Anxiao's foot, thinking, "Silly Mu, you wouldn't break your leg, would you?" He thought, then shook his head. "Impossible, she couldn't be that stupid."
Gu Xiao asked, "Can she really help Yang Tai?"
Hearing this, Feng Qishi turned to Gu Xiao and said, "If you don't trust her, why ask her to go?"
"I..." Gu Xiao said, "It's not that I don't trust her, it's just that she... sometimes gives me an unreliable feeling."
"Do you know Mu Anxiao's past?"
"I've heard bits and pieces, but not the whole story."
"Do you know how she became an immortal?"
"It seems to be because of you," Gu Xiao said, pointing at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi's lips curved. "It wasn't because of me, it was because of herself. If she hadn't taken in that demon, none of you would be alive."
Feng Qishi remembered everything clearly from back then.
At that time, Mu Anxiao had been forced to drink that cup of immortal blood. He hadn't known at the time and had wrongly accused her, causing her to be seen as an unlikely candidate among both immortals and demons.
Since they met again in the mortal world.
After experiencing some things, his view of her truly changed.
Initially, like Gu Xiao, he didn't believe in Mu Anxiao. But after she returned her immortal energy to him, turning herself into a cripple, he discovered that she possessed many qualities they lacked.
Her serious attitude towards her work impressed him.
Now, seeing Gu Xiao's bewildered expression, he smiled. "I knew you wouldn't understand what I was saying."
"What does her capturing demons have to do with us being alive?"
Hearing Gu Xiao's question, Feng Qishi pondered his own words and realized that, in fact, there wasn't much of a connection.
He then said, "Just saying, don't take it too seriously."
Gu Xiao asked, "Can you tell me about Mu Anxiao's past?"
"She..." Feng Qishi sighed. "Her past is quite complicated. There are many things you wouldn't understand, so let's just forget it."
"....." Gu Xiao looked expectant.
Feng Qishi saw Gu Xiao's expression and asked, "You want to hear?"
Gu Xiao nodded.
Feng Qishi said, "Her past is much more complicated than Yang Tai's, and very messy. You definitely won't understand."
"My comprehension ability is very strong."
"If I tell you, you'll have to follow Mu Anxiao from now on."
However, as Feng Qishi said this, Gu Xiao's face stiffened. "Then never mind, I don't want to know anymore."
Feng Qishi smirked.
Gu Xiao cautiously glanced at Feng Qishi, then lowered his head.
Over there, Mu Anxiao approached Yang Tai. "Um, could you come here for a moment?"
Yang Tai, with his back turned, said, "No."
Mu Anxiao nudged Yang Tai's arm. "I really have something to tell you."
"I won't tell you about my past."
"I'm not asking about that, I just want to ask about the five people you killed."
"What's the difference between that and asking about my past?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao thought about it and realized there wasn't much difference.
So, after some thought, she said, "I'm not prying into your affairs, I'm just asking about those five women."
"No..."
"I can help you." Mu Anxiao leaned her face close to Yang Tai's back and whispered.
Yang Tai's body stiffened.
Feng Qishi watched the distance between Mu Anxiao and Yang Tai and clenched his fist.
Unexpectedly, Gu Xiao happened to focus his gaze on Feng Qishi's hand. Then, his heart tightened, and as he looked up at Mu Anxiao, he also noticed the distance between her and Yang Tai.
"They're so close."
Feng Qishi sensed the meaning in Gu Xiao's words and immediately relaxed his hand. "....."
At the next moment, Gu Xiao glanced at Feng Qishi, secretly smiled, and then lowered his head.
Feng Qishi cleared his throat to ease his awkwardness.
At the same time, Mu Anxiao deliberately stepped back two paces and looked up at Yang Tai, who was starting to turn around. "....."
The next second, Yang Tai turned to Mu Anxiao, looked at the demon souls chatting amongst themselves, and quietly asked, "How can you help me?"
"....." Mu Anxiao, with a hint of mystery, turned and walked away.
Yang Tai helplessly followed Mu Anxiao.
Then, Mu Anxiao stopped outside a shop and turned to look at Yang Tai.
Yang Tai said, "You said you could help me. How?"
"I can only help you if I first know the crimes of those five people," Mu Anxiao said straightforwardly.
"What crimes?" Yang Tai feigned ignorance.
Mu Anxiao said, "You don't need to play dumb, I already know."
Hearing this, Yang Tai's eyes widened. "Who... who told you?"
"I saw it myself."
"You saw it yourself?" Yang Tai was confused.
Mu Anxiao nodded. "Yes, I have the ability to see the past. I know about your affairs."
Yang Tai hesitated and said, "I don't believe you."
Mu Anxiao knew Yang Tai would say this, but she didn't want Yang Tai to guess that Gu Xiao had told her. So, after thinking about it, she said firmly, "I really have the ability to see the past."