Feng Qishi looked down at Mu Anxiao, who, despite her words, was clearly showing fear, and he smiled faintly.
"I held it in," Feng Qishi said, once again conjuring a dagger with a wave of his hand.
Mu Anxiao didn't dare to peek, only nodding.
"It's starting," Feng Qishi declared, directly using the dagger to make a deep cut on his index finger, then pressing it onto Mu Anxiao's wound.
Mu Anxiao frowned.
Feng Qishi continued, "Your face is a little bloody, but it will be fine soon." As he spoke, he cast a spell with his mind.
Mu Anxiao swallowed. After the burning and tearing sensation on her face subsided, she asked, "Is it done?"
"It's done," Feng Qishi said, quickly making the dagger disappear.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao slowly opened her eyes, touched her now smooth face, and asked, "What method did you use?"
Feng Qishi deliberately put his hands behind his back, "I have my ways."
"Why are you keeping your hands behind your back?" Mu Anxiao leaned forward to look at Feng Qishi's arms.
Feng Qishi replied, "I want to keep my hands behind my back, what of it?"
From what Mu Anxiao knew of Feng Qishi, whenever something happened, he would adopt this arrogant demeanor. Coupled with his mysterious technique just now, she concluded that he was definitely hiding something from her.
Thus, she started to say, "You..."
"Feng Qishi, you're awake," Chen interrupted.
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao swallowed her words and looked towards Chen, who was approaching. She was taken aback.
Chen deliberately ignored Mu Anxiao and went directly to face Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi glanced at Mu Anxiao intentionally before looking at Chen. "Ah, awake."
Chen smiled, then turned to Mu Anxiao. "Mu Anxiao, I like him, you don't mind, do you?"
"Who do you like?" Mu Anxiao hadn't reacted yet.
Chen did not seem bothered by Mu Anxiao's question. Instead, she continued to smile and pointed at Feng Qishi, "I like him."
"You..." Mu Anxiao followed Chen's gesture, looked up at Feng Qishi, and chuckled, "You like this guy?"
Chen nodded. "I just like him. From now on, you should stay away from him, otherwise, I'll get jealous."
Mu Anxiao gave a dry laugh. "What does your jealousy have to do with me? Anyway, I don't like jealousy."
"Do you understand the meaning of jealousy?"
"It means red vinegar, white vinegar," Mu Anxiao replied dully.
Chen frowned. "I mean, you stay away from him, otherwise, I'll be jealous of you."
"Why would you be jealous of me?"
"Because you're too close to him."
"Oh," Mu Anxiao nodded, moved a few steps aside, and pointed at Feng Qishi. "There, you can come over now!"
Seeing Mu Anxiao's voluntary action, Chen couldn't help but break into a bright smile. "So considerate," she said, then moved to stand beside Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi looked uncomfortable. "Chen, why don't you ask me how I feel?"
Chen asked, "Do I need to?"
Feng Qishi narrowed his eyes. "I think it's very necessary."
"Alright then," Chen said, turning to Feng Qishi. "I'm asking you now, do you like her?"
To be asked such a question first thing in the morning was something Feng Qishi had never encountered in his life, not even in his previous one.
Therefore, he genuinely didn't know how to answer.
"..."
"Why aren't you speaking?"
"If I didn't like her, nor did I like you, would you stay away from me?" Feng Qishi's gaze fixed on the side of Mu Anxiao's face as he asked.
Chen replied, "I just need to hear you say you don't like her. As for me, it doesn't matter. I like you, and that's enough." With that, she hugged Feng Qishi's arm.
Feng Qishi's body stiffened.
However, this scene was too much for Mu Anxiao to bear, so she walked away without a word.
A quarter of an hour later...
A Xia and the others sat around a round table.
Chen and Feng Qishi sat next to each other.
Mu Anxiao held her chopsticks, eating, and looked up at Piao across from her, asking, "When we were here yesterday, where did you go?"
Piao put down his chopsticks and replied, "On the roof."
"Oh," Mu Anxiao nodded and buried her head in her food.
Feng Qishi, however, had not taken his eyes off Mu Anxiao since he sat down, much like how Chen clung to him.
At this moment, A Xia felt annoyed by Chen's unreserved behavior.
"Hey, Chen, he doesn't even like you, and you're pestering him like this..."
"Ah, Feng Qishi, why is your finger bleeding?" Chen interrupted exaggeratedly, looking down at his finger.
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao finally shifted her gaze to Feng Qishi's face. "Are you alright?"
Lin Yan glanced at Mu Anxiao, then at Feng Qishi, and asked, "Are you alright?"
Feng Qishi looked at both Mu Anxiao and Lin Yan and shook his head. "I'm fine," he said, deliberately glancing at Chen. "Don't listen to her, she's exaggerating."
"Blood is dripping onto the floor," Chen said dramatically.
Feng Qishi, hearing Chen speaking loudly beside his ear, felt truly annoyed. "Can you stop touching me?" he glanced at Chen.
Chen replied, "I can, but I want to bandage it for you."
"Whatever," Feng Qishi said, resigned.
Mu Anxiao and the others were displeased with Chen's unusually erratic behavior since waking up.
Especially A Xia, who felt a strange sense of repulsion towards Chen's actions.
Unconsciously, A Xia felt as if every word she had spoken last night had been in vain!
Mu Anxiao had the same feeling as A Xia, because in her eyes, Chen was a simple monster who wouldn't easily fall for a man.
Now, seeing Chen's proactive behavior towards Feng Qishi, she felt uncomfortable.
Piao, from the moment he entered the room, had been ignored by Chen.
Although he didn't feel anything at first when he saw this scene, after seeing it again during the meal, he, like Mu Anxiao, felt a sense of discomfort.
At this moment, seeing how well Chen treated Feng Qishi, Lin Yan felt a pang of unease.
"Chen, do you really like him?"
Chen, while bandaging Feng Qishi's finger, retorted, "It's none of your business, you human."
"You're not like a human," Lin Yan said, deliberately glancing at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao sighed.
Piao and A Xia pretended nothing was happening and started to eat.
The expression on Feng Qishi's face revealed his annoyance.
Shortly after, Feng Qishi quietly left the mansion with Mu Anxiao and walked onto the still deserted street.
Feng Qishi remarked, "Still no one."
Mu Anxiao was not in the mood to discuss other topics for the moment. She pointed at his hand and asked, "Did you cut yourself?"
"Cut what?"
"Don't think I don't know. You must have cut yourself to treat my face," Mu Anxiao continued, "Chen was here just now, so I didn't say anything."
Feng Qishi hadn't said anything about this because he didn't want Mu Anxiao to feel guilty.
Who knew Chen would be so talkative? Now that Mu Anxiao had asked, he couldn't avoid answering.