The Rabbit Queen nodded slightly.
Mu Anxiao glanced at the Rabbit Queen, then turned her gaze towards Xiao Nian. Recalling the sounds she had overheard passing by the man’s room, she asked, "What can I do now?"
Upon hearing this, the Gecko looked back at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao said, "I could have stopped the woman. I..."
"You are nothing now. If you had intervened, it wouldn't have been just that old man who died; you would have too," Piao said.
Mu Anxiao was speechless.
Yan remarked, "I truly never expected Xiao Nian's mother to harbor such deep resentment towards the people here. It's terrifying."
"Her mother did it all for her, didn't she?" the Gecko said, looking down at Xiao Nian.
Mu Anxiao sighed, "Yes, her mother did it all for her. She..." Her words caught in her throat. Her eyes widened, "No, her mother had this haven of rabbits, but Xiao Nian has nothing. Her mother has committed so many evils now; if she can't be found below, they will surely turn their attention to Xiao Nian."
Upon hearing this, they all fell silent.
The Gecko quickly stood up and asked, "Then what should we do?"
"We have to stop her," Mu Anxiao declared.
"You cannot do that," Yan reminded her.
Mu Anxiao ignored Yan and said to the Gecko, "Wait for me here. I'll be right back."
The Gecko nodded slightly.
Immediately after, Mu Anxiao left the room.
Piao followed her outside, stopping by a tree not far from the room.
"What are you planning now?" Piao asked, looking down at the back of Mu Anxiao's head.
Mu Anxiao took a deep breath and turned to Piao, asking, "How many people died here that year?"
"I don't know," Piao replied, shaking her head.
"What do you want to do?" The Rabbit Queen stopped beside Piao and asked.
Mu Anxiao looked up at the Rabbit Queen and said, "She kills people, I save people. Is that not allowed?"
"How will you save them? Those people were destined to die. Who will you save?" the Rabbit Queen said agitatedly.
"I will save..." Mu Anxiao didn't know how to continue her sentence.
"You don't even know who you want to save, yet you talk about saving people," the Rabbit Queen said, looking coldly at the fanciful Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao lowered her head.
"Alright, stop struggling pointlessly," Piao said.
Mu Anxiao pouted.
Yan said, "I know you're very anxious right now, but what use is your anxiety? Those people are already true past."
"What about the Gecko?" Mu Anxiao began to say, when she suddenly caught sight of Xiao Nian's mother. "This is bad."
"What's wrong?" Yan asked.
Mu Anxiao said, "Xiao Nian's mother went inside." As she moved to follow, Piao suddenly grabbed her arm.
"Don't go," Piao said.
Mu Anxiao looked at Piao, who was blocking her, with astonishment and said, "No, if I don't go, the Gecko..."
"Things have fallen into place. Let's go," Piao said, pointing a finger towards the room. A blue light then shot into the room.
"What did you do?" Mu Anxiao tightly gripped Piao's wrist and asked.
Piao replied, "It's just a sorcery to erase the Gecko's memory of you. When Tian Jiang returns, if she touches the Gecko, she will also lose her memory."
"What if Xiao Nian's mother attacks the Gecko because of this?" Mu Anxiao asked.
The Rabbit Queen said, "That's impossible. Xiao Nian's mother knows what she's doing."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao looked up at the Rabbit Queen and said, "Yes, she knows what she's doing, but at this moment, you don't." "Don't go over there," Piao said again.
Mu Anxiao glared at Piao, remaining silent this time.
Inside the room, the Gecko fainted the moment the blue light entered her body.
Xiao Nian's mother stepped forward and stood before the Gecko, looking down at her and saying, "Considering how you've cared for my daughter, I won't kill you." She then walked to the bedside, looking down at Xiao Nian's frail appearance, and said, "Child, wake up."
Hearing the voice, Xiao Nian slowly opened her heavy eyelids. The moment she saw her mother, she cried out, "Mother, is that you?"
"It's Mother. Mother has come to see you, Xiao Nian. I'm sorry I made you suffer," Xiao Nian's mother said, reaching out but unable to touch Xiao Nian.
"Mother, I want to come to you," Xiao Nian said.
"No, no." As Xiao Nian's mother shook her head, Xiao Nian closed her eyes.
Following this, a gust of cold wind blew in from outside, and Xiao Nian's soul gradually floated out of her body.
Seeing this, Xiao Nian's mother quickly turned and left.
Xiao Nian happened to see her mother fleeing and pouted, "Does Mother really not want to acknowledge me?" Saying this, she looked down at the Gecko.
At the same time, the moment Mu Anxiao saw Xiao Nian's mother run out of the room, she quickly shook off Piao's momentarily relaxed grip and rushed to the doorway. Then, as she saw that Xiao Nian was already dead, she cried out, "Xiao Nian."
Hearing the voice at the door, Xiao Nian withdrew her gaze fixed on the Gecko and looked up at Mu Anxiao, saying, "Thank you."
Mu Anxiao looked at Xiao Nian, who had already left her body, in disbelief and ran forward, saying, "I'm sorry."
"These past few days, I felt the warmth you brought me. I was very happy," Xiao Nian said, looking up at Mu Anxiao, her eyelids growing heavy. "But, Mother hates me now."
"Your mother is doing all of this for you. Can you go and stop your mother?" Mu Anxiao suddenly said.
Piao looked at Mu Anxiao's back with astonishment and said, "You're crazy."
Mu Anxiao ignored Piao and continued, "Your mother killed everyone in this estate. Can you stop your mother, tell her to stop?"
"This..." Xiao Nian looked down at the Gecko, then up and said, "Then can you take him away?" She pointed at the Gecko.
Mu Anxiao nodded, "Yes, I'll be back in a moment."
"No, you can't come back. My mother, if she sees you, she definitely won't let you go."
"No..."
"If I die, Mother will be even angrier," Xiao Nian interrupted, tears in her eyes. "Sister, let us bid farewell here. We shall never meet again."
"Xiao Nian," Mu Anxiao called her name.
Xiao Nian grinned and passed through Mu Anxiao's body, leaving.
Subsequently, Mu Anxiao turned halfway around to look at Xiao Nian's gradually receding soul image and said, "Farewell." After that, she walked to the Gecko's side.
"What are you going to do?" Piao asked.
Mu Anxiao bent down and took the Gecko's arm, saying, "What else can I do? Take him away." As she spoke, she slung the Gecko over her shoulder.
Piao exclaimed, "Don't you think he's heavy?"
"Enough nonsense, let's go," Mu Anxiao said, stepping past Piao and hurrying towards the exit.
Piao turned her head and looked at Mu Anxiao's unladylike demeanor. She then glanced at the Rabbit Queen and Yan, who wore the same expression, and said, "I never expected Mu Anxiao to be like this."
"Why aren't you carrying him?" Yan asked.
"Can I out-muscle her?" Piao said, following Mu Anxiao.
Yan and the Rabbit Queen exchanged a glance and then followed her out.