“Are you really just talking nonsense?” Yan asked.
Feng Qishi gave Yan a silly grin.
Yan shook his head with disappointment and said, "Tch, I thought it was real."
Feng Qishi carefully glanced at Mu Anxiao, who was still staring at him, then turned to Yan and said, "Don't take it seriously, it's a joke, just a joke."
Over there, Xiao Nian was looking curiously at the gecko spirit's palm, which was beginning to glow green, and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Since it's like this, you'd better not see me," the gecko spirit said.
Xiao Nian shook her head, "No."
"I..."
"She already said no, you should put your hand down," Mu Anxiao said, turning to look at the gecko spirit.
Upon hearing this, the gecko spirit turned his head to look at Mu Anxiao. Xiao Nian hurriedly reached out and grabbed the gecko spirit's wrist, saying, "I'm willing to be friends with you."
The moment Xiao Nian said this, the gecko spirit's eyes widened as he looked at her, asking, "Why did you suddenly change your mind?"
"I'm sorry, I was only thinking about myself and forgot about your feelings," Xiao Nian suddenly said.
Mu Anxiao looked at Xiao Nian's serious expression in surprise, then glanced at the gecko spirit, swallowing hard.
The gecko spirit said, "Don't apologize to me. I was also wrong. I was only thinking about you being able to see me, without considering your feelings. So, you'd better not see me."
"You can come with me," Xiao Nian said.
"Weren't you just refusing? Why did you suddenly... agree?" the gecko spirit asked, looking confused.
Xiao Nian reached out and took the gecko spirit's arm, saying, "Mother said that a person only realizes many things when they are about to lose them. So, I'm very lucky to have realized this before losing it. I'm willing to be friends with you."
The gecko spirit smiled.
"You know my name is Xiao Nian, right!" Xiao Nian said.
The gecko spirit nodded, "Yes, I know."
"What's your name?" Xiao Nian leaned forward and asked the gecko spirit.
The gecko spirit looked down at the hand Xiao Nian held on his arm and said, "I am a gecko spirit, so you can call me Gecko."
"Gecko," Mu Anxiao repeated, "I thought you'd be called Little Gecko, or Little Bi. Indeed, your naming sense is beyond comprehension."
However, Gecko and Xiao Nian did not hear Mu Anxiao's voice; they continued to look at each other. Xiao Nian said, "Gecko, I'll call you Abi from now on."
"Abi," the gecko spirit repeated, "Alright, from now on, you call me Abi, and I'll call you Anian. How about that?"
"You can still call me Xiao Nian," Xiao Nian said with a smile.
"Okay," the gecko spirit agreed with a nod.
Mu Anxiao sighed.
Feng Qishi said, "Do you know what you look like right now?"
"Don't talk, you can't spit out anything good from a dog's mouth," Mu Anxiao said without looking at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi ignored Mu Anxiao's words and smiled, "You look like a light bulb right now, a thousand-watt one."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao turned and glared at Feng Qishi, saying, "I'm hungry."
"You're hungry, why are you telling me?" Feng Qishi asked.
Mu Anxiao did not respond.
Feng Qishi looked at Mu Anxiao, who had turned to look at the gecko spirit, with a puzzled expression and said, "Answer me."
Mu Anxiao continued to ignore Feng Qishi, walked over to the side of the gecko spirit and Xiao Nian, and said, "I'm hungry."
Hearing Mu Anxiao's words, Feng Qishi pouted and glanced at Piao, who was smiling at him, and asked, "What are you smiling at?"
"I see it now," Piao nodded slightly.
Feng Qishi frowned, "See what?"
"Deep love, deep hate. She towards you... sigh," Piao shook his head.
Feng Qishi smiled, "Can you stop overthinking here? She and I have no love, so where does the hate come from? I don't like hearing you talk." He pointed at Piao.
Piao smiled, "There's no love between you two."
"She only said she likes me, not that she loves me. Can you stop wildly speculating about my feelings and hers every day? Many things are not what you think," Feng Qishi said.
Piao thought for a moment and said, "In that case, Mu Anxiao would still love me." He pointed to himself.
Upon hearing this, Feng Qishi deliberately glanced at Mu Anxiao, cleared his throat, and said, "That person is a man. He has no feelings. If you want him to love you, you have to make him like you first. It's a pity," he shook his head, "he likes me first."
"Do you like her?" Piao suddenly asked.
Feng Qishi said, "I don't know."
"I don't know, what does that mean?" Piao frowned.
"I don't know means I don't know," Feng Qishi said, turning to ask the Rabbit Queen, "How much time is left before this place is destroyed?"
"Seven days," the Rabbit Queen said.
Immediately, Feng Qishi's eyes widened, "Seven days? Are you sure? Why didn't you say so just now?"
"Forgot," the Rabbit Queen said coolly.
Feng Qishi's mouth twitched. Just as he was about to go find Mu Anxiao, Piao stepped forward first, "In seven days, this place will be destroyed, and this child has only seven days left to live."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao's heart sank. Pretending not to hear Piao, she said, "Gecko, do you know if there's anything good to eat here?"
"Did you hear me?" Piao asked when Mu Anxiao didn't reply.
Mu Anxiao continued to ignore Piao and looked down at the gecko spirit who was lost in thought.
Xiao Nian thought for a moment and said excitedly, "I heard there's a noodle shop not far from here, and their noodles are especially delicious."
"Then let's go," Mu Anxiao said.
Xiao Nian nodded excitedly.
The gecko spirit smiled, "Okay, let's go there."
Piao's face darkened.
Feng Qishi walked over and grabbed Piao's arm, saying gleefully, "Alright, they're busy now. Let's go."
"Let go," Piao said coldly.
Feng Qishi paused, smiled, "Short temper," and then released his hand.
Piao glanced at Mu Anxiao, who was deliberately ignoring him, and turned to walk away.
Feng Qishi smiled and turned to follow Piao back to the door.
Mu Anxiao, worried that Xiao Nian would ask too many questions, didn't look at them and said, "Let's go, my treat."
"Generous," Feng Qishi said, crossing his arms and looking at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao ignored Feng Qishi and said, "You two go out for a bit, I need to drink some water."
"Okay," Xiao Nian nodded and looked at the gecko spirit, "Let's go out."
"Mhm," the gecko spirit agreed.
Then, the gecko spirit and Xiao Nian left the room together.
Mu Anxiao breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Feng Qishi and Piao, saying, "You two stay here."
"Why?" Piao asked.
Mu Anxiao said, "Brother, they can't see you, and yet you keep talking in my ear. What do you want me to do, answer you or not?"