"What kind of help do you need?" Feng Qishi continued to ask.
Mu Anxiao looked at Feng Qishi's curious expression and smiled, "Why should I tell you?"
Seeing Mu Anxiao's mysterious look, Feng Qishi said, "If you don't tell me, I won't tell you any of my secrets in the future."
"What secrets could you possibly know?" Mu Anxiao scoffed.
"I..." Feng Qishi stopped midway and then snorted, "Forget it, I'm not telling you."
Mu Anxiao saw Feng Qishi's dejected expression and said, "The rattan spirit dislikes the number two hundred and forty-nine. They hope that he and I will join forces to make the Rabbit Queen our 'two hundred and fifty' (a fool)."
"Did you agree?" Feng Qishi asked.
Mu Anxiao smiled at Feng Qishi and said, "I didn't, but you could agree!"
"I don't kill, unless she's willing to give it up herself," Feng Qishi said.
Mu Anxiao smiled slightly, "You and him." She pointed at Piao.
Piao looked at Mu Anxiao and said, "If I'm going to do it, I'll do it all. It's better not to do such half-hearted work."
"Demanding," Mu Anxiao pouted, then thought, "Putting that aside, did we fail?"
"What do you think?" Feng Qishi replied.
"I didn't expect to fail so quickly," Mu Anxiao lamented, then thought, "The Rabbit Queen's goal is to occupy the town and turn its human inhabitants into her slaves. You," he looked at Piao, "did you refuse her?"
"Yes, I'm not interested in that," Piao admitted.
"Then I know why she betrayed you," Mu Anxiao said, placing a hand on her hip.
Piao said, "If she betrayed me just because I disagreed, I can only say that she is still disloyal to me."
"Loyalty or disloyalty is one thing, but now, only you can get close to that rabbit," Mu Anxiao said.
"I'm not going," Piao turned his face away.
"Then let it be, anyway, once she truly succeeds, there will be no more business for you," Mu Anxiao said intentionally.
Piao hesitated upon hearing Mu Anxiao's words.
"Are you going or not?" Mu Anxiao asked.
Piao thought for a moment and said, "What did you say to her?"
"I said you've become suspicious of her," Mu Anxiao confessed.
Piao closed his eyes in exasperation, then glanced at Feng Qishi and said, "I finally know why we failed this time."
"Why?" Mu Anxiao and Feng Qishi said in unison.
Piao looked at each of them and said, "Why do you two speak the truth for no reason? Once the truth is out, it makes the other party suspicious. Can you not be so sincere?"
"I've always been this sincere before, that's why I succeeded," Mu Anxiao said.
"Me too," Feng Qishi pointed to himself.
Piao sighed, "Humans and demons are different, especially demons with a history. He hates sincerity the most, just like you," he pointed at Feng Qishi, "you said those words and still got interrupted in the end."
"Don't you want me to gather them here, which is to reason with them?" Feng Qishi retorted.
Piao was stunned for a moment and said, "You're not wrong about that..."
"We've already failed, what's the point of talking so much?" Mu Anxiao said impatiently, "Piao, I never realized you were so long-winded before!"
"This is called summarizing experience," Piao said righteously.
Mu Anxiao smiled, "Alright, you continue. I know now anyway."
"What do you know?" Piao asked.
"I know that these rabbit spirits seem docile, but in reality, they are all scheming. To put it bluntly, they are much more terrifying than humans," Mu Anxiao said.
The red-clothed rabbit spirit heard Mu Anxiao's words and said, "I think there's something wrong with what you said."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao looked at the red-clothed rabbit spirit, "Tell me."
"Aren't you angry?" the red-clothed rabbit spirit asked directly.
"What is there to be angry about?" Mu Anxiao spread her hands, indifferent.
The red-clothed rabbit spirit had expected Mu Anxiao to be angry, but seeing Mu Anxiao's demeanor, she felt relieved.
"In the past, we trusted humans too much, and in the end, that's the result we got. Our lives were given to us by the Queen, and of course, there's you," the red-clothed rabbit spirit looked at Piao and said, "So, we cannot betray her."
"Then you can betray me," Piao said.
"You didn't remove her memory?" Mu Anxiao asked anxiously, realizing something.
Piao glanced at Mu Anxiao but said nothing.
The red-clothed rabbit spirit's nerves tensed, and she said, "I haven't betrayed you, but, how should I say it, you are the benefactor who made me human, and the Queen is the one who gives me hope. Everyone wants their own place, so occupying the town is the dream of all rabbits. What you just did," she looked at Feng Qishi again, "is stifling. Therefore, they definitely won't agree to go with you."
"Only after you've suffered and endured hardship will you see the cruelty of reality," Feng Qishi shook his head slightly.
The red-clothed rabbit spirit pursed her lips and said, "Yes, you are right. Therefore, I see it now."
Hearing this, Feng Qishi was stunned and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"I'm willing to go with you," the red-clothed rabbit spirit said sincerely, then looked at Piao, "I'm willing to help you find a solution. Please don't isolate me anymore."
"Are you serious?" Piao asked.
The red-clothed rabbit spirit nodded firmly.
Seeing the red-clothed rabbit spirit's demeanor, Piao smiled and said, "Alright, you go find the Rabbit Queen for me."
"She was originally chased out by the Rabbit Queen. Now you want her to go back, do you think that rabbit will believe you?" Mu Anxiao asked with a smile, looking at Piao.
Piao said, "I don't know. You have to try everything."
"Try it, brother. We've already wasted so much time. To be honest," Mu Anxiao sighed, "I'm really tired of these rabbit spirits, they're too troublesome."
"You say that every time," Feng Qishi said.
Mu Anxiao glared at Feng Qishi, "What do you know."
"I don't know," Feng Qishi shook his head.
"If you don't know, don't talk nonsense," Mu Anxiao shot a fierce glare at Feng Qishi, then looked at Piao, "I think you should just agree to her."
"Why?"
"Her betrayal of you hasn't been confirmed yet," Mu Anxiao said.
"I saw the rattan spirit in her room," Piao said in a childish tone.
"She abandoned the rattan spirit in person, but she didn't abandon you in person. I think it's just because your lack of support hurt her. So, as long as you support her, I think," Mu Anxiao's lips curved into a smile, "your status will be restored."
"Really?" Piao asked.
Mu Anxiao nodded, "Yes."
Hearing Mu Anxiao's words, Feng Qishi looked at Piao's moved expression and thought, "Silly Mu, are you crazy? This guy was already leaning towards us, and now you've said this, and he's back with those rabbit spirits. What are we going to do?"