"You've been ignored," said Bi Shou. "Clearly, this Xi'er has an agenda."
Ever since arriving here, Mu An Xiao's mind had been in a state of utter disarray.
"I know," she replied. "But there's something I'm dying to know right now."
"What is it?" Bi Shou's voice was so low that only Mu An Xiao could hear it. Coupled with Xi'er's disregard for them, she wasn't worried about being noticed.
Mu An Xiao asked, "Is that girl… truly mad or not?"
"She's mad."
"Mad?" Mu An Xiao hadn't seen the girl appear completely insane. On the contrary, she felt as if *she* were the one going mad. "Are you sure?"
"Isn't this how mad people behave? Normal one moment, deranged the next. Just you wait, after that outburst, she'll be mad again." Bi Shou said indifferently.
Conversely, Mu An Xiao began to doubt Bi Shou's words. "Are you sure?"
"Sure… I think!"
"You think?" Mu An Xiao's lips twitched. She looked up towards the girl and was stunned.
At the same time, just as Bi Shou had predicted, the girl turned her head towards Mu An Xiao and said, "Husband."
Husband?
Mu An Xiao's lips twitched. She didn't want to indulge the girl's madness any further. "You've mistaken me for someone else."
Immediately after the girl's "Husband," Xi'er shifted her gaze to Mu An Xiao's face. "Who are you?"
Hearing this, the girl's eyes darkened. She turned to face Xi'er and declared, "You won't steal my husband." With that, she suddenly spread her arms wide.
Mu An Xiao was speechless at the girl's stance.
Seeing Xi'er's gaze shift towards her, Bi Shou fell silent.
This time, Xi'er ignored the girl and stared intently at Mu An Xiao for a few seconds before smiling. "You scruffy beggar, you do bear some resemblance to Mu Xi."
"..." Mu An Xiao felt a sense of foreboding.
Xi'er, seeing Mu An Xiao's silence, smiled again. "Why aren't you speaking?"
Mu An Xiao began, "I..." She hesitated, thinking that she absolutely must not engage with Xi'er. Any confrontation would alter the past. Therefore, she couldn't act rashly or engage in extensive dialogue with Xi'er, lest she draw attention to herself.
"What's wrong?" Xi'er asked with amusement, looking at Mu An Xiao, whose face was covered in dirt, obscuring her true features.
Mu An Xiao said, "Young Master Mu is quite formidable. To compare me to him, you..."
"You are Mu Xi," the girl suddenly interrupted, turning to fix her gaze on Mu An Xiao's face.
Seeing this, Mu An Xiao was startled once more. "..."
Xi'er then smiled, glancing at the jumpy girl whose demeanor had shifted so abruptly. "It seems she likes you quite a bit."
Mu An Xiao forced a dry laugh. "I don't understand what you're saying."
"Marry her, how about it?" Xi'er suggested.
Mu An Xiao felt a bitter pang.
Xi'er observed Mu An Xiao's bitter expression and smiled. "This is Young Master Mu's woman. If you marry her, it would be for you..."
"Her..." Mu An Xiao cautiously glanced at the girl, who was staring at her with determination. "She's mad."
"So what? She's got beauty, though."
At this moment, Mu An Xiao could no longer comprehend Xi'er's intentions. Regardless, their conversation was filled with an unbearable awkwardness.
Mu An Xiao felt utterly uncomfortable all over.
"...." All she could manage was a dry chuckle.
Xi'er continued, "If you don't marry her, then I'll kill her." As she spoke, she formed a dark green aura in her palm.
Mu An Xiao looked at the aura in Xi'er's hand and finally understood. Xi'er's purpose for coming was to torment the girl. Whether she truly intended to kill the girl, Mu An Xiao didn't know.
However, Mu An Xiao did know that agreeing would only bring her more trouble.
Thus, she found herself in a dilemma.
Xi'er stated, "If you remain silent, I'll kill her."
Mu An Xiao didn't know if she should help the girl.
Seeing Mu An Xiao's continued silence, Xi'er grew impatient. "I'm asking you a question, can't you hear? You scruffy beggar."
Hearing this, Mu An Xiao's gaze met the girl's, her eyes darkening. Just as she was about to speak, the girl suddenly cried out again. Her eyes widened, and she glared at Mu An Xiao, shouting, "Liar!" Then, she turned to Xi'er and said, "Kill me."
"..." Xi'er smiled at this and looked at Mu An Xiao. "Her life is in your hands."
"..." Mu An Xiao was stunned.
The girl declared, "I told you to kill me. I won't marry this scruffy beggar!"
Xi'er responded, "He is Mu Xi."
"He's not," the girl replied, shaking her head slightly. She stepped forward and said, "Demoness, kill me."
Xi'er's expression stiffened. "Demoness, how did you know..."
"Aren't you a demoness? If you weren't, how could you have seduced Mu Xi? How could Mu Xi have treated me that way? You... you demoness."
"Seduced?" Xi'er sneered. "He's the one who said he wanted to marry me. If anyone was seduced, it was me he seduced."
"It was you!"
"Say that again," Xi'er demanded, her eyes widening and the aura in her palm growing larger.
Seeing this, Mu An Xiao was taken aback.
The girl continued, "You are the woman who seduced him..." She sneered. "You two are truly a pair of dogs."
"If we're talking about dogs, it's you and him."
"You..."
"For you, he was willing to sacrifice his own sister's life. For you, he chose to betray me. To marry you, he stopped at nothing. His heart is filled with you, don't you know it?" Xi'er interrupted, her voice filled with emotion.
Xi'er had never intended to utter these words, but seeing the girl's state, she decided to reveal the truth, letting the girl die with regret!
"What are you saying?" the girl asked incredulously.
"He loves you more than he loves himself, more than he loves his own sister. He was willing to have me kill his sister for you. But little did he know, you betrayed him. You two..." Xi'er let out a laugh. "It's truly laughable."
"..." The girl was stunned.
"Xin'er, that's his pet name for you. Every time… he talked about you to me, he would call you that. Honestly," Xi'er said, looking at the aura in her palm, "every time I heard him call you that, I felt disgusted."
"He..."
"He treated you so cruelly to avoid hurting you. You fool, you couldn't even see it." As Xi'er spoke, she placed her hand, emitting the aura, on the girl's shoulder.
The girl felt nothing. She stared intently at Xi'er's face, recalling every word Mu Xi had said to her last night, and froze. "His words were all true."
"Every word he said to you last night was true, and you still couldn't see it? And then you betrayed him. Tsk tsk..." Xi'er shook her head slightly. "You hurt him… quite deeply."
"Where is he?" the girl asked, her sanity returning.
Xi'er smiled. "Him? When he went looking for his sister, he fell off a cliff and died." She leaned in, meeting the girl's eyes. "I know you must miss him terribly, right?"
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