In the blink of an eye, Mu Anxiao and Feng Qishi walked together on the path back to the General's mansion. What made Mu Anxiao feel puzzled, however, was that this path was frighteningly quiet. This quiet atmosphere formed a stark contrast with the lively one from not long ago.
This feeling made Mu Anxiao feel a sense of unease, so she reached out and grabbed Feng Qishi's arm.
Feng Qishi's body stiffened. He lowered his head to look at Mu Anxiao, who was observing their surroundings, and asked, "What, are you scared of this?" After speaking, he didn't forget to pat the back of Mu Anxiao's hand.
"Not scared," Mu Anxiao said, still holding Feng Qishi's arm, "just find it strange."
"What's strange?" Feng Qishi retorted.
What was strange?
However, Feng Qishi's question also stumped Mu Anxiao. She swallowed and just as she was about to speak, the woman who had warned her not to enter the palace from mid-air suddenly appeared in her mind. Immediately, her eyes darkened, and she began to suspect if the current scene was created by that woman. Thinking so, she slowly released the hand holding Feng Qishi's arm and began to look around.
Seeing this, Feng Qishi was puzzled. "What are you doing?"
"I think I made a mistake," Mu Anxiao said, retracting her gaze from scanning the surroundings and looking up at Feng Qishi.
"What's wrong?" Feng Qishi asked, he couldn't quite understand Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao: "This path is too dangerous. If that guy comes, he definitely..."
"He might not listen to you," Feng Qishi interrupted.
"He will," Mu Anxiao said with firm conviction.
Seeing Mu Anxiao like this, Feng Qishi didn't try to discourage her further. "Then what do you want to do? Go back and remind him?"
"It's probably too late by now," Mu Anxiao said softly.
Feng Qishi was speechless upon hearing this.
Then, Mu Anxiao ignored Feng Qishi, looked around again, and then looked up, inadvertently glancing at a black figure on the rooftop. She frowned. "Who is that," she muttered.
"Who..." Feng Qishi uttered, following Mu Anxiao's gaze, he looked up and said, "I'll go take a look."
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao quickly turned her head to look at Feng Qishi and was stunned, saying, "You can't go." She quickly grabbed Feng Qishi's arm.
Feng Qishi didn't expect Mu Anxiao to stop him, so he was stunned again and said, "Why are you stopping me?"
"What if it's a trap?" Mu Anxiao said, then suddenly remembered what Feng Qishi had said when he stopped her not long ago. She felt awkward.
Feng Qishi looked at Mu Anxiao's suddenly awkward expression and couldn't help but smile. "I'll go take a look, maybe it's not a trap." Saying this, he pushed Mu Anxiao's hand away.
"I won't," Mu Anxiao had no intention of letting go. Her eyes were firm. "Let's go back first."
"You..."
"We can't waste another quarter of an hour," Mu Anxiao interrupted Feng Qishi.
Then, Feng Qishi hesitated for a moment, but still compromised. "Alright," he said, then looked up at the figure on the rooftop again. "Aren't you curious who is up there?" He then looked at Mu Anxiao again.
This time, Mu Anxiao didn't say anything else. She pulled Feng Qishi and walked towards the General's mansion.
Feng Qishi followed Mu Anxiao helplessly.
Then, just after they left, the figure on the rooftop also disappeared.
In an instant.
Mu Anxiao and Feng Qishi arrived together outside the back door. Similar to the situation over there, Feng Qishi leaned against the wall, while Mu Anxiao paced back and forth in front of him, anxiously waiting for the dirty-faced man to arrive.
"Has a quarter of an hour passed yet?" she asked as she walked.
Feng Qishi looked at Mu Anxiao, who was pacing in front of him, with a helpless expression, and yawned, saying, "Half an hour has passed."
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao immediately stopped walking. "What did you say?" she looked at Feng Qishi, thinking she had misheard.
Feng Qishi: "Half an hour." After speaking, he yawned twice.
"You must be joking," Mu Anxiao said, her eyes wide as she looked at Feng Qishi.
Seeing Mu Anxiao's reaction, Feng Qishi was startled. "Can't you sense time too?" he conceded.
"Don't you have a pocket watch?"
In her previous life, Mu Anxiao had seen pocket watches. Although she didn't react much when Feng Qishi took out his watch, she had actually seen his every move.
"You even know about pocket watches," Feng Qishi said with a smile, taking out his pocket watch. "I didn't expect my General's mansion to be so close to that place."
"Get to the point," Mu Anxiao said impatiently.
Feng Qishi still smiled. "The point is, it didn't take long, not even a quarter of an hour."
"I knew it," Mu Anxiao breathed a sigh of relief and looked towards the alley entrance. "I'm sure he'll come."
"So certain," Feng Qishi said with a smile.
Hearing Feng Qishi's smiling tone, Mu Anxiao frowned. "You can say what you want, but why are you smiling? What... are you trying to mock me again?"
"There's something wrong with your mindset."
"It's because you forced me to have a problem with my mindset," Mu Anxiao glared at Feng Qishi fiercely, then shifted her gaze back to the alley entrance.
Feng Qishi sighed upon hearing this and said, "There are five minutes left."
"Five minutes?" Mu Anxiao didn't understand Feng Qishi's meaning at first, then turned her gaze back to Feng Qishi's face.
Feng Qishi said helplessly, "You really only remember items, not knowledge. A quarter of an hour here is fifteen minutes. You said..."
"I know, that being the case," Mu Anxiao suddenly understood, and frowned. "That being the case, our journey here took less than ten minutes in total."
"Yes," Feng Qishi nodded.
"That's not right," Mu Anxiao suddenly felt that something was wrong, and frowned. "But I feel like a lot of time has passed."
"What do you mean?"
"What do you mean? Don't you think a lot of time has passed?"
"When I'm with you, I always feel like time isn't enough," Feng Qishi said with a smile.
Mu Anxiao's expression froze. "Shen Fengzi, this is not the time for your nonsense. Don't you find it strange?" she asked, looking at both sides again.
"What's strange about it? My improved pocket watch will definitely not have any errors," Feng Qishi said, holding the pocket watch in front of Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao looked at it and spread her hands. "Let me see."
"You want..."
"Let me see," Mu Anxiao interrupted sharply.
Seeing Mu Anxiao like this, Feng Qishi didn't dare to say anything more. He immediately handed the 'pocket watch' to Mu Anxiao. "My pocket watch is definitely fine."
"It's definitely broken," Mu Anxiao muttered, flipping open the lid and her face fell. "You said it was fine, but it's not moving at all, only pointing in one direction." Saying this, she threw the pocket watch directly at Feng Qishi.
Then, Feng Qishi caught the pocket watch with quick hands, opened it, and felt embarrassed. "It's really broken."
"You just pretended to be capable for no reason," Mu Anxiao glanced at Feng Qishi, sighed, and said, "It seems that guy really broke his promise." Saying this, she looked towards the alley entrance.
This time, Feng Qishi looked towards the alley entrance with Mu Anxiao. "What are you going to do next?" he asked, shifting his gaze to Mu Anxiao's profile.