"Why aren't you talking anymore?" Mu Anxiao asked.
Hearing this, Shuer looked up slightly at Mu Anxiao and said, "If I come back to life, they will still bully me. I'm scared, I..."
"Can you not refuse people?" Mu Anxiao suddenly asked.
Just as Mu Anxiao had asked, Shuer usually spoke and laughed with everyone. Anyone who saw her said she had a good disposition; in other words, everyone who met her called her a good person.
It was precisely because of this image of a good person that those who were accustomed to praising her would always seek her out to help with difficult tasks whenever something arose. Every time she wanted to refuse, the other party would say many flattering words, or even hold her hand and cry.
Because of these things, she had no reason to refuse.
Gradually, everyone knew she was easy to talk to, and everyone came to her for help with things she couldn't complete but had to bite the bullet and finish.
Some maids would even push their luck, asking her to work for them while they rested. Every time this happened, she would be very angry, but she was too embarrassed to say anything to that maid.
There was no other way, so she endured it.
Unexpectedly, as she continued to endure, those people began to take advantage of her. Later, she resolutely told herself that she must resist, so she began to try to refuse.
But every time she was about to speak, the other party would start playing the victim again.
It was a vicious cycle. She dared not speak anymore, and because of this, those people began to order her around and bully her endlessly.
She had had enough of this feeling.
Therefore, upon hearing Mu Anxiao's direct question, she lowered her gaze.
Mu Anxiao calmly looked at Shuer's silent expression and knew in her heart that she had probably guessed correctly.
So, she sighed and said, "Since you don't want to talk about it, then don't."
Hearing this, Shuer looked up slightly at Mu Anxiao and asked, "You're not angry that I'm not answering your question?"
Mu Anxiao smiled as she looked down, "What is there to be angry about? It's your business if you don't want to answer. I can't force you. However," she became serious, "I'll say the unpleasant words upfront. If you keep dragging your feet, you'll lose the opportunity."
"I..."
"If you're willing to live, I can find you a new place and get you away from the people you dislike," Feng Qishi said directly.
Upon hearing this, Shuer quickly said, "I don't dislike anyone."
"..." Feng Qishi frowned slightly.
Mu Anxiao placed a hand on her hip, "If you dislike someone, you dislike someone. What's there to be embarrassed about? If it were me, I'd stay away from anyone I disliked. At least I'd be comfortable."
"I dislike many people," Shuer said in a low voice.
Feng Qishi listened to Shuer's words clearly, his eyes darkening, "If I let you leave here, would you be happy?"
"Leave," Shuer shifted her gaze to Feng Qishi's face, "But I have a contract with you. If I leave, it's a breach of contract, and I'll be fined. But I have no money." She thought it through clearly.
Feng Qishi, "This is my decision. What are you worried about?"
"But..."
"If you don't agree, I can accompany you to scold all the people you dislike, just to make you feel better," Mu Anxiao interrupted.
"Wouldn't that offend people?" Shuer said in a low voice.
"What's there to it? Before, you would run into each other every day. In the future, you will never see each other again. What are you afraid of? Do you really think they'll follow you?"
"No, I just don't want to offend people."
"Then offend yourself. Don't be yourself," Mu Anxiao wanted to awaken Shuer with her words, so she spoke very directly. xxs one.
However, after Mu Anxiao's words, Shuer fell silent.
Mu Anxiao calmly looked at Shuer's hesitant expression and asked, "What's wrong? Do you think I'm saying the wrong thing?"
"It's not that you're saying the wrong thing, it's me," Shuer pursed her lips, "It's hard for me to integrate into a new place. With my personality, I'll be bullied everywhere. Even if you accompany me to scold them, I'll still be the one leaving in the end."
"You..."
"Don't try to persuade me anymore. I don't want to live," Shuer interrupted Mu Anxiao.
If a person wants to die, even a hundred people cannot stop them. Moreover, the tasks Mu Anxiao had completed before were mostly for demon souls, and situations like Shuer's were very rare.
Listening to this, she didn't know what else she could say.
"..."
"You really don't want to live?" Feng Qishi said deeply.
Hearing this, Shuer once again fixed her gaze on Feng Qishi's face and smiled, "General, you are a good person. This servant cannot always seek your help. Living," she said with a wry smile, "is really quite meaningless to me. So, please don't try to persuade me anymore. I have only one wish now."
"Tell me," Feng Qishi said in a low voice.
Shuer looked down at her body and said, "Bury me. Don't erect a tombstone. It's meaningless."
"You... don't want your family to know?" Mu Anxiao interjected, wanting to save Shuer one last time by mentioning her family.
Unexpectedly, it would have been better if Mu Anxiao hadn't said that. As soon as she mentioned it, Shuer fell silent again.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao quickly shifted her gaze to Feng Qishi's face and asked, "What's the situation?"
Feng Qishi had never inquired about the family circumstances of his own servants, so Mu Anxiao's question stumped him. "I don't know," he shook his head.
Mu Anxiao frowned, "She is, after all, a maid in your manor. Don't you know her situation?"
"I don't know," Feng Qishi said, then lowered his head.
Mu Anxiao was annoyed, "You're really something. If she were my subordinate, I would definitely get to know her thoroughly first," she said, pointing at Feng Qishi, "Now I understand. Her death has something to do with you."
"You..."
"My death has nothing to do with the General," Shuer spoke up for Feng Qishi.
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao looked disdainful, "It still has something to do with him! It's because of his irresponsibility that you've been bullied. If you ask me," she pointed at Feng Qishi, "he should be buried with you." She said this intentionally, all to find a reason for Shuer to live.
Feng Qishi was speechless.
Shuer was stunned, "The way you speak is too serious."
"How is it serious?" Mu Anxiao saw that Shuer was very protective of Feng Qishi, so she thought perhaps she could use Feng Qishi to change Shuer's mind, "If he had understood you a little better, you wouldn't have wanted to die."
"This is my own fault."
"I don't believe it. It must be related to him..."
"My parents abandoned me long ago. It was the General who saved me," Shuer interrupted, her face flushed with emotion.
Mu Anxiao was startled and looked up at Feng Qishi, a smile playing on her lips, "You really are a kind person. A hero saving a damsel!"
Feng Qishi frowned slightly.
Shuer said, "Don't say that. That time, the General saved many people. I was just one of them." As she spoke, she lowered her head.
Mu Anxiao was rendered speechless.