Zhao Xiang remained silent.
Mu Anxiao watched Zhao Xiang calmly and asked intentionally, "What, can't accept the fact that you're a monster?" She leaned forward and stared at Zhao Xiang's face.
Zhao Xiang snapped back to attention, glanced at Mu Anxiao, and asked, "You're saying I'm a monster?"
"Yes."
"He didn't say that. He said I just possessed a demon soul. I..." Zhao Xiang's eyes darkened as he said this and ran off.
Gu Yan's eyes widened, and she said, "You did that on purpose."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao shifted her gaze back to Gu Yan's face. "What do you think?"
"You're trying to stir up trouble between us."
"Stir up trouble between us," Mu Anxiao said, and laughed. "I don't think I'm stirring up trouble between you. On the contrary, I feel like there's no relationship between you two at all."
"You..."
"You're Ouyang Ye's subordinate, aren't you?" Mu Anxiao interrupted.
Gu Yan frowned. "What information do you want to pry out of me now?"
"Your words are too formal. What do you mean by 'pry out information'? I simply want to know if you and Ouyang Ye have an unusual relationship," Mu Anxiao smiled wryly.
"What do you mean by that?"
"I think your relationship with him is quite good, and he also takes good care of you. Speaking of which, do you like him? Of course," Mu Anxiao said, "if you like him, just say the word. Although Ouyang Ye and I aren't exactly close, I can still say a word or two to him. I'll help you then, and you don't have to thank me."
"Nonsense," Gu Yan said angrily.
Mu Anxiao: "What I said is from the bottom of my heart, really. You..."
"You wait and see," Gu Yan interrupted, turned, and left.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao breathed a sigh of relief.
In the room.
Jia and Lou Yi stood together at the door, listening to Mu Anxiao's disrespectful attitude outside. They exchanged glances and shrugged.
Just then, Mu Anxiao pushed open the door, turned to Jia and Lou Yi who were shrugging, and asked, "Did it sound good?"
"It sounded good," they said in unison.
Mu Anxiao stepped over the threshold, closed the door with her hands behind her back, and walked to the table. She looked down at Bing'er, who still had her eyes closed and showed no signs of movement, and asked, "What's the situation?" She looked at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi was covered in cold sweat, clutching his chest with one hand. He said, "I can't." He swallowed, his eyes vacant.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao quickly grabbed Feng Qishi's arm and asked, "Are you alright?" As she spoke, she carefully helped him sit down.
Feng Qishi took a few breaths and said, "I went in and used the healing technique, but the spiritual energy was too strong. My spell couldn't get through, and in the end..." He coughed.
Mu Anxiao quickly reached out and patted Feng Qishi's back. "It seems the spiritual energy is very difficult to break through." She then picked up the teapot and poured Feng Qishi a cup of water.
Feng Qishi: "Ouyang Ye couldn't do it either."
"What do you mean?" Mu Anxiao asked, putting down the teapot and handing the cup to Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi took the cup, took a sip of water, and said, "It means that even though he is so powerful..."
"Don't underestimate yourself. You are more powerful than him," Mu Anxiao interrupted.
Feng Qishi froze and looked up to meet Mu Anxiao's eyes. "..."
Mu Anxiao glared at Feng Qishi. "What are you looking at? I'm telling the truth. You're a great god, you're definitely more powerful than him. In other words, even if he has despicable means, he's not that powerful."
"Your words are enough," Feng Qishi said, secretly delighted, and drank the water in one gulp.
Mu Anxiao's gaze flickered. "By the way, did you see Bing'er?"
"I did," Feng Qishi said, putting down the teacup. "She looks younger than she is now."
"Yes, I noticed that too," Mu Anxiao said, sitting down beside Feng Qishi. She casually took Bing'er's cold hand and said, "I said I would save her, and I will save her."
"What do you plan to do?" Feng Qishi asked.
Mu Anxiao's expression stiffened, and she shook her head slightly.
Feng Qishi knew that a solution wouldn't come immediately, so he silently accompanied her.
Lou Yi and Jia returned to the table and sat down.
Then, Lou Yi looked at Mu Anxiao curiously and asked, "That Zhao Xiang doesn't seem to want to accept the reality that he's a monster."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao released her hand, looked up at Lou Yi, and said, "He doesn't want to accept it."
"Then if he goes to find Ouyang Ye, will something happen?"
"What could happen to him? Ouyang Ye's brainwashing skills are very strong," Mu Anxiao said. "And that Zhao Xiang is quite good at deceiving people. The two of them together are like a pair."
"A pair?" Lou Yi said, showing a confused expression.
Jia cupped his chin with one hand. "Saying they're a pair is wrong. They don't have any other relationship." As he spoke, he shifted his gaze to Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi noticed Jia's gaze and asked, "Why are you looking at me?"
Jia: "Can you accept the reality that Zhao Xiang is a monster?" He remembered that Zhao Xiang was Feng Qishi's 'brother'. For a former brother to become like this, anyone would find it hard to accept.
Therefore, Jia couldn't help but be curious about Feng Qishi's thoughts.
Feng Qishi: "Are you bored?" He didn't want to answer Jia's question.
Jia felt awkward. "I'm not bored, I'm just curious and wanted to ask." As he spoke, he gave a simple smile.
Feng Qishi: "I don't want to answer you."
"You..." Jia uttered a word and, after thinking about what he had just heard, continued, "Aren't you curious about why he came to find you?"
"Not curious," Feng Qishi replied indifferently.
Jia was speechless.
Lou Yi, seeing Jia repeatedly rejected by Feng Qishi, couldn't help but chuckle.
Hearing this, Jia reached out and firmly patted Lou Yi's shoulder, saying, "Don't laugh."
Lou Yi raised his hand and touched the spot where Jia had hit him, saying, "I just can't help it. I've never seen someone as oblivious as you before."
"You..." Jia was at a loss for words.
Lou Yi dared not laugh anymore.
Mu Anxiao ignored them and looked down at Bing'er's face, lost in thought.
Feng Qishi looked down at Mu Anxiao and said, "Did you see that colorful spiritual energy?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao slowly turned her head to look at Feng Qishi and nodded. "I did. Why are you suddenly asking about this?"
Feng Qishi shook his head and fell silent.
Mu Anxiao sensed that something was not right with Feng Qishi, but she didn't want to directly pry information from him.
So, she also fell silent with him and continued to observe Bing'er's complexion.
Lou Yi and Jia cupped their faces with both hands, not daring to utter another word.
The atmosphere in the room fell silent at that moment.
During this time, Feng Qishi secretly looked at Mu Anxiao several times before finally, like her, fixing his gaze on Bing'er's face.