Mu Anxiao understood Jia's meaning and nodded.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao breathed a sigh of relief, turned her head, hesitated for a moment, and stepped inside.
Jia followed Mu Anxiao.
Inside.
The woman and Bing'er had separated the moment Feng Qishi entered. Bing'er also stopped crying after Feng Qishi appeared and looked at Mu Anxiao, who had walked behind Feng Qishi. She didn't speak.
However, it was strange. The moment Mu Anxiao walked into the room, her demonic aura disappeared. She frowned as she smelled the air and looked at Bing'er, who was staring at her. "..." She intentionally remained silent, waiting to see what Bing'er would say.
Feng Qishi followed Bing'er's gaze, glanced sideways at Mu Anxiao, then turned back to Bing'er and asked, "Bing'er, what's wrong?"
Hearing this, Bing'er came back to her senses, withdrew her gaze from Mu Anxiao's face, and looked at Feng Qishi. "Brother, is she powerful?" she asked, pointing at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao frowned slightly.
"..." Feng Qishi heard Bing'er's question and glanced at Mu Anxiao again. "She... why are you suddenly asking this?"
"Sister said she can save me," Bing'er stated directly.
The woman's eyes darkened. After cautiously glancing at Mu Anxiao, she lowered her head again.
Conversely, Mu Anxiao did not shift her gaze to the woman's face. She continued to stare at Bing'er, wondering what else she would say.
"Save you..." Feng Qishi repeated, stepping aside and fixing his gaze on Mu Anxiao's face. "What's going on?" His voice was very low.
Mu Anxiao tilted her head up to meet Feng Qishi's eyes and replied perfunctorily, "What's going on? I don't understand what you're saying."
"Mu Anxiao, don't play dumb with me."
"How am I playing dumb?"
"Come out with me," Feng Qishi said, grabbing Mu Anxiao's arm. Without looking back, he led Mu Anxiao past Jia and went outside again.
Facing the woman and Bing'er, Jia cleared his throat, then looked down at the ground, thinking that it was not worth it to escape underground at this moment. With that, he gave them a fake smile and turned away.
Bing'er crossed her arms.
The woman walked to Bing'er's side and looked down at Bing'er's smug expression. "Bing'er, why did you bring this up in front of the General?"
"Sister, only this way you will be safe."
"What do you mean?"
"It means..." Bing'er said, withdrawing her gaze from the woman and looking back at the door. "I believe my brother will definitely not watch me die."
Bing'er knew that Feng Qishi had always cared about her.
In less than a year, Feng Qishi had helped her find many renowned doctors and had often subsidized the carriage driver to treat her.
From this process, she had realized... Feng Qishi was a meticulous and thoughtful person.
She thought that as long as Feng Qishi knew about Mu Anxiao, he would definitely find out everything from Mu Anxiao.
Only in this way could she more clearly know... whether Mu Anxiao was lying.
"You want to use the General to test if Mu Xiao's words are true or false?" the woman asked.
Bing'er nodded.
Upon hearing this, the woman lowered her head and looked at Bing'er's somewhat mature appearance, her eyes darkening.
Outside.
Mu Anxiao was pulled behind the bushes by Feng Qishi again.
This time, Mu Anxiao unceremoniously pushed Feng Qishi's hand away forcefully, then stepped back and said, "What are you doing?"
Hearing this, Feng Qishi turned to Mu Anxiao, pointed towards the room, and asked, "You don't have healing magic, how can you save her?"
"Healing magic..." Mu Anxiao repeated and snorted. "This doesn't require healing magic."
"Then what do you plan to do?"
"It's none of your business."
"None of my business," Feng Qishi repeated, narrowing his eyes. "Mu Anxiao, what are you hiding in your heart? What did you say to that female demon soul? And... are your words true or false?"
"It's none of your business."
"You..."
"Shen Moyun, you just mind your own business. I'll handle my own affairs, you don't need to worry about me."
"Mu Anxiao!" Feng Qishi roared.
Seeing Feng Qishi's increasingly angry expression, Mu Anxiao snorted. "What are you calling me for? Don't think that just because you call me like this, I'll be afraid of you. I'm not afraid of you at all."
"Mu Anxiao, you want me to help you..."
"I asked you to help me after I entered the palace, not now. Besides," Mu Anxiao interrupted, "this is a maid in your mansion. If I tell you my plan, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?"
"You're afraid I'll delay you?"
Mu Anxiao didn't think of it that way. She simply didn't want Feng Qishi to know too much and didn't want to involve him. However, since he thought so, she went along with him and said as he thought, "Yes, I am afraid you will delay my matters. My master said this is my mission. Only by completing this mission will my magic improve."
"Magic..." Feng Qishi said, his eyes widening. "You mean you're fooling Bing'er."
"Fooling... What do you mean I'm fooling Bing'er? Can you speak properly?" Mu Anxiao's thoughts were muddled by Feng Qishi's words.
Feng Qishi: "For the sake of your mission, you lied to the woman saying you could save Bing'er. Mu Anxiao, deceiving a child like this, you're too despicable."
"I..."
"I absolutely will not allow you to do this," Feng Qishi said, pointing at Mu Anxiao's hands.
The next second, a blue light turned into a rope and bound Mu Anxiao's hands.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao looked down at her suddenly bound hands and said indignantly, "Shen Moyun, what are you doing?" As she spoke, she looked up at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at Mu Anxiao coldly. "I won't let you do foolish things, nor will I let you lie to Bing'er. Bing'er's life is not a transaction."
"...Transaction." Mu Anxiao said, smiling bitterly. "Shen Moyun, what do you take me for? Since I have this idea, I have my own methods. Must you distrust me like this?"
"I just don't trust you," Feng Qishi said, his attitude firm.
Mu Anxiao froze.
At the same time, Bing'er stopped behind Mu Anxiao and said angrily, "I knew you were a liar, and you really are a liar, you ugly thing."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao frowned and slowly turned to look at Bing'er, who was glaring at her. "You are so disrespectful at such a young age, it's enough," she said, then looked at the woman.
The woman's eyes darted away.
Mu Anxiao thought... anyone else could disbelieve her, but this woman couldn't. Looking at the woman, she recalled the assurance the woman had given her and said, "You believe me, right?"
"I..."
"Sister, don't believe her, she can't save me. You... don't be swayed by her," Bing'er said excitedly, looking up.
The woman lowered her head and stared at Bing'er's face.
Seeing Bing'er's unexpectedly excited demeanor and the woman opposite her showing some emotion because of Bing'er, Mu Anxiao said, "You must believe me."
"Shut up," Bing'er yelled at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao heard this, looked down at Bing'er, and just as she was about to speak, Bing'er fainted.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao was stunned.
Feng Qishi saw this, quickly walked around Mu Anxiao, ran forward, bent down, and immediately picked up Bing'er. "You are not allowed to leave, or I will not help you anymore," he said. After speaking, he glanced at Mu Anxiao and left.
The woman glanced at Mu Anxiao, turned, and left.
Mu Anxiao stood frozen on the spot, looking down at her bound hands, and snorted, muttering, "There's a problem."