Seeing the stunned expression on Mu Anxiao's face as the wind stirred, and then glancing towards the back door, Feng Qishi said, "You must be overthinking it." He then turned his gaze to the servants who had begun to grow nervous due to Mu Anxiao's reaction.
Servant One, who had felt nothing initially, adopted a guilty expression at Mu Anxiao's words. Servant Two completely lost the courage to meet Feng Qishi's gaze and, like Servant One, lowered his head with a look of guilt.
Mu Anxiao, drawing on Feng Qishi's words, thought for a moment, then turned sideways to look at the wooden door and mumbled, "That's impossible. That gust of wind was definitely strange." As she spoke, she looked down, then back at Feng Qishi, asking, "Are all your brothers outside?"
"Why are you asking that?" Feng Qishi retorted coldly.
Mu Anxiao looked at Feng Qishi's dismissive expression, then at Servant One and Servant Two who were constantly averting their gaze, trying to avoid any eye contact with her. She said, "You two, did you feel something too?"
At her words, the other servants turned their attention to Servants One and Two.
Mu Anxiao simply stared at them, saying nothing.
Mai Xia knew that Mu Anxiao must have had her own plan, so she remained silent, standing quietly in place and watching them resolve the situation.
Following Mu Anxiao's question, the atmosphere suddenly became oppressive.
Feng Qishi looked down at Mu Anxiao, who was still staring at Servants One and Two. After a moment's thought, he immediately broke the tension. "Mu Xiao, can you stop scaring people?" His gaze held no trace of politeness.
Mu Anxiao, hearing this, turned her head and looked up at Feng Qishi, who was glaring at her. "How am I scaring them? I'm just looking at them," she said, pointing at Servants One and Two.
The other servants shifted their gazes back to Mu Anxiao.
The next second, a gust of wind blew, and the lanterns in the hands of Servants One and Two were instantly extinguished.
Mai Xia blinked in surprise.
Immediately, Servants One and Two exchanged glances in the light of the other servants' lanterns and began to shout.
Mu Anxiao covered her ears slightly and shouted, "Shut up."
"..." Controlled by fear, they continued to scream.
Their cries were truly piercing. Looking at them, the other servants all wore expressions of disgust. Mai Xia sighed and raised her hands to cover her ears.
Mu Anxiao looked down at her hands, then looked up at Feng Qishi and called out, "What should we do?" She pointed at them.
At this moment, Feng Qishi could no longer stand their screams. He glared at Mu Anxiao, turned, passed Mai Xia, stopped in front of the two of them, hesitated, and then raised his hand, slapping each of them.
The sound of the slaps echoed all around.
As Feng Qishi made his move, Mu Anxiao raised her hand and lightly touched her cheek, mumbling, "So ruthless."
The other servants were also startled by Feng Qishi's actions and dared not speak.
As for the two servants, they truly fell silent after Feng Qishi's slaps.
"That's enough," Feng Qishi said coldly, flexing his wrists.
Servant One was completely awakened by Feng Qishi's slap and said, "Thank you, General."
"Why are you thanking me?" Feng Qishi retorted.
Servant One: "I was really scared just now," he said, looking down at the lantern in his hand. "It's strange, why did it suddenly go out?" As he spoke, he looked up at Mu Anxiao.
Servant Two followed Servant One's gaze towards Mu Anxiao.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao showed a disdainful expression, then turned and walked to the wooden door. Enduring the pain in her hand, she removed the bolt and, with a burst of effort, opened the door to find a ragged boy looking at her, saying, "I want something to eat."
Mu Anxiao lowered the hand supporting the door and looked down at the boy, who was a bit taller, and asked, "Whose child are you?"
At the same time, Feng Qishi walked behind Mu Anxiao.
The little boy's eyes darted away. "I... I don't know." He shook his head.
Feng Qishi looked down at the little boy, his heart sinking. He asked deliberately, "Mu Xiao, who are you talking to?" He knew this child... was not human.
Conversely, Mu Anxiao did not notice this. She pointed at the little boy and said, "Can't you see?"
Feng Qishi deliberately avoided looking at the little boy and said, "What are you talking about? I don't understand." After speaking, he took a leaf from his waist.
Mu Anxiao asked curiously, "What are you going to do?"
"Don't ask so many questions." As he said this, Feng Qishi held the leaf steady and began to blow on it with ease.
Mu Anxiao watched in surprise as Feng Qishi blew a sound from the leaf. "How did you make it make that sound?" she asked, reaching out to snatch it.
Feng Qishi did not want to lose face in front of the servants. The moment Mu Anxiao made her move, he quickly reached out and grabbed her wrist. "Don't push your luck." After speaking, he threw Mu Anxiao towards the little boy.
The little boy instinctively took a few steps back upon seeing this.
In the next moment, Mu Anxiao landed on the ground.
Just then, Mai Liang appeared at the door and asked, "Where is Mu Anxiao?" She looked up at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi ignored Mai Liang and continued to blow on the leaf.
Seeing Feng Qishi remain silent, Mai Liang frowned and was about to ask again when Mu Anxiao forcefully slapped Mai Liang's feet twice. Startled, Mai Liang looked down and exclaimed, "Hey, why are you here?" She then ignored the little boy and squatted in front of Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao looked up. "You really came at the wrong time."
"I..."
"Look," Mu Anxiao interrupted, raising the back of her hand, which bore Mai Liang's footprint, to Mai Liang's face.
Mai Liang looked and gave an awkward smile.
"Apologize," Mu Anxiao said simply.
Mai Liang gave a couple of sheepish laughs and said, "Sorry." After speaking, she turned to look at the little boy standing beside her, blinked, and then looked back at Mu Anxiao. "He can see me."
"See me..." Mu Anxiao said. Without thinking, she quickly stood up and was about to continue when six or seven small soldiers holding torches appeared behind Mai Liang and the little boy.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao swallowed her words, consciously stepped aside, and looked at Feng Qishi, who was crossing the threshold and walking out. "..."
Feng Qishi ignored Mu Anxiao and commanded, "Some things have happened in the Mu residence. Go in and take that madam and the two servants standing behind her away."
"Yes." After they responded in unison, they walked past Feng Qishi and went inside.
Mu Anxiao blinked in surprise, then looked down at the little boy who was looking up at her, thinking, They can't see him?
With that thought, she then looked at Mai Liang, who was also looking down at the little boy, and frowned slightly.