"No..." Mu Anxiao said, turning to look at the red light that had begun to move slowly across the roof. She frowned, "You don't think she's here to do something bad, do you?"
At her words, Feng Qishi's heart sank. He withdrew his gaze fixed on the rooftop, turned to stare intently at Mu Anxiao's face, and asked in a low voice, "What bad thing do you think she could do?" He was serious.
Seeing Feng Qishi's suddenly tense expression, Mu Anxiao smiled, "You're taking me seriously."
"Speak," Feng Qishi uttered a single word.
Mu Anxiao curled her lips. After confirming the red light had not yet jumped off the roof, she whispered, "You should know her better than I do."
"Don't talk nonsense," Feng Qishi misunderstood Mu Anxiao's meaning.
Mu Anxiao chuckled, "How am I talking nonsense? You followed that King Jin for so long, so you must have a pretty good understanding of this Madame's methods."
"I don't know her," Feng Qishi said in a low voice.
"You don't know..." Mu Anxiao repeated, then gave a cold laugh. "Don't lie to me. If you didn't know her, you would have known it was her at first glance."
"..." Feng Qishi was too lazy to continue this discussion with Mu Anxiao.
Seeing Feng Qishi's sudden silence, Mu Anxiao felt a flicker of fear towards him. She said, "Fine, I won't talk about other things with you. Now, just tell me," she darted her eyes away, "has she ever killed anyone?"
"..." Feng Qishi's eyes darkened.
Mu Anxiao, observing Feng Qishi's gaze up close, said, "She has."
"I don't know, but I do know that no one who has come into contact with her has lived."
"Then she has killed," Mu Anxiao said in a low voice.
Feng Qishi turned his face away, intentionally avoiding further conversation with Mu Anxiao.
Conversely, Mu Anxiao lowered her eyelids, carefully recalling the Madame's reactions here. She then quickly glanced at the room door and said, "That's not right."
"What is it?" Feng Qishi was startled by Mu Anxiao's sudden exclamation.
Mu Anxiao looked up at Feng Qishi and said, "This is an inn, not the Mu Manor."
"I know this is an inn, not the Mu Manor," Feng Qishi didn't understand.
However, during her conversation with Feng Qishi, Mu Anxiao had been treating this place as the Mu Manor, which was why she dared to speculate.
But upon this sudden realization, she became afraid.
"You know..." she started to say, then looked up at the red light moving on the roof and said, "I know."
"What do you know now?" Feng Qishi didn't grasp Mu Anxiao's meaning.
Mu Anxiao: "I know she must be here for me, because I saw her today, and now she suddenly appeared here... Hmm..." She indulged in some random speculation and nodded, "She must be here for me, that's for sure." After saying that, she tightened her grip on Feng Qishi's arm.
Feng Qishi stiffened and looked down at Mu Anxiao holding his arm, "How scared are you?"
"Just protect me then," Mu Anxiao looked up to meet Feng Qishi's eyes, her entire expression becoming awkward.
However, in Feng Qishi's memory, Mu Anxiao had always been a woman who dared to face anything. She had always stood in front of him to confront enemies.
Even when afraid, she was still like that.
Now... she was so scared because of a Madame. He thought that his desire to protect her grew stronger with her fear.
"If you want me to protect you, hold on tight and don't let go," he said.
Mu Anxiao nodded, "I will, but remember," she pressed her face against Feng Qishi's arm, "don't kill her. If you kill her, and King Jin finds out, your position will be lost, and I will be implicated with you. Do you understand what I mean?"
"..." Feng Qishi was speechless.
Then, Mu Anxiao glanced at the rooftop again and said, "You have to leave me a chance. She's mine."
The reason Feng Qishi had spoken earlier was because of Mu Anxiao's plea. He even thought completing the task at this moment would be a good thing for Mu Anxiao.
Who knew... she would say something like this at this juncture. Looking at her, he showed a confused expression, "No, aren't you contradictory?"
"How am I contradictory?" Mu Anxiao asked in a low voice.
Feng Qishi: "One moment you ask me to protect you and take her down, the next..."
"I never said for you to take her down," Mu Anxiao interrupted.
Feng Qishi was taken aback, "Isn't that what you meant?"
"I just said to protect me. And by protection, I mean if she comes over, you protect me. Conversely, if she doesn't provoke me, then there's no need," Mu Anxiao explained simply.
Feng Qishi had always thought Mu Anxiao wanted to take her down directly.
He hadn't expected that it was a misunderstanding.
So, he said, "I think this is an opportunity."
"What opportunity?" Mu Anxiao didn't understand Feng Qishi's meaning.
Feng Qishi: "This is a good opportunity to capture her. You..."
"Everything requires evidence. I don't have enough evidence right now to capture her. That's why," Mu Anxiao patiently explained, "I need to go into the palace."
"You're going into the palace to collect evidence, not to capture her directly?" Feng Qishi had always thought Mu Anxiao wanted to capture her directly. Who knew... he had overthought it again.
"Of course not," Mu Anxiao said, looking up at the rooftop again, she exclaimed, "She's gone."
"..." Feng Qishi also looked over there.
Immediately, after confirming the red light had disappeared, Mu Anxiao released Feng Qishi's arm and said faintly, "I know."
At her words, Feng Qishi turned and stared at Mu Anxiao's face, "What do you know now?"
Mu Anxiao: "She's not here for me. She's looking for someone else." Saying this, she took a step forward and stared at the only lit room.
The next second, following Mu Anxiao's words, the red light shot into the room.
Seeing this, as Mu Anxiao was about to step forward, Feng Qishi grabbed her arm and said, "Don't act rashly."
Mu Anxiao, hearing this, turned her head to look at Feng Qishi, "I'm not."
"You're not? Then why are you going over there?" Feng Qishi asked in a low voice.
Mu Anxiao: "I'm going over there to see what she's doing. Anyway, I have a premonition, she won't kill anyone." She stared at Feng Qishi with a determined expression.
Feng Qishi frowned, "You are strange. Just now you were so scared, and now you want to investigate," he said, tightening his grip on Mu Anxiao's arm, "Tell me, what exactly are you thinking?"
Mu Anxiao: "What I'm thinking... I'm just thinking, anyway, the person she needs to deal with isn't me, so I won't be in any danger if I go over..."
"If it were you, what would you do?" Feng Qishi asked deliberately.
Mu Anxiao said without thinking, "Then you continue to protect me, because I am a priority protected person."
Feng Qishi was instantly speechless upon hearing this.
"..."