The first man in black lowered his head guiltily after Mu Anxiao spoke.
Feng Qishi, on the other hand, understood nothing of what Mu Anxiao had said. He hadn't felt any disharmony in their interactions during the past half hour. He had even thought Mu Anxiao had genuinely decided to help them.
Unexpectedly, just as things were about to conclude, such a reversal had occurred.
At this moment, he didn't know what to say.
Mu Anxiao looked at the first man in black's guilty expression and couldn't help but sneer. She said, "Shen Moyun, you take care of these two. Don't ask questions." With that, she turned and walked towards Youxian.
The first man in black's eyes began to dart around.
Feng Qishi, completely bewildered, turned his head to look at Mu Anxiao's receding back as she walked towards Youxian, saying, "You're going by yourself."
"Yes," Mu Anxiao replied, stopping by the bed. She then looked down at Youxian, who was reeking of alcohol, and murmured, "I wonder if you'll recognize me." As she spoke, she bent down and gently brushed aside the hair obscuring Youxian's face.
Just then, the first man in black had already begun to subtly move towards the door.
The woman on the other side had not managed to overcome the second man in black. At this moment, she was being dragged by her hair and pinned to the corner of the wall by him. The second man in black deliberately said nothing, merely glaring fiercely at the woman's face.
The woman could only cry and beg.
Feng Qishi had initially not intended to interfere in their affairs, but seeing the second man in black's behavior now, he became angry. He ignored the first man in black and walked gracefully to the side of the second man in black and the woman, saying, "Let go." He stared fixedly at the second man in black's face.
"This is my business, it has nothing to do with you," the second man in black was still in a rage and completely disregarded Feng Qishi.
"It has nothing to do with me..." Feng Qishi was annoyed by the second man in black's words, so he reached out and grabbed his wrist that was holding the woman's hair, saying, "Now, let go, and I'll leave your arm intact. If you don't let go, I'll break it." Feng Qishi glared at him.
Immediately, at the moment pain struck, the second man in black conceded, let go, and complained aggrievedly, "General Shen, look... she hit me first."
"Hitting a woman is your fault," Feng Qishi said, releasing his grip and pushing the second man in black aside, standing in front of the woman.
"I know, but..." The second man in black glanced at the woman hiding behind Feng Qishi and said, "This brat doesn't obey discipline at all. Sometimes, you have to hit her, or it just won't work."
"What do you mean by not obeying discipline?"
"Do you know, she..."
"Never mind, don't say it," Feng Qishi, knowing that the second man in black would likely say something unreasonable, interrupted him. "Now, go back and sit down honestly."
"Are you really going to arrest me?"
"You know yourself, why are you asking?" Feng Qishi said coldly.
The second man in black chuckled sheepishly.
At the same time, while Feng Qishi was talking with the second man in black, Mu Anxiao turned her head and happened to see the first man in black standing by the door, saying directly, "If you dare take one step outside, I will immediately, right now, send you into the deep forest to be fed to the wolves."
Having learned from past experiences, the first man in black immediately stopped all his actions, turned his head to look at Mu Anxiao, and like the second man in black, gave two sheepish laughs, "I wasn't leaving, I just wanted to go out for a moment."
"Go ahead and relieve yourself, I won't look," Mu Anxiao said deliberately.
Upon hearing this, the first man in black pursed his lips and said no more.
Half an hour later.
Mu Anxiao, dressed in the first man in black's new clothes, crossed the threshold of the back door and looked at the two carriages parked by the roadside, asking in confusion, "Why are there two?" She looked at Feng Qishi.
"They were prepared for her," he said, glancing at the woman standing beside him.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao exclaimed in surprise, "Are you planning to marry her?"
At this, Feng Qishi was startled by Mu Anxiao's words and said agitatedly, "Don't talk nonsense, I just want to send her to my manor first, and then give her..."
"You have a manor?" Mu Anxiao interrupted, looking surprised.
After Mu Anxiao's remark, Feng Qishi swallowed the words he was about to say and looked at her expressionlessly, not saying a word.
Mu Anxiao felt awkward under Feng Qishi's gaze. "I'm just a bit surprised."
"You're overly surprised," Feng Qishi said, then turned to look at the woman who was cautiously watching him, and said calmly, "You should get into the carriage quickly."
"Young Master, and you?"
"I still have some matters to attend to," Feng Qishi said, looking at the servant standing by the carriage. "Alright, you may go."
"Yes," the servant replied, then looked at the woman. "Miss, please get in."
Upon hearing this, the woman cast a reluctant glance at Feng Qishi, then turned and, with the servant's help, boarded the carriage.
Mu Anxiao calmly watched the woman's retreating back as she got into the carriage and frowned slightly, saying softly, "Shen Moyun, I didn't expect you to have such a kind heart."
"You'd better say less."
"I think that woman should..." Mu Anxiao said, turning to look at the two men in black pinned before the carriage by the soldiers, and muttered, "...be like them."
"You asked me to save them, and now..."
"I never asked you to save them like this..." Mu Anxiao interrupted, thinking that she was just a weak woman unable to even tie a chicken. So she stopped talking, "Forget it, do as you please."
"You..."
"Sir, that woman is not a good person either; you should arrest her," the first man in black excitedly interrupted Feng Qishi.
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao looked at the first man in black and said, "As a man, to report a young woman, I think you should be a woman."
Upon hearing Mu Anxiao say this, the first man in black quickly said, "To tell you the truth, many things, it was all her..."
However, before the first man in black could finish speaking, the woman's cry came from inside the carriage.
Mu Anxiao heard this, glanced at the carriage over there, and deliberately said, "Look, you've made her cry."
"I..."
"Shut up," Feng Qishi growled.
Consequently, the first man in black dared not speak.
Conversely, the second man in black chuckled low after Feng Qishi said this.
Mu Anxiao knew that Feng Qishi was someone who couldn't be rational about certain matters. If she said the same thing as these two fellows now, he would definitely call her troublesome.
He might even lose trust in her because of it.
She thought that if he stopped helping her because of this, it would be very awkward. Moreover, the woman would likely restrain herself at the General's manor, so she decided to turn a blind eye.