Feng Qishi knew that Mu Anxiao’s intention in speaking like this was to force him to give up.
However, he still didn’t have a true understanding of Mai Liang. Furthermore, Mu Anxiao had been here for nearly a year, and this woman had never appeared even once. Now she suddenly appeared, which made Feng Qishi curious about her identity, and even more suspicious.
Therefore, he chose to help.
“I want to know,” he said.
“You want to help us,” Mu Anxiao feigned composure.
Feng Qishi: “Yes, I want to help you.” As he spoke, he shifted his gaze to Mai Liang’s face again.
Mai Liang, as before, glanced at Feng Qishi cautiously, then looked at Mu Anxiao, “…”
Mu Anxiao thought Feng Qishi would turn and leave, which was why she had chosen to compromise. She hadn’t expected this… she had miscalculated.
“Do you really want to…” she glanced at Mai Liang, then back at Feng Qishi, “help us.”
“You heard correctly. As long as you give me a reason I can accept, I will naturally help you. Although,” Feng Qishi turned to look at Mu Anxiao, “I don’t know why you don’t want me to know this.”
“These matters are related to your position. If things go wrong, you might lose your general position.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, what we are going to do is very dangerous, and you…”
“In that case, give up,” Feng Qishi interrupted upon hearing ‘dangerous.’
Mu Anxiao had only said this to make Feng Qishi give up on listening to Mai Liang’s matters. Little did she know that as soon as she uttered those frightening words, he had already put on a ‘serious’ face. Looking at him, she felt utterly speechless, “…”
Mai Liang had always been afraid of Feng Qishi. Hearing him say this now, she couldn’t help but feel a sense of crisis. “Mu Anxiao, you said you would help me.”
“She cannot help you,” Feng Qishi’s gaze shot directly to Mai Liang’s face.
Mu Anxiao looked at Feng Qishi, who took everything seriously, with a speechless expression and said, “I was joking with you.”
Upon hearing this, Feng Qishi glared at Mai Liang and looked at Mu Anxiao, “Mu Anxiao, you’re playing with me.”
“I…” Mu Anxiao uttered a single sound, grinned, and forced a laugh, “Am I sick? Playing with you isn’t fun. I’m not playing with you, I’m not playing with you.” She waved her hand.
Feng Qishi frowned, “You still say you’re not playing with me. You just said that if I knew, I would have to help, and I agreed. Then you say all these things, and now you say you were joking. Isn’t that playing with me?” He looked serious.
Mu Anxiao disliked Feng Qishi’s attitude, so she could no longer tolerate it. “Forget it, I’ll tell you the truth.”
“What?”
“Never mind. I just don’t want you to know about this, because,” Mu Anxiao glanced at Mai Liang, who was staring at her, and continued, “this is a matter of the Mu estate. Do you think it’s appropriate for an outsider like you to get involved?”
“I…” Feng Qishi was rendered speechless by Mu Anxiao’s words.
Mu Anxiao sneered, “You also think it’s inappropriate, right?”
“Your matters are my matters. Now,” Feng Qishi’s tone became calm, “I just want to ask you, who is she.” He glanced at Mai Liang.
Mu Anxiao: “You guess.”
“I… guess.” Feng Qishi knew Mu Anxiao wouldn’t speak plainly, so he lowered his head to look at Mai Liang. After a few seconds of hesitation, he said, “You are a Xian Hun.”
Mai Liang turned her head to look at Feng Qishi.
Just like before, Mu Anxiao thought Feng Qishi had already sensed that Mai Liang was a Xian Hun, but who knew… she had overestimated Feng Qishi’s abilities.
Thinking about it, she sighed and said, “She is a Xian Hun, and a very useful one at that.”
Feng Qishi continued to stare at Mai Liang and asked, “Why are you here?”
“She is Mai Xia’s sister, named Mai Liang, and she died quite some time ago,” Mu Anxiao said on behalf of Mai Liang.
Mai Liang didn’t want to have a one-on-one conversation with Feng Qishi. So, while Feng Qishi was looking back at Mu Anxiao, she took two steps back, walked around the table, and went to Mu Anxiao’s side.
Seeing Mai Liang stop beside her, Mu Anxiao said indifferently, “It would have been better if you had come over earlier.”
“…” Mai Liang nodded slightly.
Jia lay motionless on the ground.
Feng Qishi frowned as he saw Mai Liang stop beside Mu Anxiao. “What do you mean by going over there?”
“What else could it mean? She doesn’t want to stand with you,” Mu Anxiao knew Mai Liang didn’t want to speak, so she spoke for her.
At this moment, after sensing Mai Liang’s identity, Feng Qishi withdrew his suspicion and said, “We are all the same kind of people, don’t be afraid.”
Mai Liang: “Your Xian Wei is quite high.”
Hearing Mai Liang say this, Feng Qishi became a little embarrassed. “It’s alright.”
“You’re truly humble. The immortals I met before would immediately become conceited as soon as I praised them,” Mai Liang said, “But don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone about your identity.”
“You’re just a Xian Hun, who would you tell?” Feng Qishi intended to probe.
Hearing Feng Qishi say this, Mu Anxiao’s heart sank. Just as she was about to speak, Mai Liang walked into his trap, “My sister can see me.”
Hearing Mai Liang’s reply, Mu Anxiao tutted.
At the sound, Mai Liang looked at Mu Anxiao in confusion and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Mu Anxiao forced a dry laugh, “Mai Liang, why didn’t I realize you were so foolish before?”
Feng Qishi crossed his arms, “Since everything has been said, you can tell me about your matters too, right?” As he spoke, he glanced at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao gasped, turned to look at Feng Qishi, who was intentionally showing off, and said, “Shen Moyun, you have indeed become much smarter than before.”
“…” Feng Qishi glared at Mu Anxiao.
Seeing Feng Qishi glare at her, Mu Anxiao angrily shouted, “Try glaring at me again!” As she spoke, just as she was about to walk around the table to cause trouble, Mai Liang grabbed her arm. Consequently, her body stiffened, she turned to look at Mai Liang, and asked, “Why are you pulling me?”
“I said, don’t get angry for my sake anymore,” Mai Liang narcissistically believed that everything Mu Anxiao did was for her own good.
Conversely, Mu Anxiao helping her like this was only for her own ‘life.’ Hearing her say this now, she felt a bit embarrassed, “…” She didn’t know how to respond.
Feng Qishi: “You can speak now.” He looked at Mai Liang calmly.
Following suit, Mai Liang, while holding Mu Anxiao’s arm, looked at Feng Qishi and began to speak.
Minutes later.
Feng Qishi frowned slightly, “You said Mu Gui’s sister is a monster.”
Mai Liang nodded.
At the same time, Mu Anxiao couldn’t help but recall her final questioning with Mai Liang and said, “That’s not right.”
Mai Liang frowned, “What’s not right?” She looked at Mu Anxiao.
“If she’s a monster, why did you use magic to treat her memories like that?” Mu Anxiao retorted.