Mu Anxiao looked at Feng Qishi and the others with a troubled expression, pointing at the little girl, as if to ask, "What should I do?"
They all shook their heads in unison.
Mu Anxiao's eyes widened.
The little girl, still crying, followed Mu Anxiao's gaze toward Feng Qishi and the others and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao quickly snapped back to reality and said, "Nothing."
"My mother doesn't want me anymore. From now on, I'll follow you," the little girl suddenly said.
Mu Anxiao was taken aback. "Are you sure about this? You won't be safe following me."
"You can suddenly appear, which proves you are definitely different from ordinary cultivators. Therefore, I feel safe and at ease following you," the little girl said, no longer crying and patting her chest.
Mu Anxiao was stunned.
Immediately after, the girl took Mu Anxiao's hand and said, "I won't tell anyone you are a cultivator, but first, you have to take me somewhere."
Feng Qishi watched the little girl arrange things herself and saw Mu Anxiao's frozen expression, sighing.
Piao smiled. "This child is quite clever."
"This child looks like someone," Yan said, staring at the little girl's face.
"Who does she look like?" Feng Qishi asked.
Yan cautiously glanced at Rabbit Queen and said, "Her." She pointed at Rabbit Queen.
Rabbit Queen frowned and turned to Yan. "What do you mean by that?"
Yan shook her head slightly.
Piao glanced at Yan, then at the little girl, and said, "Her eyes and eyebrows are indeed very similar to yours."
Rabbit Queen deliberately avoided their gaze and said, "How could she resemble me? I don't know her at all."
"Don't talk about other things, aren't you the one who absorbed its soul energy..." Feng Qishi stopped mid-sentence, pointed at Rabbit Queen, and said, "You are truly heartless."
"What do you mean?" Rabbit Queen asked dismissively.
"Such a young child, and you targeted her. You still call yourself human, why don't you look at yourself?" Feng Qishi said emotionally.
"I have no interest in children," Rabbit Queen said.
Piao glanced at Rabbit Queen and said, "I can vouch for that. She really doesn't like children."
"Then why do you resemble her?" Feng Qishi frowned.
"Stop talking," Yan suddenly said.
Feng Qishi continued to frown and look at Yan, asking, "What is it?"
"She's angry," Yan said, cautiously pointing at Mu Anxiao, who was glaring in their direction.
Feng Qishi followed Yan's finger to Mu Anxiao, smiled, and then looked around, asking, "Where is the child?"
"She said she went to buy something and asked for the silver," Yan replied.
Mu Anxiao took a deep breath and walked up to Feng Qishi. "Why didn't you warn me?"
"Huh?" Feng Qishi was startled.
"If you had warned me, I wouldn't be in so much trouble. It's all your fault," Mu Anxiao said in a low voice.
"Mu the Fool, are you blaming me?" Feng Qishi pointed at himself.
"I am blaming you. So what?" Mu Anxiao said unreasonably.
Piao said, "This is my fault."
Mu Anxiao didn't even look at Piao and continued to stare at Feng Qishi. "Ignorance is bliss."
Piao was speechless.
Rabbit Queen said, "She's back."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao snapped back to attention, turned, and looked at the little girl who had walked up to her. "Where did you go?"
"Give me your hand," the little girl said suddenly, one hand behind her back.
Mu Anxiao was startled and frowned.
"Give it to me," the little girl urged.
Mu Anxiao clicked her tongue and complied, extending her hand.
The little girl smiled innocently, then suddenly extended the hand holding the rope and said, "Don't move." As she spoke, she tied the rope around Mu Anxiao's wrist.
Mu Anxiao looked at the little girl's serious expression as she tied the rope with surprise. "What are you doing?"
After tying the rope, the little girl looked up at Mu Anxiao and grinned. "I'm taking you somewhere." Then, holding the other end of the rope, she turned and ran.
Mu Anxiao glanced at them out of the corner of her eye and followed the little girl's footsteps.
Piao said, "What does that child want to do?"
Feng Qishi sighed. "We'll know when we go take a look." As he spoke, he followed.
Yan said, "Let's follow." She then hurried after them.
Piao turned to Rabbit Queen. "You go first."
"Mm," Rabbit Queen nodded and quickened her pace.
Thus, Piao followed at the rear.
In the blink of an eye, Mu Anxiao was led by the little girl to a residence.
"Why did you bring me here?" Mu Anxiao stopped and asked, looking at the back of the little girl's head.
The little girl turned to look at Mu Anxiao and said, "This is my home, do you believe me?"
"Your home," Mu Anxiao said, looking at the luxuriously decorated grand door. "Your home is quite nice."
"My father abandoned my mother," the little girl said.
"Why?" Mu Anxiao asked.
The little girl lowered her eyelids and said, "Father liked cultivating the immortal path and said Mother was useless, so he abandoned her. But Mother didn't want to leave, so Father said he would let Mother find him a master. If the master was found, Father would let Mother return."
Listening to the little girl's words, Mu Anxiao frowned and asked, "Didn't your mother die?"
"My mother isn't dead," the little girl said.
Mu Anxiao gasped. "Wait, let me sort this out." As she spoke, she recalled the little girl's words.
"Do you know my mother?"
Thinking of this, Mu Anxiao paused, then continued to ponder her words.
"My mother is gone. Have you seen my mother?"
"As soon as my mother left me, I saw you, sob..."
Considering these three short sentences, Mu Anxiao said, "You asked me earlier if I knew your mother. Do you mean, have I... been sought out by your mother?"
Piao stopped, listening to Mu Anxiao's convoluted question, and asked, "What is she saying?"
Feng Qishi shook his head slightly. "I don't know. She probably doesn't even know what she's saying herself."
"Mm," Yan nodded.
Rabbit Queen looked at Mu Anxiao's profile and said, "What she means is, does that child think she was found by her mother?"
Following this, the three of them simultaneously shifted their gaze to Rabbit Queen's face.
Rabbit Queen looked at the three of them unnaturally and said, "Don't look at me, look over there."
At the same time, Mu Anxiao also glanced at Rabbit Queen, then looked at the little girl who was staring at her with confusion. "Do you think my mother and I know each other?"
"Yes," the little girl nodded.
Mu Anxiao smiled. "Unfortunately, your mother and I don't know each other."
"My mother said that if she found a master, she would have the master come find me first. Your appearance just now, isn't that what it means?" the little girl pointed at Mu Anxiao.
"My appearance was purely accidental. You..."
"It is you," the little girl said firmly.
Mu Anxiao looked at the little girl's determined expression and, recalling what she had said before tying her up and bringing her here, sneered. "You've been deceiving me all along. You never intended to come with me; you just wanted to trick me into coming here."