Hei Feng: "What about them?" He pointed at Gu Xiao and A Xia.
"These two have feelings for Piao, so we'll wait."
"..." Hei Feng sighed. "Then I came here for nothing."
"Sorry." Mu An Xiao smiled wryly, deliberately glancing at Feng Qi Shi before walking away.
Hei Feng sighed, turning his gaze to Yin Ye, just as Feng Qi Shi fixed his gaze on him. "Let's go."
"..." Hei Feng was speechless. After glancing back at A Xia and Gu Xiao, he left.
Night fell.
Mu An Xiao, not dwelling on Feng Qi Shi's attitude towards her, ran out of the mourning hall. As Lin Yan had instructed, she stopped by the well outside the dilapidated temple, holding a hoe. "It should be around here." As she spoke, she raised the hoe high and dug into the soil, loosening it with each swing. Then, dropping the hoe, she crouched down and began to dig with her hands.
Inside the dilapidated temple.
Feng Qi Shi sat on Lin Yan's bed. Listening to the sounds outside, he jumped off the bed. Bathed in the moonlight streaming through the window, he walked to the door. Then, with his finger, he poked a hole in the paper window and looked out at Mu An Xiao's location, his brow furrowed deeply.
Mu An Xiao, completely unaware, continued digging. Her hand brushed against something. "This is it." As she said this, she bent down, dug away the soil around the box with force, and then reached her hands into the gaps, grasping the bottom of the box. "Got it." She then made sure to check both sides.
At the same time, Feng Qi Shi gently opened the door, crossed the threshold, and walked towards Mu An Xiao.
Mu An Xiao, oblivious, mustered her strength and pulled the box out of the deep pit.
Seeing this, Feng Qi Shi asked coldly, "What are you doing?"
Hearing his voice, Mu An Xiao froze. Her hands loosened, and the box fell back down. "Ugh, why is my luck so bad?" she muttered, straightening up and turning to look at Feng Qi Shi, who had stopped beside her. "I thought you went to the latrine and ran over here."
Feng Qi Shi: "What are you doing here?"
His attitude was very cold, but Mu An Xiao, due to her relationship with Shen Yan, was already accustomed to this coldness.
So, she replied, "Can't you tell?"
"..." Feng Qi Shi frowned slightly, crouched down, and peered into the hole. Angrily, he exclaimed, "Mu Stupid, you've gone too far!"
"..."
"Why aren't you saying anything?" Feng Qi Shi asked, reaching out and forcefully pushing Mu An Xiao's shoulder.
Instantly, Mu An Xiao lost her balance and sat down on the ground. "Are you sick?"
"You..."
"You and Shen Yan are really alike, both inexplicably strange," Mu An Xiao said. "Don't worry, once I finish what Lin Yan entrusted me with, I promise I won't appear before you again, alright?" As she spoke, she bent down again and reached into the pit, pulling out the box.
Feng Qi Shi: "....." A darkness fell upon his eyes.
The next moment, Mu An Xiao placed the box on the ground. "Lin Yan, I'm giving this dilapidated temple to you."
Feng Qi Shi: "...." His eyes widened.
Mu An Xiao glanced at Feng Qi Shi. "What are you so surprised about? I've met him."
"You met him?"
"Yes. I heard you killed Gui Xiao."
"..."
"If you don't want to talk, then forget it." Mu An Xiao glared at Feng Qi Shi, then forcefully opened the box and took out a draft of a deed prepared by Lin Yan. "Write your name on it."
"I don't want to."
"Why?"
"I don't need this. You..."
"This is Lin Yan's wish."
"So what?" Feng Qi Shi stood up. "Stop pretending to be a good person here."
"Shen Crazy, are you sick?" Mu An Xiao tilted her head up to look at Feng Qi Shi.
Feng Qi Shi: "I'm sick, Yin Ye said that without your involvement, Gui Xiao would never have used that demon art."
"Yin Ye?" Mu An Xiao repeated, standing up. "Clarify what you mean."
"You already knew demon arts, didn't you? You taught Gui Xiao that fatal demon art, right?"
However, Mu An Xiao never expected Yin Ye to stab her in the back like this.
Thinking back, Feng Qi Shi's behavior was all Yin Ye's doing.
At this moment, she truly regretted being polite to Yin Ye!
"..."
"I..."
"Lin Yan is your disciple, and he is also my friend. Now you are believing the words of a demon soul? Shen Crazy, you've gone too far."
"You..."
"When you were Shen Yan, you believed the wolf demon's words for fifty years and hated me. Now, you're believing Yin Ye's words. You're a deity, and you lack such judgment? If I had known you were this kind of person," Mu An Xiao said, "I wouldn't have saved you."
"..." Feng Qi Shi frowned.
"If you don't want it, then I'll take it. I'll give it back to you when you want it." Mu An Xiao bent down and picked up the box.
Feng Qi Shi's eyes deepened. "Mu Stupid, are you... serious?"
Hearing this, Mu An Xiao straightened up. "What do you mean?"
"You really think that."
"Are you sick?"
"If I die, will you cry?"
"You die..."
Before she could finish speaking, Gu Xiao and A Xia appeared together.
A Xia: "Hearing the news of your death, she cried harder than anyone else. I really don't know what's gotten into you to so easily believe Yin Ye's words."
Before Mu An Xiao returned, Yin Ye had comforted Feng Qi Shi. Then, while Feng Qi Shi was grieving, he deliberately spread many rumors about Mu An Xiao's past bad behavior.
This included her being cold-blooded, selfish, and only focused on tasks.
He even claimed that Mu An Xiao, upon learning of Feng Qi Shi's death, hadn't cried but instead said nothing and only thought of herself.
In short, Yin Ye said a lot of things intended to make Feng Qi Shi "understand" Mu An Xiao.
And because Feng Qi Shi was overwhelmed with grief, he actually believed it all at that moment.
Now, hearing A Xia's words, he looked at Mu An Xiao. "Is that true?"
Mu An Xiao: "If you die, why would I cry?"
Feng Qi Shi: "...."
Gu Xiao anxiously interjected, "Mu An Xiao, stop being so stubborn. You clearly care about him."
Earlier, because others were present, Gu Xiao hadn't dared to say much. He even thought that... given the relationship between Feng Qi Shi and Mu An Xiao, Feng Qi Shi would quickly see through Yin Ye's lie.
But who would have known that Feng Qi Shi would be so foolish?
Therefore, he suggested to A Xia that they come and help Mu An Xiao.
"..." Mu An Xiao lowered her gaze. "You know what kind of person I am, yet you still said those things about me. The trust between us collapsed the moment you stopped trusting me."
Feng Qi Shi: "I'm sorry."
"However," Mu An Xiao raised her head and looked at Feng Qi Shi, "I can understand. I also thought Yin Ye was a good demon soul. Who knew he was also a liar?"
"She might be afraid that because I made Lin Yan the savior, you would go back on your word, so she resorted to this tactic."