They all fell silent, following closely behind.
A few minutes later, the smaller demon said, "Right now, I have no other thoughts than wanting to save my master. Really."
"I cannot let you save him," the Yin Messenger in a suit stated.
"Why?" the smaller demon looked at the Yin Messenger, asking urgently.
The Yin Messenger glanced at Mu Anxiao and said, "You hide too many things. I don't trust you." With that, he turned and vanished.
Mu Anxiao watched the direction where the Yin Messenger had disappeared and said, "Chihuahua, your master's time is running out. Holding back for even a minute will not benefit your master at all."
"But that monster..."
"You're going to say that monster helped you," Mu Anxiao interrupted.
"If he hadn't hidden us, we wouldn't be alive now, let alone know so many ways to save our master," the smaller demon said in a low voice.
Mu Anxiao looked at the smaller demon and sighed, "He saved you, but have you ever considered that he also harmed you? And, if it weren't for you, he wouldn't have been able to escape either."
"What do you mean?" the smaller demon was confused.
The large-headed, fat demon remained silent.
"I won't explain what I mean for now. Just tell me the entire process of how you met him, and how your master was harmed..."
Mid-sentence, Mu Anxiao turned her head to look at the patients staring at her, swallowing hard.
One of the old men walked forward and asked, "Little girl, getting too absorbed these days is not good."
"Yes, what's wrong with you?" the second old man asked.
"We've been watching you talk to yourself here for quite a while. Although we can't hear what you're saying, this old woman wants to ask presumptuously," the old woman looked around, "Who are you talking to?"
"I..." Mu Anxiao was speechless.
The smaller demon and the large-headed, fat demon looked at Mu Anxiao's predicament, exchanged glances, and held back their laughter.
The old woman asked in a low voice, "Did you see something?"
Mu Anxiao shook her head. "No, I've always liked talking to myself since I was little." She giggled, "Did I scare you?"
"No, we just see that children nowadays are under a lot of stress. Yesterday, a high school student jumped off a building," the old man said, looking worried. "We were afraid you might feel the same way."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao immediately thought of Feng Qishi and gave a dry laugh. "No, I'm just used to it. It's nothing like that."
"That's good," the old woman patted Mu Anxiao's shoulder.
"Then you continue. We're leaving," the second old man pointed towards the inpatient building.
"Yes, thank you for your concern," Mu Anxiao said politely.
"You're welcome," they said and left.
Mu Anxiao breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the large-headed, fat demon and the smaller demon, and put on a stern face.
The large-headed, fat demon glared at the smaller demon and asked, "Why didn't you tell me you were still involved with that monster?"
"Brother, if I had no connection with him, do you think..." the smaller demon cautiously glanced at Mu Anxiao, "we could have come out?"
The large-headed, fat demon was speechless once again.
Mu Anxiao surveyed the surroundings, and once she was sure no one was around, she said, "I won't blame you for anything. Just tell me, where is he?"
"I can't say," the smaller demon shook his head.
"Why?" Mu Anxiao furrowed her brows tightly.
"If I say," the smaller demon's eyes filled with tears, "he will come to stop us. This matter, it originally had nothing to do with him. We are the ones who confessed, not him."
"The matter started because of him," Mu Anxiao stated firmly.
"But..." the smaller demon clenched his fists anxiously, saying, "But we are the ones who killed, not him."
"He is the mastermind," Mu Anxiao said.
The smaller demon knitted his brows tightly and said anxiously, "Can you not be so insistent? We'll confess. The spiritual energy we return to our master will absolutely be pure, you can rest assured!"
"Where is he?" Mu Anxiao glared at the smaller demon and asked.
The smaller demon sniffled and said, "I can't say, I can't say." With that, he turned and vanished.
Mu Anxiao narrowed her eyes and looked at the large-headed, fat demon.
The large-headed, fat demon lowered his gaze. "My little brother handles everything. It's useless to look at me."
"Lead the way," Mu Anxiao uttered two words.
"Lead the way for what?" the large-headed, fat demon was bewildered.
"Don't play dumb. I still have a lot of questions to ask," Mu Anxiao said sternly.
"I..."
"You're a dog. I know how sharp your nose is," Mu Anxiao said.
The large-headed, fat demon, unable to bear Mu Anxiao's pressure any longer, said, "I cannot take you to find him."
"Why?" Mu Anxiao asked.
"Because this matter is very complicated, as you know," the large-headed, fat demon said. "Also, my little brother is stubborn by nature, especially towards monsters who saved him. He will absolutely not betray them. I think you need to let him be for a while."
"Do you still want to save your master?" Mu Anxiao asked sternly.
In the pavilion, Hu Yuan's mother and the others simultaneously startled and turned to look at Mu Anxiao.
The large-headed, fat demon sniffed and looked towards the pavilion. "Yes, but you need to give me some time. I'll go talk to my little brother."
Mu Anxiao closed her eyes.
The large-headed, fat demon turned and vanished.
Mu Anxiao let out a long sigh.
Hu Yuan's eyes darkened the moment he saw the large-headed, fat demon disappear.
The wolf demon, looking through Hu Yuan's body at everything happening over there, said, "They seem to be arguing."
Hu Yuan lowered his head and said mentally, Who knows.
"You absolutely must give me your body, otherwise, I'm not done with you," the wolf demon said.
Hu Yuan sighed. I'll give it to you when I die. Rest now!
"Okay," the wolf demon agreed and closed his eyes.
Hu Yuan's mother, looking at Mu Anxiao who was talking to herself, asked, "Yuan Yuan, is she usually like that?"
"I don't know. Maybe she's under too much stress!" Hu Yuan, worried that his mother might be scared by Mu Anxiao, said casually.
"Maybe," Hu Yuan's mother nodded.
The man stepped forward and said, "Yuan Yuan, what do you like to eat?"
Hu Yuan frowned, looked at his mother's expectant gaze for him to talk to the man, and said helplessly, "I just ate, I'm not hungry." He turned to the man. "My mom is tired. Please take my mom home so she can rest."
"Okay, I'll take your mother back and come back to take care of you," the man said voluntarily.
Hu Yuan's mother felt a warmth flow through her heart seeing the man's kindness towards Hu Yuan.
"No need," Hu Yuan pointed at Mu Anxiao not far away. "She will take care of me."
Inside his body, the wolf demon became agitated the moment Hu Yuan said that. "Uh, you're letting her take care of you? What a joke!"