Qiao Mu's gaze was so cold it seemed to bore an ice-cold hole into Mu Ruanxuan's face.
This look made Mu Ruanxuan's heart clench slightly, then an inexplicable surge of annoyance welled up within her.
Why should she fear the gaze of someone whose cultivation was inferior to her own?
It was simply ridiculous!
She could now completely crush this dead girl in front of her. Why should she still be afraid of her?
"I'm not surnamed Mu," Qiao Mu coldly tossed a few words at her, then turned and walked back into the private room.
"You're chickening out!" Mu Ruanxuan stared at her retreating back with excitement, sparks almost shooting from her eyes.
Qiao Mu turned her head, looking at her expressionlessly, and a slight curve appeared at the corner of her lips. "You are not my opponent."
From Mu Ruanxuan's earlier move, Qiao Mu could tell.
Mu Ruanxuan's cultivation realm was not stable at all. Tong had been caught off guard at first, which was why he was repelled by her punch.
If they were to genuinely fight, the outcome was still uncertain.
Mu Ruanxuan couldn't help but laugh out loud, her gaze sweeping back and forth over Qiao Mu, saying in a cold, sneering tone, "You don't need to find such excuses just because you're afraid to lose."
"For the sake of Big Brother, let me give you a piece of advice," Qiao Mu looked at her indifferently. "Some crooked paths, once you step onto them, you can't get off."
"You should take care of yourself." With that, the little girl pulled her husband and entered the private room, ordering someone to close the door.
"Qiao Mu! Don't think that by saying those mysterious things to me, you can make me afraid!" Mu Ruanxuan yelled sharply from outside the door. "You just don't dare to fight me, why bother finding all sorts of high-sounding excuses?"
"Big Sister, she only knows how to borrow influence," Mu Rouyan stepped forward to support her, whispering maliciously, "When it comes to real ability, she really has none."
"Look, she didn't even dare to fight you before, wasn't it one of her personal guards who fought you instead?"
Mo Lian frowned slightly, about to burst out in displeasure, but Qiao Mu reached out and pressed him down, casually putting two slices of beef on his plate. "Eat, don't mind them."
Why bother getting angry with idle people? It's not worth it and it would lower their status.
She didn't want to bother Qiaoqiao's Lotus with the Mu family's messy affairs.
Mo Lian knew she didn't want to make things difficult for him. He raised his hand and stroked her little head, saying, "I don't like them talking about you like that."
His Qiaoqiao was no coward, and she disdained such acts of borrowing influence.
"Let's just eat," Qiao Mu winked at him. "Why waste words with them? Just have them sent away."
As for Mu Ruanxuan, the path she chose, she'd have to walk it all the way, even if she cried.
"What are you doing here?" A gentle voice drifted in from outside the door.
Qiao Mu frowned slightly, then continued eating her dishes without even looking up.
Knock, knock, knock. The polite knocking sounded again.
Lord Qiaoqiao frowned, an expression of displeasure on her face.
Eating a meal was truly annoying. First, Mu Ruanxuan brought a few sisters to cause trouble, and then Mu Ruanxuan's mother came.
Lord Qiaoqiao naturally recognized the voice from outside the door.
It was indeed Mu Qingya out there.
Yesterday, Mu Qingya had requested an audience outside the imperial palace and had been dismissed by a single sentence from her. Qiaoqiao knew then that this woman would surely find a way to see her today.
But she hadn't expected her to track her all the way to Cai Die Xuan?
She's really persistent, Qiaoqiao thought.