But you, Cheng Shi, I think you are worth my risk.

Now, I solemnly invite you to join us, you...

Are you willing?

Cheng Shi listened to Fang Shiqing's words silently, his face darkened and he did not comment.

Fang Shiqing really wanted to see some emotional fluctuations on his face, but obviously, she failed.

Cheng Shi was silent for a while, then he raised the corner of his mouth slightly and asked jokingly:

"·After saying so much, can you please tell me, Ms. Firebringer, whether you are a city defender or a city builder?"

"!!??"

Fang Shiqing's eyes suddenly widened, and she looked at Cheng Shi in disbelief, suppressing her shock and exclaiming in a low voice:

"You know us? You..."

She immediately thought of something, and the shock and hope in her eyes disappeared, instantly turning into deep regret. She smiled bitterly and said:

"It seems that you have already rejected us..."

Cheng Shi's expression was very unnatural. He shook his head slightly and said:

"No, no one has ever invited me. You are the first."

Fang Shiqing's face was even more shocked. She raised her head and said in surprise:

"Impossible! Players who have not been contacted by the Firebringer cannot possibly know us! How did you know?"

"How do I know that?"

Cheng Shi's eyes suddenly became deep and distant. He missed Fang Shiqing's hair and looked at the darkness behind her. He didn't know which scene in his memory he recalled. He sighed in an extremely bleak tone:

"Yeah, how did I know that?

Probably got it from a fool.

Tell me, how could someone risk his own life for a stranger?

"Why not?" Fang Shiqing's eyes suddenly became firm, and she said solemnly:

"The Firebringer will protect whatever it wants, no matter the cost, not to mention himself."

“Strangers are what you call beautiful?”

"Maybe not mine, but it must be his. It's the beauty you saw in the eyes of the Firebringer."

Fang Shiqing's tone was full of romance that would last till death, and even Cheng Shi, who was never serious, was slightly touched.

“I see…”

He shook his head, and the smile finally reappeared on his face. He looked up at Fang Shiqing's eyes. Looking at those eyes full of hope, he felt that they were so...bright.

Even in the fog, even in the dark utility room, it is still so bright.

"I remember you, Lady Guardian."

Fang Shiqing was slightly stunned. She didn't expect that the other party would use tricks to discover her identity, but she didn't care about it.

"So this time, what is your answer?"

"Compared to this, I would like to ask, why did you take a fancy to me? I never think of myself as a good person." Cheng Shi spread his hands.

Fang Shiqing smiled: "The word 'good person' is too heavy for today's world. We never expect to meet a good person, we just hope that our partner is not a bad person."

"How do you know I'm not a bad person?"

Fang Shiqing loosened her left hand that was tightly clutching Cheng Shi’s sleeve and pointed at her ear.

"The S-rank singer's professional talent is 'Moving the Heartstrings'. I can hear the music played by everyone's heart. I am very familiar with the evil people's music, but you are not one of them."

"?" Cheng Shi raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "Which one am I?"

"Well... it's weird, it's detached, it's gloomy, but it's not dark."

Cheng Shi pondered over it silently for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

"why are you laughing?"

"Sorry, you heard me wrong."

As soon as he finished speaking, a knife chopped Fang Shiqing's neck before she could react.

“Bang!”

"you......"

Fang Shiqing's eyes suddenly widened for a moment, and then she closed her eyelids and fainted.

Cheng Shi rubbed his hands, looked at the big wave falling in his arms, and said in an inexplicable tone:

“People standing in the firelight should not trust people in the darkness. Moreover, those standing in the darkness are generally not human.”

"But still...thank you."

He smiled self-deprecatingly, picked up Fang Shiqing by the waist, pushed open the door of the utility room and walked out.

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