Zhong Ran said, "Only when you die will I know what place you truly hold in my heart."
Whether it was a fleeting interest or genuine affection, everything will become clear once she dies.
That's what he thought.
Feng Guang remained silent for a long while, then suddenly laughed, "Fine, kill me then, use my death to prove what your true feelings for me are."
Her smile was utterly sarcastic. She knew that if he wanted to kill her, she couldn't escape no matter what. This man was too capable and too cunning; she was no match for him at all.
Actually, there's another very simple reason why she's so disregarding life and death: the existence of the system. Even if she dies, she'll return to the white space. At worst, the mission will fail. In the past, she would have tried her best to complete the mission, but this man isn't normal. Unless he's certain that he truly loves her, her mission will never be completed.
But he also said that he would use her death to determine whether he liked her or not.
“But you’re afraid of pain…” Zhong Ran suddenly said this without expression, as if he had hesitated.
He hesitated, but Feng Guang became unusually persistent. "There are a thousand ways to kill me, and many of them don't even involve feeling pain. Besides, are you worried that I might be afraid of pain?"
She felt that his words were a huge irony. Would someone like him, who treated human life like dirt, care if she was afraid of pain?
Zhong Ran remained silent.
Feng Guang smiled, took out a dagger, threw away the scabbard, walked closer to him, placed the dagger in his hand, and then pointed the tip of the dagger at her own chest. "You see, with just a little force, I can die."
Zhong Ran's hand trembled. He suddenly wanted to take a step back, but he didn't. "It will hurt a lot."
He kept repeating the same thing, as if if he said it too much, she would be afraid to stray even a step away from him, and then agree to stay with him for eternity.
But her arrogance didn't fade. She took another step closer, and the sword tip pierced her chest. A bright smile graced her face. "I'm not afraid, Zhong Ran. Are you afraid?"
She had already instructed the system to shut down her body's pain perception, so she wouldn't feel any pain.
Feng Guang is gambling that after she dies, this man will realize he loves her. In that case, at least the system promised to preserve half of the world's points for her.
"If you die, I might go looking for someone else I'm interested in."
“I understand. No matter what you want to do, I won’t be able to see it then.” Feng Guang held the hand holding the dagger. “Zhong Ran, this is a high-stakes gamble. I’m already in the game. Now, I invite you to join my gamble.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she grabbed his hand and pushed him away forcefully. The blade pierced straight into her chest, and the blood quickly soaked into her red dress. She felt only powerlessness, but no pain.
Feng Guang blinked weakly, her body went limp, and she fell to the ground. Just as she was about to hit the ground, Zhong Ran caught her.
She smiled. "You see, death is actually quite simple. Now... do you have the answer in your heart?"
"No," he replied calmly, the blood-stained dagger in his hand already on the ground. His expression was as still as a deep well, revealing neither joy nor anger, nor any discernible emotion.
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