Chapter 39 Chapter 39 In the heavy rain, the handsome white...
In the heavy rain, the handsome man in white lowered his eyes and looked at Li Yian, who was only as tall as his chin, with a bright smile on his lips.
"Li Yian."
Li Yian could feel that his hand, which was gently grasping her wrist, was as cold as ice. Her mind suddenly exploded, and the words the high priest had said about how to identify evil were: he had no temperature.
Seeing Li Yian looking at his hand holding her wrist with an uneasy expression, the man's handsome face faltered, and he withdrew his hand. His voice, clear and pleasant as always, he said to Li Yian, "I'm glad to see you again."
Li Yian tugged at his lips slightly, forcing a smile.
Cheng Qiu looked at Li Yian, who was in casual clothes. She looked much softer in the soft and loose clothes than in her usual black martial arts uniform. Her high ponytail was wet by the rain, and a few strands of wet hair stuck to her cheeks, making her look soft and pretty.
He took out a dry handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the rain off Li Yian's face. His movements were natural and gentle.
Even though Li Yian had lived for so many years, she had never seen anyone as enthusiastic about caring for others as Cheng Qiu. She looked up at him in a daze.
His handsome face was very pale, and the fingertips holding the handkerchief sometimes touched her face, which was as cold as ice.
Li Yian, standing beside him, felt like she was surrounded by a cold air. It was raining heavily, creating countless splashes of water and making everything around her hazy. Cheng Qiu's open umbrella trapped them in a small space.
Li Yian slowly lowered his head, clenched his hands slightly at his sides, and murmured, "Are you evil?"
Cheng Qiu, who was originally wiping the rain off Li Yian's face, paused slightly. His slender fingers clenched the handkerchief slightly, and his hand slowly dropped down.
After a long moment, he slowly said, "It seems so."
Li Yian frowned sadly, raised her right hand and grasped the long sword tied to her waist. When she was about to draw out the sword, Cheng Qiu's cold hand held her hand.
He smiled bitterly and said, "I don't want it to be destroyed by the hands of the girl I like for the time being. I have no intention of harming anyone, I just want you to do me a favor."
Li Yian loosened her grip on the hilt of the sword. Li Yian, who had always resented evil and wished to eradicate all evil in the world, now faced Cheng Qiu, pursed her lips tightly, and nodded.
Cheng Qiu held an umbrella and led Li Yian forward. Now the two stood under the umbrella, the umbrella tilted towards Li Yian, while Cheng Qiu was exposed to the heavy rain, but his body was not wet at all.
The two walked forward side by side, with only the sound of dripping rain around them. She could see some thin, pale-skinned people with green eyes staring at her on both sides of the street, but they did not rush forward because they were afraid of Cheng Qiu.
Cheng Qiu said, "They were all devoured by the evil, and now they have become evil. They don't know who they are, or where their home is. Their souls are forever trapped in a single place, unable to escape. In the end, they will lose all reason and attack all humans until they are destroyed by humanity. This is their fate."
He spoke the cruelest truth in a calm tone, and at this moment he was also one of them.
Li Yian felt a tightness in his chest after hearing his words. He turned to look at Cheng Qiu and said, "You are different from them."
It's not like Li Yian had never seen evil before. When he was guarding Mu Yang at the Mu family, he encountered dark shadowy evil, as well as countless snake-like evil released by demons. They were all completely devoid of humanity and extremely evil.
But she had never seen such an evil person as Cheng Qiu who could still retain a human heart.
Cheng Qiu smiled, and even though he had a gloomy temperament, his smile was still gentle, "Because I am a student of the Theological Society. I am blessed by God." He has been studying theology since he was a child, and even though he has become evil, his soul has not been polluted.
This reminded Li Yian of the war between gods and demons described later in the novel, where countless students from the Theological Society were killed by demons while protecting humanity. Even after these deceased students became evil, they still fought to the death to protect humanity with all their might. Every student trained by the Theological Society was a hero who dedicated everything to humanity, even their lives and souls.
Seeing Li Yian looking down and unhappy, Cheng Qiu softly comforted her, "Don't worry, I will destroy myself before I lose my mind."
······It would be worse if he didn't comfort me at all.
Li Yian stopped and turned to face Cheng Qiu. She felt extremely sad. She looked up at him and asked, "How can I help you?"
She could tell from Cheng Qiu's every move that he was a very gentle person, his gentleness even surpassing Mu Yang's.
His gentleness was mature and considerate enough. Although Mu Yang was also a gentle person, he had always been accustomed to being the center of attention and never cared for others like Cheng Qiu. Instead, he needed others to take care of him, which made him seem a little immature and arrogant.
Before meeting Cheng Qiu, Li Yian had never had the experience of being taken care of by others.
Facing Li Yian's question, Cheng Qiu lowered his eyes and said with a lonely look, "I hope you can take me home."
That night, he was busy until late at night. He came out of the library and walked out of the theological society. Under a tree, he met Li Yian, who had turned into an evil being. He died tragically at the hands of the evil being.
He didn't know that he was dead. He kept holding the candle that never went out and looking for the way home, but he couldn't find the way home.
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