"She was actually a Fire Keeper!?
Then we're colleagues!"
The moment Cheng Shi said that, Cheng Shi knew this burden wouldn't be easy to get rid of.
After parting ways with Ji Yue without saying goodbye, Cheng Shi hadn't gone looking for Cheng Shu. Instead, he had quietly chosen another direction. After asking several passersby, he headed straight for Candelt's residence.
But before he had even gone two blocks, Cheng Shu appeared beside him again. Completely ignoring Cheng Shi's attempts to shake him off, he kept chattering:
"Do you think I should confess to her that I'm also a Fire Keeper?
Qin Xin is seriously lacking in loyalty. He never even mentioned my name to the Fire Seekers in the organization.
What if I mistake another Fire Keeper for someone else and we end up fighting?
I made a decent impression in her eyes just now, right? I should fit her image of a special, confidential colleague, shouldn't I?"
"..."
If that were even remotely true, why do you think she came to me instead of you?
Cheng Shi couldn't be bothered to expose the truth. He simply continued forward on his own.
Seeing that Cheng Shi was ignoring him, Cheng Shu thought for a moment before deciding, "I think I should confess after all. That way, if she's ever in danger, she'll at least know she can call me for help!"
As he spoke, he stopped and turned around as if to leave, but his eyes remained fixed on Cheng Shi. He was clearly testing Cheng Shi's reaction.
Cheng Shi, however, didn't even spare him a glance. He had already jumped into Candelt's house and was carefully searching through it.
At that moment, Candelt was outside, leading the Foolishness Prohibition Guards in a manhunt for escaped prisoners. With no