Fire Keepers

"I don't like to express myself. I've always believed that doing is far better than saying." Qin Xin smiled, raised the prop for silence in his hand, and then said with some disappointment, "You shouldn't have gambled, because you can't be sure if he and I are the same kind of people."

He!

The moment Qin Xin uttered the word "he," all of An Mingyu's doubts were resolved, and she knew that no matter how strange Qin Xin seemed, he was still Qin Xin.

However, the Blind Man did not answer the question. She simply looked down at the silent artifact belonging to the Fire Keeper in Qin Xin's hand and sensed that there were many more tiny cracks on it than before.

Her expression became somewhat complicated, and she asked in a low voice, "Would you also feel sad about his death?"

This was undoubtedly a classic question of Destiny, brimming with the air of a riddle-maker. But coincidentally, both men present were intelligent. Upon hearing the question, Qin Xin slightly suppressed his smile, but still maintained a faint grin as he replied:

"The departure of each Fire Keeper is enough to make us grieve, especially me."

"But I think you laugh more, more than him..." The Blind Man raised his head, his expression quite complicated.

Upon hearing this, Qin Xin stopped laughing. He shook his head self-deprecatingly and said in a deep voice:

"The more you lack something, the more you want to get it."

If life weren't so hard, perhaps I would be like him, not smiling as much.

Are they... suffering?

The Blind Man frowned and said nothing more. The scene fell silent again, and the two no longer seemed to be able to talk about anything as they had before.

After a while, Qin Xin smiled again and said, "But this is good too. At least you have given me some motivation to strive and let me know that the path I am on is not so difficult."

"Is it the Fire Keeper hardship, or... the world itself?"

Qin Xin was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "Why do you ask that?"

Blind Man moment of thought, the blind man said in a serious tone, "You think I'm lively and the Fate Weaver is sunny, so I'm thinking that she and he might be like you, inclined to be silent."

I don't consider myself a silent person, and neither does Cheng Shi, so I find it hard to imagine what a world that leans towards silence would be like.

"..." Qin Xin sighed, "As expected of you, you really can't say a word in front of Prophet."

Indeed, times are tough, and every step is difficult. It's not just you and me; none of us are having a good time.

"What happened?" The Blind Man suddenly looked up and asked, but then felt that her question was a bit redundant. So her expression changed slightly, and after a moment of embarrassment, she withdrew her question and threw out a lame joke again, "Never mind, it seems that [silence] is the biggest winner."

"Watching without doing is not necessarily a winning strategy."

Okay, Mingyu, I know what you're worried about, but you don't need to worry too much.

Qin Xin never longed for readily available beauty, but rather for the ability and inner strength to protect beauty.

Remember, the Fire Keeper never passes the fire to warm themselves; the blazing torch can only travel further when it is far enough away from the person Passing the Flame.

When Qin Xin spoke these words, his tone was so firm and his eyes so bright. He was like a true lighthouse illuminating the path for the Fire Keeper, and the source of that light was the unquenchable sincerity in his heart.

Even the Blind Man's Nothingness vision was almost illuminated by this light. She stood there for a moment, then shook her head and chuckled.

"You are indeed the same kind of people, always able to shock me in a fleeting moment, and then remind me:"

You are merely someone fortunate enough to walk alongside the Fire Keeper, not a true Passing the Flame.

Upon hearing this, Qin Xin's expression changed slightly, but he quickly burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at?" the Blind Man asked, puzzled.

"I laughed because it turns out that the one who won the bet wasn't you, but me."

"Why?"

"Because... she used to be like you, but now, she is."

What is it?! It's the Passing the Flame?!

She became the true Passing the Flame!?

The Blind Man's eyes widened suddenly, almost bursting open from their tight shut in shock. She stared at Qin Xin in astonishment until he nodded repeatedly, at which point she finally came to her senses, exhaled heavily, and smiled brightly:

"Very nice."

"Yes, that's great."

The two Fire Keeper whispered to each other for a while, until just now when they stopped talking and Cheng Shi arrived.

The Clown pushed the door open and entered. He smiled and nodded at Qin Xin, who was looking at him, and then stared straight at the Blind Man's back without saying anything.

An Mingyu felt Cheng Shi's gaze. She was slightly taken aback, clearly sensing that this Fate Weaver had something to say to her. So she stood up, turned to Cheng Shi, and waved to him.

Clearly, she was inviting Cheng Shi into the space where the Fire Keeper had fallen silent.

However, Cheng Shi did not move. He simply stood still, smiling at the Blind Man without saying a word.

He wasn't trying to manipulate anything; rather, he had already launched a test.

But the target of this test wasn't the Blind Man, but... Qin Xin!

He knew that Qin Xin was the most tolerant and understanding person, and that she would even leave the room voluntarily if her identity caused trouble for others in the hotel.

Cheng Shi's test was to see if Qin Xin, who was acting "abnormally" at this moment, would be as understanding and tolerant as before.

If so, the other party will naturally understand everything at hand and then silently make room for Cheng Shi and the Blind Man. In this way, Cheng Shi can at least add another Chip in terms of trust in the Fire Keeper.

But if it weren't for...

To be honest, Cheng Shi hadn't thought about what to do. Even the current probing was a sudden thought that popped into his head just before he entered the room.

He couldn't even be sure if Qin Xin was "Cencha," then the Mirror Walker in another timeline would also have the same unwavering will to uphold goodness as the Fire Keeper.

He wanted a good outcome, but reality rejected his request, because Qin Xin was standing there with a smile on her face, watching him without moving.

He really has changed!

Qin Xin is definitely due to the "Cencha" of time!

If that's the case, then what about the Blind Man? She didn't seem surprised by the other party's reaction. Was this Chosen of God Fire Keeper "Destiny," the one she had pulled from the hands of "Death," really the same Fire Keeper had accompanied her on this journey today?

Cheng Shi's gaze became deep and unfathomable, his eyes darting back and forth between the two Fire Keeper, as if trying to discern whether they already knew something.

Just then, as the situation was about to become awkward, Qin Xin made a move.

He curled the corners of his lips into a smile, and strode toward the warehouse door. As he brushed past Cheng Shi, he patted the other man on the shoulder and gave him a meaningful smile.

"Looks like someone wants to switch shifts with me early. In that case, I'd better get some sleep."

I hope I don't have any nightmares tonight.