Chapter 1263: The Gravekeeper

The Gravekeeper's Past

The two set off again, Cheng Shi and Zhen Xin walking side by side, heads down and silent.

Zhen Xin didn't know where she learned the story of Old Zhang, and she didn't seem to mind sharing it, but the problem was, should he know?

Digging deep into someone's past without the person's consent seemed a bit unethical.

Thinking of this, Cheng Shi didn't hesitate for a second and decisively spoke up:

"If you know, then say it; why keep me in suspense?

You wouldn't be like Long Wang, preparing to trade something with me, would you?"

Zhen Xin wasn't surprised by Cheng Shi's "greed" at all. She glanced at the other and smiled:

"If you still know other people's stories, I don't mind exchanging with you.

But if your bargaining chip is your own story...... it has no value; I already know it all."

"......"

Being swindled out of his memory was the first loss Cheng Shi suffered at the entrance of the peak game; although he finally managed to expose the other's identity with the help of Mouth Brother, which counted as venting his anger, he really didn't earn anything.

Zhen Xin brought up old matters again, clearly intending to use Old Zhang's story as compensation.

Cheng Shi didn't care and listened attentively.

Zhen Xin smiled and said: "For Old Zhang, haven't you had even the slightest doubt?"

"What doubt?"

"With his steadiness, calmness, knowledge, and temperament...... excluding the work clothes, I'm talking about that temperament that is extremely similar to 【Truth】, which is clearly from having received a good education; why would he go to be a security guard?"

"?"

Cheng Shi was stunned; he had never thought in this direction.

But so what if he's a security guard? It's a legitimate profession, not stealing or robbing, and can even prevent stealing and robbing; what's wrong with that?

Although no one would steal or rob in a graveyard anyway.

He scoffed, thinking Zhen Xin was discriminating against the profession: "Everyone has their own choices; I don't think there's anything wrong with it."

Zhen Xin nodded:

"Indeed, everyone has their own choices.

I am not belittling a certain profession, but questioning a problem that clearly violates common sense.

【Death】 acts as a protective color, making many players keep their distance from the Gravekeeper, but once people are no longer afraid of 【Death】, or even lift the curtain of death, and look at this 【Death】 God-Chosen again, they will discover a different...... Gravekeeper.

His father was an outstanding young forensic doctor, and his mother was an authoritative safety expert; how could such an excellent family raise an ordinary child? Old Zhang was once a top university student with high hopes......"

"?"

Old Zhang betrayed the revolution?

Was he born into such a good family?

But the better he was born, the less he should be like he is now. Cheng Shi knew the twists and turns of fate well; he blinked, didn't speak, and continued to listen.

"But he dropped out.

In the year he was about to graduate, he chose to drop out and become a security guard at that graveyard, which is no wonder his colleagues were always sarcastic toward him.

When a person suddenly mixes into a place where they shouldn't belong, rumors will naturally arise.

But fortunately, the Gravekeeper is firm in his heart; he doesn't care about these things."

Speaking of this, Zhen Xin also felt a bit emotional; she understood cold eyes and human relationships best, knowing that the Gravekeeper's days during that time must not have been easy.

"Why?" Cheng Shi seemed to have guessed, but he didn't dare to be sure.

Zhen Xin restrained her smile, her expression slightly respectful.

"Because his parents are buried in that graveyard."

"......"

As expected.

"They were very excellent, but unfortunately they were too hard-working, always wanting to see more scenery in their limited lives; the more they wanted to see, the more they did, and over-exploiting their bodies only led to their limited lives becoming even more limited......

They fell in the same year, even the same month, and the following things are the answer to the doubt I mentioned.

So Old Zhang wanting to live forever is probably his last act of 'rebellion' against his parents.

This is perhaps also the reason why the Joy God took a fancy to him.

He likes rebellion, doesn't He?"

"......"

Cheng Shi fell silent.

He remembered the words Old Zhang had said to him, "The longer you live, the more you see"; he had always thought Old Zhang cared about the first half of the sentence, but he hadn't expected the second half to be just as important.

Was he using this to cherish the memory of his parents?

Then what did it mean that he liked burying people so much?

Was he in a hurry to "burn" the bits and pieces of this world over to his parents to open their eyes?

Tsk, don't say, he's actually quite filial.

Everyone has their own misfortunes; this was a truth of the world that Cheng Shi had discerned long ago. He didn't feel offended by learning Old Zhang's past, but stared at Zhen Xin with raised eyebrows, as if he had realized something:

"Did you find this out from Long Wang?

This Li Jingming keeps talking about respecting the Jesters' personal memories, but turns around and sells Old Zhang out?"

Zhen Xin smiled, didn't speak, didn't admit it, and didn't deny it.

Cheng Shi looked serious:

"No, I have to go teach him a lesson.

If he doesn't tell me something else, I'll expose his leaking of secrets and let him die of shame!"

"......"

Zhen Xin rolled her eyes at Cheng Shi, stopped while she was ahead, and stopped chatting about this topic.

They had already arrived in front of the performance venue, and in the crowd not far ahead, Zhang Jizu was standing quietly, watching the performance silently.

Noticing the movement behind him, he turned his head to look at the two, surprised that these two had arrived so quickly.

The two walked up close and watched the performance on stage. Cheng Shi suddenly remembered Old Jia and didn't know what to say for a moment, but Zhen Xin didn't react much to "parents" and asked with a smile:

"Actually having the leisure to watch a performance, I guess you've discovered something; tell us, Old Zhang, what's going on with Morning Joy?"

This tone clearly couldn't be An Mingyu. Zhang Jizu narrowed his eyes, not surprised by the other's identity.

Seeing this, Zhen Xin's face collapsed.

As expected, these two swindlers had long since discovered her identity.

Zhang Jizu nodded to greet them, and then summarized clearly:

"Morning Joy's background is very complicated, and Mrs. Flode's identity is also not simple; she is not just a circus troupe leader, but also a member of the Brotherhood of Extreme Desire."

"???"

What the hell?

Cheng Shi turned his head sharply, bewildered: "She is actually a person of 【Filth】?"

"Yes, to explain this clearly, one must start from Flode inciting young actors to leave the play with her.

Flode had been restless since she was a child, born with a rebellious heart, but it was precisely because of her rebellion that she constantly questioned and reformed traditional circus, once bringing a trace of new vitality to the play.

But the traditional old troupe leader didn't approve of these new things, so Flode's status in the circus gradually became marginalized. After experiencing long-term suppression, Flode couldn't take it anymore; she took the actors she was familiar with and left the play.

They had nowhere to go, but fortunately, on the road to seeking a new life, they met the Brotherhood of Extreme Desire, which was infiltrating the surface at that time.

What 【Filth】 is, I don't think I need to explain to you two; this perfectly matched Flode's spirit, so she joined them without hesitation and became the leader of this surface squad with outstanding execution.

Perhaps it was because her desires gradually expanded, her unwilling heart finally erupted one day; she faced her desires squarely, pulled the actors around her back to Kanliwar, and swore to defeat the play and make the people here admit that her art was the best circus.

Thus, Morning Joy was established." ===== CHAPTER 1264 =====