Chapter 917: Xiao Qi's Probe

Xiao Qi's Probe

Du Qiyu wasn't stupid, or rather, he was exceptionally shrewd when not facing Cheng Shi.

It was just that running into this childhood "old friend" raised a sense of irritability in his heart that he couldn't suppress no matter what, to the point that his usual decisiveness and shrewdness were affected.

He had always believed that this orphan who only had a good-looking face was inferior to him in every way, so why did so many people care about him?

So seeing Cheng Shi again, Du Qiyu still felt like he did in childhood—that the other party was just a straw bag wearing a layer of gold, not worthy of him treating him with full effort, and even felt that the more casually he dealt with him, the more it meant the other party was incompetent.

He was actually Pen of the End?

He was actually a follower of 【Fate】?

Ha, what a joke. Your fate has been stolen by me, so you have no fate left.

But even if the irritability in his heart was greater and the disdain heavier, Du Qiyu still didn't relax his vigilance, because he had heard the name of Cheng Shi's foster father from the orphanage director's mouth, and in his impression, the other party didn't have the surname Sun.

Thus, he asked again: "So your foster father has the surname Sun? I once heard them call him Old Jia."

When the name Old Jia was called out from Xiao Qi's mouth, the brilliant smile on Cheng Shi's face instantly became weird. A flash of nostalgia passed through his eyes, followed by a flash of indifference, just like that torrential rain in the cemetery, washing away the interest in his heart and the only trace of nostalgia for his childhood time.

The murderous intent was only a fraction away from overflowing from the surgical knife in Cheng Shi's sleeve, but he still held it back, just continuing to maintain his smile, nodding and saying:

"Yes, Old Jia is my father, an ordinary yet great father."

The tone Cheng Shi used to say this could be considered "proud," but the other two couldn't empathize at all, only feeling his tone was incredibly strange.

Regarding this, Sun Miao, who didn't understand Cheng Shi's past, didn't say much, but this posture reflected in Du Qiyu's eyes was another look.

A lonely old man who picked up trash, he really thought he could have some face by saying it out loud.

Great?

Before the 【Faith Game】 descended, only power and money were worthy of the word "great," and after the game descended, strength and scores were everything.

Not to mention whether your father who picked up trash is dead or not, just based on your 2200-point level, saying the word "great" is simply a stain on "great."

Compared to some shantytown family, only my father is worthy of "great"!

However, up to now, Xiao Shi hadn't said a single lie, which wasn't common in high-end games. Could it be that he still had no vigilance toward people?

No, a person without vigilance couldn't have lived until now.

Du Qiyu frowned again. He divided his attention to observe the surroundings, ensuring his position was safe, while continuing to say relentlessly:

"I really envy you, at least you had a home. Unlike us, we could only grow up in an orphanage, always relying on ourselves, with no reliance."

"I dreamed of knowing what it felt like to have a normal family. A few times I even dreamed that I was adopted. The adopter was Xiao Qi's father..."

"That's a big businessman. If he were really my father, it would be great."

"Oh right, Xiao Shi, do you remember Xiao Qi? I remember you had the best relationship with him when you were young. He is called Du Qiyu now, 'Qi' for expectation, 'Yu' for jade. I heard he's doing very well—overseas study, graduated from a famous school, and took over the family business. He's simply a person above people..."

As he spoke, Du Qiyu's own tone began to sigh.

"What a pity, the game descended, these... have all become the past."

Cheng Shi felt his scalp tingle listening to these self-aggrandizing lines. Before this, he never felt that embarrassment could be fatal, but now, he felt he was about to be assassinated by the other party, assassinated by extreme embarrassment.

However, he didn't interrupt the other party's immersion in this glorious past, but echoed meaningfully:

"Yes, everything has become the past."

Du Qiyu, who was lagging behind, didn't hear any other meaning from Cheng Shi's words. He just took advantage of this excellent opportunity to continue his probe.

"Xiao Shi, are you still in contact with Xiao Qi?"

Cheng Shi's figure stalled, not responding.

After not hearing Cheng Shi's response, Du Qiyu's heart skipped a beat. He thought the worst situation had happened. The other party might be avoiding saying some lies that couldn't be judged as false by the Master of Deception.

And that meant that everything before was very likely Xiao Shi using the same Master of Deception to deceive him.

Could it be that he was also a liar?

Du Qiyu's eyes sank. He didn't give up probing, but kept forcing Cheng Shi to speak.

"That's right... are you still hating him?"

"Although it's all rumors in the orphanage, I heard from Rong Mama that he stole your opportunity. Du Boss should have..."

Speaking to here, Cheng Shi's face changed, and he abruptly interrupted the rabbit's speech.

"Enough, I don't hate him."

A lie!

Du Qiyu in the distance stalled, and then suddenly laughed.

Ha, hahaha, truly over-vigilant. He told a lie!

He didn't have a Master of Deception, and he wasn't a liar.

It's been so many years, he's still as stupid as before, can't even lie.

The tense nerves in Du Qiyu's heart suddenly relaxed. He stopped in the back and laughed out loud with relief, as if laughing at himself for overestimating the other party.

But as he laughed, his face twisted again.

Xiao Shi is hating me!

Why does he hate me!?

It was you who were useless and were dizzy by a lie, what does it have to do with me?

Besides, if it weren't for me, how could you have met your "great" father living in the shantytown?

Du Qiyu's face was dark and inexplicable. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, wishing he could immediately refine Xiao Shi into his pet, but he couldn't figure out the relationship between the other 【Silence】 follower and Xiao Shi. No matter how arrogant he was, he didn't have the confidence to deal with two players at once.

The scar on his face was already a warning. Now he couldn't relax his vigilance and get carried away again.

"Is that so? It's good that you don't hate him. Sigh, why am I saying these things? Let's hurry up. Before those two catch up, before trouble comes knocking, we must find the clues to the trial as soon as possible."

Everyone knew that the important thing in this segment's prayer trial wasn't the trial clues, but the clues for one's own prayer. But the other two didn't refute "Zhao Xiaogua's" falsehood. After all, there had never been a true word in the mouth of a 【Fraud】 follower.

Listening to the conversation between the two behind him, each hiding their own secrets, Sun Miao wanted to pick up her electronic beeper and chime in several times, but after thinking about it, she gave up, maintaining her piety to her Patron and continuing to run silently.

During this period, she didn't expose Cheng Shi, because she could see that Cheng Shi's relationship with this beast tamer didn't seem good.

It was just that she hadn't figured out how bad this relationship was, and how she could seize more "history" in this tense and subtle relationship, so she didn't act rashly, just listening silently.

The three people's speed of travel became faster and faster. The mage leading the way was almost moving at the speed of a flash. This kind of explosive power similar to an assassin made Cheng Shi's heart tremble, but what surprised him most wasn't the other party's speed, but the endurance.

Although an assassin's burst was fast, it was only fast for a moment. Being able to persist for so long with this kind of explosive power, then even if she was an assassin, she must be famous on the list.

But Sun Miao wasn't even an assassin, just a mage. How could she do this?

Du Qiyu was puzzled by this, but Cheng Shi wasn't. He only felt that this was the teammate showing him some kind of answer. In this way, he was almost certain that his guess was correct. The current situation was far more complex than what was seen.

The three people's accelerated running greatly shortened the travel time. In this tug-of-war and probing along the way, Du Qiyu gradually figured out what kind of person Xiao Shi was now.

Don't look at his surface appearance of being overjoyed to meet his childhood playmate, in fact, he was still an extremely vigilant person inside.

He just recognized him, but didn't trust him.

Perhaps it was the identity of a 【Fraud】 follower that made Xiao Shi vigilant toward him, but... wasn't he still deceived by himself despite the vigilance?

Heh, Zhao Xiaogua, ah Zhao Xiaogua, that meal you tried so hard to invite me to finally came in handy. Although you died, at least your identity is still there, isn't it?

From now on, I am you, the childhood best friend of Xiao Shi, until this trial ends, when there is no such person as Xiao Shi in this world.

Don't worry, I will send him down to see you.

Good friends should be reunited. Are you happy? ===== CHAPTER 918 =====