The protagonist committed numerous evil deeds.

Chapter 106 Jiangcheng 39 Why not make a wish?

How did one person manage to put the entire city to sleep so quietly?

That's impossible! His cultivation level isn't that high yet! How come his spiritual power is even stronger after only a few days?

Damn it! This is so unfair!

Seeing that Wen Li didn't move, Si Xiaxia assumed that she was also scared, so she swallowed and comforted her in a trembling voice.

"Host, don't be afraid, he definitely won't hurt you, he likes you."

Wen Li's expression was indifferent. She twitched the corners of her mouth and resumed her usual disdainful demeanor.

"Si Xiaxia, the one who's afraid is you."

After saying that, Shen Yingsi said, "So you were here. I was just looking for you."

She casually glanced towards the riverbank and asked in a relaxed tone, "Did you put this lantern here?"

"Ah."

"You caused these people to faint, did you do that too?"

"It's not just people, everyone alive in the city is unconscious right now. But it's a pity they're only unconscious for half an hour."

Shen Yingsi looked down at her, his tone strangely obedient and smug.

Wen Li said sarcastically, "You've become this powerful in just a few days, Shen Yingsi. Why don't you just kill everyone in the city?"

"If you want to kill me, you can."

Through the mask, Wen Li couldn't see Shen Yingsi's expression, but his voice was very serious. His gaze turned to the dazzling and beautiful river of lights; the surroundings were eerily quiet, but he seemed to be thoroughly enjoying it.

Wen Li felt a chill run down his spine for no reason. No, his whole demeanor was off!

Wen Li walked towards him, asking as she went, "Shen Yingsi, how did you do that?"

"I stole some things from the Zhao family, just to try it out. Don't you think it's wonderful like this? Everyone is like they're dead, it's just you and me in the world. Look, how wonderful the world is."

"what?"

Wen Li quickly stepped forward and kicked Shen Yingsi's shin twice. Seeing his gloomy appearance, Wen Li couldn't bear to look at him anymore. Was there no normal person left in this world?

"Please, if the world were just the two of us moving, I'd be bored to death! Can't you be normal for once? I'm not in a good mood to be comforting. And this ghost mask of yours..."

As Wen Li spoke, she reached out and removed Shen Yingsi's mask, revealing the boy's reddened eyes halfway off.

Wen Li paused for a moment before slowly taking off her mask. Her attitude softened inexplicably, and she sat by the river without saying a word. A terrifying silence fell over the surroundings once again.

One person sits while the other stands; one leisurely enjoys the scenery while the other struggles in their own world.

After a long silence, Wen Li finally spoke: "Shen Yingsi, your eyes are red. And in this life, your eyes are always red."

Shen Yingsi looked down at her without saying a word, then slowly sat down and looked into the distance.

Wen Li admired the beautiful river lanterns and said, "You don't care about other people's lives at all. In your past life, you killed everyone. But I remember a long time ago, you would save even those who wanted to kill you, and you cared about even the little bird that landed in front of you. Why? Why did it become like this?"

"If I were still as foolish as I used to be, I would have gone mad long ago."

Shen Yingsi stood there speaking casually, but only he knew that he couldn't survive if things continued as before, so he had no choice but to kill his former self.

"Aren't you crazy now?"

Wen Li questioned, revealing that he was two-faced and unpredictable, even more insane than her.

"Almost there. This disgusting world makes me want to vomit just standing here. But the moon is quite beautiful tonight."

Wen Li looked up at the sky; the moon was quite beautiful.

"Do you hate this world that much?"

"Ah Li, don't you hate it? Isn't the malice you feel most deeply about it? If you liked it, why did you die like that in your previous life?"

Wen Li was caught off guard by the question. She thought about it seriously for a long time before answering.

"Me? Me? I'm lucky enough. I'm all alone with no ties. I live only for myself, and I do whatever I want because I want to. Back then, I had already decided to die. Because there were too many demons back then, fighting and killing all the time. Everywhere I went, I heard people crying. There were fewer people selling things, and I couldn't even find a place to buy a hibiscus cake. I was so upset that I thought it would be better to die. So, because I wanted to die, I went to find death."

"You wanted to die, so you went to find death," Shen Yingsi asked, listening to her words. "So now you don't want to die anymore?"

"Of course, I can live or die as I please."

The wind blew the strands of hair on Wen Li's forehead. Today, all her hair was tied up, except for the hair ribbon on her head, which fluttered freely in the wind.

Shen Yingsi slowly raised his left hand to cover his left eye: "But this world is far more disgusting than we imagine."

Is this world far more disgusting than we imagine? How could he think that?

Wen Li turned to look at the tall, upright young man beside her. Even though he was so close to her, she had the illusion that he was about to disappear.

For no reason at all, I remembered what they said: this person likes me.

This is clearly impossible, but Aunt Song says so, Wen Mingzhu says so, and even Si Xiaxia says so.

Having grown up, Wen Li was used to being disliked, not only by her mother but also by Shen Yannan. How could anyone possibly like her for no reason?

Wen Li gripped the mask tightly in her hand: "Shen Yingsi, do you like me?"

With doubts in her mind, Wen Li asked directly. Shen Yingsi froze, his raised hand slowly clenched, and he remained silent for a long time.

Seeing this, Wen Li thought that her words had embarrassed people.

"This can't be, right? How could this be..."

"Ah."

Shen Yingsi interrupted Wen Li, turning his head to stare directly into her eyes.

"How can this be impossible? Everyone thinks it's impossible, even you think so, but why do I feel that liking you is the most natural thing in the world?"

His gaze was intense, and Wen Li instinctively looked away. She was somewhat at a loss, yet her face inexplicably flushed.

His fingers almost poked a hole in the mask, but he couldn't think of anything to say for a long time.

She was used to being disliked, and was completely bewildered by people's direct affection. Saying they liked her was less satisfying than insulting her dozens of times.

She kept her head down, not daring to look up, feeling extremely uncomfortable, and even a little like fainting on the spot.

"Do you hate it when I like you? If you do, I'll try to stay away from you in the future."

Hearing this, Wen Li suddenly relaxed. She looked up at Shen Yingsi and laughed.

"Hahahaha...hahaha..."

Shen Yingsi and Si Xiaxia were both a little confused about what Wen Li was laughing about, but Wen Li seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world.

After a long while, Wen Li suppressed a laugh and looked at the river lanterns that filled the river, kindly replying to him, "I don't dislike your feelings, but there's no possibility between us. If you're willing to like someone, you're just asking for trouble. But, Shen Yingsi, you really haven't changed at all."

He had clearly turned evil. Before, she felt that he had changed a lot, but now she felt that he hadn't changed at all. He was still the biggest fool in the world.

Hearing her say she didn't dislike it, Shen Yingsi relaxed.

Tonight, Jiangcheng is just them. For a moment, Shen Yingsi had the illusion that they could sit together like this forever.

Suddenly, birds started chirping from the trees, chirping and chirping... It was so noisy that it annoyed people.

Half an hour passed quickly.

Wen Li stood up, ready to leave, but her hand was suddenly grabbed.

"Ah Li, let's release a river lantern before you go."

Wen Li looked down and saw that Shen Yingsi had somehow produced a pear blossom-shaped river lantern in his hand.

Wen Li took the river lantern and played with it in her hands. The lantern was very finely made, with delicate patterns drawn on the paper petals.

"These river lanterns are really beautiful, thank you."

Wen Li squatted down, placed one hand on the river lantern, and cast a spell, igniting the lantern.

She carefully placed the river lantern into the river and watched it drift away with the current.

"Won't you make a wish?"

Shen Yingsi's voice rang in her ears, and Wen Li stood up.

"Make a wish? To whom? I'm much more powerful than gods and Buddhas. They can't grant my wishes, but I can."

The young girl, beaming with pride and a smile playing on her lips, looked down at Shen Yingsi, who was sitting by the river, and said jokingly, "Shen Xianzhi, if you have any wishes, don't pray to gods or Buddhas, pray to me!"

After saying that, Wen Li turned to leave, and Shen Yingsi quickly stood up and called out to her, "Happy birthday, Wen Li."

Wen Li stopped in her tracks, clearly stunned. Before she could even turn around and ask him how he knew it was her birthday, something was thrown at her.

She instinctively caught it, but when she looked again, the person had already disappeared.

"Why are you running so fast?"