The protagonist committed numerous evil deeds.

Chapter 48 Jiangcheng 6 This time I will help you.

Wen Li turned around and looked up at him, only to see that terrifying crying face mask again.

It was getting late, and she tried to see his eyes through the mask, but she couldn't make them out no matter what she did.

Someone pushed Wen Li from behind, and Shen Yingsi pulled Wen Li to the front.

The crowd behind them was still thronging, but Shen Yingsi remained motionless. Wen Li looked up and met his gaze.

Did he cry?

Wen Li didn't know, nor did she dare to ask; comforting someone would be too much trouble.

Neither of them spoke or moved. Wen Li wanted to pull him aside, but he was in a bad mood, and she was afraid of upsetting him.

The crowd remained dense, and they let countless people pass by them, as if the surrounding noise had been blocked out.

Emotions are contagious. Shen Yingsi stared at Wen Li, his gaze never leaving her.

Then Wen Li felt Shen Yingsi's hand suddenly tighten around hers, very tightly.

He is calling for help!

He was asking her for help!

For some reason, Wen Li had this feeling.

Oh well, let's just comfort her. After all, she owes him something.

"Shen Xianzhi, are you crying?"

He didn't answer, and Wen Li wondered if he hadn't heard her clearly.

At that moment, a large number of officers and soldiers in official uniforms arrived.

"Everyone, stop pushing! That person in front is a scammer!"

"Everyone, spread out quickly, be careful not to step on someone!"

The soldiers patrolling the city came here to begin restoring order.

"fraud?"

"Is he really a scammer?"

Some people don't believe it.

The leader of the group of soldiers had a very loud voice. He roared, "Of course they're liars! Would His Highness go around saying he's the Crown Prince? Are you all brainless? Besides, if His Highness's whereabouts are exposed, do you even want your heads?"

Now everyone truly believed it, and the crowd gradually dispersed.

"Indeed, Your Highness is not so easy to see."

"Why are there always so many shameless people?"

Wen Li watched as the crowd gradually dispersed, and it was then that she heard Shen Yingsi's voice.

"Didn't cry."

His voice was hoarse and low, and in this chaotic environment, it was hard to detect.

"Of course she cried!"

Wen Li didn't believe him, so she reached out and took off his mask, revealing a pair of clear, bright, slightly reddish eyes.

Wen Li was stunned. She was at a loss, even though she had already guessed it.

At that moment, it was as if she could truly see him through his eyes.

He was not the omnipotent one, nor the one who took the well-being of all people as his responsibility, nor the utterly wicked one.

He is someone who feels wronged and afraid.

Wen Li put his mask on and awkwardly comforted him, "It's okay, it's alright. If you're sad, just cry. You'll be covered up by the mask anyway."

Shen Yingsi didn't reply, and Wen Li couldn't figure it out, thinking that he must be secretly shedding tears.

They walked aimlessly forward, and after a while Wenli asked again, "What's wrong with you?"

Weren't you moved by what you just said?

Wen Li was a little anxious, but she didn't know that Shen Yingsi's lips had already curled up quietly under the mask.

Wen Li asked cautiously, "Is something bothering you? You can tell me."

Just when Wen Li thought Shen Yingsi wouldn't answer, she heard his voice: "Sad things should be shared with friends."

His voice was low and sounded as if he were about to cry.

"Me! I'll be your friend!"

Seeing that Shen Yingsi finally spoke, Wen Li quickly opened her mouth, but then heard him say something else.

"Miss Wen is joking. You and Shen Yannan are close friends, how could you be my friend?"

Shen Yannan, Wen Li recalled her past life, when her best friend repeatedly said, "If you continue investigating the Jiang family case, we'll never see each other again!"

Her relationship with Shen Yannan was settled long ago in their previous life.

"I...I'll break off all ties with him as soon as I get back! From now on, I'll only be your friend."

Anyway, it was Shen Yannan who threatened her first.

Seeing that Shen Yingsi did not answer, Wen Li said seriously, "Really, we had already fallen out in our past life!"

"Then why did you go back to save him?"

Wen Li was stunned. She hadn't expected him to bring up her past life. After thinking for a while, she answered hesitantly.

"He didn't do anything wrong to me, and besides, does it matter whether I go back or not? Aren't I going to die anyway?"

As she spoke, Wen Li stole a glance at him.

You think I would kill you?

Shen Yingsi's voice was devoid of emotion, but his hands quietly clenched tighter.

"No, isn't it?"

"no!"

Shen Yingsi's voice suddenly rose, and Wen Lilian said, "No, no, don't be angry."

"I am not angry."

"Do you think you can fool me? I'm smart enough to be angry. If I'm angry, I can tell."

I'm angry at myself.

Angry at yourself? Wen Li was somewhat puzzled: "Why? You don't..."

After a pause, she finished speaking: "Don't you hate me?"

Wen Li had been troubled by this problem for a long time, and logically he should hate her.

"No hate."

"why?"

"Because I understand you."

Understand her? Wen Li thought this man was too confident; she herself wouldn't dare say she understood herself. In short, she didn't take his words seriously.

This answer disappointed Wen Li, who felt that he was just giving her a perfunctory answer.

He only met her a few times in his past life, yet he dares to say he understands her. How laughable.

Seeing that Wen Li clearly did not believe him, Shen Yingsi stopped talking.

After a while, Wen Li said again, "So we're friends now?"

"Ah."

"If we're friends, can you tell me why you're sad?"

"I hate myself for being so powerless, unable to protect them."

Shen Yingsi spoke with an air of righteousness, but Wen Li, thinking of his fluctuating but never lower than fifty level of "darkening," couldn't help but retort, "Stop pretending, please tell the truth."

"You want to kill them, but you can't. Are you satisfied with that explanation?"

The answer sounded alarming, but it was the truth.

"So, the reason you failed to ascend in your past life was because you wanted to kill but couldn't?"

"No."

"what is that?"

Shen Yingsi paused for a moment before speaking, "You'll never understand."

Wen Li lowered her round eyes slightly: "Shen Xianzhi, everything you know is just a tribulation you went through when you descended to the mortal realm. In just ten years, you will be able to become the Green Lamp God who protects all living beings again."

After a pause, Shen Yingsi heard her say again, "It's okay that you failed last time, I'll help you this time."

"Why are you helping me?"

Wen Li didn't answer. She thought of what Si Xiaxia had said: in his previous life, he became a demon god and harmed all living beings.

But at that time, she wondered if he didn't want things to be this way either. And were those people he protected misunderstanding him, and hurting him in the process?

She recalled how, when she was seventeen, she had poisoned him with demonic energy, and how he was always worrying about other people and often forgot to eat.

"Because you deserve everyone's love, you were born to be admired by all."

As she spoke, she looked up at him and said, "Shen Xianzhi, just keep walking your original path and make everyone envious."

Shen Yingsi suddenly stopped, and Wen Li looked at him in confusion.

Shen Yingsi seemed about to say something, but he was interrupted before he could open his mouth.

"Fourth brother!"