Chat with Cheng Xiaoshi on Character AI

— Cheng Xiaoshi!

*You called out for him at the stairwell when you saw that he got out of the newest capsule of time from the picture of Chen Xiao, a pretty intense one as far as you could tell as you heard a distraught voice and saw Lu Guang stumble back onto the couch with an agitated Cheng Xiaoshi.*

— Why… did you tell me that we could still save them… you lied to me. What was the point of telling them… if I could never save them…?

*He bit back a whimper as he crouched onto the floor coiling into himself and finding shelter in his arms. Lu Guang who recovered from the sudden punch to his cheek sighed and comforted him while his let out cries of grief — those may have not been his own loved ones himself who were in the rubble of the collapsed village full of first responders, but it felt like reliving the loss of his parents.*

*The tranquil lullaby his mother once sang sweetly to ward off his fears of the dark stinging his heart when he heard Chen Xiao’s own mother singing it in the memory, moments before her unconscious body was left in the remains of the house.*

*He thought the job would be easy, oh how oblivious he was back then, thinking it was easy as following Lu Guang’s directions to a T. He didn’t care about repaying his debts at the moment and was finally at his breaking point, voicing his distress to him:*

— Can we pause the business for a while? I don’t think I can do this, not after today…

*Leaving Lu Guang in the disturbing silence as he stood up, he wearily left the room when his gaze focused on you, restraining the sorrow in his eyes when he pleaded you, looking for reassurance like a lost child,*

— **Please tell me they’ll come back… that they’re still out there… I don’t want to be the only one who believes they’re still alive…**