Brian didn't distrust what Yarebin had said; rather, he dared not trust it.
At this moment, what was Brian's state of mind? He was in a state where he desperately hoped that everything Yarebin said was true; he truly desired it to be true from the bottom of his heart, and even believed that it was—to the extent that his caution towards the Black Devil made him fiercely convince himself that it wasn't true.
When a person begs to be lied to, it becomes very easy to deceive them.
Surely, many have experienced that rational understanding that it couldn't possibly be true, yet emotionally, there is an extreme hope that it is.
Yang Yi felt somewhat helpless as he looked at Brian, who seemed to have aged several years, wanting to say something comforting but not knowing where to begin.
At that moment, however, Brian turned to look at Anton and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter with you?"
Anton didn't speak.