Peach-Orange! – Chapter 150 – The Death of Chi Xiaocheng

“Orange juice! Orange juice! Orange juice!

“Why do you always make me drink orange juice?!”

Su Tao nearly screamed these words with all her strength, her beautiful hair disheveled, tears brimming in the corners of her eyes.

She clenched her teeth, her shoulders trembling uncontrollably. Whether from anger or fear, she didn’t know.

One incomprehensible question after another hammered against Chi Xiaocheng’s heart: “Hey, Xiaocheng, can you tell me?

“Why do you think I like drinking orange juice?

“Why do you always force me to drink it? This red stuff isn’t healthy. Why must I drink it?!

“Is this what you call love for me?

“Do you have any idea how scared I am? How much I hate orange juice?!

“Every time I drink it, I feel nauseous, disgusted! Why have I kept convincing myself to drink this? Why have I kept drinking it at all?!”

Delicious?

Liked it?

Addictive?

What a joke!

She was a person.

A normal person!

How could she possibly like drinking this bright red “orange juice”?

Even if you called it red wine and lied about it, that would be one thing.

But doing it right in front of her; white blade in, red blade out, squeezing out the “orange juice” drop by drop?

Su Tao had woken up screaming from nightmares of this scene countless times.

How could anyone like such suffocating love? Such “orange juice”?

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And what was that about “forcing herself to love”?

Hahahaha….

‘Si Chen, this is impossible!’

Seeing Chi Xiaocheng lower her head without responding, Su Tao took a step forward and roared even louder: “Tell me, why?!”

The words she had bottled up for so long finally poured out, and in this moment, Su Tao felt an indescribable relief.

She didn’t care what happened next. She didn’t want to consider Chi Xiaocheng’s reaction.

This was a fight!

She just wanted to tell Chi Xiaocheng that she didn’t want to drink her “orange juice” anymore!

Perhaps hearing Su Tao’s thoughts, or perhaps having long anticipated this rejection, Chi Xiaocheng kept her head lowered, showing no signs of further darkening.

Instead, her voice carried a trace of despondency as she asked, “Then… if not the orange juice, what reason do I have to keep Tao-Tao by my side?”

“Hah, keep me by your side?”

Images from her first lucid dream flashed through Su Tao’s mind. Chi Xiaocheng’s so-called “keeping her close” meant stabbing everyone else to death?

Her voice grew hysterical as she retorted, “Haven’t I always been by your side? You said this black room game would last three days, and I’ve obeyed you the whole time, playing along!

“Doesn’t that count as being by your side?!

“But you?

“Why did you go after Sister Long from the snack supermarket while I was asleep? Why did you go after my advisor?!”

Chi Xiaocheng explained, “I was doing it for your sake! They were….”

“Ruining my life is for my sake?!”

Su Tao’s shout cut her off. “Your idea of ‘for my sake’ is sending them to the hospital, hovering between life and death?

“If it’s them now, who’s next? Chen Qian? Xiao Wei? Dongfang Yang? Or Si Chen?

“Will you only be satisfied when everyone around me is gone?!”

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Wasn’t this exactly the outcome from her dream?

‘Was this your twisted definition of love?’

“And you say you don’t know how to keep me close without the orange juice? Haven’t I always been by your side?!”

Miscommunication and mutual misunderstanding had forged this conflict.

Chi Xiaocheng’s emotions had never been stable to begin with. After realizing her own sickness yesterday and noticing Su Tao’s exhaustion last night, she had woken up belatedly and tried to show concern.

But in truth, wasn’t she just a powder keg waiting to explode?

‘I would give everything for you. I would eliminate anyone who hurts you. So why won’t you look at me properly? Why do you keep running away?’

Chi Xiaocheng lifted her head, her crimson vertical pupils locking onto Su Tao. “You say you’ve been by my side? When have you ever been by my side?!

“Tao-Tao, do you really think I don’t know?”

Chi Xiaocheng advanced step by step toward Su Tao.

Meanwhile, Su Tao, frozen under that feline gaze, gradually regained some rationality. As fear crept into her heart, she instinctively retreated toward the balcony.

“You… what nonsense are you spouting now?”

Su Tao’s voice trembled.

Chi Xiaocheng’s tone turned icy. “Nonsense?”

“What about you pretending to like me. Why don’t you mention that?

“When I confessed to you, didn’t you avoid me and run to your fiancé?

“At the hospital, you said you’d accept my confession if I made one, so why didn’t you confess to me then?!

“You said you wanted me to behave, so after I changed, where were you?!”

Chi Xiaocheng continued closing the distance. “Putting on an act, saying you liked me, sparing me a few minutes each day to eat together… you call that care? You call that companionship?

“Weren’t you just enjoying my obedience and warmth while running from my feelings?!”

Su Tao’s back hit the balcony’s glass door, thin and freezing cold.

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The sudden impact against the back of her head finally jolted her fully awake.

She had gone too far earlier, and now Chi Xiaocheng was the one who’d completely snapped.

But the frustration and fear in her heart still refused to let her admit Chi Xiaocheng was right.

With no rebuttal, she could only shout back: “I didn’t!”

Chi Xiaocheng slammed a hand against the glass door beside Su Tao’s head. “Then why did you ignore me for months after our summer fight? Why did you keep taking Ye Liang’s side?!”

The loud “thud” against the glass left Su Tao paralyzed.

This was checkmate. An inescapable truth.

So many people had analyzed it for her.

Dr. Cheng, Si Chen, Dr. Chen from Dongfang Yang’s side they’d all told her….

…That the main reason Chi Xiaocheng became a yandere was Su Tao herself.

And yet, out of fear, she had refused to take responsibility.

It was all her own fault.

Before Su Tao could explain, Chi Xiaocheng’s tears had already fallen. Her pupils gradually cleared.

“Tao-Tao, do you know? Even so… I never blamed you!

“You say you hate my orange juice, but if I didn’t hurt myself, if I didn’t go to such extremes, would you ever look at me?

“I wanted your affection, your attention, your embrace, your concern… I wanted your love!”

Chi Xiaocheng pressed a hand to her chest, tears streaming down like rain.

The crimson vertical pupils vanished in an instant, returning to normal.

There was no trace of her yandere state. These words came from the deepest, most vulnerable part of her heart.

‘I wanted everything from you. Even just a little would have been enough.’

From the building opposite, a glint of light, perhaps sunlight reflecting off glass, shone onto Su Tao.

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As if trying to dispel the fog around her.

And in that very moment, Chi Xiaocheng’s instincts screamed a warning.

The sun had just risen. For sunlight to reflect off the opposite building’s windows and reach here, it would have to be at least 10 a.m.

So where was this light coming from?

Her Alert skill flared with unprecedented intensity from the rooftop of the opposite building.

Su Tao’s hand trembled as she reached out.

Then—

“BANG—!”

A deafening gunshot rang out, accompanied by a faint muzzle flash from the opposite rooftop.

How fast is a bullet?

Without precognitive reflexes, ordinary humans can’t react in time.

Su Tao was no exception. Her outstretched hand shook violently as she turned toward the sound with all her might.

Terror overwhelmed her. Her body stiffened, every hair standing on end.

The threat of death made her realize that this bullet was meant for her.

Yet, someone moved faster than the bullet.

Without hesitation, Chi Xiaocheng lunged at Su Tao. With her Burst Potential skill activated, her movements surpassed the bullet’s speed!

She shoved Su Tao aside with all her strength, but the ear-piercing shatter of glass was already upon them.

“SHHHK—!”

Excruciating pain erupted through Chi Xiaocheng’s nerves as another horrified scream filled her ears.

“XIAOCHENG!”