Peach-Orange! – Chapter 220 – A Bad Premonition (Bonus Chapter for Brazilian Blue Electric Fan’s Tickling Powder)

In Dongfang Yang’s view, this possibility was the most likely!

Her becoming cold toward her, even rejecting her… such behavior could be explained if considering the brain’s self-protection mechanism due to painful experiences.

Especially Su Tao, who understood better than anyone why it might have come to this.

The bullet before death was extremely painful. Even if Chi Xiaocheng had said something about being satisfied, if Su Tao put herself in that position, of course she wouldn’t have been willing to die like that.

Not having received a confession from the person she loved, not having properly gotten together, of course she would have felt anguish and reluctance to die like that.

Moreover, before being shot, aside from that final moment of clarity and resolution, she had actually been arguing with Chi Xiaocheng!

Saying things like not liking her, disliking her, being afraid of her yandere tendencies.

There had also been many conflicts during that period in the black room.

Even before that, she had said she didn’t want Chi Xiaocheng interfering in her life.

It was because of her yandere tendencies that she had made so many mistakes. Tracing back further, wasn’t her first suicide attempt also her own fault?

Under these circumstances, if she had blocked out those memories, wouldn’t that also make sense?

Of course, this was just one possibility.

Su Tao’s heart grew heavier, but she continued listening to Dongfang Yang’s analysis.

He said, “I haven’t seen Chi Xiaocheng yet, so I don’t know how her memory and impressions of me are. Based solely on what Su Tao has said, if it’s blocked memories and emotions, I think it might be around the time you two argued because of Ye Liang.”

Su Tao froze slightly. “Ye Liang?”

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“Yes.” Dongfang Yang nodded. “Although I don’t want to bring that guy up, looking at your past experiences, the only time Chi Xiaocheng might have disliked you would be around that period, right? Didn’t you say your relationship was very good before graduating high school?”

“Mm!” Su Tao nodded firmly. “Before graduating high school, Xiaocheng and I were… as close as sisters. After the argument, and because of all the misunderstandings involving Ye Liang, I distanced myself from her for a few months. That was when our relationship was at its worst.

“But afterward, we slowly reconciled, and our relationship got better and better.”

She wasn’t telling the whole truth, but it wasn’t misleading.

She had been avoiding and rejecting Xiaocheng, but Xiaocheng’s feelings and love for her had only grown deeper. Telling Dongfang Yang and Professor Su that their relationship had “gotten better and better” wasn’t wrong.

Back then, there was no way Xiaocheng would have disliked her like this.

Whether it was romantic “like” or familial “like,” at any other time, if she had said those things, Xiaocheng would never have outright said “I don’t like you.”

Dongfang Yang continued along Su Tao’s line of thought, “If her memories were blocked before that point, it would make sense why she’s cold toward Su Tao now. In her eyes, you were still close to Ye Liang and were neglecting her because of him.”

After hearing Dongfang Yang’s words, Su Tao felt both heartache and slight relief.

If that were really the case, it wouldn’t be so bad.

‘Because deep down, Xiaocheng still likes me, right?’

‘She just isn’t showing it, hiding that part of herself. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have confessed to me in the basement back then, and the black room incident wouldn’t have happened either.’

Su Tao lifted her head slightly, staring blankly at the clock on the wall.

The basement….

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‘After going around in circles, have we returned to the beginning?’

‘Does that mean she’ll have to experience Xiaocheng’s yandere tendencies all over again?’

Su Tao suddenly clenched her fists.

‘If that’s the case, I absolutely won’t make the same mistakes again!’

At this point, Dongfang Yang changed the subject, “But this is just my speculation. If her memories have really returned to that time, my relationship with Chi Xiaocheng wasn’t that great either.”

Back then, Chi Xiaocheng’s makeup looked like a child’s scribbles. Without her cute appearance to offset it, combined with the negative first impression, Dongfang Yang had also disliked the little brat.

Recalling those past events, he felt somewhat sentimental.

So he said to Su Tao and Professor Su, “I’ll go talk to Chi Xiaocheng first and see if she remembers me.”

Su Tao immediately stood up. “I’ll go with you.”

“Uh… Su Tao, maybe you shouldn’t come for now. Chi Xiaocheng’s impression of you isn’t great, and you just had that emotional outburst earlier. It might have the opposite effect.”

Professor Su also nodded. “Miss Su, you should wait for now. Miss Chi’s condition shouldn’t be aggravated by too much emotional stimulation. Right now, everything is just speculation. First, let’s contact the psychologists, and I’ll also need to run some tests to confirm exactly what’s wrong with Miss Chi.”

Even though Su Tao was extremely anxious, she could only suppress her emotions.

Then she kept comforting herself: Look on the bright side, Xiaocheng has woken up, hasn’t she? Compared to her dying or remaining asleep forever, this is already incredibly good news. The outcome will definitely be good.

She picked up her phone and immediately sent a message to Dr. Cheng.

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At the same time, Dongfang Yang was on his way to Chi Xiaocheng’s room.

He pondered how he should talk to her if her memories really had stopped around the Ye Liang period.

“Would she have disliked me back then?

“After all, she even confessed to me once.”

Dongfang Yang arrived on the 8th floor and sighed. “But compared to now, the old Chi Xiaocheng probably didn’t like me as much. Later on, she liked me so much… maybe she was won over by my dashing charm.”

Lost in thought, Dongfang Yang soon reached the hospital room door.

Seeing the girl sitting obediently on the bed, staring blankly at the scenery outside, he couldn’t help but smile.

From watching her lie quietly on the hospital bed to now seeing her alive again, Dongfang Yang had witnessed it all. Even knowing Chi Xiaocheng might have memory and emotional issues, he couldn’t help but feel happy for her.

So after knocking on the door, he walked straight in.

Seeing Chi Xiaocheng turn around, he greeted her first, “Hey, Chi Xiaocheng, remember me?”

Chi Xiaocheng smiled faintly. “Boss, what kind of joke is that? Of course I remember you.”

Dongfang Yang froze at her address. “Boss?”

Chi Xiaocheng tilted her head. “Is there a problem? Didn’t you tell me to call you boss before?”

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“Wait a minute….”

Dongfang Yang covered his forehead, then rubbed his temples.

According to what Su Tao said, her memories should have stopped around the beginning of the school year, when Su Tao was still close to Ye Liang.

‘But if she’s calling me boss, does that mean her memories stopped around when she was working at the café?’

But by that time, her relationship with Su Tao had already improved quite a bit.

Unable to pinpoint the exact timing, Dongfang Yang said to Chi Xiaocheng, “Calling me boss is fine, but you little brat were always skipping work, showing up only sporadically. And you still acknowledge me as your boss?”

Chi Xiaocheng awkwardly twirled a strand of hair by her cheek with her finger. “Well, the café didn’t have many customers anyway. Brother Chu San said I wasn’t really needed.”

Dongfang Yang raised an eyebrow. From the way Chi Xiaocheng spoke, it seemed she had already been working at the café for quite some time.

By that later period, shouldn’t her relationship with Su Tao have already been repaired?

Dongfang Yang thought for a moment, then asked, “Chi Xiaocheng, how do you feel about… Ye Liang?”

Hearing this, Chi Xiaocheng frowned and said with clear distaste, “Isn’t Ye Liang already dead? Why bring him up now?”

The moment these words left her mouth, Dongfang Yang’s pupils constricted sharply.

About Chi Xiaocheng’s condition, he had a very bad premonition.