Peach-Orange! – Chapter 247 – Congratulations, You’ve Provoked Two Yanderes

Hearing Tang Tang’s serious declaration, Su Tao suddenly became wary. “Tang Tang, didn’t you say you were straight? Your orientation was clearly towards boys.”

Tang Tang chuckled. “Look how nervous you are. If it’s Xiaocheng, I wouldn’t mind changing. That kind of instant attraction is something you wouldn’t understand, always being by her side.”

Su Tao fell silent at her words.

She actually understood what Tang Tang meant.

Back in middle and high school, they hadn’t had the means to dress well. Just getting enough nutrition was already a struggle. No matter how pretty Chi Xiaocheng was, her charm had been hidden away, unable to shine.

Now, in college, with part-time jobs and Dongfang Yang’s— no, this good person’s support, she ate well, dressed well, and her charm could no longer be concealed.

Still, Su Tao didn’t like this.

It felt like something that belonged to her was being taken away, bit by bit.

“By the way, Tao-Tao, why are you dressed like this? Why not wear something nice to match Xiaocheng?”

Tang Tang’s question snapped Su Tao out of her thoughts. Her outfit wasn’t bad, but compared to the many dresses in the venue, it was too understated.

She forced a laugh. “Xiaocheng and I aren’t at that stage yet. Like I said last time, I haven’t even confessed. Before, she had some mental health issues, and after waking up from her illness, she lost her memories.”

Su Tao pressed her lips together. “Her memories haven’t returned, and our relationship… has faded. Right now, we’re not as close as before.”

“Then you should definitely pair up! Amnesia is the perfect opportunity! Cover Xiaocheng in your colors before someone else takes advantage!”

“It’s… complicated. Tang Tang, if you don’t understand, don’t push me like this.”

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Tang Tang sighed. “I’m not pushing you. But if you don’t act, someone else will.”

Following her friend’s gaze, Su Tao noticed a handsome young man in a pure white tailcoat approaching Chi Xiaocheng.

Holding a white rose, he deliberately raised his voice to draw attention. “Miss Xiaocheng, I’m the third young master of the Du family. This white rose is for you. May I have the pleasure of your acquaintance?”

Tang Tang’s earlier outburst had already made many guests aware of Chi Xiaocheng’s name.

—Xiaocheng.

A cute name, fitting for her petite and adorable appearance.

Seeing the Du family heir step forward with the rose, Su Tao couldn’t stay seated any longer. She stood, fists clenched.

Chi Xiaocheng subtly noticed Su Tao’s movement.

Intermediate Acting Skills, activate!

Already quiet and well-behaved, she now wore an expression of flustered hesitation, as if unused to being approached so boldly. And since the other party was a “handsome young master,” as a “normal girl,” she seemed “at a loss.”

She didn’t blush, but her hands fidgeted, and her gaze avoided his.

‘Tao-Tao, right now, your Xiaocheng is still memory-confused~’

‘If you don’t care a little more, I might really be taken away~’

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Sure enough, seeing her like this, Su Tao couldn’t stop herself from stepping forward.

And Chi Xiaocheng didn’t reach for the rose.

She was waiting for Su Tao to slap it away.

But this also gave the Du heir a signal.

No refusal, just shyness. Didn’t that mean there was a chance?

He intensified his verbal advances, failing to notice Su Tao approaching. Just as he decided to go all out and shove the rose into Chi Xiaocheng’s arms—

A sharp, grating voice cut through the air.

“Third Young Master Du, what fine taste you have. You dare set your sights on this girl? And the rest of you, have you never seen the world before?”

A tall woman in a flamboyant red gown strode in through the back door, a red fan in hand. Her gaze, fixed on Chi Xiaocheng, dripped with mockery.

“Some of you may not know, Ye Liang died because of this little girl!”

The room fell dead silent. Even Su Tao, halfway across the floor, froze.

In Jiuzhou, Ye Liang’s name was a sensitive topic.

Though the local Ye branch had collapsed and been carved up, a starved camel was still bigger than a horse. And with the Ye family’s second son now in charge—

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If this woman’s words held any truth….

The Du heir immediately retracted his rose and took a step back, frowning at the woman. “I remember you as the one no one in the Lin family wanted. What proof do you have?”

The woman continued forward, her presence making many guests frown.

Including Dongfang Yang, Si Chen, and Su Tao.

Because they knew her.

And had been searching for her tirelessly.

Lin Fangya!

The woman who had disappeared alongside Xiao Ming after Ye Liang’s death!

The one who had hired the sniper, the one who had nearly killed Chi Xiaocheng by mistake! She had to be involved!

After all this time searching, she had chosen to appear now.

And with her sights set squarely on Chi Xiaocheng.

Si Chen and Dongfang Yang exchanged a glance and nodded subtly.

Si Chen began moving through the crowd toward Chi Xiaocheng.

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Dongfang Yang headed for the exit.

Lin Fangya reached the center of the hall, her cold eyes locked on Chi Xiaocheng. “Some of you may think I’m joking. But as a member of the Lin family, why would I slander someone being doted on by Young Master Si and Young Master Dongfang? I’m only speaking the truth.”

She sneered. “You might wonder, how could a little girl kill Ye Liang? Well, she didn’t. She clashed with Ye Liang, and her brother, upon hearing this, brought a gang from Lizhi City to murder him!

“All of you have your own sources. You should know why Jiuzhou has been in chaos lately.”

Lin Fangya suddenly raised her hand, pointing directly at Chi Xiaocheng, then abruptly shifting her finger to Su Tao.

“If that girl seems unfamiliar, what about her? Surely everyone knows Su Tao!

“A woman rotten to the core. First, she seduced Ye Liang, making a grand spectacle of it. After his death, she moved on to Young Master Dongfang and Young Master Si. But how could one woman handle two young masters?

“So she trotted out her sister, that little pretender sitting over there, acting like some innocent bunny!

“One bitch, one little bitch!

“What kind of taste do you people have, fawning over these two?”

In a sense, the banquet hadn’t even started, yet fireworks were already exploding.

The tension thickened unbearably.

And in that instant, the expressions of both Chi Xiaocheng and Su Tao darkened simultaneously.