Peach-Orange! – Chapter 259 – Tenfold Darkening

“Lin Fangya, oh Lin Fangya, you’re truly useless!

“Told you to seduce the Ye family’s second young master, you failed. Couldn’t even gain his trust. Ended up nearly captured by Dongfang Yang and his men. We risked exposure just to save you!”

Chi Xiaocheng couldn’t see inside the rundown shack, but she heard a man’s low, impatient voice.

In contrast, Lin Fangya’s voice was weak. “This… this was another accident. Save me first, then give me five million. I swear… I swear I’ll make that bitch Su Tao die without a burial!”

Even in her weakened state, when she uttered Su Tao’s name, her voice carried the hatred of a vengeful ghost.

The man snorted coldly. “Five million? Do you even hear yourself? As a member of the Lin family, you won’t spend your own money but expect the Dragon King to fund you?

“Utterly shameless!”

He flicked his sleeve and snorted again, prompting Lin Fangya to shout desperately, “Wait! One million! Just one million! I’ve already contacted someone. With the money, I can definitely kill both Su Tao and that Chi girl this time. Just give me the money, and I’ll do anything!”

Her voice had completely lost all reason. “You can even use me however you want!”

Yet the man looked at her like she was a clown. “You hate them that much? Just because Ye Liang died?”

“HAHAHAHA! Letting them die would be a mercy!” Lin Fangya snarled like a demon from hell. “Especially that slut Su Tao! A damn green tea bitch! She acted all innocent to seduce my Ye Liang back then.

“After getting him killed, she teamed up with Si Chen and the others to steal the inheritance Ye Liang left for me!

“And at the banquet earlier, she even hit me! She humiliated me like that!

“Death? That’s too good for her!”

She laughed maniacally. “I want to strip her naked and throw her to the filthiest men in the slums. Let her despair before I chop off her limbs and sell her! Not just that, I’ll also—”

The more she spoke, the more extreme her words became… until a loud SNAP came from outside.

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Like a branch being stepped on.

But an icy aura seeped from the darkness.

The man reacted fastest, standing up sharply. “Who’s there?!”

“Meow~”

A cute cat call came from outside.

The man relaxed slightly. “Just a cat.”

Still, to be safe, he walked to the broken window and peered out.

The moonlight was faint, the surroundings pitch-black… except for a pair of crimson vertical pupils glowing like a cat’s in the dark, faint red light piercing the shadows.

Horrifying.

It really was a cat.

But… why were its eyes so high up?

The terror in those eyes made the man’s hair stand on end. A crushing sense of danger hit him, and he instinctively turned his head—

A gleaming fruit knife grazed his neck, leaving a thin line of blood and a deep gash. A second later, and it would’ve slit his throat.

Damn it! Who the hell did Lin Fangya lead here?!

Ignoring the pain, the man clutched his neck and stumbled back.

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Only when the knife-wielder flipped into the room did his pupils shrink.

A… little girl?

A cloak hid her figure, her face obscured. Only her crimson eyes glowed with violence. Two tea-colored ponytails draped over her shoulders, smooth and straight.

The man didn’t recognize her.

But Lin Fangya knew that hair color all too well.

Injured, she clutched her shoulder. Fear flashed in her eyes when she met Chi Xiaocheng’s gaze. Then she burst into laughter.

“Chi Xiaocheng, right? You’re Chi Xiaocheng!

“HAHAHAHA! I never thought you’d deliver yourself to me! Once I capture you, that Su Tao will have no choice but to walk right into my trap!”

She glared at the man. “Hurry! Grab her! Once we have her, Su Tao will be easy!”

But the man wasn’t moved. Hand still pressed to his neck, he didn’t even dare flee.

The little girl before him radiated a killing intent so thick it choked him. Even during his deadliest missions overseas, he’d never felt fear this visceral.

Chi Xiaocheng ignored him, her gaze locked on Lin Fangya.

The woman, one arm already broken, staggered to her feet.

“Fine! If you won’t do it, I will!”

She glared at Chi Xiaocheng with pure hatred.

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‘If it weren’t for you, my Ye Liang would still be alive!’

‘I, Lin Fangya, would’ve been the lady of the Ye family by now!’

‘Everything is because of you!’

“CHI XIAOCHENG!!!”

She lunged, her good hand clawing at Chi Xiaocheng’s face.

Even injured, what threat could this little girl pose? Did she think she was some freak like Su Tao?

What she didn’t know was that right now, Chi Xiaocheng was far more terrifying than Su Tao.

As Lin Fangya’s pale arm shot forward, Chi Xiaocheng caught it effortlessly… then twisted it.

“AAAAAAHHHH!!!”

A scream tore through the air as the arm contorted into a grotesque spiral.

The sheer force could’ve ripped the limb clean off.

After taking the recovery pill, Chi Xiaocheng’s body had temporarily returned to a healthy adult’s condition. Much better than her original sub-healthy state.

And with tenfold darkening….

What did a tenfold boost to normal human physique mean?

If she wanted, she could punch Lin Fangya’s head apart right now.

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But she didn’t want to.

Her gaze remained fixed on the screaming woman.

“Not loud enough. Weren’t you shouting much louder when insulting Tao-Tao earlier?”

Chi Xiaocheng released the twisted arm, then raised the fruit knife in her other hand. She turned to the man.

“May I ask, sir, what should I call you?”

The man gulped. “I…I’m an envoy of the Temple of Asura. A subordinate of the Dragon King. I barely know this woman. I was just bringing her here to silence her.

“If… if you attack me, you’ll provoke the Temple of Asura. The Dragon King will never… never let you go.”

But his words lacked conviction.

Showing fear was as good as surrender.

He, an envoy of the Temple of Asura, one of the Dragon King’s most trusted aides, would rather die than suffer humiliation!

Then Chi Xiaocheng smiled faintly.

“Seems like you also wanted to hurt my Tao-Tao earlier~”

With a flick of her wrist, the fruit knife shot out. Guided by her Precision Scalpel skill, it shaved a strip of hair from the envoy’s scalp before embedding itself in the wooden wall behind him.

The envoy felt the sudden coolness on his now-bald patch. His legs gave out, and he dropped to his knees.

“Big sis, I was wrong!”