Peach-Orange! – Chapter 315 – Crimson-Brown Eyes Floating on the Surface

Struggling and resisting, Chu Lingfeng tried to shake off the security guards restraining him, but these men were all underlings of that security captain.

The captain had already sided with Young Master Si Chen, and with Si Zhenliu’s approval, how could they let Chu Lingfeng escape?

A neatly dressed crew-cut guard noticed Chu Lingfeng’s strength and decisively kicked the back of his knee.

With a crack, like the sound of breaking bone, a pained scream erupted as Chu Lingfeng collapsed to his knees.

Before him stood Si Chen, looking down imperiously.

“Chu Lingfeng, with the elder protecting you and me currently no match for my elder brother, your life is barely spared for now. But don’t think this is truly over.”

Si Chen held the poisoned apple, the remaining lens of his glasses reflecting a sinister glint. “I can sense it. This is something special.”

He pressed the apple against Chu Lingfeng’s cheek. The moment it made contact, Chu Lingfeng, whose narrative weight surpassed even Si Chen’s, immediately sensed its horror.

Ever since Ye Liang died from a poisoned apple, the other male leads, influenced by the world’s will, had developed an instinctive revulsion toward this apple that could annihilate their protagonist aura.

Chu Lingfeng struggled even more violently, biting his lip hard.

Si Chen smirked coldly. “Not eating? You don’t have a choice!”

A heavy punch landed on Chu Lingfeng’s abdomen, forcing a pained gasp. “Si Chen, how dare you?!”

“Why wouldn’t I dare?”

Si Chen’s left hand clamped onto Chu Lingfeng’s jaw as his right shoved the entire apple into his mouth.

When it stuck between his teeth, Si Chen delivered another brutal punch to both apple and mouth.

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The apple cracked along with one of Chu Lingfeng’s front teeth.

“Chew!” Si Chen commanded icily from above.

Chu Lingfeng bared his bloodied teeth, still defiant.

He even tried spitting the apple out.

But Si Chen had no patience left.

He had staked everything on Chi Xiaocheng and Su Tao.

And this man had nearly destroyed that all-or-nothing gamble.

“Since you won’t eat, I’ll help you!”

BAM—!

Another savage blow to Chu Lingfeng’s right cheek. His face swelled instantly as the force transmitted through his teeth, pulverizing the apple further.

Once wasn’t enough.

Seeing the apple bulge against Chu Lingfeng’s left cheek, Si Chen struck again.

“Eat it!”

BAM!

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“Think you’re too good for this?!”

An uppercut to the chin.

“Swallow it or I’ll punch your throat next! Let’s see if your ‘Miracle Doctor’ skills can fix that!”

Each punch landed with visceral impact, teeth scattering like broken pearls.

The agonized gurgles made even the bodyguards shudder.

Si Zhenliu, who needed Chu Lingfeng alive for his own longevity, feared Si Chen might kill him in this frenzy. “Enough!”

He signaled a bodyguard. “Stop him. Make sure Chu Lingfeng swallows every last bit.”

The bodyguard nodded, taking over to find Chu Lingfeng’s face swollen beyond recognition. No trace of his former elegance remained.

Most of the apple had been forced down, though some chunks littered the grass from the beating.

With a disgusted expression, the bodyguard gathered the remnants and crammed them back into Chu Lingfeng’s mouth, pinching his throat to force swallowing.

Only after ensuring even the core was consumed did he report to Si Chen, “Second Young Master, he’s eaten all of it.”

Si Chen stood aside, nodding grimly.

Internally, he was stunned.

He could clearly sense Chu Lingfeng’s vitality draining at terrifying speed—

Like a man withered by a soul-sucking ghost, turning skeletal in moments.

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That inexplicable charisma that made people instinctively trust him was evaporating drop by drop.

‘What is that apple?’

‘Why did it affect him like this?’

Watching Chu Lingfeng age decades in minutes, Si Chen suppressed his turmoil and turned to Si Zhenliu.

“Last warning. Next time, not even my brother will save you. In Jiuzhou, killing you would be trivial.”

Ignoring the elder’s response, he watched bodyguards haul Chu Lingfeng away before turning to Su Tao and Chi Xiaocheng.

The girl cradled the unconscious figure tightly, her disheveled hair draping over the other’s face in a tragically beautiful tableau.

Si Chen sighed. “Don’t hold her so tight. If she can’t breathe—”

“GET OUT!” Su Tao whirled on him, eyes wild. “What would you know?! If I let go… if I let go she might disappear again!”

The shout silenced Si Chen.

This wasn’t the radiant “white moonlight” he knew—

just a frenzied, broken soul whose world had narrowed to one person.

As he dialed his phone helplessly, the distant wail of sirens approached.

An ambulance barreled into the estate, medics rushing out with stretchers.

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But when a doctor tried taking Chi Xiaocheng, Su Tao shoved him away violently.

“ALL OF YOU, GET OUT! NO ONE TAKES XIAOCHENG FROM ME!”

Was she insane?

No, just terrified.

This was the third time.

Each separation carried the dread that the girl in her arms might vanish forever.

Walls erected around her mind, everyone else morphing into demons trying to steal her away.

The doctor looked to Si Chen for help.

Grabbing Su Tao’s coat collar, Si Chen roared, “SNAP OUT OF IT! These are doctors! Keep this up and you’ll kill her!”

Maybe his protagonist aura worked, or perhaps the word “kill” pierced her haze—

Su Tao’s grip finally loosened, her trembling hands betraying the cracks in her resolve.

As medics lifted Chi Xiaocheng onto the stretcher (practically prying her from Su Tao’s arms),

Si Chen studied the hollow-eyed girl beside him.

Something about her had fundamentally… shifted.