Peach-Orange! – Chapter 318 – The Vengeful Little Dark One

At the same time when Su Tao and Chi Xiaocheng were heading to the hospital, in the farmhouse, Chu Lingfeng was also receiving treatment from his private medical team.

He had inserted another thirteen needles into himself, his head wrapped in layer after layer of gauze. The swelling on his face had gradually subsided, and his broken legs had been reset. However, the lingering pain throughout his body left him writhing in agony on the bed.

Watching the flustered doctors, he couldn’t help but curse, “Hurry up! Put other treatments aside for now. If you don’t pump my stomach soon, that apple will get digested!”

Chu Lingfeng had no idea what Si Chen had actually fed him.

Using the Thirteen Taiyi Needles to examine his own body, he hadn’t detected any poison.

But he vividly remembered the instinctive revulsion he’d felt when touching the apple, a rejection that seemed to come from his very soul. Right after eating it, he’d felt an overwhelming weakness throughout his body. Though nothing strange seemed to be happening now, he still wanted to get his stomach pumped just in case.

Si Zhenliu, who had been standing nearby, couldn’t take it anymore. “That apple was just a normal apple. It was obviously an excuse Si Chen used to humiliate you. He knew he couldn’t do anything to you with me around, so he made up a reason to beat you up.

“Aren’t you the Miracle Doctor? Can’t you even tell if an apple is poisoned?”

Listening to Si Zhenliu’s words, Chu Lingfeng reached up and touched the half of his ear that remained.

After Su Tao had cleanly sliced off his other ear, his hearing had been damaged. Though he wasn’t completely deaf, his right ear was nowhere near as functional as the half of his left ear that was left.

His body showed no abnormalities, but the earlier sensations had been real. Still, Chu Lingfeng found Si Zhenliu’s reasoning convincing.

Besides, getting his stomach pumped was extremely unpleasant.

Maybe… he should just skip it?

Without his protagonist halo, Chu Lingfeng’s intelligence seemed to have taken a hit. He waved the doctors away and turned to Si Zhenliu with a scowl. “You old bastard, how dare you say that? Why didn’t you just kill Si Chen and the others on the spot?”

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Si Zhenliu: “There were so many witnesses. You want to escalate this? You might not care about living, but I do!”

“Useless! Just kill everyone who saw it!”

But no matter how much he ranted, it was just venting.

Originally, he’d hoped to cooperate with Su Tao. Now? They were mortal enemies.

Si Zhenliu took a deep breath. “So, what’s your plan now? Dongfang Yang is back too. You probably can’t stay in Jiuzhou City anymore.”

“Says who?!” Chu Lingfeng gritted his teeth, eyes burning with hatred. “I have to get revenge. Whether it’s Chi Xiaocheng or Su Tao, I’ll make sure they suffer worse than death!”

Speaking too forcefully tugged at the pain in his ear, making him suck in a sharp breath. “In Jiuzhou City, Dongfang Yang isn’t the most powerful force. Even if your Si family won’t act, there’s another powerful faction we can use!”

“Who?”

Chu Lingfeng smirked coldly. “Xiao Ming, the Dragon King of the Temple of Asura!

“I’ve already tracked down his hiding place. Once I recover a bit, I’ll go to him for an alliance. In terms of influence, before he inherited the Temple of Asura and became the new Dragon King, his power abroad was even comparable to Su Tao’s War Hero father.

“With him on our side, even two Dongfang Yangs wouldn’t be enough!

“Then, we’ll collaborate with Second Young Master Ye, using the excuse of avenging Ye Liang to target Dongfang Yang together.

“Heh… hahahaha! Sooner or later, Jiuzhou City will belong to me, Chu Lingfeng!”

His delusions were grand, but he failed to notice the petite figure leaning against the wall, watching him the entire time.

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The girl was dressed in an elegant black gown, her high heels clicking against the floor. The sheer black stockings stretching up her legs added a touch of mature charm that didn’t quite fit her doll-like appearance.

Dark Xiaocheng twirled a fruit knife in her hand, standing right there in the room, yet Chu Lingfeng couldn’t see her at all.

Why was she here?

Wasn’t it obvious? She was here to vent for another Xiaocheng who’d been foolish enough to get hurt.

Did they really think they could bully those two and just walk away unscathed?

Dark Xiaocheng waited for Si Zhenliu to leave. In her mind, the System’s warnings kept ringing.

[Don’t act recklessly. Even though he’s lost his protagonist halo, if you kill him directly, it’ll draw the attention of the World’s Will.]

[He can die by the hands of anyone else in this world, but you can’t be the one to kill him. Not even by staging an accident!]

Dark Xiaocheng replied calmly, “Relax, I never said I’d kill him directly. I’m just here to collect some interest. Too bad he’s not the protagonist anymore. The emotional energy he provides has dropped significantly.”

[Even that carries risks!]

“Can you just swallow this anger?”

The System fell silent for a moment.

[We’ve endured this for so long. Don’t cause unnecessary trouble over personal feelings.]

“I know my limits. Besides… I’ve hated this guy for a long time. Every single time!

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“Before, he had the protagonist halo, and the World’s Will was watching. I couldn’t step in to protect her. But now? It’s different.”

Ignoring the System’s warnings, Dark Xiaocheng watched as Si Zhenliu and the doctors left the room. Chu Lingfeng, now alone, began applying needles to himself again. She couldn’t help but let out a soft laugh.

With graceful steps, she walked forward.

Click.

The crisp sound of her high heels against the floor made Chu Lingfeng’s hair stand on end. “Who’s there?!”

“Your least favorite… ghost.”

Her voice carried a hint of allure, a tone that could enchant both men and women. But to Chu Lingfeng, it sounded like a vengeful demon crawling out of hell.

His eyes darted around the room, searching for the source of the voice.

But he saw no one. The only sound was the steady, unhurried clicking of high heels against the floor.

Click. Click.

Then, suddenly, he remembered the strange illusions Chi Xiaocheng had used during the banquet.

He laughed. “Trying to scare me again, huh? Don’t think I didn’t notice. You were the one carried off in an ambulance, probably half-dead. And now you’re leaving tricks on me?

“You think I’m still afraid? How childish!”

His angry shout was as much for himself as for the unseen presence. A way to steel his nerves.

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But the next second, pain flared again.

Swish!

A blade’s arc flashed through the air, and the remaining half of his ear was cleanly sliced off.

“Now that’s symmetrical~”

Dark Xiaocheng’s satisfied voice coincided with Chu Lingfeng’s scream.

As shouts came from outside the door, Dark Xiaocheng glanced at Chu Lingfeng, now writhing on the floor, clutching his ear.

She turned away, not even bothering to look at him, and casually tossed the fruit knife behind her.

The blade flew as if guided, striking unerringly at Chu Lingfeng’s third leg.

“AAAAAAAAAAHHHH—!!”

An even more bloodcurdling shriek tore through the room as blood gushed from his crotch. The Miracle Doctor had passed out from the pain.

The bodyguards rushed in, but there was no assailant to be found.

Unseen by them, dark butterflies dissolved into starlight and vanished.

Only a faint, lingering fragrance remained, proof that a girl had once been there.