Peach-Orange! – Chapter 384 – She and She Are the Only Ones

Su Tao’s mood was complicated.

Xiaocheng had taken down so many delinquent girls to save Fang Ning, even killing Liu Guijia single-handedly. Didn’t that mean Fang Ning held an extremely important place in Xiaocheng’s heart?

Yes, Fang Ning had left around the time of the Lunar New Year, but before the break-in and the lock change, she still had a key to the house.

If she wanted, she could come over anytime.

When Su Tao was busy, did Fang Ning often visit to play with Xiaocheng?

Su Tao had never checked Xiaocheng’s phone… so did Fang Ning frequently chat with her there?

Su Tao didn’t dare to think further.

But the truth seemed to stare her in the face.

Xiaocheng had killed for Fang Ning.

Su Tao glanced at Fang Ning again, her gaze even more complicated than before. Then, that complexity turned into shock.

Fang Ning, struggling to stand despite her bruised knees, leaned against a pillar and shouted at Su Tao,

“What’s with that look? Do you really think I don’t know what you’re thinking?”

Su Tao was angered, but before she could retort, Fang Ning launched into a furious tirade.

“Are you still thinking that Sister Xiaocheng only got angry and took down those bad guys because she cares about me, likes me, thinks I’m important?

“If you like Sister Xiaocheng so much, why can’t you trust her a little more?

“Is your so-called affection for her really that cheap?”

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Fang Ning pointed fiercely at Liu Guijia, tears welling up.

“Just now! She openly said that after capturing Sister Xiaocheng, she’d torture that woman named Su Tao!

“Do you really think Sister Xiaocheng killed her for my sake?

“It was because that woman insulted you! Threatened to kill you!”

In her agitation, Fang Ning stumbled. Her already injured, pain-wracked legs gave out, and she collapsed again with a thud.

Yet even then, the look she gave Su Tao was full of disdain.

Disdain for this hopeless person.

Disdain for this person who always let Sister Xiaocheng get hurt.

Disdain for this blockhead who never seemed to reciprocate Sister Xiaocheng’s feelings properly.

But… even if she despised her, she couldn’t deny the fact that Su Tao was the only one Sister Xiaocheng loved.

Tch. If she kept talking, she’d start crying again.

Fang Ning wiped her eyes and realized tears had already fallen. She tried to brush them away with her wrist, but they only trailed down like silver threads.

Finally, she gave up and buried her face in King’s fur.

The soft fur became her towel, and the poor cat could only endure in silence as the girl clung to her.

Su Tao stood frozen.

Chi Xiaocheng wanted to rush over and comfort Fang Ning, but a small, black-gloved hand patted her shoulder, signaling her to stay with Su Tao instead.

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Even without such intentions, one shouldn’t appear too concerned about others in front of the person they love.

Xiao Hei walked to Fang Ning’s side, standing straight behind her so the girl could lean against her legs for support.

For the first time, she removed her gloves and gently stroked Fang Ning’s hair.

It felt familiar, yet maybe that was just an illusion.

Fang Ning glanced at Chi Xiaocheng, still with Su Tao, then fell silent.

She just leaned lightly against Xiao Hei’s legs, her trembling nose catching a faint scent of roses.

Meanwhile, Su Tao had fully processed Fang Ning’s words.

Her gaze, once hostile, turned complicated again as she looked at the girl. Then she turned back to Chi Xiaocheng.

No further questions seemed necessary.

The girl whose hand she held was bowing her head shyly. There was no doubt that Fang Ning had been right.

That was why Xiaocheng was embarrassed.

A sudden realization struck Su Tao. She recalled a word Fang Ning had used earlier.

“Like.”

Su Tao accidentally said it aloud, startling the girl in front of her. “Tao-Tao, what did you say?”

Su Tao pressed her lips into a smile. “Nothing.”

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For now, she could set aside everything that had happened today.

Just knowing she mattered deeply to Xiaocheng was enough.

And this “mattering” was slowly becoming that same “like” from before.

Perhaps because the building had fallen completely silent, Si Chen, who had been waiting outside, finally entered.

“All settled? What a mess.”

He clicked his tongue and tossed the sobbing girl he’d been dragging onto the floor.

Huang Limei’s face was a tear-streaked ruin.

Or rather, even before the tears, King had already clawed her to shreds.

Si Chen had found her outside, wailing in pain after arriving with the medical team.

After some questioning, he learned this girl had taken body-enhancing drugs… yet still lost to a cat.

She’d begged Si Chen, promising to confess everything, even accepting a decade in prison just to get her face treated. She didn’t want to be disfigured.

After all, honesty might earn leniency.

Si Chen had thought Huang Limei was pitiful enough… until he saw the even worse state of things inside.

Su Tao took a deep breath and said to him,

“There was an accident. I killed this person by mistake. Can you handle it?”

Hearing Su Tao take the blame for Liu Guijia’s death, Chi Xiaocheng tugged at her clothes, wanting to speak, but Su Tao covered her mouth.

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Si Chen was Team Xiaocheng. He knew her capabilities and understood the real situation. Calmly, he said, “Don’t worry. Everyone I brought is trustworthy. In a condemned building like this, people getting crushed by falling debris is perfectly normal.”

The delinquent girls still moaning on the floor froze in terror at his words.

Zeng Xiuhua crawled desperately to Si Chen’s feet.

“P-Please! Don’t kill me! Liu Guijia forced me into this! I’ll tell you everything! Anything you want to know!”

But Si Chen, ever the cold pragmatist, just kicked her away in disgust.

After a sweeping glare at the room, he called outside,

“We have injured. Bring the stretchers.”

Doctors entered with stretchers.

For a moment, hope flickered in the delinquents’ eyes… until they realized the medics were only heading for Fang Ning.

Su Tao watched them all without pity. “What will you do with these people?”

Si Chen replied flatly, “I’ll handle the cleanup. You and Chi Xiaocheng should head to the car. Her face is still red, we don’t want it swelling.”

When Su Tao noticed him looking at Chi Xiaocheng, she huffed.

“Since you helped today, I’ll let it slide for now. But remember that Xiaocheng is mine!”

Si Chen: “???”

So now I can’t even look at Chi Xiaocheng?