Peach-Orange! – Chapter 392 – The World’s Will Grows Anxious

The bed was made, the room tidied.

With the change of seasons, the thick winter blanket could be put away. Normally, Su Tao and Chi Xiaocheng slept curled up together, their bodies generating enough friction to produce heat, making them prone to sweating.

Now that the weather had warmed up, they could switch to a lighter blanket.

Just as Chi Xiaocheng, still humming softly in the bathroom, had no idea that Su Tao was secretly searching for her alternate identity….

What Su Tao didn’t know was that there was another “Xiaocheng” beside her, observing every change in her expression as she snooped through the phone.

Xiao Hei had been leaning against the other side of the bed the entire time.

Her feet lightly touching the floor, her small fingers pinching her chin in thought. She was considering whether to tell Chi Xiaocheng about Su Tao’s discoveries.

Naturally, it was Xiao Hei who had logged out of the WeChat dual account on Chi Xiaocheng’s phone.

That careless fool, after thinking she had gotten away with it, hadn’t bothered to cover her tracks further.

But Xiao Hei hadn’t expected Su Tao to be so meticulous, not only checking the usage statistics of the app clone but also verifying the matter with Dongfang Yang.

“At this point, she’s probably guessed Xiaocheng’s alternate identity. She just doesn’t have solid proof and doesn’t dare believe it.”

Yet it was precisely this trust that would make the eventual revelation even more devastating.

In theory, she should tell Chi Xiaocheng.

But….

“Light Ball, how much role weight does Su Tao still have?”

[It dropped again just now. Now it’s at 65%.]

That was low.

Just two months ago, her weight had been over 90%.

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But as she continued to deny herself and engage in small schemes, her character repeatedly collapsed, gradually losing the “perfect white moonlight” identity imposed on her by the world’s will. Her weight had plummeted rapidly.

But the main reason for the sharp drop wasn’t just that.

The system continued:

[Based on my analysis, someone like Su Tao should still have a role weight above 80%. The fact that it’s fallen to 65% so quickly suggests the world’s will has personally intervened.]

“Personally?”

Xiao Hei raised an eyebrow.

[Yes. According to the original plot, the ‘sudden rival’ character shouldn’t return from abroad until at least a year later. No matter how much the plot is disturbed, events overseas shouldn’t be affected by domestic changes. In all our hundreds of cycles, when has that rival ever returned early?]

[Yet now, she’s appearing over a year ahead of schedule. My guess is that the world’s will is trying to eliminate us faster by forcing its hand.]

“But it’s like you, right? It can’t directly interfere with reality. How can it ‘personally intervene’?”

[It could take on a form like yours, or like mine.]

A second personality.

A system.

An elder spirit residing in a jade pendant or ring.

It could manifest as any intangible existence. As long as it didn’t physically interact with the world, it wouldn’t violate the rules.

[Of course, this is just speculation. But unless the world’s will personally intervened to push the rival’s early appearance, I can’t explain why Su Tao’s role weight is dropping so drastically.]

[Logically, after Chu Lingfeng ate the apple, the world’s will should have shifted more weight onto Su Tao, tightening its control over her.]

[I even expected the condemned building where Fang Ning was captured to collapse, eliminating Xiaocheng in the process.]

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[But as you saw, nothing happened. Not even a single accident on the way.]

This puzzled Xiao Hei as well.

If the building had collapsed, Chi Xiaocheng would have been in real danger.

Yet she emerged unharmed.

But if the system’s theory was correct….

Xiao Hei’s brows furrowed deeply. “The world’s will is really that desperate? It’s rushing to eliminate us personally?”

[Your interference with reality is partly to blame.]

“But even if Xiaocheng dies, we still have the cycle to fall back on.”

Assuming, of course, that Chi Xiaocheng didn’t break down again under the accumulated trauma of hundreds of suppressed memories.

[It may have already located our coordinates. It’s willing to intervene now just to eliminate us, and then….]

“—clean house in one go.”

Xiao Hei’s mismatched pupils flickered coldly.

What a cunning plan.

“But the fact that it’s this anxious proves we’ve become a real threat, right?”

[Correct. The protagonist Su Tao’s weight is declining. Dongfang Yang and Si Chen have completely sided with us. Ye Liang is dead, Chu Lingfeng might as well be, and Xiao Ming isn’t even worth considering.]

[Influencing and controlling key characters is the world’s will’s greatest weapon.]

[But as their weight shifts, I absorb that power, growing strong enough to contest the world’s authority!]

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And that was exactly what the world’s will feared most.

This system wasn’t just some simple program.

It was the coalesced will of countless “reader daddies,” a force meant to correct this erroneous world.

The world’s will?

With enough authority, this system could become it!

And in terms of weight, Su Tao was the linchpin.

She was the one and only protagonist.

The fact that the world’s will was abandoning her for the “sudden rival” was a sign of desperation.

Xiao Hei’s eyes gleamed. “In that case, pushing Su Tao below 50% is crucial.

“Let’s not tell Xiaocheng about this.”

A little “black room” confinement….

She’d probably accept it.

After all, no matter how much Su Tao “darkened,” she’d never truly harm her.

In fact, if Su Tao locked her up, it might even be safer.

With that thought, Xiao Hei reminded the system to keep playing its role as a simple AI.

The current trajectory was fine.

Let things unfold naturally.

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By the time Xiao Hei dissolved into starlight and vanished from the room, Su Tao had finished tidying up. Chi Xiaocheng, fresh from her shower and clad in a fluffy onesie, pushed open the bedroom door.

“Tao-Tao, I’m done~”

Chi Xiaocheng was radiant, her energy fully restored.

Clearly, the bath had rejuvenated her.

She showed no trace of her earlier shyness around Su Tao.

Su Tao, still slightly guilty about snooping through the phone, didn’t dwell on it. Studying Chi Xiaocheng’s face, which was so similar to Chengcheng’s, she suddenly said:

“Xiaocheng, if you’re free tomorrow, how about I introduce you to a new friend?”

Chi Xiaocheng tilted her head. “Tao-Tao, did you forget? We’re hanging out tomorrow.”

Su Tao blinked, then broke into a relaxed smile. “Oh, right! Then you pick where we go tomorrow. I got a little dusty earlier, so I’ll go shower now.”

“Okay~”

With that agreement, Su Tao exhaled, a small smile tugging at her lips.

She’d been so fixated on Xiaocheng and Chengcheng that she’d forgotten about their date tomorrow.

Xiaocheng hadn’t refused her kiss earlier. She must like her too.

Whether there was deception or not, that much was true, right?

She should trust Xiaocheng.

And then….

Just enjoy their date tomorrow!