Peach-Orange! – Chapter 408 – Is Accepting the Confession Really Right?

Chi Xiaocheng’s direct gaze and completely undisguised words made Su Tao, who had already sat down, pause for a moment.

However, after just that brief moment of surprise, the girl spoke again helplessly, “Tao-Tao is really not conscious at all. There are so many bugs here, the grass is prickly, and the lakeside is damp.

“We’re already together, shouldn’t you be more attentive and show off your ‘boyfriend power’?

“Xiaocheng here is very delicate, you know~”

Chi Xiaocheng slightly raised her head and pouted her lips, looking exactly like a little wife throwing a tantrum.

An extremely cute one at that.

Hearing this, Su Tao couldn’t help but laugh. “Yes, yes, my mistake. Please, Xiaocheng, come sit in my arms.”

Though it sounded like a complaint, what she actually wanted was a hug.

This roundabout way of Xiaocheng’s was also very cute.

Su Tao crossed her legs and opened her arms.

Only then did Chi Xiaocheng contentedly nestle into the girl’s embrace, resting her head against her shoulder as she quietly gazed at the shimmering lake.

“This is so nice, just like this.”

Chi Xiaocheng looked up at the moon in the sky, savoring this moment of tranquility.

Her heart was beating a little faster than usual.

She wished time could pass more slowly. If it could freeze like this forever, that would be fine too.

She was afraid that after some time, the World’s Will would make its move.

But Su Tao didn’t grasp the complex emotions behind Chi Xiaocheng’s words, simply assuming she was enjoying their time alone together.

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Softly, she replied, “Today is just the beginning. In the future, things will definitely be even better than now.

“After all, we’re together now.”

Su Tao reached out and gently stroked Chi Xiaocheng’s head.

Even though Chi Xiaocheng had accepted the confession, she hadn’t really wanted to dwell on it. Yet Su Tao pulled her thoughts back, and she couldn’t help but sigh, “Yeah… we’re already together.”

They had crossed countless hardships.

Only to barely reach this point.

This difficulty was something both of them could keenly feel.

Chi Xiaocheng’s hundreds of cycles of reincarnation.

Su Tao hadn’t experienced that kind of pain, but even just these few months had nearly driven her insane.

Perhaps overwhelmed by emotion, Su Tao repeated the same words, her tone much firmer this time: “We’re already together. No matter what happens, nothing can separate us!”

But the moment those words were spoken—

A sudden anomaly occurred!

Su Tao felt an indescribable chill spread through her body from within, followed by the sensation of being watched, not just by a beast, but by something even more terrifying. A spine-chilling feeling.

Her arms, wrapped around Chi Xiaocheng, instinctively tightened and locked.

The sudden force caused Chi Xiaocheng to cry out in pain.

Su Tao immediately snapped back to her senses and asked worriedly, “Xiaocheng, are you okay?”

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Chi Xiaocheng shivered. “Ouch… Tao-Tao, why did you suddenly squeeze so hard? That really hurt.”

Su Tao took a deep breath. “Sorry, sorry. Just now… I don’t know why, but it felt like something was watching me. Maybe like the sixth sense you mentioned before?

“Anyway, it was… terrifying.”

Su Tao swallowed hard, her voice still tinged with lingering fear. “I can’t really explain it, but at that moment, I felt extremely scared.”

If Su Tao had said this to Dongfang Yang or Si Chen, they might not have understood.

But Chi Xiaocheng knew exactly what was happening.

The World’s Will had set its sights on Su Tao!

But strangely, her Alert skill hadn’t triggered?

Even with the memories of hundreds of cycles, Chi Xiaocheng only had those memories.

Xiao Hei, afraid that experiencing the emotions tied to those memories would break her, had shielded her from them.

Chi Xiaocheng didn’t clearly remember how it felt to be targeted by the World’s Will after a successful confession in past cycles.

But….

Without a doubt, this was the beginning of her death countdown.

Chi Xiaocheng bit her lip. Now that she was with Su Tao, she absolutely refused to follow the same path as before!

This time was different from all the others!

Chi Xiaocheng immediately stood up and said to Su Tao, “Tao-Tao, let’s go back. We’ll call Dong— no, we’ll call Si Chen and stay at his place.”

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Su Tao’s lips parted slightly. “Go… stay at Si Chen’s?”

“Didn’t he say he’d arrange a room for us? Let’s not go home. I’ll call him to pick us up.”

Su Tao hesitated. She didn’t particularly like Si Chen and no longer trusted the man who still had feelings for Xiaocheng.

They both liked Xiaocheng, but she preferred Dongfang Yang, that upright gentleman.

But since Xiaocheng had regained all her memories and emotions and was now with her, she had no reason to doubt her.

Still, out of curiosity and seeing Chi Xiaocheng’s urgent expression, Su Tao asked, “Xiaocheng, can you tell me why? I feel like… you’re keeping something from me.”

Just as Chi Xiaocheng was about to speak, the System’s voice echoed in her mind.

[Host, Su Tao’s character weight hasn’t dropped low enough yet. The rich female side character who’s supposed to appear hasn’t officially debuted to divert the World’s Will’s attention.]

[Now that you’ve been targeted, and the rich side character hasn’t appeared, Su Tao is still the de facto protagonist. If you reveal the truth now, the World’s Will might really flip the table.]

[Some things can’t be shared with them yet.]

Though Chi Xiaocheng desperately wanted to tell Su Tao the truth instead of leaving her in the dark, the System’s words forced her to hold back.

She forced an apologetic smile. “Tao-Tao, there are some things… I can’t tell you yet. But trust me, okay?”

Su Tao pressed her lips together, took a deep breath, and nodded firmly. “I trust Xiaocheng!”

No reason was needed.

She loved Xiaocheng.

It was that simple.

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She believed Xiaocheng wouldn’t harm her or do anything outrageous.

Chi Xiaocheng quickly called Si Chen and asked him to personally drive to the amusement park to pick them up.

Yes, personally.

Chi Xiaocheng had considered many scenarios from past cycles after a successful confession. No matter how the World’s Will targeted her, it was all to eliminate her as the “anomaly.”

It wouldn’t kill Su Tao, the protagonist, or harm supporting characters like Si Chen or Dongfang Yang, who still had their male lead halos.

Even they had “weight” in this world.

Dongfang Yang, whether in the original story or now, was set as the sunny, cheerful “human machine.” Even after joining her side, this setting hadn’t changed, and his weight hadn’t dropped much.

But Si Chen was different.

Originally, Si Chen was a deep, rational man, the type who would lower his voice and adjust his glasses before speaking.

But now, due to various reasons, his character had completely collapsed into someone who made people laugh the moment he appeared.

“Never Love Tao,” “Loyalty to Cheng,” “Never Love Cheng,” and even “Cling to Tao”….

The extreme divergence in his character made the chances of accidents much smaller.

Without a doubt, Si Chen was also a minor card to restrict the World’s Will.

But all she had was a weakened Scarecrow. Would the final outcome really be like the countless cycles before?

Was accepting the confession really right?