Peach-Orange! – Chapter 431 – It Must Have Been Si Chen’s Doing

The text displayed on the glasses left Su Tao in a daze for a long time. Her eyes widened, especially when she saw the summary floating on the lenses: [She is only pretending to like you]. Su Tao instinctively wanted to shout, “Impossible!”

But she quickly caught herself, covered her mouth, and hurriedly turned back into her room.

She was afraid that any noise she made might alert Chi Xiaocheng, who was still watching TV, and make her suspect something was wrong.

Su Tao took off the glasses, pressed one hand against her chest, and took deep, ragged breaths.

The hand holding the glasses trembled uncontrollably.

She put the glasses back on, only to find that no data was displayed this time.

An illusion?

It must have been an illusion, right?

Now, there wasn’t a single word on the glasses.

‘Besides, Xiaocheng likes me so much. She accepted my confession, and these past few days, she hasn’t refused any of my requests. Kissing has even become a nightly habit before bed.’

How could her feelings for me possibly be fake?!

Su Tao kept adjusting her mindset, gripping the glasses tightly as she turned to look at the door.

What she saw earlier might have been an illusion.

Should she go out and check again?

But if she did….

Su Tao lowered her head and fell silent.

A strand of hair fell in front of her eyes, swaying gently with her movements like someone shaking their head, telling her not to look further, to even ignore the glasses altogether.

What did some strange data matter compared to the emotions and affection she had shared with Xiaocheng these past days?

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If someone told you she didn’t love you anymore, would you believe it just like that?

Would you rather trust an outsider than the actions of the person who supposedly loves you?

Su Tao didn’t believe the glasses.

But… a voice in her heart seemed to whisper that the data from the glasses was absolutely real. If she didn’t use them to confirm the truth, she would never know Xiaocheng’s true feelings.

Just as the glasses had specifically stated:

The above data is absolutely genuine and accurate.

After much hesitation, she decided to trust the strange feeling rising in her heart.

After all, it was just a quick look to confirm. Whether she believed it or not could be decided later, right?

Su Tao walked to the table, poured herself a full glass of water, and gulped it down in one go. She wiped the droplets from the corner of her lips and her smooth chin, then opened the door again.

She put the glasses back on, but her gaze was no longer as composed as before.

She looked at Chi Xiaocheng again.

This time, the text on the glasses had changed.

Though it wasn’t much different from before, it now emphasized the key point: “pretending to like.”

It also provided some analysis and kindly added a note:

[The Status Glasses are equipped with a super AI named “Tian Dao,” available for service and answers at any time. Lightly tap the side of the frame and softly call “Tian Dao” to activate the AI inside the glasses for real-time dialogue.]

Seeing the altered text and data, Su Tao realized that these glasses might truly be some kind of advanced technology, not just hallucinations meant to mess with her.

But the numbers on the glasses….

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‘On a scale of 100, Xiaocheng’s affection for me is only 30 points?!’

“Impossible!”

Su Tao returned to her room, violently yanked off the glasses, and raised her hand as if to smash them to pieces.

But her hand froze mid-air. After a long pause, she still couldn’t bring herself to destroy them.

Her expression was extremely complicated, her eyes filled with struggle.

Was she doubting Xiaocheng’s feelings?

‘No, I love Xiaocheng so much.’

‘And she loves me too.’

‘She might be hiding something from me, but when it comes to love, she would never pretend!’

‘The data from these glasses doesn’t explain everything.’

‘Besides, these glasses were given to me by Si Chen.’

‘That’s right, it must be Si Chen!’

‘He wants to drive a wedge between me and Xiaocheng, then take advantage of the rift!’

Thinking this far, Su Tao finally understood why the data displayed on the glasses was so bizarre.

“Never Love Cheng”… those words carved on Si Chen’s back were just to lower her guard!

Otherwise, there was no explanation for why he always sought Xiaocheng alone, deliberately avoiding her, and claiming it was about Xiaocheng’s parents.

‘Couldn’t he have included me in the conversation?’

‘Didn’t he know that even when it came to her parents, I was the one who took on more responsibility?’

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‘Si Chen never acted without a motive. He liked Xiaocheng, thought she was adorable, so he carved those words to deceive me.’

‘And giving me these glasses long ago was part of his scheme!’

That meticulous man might have planned for this day long in advance.

The more she thought about it, the more terrifying it became.

With this realization, the tension in Su Tao’s heart eased somewhat.

So, all she had to do was confront Si Chen and get the truth?

No, that wouldn’t work.

Si Chen was too smart, too scheming. If she asked him directly, she’d just fall into his trap. There was no way she could out-argue that glasses-wearing, secretly perverted man.

The best course of action was to pretend she never saw anything!

She needed to make Xiaocheng depend on her sooner, faster, and more deeply, so much so that she would never have the chance to like anyone else.

But why hadn’t the unease in her heart faded yet?

Su Tao recalled the details displayed on the glasses earlier.

Especially the part about current status.

Why did it say that Xiaocheng was still in a state of amnesia?

She had already regained her memories long ago. Even her emotions had recovered.

And what was that about Intermediate Acting Skills?

Xiaocheng didn’t know anything about acting.

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She was too pure, never exposed to such things. Normally lazy, she rarely took the initiative to learn anything new.

Su Tao had been studying acting with Dongfang Yang, a master of performance. If Xiaocheng had acting skills, wouldn’t she have noticed?

“In other words, the data on these glasses might also be wrong!”

Right, she just needed to find a way to test the glasses’ basic data!

As if finding a direction, Su Tao noted down some ordinary data, then hid the glasses again.

She didn’t fully trust the data on the glasses.

But the seed of doubt had already been planted in her heart.

Su Tao hurriedly wanted to go to the storage room but suddenly realized she needed a good excuse.

So she quickly took out her phone.

Opening Taobao, she scrolled through her shopping cart and found a link to a custom clothing store.

Then she stood up and walked out.

“Xiaocheng, do you have a minute?”

She walked into the living room, naturally masking the unease she had felt earlier when viewing the glasses’ data with her acting skills.

To Chi Xiaocheng, Su Tao seemed no different from usual.

She turned around curiously. “Of course! Is Tao-Tao feeling cooped up at home and planning to go out?”

“The neighborhood has been thoroughly inspected and confirmed safe, but that’s not it.” Su Tao waved her phone. “It’s the change of seasons. Now that it’s fully spring, we don’t need to wear our old clothes anymore.”

“I was thinking of getting a custom outfit for you. If you’re free, can we measure your height, weight, and measurements to confirm the data?”