Peach-Orange! – Chapter 443 – You’re Not Actually a Lolicon, Are You?

Either go back and inherit the family fortune.

Or find a girlfriend to date first, using it as an excuse to avoid going back to inherit the family fortune.

The words Dongfang Yang spoke, along with his resolute gaze, clearly pointed to this either-or choice he was presenting to Chi Xiaocheng.

Now it was Chi Xiaocheng’s turn to be dumbfounded.

‘Why does it feel so strange for you to ask me this so directly?’

‘Could it be that this guy, Dongfang Yang, likes me?’

After knowing Dongfang Yang for so long, this was the first time Chi Xiaocheng had such a bizarre thought. In her stereotypical impression, Dongfang Yang, as the male lead, should only like Su Tao.

‘Now… instead of looking for Su Tao, he came to me?’

Chi Xiaocheng didn’t dare to answer, so Dongfang Yang continued on his own, “Actually, there’s another reason, though it might not really count. You might not know this, but a young lady of significant status is about to return to the capital soon.”

Hearing this, Chi Xiaocheng sat up straight.

Dongfang Yang: “As a representative of the younger generation of the Dongfang family, if the young lady returns, the clan will definitely want me to go and get familiar with her.”

Chi Xiaocheng raised an eyebrow and asked curiously, “Could there be talk of an arranged marriage?”

“Almost certainly,” Dongfang Yang sighed helplessly. “But it might not necessarily be me, and I have absolutely no interest whatsoever. The clan pulling me back for training in future successor skills isn’t unrelated to this young lady’s return.”

Hearing this, Chi Xiaocheng suddenly remembered that a similar plot seemed to occur in the original story.

However, the timeline was set much later.

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A rich female character drops from the sky and is about to return to the country. The male leads in the original story all had different reactions.

Ye Liang began weighing whether Su Tao or the new rich girl would bring him more benefit. It was during the early stages of this new character’s appearance that he started distancing himself from Su Tao.

As for Si Chen, there’s not much to say. After reclaiming his position as the heir to the Si family in the capital, he, like Dongfang Yang, was summoned back to the capital. The constraints of their families forced them to face this young lady.

As for Chu Lingfeng, by the time the young lady made her appearance, he was already famous throughout the capital. Wanting to climb even higher, and upon seeing the young lady’s beauty, he naturally gravitated towards her.

And Xiao Ming was still biding his time.

In the original story, when Dongfang Yang faced this situation, the plot progression was the same as now. He wanted to find a girlfriend to perfunctorily deal with the elders.

However, the target was different from now.

In the original, Dongfang Yang asked Su Tao.

But now….

Chi Xiaocheng looked at herself in the rearview mirror, already sitting in the passenger seat of this supercar, facing Dongfang Yang’s sincere gaze, and fell silent for a moment.

‘Could it be that due to the butterfly effect, I have actually replaced Tao-Tao in this position by Dongfang Yang’s side?’

‘Or is the hand of the world’s will starting to exert its force?’

[Actually, this situation is quite normal]

The system’s voice attracted Chi Xiaocheng’s attention.

[The host is no longer that cannon fodder antagonist minor character. When we chose to stop hiding ourselves, the host became a protagonist whose importance is no less than Su Tao’s.]

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[Plus, with Su Tao being trained by you to the point of almost becoming a yandere, Dongfang Yang might have long seen that asking Su Tao for help would likely be refused, so he came to you.]

Reminded by the system, Chi Xiaocheng realized something.

There was another very small possibility.

She, Chi Xiaocheng, in terms of looks and appearance, was worthy of this “girlfriend” identity.

She was a top-tier beauty not inferior to Su Tao.

Thinking of this, Chi Xiaocheng couldn’t help but glance a few more times at Dongfang Yang. “Dongfang Yang, can I ask you a question?”

Dongfang Yang seemed to anticipate what kind of question Chi Xiaocheng would ask. The car stopped at a red light, and his expression instantly turned serious.

“Go ahead and ask.”

Chi Xiaocheng pondered for three seconds. “You’re not actually… a lolicon, are you?”

“…”

“…”

The two stared at each other, wide-eyed, and the air seemed to freeze for a moment.

Dongfang Yang was also silent for a long time. “To be honest, looking at this issue from the perspective of a normal adult male, I still think you’re a bit short and a bit flat.

“This has nothing to do with being a lolicon or not. I feel like only a young master like me, who is open-minded, would find someone like you quite cute.”

Chi Xiaocheng: “?”

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She reached out and began to unbuckle her seatbelt.

Dongfang Yang quickly interrupted, “Wait, what are you unbuckling your seatbelt for!”

“The red light hasn’t changed yet, don’t you dare lock the doors. I want to get out.”

“Wait, wait! Even though I said that, young master, I didn’t say I don’t like you!”

Chi Xiaocheng rolled her eyes at Dongfang Yang. “So, you weren’t actually planning to confess to me and ask me to be your girlfriend, were you?”

Dongfang Yang: “I….”

“Rejected.”

Without waiting for Dongfang Yang to finish, Chi Xiaocheng directly refused.

She will only ever like Tao-Tao.

The merciless rejection left Dongfang Yang speechless for a moment, but he really didn’t have the intention to confess directly right now.

However, failing before even starting still made this young master feel a bit disheartened.

‘Chi Xiaocheng should quite like me, right? Even though I didn’t actually confess, she didn’t have to reject me so quickly, did she?’

‘Could it be that the favorability isn’t high enough?’

Dongfang Yang didn’t dwell on it and stated his real idea. “I’m not asking you to be my real girlfriend. I mean, you cooperate with me to put on an act, to deal with the clan elders who come to inspect. That way, I don’t have to go back to the capital.

“And I won’t have to face that so-called young lady.”

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Dongfang Yang’s words made Chi Xiaocheng fall into thought.

In the original story, it was indeed because of this reason of the young lady’s return that Dongfang Yang went back to the capital. Afterwards, the plot began to fade him out, gradually separating him from Su Tao’s side.

Even when he returned to Jiuzhou City, it was only briefly.

In the end, bound by family constraints, he had to part ways with Su Tao.

If Dongfang Yang goes back now, pushed by the will of the world, he might truly become constrained as per the original plot.

‘If I agree, wouldn’t Tao-Tao explode?’

Chi Xiaocheng turned sideways and asked Dongfang Yang, “Can’t you find someone else? Why does it have to be me? I’m just an ordinary girl. Even if I face your clan elders, I probably wouldn’t meet their standards, right?”

Even if Chi Xiaocheng’s acting skills were excellent, she hadn’t experienced the life of a genuine elite.

She couldn’t act out the innate nobility of a young lady from the bones.

Dongfang Yang rubbed his chin thoughtfully. “Not necessarily. Chi Xiaocheng, you also have qualities those noble young ladies lack: the innocence and kindness unique to ordinary people.

“You’re so cute, your looks pass by a long shot, you easily make people want to protect you, and more importantly, you’re naive. This last point, I feel, could easily help us pass.”

Being naive means that if married in the future, she wouldn’t overly interfere with her partner’s career, nor would she cause a series of headaches over matters like the family fortune.

For a major family like this, a woman can be pretty, but she shouldn’t have too much cunning.

Dongfang Yang looked at Chi Xiaocheng and took a deep breath. “So, Chi Xiaocheng, can you help me with this?”