Peach-Orange! – Chapter 446 – Crisis of Trust

“Chi Xiaocheng agreed.”

A few large words flooded into her vision. Su Tao’s eyes suddenly reddened, and the veins on her arm hidden under her sleeve bulged. The small phone, which was already very laggy and had a mostly cracked screen, emitted a soft cracking sound in the classroom with a “Snap!”

The sound was thankfully covered by the teacher’s voice amplified through the small microphone.

Even so, it was noticed by many students who weren’t paying attention in class and were instead stealing glances at Su Tao.

Almost in unison, they raised their eyebrows and then sucked in a cold breath.

Even a few boys leaned back tactically, their faces filled with terror.

To crush a phone into pieces so easily… what incredible strength!

This naturally included Jiang Nan, who was right next to Su Tao.

Witnessing Su Tao’s display of strength, the young girl was utterly stunned.

Her mind was in a daze, but she still struggled to think.

‘Never mind whether the words of the person who asked were credible or not, the specific details aren’t even fully understood yet. Peach, why are you so excited!’

‘What if that person was spreading false information?’

‘Besides, crushing a phone with one hand, are you sure that’s something a normal person can do?’

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She really wanted to advise Su Tao, but she was also afraid the girl might punch her to death.

While she was still hesitating, Su Tao had already turned around and was staring straight at her. “Jiang Nan, lend me your phone.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nan quickly grabbed the phone on the desk and hugged it to her chest, her eyes wary. “What do you want to do? I just bought this phone last month. I worked two months of part-time jobs to save up for it.

“If I lend it to you, you won’t be crushing a phone, you’ll be crushing my heart!”

Seeing Jiang Nan’s wary expression, Su Tao also realized she had been too impulsive. She took a deep breath and said slowly, “I… I just lost control of my strength. Don’t worry, I just want to borrow your phone to log into WeChat and ask again. I absolutely won’t do anything to your phone.”

Jiang Nan rolled her eyes. “Come on, listen to yourself. Does that sound like something a human would say?”

Accidentally lost control of your strength?

Next time if you pat my shoulder, will I accidentally become permanently disabled?

She never expected that Su Tao was actually a super-strong monster.

Her perfect score on the physical fitness test last semester suddenly made sense.

Seeing that Su Tao had indeed calmed down a lot, she first added an insurance policy. “Su Tao, don’t get excited first. We’re still in class.”

After saying that, she continued, “Borrowing my phone is useless. If you want to log into WeChat, you still need to borrow someone else’s account to verify your identity. This is an unfamiliar device here. If you want to find out now, you can only wait obediently until noon when school is out.”

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“But….”

Su Tao glanced at the only wall clock in the classroom. It was only 2:50 PM now. These two classes wouldn’t end until 4:20.

Sit here for an hour and a half?

What if Dongfang Yang goes to find Xiaocheng again? By the time class ends and I go over, wouldn’t it be too late already!

Jiang Nan hid her phone properly, glanced at the teacher who wasn’t paying attention to them, then leaned closer to Su Tao and said, “Don’t be so pessimistic. Do you really think what that person said must be true?

“Or do you subconsciously believe that Xiaocheng would really betray you, which is why you’re just staring dryly and feeling anxious here?”

“I… of course I have never doubted Xiaocheng!” Su Tao quickly retorted, but aside from these words, she didn’t know what else to say.

Of course she believed Xiaocheng wouldn’t do such a thing.

But the message from Luo Ying seemed highly credible to her.

On one hand, Xiaocheng and Dongfang Yang were extremely close.

On the other hand, even she herself hadn’t noticed that since using the state glasses, a seed of doubt had been planted in her heart. And the ill-intentioned world consciousness would make this seed gradually take root and sprout.

Gathering sand forms a sea, accumulating little by little makes a lot.

Jiang Nan sighed. “Forget it, let me analyze it for you. Under the premise that you deeply trust Xiaocheng, the probability of her betraying you and then getting together with Dongfang Yang is very low.

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“First, this is just news from the news department. The messages they put out, as long as they don’t affect our school’s image, are almost always about whatever generates the most heat. Three parts true, seven parts false. Let’s ignore that first.

“Actually, this person you’re chatting with, are you two very familiar?”

“Um….” Su Tao replied, “Her name is Luo Ying. She’s in the same class as Xiaocheng. Actually, we only met yesterday, but I do think she’s a trustworthy person. She probably wouldn’t lie to me.”

“Okay, since it’s your intuition, let’s assume she is credible.” Jiang Nan continued, “Then, is there another possibility that the message she received might not be true either?

“Was it hearsay, or did Xiaocheng personally tell her? Even if Xiaocheng told her, is it possible she misunderstood the meaning?”

Jiang Nan laid out all the possibilities for Su Tao. “Moreover, could it be that Xiaocheng only said she would help Dongfang Yang solve this problem, rather than pretend to be his girlfriend?

“The ability to distinguish right from wrong is very important.”

Jiang Nan spoke very slowly. Although she hadn’t truly become the military strategist after being sought out multiple times by Su Tao, as a veteran who had written romance novels for years but remained single to this day, her theoretical foundation was fully maxed out.

She also quite earnestly soothed Su Tao’s emotions.

After listening, the young girl felt the anxiety in her heart lessen considerably.

Yes, maybe Luo Ying hadn’t finished speaking.

Could it be that she had just said that sentence and was still typing the following content, and I got excited and crushed my phone without even looking?

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Thinking of this, Su Tao quickly looked at Jiang Nan. “Military strategist, should I go ask Xiaocheng directly? If I ask her directly, she definitely won’t hide it from me!”

If she really is hiding it from you, then you’re already done for, aren’t you?

Jiang Nan thought this to herself, but still offered her advice. “I think you’d better not ask Xiaocheng directly. Even if she would tell you the truth, have you considered putting yourself in her shoes?

“If you ask Xiaocheng directly, what would she think?”

Su Tao pursed her lips and thought for a moment, then shook her head.

Jiang Nan said helplessly, “If I were Xiaocheng, I would feel that you don’t trust my feelings for you. You hear a bit of rumor and gossip, and then you come directly to question me. If you like me, why can’t you give me a little more trust?

“This is a very basic crisis of trust.

“And after that, even if this misunderstanding is resolved and you apologize and gain Xiaocheng’s forgiveness, the seed of this shattered trust will still be buried in the other person’s heart.”

Such a seed might not seem like anything under normal circumstances.

But when something explodes into a dramatic development later….

Arguments, fights, mutual distrust.

At that time, this seed will grow wildly.