Peach-Orange! – Chapter 451 – The Closure of Another Logical Thread (TL note: I’ll take a break until August 27 for an exam)

Translator Note

I will be having an exam soon, so I’ll take a break until Wednesday (27th of August). Hope you understand.

Of course, Luo Ying had no idea what Su Tao was thinking.

She just continued to voice her own opinions, the corners of her lips unconsciously curving into that faint, almost imperceptible smile.

“Of course, that’s just my feeling. After all, I studied at a drama academy, so I can sense a slight dissonance. Su Tao, you can just listen; don’t be influenced by my viewpoint.”

After adding this appropriate disclaimer, Luo Ying continued, “Secondly, I think it’s understandable that Xiaocheng would fall for Dongfang Yang.”

Su Tao’s pupils constricted again.

Immediately after, she saw Luo Ying raise an index finger. “First, the most basic point: Dongfang Yang is very handsome, very rich, and has a good personality. Don’t even mention Chi Xiaocheng. Even if it were you, you wouldn’t dislike him, right?”

Su Tao pressed her lips together and nodded.

“See? Even you, who see him as a rival, can’t bring yourself to say you hate him. So isn’t it natural for Xiaocheng, as an ordinary girl, to have feelings for him?”

After listening, Su Tao still couldn’t help but retort, “But Xiaocheng is already with me!”

“But there’s an essential issue you can’t ignore.”

Luo Ying stared into Su Tao’s eyes. “You are a girl, and Dongfang Yang is a boy!

“Opposites attract; like repels like.

“Precisely because you are both girls, what you have, Chi Xiaocheng basically has too. You are pretty; she is pretty too. The fundamental charm between you is equivalent, and this leads to a consequence: it’s easy to get tired of it.

“The vast majority of people like to pursue novelty. You can’t provide Chi Xiaocheng with a refreshing sense of novelty. While stable, mundane daily life can also be boring.

“Even if she didn’t truly fall for Dongfang Yang, she might still interact with him because of this sense of novelty. And during these interactions, being attracted by his personality leads to developing feelings.”

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She might not have really betrayed you.

But her distancing herself from you and growing closer to Dongfang Yang is also a reality.

This made Su Tao recall a period some time ago when Chi Xiaocheng went to hang out with Dongfang Yang every day.

Going for drives, eating meals together, going out to have fun, and that one time they almost went to places like the amusement park and aquarium—which could be considered dating hotspots.

Was it possible that Xiaocheng had already developed significant feelings for Dongfang Yang back then?

Or even earlier?

At this moment, Luo Ying raised a second finger.

“Second point is the hard difference between you and Dongfang Yang: Dongfang Yang has money; you don’t.

“Although it’s not nice to say this, and some people believe that an ordinary, sufficient life is fine, but who wouldn’t want to improve their quality of life a bit more?

“Claiming that one is content with simplicity and having just enough… isn’t that a form of self-consolation when one cannot access higher social circles?

“Admiring wealth, admiring strength! This is an inherent nature many people cannot rid themselves of!”

Seemingly a sigh, yet it struck Su Tao’s heart.

Even now, she still worried about money.

“Third.”

Another slender finger was raised.

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“You are too busy.”

Luo Ying glanced at Su Tao’s newly replaced phone. “You don’t have much time to spend with Chi Xiaocheng.

“You have to study, right? I also heard you’re taking commissions to draw and make money. You’re busy every day. Do you know how Xiaocheng spends her time in the dorm?

“She’s bored. Just these past two days, she’s initiated chats with me many times. She also goes to use the twin sisters’ computer in the dorm. More than once, she’s told me she wants to message you to chat but is afraid of disturbing you.

“And at this time, another person who can alleviate her loneliness appears.

“I won’t reiterate Dongfang Yang’s strengths. Now that he’s already this perfect, he’s also available at her beck and call. Even if Chi Xiaocheng oversleeps by over an hour, he still patiently waits for her at the girls’ dorm, even if he has to endure being stared at and discussed like a monkey.”

Luo Ying narrowed her eyes. “Even without mentioning the attraction between opposites, your efforts are not equivalent.

“As for the fourth point.…”

Luo Ying took another gentle sip of milk tea. “In more societal terms and arguments, scholars from Cornell University have experimented and found that women’s responses to same-sex stimuli are more common. Even those who identify as heterosexual may show interest in the same sex.

“The reverse is also true.

“Liking girls doesn’t necessarily mean one doesn’t like boys. Some people might just not know how to refuse, or want to try different emotions. But according to the data from research,

“The number of bisexual girls far exceeds that of homosexual ones.

“At this point, can you understand what I mean?

“Chi Xiaocheng being with you might be her going along with you, or maybe she just wants to try something new as a ‘female partner’. As a girl, is it wrong to like a boy?

“It is not wrong.

“Because that’s how things are.”

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Luo Ying raised an eyebrow, having finished saying all she wanted to say.

But remembering how Su Tao had easily crushed a phone this afternoon, she still added a disclaimer.

“Of course, this is just my analysis. Actually, I don’t know if Xiaocheng has really changed her heart or not. If you need, when we return to the dorm tonight, I can help you sound her out.”

She finished speaking, but Su Tao had not yet snapped out of it.

She just stared blankly at the fruit tea in front of her that she hadn’t taken a single sip of, her eyes seeming to have lost a bit of their usual light.

All sorts of memories she had previously ignored, found somewhat strange, or even not very good, were being dredged up bit by bit because of Luo Ying’s words.

More importantly, through these words, she seemed to be able to string together a complete logical thread.

‘Am I inferior to Dongfang Yang?’

‘No, that’s not right.’

‘Xiaocheng is a yandere!’

‘She is a yandere. She liked me so much before, even willing to die for me.’

‘On the rooftop, she almost committed suicide because of me and Ye Liang.’

‘In the black room, she locked me inside just to possess me.’

‘The first time we encountered danger, I drove with Xiaocheng and flew over the broken bridge. We survived, but I rejected Xiaocheng’s confession, and she tried to kill herself because of it, leaving a suicide note.’

‘Even when that mysterious sniper fired to kill me, it was Xiaocheng who risked her life to save me.’

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‘Now you’re telling me that just because Dongfang Yang is better than me, Xiaocheng would change her heart?’

‘Would stop liking me and start liking Dongfang Yang?’

‘Absolutely impossible!’

‘How could a yandere like Xiaocheng love someone else? She can only like me!’

The red thread continuously connecting these events finally stopped at one man.

A man holding a pair of glasses, shirtless, with “Never Love Cheng” on the front and “Never Love Tao” on the back.

“Those glasses.…”

In a voice only she could hear, Su Tao recalled the data she saw the last time she used that piece of black technology.

She didn’t believe in those glasses.

She thought they were just something Si Chen used to sow discord.

But what if….

The data from those glasses was actually real?

‘What if Xiaocheng hadn’t truly recovered all her memories and emotions and was just using acting to deceive me?’

Thinking along this line, all of Xiaocheng’s current behavior of getting close to Dongfang Yang….

Seems reasonable and natural.