Peach-Orange! – Chapter 457 – The “Truth” in Her Eyes

Su Tao could not detect any signs that Chi Xiaocheng was acting.

She didn’t even know if Chi Xiaocheng was acting at all.

But she knew that she herself was acting right now.

Most of the acting skills she learned from that master of acting were related to facial expressions, and in terms of managing her own expressions, she appeared extremely natural at this moment.

She still radiated a smile full of affection.

Then, she took Chi Xiaocheng’s small hand.

Immediately after, as usual, she transmitted her intense fondness through the warmth of their skin contact.

Considering that they were about to have lunch soon, they had just made do with a simple breakfast, and then the two began chatting and strolling through the shops, passing by one store after another.

While passing by Moonlight Café, Su Tao even paused for a moment.

With her sharp eyes, she noticed a familiar girl minding the shop inside the café.

Qian Qing was inside, watching the shop!

An idea popped into Su Tao’s mind, and she quickly left Chi Xiaocheng behind. “Xiaocheng, wait here for a moment.”

After saying that, without waiting for Chi Xiaocheng to react, she entered the café.

First, she glanced outside to confirm that Chi Xiaocheng was indeed waiting, then she looked toward Qian Qing, who was sitting at the counter, yawning as if she had stayed up late.

When the latter saw Su Tao, she pursed her lips. “Another troublesome one. If you’re here for coffee, come in. If you’re here to ask me about something, then next time you come for coffee, I’ll charge you double.”

Ignoring Qian Qing’s teasing, Su Tao, afraid that Chi Xiaocheng might come in and she would miss her chance to ask, hurriedly said, “Sister Qian Qing, I heard you agreed to be Dongfang Yang’s fake girlfriend?”

Upon hearing this, Qian Qing’s mouth twitched, and then her face flushed red.

She quickly turned her head away. “Who agreed to be his fake girlfriend? I don’t even like him.”

Hearing this, Su Tao’s pupils constricted.

Qian Qing did not say she agreed to be Dongfang Yang’s fake girlfriend!

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That meant what Xiaocheng said this morning was a lie!

It was a lie she used to deceive her!

Su Tao took a deep breath and forced a faint smile. “Okay, I understand. Thank you, Sister Qian Qing.”

She turned and left.

But she didn’t notice the shyness that still lingered on Qian Qing’s face.

If it were anyone else, they might have realized that Qian Qing was just too embarrassed to admit such a straightforward statement.

But Su Tao was inherently dense.

When Su Tao walked out of the café, Chi Xiaocheng noticed a slight change in the girl’s aura and couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong?”

Su Tao pursed her lips into a smile. “It’s nothing, just….”

She paused. “It’s just that something suddenly came up. Sorry, Xiaocheng, I might not be able to continue shopping with you. I have to leave now.”

Her heart was aching at that moment.

Her acting skills were still not refined enough.

She was afraid she would break down right then and there.

Being deceived by her most beloved Xiaocheng. Something like this….

Su Tao felt as if she couldn’t catch her breath, her chest tight and stifled.

“Sorry.”

After saying this, Su Tao turned and hurried away.

Watching her leave, Chi Xiaocheng was somewhat baffled. “System, Su Tao rarely gets this anxious, right? It seems more like she’s afraid of losing her composure? Is it really that serious?”

[Uh… this system doesn’t know either]

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“You’ve been talking less and less lately.”

[QAQ]

But….

Tao-Tao’s behavior just now did seem a bit off.

Chi Xiaocheng walked into the café and asked, “Sister Qian Qing, what did Tao-Tao just say to you?”

Qian Qing’s mouth twitched.

She just left, and now you’re here?

I shouldn’t have believed your nonsense yesterday about trying to help Dongfang Yang. All sorts of things happened, and I didn’t sleep well last night.

Qian Qing snorted. “She didn’t say anything! And I’m not serving you today. Get out of here!”

Chi Xiaocheng curled her lips into a mischievous smile. “Sister Qian Qing, really. You clearly like Dongfang Yang so much but pretend not to care. Such a tsundere~”

Author Note

Mischievous Xiaocheng (Created by reader Bai Ling)

“Ahahahahaha!”

After saying this, without waiting for Qian Qing to react, Chi Xiaocheng immediately ran out of the café.

She turned and looked in the direction Su Tao had just left.

After catching her breath, she fell into thought.

There were two possibilities for Tao-Tao’s sudden behavior.

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First, after she entered the café, she asked Qian Qing about something, and then Qian Qing told her something that made her extremely anxious or concerned, which is why she left so suddenly.

Second, after entering the café, she might have received a message from someone on her phone.

Before, Chi Xiaocheng could have immediately gone home and used her hacking skills to investigate what was going on.

But Tao-Tao’s phone, she heard, was accidentally crushed by her.

After she changed to a new phone, Chi Xiaocheng hadn’t had the chance to implant malware.

“Wait, there’s another possibility.”

The World Will!

Chi Xiaocheng suddenly realized: what if the World Will influenced Tao-Tao just now?

“System, did you detect anything just now?”

[Sorry, Host. The energy I accumulated earlier is stored on you. Most of the time, I can only focus on you. As for the female lead, Su Tao, I didn’t notice anything strange.]

Chi Xiaocheng rubbed her chin.

“I still can’t just sit back and do nothing.”

She needed an ally who wouldn’t be interfered with by the World Will, who was smart, and who she could trust 100%.

…

After parting ways, Su Tao alone arrived at a relatively remote and cold milk tea shop in a corner of the campus.

She wanted a quiet place and vaguely remembered this overpriced milk tea shop that almost no one ever visited.

She needed to calmly think about what to do next.

As soon as Su Tao sat down, a waitress came over. “Hello, what would you like to drink?”

Su Tao looked up. The other party was a round-faced girl about the same height as Chi Xiaocheng, wearing a waitress uniform.

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She handed Su Tao a menu with her small hand.

Su Tao took the menu and was immediately stunned.

All the milk teas here had the word “King” in their names.

She wanted to order a Yangzhi Ganlu.

King Yangzhi Ganlu, Medium size: 25 yuan.

No wonder this milk tea shop’s business was so slow.

Then Su Tao looked around and found that even lemon water cost over 15 yuan.

She was speechless for a moment. Remembering she still owed Xiao Wei 2,000 yuan, she looked at the waitress and said, “Um… do you have plain water?”

The waitress smiled kindly. “That’s free. Would you like ice with it?”

“Yes, thank you.”

Without anyone familiar around, Su Tao no longer had to maintain her acting. Heartache, confusion… almost all these emotions were written on her face.

Because of this, after the iced water she ordered arrived, the waitress looked at her with concern and asked, “This… classmate, you look very pale. Are you okay?”

“Sorry, I’m just in a bad mood.”

The waitress sat down opposite Su Tao. “If you need someone to talk to, I’m here. This shop hardly has any customers anyway, and we don’t know each other.”

Su Tao looked up at the girl, her gaze following the lanyard around her neck to the name on the work badge hanging on her chest: Su Meimei.

Su Tao looked up. “You really don’t know me?”

She felt that very few people at the school wouldn’t know her.

Su Meimei shook her head. “I’m an exchange student. I just arrived at the school half a month ago.”