Peach-Orange! – Chapter 466 – New Operation

May 2nd, coinciding with a short holiday.

As time passed, not only did things happen with Chi Xiaocheng and Su Tao, but some situations also occurred elsewhere in Jiuzhou City.

The safe house in their residential complex was about to be initially renovated. With them not being at school, Chi Song was able to act completely freely.

The search for the Dragon King, Xiao Ming, had come to a temporary halt. Instead, he joined forces with Si Chen to confront another enemy in Jiuzhou City: Ye Er.

Ye Er, who inherited part of Ye Liang’s role significance and was also Ye Liang’s younger brother, although his family’s base was in the capital, had been assigned a task by his family.

To take control of Jiuzhou City!

Among the nine sons of the Ye family, after Ye Liang’s death, the family inheritance rights were reshuffled, and each was given a new task. Ye Er’s task was the same as Ye Liang’s previous one.

Without a doubt, it was very difficult.

But the greater the difficulty, the richer the rewards.

For this reason, Ye Er personally stayed in Jiuzhou City to begin the “rectification.”

He thought it would be smooth sailing, but he didn’t expect to run into two major problems right at the start.

The first was Chi Song and Brother Long.

Ye Er had received a new task, so he gave up his operations in Lizhi City and withdrew personnel, intending to swiftly take control of Jiuzhou City’s foundation.

Even if he couldn’t quickly overthrow the Dongfang and Si families, he should still secure a foothold and establish a tripartite balance of power.

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But Ye Er didn’t expect that after he withdrew his personnel, Brother Long, who was far away in Lizhi City, would also bring people back.

Chi Song was one thing as he was reckless by nature, and Si Chen, his external brain, couldn’t always look out for him.

But Brother Long was Chi Song’s big brother, possessing brains, methods, emotional intelligence, and more.

Ye Er never thought that two shady, underground small-time gangsters would be so troublesome.

The second reason he couldn’t act freely was the person before him.

In the living room of Ye Er’s villa, he looked quite helplessly at the woman wearing an English maid dress. The tea on the table smelled enticing, but he had no appetite for it.

“I say, Head Maid, last time you came, you told me not to act rashly, to rein in my claws, which delayed my best opportunity to conquer Jiuzhou City.

“You should know that at that time, Si Chen hadn’t fully taken control of the Si family here. Because of that fool Chu Lingfeng’s actions, that small-time gangster Chi Song hadn’t recovered his bearings either. It was literally the perfect time for me to strike.

“You wouldn’t allow it then, but now you’re telling me to act without mercy. Do you know what ‘without mercy’ even means?”

Looking at the careless man’s helpless shrug, the Head Maid, also known as Song Liyin, said calmly, “I know what it means. You can act freely, as long as you don’t alert the authorities.”

Ye Er clicked his tongue upon hearing this. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Song Liyin add, “As long as you obediently listen to me in Jiuzhou City, you don’t need to worry about the inheritance rights. The Young Lady will help you.”

Ye Er turned his head and smiled, “Of course I listen to the Head Maid. So what’s the target? Can I do whatever I want, as long as I gain control of Jiuzhou City?”

“Of course not.” The Head Maid took another calm sip of tea. “There’s only one main target.

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“Kidnap Chi Xiaocheng!”

Hearing this name, Ye Er raised an eyebrow slightly. “That’s the one who killed my big brother, right? That’s no problem, but I heard that Su Tao is also a martial artist. She… might be troublesome to deal with, no?”

“You have quite a few ancient martial artists under your command too, don’t you?”

“Head Maid, are you joking? Those drug-induced ones under me, going head-to-head with the War Hero bloodline?”

Song Liyin coughed. “Anyway, don’t worry about Su Tao. She won’t be sticking to Chi Xiaocheng every day recently.”

“This…” Ye Er hesitated for a moment, then nodded. “Alright then, but let me say this first: if something goes wrong, you have to cover for me.”

“Don’t worry.”

Ye Er: “Also, I’m a bit curious. What exactly is the Young Lady’s plan? Targeting Su Tao? Targeting Chi Xiaocheng? Or Su Dingtian?”

A renowned young lady who studied abroad, ignoring so many matters in the capital, and instead directly setting her sights on Jiuzhou City.

And the reason for targeting Jiuzhou City is actually these two girls!

Inconceivable.

Perhaps because he mentioned something he shouldn’t have, Song Liyin’s gaze sharpened as she stared straight at Ye Er. “There’s no need for you to concern yourself with the Young Lady’s affairs. Just follow orders.”

“Fine, fine, fine.”

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Ye Er didn’t take it to heart.

After all, he just needed to complete what he was supposed to do.

However, he also kept a wary eye. This Song Liyin clearly seemed off, drawing him a picture and then having him do the work. Didn’t the Young Lady have any forces in Jiuzhou City? First, she had Chu Lingfeng act, and now she’s come to him.

Ultimately, he must not follow in his big brother Ye Liang’s footsteps.

……

During this time, Chi Xiaocheng and Su Tao also developed a very subtle relationship.

She became more proactive in getting close to Su Tao, wanting to use her actions to show that it was all actually a misunderstanding, laying the groundwork for the revelation of the truth later.

But Chi Xiaocheng discovered that Su Tao was considerably colder than usual.

It wasn’t that she refused to be close.

But during their interactions, she could clearly feel a faint sense of distance. When facing her emotions, Chi Xiaocheng even felt that Su Tao was sometimes acting.

But when they hugged, Su Tao would use more strength than usual, as if wanting to melt her completely into her embrace.

It was unclear whether she liked her more or if her feelings had faded.

But, surely after today, all misunderstandings would be cleared up, right?

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In the afternoon, Chi Xiaocheng received a message from Dongfang Yang: the banquet would start in two hours, and he and Qian Qing were almost ready.

Knowing she would bring Su Tao along, he asked her to bring Su Tao over quickly.

After reading the message, Chi Xiaocheng put away her earphones and said to Su Tao, who also hadn’t finished class but had already been pulled out, “Let’s go, Tao-Tao. Dongfang Yang’s important banquet is about to start. If we don’t change clothes soon, we might be late.”

Su Tao had been waiting for this day as well.

Thinking about what Luo Ying had said before, she remained expressionless on the surface. “About clothes, Xiaocheng, you’re planning to attend the banquet tonight too, right? Did you prepare any special outfit?”

Chi Xiaocheng curled her lips into a smug smile. “Yes, although Dongfang Yang is the main character this time, well… I also want to use this banquet to confirm some things.”

“So I specially prepared an evening gown for tonight.” After a mysterious smile, she added, “Of course, I prepared an outfit for you too, Tao-Tao. Let’s head over first.”

Taking the young woman’s hand, Chi Xiaocheng felt it was somewhat cold.

But she didn’t look back.

She thought, if Luo Ying really did as she predicted and told Su Tao those things, Tao-Tao’s feelings must be somewhat complicated, right?

‘Sorry, Tao-Tao, you’ll need to hold onto these complicated feelings a little longer.’

‘The surprise after disappointment is more memorable~’