Peach-Orange! – Chapter 474 – Intermediate Acting Skills, Still Steaming!

“Since you agree, I’ll be straightforward then.”

Seeing the nod from Chi Xiaocheng in front of him and the little bit of seriousness that had appeared on her small face, Ye Er also stopped beating around the bush.

His gaze continued to look towards Song Liyin, “The essence of my mission is to capture you and then hand you over to that maid lady.

“Personally, I suspect there’s a high probability she might have ill intentions towards you, and a small chance she has something important she wants to discuss with you, but you keep clashing.”

Ye Er smacked his lips, “Well, since force has been used, the latter is almost impossible, but… I can act as a middleman, giving you an opportunity to contact that maid lady.”

“An opportunity to contact…” Chi Xiaocheng looked towards Song Liyin, “Isn’t there one now?”

“That’s different,” Ye Er said, “Do you think Su Tao will give you a chance to talk quietly? And it’s during the banquet; such a conversation would just be a formality anyway.”

He suggested: “You can call Dongfang Yang, have him provide some people as guarantors too. We’ll meet halfway, pick a good location. If you have conflicts, you can talk them out properly.

“Just like us now. There could have been conflict, but by talking, it can be resolved before it even happens.”

What he upheld was that a gentleman uses his words, not his fists.

Chi Xiaocheng stared at Ye Er, a contemplative expression on her face.

She did have the idea of talking with Song Liyin.

But….

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Direct contact was too dangerous.

Not that this maid lady was dangerous, but the World Will was too dangerous.

Without a doubt, Su Tao’s developing a meaningless fondness for Song Liyin proved that the World Will had also turned its gaze upon this person.

In the system’s character weight estimation, Song Liyin’s character weight even reached a startling 80%!

The higher the weight, the heavier the gaze of the World Will.

Just consider that Ye Er in front of her, who inherited Ye Liang’s weight, only had a character weight of around 65%.

What if some accident happened in that so-called quiet place? The World Will was already frantic; last time it even tried to kill Tao-Tao at any cost.

Anyway, as long as she died along with them, the world would reset.

An 80% weight value, and the other party was hostile? She didn’t dare gamble.

But with Ye Er….

Chi Xiaocheng thought for a long time, then looked at Ye Er, “Talking isn’t entirely out of the question, but how can I trust you?”

Ye Er said puzzled, “Didn’t I say? You call Dongfang Yang, that way we both have a guarantee.”

“No, no, no.” Chi Xiaocheng shook her head, “Even if I pick the location, telling you would definitely involve risk, right?”

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‘But you could just tell us the location when the negotiation chat is about to start!’

Ye Er was just about to say that when he saw Chi Xiaocheng’s expression suddenly change.

She still had that cute little face, but for some reason, the little creature in front of him seemed to have become a bit more pitiful and delicate.

Was the hostility she showed earlier an illusion?

Chi Xiaocheng explained, “Ye Er, you know it too, right? Tao-Tao is an ancient martial artist. She has her father’s bloodline power and is very strong. But although I am under the protection of Dongfang Yang and Si Chen, I am ultimately just a girl who can’t even truss a chicken.

“I’ve never done anything, never made any mistakes, yet I keep getting targeted for no reason. It’s impossible to say I’m not scared.” Chi Xiaocheng let out a light sigh, pitiful, with grievance already overflowing.

“I’m really scared too, getting dragged into these things for no reason. Tao… Su Tao is also a pressure monster. Usually, there’s no chance to rest properly. About the negotiation you mentioned, Ye Er….

“Of course I want to, but I’m also so afraid something might go wrong.” Chi Xiaocheng raised her eyes, a hint of tears welling up in her gaze as she looked at Ye Er. “Because of Ye Liang, I… my impression of you has always been quite bad. But now you are so sincere, really… really, I’m very sorry!”

An utterly sincere tone, helpless tears glistening in her eyes, and Chi Xiaocheng standing up to bow in apology. Her figure in the white gauze evening gown couldn’t help but move Ye Er somewhat.

Yeah, when you thought about it, the head maid targeting this guy was probably because of Su Tao.

And she had always been an ordinary person.

First bullied at school, then targeted by his big brother Ye Liang. After Chu Lingfeng died, this maid lady couldn’t deal with Su Tao, so she set her sights on this guy.

This guy… was indeed pitiful enough.

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Ye Er couldn’t help but recall his own feelings of helplessness during the early years of family competition in the capital, and his voice softened a bit. “I understand you. That’s why I said negotiation is the least harmful option for both of us.”

“Then… then….” Chi Xiaocheng straightened up, put her hands together in front of her chest, looked at Ye Er with sparkling eyes, and said in a delicate, weak voice, “Brother Ye, c-can I trust you?”

Ye Er was stunned, “Tr… trust me?”

“Mmhmm!” Chi Xiaocheng nodded vigorously, “Because of Ye Liang, I kind of disliked you, but from your words just now, I know, Big Brother Ye, you are a good person. You, you are very gentle, I can feel it!”

When Ye Er heard this, he was deeply moved.

Just imagine, a cute little loli representing purity, pitiful and with nowhere to rely on, saying she trusts you right in front of you….

Ye Er rolled in the dirty upper-class circles, spending every day in scheming and struggle, where conversations were all about nothing but gains and losses. How long had it been since he felt such pure trust?

Ye Er was deeply moved. His voice even became much more serious, “Don’t worry, little one. Although our positions are different, just because you called me ‘brother,’ I guarantee that head maid won’t try anything during this negotiation!”

“Really?” Chi Xiaocheng appropriately showed a look of admiration in her eyes.

“Really!”

“Then pinky promise!” Chi Xiaocheng almost blurted this out subconsciously, then stretched out her fair, small hand, four fingers together, leaving only her tempting little pinky out.

Ye Er didn’t expect the girl in front of him to have such a pure nature, even wanting a pinky promise.

It was healing.

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Feeling warmth in his heart, he had just stretched out his hand when he saw Chi Xiaocheng suddenly pull her hand back, showing a shy smile, “This feels too embarrassing after all. How about….”

Chi Xiaocheng glanced left and right, then waved to a waiter in the banquet.

A glass of red wine was brought to her.

“Let’s do this instead. Drink this glass of wine together, and then Brother Ye, you can’t lie to me, okay?” Chi Xiaocheng deliberately acted like someone who didn’t know how to drink, carefully extending her index finger and dipping it into the wine in the glass.

Then she put her fingertip in her mouth and handed the other glass of red wine over.

A cute smile curled at the corner of her lips, “Here~”

‘This Ye Er guy seems dull; the liquid alteration skill should be able to fool him, right?’

Ye Er also showed a warm smile, took that glass of red wine, and immediately downed it in one go.

Only after the glass was empty did he frown, “Strange, what’s with the taste of this wine?”

It was kinda nasty.

When Ye Er looked towards Chi Xiaocheng again, he found that the cute little loli had long lost that pitiful expression.

Instead, she wore a cunning, cat-like gleam.