Peach-Orange! – Chapter 480 – The Deception

Seeing Su Tao remain silent, the smile on Song Liyin’s lips gradually changed.

It wasn’t the triumph Su Tao had anticipated.

But an indescribable sorrow.

As if looking at a wretched, pitiful stray dog on the roadside, Song Liyin continued, “See, you didn’t refute me, so you can only admit your own weakness, right? Admit that Chi Xiaocheng doesn’t truly belong only to you.”

Her verbal assault continued.

But as soon as her mouth opened again.

Another small figure had already darted in front of her.

Chi Xiaocheng stood in front of Su Tao, looking up directly at Song Liyin, “Enough! If you’re trying to drive a wedge between us, then unfortunately, you will absolutely fail!”

The girl’s words were confident, one hand holding Su Tao’s other hand. The light from the crystal chandelier spilled onto her pure white gown. At this moment, Chi Xiaocheng was like a real angel.

Her voice was firm and powerful, “I will not betray Tao-Tao, and I believe in Tao-Tao. How could you even say something like she can’t give me a better life? As someone high and mighty, you definitely don’t understand, do you?

“Being by Tao-Tao’s side, no matter what kind of life it is, is the best for me!”

“So!” Chi Xiaocheng’s voice grew louder, “If you’re just here to declare war, you can go back. Although we can’t oppose you now, please tell that young lady: Don’t bully the young for being poor!”

Her words weren’t hot-blooded passion or delusions.

But Chi Xiaocheng knew that at this moment, she had to step out and defend Su Tao.

Song Liyin was definitely influenced by the world’s will.

Her words were extremely manipulative!

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Tao-Tao’s weight still hadn’t dropped below 50%. If she were allowed to continue speaking, Chi Xiaocheng had a premonition that something bad would absolutely happen.

Having her speech interrupted, Song Liyin wasn’t angry. Instead, she looked at Chi Xiaocheng with great interest, “So cute indeed.”

“You—!”

Song Liyin raised an index finger, interrupting what Chi Xiaocheng wanted to say, “Chi Xiaocheng, how about considering coming to have a chat with my young lady? My young lady is very interested in you. If I must say, Su Tao is truly not as good as my young lady.”

Chi Xiaocheng looked at Song Liyin, who had changed the subject, her eyebrows deeply furrowed.

This person was influencing Tao-Tao at every moment.

No matter how they talked, the rhythm of the conversation was firmly controlled by the other party.

More crucially, neither she nor Su Tao could do anything to this person.

“Tch!”

Since communication would cause problems, then choose not to communicate.

Chi Xiaocheng grabbed Su Tao’s hand and quickly said, “Tao-Tao, let’s go. Don’t talk to her anymore.”

After speaking, she pulled Su Tao and turned to leave directly.

“Xiaocheng, I….”

“Tao-Tao, don’t say anything more for now. That maid is deliberately influencing you. Can’t you see it? Let’s not talk to her.”

Chi Xiaocheng didn’t give Su Tao a chance to say more and headed straight for the hall entrance.

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Her original intention in interrupting was not wrong.

But Chi Xiaocheng overlooked one fact: Su Tao was constantly being influenced by the world’s will.

Rather, Chi Xiaocheng knew Su Tao was already being influenced by the world’s will but didn’t realize the influence was already very heavy.

She was just blinded by Su Tao’s acting, and without prompts from the system or Xiao Hei, being in the situation, the mist was thick.

In such a state, was interrupting the communication in this way really correct?

Su Tao followed behind Chi Xiaocheng, silent.

What that maid said was not wrong.

She, Su Tao, indeed couldn’t give Xiaocheng the life she wanted, couldn’t rely on her own charm to keep this girl firmly by her side.

‘But why not continue talking with that maid? Xiaocheng, you can refute her, and I can refute her too.’

‘Saying that being by my side is the life you want most.’

‘Saying you believe in me, like me.’

‘But your actions, which part exactly proves these words you said!’

‘Spending every day with Dongfang Yang.’

‘Weaving the lie that Qian Qing was also at the cafe chatting together, pretending to be your girlfriend.’

‘Why are you still deceiving me….’

The two of them, one in front and one behind, quickly slipped out through the back door of the banquet hall.

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Behind the villa was a back garden carrying a faint, fresh fragrance.

But after exiting the door, besides the two of them, the other two protagonists were also here.

Dongfang Yang and Qian Qing were quarreling about something as if flirting.

Seeing Su Tao and Chi Xiaocheng come out, both seemed to have found their saviors.

Qian Qing quickly lifted her skirt hem and hurried to Chi Xiaocheng’s side, “Chi Xiaocheng! I told you it wouldn’t work for me to do it, but you insisted I go. Now it’s good, it’s about to be exposed. Dongfang Wen, that old man, isn’t that easy to fool at all!”

“Uh… what happened?” Chi Xiaocheng asked, puzzled.

Dongfang Yang sighed on the side, “The matter of having Qian Qing be my fake girlfriend was seen through. He didn’t say anything during the banquet, but just now my Seventh Granduncle called us in and directly exposed us.”

Chi Xiaocheng: “Because of the family status inequality?”

“No!” Dongfang Yang and Qian Qing said in unison.

“It’s Qian Qing’s lousy acting. Asked to kiss me, she actually didn’t even dare to kiss me. Not saying kissing on the mouth, even on the cheek would do. Wouldn’t that prove we’re a couple?”

Qian Qing couldn’t help but retort, “I’ve kept it until now. Accompanying you in acting out a play is already my limit, but I also have to give away my first kiss? Dongfang Yang, you don’t really want to be my boyfriend anyway. This is just acting, how could I give it to you!”

Dongfang Yang: “Kissing the cheek would be fine, no?”

“No!”

They argued back and forth, but their tones revealed a sense of helplessness towards each other.

To an outsider, this kind of argument seemed more like mutual complaints and flirtation between a couple.

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Of course, this was from an outsider’s perspective.

In the eyes of Dongfang Yang, this NPC, and Su Tao, this blockhead, both thought this was a very serious, stubborn argument.

Dongfang Yang sighed, “The plan failed. If I can’t convince my Seventh Granduncle, I might really have to go back to Beijing.”

As he spoke, he looked at Chi Xiaocheng, “Chi Xiaocheng, I should have just let you pretend to be my fake girlfriend. Qian Qing is truly unreliable.”

Dongfang Yang was now filled with regret.

He thought that if it were Chi Xiaocheng, when faced with Seventh Granduncle’s questioning and asked to kiss him, even if not on the mouth, just on the cheek, Chi Xiaocheng would absolutely stand on her tiptoes and give him a peck.

‘Chi Xiaocheng too, since you like me, why weren’t you willing to pretend to be my girlfriend?’

Dongfang Yang fell silent, just feeling that women’s minds were impossible to guess.

At this time, Su Tao, who had been listening quietly with a smile, also chimed in, “Xiaocheng, do you think if you were the one, could you have fooled Professor Dongfang Wen?”

Chi Xiaocheng scratched her hair, “If I went, it probably wouldn’t work either. That old professor is a dual master in hypnosis and psychology. He’s too formidable.”

‘So it was that it wouldn’t work, not that you would refuse?’

A trace of self-mockery flashed in Su Tao’s eyes.

Indeed, this so-called fake girlfriend and banquet were a deception.

The one being deceived wasn’t just Dongfang Wen.

But also her, Su Tao.