Peach-Orange! – Chapter 497 – As Long As She Likes Me, It’s Enough

Chi Xiaocheng sat to the side. Su Tao’s expression was so painful, the changes so obvious. How could she not notice?

Even without the system’s reminder, Chi Xiaocheng already knew that Su Tao was now being influenced by the World’s Will.

She even spoke the words “shut up”!

Without a doubt, it was the World’s Will, personally descending, existing like the system itself.

But it was really something to be happy about. Even if Tao-Tao was being influenced, she was still trying her best to resist the World’s Will.

The only thing Chi Xiaocheng hesitated over was whether she should help Su Tao at this moment.

The system had already hinted that Su Tao’s character weight was showing signs of loosening again. Under the control of the World’s Will, for her weight to show even the slightest loosening was extremely rare. This was an excellent opportunity.

If she comforted Tao-Tao now, wouldn’t that only stabilize her character weight again?

Wouldn’t that mean abandoning initiative and leaving Ningning to danger?

She had created the opportunity. Would she just waste it like this?

Chi Xiaocheng took a deep breath.

Watching Su Tao clutch her head in pain, her pupils bloodshot, expanding and contracting, showing unbearable suffering, Chi Xiaocheng felt heartache and involuntarily stretched out her hand.

But just as she reached out, Xiao Hei stopped her.

“Don’t be softhearted. In her current condition, plus when your plan succeeds later, her character weight will definitely drop below 50%. At that time, the World’s Will won’t be able to influence her so directly.”

Yes, she was softhearted.

Because the one in pain before her was her Tao-Tao.

The one she loved.

Once upon a time, Chi Xiaocheng would rather die than see Su Tao hurt. Now, seeing the girl in greater and greater pain before her, her heart felt as if it were being cut with knives.

And the girl, with near-collapsing eyes, looked at her.

“Hey, Xiaocheng… do you really… not like me anymore?”

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She wasn’t looking for an answer.

It was resistance against the World’s Will, a desperate search for the belief and hope that had always been firm in her heart.

Chi Xiaocheng sighed. She slapped away Xiao Hei’s hand gripping her arm. Leaning forward, she pulled Su Tao into her embrace.

Her voice was gentle:

“Tao-Tao, let me ask you: when have I ever said that I don’t like you?”

‘Sorry, Xiao Hei.’

‘If it were somewhere else, I might endure it and continue with the plan.’

‘But Tao-Tao is right in front of me.’

‘She needs me!’

‘I… can’t just stand by and watch.’

Her warm embrace, her familiar faint fragrance, quickly quieted the girl down.

‘Has she ever said she doesn’t like me?’

This question echoed endlessly in Su Tao’s mind.

She searched through her memories.

—Yes, she had!

The World’s Will gave her a little push.

Yes, clearly she had, right?

Su Tao remembered back to when Chi Xiaocheng had first lost her memory, when she confessed to her again and again.

Xiaocheng had been confused, had taken her words as a joke, but also rejected her. She had even said those words:

“I don’t like you. I only think of you as a sister.”

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The amnesiac Xiaocheng didn’t like her, and had said so clearly.

—So, she never liked you. She only likes Dongfang Yang. You can’t win her love anymore!

—If you can’t have her, then destroy her!

—Remember what I suggested? Kill her, keep her ashes by your side. That way, she’ll always be with you.

—And her feelings for you will freeze in time. She will remain your girlfriend, not belong to Dongfang Yang.

The influence of the World’s Will still lingered, but this time Su Tao didn’t listen to its nonsense. Instead, she carefully felt the softness and warmth in her arms.

She reached out, wrapped her arms around Chi Xiaocheng’s waist, and pressed tightly against her.

Her voice trembled slightly.

“Then, Xiaocheng… can you say you like me?”

“I like you.”

Chi Xiaocheng spoke without hesitation.

“If Tao-Tao wants to hear it, I can say it a thousand, ten thousand times for you.”

‘My love for you shouldn’t be something that the World’s Will’s influence or misunderstandings can stop.’

‘I hope you can understand this.’

‘And find your true self again.’

‘Not that false ‘White Moonlight.’’

The girl slowly spoke again.

“Then… can you give me a kiss?”

After asking, she felt Chi Xiaocheng’s initiative.

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That familiar softness, and that taste.

‘Ah… yes. That’s right, that’s right, that’s right.’

‘Xiaocheng said she likes me, she kissed me first. She’s looking at me again, just like before, isn’t she?’

—Can’t you wake up? She’s clearly acting!

—Her memories aren’t even fully back yet. She still likes Dongfang Yang!

‘Maybe.’

‘Maybe Xiaocheng’s memories really hadn’t returned.’

‘Maybe her affection for that guy who always wore red was still high.’

‘But so what?’

—What?!

‘Whether true or false, what matters is that Xiaocheng still likes me, still stays by my side. That’s enough!’

‘Like this, holding me tightly, taking the initiative to respond to me, going along with my feelings, saying she likes me.’

‘As long as Xiaocheng can always, always be by my side.’

‘Always, always say she likes me.’

‘True or false—’

‘Does it matter?’

‘Is false love not still love?’

‘What matters is she likes me!’

Su Tao only felt her thoughts widen endlessly.

Nothing mattered anymore. As long as Xiaocheng still stayed by her side, it was enough.

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‘Think about it.’

‘Quickly, think about it.’

‘Why would Xiaocheng stay by my side even though she doesn’t like me, why would she act to please me, even suppress her feelings for Dongfang Yang?’

‘Why?’

‘Because I’m mentally ill.’

‘Yes, because I’m sick!’

A long time ago, in order to deal with Chi Xiaocheng when she had just awakened and lost her memories, Su Tao, together with Dongfang Yang and Doctor Chen, had fabricated a fake mental illness record so that Chi Xiaocheng would mistakenly think Su Tao’s sudden confessions were because of her illness.

And now, precisely because of that illness, Xiaocheng still had to stay by her side.

‘Yes! As long as I keep being sick, it will be fine.’

‘Hahahahahahahaha!’

‘I’m sick, I’m sick, I’m sick!’

‘This way, Xiaocheng will always stay by my side.’

‘She cares about me as her “sister,” so she’ll stay with me forever.’

‘And if one day I get hurt, won’t she take care of me?’

As the car drove away from the villa estate, Su Tao quickly shifted her perspective. Her lips, still locked in the kiss, curved into a strange smile.

It seemed that before, when she hadn’t understood her feelings, the yandere Xiaocheng would often self-harm, forcing her to take care of her and stay by her side.

And now….

‘Xiaocheng, you’ve really taught me so much~’

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