Peach-Orange! – Chapter 515 – Someone Is Anxious

Several large characters were deeply carved on his back, golden in color. Upon closer inspection, one would find that these were not words applied with a temporary tattoo sticker, but were deeply engraved, as if carved directly into the skin with a knife.

Aside from being unsettling, there was also an inexplicable sense of absurdity.

Only, Su Tao currently didn’t realize this absurdity at all. Instead, she was completely bewildered by these four words.

“Si Chen, you…” She carefully chose her words, “Do these mean you will never like me? We’re friends, so talking about liking or not liking doesn’t really apply in the first place. You are…”

‘Never Love Tao’… just what did this mean?

Did he want to prove something to her?

Si Chen spoke slowly, “Don’t be anxious yet. There’s still this.”

He straightened his chest and turned around. The words carved on his front were even more shocking than those on his back!

Aside from the four words “Never Love Cheng,” there were also the words “Loyal to Cheng” — one character on each side of his chest!

‘First, it was related to me.’

‘Now, it’s related to Xiaocheng.’

This…,.

Seeing Su Tao’s stunned expression, Si Chen slowly put his shirt back on. “Is it very surprising? That I would carve such words on my body.”

Su Tao swallowed hard and nodded deeply. “Can you tell me why?”

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“This is also the reason I called you here.” Si Chen’s expression turned a bit more solemn. “Because I also don’t know why I carved these words on my body.”

The man’s expression became somewhat frightening. Through the unbuttoned part of his shirt, some skin was still exposed. Si Chen reached out and touched the character “Cheng” on his abdominal muscles. “I can clearly feel the marks of these characters, which proves they were carved bit by bit with a knife.”

He looked at Su Tao. “And whether it was done under anesthesia or carved directly, I should have memories of it that I would never forget for the rest of my life. But in reality?

“I have no idea where the characters on my front and back came from.

“And I don’t know why I carved these words on my back.

“You and I are friends, and I have even less connection with Chi Xiaocheng. We’ve rarely even met. So what’s the reason and connection behind this?”

After much hesitation, Su Tao asked, “Could it be that, like me, you also hit your head at some point, causing amnesia?”

“Impossible!”

Si Chen said resolutely. “Before Professor Dongfang had the accident… that is, the master of hypnosis and psychology who was originally going to treat you. When he hadn’t had the accident half a month ago, I sensed there might be a problem with my memory, so I invited him to diagnose me.

“Whether through hypnosis or analysis of my overall condition, even Doctor Lin diagnosed me.

“The result was that there is no problem with my memory at all!”

This was also what Si Chen found utterly perplexing.

His memory had no issues whatsoever.

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At the same time, he had also inquired with the bodyguards protecting him. Even the powerful ancient martial artist sent by his family to protect him in secret, as a final safeguard, had not discovered any problems.

He protected Si Chen closely. If something had happened to Si Chen, how could this ancient martial artist not know?

After explaining the reason clearly, Si Chen looked at Su Tao. “For the past half month, I’ve been investigating, but I simply can’t find any clues. I have no other options, so I came to ask you, Su Tao.”

“I…” Su Tao touched her face, full of scars and unbearable to look at, “I don’t know either, but if there’s anything you want to know, you can ask me directly.”

Si Chen rubbed his chin. “Then can you tell me, after you woke up from your coma, how did you feel?”

Su Tao thought for a moment. “I felt… my head hurt a lot, and my face hurt too. It was like I had a very long dream, but I’m not sure whether that was the dream or now is the dream…”

But saying that, after half a month of real experiences,

Su Tao actually felt more like that other time was the dream.

Si Chen rubbed his chin, didn’t answer, and continued asking, “Aside from that?”

“Um…”

Su Tao looked towards a corner of the room. There was no one there, but she could sense a special presence.

Sensing Su Tao’s gaze, Hei Tao solemnly warned, “I suggest you’d better not speak of my existence. Not everyone will believe you, and besides…

“It’s very dangerous.”

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The disheveled, melancholy young girl sat on a chair, staring straight at Si Chen, her eyes slightly hostile.

Si Chen also seemed to sense something. Following Su Tao’s gaze, he looked towards the empty chair in the corner. “Is there something over there?”

Su Tao withdrew her gaze and remained silent for a long time.

She wasn’t sure whether to believe this entirely black version of herself.

Or to believe the bespectacled man before her.

Instinct made her lean towards Si Chen, but… Hei Tao was her second personality. Since they were the same person, she had issued a warning to herself, indicating that Si Chen was dangerous.

The young girl’s hesitation was obvious.

Si Chen had studied psychology, so of course he noticed it easily. After giving her enough time, he said slowly, “If you don’t want to say, you don’t have to. If it’s too difficult, don’t force yourself. I can ask from other angles.”

He presented himself as someone who wanted to help but was helpless, making it seem like while Si Chen wanted to understand what he needed to, he was also trying hard to help Su Tao solve her problems, only the young girl wasn’t cooperating.

This tactical retreat immediately made Su Tao reply, “It’s not that, it’s just… I’m afraid you won’t believe me if I say it.”

Si Chen showed a gentle smile. “We are solving a problem. Don’t you yourself doubt your own memory? Whether to believe or not, we can analyze it together. I promise no third party will know about our following conversation.”

Rather, one could say this room already had a third party.

Su Tao thought of the words carved on Si Chen’s body.

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Never Love Tao.

Never Love Cheng.

If he really wanted to harm her, why would he use a knife to carve words on his body, even烫染 them gold?

And Xiaocheng…

Whether the argument with Xiaocheng was a misunderstanding or something else, Su Tao didn’t want to give up on her.

The words were on the tip of her tongue, just about to be spoken.

From the side, Hei Tao’s voice came again, “You are betraying me, do you know that!”

Su Tao smiled lightly and responded in her heart, “Why do you seem so anxious? If you are truly good to me, you shouldn’t stop me from understanding everything about myself.”

Hei Tao instantly stood up. “I already told you, you have amnesia now. You’ve lost your memory and don’t understand Si Chen’s true purpose. Isn’t me stopping you for your own good?

“We’ve depended on each other for almost 20 years. Whenever you had problems before, you always came to me. For the past half month, whenever you had doubts, I told you. Whatever you wanted, I gave you as much as possible. Do you still say I’m not good to you?!”

Su Tao looked at this version of herself that seemed about to go crazy, her expression calm. “You keep saying it’s for my own good, arranging for me to do this and that. Are you sure you’re not just guiding my actions?”

“I am doing what’s best for you!”

Su Tao smiled, as if seeing through Hei Tao’s thoughts. “See, you’re anxious.”