Peach-Orange! – Chapter 531 – Feeling of Helplessness

Her vision began to blur, and she gradually lost consciousness.

Su Tao only felt that people in white coats began to appear before her eyes, running around anxiously.

At the same time, a small kitten was in front of her face, its tongue licking the scratched places on her face. The slight pain from the barbs prevented her from completely falling unconscious.

But, what meaning was there in living now?

Her eyelids grew heavier. This body in the dream, having just awakened the War God bloodline due to anger, was ultimately not as powerful as in reality.

As she lost too much blood, the last figure she saw dimly through the haze was a man wearing a red war robe, his expression complex.

Nightmares continued to entangle the young girl.

During this period of unconsciousness.

Su Tao saw Chi Xiaocheng being taken away by that never-before-seen young lady. This young lady colluded with Hei Tao, constantly tormenting her Xiaocheng.

They gouged out her eyes, and little by little, skinned and disemboweled her.

When the girl was truly on the brink of death, with no more value to be tortured, she was handed over to Ye Er. This disgusting man drowned Xiaocheng to death.

Even her corpse was dismembered and eaten by piranhas.

And she, Su Tao, each time could only be tightly restrained to the side, watching helplessly as Chi Xiaocheng little by little fell into the abyss called death.

Even calling out again and again, she could not get a response.

Her body had no strength left, her tears of blood had dried up.

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It was precisely because she failed to protect the girl she loved that such a hopeless ending for both of them was born.

“Hey… Sister Su Tao…

“Hey… Tao-Tao…”

Chi Xiaocheng’s voice seemed to ring right beside her ear, “Didn’t you say you would protect me? Why… why did I die so miserably?”

Su Tao, lying on the hospital bed, frowned tightly, her complexion extremely poor. “No… it’s not like that, Xiaocheng, let me explain.”

The words murmured from her lips.

They startled Fang Ning, who was dozing off beside her. “Sister Su Tao!”

The little one immediately reacted, ran into the corridor and shouted, “Brother Dongfang Yang! Doctor Su! Sister Su Tao is awake!”

As soon as the words fell, Su Tao, like a resurrected zombie, sat straight up.

“Xiaocheng!!!”

One of her hands stretched straight forward, maintaining a gesture as if trying to grab something, but her hand caught only air.

Tears slid down her fair yet scarred cheeks, slowly gathering at her chin, falling drop by drop like beads on a string.

Fang Ning hurriedly ran in. “Sister Su Tao! You… your injuries aren’t healed yet, lie down quickly.”

Hearing the voice, Su Tao quickly snapped back to reality and turned sharply towards Fang Ning. “Where is Xiaocheng? Where is Xiaocheng!”

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As the words roared out, Su Tao’s pupils regained focus, and only then did she notice that she was currently in the hospital.

The movement tugged at her injured shoulder, bringing not only pain but also a partial numbness.

‘I am… in the hospital?’

‘No, it should be said that I am still in this dream.’

At that moment, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the door, attracting Su Tao’s somewhat dazed gaze.

It was Professor Su and Dongfang Yang.

Professor Su rushed to Su Tao’s side in a few quick steps and immediately helped her lie down again. “Don’t move around yet. The bullet was just removed from you not long ago, and the anesthetic hasn’t worn off completely. Lie down first.”

She hadn’t expected Su Tao to wake up within just an hour after the surgery ended.

She had thought she would sleep for at least two or three days.

Professor Su observed Su Tao and couldn’t help but sigh. “Your body has almost not recovered at all. Although no vital points were injured, the treatment was delayed too long. You still need to rest properly now, understand?”

Faced with the advice, Su Tao only asked in return, “Then Professor Su, how long until I can be discharged? How quickly can my injuries heal?”

Professor Su gave a conservative estimate. “One month. The injury on your leg is particularly severe, plus you used force on it before. If not treated properly, that leg could potentially be disabled.”

Hearing this, Su Tao’s gaze became dazed again for a moment.

The scene from her nightmare flashed through her mind.

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Xiaocheng being tortured in various ways, and then killed…

Su Tao, who had just been helped to lie down by Professor Su, immediately struggled to get up again. “No, I… I have to go save Xiaocheng!”

Professor Su quickly pressed Su Tao down, scolding her, “Nonsense! In your current state, even standing up is difficult. You can’t even take care of yourself, how can you go save others!”

Dongfang Yang also chimed in from the side, “That’s right, Su Tao, you should focus on recovering your own health first.”

Su Tao glared at Dongfang Yang and roared, “But I said I would protect Xiaocheng!”

Dongfang Yang’s face also turned cold. “Protect! Protect! Protect! What right do you have to protect her! The only thing you can do now is get yourself killed!”

“Even I know what’s important!” Dongfang Yang snorted coldly. “You had surgery, regained consciousness, and the first thing you do when you wake up is shout for Chi Xiaocheng?

“Fang Ning ran crying through the streets, begging people one by one, borrowing a phone to call 120. You woke up without even a word of thanks.

“You’re staying in my hospital, saved by Professor Su, not a word of gratitude, and instead you take your temper out on us?

“What, does venting your helplessness on us make you feel better?”

Dongfang Yang didn’t soften his words at all because Su Tao was currently a patient, or because she was a girl.

Instead, each sentence was harsher than the last, continuously criticizing her.

And under this increasingly heavy tone, Su Tao gradually lowered her head, regaining some calm.

Or rather, it wasn’t calm.

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But despair and numbness towards the current situation.

Xiaocheng had fallen into their hands for who knows how long already. Perhaps she was being tortured right now, on the brink of death.

Just Ye Er alone was troublesome enough, and Song Liyin represented that young lady from the capital.

All alone, how could she contend with them?

Just as Dongfang Yang said, with her current self, she simply couldn’t protect Xiaocheng.

Su Tao raised her eyes, paused for a moment, and then looked at Dongfang Yang with an almost pleading gaze.

If there was a last chance, then it was him.

His Dongfang family was very powerful, even capable of suppressing Ye Er.

If it was Dongfang Yang, perhaps he could compete with the young lady?

However, when this pleading gaze met the eyes of the sunny boy, the latter calmly averted his.

“Su Tao, give up,” Dongfang Yang said thus. “Even my Dongfang family has to show that mysterious young lady some respect. This matter involves too many things. I cannot, for your sake, push my entire family into the abyss.

“Moreover, the most I can do to help you is on humanitarian grounds, because we are friends, because Chi Xiaocheng is your sister. But if you want me to fully board your ship…

“I’m sorry.”

These last three words extinguished Su Tao’s hope once again.