Peach-Orange! – Chapter 535 – The Discarded Pawn

In the courtyard that Su Tao had left, the conversation continued.

“Just a dispensable pawn at best. Given the title of young lady, and you really think you’re someone important!”

The girl referred to as Young Lady tucked a strand of her jet-black hair. “But have you considered, if Chi Xiaocheng dies, and Su Tao doesn’t go mad, but instead becomes even more determined, what will you do when he returns to the real world?”

Hei Tao took a deep breath, as if suppressing anger: “As long as you cooperate with me this time, and torment Chi Xiaocheng severely enough, it will definitely succeed.”

“Real world?” Hei Tao snorted coldly, “Everything will end after this dream. There won’t be any real world issues.”

Young Lady sighed softly: “Since that’s what you think, then try it yourself.”

Hei Tao frowned, Its expression displeased: “What do you mean?”

“Literal meaning.” Young Lady’s eyes held a trace of pity. “I don’t think much of your idea this time. Handle it yourself. It’s just a dream anyway, isn’t it?”

“Heh, whether in dreams or reality, no one can defy me, including you, this pawn!”

Hei Tao’s eyes turned completely cold. It simply snapped Its fingers lightly.

A maid slowly walked in from another entrance of the courtyard. She drew a gun from her bosom and slowly raised it, aiming at Young Lady.

Song Liyin’s face showed terror, her hand holding the gun trembling uncontrollably. “Y-Young Lady, I… I… I can’t control myself…”

She looked very distressed, tears streaming uncontrollably from the corners of her eyes, and her whole body was shaking.

Clearly, Song Liyin had no control over herself now. As a maid, she was aiming a gun at her own Young Lady. What a sin!

The corners of the World Will’s mouth turned up continuously, Its gaze towards Young Lady even more arrogant, as if saying: How about it? This is the power of a god!

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Young Lady seemed to have anticipated this scene long ago, her expression calm, her smile even carrying serenity.

“It’s alright, Liyin. This is just a dream anyway.”

The so-called god can only vent his dissatisfaction here.

“Bang—!”

A gunshot rang out.

The beautiful young girl with long, ink-black hair now had a small hole in her heart.

Her vision gradually blurred, but the corner of her mouth still held that smile, as if even her own death was within her control.

Seeing this, the World Will laughed maniacally: “Hehehehahahaha, this is the consequence of defying me!”

Yes, It is—a god!

And that usually cool and spirited head maid, at this moment, fell powerless to her knees, tears in her eyes, staring vacantly at the Young Lady whom she had personally shot.

“No… it shouldn’t be like this.

“I’m sorry, Young Lady.

“Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorrysorry… sobsob sorry…”

Her whole body trembled, and she tried several times to pick up the pistol from the ground.

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But when people break down, they can’t even control their own bodies.

This was Song Liyin’s state now. She tried several times to pick up the gun, but each time her hands trembled violently mid-air, and the murder weapon fell back to the ground.

The World Will’s eyes turned cold again, Its smile mocking. “What, do you still want to avenge her?”

“If it weren’t for my generosity, where would the two of you even qualify to stay in this world?

“Disobeying orders again and again, you master and servant are indeed no good!”

It watched as Song Liyin knelt on the ground, trembling as she picked up the gun. The look in Its eyes, initially like watching a clown, slowly gained a fraction of pity.

Heh, a lackey is just a lackey.

But then, the originally disdainful look in the World Will’s eyes gradually turned to shock.

The Song Liyin before him picked up the gun, but did not aim it at It, the World Will. Instead, she slowly pressed it against her own forehead.

“I’m sorry… Young Lady.”

With these last words, another gunshot rang out.

The World Will’s mouth hung open, speechless for a long time.

Then It snorted coldly again, flicked his sleeve, and left.

…

Elsewhere, the two gunshots threw Su Tao, already anxious from being unable to find Chi Xiaocheng, into a complete panic.

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Then, she stopped in his tracks and ran back towards the direction of the courtyard house.

Yes,s he should have thought of it earlier. Xiaocheng must be locked in a room near them.

How could they possibly lock Xiaocheng somewhere else where she might have access?

Now, with these two gunshots, could it be that they have killed Xiaocheng?

Considering this possibility, Su Tao ran back even faster. When she arrived near the courtyard house, Su Tao discovered that many bodyguards holding firearms had appeared there at some point.

Each looked fierce and stern.

Su Tao didn’t even have time to think about where these bodyguards came from; she had been gone for less than five minutes in total.

Then, the group of bodyguards turned their heads in unison to look at Su Tao, and simultaneously raised their firearms, aiming at a rockery where Su Tao was hiding.

Like machines, their movements were swift and emotionless.

At that moment, Hei Tao walked leisurely out of the courtyard entrance and looked in Su Tao’s direction. “Come out. This is the dream world I created. Whenever I want to find someone, no one can escape my eyes.”

Su Tao silently stepped out from behind the rockery and looked at Hei Tao without speaking.

The next second, her pupils contracted.

A man wrapped in bandages over half his body slowly walked out from the courtyard entrance.

At the same time, another man, with a bit of a ruffian air, looking like a peasant, also walked out.

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This man gave a push, and Chi Xiaocheng, with a long silver needle stuck in her throat, was shoved forward.

Ye Liang, half-dead but forcibly revived.

And, Chu Lingfeng!

The current Chi Xiaocheng, compared to her heavily injured state in the sewer, looked much better.

She staggered from the push but could at least stand steady.

Her face had regained some color, though her expression was very weak and tired.

Precisely because of this, after her little face was washed clean, the scars left on her face before became more obvious.

The blinded Chi Xiaocheng, after staggering a couple of steps, tripped over her own feet and suddenly fell to the ground.

And with that silver needle still inserted in her neck, the moment she fell made Su Tao break out in a cold sweat.

If she hadn’t instinctively used her hands to break her fall when falling, wouldn’t that needle have pierced straight through Xiaocheng’s neck?

His face immediately turned cold. “What is the meaning of this?”

As soon as the sound was heard, the fallen Chi Xiaocheng immediately raised her head, turning towards the direction of Su Tao’s voice.

She instinctively tried to get up, but was kicked down again by Ye Liang who walked over.

This injured man said viciously, “What do we mean? Of course, we mean to torture Chi Xiaocheng to death right in front of you!”