Peach-Orange! – Chapter 539 – Overcoming Difficulties Together

At 5:30 in the morning, the early summer sky showed a bit of fish-belly white.

After hearing what Xiao Hei said and confirming her own situation, Su Tao tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Her mind was full of the World Will and the Young Lady. Then, the figures of these two people gradually faded from her mind, revealing Chi Xiaocheng behind them, with broken limbs, bleeding from all seven orifices, and pain-filled, lifeless eyes.

Su Tao’s hands clenched tightly then loosened powerlessly. She threw off the covers, sat on the edge of the bed, and let out a long sigh.

“I should go see Xiaocheng.”

She couldn’t sleep. Rather, after learning these things, no one could sleep peacefully. Even though her body was exhausted, the moment she closed her eyes, she still saw the images of Chi Xiaocheng being tortured and killed.

She crept out of bed and went to the door.

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The door opened automatically. Both Su Tao and the little nurse entering were startled for a moment. The little nurse smiled and spoke first,

“So Miss Su, you’re awake. I was just passing by your room and noticed some movement, so I came to check routinely. Your energy seems worse than before you slept. You really need to rest properly. If you can’t sleep, the hospital has sleeping pills. Do you need some?”

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“No need.” Seeing this kind Lily Knight, Su Tao’s heart unconsciously relaxed. She had died in the dream, but now she was right in front of her, safe and sound. This should mean the dream was just a dream, and nothing in reality would happen, right?

Su Tao replied, “I can’t sleep, I’m just worried about Xiaocheng. I’m going to check on her.”

The little nurse’s eyebrows raised, and she immediately showed an expression of understanding. She deliberately moved aside to make way, then turned and walked in the opposite direction.

After Su Tao entered Chi Xiaocheng’s room, she crept back, secretly pressed her ear against the door, and a familiar, knowing smile appeared on her lips.

Of course, Su Tao didn’t know there had always been a Lily Knight nearby. She entered the room and, by the dim night light, quietly approached Chi Xiaocheng’s side.

The girl was lying on her back with an IV drip, eyes closed. Whether it was from a nightmare or the pain of her injuries, her beautiful brows were slightly furrowed, and her expression showed some pain.

What was completely different from the dream was that here, Xiaocheng’s delicate little face was still cute. The various scars on her face had disappeared with the shattering of the dream.

But as Su Tao stared at that little face, she sometimes hallucinated Chi Xiaocheng’s cheeks covered with wounds and bloodstains.

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“Xiaocheng…” Su Tao’s lips parted, her voice very soft. At the same time, she couldn’t help but slip one hand under the covers and hold Xiaocheng’s other hand that wasn’t receiving the IV drip.

It was very warm, soft, and smooth, a sharp contrast to Su Tao’s cold hands. Her somewhat restless heart involuntarily calmed down.

“Xiaocheng, if in that dream world you weren’t blind and could make sounds, would you blame me for just watching you die in the end without protecting you?” The low murmur conveyed Su Tao’s current complex feelings.

She didn’t dare speak much to others, and she hadn’t even dared to elaborate to Xiao Hei on the various events that happened in the dream. She didn’t dare say that in the dream, she did nothing and let Chi Xiaocheng be tortured.

Only when her lover was asleep, in the silent, cold night, did she dare, in a voice only she could hear, recount her own sins.

Su Tao hung her head, her bangs covering her cheeks, and continued, “I really wanted to keep my promise to always protect you, but I am just too insignificant alone. You should know too, right? That guy is a god, the will of the entire world.

“When He gets angry, He can even directly control me, making me unable to move. Even without mentioning Him, the Young Lady and the Head Maid are also beyond my ability to handle.

“Her power is so great that even if Dongfang Yang and Ye Liang joined forces, they couldn’t resist. Under these circumstances, what should I do?”

She lifted that small hand and pressed it against her own forehead. Her eyes, from beginning to end, retained a hint of the brownish-red from before the dream ended. It was just unclear whether this brownish-red was bloodshot from physical exhaustion or something else…

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Su Tao listened to the breathing of the girl in front of her and smiled lightly again, “Actually, there’s a rather stupid method to protect you, but… I just feel you wouldn’t be happy about it.

“However, whether it’s my method, the dream’s ending, or even the original ending Xiao Hei mentioned, you… would probably blame me, right?”

That original story felt somewhat distant to her. Because from the moment she was born, the things she experienced, before meeting Ye Liang, were all ordinary daily life and growth.

Even after meeting Ye Liang and quarreling with Chi Xiaocheng, she gradually felt Chi Xiaocheng’s sincerity. Then they overcame difficulties together and reached this point.

The ending of death? Her own desperate ending in another original worldline? She hadn’t truly experienced them, so they felt somewhat distant. But she understood that if she didn’t work hard to make changes, these would eventually happen.

Su Tao used her free hand to pat her own cheeks and took a deep breath. “It’s enough that I listen to these discouraging words myself. Xiaocheng, you definitely wouldn’t want to see me like this, right?”

Just as Su Tao was venting to relieve pressure, Chi Xiaocheng seemed to really hear Su Tao’s words. She unconsciously moved the hand that was being held, gripping Su Tao’s hand a little tighter.

It was like a response to the girl, or like giving a certain answer. That gentle movement seemed to say: No matter what you do, or what choice you make, I won’t blame you.

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Looking over, Chi Xiaocheng’s originally furrowed brows and slightly pained expression slowly relaxed at this moment.

Su Tao felt the warmth transmitted from the small hand. After being dazed for a long time, she brushed aside the bangs covering her forehead and smiled radiantly.

“I understand, Xiaocheng. When you wake up, let’s overcome the difficulties together and change that impossible ending.”

She held Chi Xiaocheng’s hand even tighter, then leaned over and rested her head on the bedside, closing her eyes. It seemed she wasn’t so tense and anxious anymore.

Lying flat on the bed was comfortable, but she had tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Now, just sitting on a chair, leaning on the bedside in this uncomfortable position, made Su Tao feel sleepy instantly. Perhaps, the reason she couldn’t sleep was simply because she was alone.

Soft, faint snores came out, and Su Tao soon fell asleep. Not long after, Xiao Hei reappeared in the room, holding a blanket.

Looking at the sleeping Su Tao, she couldn’t help but sigh. “You’re all such headaches.” She gently laid the blanket over Su Tao. Looking at the two sleeping girls, her gaze also gained worry.

Dealing with the World Will and the Young Lady wouldn’t be easy. Given the current situation, Dongfang Yang and Si Chen alone were definitely not enough. Probably, they would have to wait until that man returned and was reunited with Su Tao to have a chance.