Peach-Orange! – Chapter 541 – Empty Shell

Sincerity. Trust.

Chi Xiaocheng’s gaze was soft. Faced with such a question, she would always give an answer quickly, and would even use it to pressure Su Tao, saying things like if you don’t protect me, then I will be like this or that.

But in reality, this kind of unreserved trust was the greatest pressure.

Because Su Tao knew that she… perhaps could not protect the girl before her.

Just like in that dream.

Instead of the relaxed, happy smile of a young girl that Chi Xiaocheng imagined, there was a trace of worry and strain. “If I… forget it, let’s eat breakfast first.”

“Huh?” Chi Xiaocheng tilted her head, her eyes somewhat puzzled.

Su Tao reached out and flicked Chi Xiaocheng’s forehead. “Alright, it’s me overthinking things. It’s just that you keep getting hurt, and I’ve been wondering if I can really protect you.”

Chi Xiaocheng waved her hand dismissively. “You keep talking about protection; that’s not like you, Tao-Tao. You don’t need to say so much. No matter what, no matter the method, I believe in you.”

Su Tao was stunned for a moment, then felt warmth in her heart again.

“I understand.”

She scooped a spoonful of porridge, blew on it, “Then, let’s eat breakfast first?”

Chi Xiaocheng nodded gently, squinting her eyes. “Okay~”

She leaned her head forward, opened her small mouth, and closed her eyes.

Scenes like this, being fed, were something both of them enjoyed.

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However, just before that spoonful of porridge reached Chi Xiaocheng’s mouth, she hesitated again.

Actually, Su Tao hadn’t eaten breakfast either.

And the breakfast Xiaocheng wanted to eat was here, wasn’t the breakfast she wanted to eat also…?

Su Tao put the spoonful of porridge into her own mouth.

Then…

Mmph—!

Chi Xiaocheng’s eyes widened sharply.

“Mmph~”

And soon became dazed.

Both of them were quite happy during the breakfast, but neither was full.

At the very least, the slight guilt Su Tao felt last night because of Chi Xiaocheng’s injury had now disappeared amidst the morning’s ambiguity.

Her tense spirit relaxed, and the fatigue from her body surged up again.

This time, even without Chi Xiaocheng by her side, Su Tao could sleep soundly in her room.

At noon, Su Tao went to catch up on sleep, leaving Chi Xiaocheng alone sitting in the hospital room by the window. She watched the vehicles passing quietly outside, the breeze brushing the curtains and stirring her hair.

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In the empty room, Chi Xiaocheng suddenly spoke, “Did Tao-Tao have a nightmare last night, or did she feel guilty because I got hurt again? Her state seemed off again this morning.”

It felt like she had something to say but didn’t dare, keeping it bottled up inside.

This time, Hei Tao didn’t appear by Chi Xiaocheng’s side; it was the system who spoke.

[Host, you are really smart. Su Tao had a nightmare last night. The World Will does not intend to let her off and directly influenced her in the dream again.]

[But don’t worry, Host, with me taking action, I easily resolved this threat from the World Will.]

The system’s words were like a child seeking credit.

But because Su Tao didn’t explicitly clarify what the dream was about, the system couldn’t tell Chi Xiaocheng the entire process, only selecting some important parts.

Furthermore.

[Regarding the content of the original work, the ending, and the fact that you, Host, would be tortured to death, and she, Su Tao, would regret and commit suicide, she already knows all of it. Xiao Hei also told her some content related to the World Will.]

[However, considering Su Tao’s current situation, we haven’t told her about the ability to reincarnate yet, only gave her a hint.]

Chi Xiaocheng naturally understood what signal the system was referring to.

That was, if she, Chi Xiaocheng, died this time, everything would start over.

Moreover, the World Will is already targeting her significantly, coupled with the content of that dream, giving Su Tao a constant sense of urgency and pressure.

Preventing the young girl from taking it easy day by day anymore.

After listening to the system, Chi Xiaocheng also tapped the pillow with her small hand and sighed. “Tao-Tao is probably considering my current physical condition, so she hasn’t told me about these things for now. But to be honest… you and Xiao Hei were too impulsive.”

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[I don’t think it was impulsive at all.]

Chi Xiaocheng rolled her eyes. “What I mean is, I didn’t really want Tao-Tao to know about these things. It would cause her a lot of pain and anxiety. She doesn’t need any more pressure to push her now.”

Even going back to the earliest goal.

To increase her possessiveness and decrease her character weight.

At this stage, the possessiveness must definitely be over 90%, right?

Tao-Tao hasn’t shown obvious yandere tendencies, just hasn’t reached 100% yet. She’s in a stage where she has possessiveness but hasn’t become a yandere. Very successful.

Character weight goes without saying, it’s already only 20%.

A little more drop, and she can completely break free from the influence of the World Will.

To achieve these goals, the pressure she has endured is too great.

At first, it was Chi Xiaocheng herself who applied pressure. Later, the qualified pressure cooker would occasionally apply pressure to itself.

“I actually still hope that Tao-Tao can live more happily. Then, after we resolve these matters, after we deal with the World Will, if there’s a suitable opportunity, we tell Tao-Tao. If not, then we just live happily together.”

This is Chi Xiaocheng’s blueprint.

Very simple, but also very difficult.

The system was silent for a while.

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[Host, although it’s not good to say this, I have to dampen your expectations. The current World Will, we can’t do anything about It.]

[Preliminary speculation suggests It should be attached to the mysterious young lady. As the rich female character who drops from the sky in the original work, in past reincarnations and now, the presence of this supporting female character is absolutely strong.]

[As a character born purely to influence the direction of this world, she is an empty shell, just like Xiao Hei from before.]

[She is destined to be controlled by the World Will.]

The content the system mentioned was beyond Chi Xiaocheng’s expectations.

She suddenly thought of a question, touched her chin and asked, “Speaking of which, System, I still have 2400 points of emotional value, right?”

[Yes, Host.]

“Buying things from you, in theory, consumes emotional value to create items, so I can understand the consumption. Now we’re already on the same boat; you definitely wouldn’t hide any good things from me.

“But regarding the content of the original work, since you can directly show it all to me, why haven’t you shown me yet, and need to charge me?”

The original work has over four million words. Chi Xiaocheng spent so much emotional value along the way, and at most, she has only read about one million words.

She simply doesn’t have the spare capacity to read further. Finding out about Song Liyin’s appearance was also an accident.

As a result, she still doesn’t even know the young lady’s name, let alone this person.

If that’s the case, if she could read the entire original work now…

Wouldn’t she become… invincible?