Peach-Orange! – Chapter 565 – All This Is to… Protect

The girl’s face was slightly red. After looking left and right, her gaze ultimately had no choice but to settle on the young girl in front of her.

Even though her legs under the covers had no strength, Chi Xiaocheng still clenched them tightly.

Otherwise, she was afraid she might, might, might… leak…

It wasn’t an exaggeration at all. One must know, before she fell unconscious, she had drunk plenty of river water.

Unlike other patients who remained in a dormant, recovery state while unconscious, her Orange cells were active. Once her body improved a bit, it was really almost like she was just sleeping.

“So Tao-Tao, why are you still staring wide-eyed in surprise? Why aren’t you taking me over there?”

Su Tao also quickly snapped back to reality. “Then I’ll carry you over.”

“?” Chi Xiaocheng mentally typed a question mark. “Can’t you just help me over? I’m just a bit weak right now, getting up and out of bed feels a little difficult, that’s all. Besides, if you carry me over, how am I supposed to… do that?”

“But wouldn’t carrying you be faster and simpler? You said you can’t hold it anymore.”

“You…!”

Chi Xiaocheng’s face turned slightly red. Sometimes she truly didn’t know if Su Tao’s bluntness was an act or if she really just thought that way.

To put it more elegantly:

Do you actually intend to carry me to the toilet?

No, no, that absolutely won’t do!

Chi Xiaocheng said sternly, “Anyway, you help me over. No carrying!”

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However, Su Tao didn’t listen to Chi Xiaocheng. She lifted the blanket, removed the IV needle, and then, in one motion, picked her up in a princess carry.

Instantly.

Her thighs and stomach seemed to fold and contract, and a feeling immediately surged in her lower abdomen.

“Wait… wait a moment!”

“Alright, Xiaocheng, why are you so shy? I was the one who helped you bathe these past two days.”

But she swore she didn’t have any bad intentions.

But this time, she truly misunderstood Chi Xiaocheng’s meaning.

The girl’s body was trembling slightly. She was stammering, trying to speak, yet her body completely dared not resist.

“I, I told you to wait! It’s not about shyness… well, it is a bit about shyness, but that’s not the root cause. What I mean is… I mean…

“Wahhhhhhhhh…”

Tears flowed out.

Su Tao seemed to sense something. Having already reached the bathroom door, she stood still with an awkward expression on her face.

“Stupid Tao-Tao, I don’t like you anymore!”

When truly embarrassed to the extreme, even though one clearly knows the source of the embarrassment, at that moment, what one truly wants to hide is their face, flushed red from the shyness.

It wasn’t until the bathroom door slammed shut with a “bang” that Su Tao dazedly looked to the side.

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She wiped her hand a few times on her clothes, as if knowing Xiao Hei was nearby, and asked the empty wall, “She was in a hurry, I carried her over. What’s wrong with that?”

Xiao Hei did not appear, only remained silent for a while. “Maybe… you should just be happy that she’s so energetic after waking up.”

“That’s true too.”

Su Tao remembered her own anxiety over the past two days and confirmed that Chi Xiaocheng’s spirit and body were now mostly fine, so she smiled happily.

But shortly after, she couldn’t smile anymore.

“What are you laughing at out there! Go get me a set of clean clothes!”

Several minutes later.

The girl walking out of the bathroom would rather struggle and walk back to the room relying on her weak body than be helped back by her.

Just like that, Chi Xiaocheng leaned against the wall, pouting, turning her head to the side, refusing to even look at Su Tao.

“Alright, Xiaocheng, don’t be angry. I really know I was wrong. Your body is still weak, be careful.”

The young girl was right beside her, speaking humbly.

If an outsider were present, they would immediately recognize this as a classic scene of coaxing a girlfriend.

Chi Xiaocheng was susceptible to sugar-coated bullets, but she wasn’t without a bit of a temper. She turned her head again and let out a light “hmph.” “You knowing you’re wrong is your business. Anyway, I won’t pay attention to you for the next hour!

“And, I don’t need you to help me!”

She added one more sentence.

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But looking at the girl who was leaning on the wall with her right hand and walking with a limp, Su Tao still couldn’t help it. She quickly went to Chi Xiaocheng’s side.

One hand held her shoulder, then quickly brought her legs together. Her other hand deftly went under her knees, while the other hand very skillfully went under her other armpit.

With a slight exertion, she picked the girl up in a princess carry again.

The sudden “attack” scared Chi Xiaocheng into shouting out, “Tao-Tao, what are you doing again!”

“Just shut up.” Su Tao looked straight ahead, her expression serious. “Your body is still weak. What if you fall later? Now is not the time for you to be willful.”

“I…” Chi Xiaocheng shrank in her arms and let out a light hum. “I wasn’t being willful.”

What a fool.

She doesn’t even understand the specific meanings of the words “want” and “don’t want” when a girl says them. Can’t she analyze it from my tone?

And also.

Chi Xiaocheng looked up, gazing at Su Tao’s smooth chin. “Tao-Tao, I don’t like you telling me to shut up like that. It’s too harsh.”

“I…” Su Tao seemed to realize this too and lowered her head to apologize sincerely. “I’m sorry. I just wanted to protect you.”

“Hmph~” Chi Xiaocheng raised her little face again. “It’s not that I’m really blaming you. I just want to tell you, next time you want me to shut up, please use your mouth, understand?”

If just saying something could make others shut up, then why are there so many arguments in the world?

You need action, understand!

We’re a couple, you know? Can’t our way of interacting be more couple-like? The way it is now, it hasn’t improved much since before we got together, right?

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Well, the only improvement is that I can ask for a kiss anytime now.

After returning to the room, both were tacitly not mentioning the incident about Chi Xiaocheng leaking orange juice earlier.

Instead, they brought up this safe house after Si Chen’s modifications.

Chi Xiaocheng voiced her question, “Why are all the curtains drawn, and why aren’t the lights on? The weather outside is bad, overcast with dark clouds, and the room is too dark.”

Although it was still within the visible range, it was ultimately uncomfortable.

Sometimes, Chi Xiaocheng couldn’t even see the expression on Su Tao’s face clearly.

The young girl replied, “The house must be under surveillance by the young lady’s people. Maybe the World Will has also controlled people nearby. We can’t open the curtains or turn on the lights. At least for this period, we might not even light candles much.”

“But this… isn’t it a bit too dark?”

Chi Xiaoceng didn’t really like this kind of environment.

Because it felt somewhat oppressive.

The two cats weren’t home either. If Xiao Hei didn’t speak as usual, it really was just her and Su Tao left.

However, the young girl just stroked her cheek, her thumb gently rubbing the tender skin, and slowly said, “There’s no other way. After all… all this is to protect Xiaocheng.”

Author Note

Ps: I’m thinking of starting a new book, writing another one and then dual-writing.