Peach-Orange! – Chapter 574 – The Cunning Little Fox is Caught

Head felt heavy, body was very tired.

As if someone had done her ten thousand times, her bones were about to fall apart, and with every light, slow breath exhaled, she could feel a wave of scorching heat in real-time.

“What… happened to me?”

It was all dark before Chi Xiaocheng’s eyes, but even when she tried harder to open them, what she saw was still darkness.

The feeling of soreness, numbness, and weakness in her body prevented her from accurately perceiving her situation right away.

She only vaguely remembered that when she was about to go out, she was so tired she fainted directly at the entrance, and then…

What did Tao-Tao say?

It seemed they had a small argument, but it also seemed like more than just an argument.

“What is this on my eyes?”

It felt like a strip of cloth was blocking her vision, but she wasn’t quite sure.

Chi Xiaocheng breathed in small, shallow breaths. Paralyzed all over and unable to move, she could only lie on this bed, slowly trying to recall why she was like this, and why she was so tired.

At least, after her mind became less sluggish, Chi Xiaocheng had become aware of her situation.

“Right now, I can only tell I’m lying flat on my back. So, after arguing with Tao-Tao, I must have taken the wrong medicine, causing me to faint and fall asleep, and now I’ve woken up after being carried back to the room.

“Sigh…”

She sighed, “Theoretically, I should have slept for less than six hours. I don’t know how Brother is doing now.”

However, this attempt to go out was a failure; she hadn’t expected Tao-Tao to be wary.

But that didn’t mean Chi Xiaocheng would just give up.

If there was still no news of Chi Song, then after this, she would still find a way to go out again.

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But the immediate priority was to soothe Su Tao, whose emotions might explode because of the incident at the front door.

As her thoughts wandered, Chi Xiaocheng also felt her body gradually regain some strength. The numbness slowly receded, and she could clearly feel it.

Her body was lying supine on the bed in a spread-eagle position.

“Is my sleeping posture really this ugly?”

Chi Xiaocheng moved her fingers, then focused her attention on her right hand and exerted force.

“Clang!”

A metallic clinking sound rang out, and Chi Xiaocheng immediately felt a pain in her wrist.

She just wanted to reach out and remove the cloth strip covering her eyes, but now… what’s going on?

She tried a few more times with force. The pain caused her bodily senses to recover more quickly, and only then did she clearly feel it.

It seemed like there was something cold and icy circling around both her hands and feet.

“Shackles?!”

Chi Xiaocheng’s pupils constricted as she thought of something.

She immediately struggled again, causing clinking and clanging sounds from both the head and foot of the bed, and she discovered that she actually couldn’t break these shackles.

Her body was still extremely weak.

The last time she felt this kind of weakness was right after she almost died, when she first woke up in the hospital.

Now…

“Where is my Darkening?”

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With the Darkening skill, it shouldn’t be impossible to break free from shackles.

Right now, Chi Xiaocheng could only hope this was a side effect of that sleeping powder.

Otherwise, the worst possibility… she didn’t dare think about it.

And also.

She kind of needed to pee.

“Dammit, could it be that Tao-Tao, afraid I would run away again after waking up, used the shackles I previously exchanged from the system to trap me? If that’s the case…”

Before her soliloquy finished, her little ears suddenly twitched.

In this extremely quiet environment, every slight sound became clear and distinct.

It was the sound of a door opening.

Chi Xiaocheng realized someone had come in. “Tao-Tao… is that you, Tao-Tao? Why are you tying me up? Hurry up and let me go.”

The sound of slippers stepping on the floor made a “tap, tap” sound. Chi Xiaocheng didn’t hear a response from the newcomer, and her heart panicked again.

Someone had indeed entered from outside the door.

But why aren’t they replying to me?

Could it be that this person isn’t Tao-Tao?

No… that’s not right, the sound is getting closer!

Chi Xiaocheng began struggling with effort again, but now that her Darkening skill had completely failed, she was just a sickly, weak little loli.

A little loli like this, who gets out of breath carrying slightly heavy things and would cry for a long time after throwing a punch, how could she break free from extremely sturdy shackles?

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Moreover, these were ones she herself exchanged from the system, made of material even bullets couldn’t penetrate.

Chi Xiaocheng’s heart was frantic.

Her vision was taken away, and she was completely unable to resist. The fear of the unknown caused her body to instinctively tremble slightly.

If the person coming wasn’t Tao-Tao, then wouldn’t she be…

Her heartbeat accelerated, and when a hand suddenly stroked her face, her entire body jolted significantly.

“Xiaocheng.”

The voice that came to her ears was still that familiar, gentle voice.

The person who came was Su Tao.

Thank goodness.

Chi Xiaocheng quickly felt relieved inside.

It’s Tao-Tao, it’s Tao-Tao. That’s good.

She almost thought it was some stranger, that she was going to be done by someone else. But if it’s Tao-Tao, then there’s no problem.

Her tone became much calmer as she softly pleaded, “Tao-Tao, I know you’re right beside me. Please let me go first, and then we can talk properly, okay?”

“No can do~” Chi Xiaocheng could clearly feel the hand Su Tao was using to stroke her face slowly change its manner.

Originally, the entire palm was pressed against her face, and she could feel the soft warmth of the palm.

Now, it was the pads of the fingers pressed against her skin, gently kneading the side of her cheek.

What came to her ear was a voice that had become even gentler, “If I unlock the shackles, Xiaocheng will run away. Then I would lose Xiaocheng again, so… please don’t make things difficult for me, okay?”

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When Chi Xiaocheng heard this, she knew it was because of Su Tao’s intense insecurity, the fear that she might run away, that made her act like this.

So she deliberately made her voice softer and more pleading, coaxing, “I’m sorry, Tao-Tao~ I… I really know I was wrong, okay? I promise I won’t run this time, okay?”

Chi Xiaocheng wanted to try her best to make an expression, even planned to use her eyes to convey emotion.

It’s a pity her eyes were covered by a piece of cloth.

But usually, saying something like this to coax Tao-Tao would make her trust her and let her go.

“Okay.”

Chi Xiaocheng heard Su Tao’s reply and felt a surge of joy in her heart.

As expected, just acting cute a little would win Tao-Tao over!

But she didn’t expect Su Tao to change her tack, “I believe that Xiaocheng means it when she says she knows she was wrong and won’t run away, but I still can’t unlock them for you.”

“Why not?”

“Because, I don’t want you to have an accident, I don’t want you to get hurt, I want you… to stay by my side always.”

“But, I already said I won’t run, and you believe me, Tao-Tao, so why won’t you let me go?”

“What if?”

Su Tao wasn’t easily bewitched by Chi Xiaocheng. Instead, she crouched down by the bedside, bringing her face close to the girl’s cheek.

She whispered softly, “Xiaocheng, you are like a cunning little fox, full of smooth talk. Right before you fell asleep, you also promised me you wouldn’t run out.

“This time, are you still trying to fool me?”