Peach-Orange! – Chapter 618 – This Is Possessiveness!

“Prizes?!”

“Prizes…”

The first exclamation was from Su Tao, her voice carrying a hint of excitement as she curiously looked at the girl who spoke.

The second, trailing utterance was from Chi Xiaocheng, her tone saturated with the unspoken words “so tired.”

Yes, she never liked these kinds of activities.

Not that she had any reason to participate anyway.

Chi Xiaocheng yawned, listening to the girl continue as if hearing idle gossip.

“The event is mid-month, on June 17th, so in about 13 days. It’ll be held on the huge stage on the soccer field for the graduating seniors’ farewell party. Everyone who performs gets a small gift from the seniors.

“But that’s just one part. Seniors and juniors who are about to leave the school will act as judges and score the performances. The top three can get internal recommendations from them, and later choose one of three professors from our school as their mentor.

“Having any of those three as a mentor would make everything you do at school twice as effective with half the effort.

“Besides that, there’s also their years of experience and study materials, plus a five-thousand yuan cash prize.”

“Ssss!” Su Tao immediately drew in a sharp breath upon hearing this.

The girl got excited, “Su Tao, you think the professor mentorship is a huge draw too, right? Let me show you the publicly listed three professors. Each one is top-tier. You could practically write your graduation thesis with your eyes closed, get recommended for outstanding graduate, and on top of that…”

Before she could finish, Su Tao drew another sharp breath, interrupting, “The first-place prize is actually five thousand yuan!”

“Uh…”

The previously excited girl froze instantly, “Money… money?”

Five thousand yuan wasn’t a small sum, but could it compare to an outstanding graduate nomination?

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Noticing the girl’s expression, Su Tao explained with a smile, “I don’t really care about professors and all that. I failed so many courses last semester, I’m already out of the running for outstanding graduate.”

As long as she could graduate smoothly and get her diploma and degree certificate, that was enough.

But this five thousand yuan was different!

This was!

A whole!

Five thousand!

You have to understand, Su Tao’s wallet had long been scraping the bottom. For food and drink, she entirely relied on Si Chen and Dongfang Yang.

To be more precise, her wallet had never really been plump to begin with.

She tilted her head, looking at Chi Xiaocheng, “Xiaocheng, let’s join the party together, we’ll take first place!”

“Eh~” Chi Xiaocheng showed a rejecting and嫌弃 expression, “Tao-Tao, maybe let’s not go through the trouble? We’re not short of money anyway.”

Su Tao tilted her head, “Where are we not short of money?”

She took out her phone, glanced at her WeChat balance.

201.43.

Then checked her bank card SMS balance alert…

Oh, right, forgot to pay the monthly 3-yuan SMS fee for the bank card, can’t even see the balance via SMS now.

Squeezing out a bit more, Su Tao confirmed her total current balance was 213.14.

Returning to campus life, she was almost at the point of not being able to afford meals.

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Yet, Chi Xiaocheng said with a completely calm face, “Didn’t your father come back? Ask him for it.”

A daughter asking her dad for money was perfectly natural.

Moreover, the War God Temple’s resources were vast. Not just meal money, they could probably even buy another Chi Xiaocheng if they spent enough.

Of course, assuming one existed.

But who knew, Su Tao very seriously rejected Chi Xiaocheng’s proposal, “Xiaocheng, that’s different. You need to understand one thing: he is him, I am me.”

A light called self-reliance sparkled in Su Tao’s eyes, “Before he came looking for me, I didn’t rely on him too much. Even though I have this so-called father now, in this world…”

She noticed the girl in front was still eavesdropping, so she lowered her voice, speaking softly to Chi Xiaocheng, “You are the one I care about most, the most important person to me.

“I have my own bottom line. We can’t handle the World’s Will, so I’ll ask father for help with that. But money, house, future… those are matters just between the two of us. I won’t seek his help for those.”

This had always been her way of thinking, in the past and now unchanged.

In the future, whether buying a car, buying a house, earning money to support Chi Xiaocheng, supporting the family… unless absolutely forced, she didn’t want to rely on others.

To do so would be an insult to the feelings between her and Xiaocheng.

The future she liked, the future she wanted, she would pursue it herself.

Not just father.

Even if it were Si Chen, Dongfang Yang, even Brother Long or Chi Song, for this mere five thousand, Su Tao could just ask and get it.

But that’s not the same as money earned through her own efforts.

The meaning is different.

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Chi Xiaocheng could sense this resolve.

She could also feel how deeply Su Tao clung to this point.

But it was precisely this kind of obsession that she liked.

“Though it’s a bit troublesome, Tao-Tao, I really like this answer of yours.”

It should be like this.

For me.

No matter what it is, any goal, any starting point, all for me, wholeheartedly focusing your mind on me.

Not allowing anyone, anything to affect the perfect connection between you and me.

This is possessiveness!

A satisfied smile appeared on Chi Xiaocheng’s face as she gently rested her head on Su Tao’s shoulder, her nose lightly sniffing up the faint, unique fragrance of the young girl.

Su Tao also very naturally placed her hand on Chi Xiaocheng’s head, gently stroking.

Their possessiveness rose a little in the same instant.

Then gently touched.

They didn’t notice the girl who told them about the competition had already shown an expression of “horror” on her face.

She had been waiting for their response, so she had been secretly observing their situation the whole time.

You two, are you sure this is sisterly affection between stepsisters?

This thought she dared not voice, only poking the friend beside her with her finger, “Look behind, Su Tao and Chi Xiaocheng, isn’t it obvious there’s something off about them?”

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Her voice was so soft outsiders could hardly hear, and her movements were small.

Her friend was also skilled, taking out a small mirror she carried, deliberately holding it up as if checking her makeup.

Then, a trace of shock appeared in the friend’s eyes.

Followed by an ‘auntie smile’.

Then she looked at the girl, “What are you talking about? Isn’t this just pure familial affection? You’re the one who’s off.”

Girl: “???”

No way, is it really me who’s off?!

The originally horrified expression turned into self-doubt.

Su Tao and Chi Xiaocheng naturally didn’t know about these two’s mental gymnastics. After being cuddly for a while, they separated.

The classroom was still quite crowded.

So, Su Tao took out her phone again, skimmed through the information about this party, and slowly stroked her chin, “Xiaocheng, I’ve decided. We’re joining this party.”

Chi Xiaocheng naturally respected Su Tao’s decision, “Then go for it! I’ll wait for you to return victorious with the prize!”

“No.” Su Tao turned her head, narrowing her eyes slightly, “What I mean is, for this party, you are also coming with me to participate.”

“Ah?”

The expression of horror didn’t disappear; it just transferred onto Chi Xiaocheng’s face.

“Why?!”