Cannon Fodder – Chapter 63 – The Target of Her Yandere Obsession Is Su Tao!

In Chi Xiaocheng’s original plan, she was going to pretend to be a yandere obsessed with Ye Liang to shock him and overturn his negative impression of her.

Then, she’d act furious, gaining about 3x strength, and fight him evenly.

Finally, even after being subdued, she’d keep shouting things like, “You can’t be with Su Tao!” to shake his heart.

Humans are strange creatures. No matter how much you dislike someone, if that person is willing to die for you, it’s impossible not to feel something.

Chi Xiaocheng wanted to first make Ye Liang reconsider his opinion of her, similar to how she’d handled Su Tao.

Of course, she didn’t expect Ye Liang to fall for her like Su Tao had, since he didn’t have the childhood memories as a buffer.

As long as he didn’t interfere too much with her role as Su Tao’s “ordinary female friend,” Chi Xiaocheng would have plenty of chances to seduce her adorable Tao-Tao.

But Chi Xiaocheng never expected that the performance from her intermediate acting skill would feel so unconvincing even to herself.

Was it because Ye Liang’s protagonist aura was too strong, nerfing the skill?

Her acting had always been flawless in front of Su Tao and Si Chen. How come playing a yandere this time was full of holes?

Plans couldn’t keep up with changes. She hadn’t anticipated the system failing her now!

Now, not only had the knife flown out of her hand, but it had also stabbed Ye Liang in the thigh.

‘Whatever. I’ll just keep pretending to be unconscious.’

Chi Xiaocheng peacefully closed her eyes, one hand hidden under her stomach, ready to pull another knife from the system store if needed.

‘Ugh. System, you’ve doomed me!’

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[Host, the acting skill has been active the whole time. I can’t take the blame for this!]

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‘Then why didn’t I get stronger when I was so angry?’

[No idea!]

[Besides, acting angry, does that even count as real anger?]

The system refused to take responsibility.

At this point, Chi Xiaocheng’s “faint” after the fall was a done deal.

Ye Liang, after the initial pain, gritted his teeth and looked at Chi Xiaocheng with a mix of fear and wariness. “This girl… she’s actually a yandere.”

Ye Liang knew a bit about anime tropes, but not much.

He’d never planned to kill Chi Xiaocheng. At most, intimidate or control her. But he never imagined she’d try to kill him.

The anger in Ye Liang’s eyes gradually faded. Pain brought him back to his senses, and he focused on treating his injury.

After calling his private doctor and getting patched up, he turned to look at Chi Xiaocheng, who’d been moved to the couch by the doctor and was still “asleep.”

Ye Liang tapped the table with his finger, staring intently at Chi Xiaocheng’s cute face.

‘Doesn’t look like her at all!’

The difference between her now and the short, awkward girl with makeup thicker than shoe stains was like night and day.

If it weren’t so absurd, Ye Liang would’ve thought this wasn’t even the same person inside and out.

Humans are visual creatures.

When looks exceed a certain threshold….

Short becomes petite.

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Awkward becomes clumsy-cute.

Her constant interference in his relationship with Su Tao transformed into an obsessive, pathological love.

‘Because she likes me, she used to target Su Tao and even cut ties with her as sisters?’

‘And now, getting close to Su Tao again… what’s her goal?’

Ye Liang pondered. Knowing Chi Xiaocheng’s feelings for him weren’t about money or looks, his prejudice against her dropped from 100 to 90.

One reason he’d fallen for Su Tao was her unique temperament: gentle, considerate, strong, unyielding to money or power.

To him, Su Tao was one of a kind.

But now, the girl on the couch was also one of a kind in her own way.

And honestly, lying there so peacefully, she looked kinda cute.

Ye Liang sat in the living room until nightfall.

No one knew what he was thinking, but Chi Xiaocheng was under immense pressure.

She’d been waiting for Ye Liang to leave so she could “wake up” and muddle through, but he just kept waiting for her to wake up!

After holding out for another half-hour, Chi Xiaocheng had no choice but to “wake up.” Sitting up, she met Ye Liang’s gaze head-on, feeling a little guilty.

Ye Liang raised an eyebrow. “Judging by your eyes, you’re back to normal? So, no more plans to keep me here?”

Chi Xiaocheng lowered her head, not answering.

Ye Liang snorted. “Speak. Since you hate Su Tao so much, why get close to her again?”

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“Goal?” Chi Xiaocheng’s eyes were half-hidden by her bangs as she glared at Ye Liang. “Of course, it’s to steal her from you!”

“S-Steal her?”

Ye Liang was stunned, as if he didn’t understand.

Chi Xiaocheng laughed darkly. “Yes, you care about Su Tao, right? I’ll take her from you and make her mine!”

Ye Liang’s expression changed instantly. He shot to his feet. “Take her from me? You? A girl?”

“What’s wrong with that? No matter what, you can’t be with her!”

“Hah! Hahahaha!” Ye Liang laughed mockingly. “What a joke. Su Tao isn’t that kind of girl. She’ll only ever like me. She’ll marry me in the future.”

“You—”

Chi Xiaocheng’s crimson eyes suddenly shifted, madness creeping in. “What did you just say?!”

Her entire aura shifted drastically, as if one more word from Ye Liang would send her lunging at him again!

Ye Liang hadn’t expected mentioning Su Tao would provoke such a reaction.

‘I just brought her up, and you’re already about to kill me?’

‘Are you really this obsessed with me?’

His gaze grew even more complicated. He wasn’t sure how to handle Chi Xiaocheng anymore.

Warn her?

Given her state, would that even work?

Take drastic measures?

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If Su Tao didn’t find out, fine. But if she caught wind of it, their already strained relationship would snap entirely.

Then Dongfang Yang or Si Chen might swoop in, and Ye Liang would lose his chance for good.

Tch—

‘Maybe… just ignore her?’

‘No, no, who knows what she’ll do to Su Tao!’

‘Even if she likes me, she’s too dangerous as a yandere!’

Ye Liang’s eyes turned ruthless. He stood, looming over Chi Xiaocheng, demanding an answer. “I said, you, a worthless woman, should stop dreaming about Su Tao. She’s mine!”

His possessiveness toward Su Tao was no less intense than Chi Xiaocheng’s.

But these words were like a knife, slicing through the thin layer of Chi Xiaocheng’s acting. Her suppressed emotions erupted.

“Ye Liang!”

Snap!

She pulled out a knife, lunging straight for Ye Liang’s kidney.

Only then did Ye Liang realize—

This girl was acting earlier!

‘Her yandere obsession isn’t with me…’

‘It’s with Su Tao!’