Cannon Fodder – Chapter 75 – The Rupture Between Su Tao and Ye Liang

Su Tao’s arrival was impeccably timed.

At this moment, Ye Liang, already provoked by Chi Xiaocheng, reached out to snatch the small knife from her abdomen.

From an outsider’s perspective, Su Tao arrived just in time to see Ye Liang stabbing Chi Xiaocheng with the knife.

The petite loli clutched her stomach, her face contorted in pain.

At least the “reality” in Su Tao’s eyes was exactly like this.

Ye Liang looked at Su Tao in panic, hastily stepping back with a sidelong movement. “Su Tao, let me explain! It’s not what you think!”

Facing Ye Liang, Chi Xiaocheng curled her lips into a smile. But when she turned to Su Tao, that smile had transformed into one of misery.

Staggering, she collapsed to the ground: “Tao… Tao-Tao….”

Despite the storm of emotions in her heart, the bright red blood still evoked heartache within her. Su Tao hurried to Chi Xiaocheng’s side, supporting her.

A flicker of hesitation crossed her face, but when she looked at Ye Liang, it solidified into resolve. “Ye Liang, do you hate Xiaocheng so much that you’d resort to violence against her?”

The words left her lips, but her heart ached faintly.

Su Tao didn’t even notice it herself that the hand supporting Chi Xiaocheng was trembling slightly.

Her words lacked the fury of true anger.

If Chi Xiaocheng’s “Intermediate Acting” was the baseline for judgment, Su Tao likely had no acting skills at all.

Ye Liang, already enraged, had lost his composure the moment he saw Su Tao. He failed to realize that even her words were part of an act.

Ye Liang pleaded urgently, “Su Tao, listen to me! I didn’t do anything! This is all Chi Xiaocheng’s self-directed drama!”

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“Is that so?” Su Tao’s eyes were hollow as she stared at Ye Liang. “Didn’t you say you wanted Xiaocheng to disappear forever? How do you explain the snow turning red?

“Are you going to claim Xiaocheng did this to herself?”

By the end, Su Tao even mustered a shout to mask her fear.

The current situation was the undeniable truth.

Even if Ye Liang jumped into the Yellow River, he couldn’t wash himself clean.

At that moment, Chi Xiaocheng buried her face in Su Tao’s arms, forcing a strained smile.

“Tao-Tao, it hurts a little.

“But don’t worry, I’m used to it.

“I’m strong, I didn’t cry~

“You’re proud of me, right?”

Her smile shifted from strained to tragic before she slowly closed her eyes and feigned a weak faint in Su Tao’s arms.

This was an open performance.

Whether in front of Su Tao or Ye Liang.

Yet even knowing it was an act, the chilling words she uttered still sent shivers down their spines.

Apart from a trace of heartache, fear and terror flooded Su Tao’s heart.

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She raised her gaze to Ye Liang, her lips trembling slightly. “Ye Liang, you still like me, don’t you?”

Ye Liang stared at Su Tao wide-eyed. “Su Tao, what do you mean?”

Su Tao’s lashes fluttered as she gently stroked Chi Xiaocheng’s cheek. “What I mean is, from now on, don’t contact me anymore.”

The moment these words left her mouth, Ye Liang’s barely suppressed fury surged anew. “Heh… hahahaha!

“Su Tao, for the sake of this bitch Chi Xiaocheng, you’re cutting ties with me?!

The word “bitch” seemed to strike a nerve in Su Tao. Tears welled up in her eyes as she knelt on the ground, staring resolutely at Ye Liang. “Yes. For Xiaocheng, I’m cutting ties with you!”

“Say that again!”

Ye Liang took a step forward, his imposing aura bearing down on Su Tao like a man-eating tiger, his bloodshot eyes glaring. “Su Tao, search your conscience! Haven’t I treated you well? From the very first day we met, I’ve devoted myself wholeheartedly to you! I’ve given you everything you wanted! People in our circles even call me your lapdog!

“As a CEO worth hundreds of millions, do you think I couldn’t find any woman I want?

“For you, I rejected an arranged marriage with my family in the capital, nearly severing ties with them!

“For you, I hosted banquet after banquet, letting you experience things ordinary people never could! Even so, every time, Chi Xiaocheng ruined it! Yet for your sake, I tolerated it. Even at the cost of my reputation, I never laid a hand on her!

“I’ve respected every choice of yours, haven’t I? Have I ever forced you? Haven’t I made my feelings clear enough?”

Ye Liang threw his head back and laughed bitterly. “Months have passed. You’ve enjoyed everything, and now you tell me this girl who’s been targeting us all along is the most important to you?

“Then what about me?

“Do I mean nothing to you?

“I refuse to believe you can’t see she’s acting! Chi Xiaocheng is a yandere, she’ll hurt you in the end, don’t you understand?!”

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His words were shouted, leaving Ye Liang’s chest heaving violently.

These were things he’d kept bottled up for too long. For Su Tao’s sake, he had endured again and again.

But why?

Why could Chi Xiaocheng have everything of hers?

Why could she, after months of wrongdoing, simply reform slightly and return to Su Tao’s side? Hadn’t Ye Liang’s months of effort meant anything?

He had never devoted more than a week to anyone else!

He wanted to see Su Tao’s remorseful expression, but when he looked down, the kneeling girl was only shedding bitter tears.

“Ye Liang, you keep saying you’ve done so much for me, but how do you know I even wanted any of it?”

Su Tao responded to Ye Liang’s questions one by one.

“You cut ties with your family for me… that was your choice.

“You ruined your reputation hosting banquets for me, but did you ever ask if I wanted to attend?

“You wanted to give me everything, to pull me into your elite circle, but did you ever consider that all I wanted was an ordinary, peaceful life?”

Su Tao wiped her tears, forcing herself to stop crying. “After all these months, I’m grateful for what you’ve done. But do you remember what I told you at the very beginning?

“I never needed your devotion, and I don’t care for your money or your lifestyle. If we could just be friends, there would always be a place for you in my life.

“But have you ever treated me as a friend? Did you forget my very first words to you?”

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Su Tao smiled faintly. “Ye Liang, you’ve always been like this, so high and mighty, convinced you’re always right. You think everything should bend to your will just because you love someone, yet you never bother to learn what the person you love actually wants.”

Su Tao exhaled softly, her voice trembling. “You hate Xiaocheng because of me, right? Starting today, we have no connection whatsoever. Don’t hurt Xiaocheng because of me anymore.”

The words seemed to drain her completely. She nearly collapsed onto the snow, weak.

Only the warmth of the petite body in her arms gave her the strength to stay upright.

This… was her choice.

The only choice.

Did the truth even matter?

Only this could keep Xiaocheng safe.

Only this could stop her from hurting herself.

And only this… could give her a chance to cure her yandere tendencies.

When Su Tao looked up again, she saw only defeat in Ye Liang’s eyes. Softly, she said, “Ye Liang, just go.”

“Go?”

Ye Liang’s expression twisted from defeat into something monstrous.

All pretense of the refined young CEO vanished. What remained was a beast howling in rage. “You’re clearly being forced by Chi Xiaocheng too! Why are you telling me to leave?!”

Su Tao, who had managed to hold herself together until now, finally snapped.