Chapter 104 Chapter 104: Possess Her, And She'S Yours!
Chapter 104: Possess Her, And She'S Yours!
At 1:30 AM, Su Tao, having just rushed to finish the last poster for the school's publicity department, had barely turned off her computer and gotten into bed when she received a call from Chi Xiaocheng.
At this hour, Chen Qian was already lying in bed, a small light on, staying up late to read a novel.
Their roommate Xiaowei's snoring hadn't stopped.
Su Tao knew Chi Xiaocheng well; if it weren't important at such a late hour, she would never call to disturb her, assuming she might already be asleep.
After she answered the phone, she asked.
But she heard a voice, tinged with a slight tremor.
"Taotao... do you really like me?"
There was no prelude or reason; nothing special had happened throughout the entire day.
Why would she ask this?
Had someone said something to Xiaocheng?
Su Tao felt a faint unease in her heart. After a moment of silent contemplation, she tried to keep her voice gentle as she said, "Xiaocheng, what are you talking about? Of course I like you."
Even if it was an act, she couldn't let it show in front of her.
However, the mood on the other end of the phone seemed extremely paranoid, seizing upon that momentary silence.
"If you like me... why did you hesitate when you answered?"
Su Tao froze. "Xiaocheng?"
The line went dead.
She lowered her gaze to her phone screen; the call had already been disconnected.
Chen Qian poked her head out, asking, "What happened?"
Su Tao pursed her lips and said, "I don't know, but Xiaocheng seems a little unstable."
With that, she grabbed an overcoat and put it on. "I'm going out for a bit."
"Going out this late?!"
Chen Qian turned her head to look out the window. Through the faint light, she could see ice on the windowpane and heavy snow falling.
"You don't need to go that far, do you? The snow outside is so heavy, I doubt you'd even be able to get a taxi. Plus, you have an 8 AM class tomorrow. If you skip Old Man Zhu's class, get two marks against you and you'll have to retake the course."
Su Tao put on her gloves and scarf, letting out a breath. "I can't rest easy; I still need to go check on her."
She reached out and shook her roommate's bed. "Xiaowei, where's your bicycle?"
The snoring abruptly ceased, and a lazy voice replied, "Spot 21, next to the public parking in Zone B~"
Su Tao nodded and hurried out immediately.
Chen Qian watched her departing back and couldn't help but shake her head in pity. "Always having to cater to Chi Xiaocheng's emotions, so exhausted, yet having to rush over at the slightest sign of trouble... I really don't know if being liked by someone like that is good or bad."
Xiaowei's lazy voice came again. "Why care so much about her? Turn off the lights and go to sleep!"
Chen Qian's mouth twitched. "Why don't you get out of bed and turn it off? After all, you weren't really asleep, were you?"
Xiaowei didn't reply, and faint snores started up again.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Chi Xiaocheng hung up the phone, sitting on the floor as if her soul had left her, leaning against the bed frame.
Even though the air conditioning was on in the room.
She felt a bone-chilling cold.
Her mind was filled with the words spoken by her other self.
"Do you really like Su Tao? Does Su Tao really like you?"
And scene after scene of false memories, like a surging tide.
Was that truly a real dream?
Was my past self insane?
Just because I loved that wretched woman too much?
Was my feeling for Su Tao love or possession, or neither?
Am I... not normal?
Chi Xiaocheng clutched her head in pain. She was aware it was merely a dream, and that its content was likely fictional, not real.
But every time she thought of the scenes where her ex-girlfriend had deceived her, a heart-wrenching pain would emerge again. This pain was as if someone was constantly whispering in her ear, telling her it was all true.
On the pathological report in the dream, "Selective Amnesia" was clearly written.
Was it fabricated, or had she truly suffered amnesia, which was why she lacked those memories?
Were the memories of being listless and cooped up in a room for three months real?
Which side was reality?
Memories brought her pain, but they didn't scare her.
What she was afraid of was whether a girl like Su Tao would also, like her ex-girlfriend, pretend to like her.
Was it to appease her unstable self, and thus tell a lie called "liking"?
"If she doesn't want me anymore, then what reason would I, who transmigrated here, have to live?"
The deeper the love, the deeper the pain.
That pain of being abandoned, Chi Xiaocheng didn't want to experience again!
But just now, when she asked, Taotao indeed hesitated.
Once the seed of doubt was sown, it was only a matter of time before it took root and sprouted. Her unstable mental state was precisely the catalyst for this seed.
Chi Xiaocheng forced herself not to think about it. She was afraid of thinking such thoughts.
Biting her tongue, Chi Xiaocheng said in a suppressed voice, "System, exchange a potent sedative for me!"
[70 Emotion Points deducted]
The needle pierced her skin; the system's black technology made Chi Xiaocheng's face contort and twitch for a moment.
Her eyes gradually cleared, and rationality once again gained the upper hand.
She leaned against the bed, breathing heavily. "System, this isn't like you. Normally, you'd definitely say something."
[Apologies, Host. Your state is very unusual; I was afraid my voice would affect you.]
Chi Xiaocheng spread her bloodless palm, her face stiff. "Tell me, am I, like the case in my dream, a little abnormal?"
[Host, that was ultimately just a dream. You are you.]
"If I sleep, will it get better?"
Chi Xiaocheng developed a desire to escape. A powerful unease enveloped her; she was scared.
She had been transmigrated here for so long, and had never felt such fear before.
She feared betrayal.
Afraid that Su Tao would abandon her then and there.
She even felt terrified of her past actions, when she had pretended to be obsessively devoted.
"If... I mean, if..."
Chi Xiaocheng slowly asked the System, "If I put pressure on Taotao, and she can't bear it, will she abandon me then and there, reject me, and send me to a psychiatric hospital?"
All her confidence stemmed from Su Tao's feelings for the original host, and from Su Tao's desirable "white moonlight" personality, which made one endlessly yearn to possess her.
But in the original novel, didn't Su Tao also abandon the original host?
If she only pretended to like me, then what was the point of everything I've done?
What cannot be possessed, ultimately cannot be possessed.
[Host, I suggest you take a pill and then sleep.]
"I just woke up!"
Chi Xiaocheng clutched her head again.
"System, did you hear that? There's a voice... a voice keeps talking."
"Possess her, possess her, possess her, possess her......"
"That voice is telling me to possess Taotao......"
Murmuring these words, Chi Xiaocheng suddenly froze.
In the dream, didn't she also tell her former self to possess others?
"There's no need for Taotao to like me; just possess her to my heart's content?"
This goal contradicted everything Chi Xiaocheng had been doing.
Dr. Cheng, Chen Qian, Si Chen, and even Fang Ning, who was recently sent to work in the girls' dormitory to get close to Su Tao—she controlled one person after another, constantly squeezing Su Tao's social circle.
She even didn't hesitate to self-harm, all to make Su Tao focus all her attention on her.
Then, through daily interactions, slowly fall in love with her.
But who knew if such a liking was truly real?
For two years in the past, her ex-girlfriend had also acted as if she liked her that much.
But the result she got was betrayal.
The voice in her ear seemed to ring out again: "No one can be sure Taotao likes you. What if she's pretending, and then betrays you when your love is at its peak?"
"Possess her; whether she likes you or not, she's yours!"
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