Chapter 116 Chapter 116 Is Your Liking For Me A Deception?
Chapter 116 Is Your Liking For Me A Deception?
“I like you. Can I be your girlfriend?”
The biting cold wind that had constantly howled inside the car had already become a gentle breeze on the river.
Words that had been indistinct due to the strong wind, a confession unexpectedly interrupted – all finally burst forth here.
Su Tao lowered her head slightly, gazing at the nearby Chi Xiaocheng, and stood rooted to the spot.
What kind of expression was on that small face?
Love, anticipation, sweetness, and a hint of possessiveness – even as tears flowed, she couldn’t stop the smile that played on her lips and the faint dimples that appeared.
She had said she liked her many times.
But it was the first time, like today, that she had so clearly articulated the establishment of a romantic relationship.
Now, it was pretending to like her.
What then?
Going further, pretending to become her girlfriend?
The desire to protect Chi Xiaocheng was never an issue for Su Tao; it had been that way since childhood, and she didn’t believe such protection amounted to love.
But undeniably, for quite some time recently, the Xiaocheng from her childhood memories was slowly separating from the current Chi Xiaocheng.
Several times, she couldn’t tell if it was a flutter of her heart or some other feeling, but it was always because of the affection and cuteness displayed by the person before her.
Her lips.
Her beautiful hair.
Her constant attention to her own smile.
The unique sensation of her skin.
And the little gesture of lightly scratching her palm when they held hands.
The countless little moments in life made Su Tao unable to distinguish whether she longed for the Xiaocheng of her childhood or felt her heart stirred by the Xiaocheng before her now.
But perhaps… that wasn’t a heart flutter either.
Just like the unusual emotion that arose from sharing this ordeal, it was more likely an illusion triggered by the suspension bridge effect.
Moreover…
Su Tao reached into her pocket and touched a crescent-shaped jade pendant, half of which was missing.
This was the only thing the old granny who adopted her had found on her when she was little.
Su Tao had always felt that this jade pendant might be related to her parents.
Carrying it with her year-round, she had already come to regard it as a good luck charm.
She had already forgotten her parents, having come to view Chi Xiaocheng’s family as her own.
But who could have imagined…
The silence was like the wind weeping, and the fireworks filling the sky gradually subsided.
Su Tao avoided Chi Xiaocheng’s expectant gaze, lowering her head to fix her eyes on her feet.
“I’m sorry, Xiaocheng.”
The fireworks across the Binjiang River stopped.
The last glimmer of light in the sky vanished.
As the clouds obscured the full moon, the moonlight bathing Chi Xiaocheng grew dim, little by little.
Chi Xiaocheng held the white roses, her eyes vacant, just as they had been at the traffic light in her previous life. “Taotao, what… what did you say?”
“I’m sorry, Xiaocheng,” Su Tao repeated. “I… I do like you, don’t think too much into it!”
“If you like me, why can’t you agree?”
Drip… drip…
Tears dripped onto Su Tao’s boots, following her line of sight.
Su Tao quickly looked up, but where was Chi Xiaocheng’s smile now?
Her eyes were somewhat vacant, tears overflowing uncontrollably.
She felt a pang of panic and quickly said, “Look, Xiaocheng, I undoubtedly like you. Given our current relationship – living together, eating together, sleeping together, and having kissed so many times – even if…”
“Even if we don’t have this title, it’s the same, isn’t it? I still like you.”
Chi Xiaocheng clutched the roses tightly with one hand, and with the other, gripped the fabric over her chest, shouting, “Since you say it’s just a title, why can’t you agree to it!”
Today had been so wonderful.
Driving around, chatting and shopping, going for coffee, petting cats together at the cat cafe, shopping at the mall together – you bought me the perfect orange hairpin, and you affectionately told me:
– You liked me.
When an accident happened, you picked me up; even when you yourself were worried and scared, you still comforted me and told me not to worry. You said:
– You would protect me.
Even when facing a moment of life and death, you didn’t give up, you didn’t want to implicate me. If the final outcome was certainly death, you still said:
– You wanted to hug me one last time.
Birthday – what a distant word. Even in my previous life, from childhood to adulthood, I had never received a single wish or a cake. It was just a cold number on my ID card, recording how many days I had lived alone, from birth to now.
But you remembered, you wanted to surprise me, you wanted to give me a gift, and beneath these countless fireworks, you told me:
– Happy birthday.
I like you, I like you immensely.
I thought you would like me too, just like I like you.
But why?
Why! Why! Why! Why! Why!
“Since you like me, why won’t you accept my confession!”
Chi Xiaocheng roared, her voice echoing across the Binjiang Bridge.
And was quickly swallowed by the approaching police sirens.
Su Tao completely lowered her head, not daring to look into Chi Xiaocheng’s eyes.
She continuously questioned herself in her heart.
Did she truly like Xiaocheng?
Could she truly bear her morbid and heavy love?
Girlfriend – perhaps it was just a simple word.
But in Su Tao’s eyes, this word was incredibly weighty.
She knew that once she nodded, she would never be able to turn back, utterly unable to cure Chi Xiaocheng’s yandere tendencies.
Because even if she was almost cured, the mere mention of a so-called breakup would send her plunging completely into the abyss.
Rather than a title,
It was more like a cage that would imprison her.
A cage named “Love.”
Moreover, she had another reason why she couldn’t agree to Chi Xiaocheng.
The jade pendant in her hand, which had always brought her luck, was clutched tightly again. Su Tao took a deep breath, her gaze firmly on Chi Xiaocheng. “Xiaocheng, I like you!”
Would her emotions become uncontrollable and turn yandere?
From her eyes, no such signs were discernible.
So, just like before, she would say she liked her to calm her emotions, and then kiss her.
Once she calmed down, she could explain properly and have a heart-to-heart talk; then everything would surely be fine.
After all, Xiaocheng had been very well-behaved these past two weeks.
There had been no signs of her yandere tendencies at all.
Thinking of this, Su Tao added, “I like you, I truly like you…”
Pretend to like her, then… kiss her.
This method of calming yandere emotions, as told by Doctor Cheng, was effective every time.
But to Su Tao’s surprise, the hand she reached out was slapped away by Chi Xiaocheng.
The wind stirred her beautiful brown hair, and Chi Xiaocheng revealed a self-mocking smile.
Beside her, a dark figure in a black gown appeared.
A small hand gently patted Chi Xiaocheng’s shoulder, and a low voice said, “See? I told you Su Tao was only pretending to like you. She won’t even accept your confession~”
If the time until now, throughout this day, could be named “Heaven,”
Then now, it was “Hell.”
Chi Xiaocheng had, of course, not turned yandere, nor had she lost her sanity.
She simply couldn’t accept this reality.
The unease and anxiety she had long since discarded surged into her heart again, gradually transforming into despair that filled her completely.
The clouds covered the full moon, and the last remaining wisp of moonlight shone on the white roses in her hand, now watered by tears.
The gloomy dark night gradually enveloped Chi Xiaocheng, seemingly wanting to merge her with the shadowy Xiaocheng beside her.
She stood there, in the shadow of the bridge, and murmured.
“Look, Taotao, you’ve always… been pretending to like me, haven’t you?”
“Right?”
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