Chapter 152 Chapter 152: Why Isn'T This... Orange Juice Flavored?
Chapter 152: Why Isn'T This... Orange Juice Flavored?
Orange juice slowly seeped from her lips and body. Chi Xiaocheng struggled to maintain her smile, striving to preserve her cuteness until the very end.
She motioned for Su Tao to lean closer so she could hear her faint voice.
Her consciousness seemed to be fading. Chi Xiaocheng could no longer heed Su Tao's pleas for her not to speak, for her to hold on.
Her lips trembled slightly, and her voice became hoarse.
"Taotao, I truly want to tell you, I've never... never blamed you."
"Even if you were perfunctory with me, even if you said you were just pretending to like me, you... you still made time to see me, and I... I was very happy."
"But I am a greedy person, you see."
"Cough, cough, cough!" Chi Xiaocheng spat out another mouthful of orange juice, growing weaker. "I don't want that false affection; I want true love."
"When you stopped paying much attention to me, I started to panic. I... I really didn't know what else I could do to keep you by my side, other than orange juice, other than hurting myself."
"I could only think of how much you cared for me on the rooftop. I wished so much for things to stay that way."
"But... I'm truly sorry."
Chi Xiaocheng's smile gradually dimmed, like a flower withering.
Su Tao, tears streaming down her face, took Chi Xiaocheng's hand and pressed it to her own forehead, her voice hoarse and pained. "Xiaocheng, please don't say anything more, okay?"
"Silly Taotao, if I don't speak... I might just fall asleep."
Chi Xiaocheng's smile slowly began to stiffen, and the light in her pupils gradually faded.
"Taotao, if... if there's a next life, I won't make you drink orange juice anymore. I won't make you angry either, I..."
"Don't say it, don't say it! I'll drink orange juice... I'll drink orange juice every day, okay? Please, Xiaocheng... the ambulance sirens are outside, please, can you just hold on?"
Chi Xiaocheng looked at Su Tao with difficulty. "Don't be sad for me. Right now, I'm very happy."
"Taotao isn't hurt..."
"Nor will you suffer stress because of me..."
"And no one will interfere with your life anymore..."
"In the future, if... if you meet someone else you like, please don't forget..."
"Never mind." Chi Xiaocheng said, and then suddenly let out a soft laugh.
Her drooping sideburns swayed in the wind, as if she were shaking her head in resignation.
"In the very end, forget me and start a new life."
I'm leaving soon; I shouldn't make you worry about me anymore.
I shouldn't be so greedy.
Without a doubt, this is the happiest moment for me.
"After all... right now, your eyes are full of me."
The dream she had always hoped for, the love she had always yearned for, was fulfilled at this moment.
Your eyes are full of me, with no room for anyone else.
Even if it's only for a short while, for this very moment, this very instant.
"Taotao, can you confess to me one last time?"
I've always wanted to hear you say you liked me from the bottom of your heart.
Su Tao's tears fell onto Chi Xiaocheng's face. She nodded forcefully, her voice choked with sobs yet firm. "Xiaocheng, I like... no, I love you!"
The words she had avoided for so long were finally spoken.
It was both the confession she had longed for immensely and the goal and motivation that had driven her forward.
But.
Whether such a confession was true or false no longer mattered.
Because she could no longer hear it.
The moment Su Tao spoke, Chi Xiaocheng had already closed her eyes, her delicate little hand sliding weakly from Su Tao's palm.
With a soft thud, it fell heavily and limply onto the blanket on the floor.
A faint smile of expectation still lingered on her lips.
She had wanted to hear her confession in the very last moments.
And to be forever fixed in that moment.
The words, spoken with deep emotion, could no longer reach Chi Xiaocheng's ears.
As a small scarecrow doll in Chi Xiaocheng's drawer shattered, a heart-wrenching cry rang out.
"Xiaocheng!!!"
The tears streaming down her face gradually took on a reddish tinge; at that moment, Su Tao was actually shedding tears of blood!
The orange juice on her chest had gradually dried, and those crimson but clear eyes, full of love and contentment, had also closed.
Her lips were slightly parted, as if she wanted to say something.
But she would never be able to say it.
Su Tao hugged Chi Xiaocheng tightly, unable to accept this reality.
Tears flowed down her cheeks, gathered at her chin, then dripped from her chin onto Chi Xiaocheng's face, and subsequently fell onto the blanket.
As if trying desperately to dilute the red stain on the blanket.
"Xiaocheng... don't leave me, don't leave me alone here."
"Didn't you like me? You haven't even heard my confession yet! I like you too, I like you too!"
"Don't be so easily satisfied, okay? Don't show such a contented look right before you leave, okay?"
"What do you mean my eyes are full of you? Weren't you very greedy? Didn't you want to possess me? Are you satisfied with just this?!"
Su Tao's sobs rendered her speechless, moving the security guards protecting her there.
They exchanged no words, made no sounds.
They simply clenched their fists in silence.
They had worked here for a long time; how could they not know Chi Xiaocheng and Su Tao?
The old Chi Xiaocheng would sweetly call out "Uncle" or "Brother" to anyone she saw, and would even offer a piece of candy to them during their busy work.
But now, they were separated forever, by life and death.
The security captain remained silent for a long time, then couldn't help but walk over and pat Su Tao's shoulder. "Miss Su, the doctors are coming up in the elevator. Please..."
He ultimately couldn't bring himself to utter those two words.
But undoubtedly, his words provoked Su Tao.
The latter stared with bloodshot eyes, her emotions completely shattered. "What do you know? Xiaocheng will be fine! She's not dead! I forbid you from saying that about her! She still has so much to tell me, how could she just leave like this?!"
As she spoke, Su Tao suddenly thought of something else.
She reacted in a panic. "That's right, the orange juice!"
Su Tao gently embraced Chi Xiaocheng, one hand lightly patting her face, urgently pleading, "Xiaocheng... Xiaocheng, think about it! Didn't you like me? Didn't you want to possess me? Didn't you want me to drink your orange juice? I won't hate it anymore, never again."
"I'll drink the orange juice now, I'll drink it now. Please, wake up, okay?"
Su Tao reached out a trembling hand and wiped away some orange juice from the corner of Chi Xiaocheng's lips.
She collected a pea-sized drop and, without hesitation, put it into her mouth.
However, the taste that met her mouth left her frozen in place.
At the same time, Dongfang Yang, leading Professor Su and other doctors, burst in from outside. He loudly asked, "Chi Xiaocheng, Su Tao! Are you two alright?!" As he stepped through the doorway, Dongfang Yang saw Su Tao holding Chi Xiaocheng, sitting on the blanket. The blanket, originally pure white, was intensely crimson only where they sat.
Dongfang Yang looked at Su Tao's dazed expression, his hand in his pocket trembling involuntarily. "Hey Su Tao, what exactly happened? What's wrong with Chi Xiaocheng?"
Su Tao raised her empty, lifeless eyes, her crimson-stained index finger still pressed to her lips.
Her lips trembled uncontrollably. She stared blankly at Dongfang Yang, "Dongfang Yang, why isn't Xiaocheng's blood... orange juice flavored?"
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