Chapter 173 Chapter 173 The Irreplaceable Her
Chapter 173 The Irreplaceable Her
Cheng Cheng was about the same height as Chi Xiaocheng, a little over 1.5 meters, but not quite 1.6 meters. The difference was that Cheng Cheng had long, brown, beautiful hair and wore glasses, and her eyes were a normal black color.
But those delicate features and that face... the moment she took off her glasses, Su Tao really hallucinated and saw Chi Xiaocheng.
There was a little resemblance, but only... a little bit.
Had her longing for Xiaocheng reached this level?
Su Tao was a little dazed and shook her head.
When she looked up, she saw the girl in front of her pouting unhappily. "Hey, Taozi, you didn't call out my name just now, did you? You called out Xiaocheng? The cheng of 'orange'?"
"Meeting someone for the first time and already treating them as a substitute for someone else. Looks like your affection for Xiaocheng isn't all that great," Cheng Cheng said, crossing her arms and huffing. "How rude."
Su Tao was a little embarrassed at first, but hearing that, she immediately became anxious. "Cheng Cheng, that's not what I meant! My affection for Xiaocheng is genuine!"
"Oh?"
Cheng Cheng turned her head, pushing up the black-framed glasses that were actually a bit big and old-fashioned for her. "Really?"
"Really!"
Su Tao nodded very seriously.
However, Cheng Cheng continued to stare into her eyes and asked again, "Is that really true? Is that the truth you want to tell your Xiaocheng?"
As soon as she said that, Su Tao's open mouth stopped immediately.
If she really understood her own feelings, the affection level in Chi Xiaocheng's "Status" tab wouldn't even have reached the passing grade.
Faced with Cheng Cheng's suspicious gaze, Su Tao finally backed down. "Okay, it's not entirely true. I just feel like I should like Xiaocheng."
She glanced at Cheng Cheng, then turned her head away.
She always felt that the eyes behind those glasses could see through her heart.
Su Tao sighed. "Xiaocheng is already gone. Before she died, she hoped that I would like her. For this period of time, I've been... I've been giving myself psychological hints to like her. But now..."
"It doesn't matter whether it's real or fake anymore. I just like her. No one can change that."
Now that she had lost her, she wanted to cherish that feeling.
She had always told herself in her heart that it was a fake liking.
She didn't want to admit that feeling.
But now, she wanted to throw away the word "fake."
She would no longer choose to deceive Chi Xiaocheng, but to deceive herself.
Cheng Cheng sighed. "Seriously, I came to you to chat. How did we end up discussing such a heavy topic as soon as we met? Go get me a coffee."
"Cheng Cheng, why don't you go order it yourself? I already paid for your cat cafe fee."
"How rude! You should call me 'senior martial sister' now, you know? Who do you think I came all this way for? Hurry up and go!"
"Okay, okay, okay, what do you want to drink?"
"Orange Americano, with extra sugar."
Su Tao was slightly stunned when she heard that.
That was exactly what Xiaocheng liked to drink, and she also liked to add extra sugar when she drank it.
She pursed her lips, not saying anything, but the moment she stood up, Da Wang, who had been commanding the other cats, seemed to sense something.
With a "meow," it ran over excitedly.
Su Tao thought Da Wang was coming to her.
Just as she opened her arms, she didn't expect Da Wang to bypass her and try to jump directly into Cheng Cheng's arms.
Without saying a word, Cheng Cheng pinched Da Wang's face. "Well, get lost, you dead cat! I hate tabby cats the most!"
"Um... Senior martial sister, my Da Wang has quite a temper. If you say that..."
Before she could finish speaking, she thought Da Wang would be angry, but to her surprise, it still clung to Cheng Cheng happily.
Su Tao looked at the scene of the two of them playing around, opened her mouth, and finally silently turned around to order a coffee.
When she came back, Da Wang was already curled up on Cheng Cheng's lap.
The girl was playing with her phone, not knowing who she was chatting with.
Su Tao slowly said, "To be honest, Senior martial sister, you're a bit beyond my expectations."
Taking a cup of coffee from Su Tao, Cheng Cheng rolled her eyes at her. "Are you being polite? You want to talk about height as soon as we meet?"
"No, no," Su Tao said with a chuckle, shaking her head. "I imagined Senior martial sister would be more energetic, and I thought you'd be a petite girl about my height."
Who would have thought that her good friend, whom she had been chatting with online for so long, would be a little loli?
Looks like she's around 1.56 meters?
That's somewhere between a loli and a girl, a little taller than Xiaocheng.
Cheng Cheng didn't mind Su Tao's topic and said lightly, "I didn't have enough to eat when I was little, so I didn't grow tall. But Taozi, you surprised me a little."
Su Tao rarely made a joke. "Surprised that I'm so good-looking?"
"Surprised that your spirits are still good," Cheng Cheng said, reaching out and ruffling Da Wang's fur. "I thought your mental state would be worse. I was even thinking of a lot of things to say to comfort you."
"I'm... actually okay now," Su Tao said, taking out her phone. When she lit up the screen, the wallpaper was a picture of a cute Xiaocheng sleeping in bed.
A look of remembrance appeared on her lips. "I'm just getting used to being alone, getting used to the emptiness in my heart."
The two of them were originally online friends who got along very well. Now that they had met, Su Tao felt the weight of the word "soulmate" even more.
Many of the topics Cheng Cheng talked about were very much to her liking, and there were many things she liked that Su Tao also liked.
The common ground between the two was infinitely close. There really was such a wonderful fate in the world.
But in the end, Su Tao said with some melancholy, "Senior martial sister, you're really comforting as a friend, but there's still something I can't quite accept."
Cheng Cheng tilted her head curiously. "What can't you accept?"
"To be honest, Cheng Cheng, you and Xiaocheng are a bit too similar," Su Tao said, looking at Cheng Cheng. "Same height, three points of similarity in appearance, some common ground in hobbies, and liked by Da Wang just like Xiaocheng. You might not be happy to hear me say this."
"But I really feel like you were arranged by God."
"Xiaocheng left me, and then you came to my side."
"With three points of Xiaocheng's likeness, as if to replace Xiaocheng by my side, to drive Xiaocheng away."
Su Tao pursed her lips. "So, it's a little hard to accept."
Cheng Cheng raised her eyebrows curiously and asked casually, "Then what do you really think about me and your Xiaocheng who has already left?"
Su Tao shook her head lightly. "Didn't I say? I can't quite accept that God let me meet you at this time."
"Already took Xiaocheng away, but still wants to take away Xiaocheng's existence, to take away my memories of Xiaocheng."
"Even if you have three points of similarity, no one can replace Xiaocheng in my heart."
In the end, it was just a little similar.
But that kind of likeness couldn't soothe the pain in her heart, it would only make her want to recall that girl even more.
After listening, Cheng Cheng turned her face away while Su Tao wasn't paying attention and gently curved the corners of her lips. "Don't worry, maybe one day your Xiaocheng will come back. She'll be very happy to hear that."
Su Tao shook her head with a wry smile. "How could she possibly come back?"
She's already dead.
However, this online friend she had met for the first time looked at her with utmost sincerity and said in a firm tone, "Taozi, you have to believe that miracles will happen. If life loses hope, what's the point of living?"
If I say she will come back, she will definitely come back.
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