Chapter 266 Understanding Yandere: The Next Step Is To Become...?
Understanding Yandere: The Next Step Is To Become...?
Memories can be false.
But within these false memories, the logic is sound.
Besides relying on familiar people, Su Tao had also tried to understand the nature of distorted memories.
Even distorted memories are based on reality, logic, and imagination.
Given Dongfang Yang's personality, he was indeed capable of doing the things in Chi Xiaocheng's memories.
In the past, Su Tao wouldn't have thought much of it.
But after learning that Dongfang Yang's bank card PIN was Chi Xiaocheng's birthday...
Chi Xiaocheng's happy smile felt a little jarring.
Su Tao pursed her lips, and her acting skills, honed over several days, barely kept her hidden thoughts from showing on her face.
Forcing a smile, she said, "So that's how it is. Dongfang Yang is really good to Xiaocheng."
Chi Xiaocheng giggled, as if the mention of the name had opened a floodgate. "Tao Tao, you don't know, the boss is actually a tsundere. He's so clumsy, but he pretends to be smart."
"Let me tell you, last time..."
"And and, Dongfang Yang makes me call him boss, but actually it's because..."
"It's not just Dongfang Yang, Si Chen is the same. He looks so serious on the surface, but actually..."
The topic shifted from Where is Da Wang Going to the various things Dongfang Yang and Si Chen did in her distorted memories.
The important thing was that Chi Xiaocheng seemed to enjoy talking about these things.
Full of—yearning.
Su Tao felt a pang of sadness and wanted to shout at Chi Xiaocheng that she was the best one.
But she still didn't have the courage to disrupt the current situation.
Anyway... it was just distorted memories, right?
Even if Xiaocheng had a slight affection for Si Chen and Dongfang Yang, they were both back in the capital now, and this Lunar New Year would be just her and Xiaocheng's private time!
With several days to spare, Su Tao didn't believe she couldn't mend their relationship.
She didn't do much, just chatted from morning until lunchtime, when Chi Xiaocheng mentioned something else.
"Su Tao, is it okay if we have an extra member celebrating the New Year with us this year?"
As soon as she heard this, Su Tao immediately thought of another figure.
The one who posed the greatest threat to her.
Fang Ning!
It was already the New Year, and she... she wanted to intrude on her and Xiaocheng's private time!
Almost as a reflex, Su Tao stood up.
The word "No" was on the tip of her tongue, about to burst out, but her movement was too abrupt, and a bowl of soup on the table wobbled and spilled.
The scalding soup splashed onto her hand, and the pain overwhelmed Su Tao's anxiety.
But she didn't have time to clean up and hurriedly asked, "Xiaocheng... who is the person you're talking about?"
She was a little nervous and didn't want to hear that name.
Chi Xiaocheng didn't answer, her face showing a hint of worry. "Su Tao, your hand..."
Su Tao quickly shook her head. "I'm fine, it's just..."
"How can you say you're fine!" Chi Xiaocheng's expression became serious, and she immediately pulled out some tissues and came to Su Tao's side.
After wiping her hand, she pulled her towards the kitchen.
"Your skin is red, let's rinse it with cold water first, and I'll get some medicine."
The girl's anxious back and swaying hair eased the unease in Su Tao's heart.
Xiaocheng really cares about me—this thought suddenly surged into Su Tao's mind.
She lowered her head and saw that her wrist was still a little red.
Waves of stinging pain were hard to ignore.
But after the pain, she saw the anxious expression of the girl she cared about.
"Ah... there's only a little bit of burn cream left, and it looks watery, I can't pour it out at all!"
"I think it said that oil works too, Su Tao, please bear with it for a bit, I'll check online."
Perhaps because she was anxious, Chi Xiaocheng's movements were clumsy.
But Su Tao somehow liked seeing her flustered.
It wasn't that she thought she was abnormal, Su Tao had always thought she was normal.
It was just that the object of her anxiety was herself.
In the past, it was always her who treated Xiaocheng after she got hurt.
Now, even though Su Tao knew how to quickly treat her burn, she didn't want to heal it so easily.
She wanted to see more of Xiaocheng's reaction.
A strange smile involuntarily crept onto Su Tao's lips.
After rinsing her hand with cold water for a while, Su Tao composed herself and asked softly, "Xiaocheng, how is it now?"
Chi Xiaocheng helplessly put down her phone. "There's not much medicine left, I'll do some first aid, and then I'll go buy some medicine."
With that, Chi Xiaocheng pulled Su Tao to the sofa.
She had Su Tao sit on the sofa and grabbed her arm.
Her cheeks flushed slightly.
Chi Xiaocheng licked her lips and said shyly, "I... I saw online that saliva is helpful for burns, it's just... just for first aid, don't... don't mind."
Before Su Tao could even recover from these bold words, she saw the girl lower her head.
A tingling sensation came from her arm, and strands of brown hair fell, covering her equally rosy earlobes.
......
Treatment, bandaging, a series of gentle ministrations, Su Tao completely forgot about the new member Chi Xiaocheng had mentioned.
Did it hurt to get burned?
It hurt a lot.
But Su Tao felt happy.
Before, she didn't understand why Xiaocheng would self-harm when she was being yandere.
Now, she could probably empathize.
When she was injured, the person she cared about would focus her attention on her.
Heh, how despicable!
But, she didn't dislike it that much.
This moment was Su Tao's own "sweetness," but this sweetness didn't last long before Chi Xiaocheng returned to the previous topic.
Perhaps to hide her shyness, she turned her head and said,
"Su Tao, I just thought that it might be boring if it's just the two of us for the New Year, and then, I..."
Before Chi Xiaocheng could finish speaking, a meow suddenly came from outside the French window.
The sound was loud and attracted both of them.
Turning their heads, they realized that Da Wang had returned from outside.
She didn't know what route she had found, but the fifth-floor window was easy for her to jump through.
But besides Da Wang, another white figure jumped onto the balcony with her.
"Meow!"
Da Wang shouted outside the French window, and then scratched the window hard, as if asking why the window was closed, and that she couldn't return home because they had closed all the windows.
Since she had seen the white ragdoll cat that Da Wang had brought before, Chi Xiaocheng wasn't too surprised.
She got up and walked towards the balcony.
Seeing this, Su Tao breathed a sigh of relief.
So, the new member that Xiaocheng was talking about was the ragdoll cat outside.
That made sense, Xiaocheng said "new member," but she didn't say "person."
Haha, she was scared.
She thought it was Fang Ning.
"......"
For some reason, Su Tao turned her head to look at the tightly closed door, and a sense of absurdity and unease arose spontaneously.
The New Year was her and Xiaocheng's time alone.
She didn't want a third party to interfere.
Looking at Fang Ning without subjective filters, she was a pretty well-behaved girl.
So it shouldn't... it wouldn't be her, right?
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