Chapter 271 Taking A Step Forward: Su Tao'S Decision
Taking A Step Forward: Su Tao'S Decision
Su Tao accepted the gift, but she didn't have the courage to give it to Chi Xiaocheng.
To give Xiaocheng a gift alone on New Year's Eve, right before the clock strikes midnight?
Dongfang Yang, do you really think I, Su Tao, can't guess what you're up to!
She stole a glance at Chi Xiaocheng's tightly shut door and immediately darted into her own room, locking it behind her with a guilty conscience.
Only then did she cautiously open the package from Dongfang Yang.
It was an orange-yellow gift box with a ribbon, small enough to fit in her palm, suggesting that it contained something equally small and exquisite.
What kind of things are usually in such small gift boxes?
If it's a gift from a boy to the girl he loves, then…
A diamond ring!
The words suddenly flashed through Su Tao's mind, making her tense up.
Unwilling to think about it any further, she quickly opened the gift box.
Thankfully, it wasn't a diamond ring.
Instead, it was a delicate necklace with a sky-blue gem.
She didn't know how much it cost, but at first glance, Su Tao felt the word "dreamy" sink into her mind. The necklace seemed to have a magical power, attracting her to approach and indulge in it.
In less than half a second, Su Tao recovered from her daze and looked at another item in the box.
A paper greeting card.
"Chi Xiaocheng, Happy New Year!"
"Didn't expect it, did you? Your Young Master specially prepared a New Year's gift for you."
"I missed your birthday last time, and after thinking about it, I didn't know what to give you. It just so happens that it's New Year's this time, so I'll give it to you together as a New Year's red envelope."
"I thought about it for a long time and still didn't know what you liked. After returning to the capital, I rummaged through the house and found this necklace. It looks pretty good, and you girls should all like it."
"But your Young Master also has a little worry. Can you appreciate this necklace with your brainpower? It seems like I spent a lot of money at an auction a few years ago. In short, I only have one request: don't sell the gift your Young Master gave you for money!"
"That's it, Happy New Year, ha ha ha."
At the end of the card, there was a cute, cartoon-like drawing of a young master in red, giving a thumbs up to himself with a flamboyant and cheerful smile.
The handwriting was delicate and slender, probably written by someone else.
The words were filled with two words: care.
After reading it, Su Tao felt a little uncomfortable, but overall, she was relieved.
This wasn't Dongfang Yang's love letter.
This New Year's gift could be seen as Dongfang Yang's compensation to Chi Xiaocheng.
Didn't it say on the card that it was an apology and replacement for the birthday gift?
Su Tao, Su Tao, don't scare yourself. Dongfang Yang is such a nice guy. He clearly treats Xiaocheng like a sister. How could he possibly like Xiaocheng?
She knew she couldn't think so negatively about others. Dongfang Yang was also a friend and brother-like figure to her. It wasn't good to think so extremely.
But she couldn't help but think that way.
She couldn't feel at ease.
The scene in the room just now kept replaying in her mind.
Su Tao took out her phone, and as if possessed, took a picture of the necklace and sent it to Si Chen, "Si Chen, have you seen this necklace before?"
Si Chen didn't reply immediately, seemingly busy with something.
She waited for about ten minutes in wild speculation before the other party replied, "It's a pretty necklace, what's the matter?"
Su Tao: "It's Dongfang Yang's… New Year's gift to Xiaocheng. He also wrote a letter to Xiaocheng, so I wanted to ask, does giving a necklace as a gift have any special meaning?"
Si Chen: "Oh, you're asking about that. Let me check for you."
After a while,
Si Chen said, "Well, I don't need to say more about the meaning of a necklace, right? Necklace, to be in love, and the chain also has the meaning of wanting to tie the other person's heart. If you really want to say it, whether it has a special meaning depends entirely on your own imagination."
"But this necklace is different."
"This is a necklace that was auctioned off at an auction in the capital the year before last, bought by a mysterious buyer. The name is… um, I don't remember, but the name is a transliteration of a very ancient language, representing azure love."
"The final auction price was 52 million."
Si Chen's message paused, as if giving Su Tao time to absorb this information, before continuing.
"Dongfang Yang, this kid, I didn't expect him to secretly play this hand. It seems like he likes Chi Xiaocheng a little."
"Tsk."
"Su Tao, it's up to you."
After the words fell, Su Tao still held her phone motionless, her pupils reflecting the strings of green messages.
The necklace represents love.
The value is 52 million.
The greeting card was also full of suggestive meanings and care.
But… but Dongfang Yang said that this was a necklace he found casually at home. He shouldn't be deliberately confessing to Xiaocheng…
No.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Su Tao suddenly thought of a very important point.
Dongfang Yang is a tsundere.
He's a tsundere!
Everything he does is awkward. If he likes Xiaocheng, he definitely wouldn't say it directly. Reading this letter now, plus this necklace, isn't it a classic tsundere confession?
Before, she felt that Dongfang Yang was a little too concerned about Xiaocheng, thinking that he was just treating Xiaocheng as a sister because of her, Su Tao, so he cared about Xiaocheng.
But in reality, she had been misunderstanding Dongfang Yang all along.
His real intention was elsewhere, not in the alcohol!
First Fang Ning.
Now Dongfang Yang again.
A strong sense of crisis made Su Tao a little out of breath.
...
If things continue like this, Xiaocheng will be snatched away.
No… no, Fang Ning is already trying to snatch Xiaocheng away. Before, they were just friends, but now they're already sleeping in the same room.
What to do, what to do, what to do, what to do?
How can I get Xiaocheng to like me again?
She wanted to wait, to slowly build up her favorability, but now she increasingly felt that it was too late.
Now Xiaocheng still only calls her Su Tao *jiejie*. The gap between them is also a bit obvious. She's not like she used to be, loving her at all times, no matter what she did.
It's all the fault of those damn scrambled memories!
"Memories…"
Su Tao murmured these two words, suddenly realizing something.
"That's right, I can awaken Xiaocheng's memories. That way, Xiaocheng will only like me and won't get close to anyone else!"
She simply stopped chatting and instead called Si Chen.
On the other end of the phone, the man's voice had a hint of weariness in addition to a faint, detached rationality. "What is it now?"
His tone was a bit impatient, as if something mentally exhausting had happened after returning to the capital.
But Su Tao, in her current state, didn't notice Si Chen's mood and hurriedly asked, "Si Chen, when is Dr. Lin free? I want… I want to awaken Xiaocheng's memories!"
She couldn't afford to wait.
She couldn't afford to develop things slowly.
She had to take this step and make Xiaocheng like her again!
Paranoid, morbid, bringing pain, tearing her heart apart.
Even that yandere version of her still liked me!
She didn't want to drift further and further away from Xiaocheng.
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