Chapter 39 Chapter 39: You Don'T Know The Yandere You'Re Raising?
Chapter 39: You Don'T Know The Yandere You'Re Raising?
After taking a severe beating, Liu Guijia's stubbornness finally gave way.
She sat down on a chair, wiped her face with a tissue, and then began a tearful account of what had happened in Chi Xiaocheng's room.
Downplaying the gravity of her actions, she conveniently omitted the part where she had bullied Chi Xiaocheng.
She cut straight to the chase, "I never intended to do anything to her, just scare her a little. Then I said that neither Chi Xiaocheng nor you were any good."
"After that, Chi Xiaocheng went completely berserk."
"She kept saying that I could curse her, but not you, and then she ran straight into my knife. I told her, 'Sooner or later... sooner or later I'll beat you into a dog!' And Chi Xiaocheng retorted, 'Even if she's a dog, she can only be my dog. She can't have anything to do with you!'"
"Then she snatched my knife."
"After slashing my thigh, she then cut her own forehead, saying things like, 'Hurry up and attack me! I am the victim here!'"
"Finally, she mumbled to herself that she wasn't a yandere."
Liu Guijia shuddered, just thinking about it.
She hunched her shoulders. "After that, you just walked into the house and started hitting me without a word! In all this, I was the victim, okay?!"
Su Tao furrowed her brow. "You're not lying to me, are you?"
At this, Liu Guijia's blood pressure shot up. Ignoring the blood on her face, she sat up straight and raged, "If I don't say it, you call me stubborn, and when I do say it, you don't believe me! If I'm lying, may my whole family die!"
Su Tao stroked her chin, then asked, "What about Xiaocheng's state at the time? What was her expression like?"
"Well..." Liu Guijia calmly recalled. "She seemed like a completely different person. Her tone was manic, her face was flushed, and her eyes were somewhat cat-like. In short... she was terrifying!"
On this point, she wasn't lying.
In Su Tao's memory, whether it was in the basement or that time on the rooftop, Chi Xiaocheng had exhibited the same state.
She tentatively referred to it as a yandere state.
Normally, she seemed quite normal, but once her bottom line was crossed, her entire demeanor would become pathologically unhinged.
But therein lay the problem.
She had done extensive research on the subject of yanderes.
Undoubtedly, the state Chi Xiaocheng had displayed earlier—self-harm, a desperate desire to die, and so on—was precisely the 'pathological' aspect characteristic of a yandere.
Yet another major characteristic of a yandere is their adeptness at deception!
Furthermore, Doctor Cheng had mentioned that yanderes typically aren't aware of their own condition.
Xiaocheng knows she's a yandere.
And yet she claims she isn't.
But then displays all these pathological traits.
So the question arises:
Is she truly a yandere?
Su Tao had no idea Chi Xiaocheng possessed such an acting talent.
"What a headache."
Su Tao rubbed her temples, realizing she couldn't make heads or tails of it alone.
Noticing the sky outside darkening, she pulled out her phone and looked at Liu Guijia. "Scan over the seven thousand yuan you owe Xiaocheng."
Liu Guijia's face stiffened. "I... I don't have the money. I only have three hundred yuan on me."
Su Tao cracked her knuckles, the sound echoing crisply in the room, and slowly asked, "No money, then how do you propose we settle this?"
"I... I..." Liu Guijia's face was filled with panic, terrified Su Tao would hit her again. Her thoughts barely formed before she blurted out, "Can I... can I use myself?"
She hunched her shoulders. "Your relationship with Chi Xiaocheng must be extraordinary, seeing as you can train her into that... *state*. If you don't mind, I..."
"Stop right there!"
Su Tao rose and recoiled, her face etched with disgust. "Look at yourself. Don't make me sick."
They were both girls, but the contrast was stark.
Liu Guijia was simply a toad.
When it came to cuteness, Xiaocheng was unparalleled.
The image of Chi Xiaocheng's adorable face and sweet, well-behaved smile floated into Su Tao's mind, and her heart felt considerably lighter.
She exhaled. "One month. If you can't come up with that money, I'll be back. And if I hear that you're still bullying the weak, you can expect to spend the rest of your life in jail!"
With that, Su Tao prepared to leave.
But her sharp eyes caught sight of a small figure still cowering in the corner.
She looked as petite as Chi Xiaocheng.
Her clothes were tattered, and her hair and exposed skin were incredibly dirty and matted.
She shot a scathing glare at Liu Guijia, then walked over to the small follower and extended her hand.
Her smile was like spilled moonlight. "Don't worry, she won't dare to bully you again. My name is Su Tao, what's yours?"
However, to Su Tao's surprise, the girl before her flinched back again.
She quickly shook her head, not reaching for the hand offered to her.
Su Tao initially thought the girl was simply frightened.
But then she heard a weak voice murmur, "Thank you."
Immediately afterward, she shook her head again.
This time, it was a clear refusal.
She was likely one of the bullied, yet she had refused her like that.
It was a little strange.
But Su Tao didn't press the issue; she respected everyone's choices.
Just before leaving, something suddenly occurred to her. She looked back at Liu Guijia. "Oh, by the way, why do you think Xiaocheng became like that? Like you said, 'berserk'?"
"Huh?" Liu Guijia covered her face, staring at Su Tao as if she were an idiot. "Didn't you cause it? The... the person you brought with you, why she turned out like that—you don't know?"
Upon hearing the reply, Su Tao sighed.
She stepped out the door.
The sun had already set, and the moon, peeking through the clouds, began its dance with the stars.
Winter was approaching, and the sky was darkening ever more quickly.
And growing colder by the minute.
Su Tao exhaled a puff of warm air, then slowly walked into the deep alley.
The next morning, Chi Xiaocheng, having rested for a night, woke up clutching her head.
"System, how much emotional value do I have now?"
This was something she confirmed every morning upon waking.
By monitoring the timing and amount of emotional value provided by the various protagonists, she could estimate whether something significant had occurred.
[Replying Host: 754 points.]
[Yesterday evening, both the heroine Su Tao and the male lead Ye Liang each provided a sum of emotional value.]
When she wasn't actively creating major events, it wasn't easy to rapidly acquire emotional value; usually, she only received three to five points, if any.
Now it had directly added several hundred points?
"What happened yesterday evening?"
Su Tao was understandable; she had simply been concerned about her own affairs, thus generating emotional value.
As for Ye Liang, he'd been hospitalized for a few days, and now that he was home, he hadn't left the house. It seemed hiding away indefinitely wasn't a viable solution.
Ding-dong~
Her phone buzzed.
Chi Xiaocheng picked up her phone. It was a message from Chen Qian on WeChat: "Chi Xiaocheng, today's the seventh day! Where's the antidote you promised me? My face is starting to break out in a rash, hurry and give me the antidote!"
Only then did Chi Xiaocheng recall that she had promised Chen Qian the so-called antidote once a week.
But in reality, the 'enhanced' mineral water she'd given her before had just been plain mineral water.
A rash... hormonal imbalance or an allergic reaction?
Chi Xiaocheng typed back, "Don't worry. I asked you to keep an eye on Su Tao during this time, how's that going?"
Chen Qian: "That girl is so naive, she believes anything I say. And after what you said about recommending a therapist to her last time, she trusts me completely now."
Chi Xiaocheng: "Good. Keep developing that relationship. It's best if you become her closest confidante. Also, she returned to the dorm last night, right? Do you know what she did in the evening?"
Chen Qian: "Not really. She seemed pretty tired when she got back. But she talked on the phone with Si Chen for about ten minutes before bed. I don't know what they talked about."
"Si Chen?"
Chi Xiaocheng raised an eyebrow. The image of a sinister, bespectacled man flashed in her mind.
It was necessary to find out more.
Chi Xiaocheng messaged Chen Qian, "Go to Moonview Cafe and wait for me. I'll bring you the antidote."
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