Chapter 42 Chapter 42 The Reason She Likes You
Chapter 42 The Reason She Likes You
At Linhu Park, Su Tao was still walking, but the moment she took out her phone, she suddenly froze on the spot.
Beside her, Si Chen, wearing glasses, had his hands in his pockets. His sharp eyes, glancing sideways, showed a hint of curiosity. "Why did you stop?"
"One of my brothers sent me a message, and it made me feel a bit... at a loss."
Su Tao held up her phone and handed it to Si Chen to see.
Si Chen pushed up his glasses. "Aren't you an orphan? You have a brother? And what does he mean by this question?"
Su Tao put down her phone and looked up at the sky.
"He's Xiaocheng's brother. When I was little, I lived at Xiaocheng's house for a while, and Brother Chi Song took great care of me too. Although our relationship was formed because of Xiaocheng, he watched me grow up, so he's pretty much like a half-brother to me."
"And then there's this: I don't understand why Brother Chi Song would ask a question like that!"
She ran her fingers through her hair, feeling like too many things had happened recently, she was going to go bald.
Si Chen said, "This must have something to do with Chi Xiaocheng, asking if you like his sister... Wait a moment!"
Si Chen found a blind spot and looked at Su Tao in shock. "You told me before that Chi Xiaocheng is a yandere, and about all those excessive things she did to you. I've never understood what her motive was."
"And you wouldn't tell me, always seeming reluctant to speak."
"Now I get it." Si Chen suddenly realized. "Chi Xiaocheng became a yandere because she likes you?"
Su Tao scratched her cheek, shyly turning her face away.
Soon she turned back, spreading her hands as if asking for agreement. "You think it's strange too, right? I'm a girl, why would she fall in love with me?"
Si Chen's mouth twitched. "The possibility of her falling in love with you isn't small, is it?"
Su Tao: "???"
"We're friends, aren't we? Why are you siding with Xiaocheng?"
Si Chen helplessly walked towards the pavilion. "A well-known psychology professor at Cornell University once conducted a large-scale survey on sexual orientation. Among strictly heterosexual people, the male proportion is higher than the female, but among bisexual people, the female proportion is higher than the male."
"Women are naturally drawn to strength. Why do many junior and senior high school girls who get into early relationships mostly like to hang out with delinquents? Because at that age, their minds haven't matured, and they don't consider things like career or future."
"Being able to fight, being formidable, appearing a bit more mature than their peers – in the eyes of some, that's what makes them outstanding."
"We can't view children through an adult's mindset. Family reasons, social environment, and the breadth of their experiences all influence a person's thinking."
"You once told me that Chi Xiaocheng was bullied and you saved her. At that time, she had no friends, and even her teachers didn't take her side. Your appearance became her everything to her."
Si Chen held up one finger, then extended a second.
"Secondly, as companions who grew up together, you were the strong, dominant one. A child's admiration, longing, outward focus, and dependence can easily lead to negative changes if they learn incorrect things."
"For example, watching a melodramatic romance drama."
"On TV, 'forever together' is the beautiful declaration of love between the male and female leads. But if you watch a drama and then try to say a couple of things you learned from TV in real life, you'll definitely be misunderstood."
"And there's a very important point," Si Chen surveyed Su Tao up and down, then said helplessly, "You're too good-looking."
Su Tao paused. "That counts too?"
"Even though you're easily swayed and indecisive, you're decisive and forthright in action. Isn't it normal for someone so good-looking to appeal to both genders?"
Su Tao was speechless for a moment. "This..."
Si Chen counted off another point on his fingers. "Look, you became the object of Chi Xiaocheng's dependence, you gave her a sense of security, you occasionally said some ambiguous sweet nothings, you grew up holding hands, and you made pinky promises for a hundred years."
"Forget about Chi Xiaocheng being a girl; even if she were an alien, she'd develop some other feelings!"
Si Chen sighed. "Miss Su Tao, this is a society of free love. One day, if Chi Xiaocheng scrolls through Douyin, or gets into anime, with tons of yuri content pushed to her, at the age of first crushes, who could resist that?"
The more Su Tao listened to Si Chen's analysis, the more she broke out in a cold sweat. "You... don't say any more! You're making me so stressed!"
Si Chen glanced at her indifferently. "See? You're avoiding it again."
"I..." Su Tao pouted aggrievedly. "I came to you to analyze whether Xiaocheng is actually a yandere or not, okay? Don't change the subject!"
"Ah, right, right, right."
Si Chen shrugged, choosing to comply.
Sitting on the chair, propping his chin with one hand, he asked, "So, why do you think she's not a yandere again?"
Su Tao sat opposite him, her expression serious.
She summarized and recounted what Liu Guijia had said earlier.
And added her own analysis: "Typically, yanderes don't know they are yanderes. But Xiaocheng said something like that, which already creates a paradox!"
Si Chen propped his chin with one hand, saying wordlessly, "The fact that you can even ask such a question means you just want me to say she's not a yandere, doesn't it?"
"I didn't..."
"Stop!" Si Chen raised a hand, interrupting Su Tao. "I've dabbled in psychology – only scratched the surface, but I can tell you just can't bring yourself to believe Chi Xiaocheng is a yandere, which is why you're obsessively trying to find proof otherwise."
Su Tao grew anxious. "But it really is a paradox!"
Si Chen: "So, do you want me to tell you that Chi Xiaocheng kidnapping you, feeding you blood, self-harming, threatening to jump off a building – it was all an act, just to toy with you?"
"Ever since Chi Xiaocheng confessed to me because she was jealous of you, I've felt that she's a very twisted person."
He and Su Tao were just ordinary platonic friends, and still were. He didn't understand why Chi Xiaocheng had been jealous back then.
Si Chen still remembered it: at the beginning of the semester, he happened to run into Su Tao and casually helped her carry some luggage, and as a result, Chi Xiaocheng glared at him with hostility.
Hostility was one thing, but then she inexplicably came over and confessed – that really stumped Si Chen.
Even though it was only that one time.
But if she was hostile towards him, why would her chosen "revenge" be a confession?
She had put on that monstrous makeup, which Si Chen didn't like, and he'd scared her away with just a glance.
Talking up to this point, under Si Chen's layer-by-layer unraveling, Su Tao finally hung her head like a defeated dog. "Alright, I still can't quite believe the fact that Xiaocheng is a yandere and that she likes me."
Si Chen looked at Su Tao's dejected expression and couldn't help but sigh. "If you really want confirmation, there are currently two methods you could try."
"What methods?"
Su Tao's eyes lit up.
Deep down, she still held a tiny bit of hope that Chi Xiaocheng wasn't a yandere.
She hoped it was all an act.
Si Chen said lightly, "The first method: aren't you going to be Ye Liang's maid in a couple of days? Tell Chi Xiaocheng you're going to part ways with her, and then see her reaction. Do you dare to try?"
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