Chapter 45 Chapter 45 - Darkening
Chapter 45 - Darkening
One following the other, they slowly walked deep into the alley.
It was incredibly cluttered here, exuding a moldy smell everywhere. In the dim shadows, apart from the occasional meow, only the sound of the wind remained.
Si Chen stopped and turned around.
His gaze, habitually fixed straight ahead, then lowered.
Seeing Chi Xiaocheng still wearing her hood and shrinking her shoulders vigilantly, he said faintly, "Don't worry. As a scion of the Si family, I wouldn't bring you to a place like this to lay a hand on you. I merely have a few things I wish to talk with you about."
Chi Xiaocheng's vigilance did not wane; she took a step back.
Her back pressed against the wall, her right hand remained in her hoodie pocket, not taken out.
Si Chen shrugged helplessly. "Seriously, you confessed your feelings to me before, saying you liked me. Do you really need to be that afraid of me?"
He had brought Chi Xiaocheng here, not to tease her, but to verify something.
So he decided to speak frankly. "You like Su Tao, I'm not wrong about that, am I?"
Chi Xiaocheng frowned, but still nodded. "What if I do?"
In front of this person, the fragile pretense she used when facing Dongfang Yang was useless.
Every expression, every movement, would be seen through by him.
Chi Xiaocheng had no choice but to use her "true nature" to face those viper-like eyes.
Si Chen spread his hands and chuckled softly, "Nothing, just something I want to tell you."
Chi Xiaocheng raised an eyebrow.
Then, in an instant, her pupils elongated into slits.
Si Chen, who had originally been wearing a gentle smile, suddenly bent closer, his lips tightening, his gaze piercing Chi Xiaocheng like daggers.
The setting sun was behind Si Chen.
At this moment, his shadow completely enveloped Chi Xiaocheng.
Forcing her into darkness.
Finally, the male lead issued a low, threatening voice, "Chi Xiaocheng, I warn you, Su Tao is my woman!"
"What did you say!!!"
Suddenly, Chi Xiaocheng's eyes underwent an eerie transformation, a pair of vertical pupils like those of a fierce stray cat, staring directly at Si Chen.
Although she was shrouded in darkness, this pair of vertical pupils seemed to radiate a defiant light.
One hand was already tightly gripping the small knife in her shirt pocket.
Squeezing continuously.
A strange feeling arose in Si Chen's heart; for a moment, he actually felt fear.
The fear of a weak human being targeted by a fierce tiger!
Immediately, Si Chen thought, "I'm 1.9 meters tall, and now I'm actually startled by a 1.5-meter petite girl?"
The shame and indignation in his heart overcame his fear. He straightened up and said faintly, "I said, Su Tao is my woman."
As he spoke, he observed Chi Xiaocheng's state.
He found that the petite figure was merely lowering her head, making no movement.
He scoffed inwardly.
"If she were a true yandere, she would have already attacked me by now."
"Is she just putting on a show because of who I am?"
"It seems Su Tao's worries were not unfounded."
Si Chen decided to add fuel to the fire and see her reaction.
He then deliberately took a step back, extended one hand, and starting from his pinky, tightened each finger into a fist.
As if the world was in his grasp.
At that moment, snowflakes drifted down from the sky, as if in concert with his movements.
Si Chen's voice was mocking and slow: "What, is there anything surprising about this? Su Tao is such a perfect woman, anyone would like her, wouldn't they? You wouldn't possibly think Su Tao would like you, would you?"
"Don't be ridiculous. As a girl, what advantage do you have to attract Su Tao?"
"Su Tao has long since been mine." His voice gradually deepened, exerting pressure.
"A while ago, when you were recovering in the hospital, Su Tao came to me to confide."
"After you were bullied, Su Tao came to me again to pour out her troubles."
"Do you remember last time, at the school gate? You must have seen me then, when we were..."
"...on a date~"
He slowly enunciated the last few words with malicious intent, curiously awaiting Chi Xiaocheng's reaction.
He found, however, that the petite girl was still lowering her head, one hand tucked into her pocket.
Her body was only trembling slightly, but she made no further move.
Si Chen raised an eyebrow, his eyes surprised.
"So much endurance, it seems she's not a yandere after all!"
Finally, after a long wait, Chi Xiaocheng, who had remained motionless, at last spoke.
"You're lying to me!"
Her voice was a little hoarse, as if she were suppressing something.
Snowflakes fell onto Chi Xiaocheng's body, only to melt quickly.
A cloud obscured the sunlight illuminating half of her, casting her small shadow long upon the wall.
Si Chen laughed aloud, declaring, "Chi Xiaocheng, stop pretending!"
"You're lying to me!!"
However, Chi Xiaocheng didn't respond; her voice simply deepened further.
Si Chen scoffed. "So what if I am lying to you? But I heard that Su Tao is going to be Ye Liang's maid. The girl you like, she's about to be defiled by someone else."
"If that doesn't make her angry, then this yandere act is truly fake."
Si Chen wore an expression of triumph.
However, the next second.
His expression turned to astonishment.
Si Chen felt a sharp pain in his calf, and his entire body was shoved against the wall by an immense force.
Immediately after, his legs throbbed again, becoming so weak he couldn't stand, and he collapsed straight onto the floor.
The 1.9-meter-tall man could now only look up at Chi Xiaocheng!
"You—"
Before he could finish speaking, a small knife, propelled by the wind, struck!
Si Chen instinctively turned his head away.
"Thud—"
Dust splattered from the wall, the small knife embedding itself a good ways in.
Chi Xiaocheng braced herself against the wall with one hand, the other tightly gripping the knife embedded in the wall. She leaned close to Si Chen, her pair of feline, blood-red vertical pupils both strange and terrifying.
A line of blood, a moment later, split open on Si Chen's left cheek.
Fresh and red like paint on a wall, it seeped out in rivulets, flowing downwards.
"You are, lying to me!"
A gust of warm breath hit Si Chen's face. The person before him was no longer that fragile petite girl.
She was the spitting image of a beast.
The cruel grin revealed not canines, but fangs!
His throat worked.
Si Chen's Adam's apple bobbed, his eyes wide with horror.
Sweat and warm, fresh red liquid dripped to the ground, melting the snow beneath his feet.
He, who prided himself on being rational and calm, could not help but feel his heart pound faster at this moment.
He shifted his gaze, glancing at Chi Xiaocheng's small hand braced against the wall.
He moved his shoulder, immediately wanting to resist and stop Chi Xiaocheng.
But to his surprise.
Chi Xiaocheng was faster than him!
She reached out and pressed down hard on his shoulder. A sharp crack echoed.
His back shoulder slammed heavily against the wall, a searing pain shot through him, and his entire right arm felt as if it had lost all control.
His shoulder was dislocated!
Why was Chi Xiaocheng's strength so immense!
The hand pressing on his shoulder felt as heavy as a ton.
"Taotao is mine."
Chi Xiaocheng's faint voice sounded.
With a "zing," the small knife was pulled from the wall, then fiercely plunged again, this time only two inches from Si Chen's skin.
From the corner of his eye, he could even feel the cold gleam emanating from the blade.
"Taotao is mine!"
This time, Chi Xiaocheng's voice seemed suppressed, yet also crazed.
Si Chen watched, his breathing quickening, his lips dry.
A voice of regret echoed in his mind.
This... is a yandere?
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