Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Orange Juice! Orange Juice! Orange Juice!
Chapter 54 Orange Juice! Orange Juice! Orange Juice!
Xiao Cheng: “Tao Tao, time to eat!”
The food was drizzled with a sauce that tasted of orange juice.
Xiao Cheng: “You’re sick and weak right now, how about some soup?”
The old hen soup smelled delicious, but it tasted of orange juice.
Xiao Cheng: “Are you thirsty? Do you want some water? Do you need me to feed you?”
When she drank it herself, the water was also orange juice flavored.
Xiao Cheng: “Or perhaps you’d like some fruit juice? How about orange juice?”
The orange juice… was also orange juice flavored.
Su Tao’s eyes were somewhat vacant. She didn’t know how much time had passed; sometimes it felt like time flew by, other times it was an endless torment.
Every swallow of orange juice brought back memories of the basement and the rooftop.
She felt a wave of nausea.
A physiological reaction triggered by her mental state.
The mental exhaustion was, in the end, far heavier than any physical burden.
With a creak, Xiao Cheng opened the door and walked in again.
Su Tao didn’t know how much time had passed, so she asked, “Xiao Cheng, what time is it now?”
Xiao Cheng blinked her eyes. “I’m not sure, Tao Tao, but you look terrible. Have you been resting well?”
The question was avoided.
Just as she had expected.
Su Tao gave a self-deprecating laugh, as if giving up all resistance, and resignedly lay back on the bed. “How much longer will this go on, Xiao Cheng?”
“Until you fall in love with me~”
This answer, this conversation, she didn’t know how many times it had happened.
As she spoke, she climbed onto the bed.
Su Tao looked at Xiao Cheng strangely. “What are you going to do this time?”
Each time Xiao Cheng entered, she brought some purpose with her, but this time her hands were empty; she hadn’t done anything.
Xiao Cheng looked at Su Tao’s tired, spiritless eyes and said with anticipation, “This time, it’s also for your treatment, Tao Tao. The treatment will only stop when you accept me, when you love me.”
With that, she took a black cloth from her pocket.
Her vision was gone.
Then she took out a pair of earplugs.
Her hearing was gone.
When the bright lights were switched off, the faint, dazzling glow that lingered in the darkness vanished without a trace.
Only two indistinct figures could be seen.
Unable to see, unable to hear.
The sense of touch, however, intensified exponentially.
Her own heavy, suppressed breathing became clearer, more distinct than usual.
Su Tao lay on the sickbed, weak and utterly helpless in her illness.
Time flowed by, second by second. Su Tao’s heartbeat quickened, and her nerves tensed.
Suddenly, warm fingertips began to brush her lips.
This was the signal.
“Mmph—”
It was both treatment and punishment.
She couldn’t get used to it; she didn’t want to endure it.
Once… once… once… and again…
As a patient, she was being cared for.
Hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate!
Why are you doing this why are you doing this why are you doing this why are you doing this why are you doing this why are you doing this why are you doing this!
Xiao Cheng, what exactly are we what exactly are we what exactly are we what exactly are we what exactly are we what exactly are we!
Friends sisters besties friends sisters besties friends sisters besties friends sisters besties friends sisters besties friends sisters besties!
“I love you~”
Suddenly, the earplugs were removed, and a confession filled with intense love echoed in her ear.
“If you’re thirsty, have some orange juice~”
It was the taste of orange juice again…
In a haze, Su Tao realized something was wrong.
It was orange juice all the same, but why was this time… it was flowing into her mouth little by little?
As if someone was holding a cup, deliberately pouring it out drop by drop.
Her nose twitched slightly.
There was a faint… metallic smell?
“Ugh—!”
The nausea she had suppressed until now finally erupted at that moment. Su Tao rolled over, lunging towards the edge of the bed, and vomited in colorful gushes.
The lights came on.
Xiao Cheng stood to the side, covering her arm which was still dripping orange juice, her smile unwavering.
Ordinary orange juice and extraordinary orange juice; indeed, one could tell the difference.
A full day had passed. She had added a special ingredient to all liquids Su Tao could access, changing them all to orange juice flavor, and this was the result.
The continuous high pressure and psychological impact had finally triggered a massive reaction in her.
Words of concern came from Xiao Cheng’s mouth, as she gently patted Su Tao’s back and then proactively took a broom and mop to clean up.
Just like a gentle, doting wife taking care of the home.
Su Tao took in the whole scene, her expression complex.
After she finished cleaning up, Xiao Cheng thoughtfully brought over toiletries.
Once everything was done, she left without a word, placing her back in this room.
Alone.
After leaving the room, Xiao Cheng stretched lazily.
Outside, the sky was utterly dim; the rain that had lasted a day and a night had finally stopped.
Not counting the very first night, this was the first night of Su Tao’s three-day leave.
“From her perspective, at least two or three days must have passed, right?”
“But the plan is going smoothly, and there’s no one interfering.”
In her handling of their social circle, throughout the day, apart from Si Chen asking a few extra questions, everyone else remained undisturbed.
Chen Qian was a perfect mole, fending off a large number of classmates and friends who came looking for Su Tao.
But because of this, Xiao Cheng had also been awake for almost a day and a night.
She took one last look at Su Tao’s condition, ate the last sleeping chocolate, and fell into a deep slumber.
Six hours passed in the blink of an eye for her.
But for Su Tao, days stretched into years.
She realized Xiao Cheng hadn’t come for so long, so it might be night, but she couldn’t fall asleep no matter what.
Her body was exhausted, her mind utterly fatigued.
Xiao Cheng had left her a piece of bread, but when Su Tao took a bite, she couldn’t help but vomit again.
Orange juice!
Still orange juice!
No matter what it was, everything tasted of orange juice!
Exhaustion washed over her, and she finally couldn't hold on, falling into a drowsy sleep with the lights still on.
But she felt as if she had only slept for a short while before the room door opened again.
“Tao Tao, time to get up~”
Outside, the time was two in the morning.
Xiao Cheng walked into the room with toiletries and a bucket of bathwater.
After waking Su Tao, she went back out.
The pressure from the environment was already immense; no extra words were needed, Su Tao would overthink on her own.
And Su Tao, seeing this bucket of bathwater, felt as though she had found a lifeline.
A light flickered in her dull, weary eyes.
All food tasted of orange juice, but this bathwater wasn’t food, so this surely…
She crawled off the bed and hastily knelt before the bucket, scooping up a handful of water with both hands.
“Gulp~”
Water droplets slid down her cheeks to her chin, then gradually flowed down her neck.
Stillness. Despair.
The bathwater was also orange juice flavored.
Time continued to flow.
Another new cycle.
Eating, drinking, eating fruit, small cream cakes…
Orange juice! Orange juice! Orange juice!
Everything in the world tasted of orange juice!
The pressure was immense, pushing her to the brink; Su Tao didn't experience a sudden surge of virtue, she simply felt herself going mad.
She ate and then vomited, vomited and then ate.
The gnawing pain of an empty stomach was even harder to bear.
This was… yandere!
Finally, she couldn’t bear it anymore. The next time Xiao Cheng brought food, she clutched her sleeve, almost pleadingly, and said, “Xiao Cheng… I don’t want to eat orange juice flavored food anymore. Is there anything else, please… please?”
“Of course there is!”
Xiao Cheng smiled at Su Tao, tapping her slender index finger on her pink lips, and whispered, “Didn’t Tao Tao notice? This… isn’t orange juice flavored~”
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