Chapter 60 Chapter 60: Only With Sickness And Delicacy Can There Be Yandere
Chapter 60: Only With Sickness And Delicacy Can There Be Yandere
Could it really have been less than three days?
Su Tao had even thought a week had passed.
Her hand holding the phone trembled incessantly, as if her strength hadn't yet returned. Her slender index and middle fingers incredulously pressed against her lips.
Three days, meaning if you discount the first day when she'd almost given up. For the following two days, she'd been forced to kiss dozens of times?
No, was it truly force?
Orange juice made her nauseous; she threw up again and again. The oppressive environment terrified her. The only other source of taste was that soft, warm little mouth. And that softness and sweetness, she had unconsciously taken as a source of comfort deep within her heart.
She drew from it, sought it out, all on her own. It was no longer Chi Xiaocheng forcing her, but her own will.
Su Tao mechanically turned her head to look at Chi Xiaocheng, whose small figure was tinkering with something by the sofa. She was only allowed out of the room if she 'liked' her. That's right, if she didn't go to that extent, how could she pretend to like her? It was all out of necessity.
Su Tao steadied herself and tapped into WeChat, discovering that many messages she'd received had been replied to one by one, with all sorts of strange reasons, but she had already requested leave before she left, so no one suspected her three-day disappearance. Chi Xiaocheng had handled things very carefully. Aside from restricting her person, there had been no impact on her life.
Everything had happened. Yet, it was as if nothing at all had happened.
A secret remains a secret because it's hidden deep within the heart, unseen by anyone, yet constantly oppressing the soul; once revealed, it's like a flood bursting through a dam.
"Tao Tao."
Amidst her jumbled thoughts, Chi Xiaocheng's voice rang out. Su Tao cast her gaze over, and the petite loli had already turned around, holding a sachet embroidered with an orange design. "This is for you."
Su Tao took the sachet and found it had a very pleasant and familiar scent. Chi Xiaocheng explained, "This sachet helps to soothe your mind, reduce fatigue, and also aids in sleep."
The moment she saw the sachet, Su Tao couldn't help but think of that incense burner, and the hand holding the sachet couldn't help but tremble slightly. Chi Xiaocheng understood Su Tao's thoughts and smiled faintly, "Don't worry, I didn't tamper with this one. Tao Tao must have been very tired these past three days, hardly getting any good sleep, right?"
"I'm sorry~"
Chi Xiaocheng lowered her head, behaving as obediently as a child who had done something wrong.
Su Tao held the sachet, and whether it was psychological or not, she did feel her fatigue alleviate somewhat. Moreover, she really liked the scent emanating from the sachet. It brought a sense of peace.
"I believe you." Su Tao tucked the sachet away, then reached out and patted Chi Xiaocheng's head. "Actually, I also had a part in what happened this time. I'm sorry, Xiaocheng."
Chi Xiaocheng lowered her head, seemingly trembling slightly from the comfort of being petted.
Su Tao hesitated for a long time before earnestly saying to Chi Xiaocheng, "So, about what happened these past few days, can we... just pretend it never happened?"
"Mmm~"
A faint buzz-like murmur of agreement sounded, and Su Tao revealed a relaxed smile. "Well then, Xiaocheng, I'll head back now?"
"The sachet... remember to keep it with you."
"Okay."
A complex mix of emotions at play made Su Tao quicken her steps towards the exit. Even as she squatted in the entryway to put on her shoes, she felt too guilty to even glance back at Chi Xiaocheng, fearing that one glance back would lead her to be trapped in this small dark room again.
It was precisely because she didn't look back that she missed Chi Xiaocheng's flushed, agitated face and her eyes filled with possessiveness.
"System, I was the one who kept her here, doing such excessive things to her, yet she still took all the responsibility on herself, being so gentle with me."
"This is truly the white moonlight~!"
"She's truly likable."
Looking at Su Tao's back as she put on her shoes, a sense of reluctance involuntarily surfaced in Chi Xiaocheng's eyes. An inexplicable impulse rose within her heart: to just keep Su Tao here in her own home, and let things stay this way forever.
Shoes on, coat donned, Su Tao opened the front door, and a coldness distinct from the room's temperature rushed towards her. Accompanied by fresh air, this chill made her feel refreshed.
"Finally, I can leave."
At this moment, would Xiaocheng be reluctant to see her go? A feeling rose in Su Tao's heart. After stepping out, just as she turned to close the door, she subconsciously glanced at Chi Xiaocheng.
What kind of eyes were those? Amidst the crimson, reluctance, affection, longing, and loss were intertwined. Su Tao was strangely able to perceive Chi Xiaocheng's emotions. Her affection for her was not merely a performance.
"Click—"
The door closed. The graceful figure vanished at the end of the entryway. Chi Xiaocheng let out a long breath and sat down on the sofa. "What a shame, three days is still too short. How wonderful would it be to have a whole week?"
[Host, you've collected a total of 2185 emotion points from the protagonist Su Tao over these three days. After deducting the 1000 emotion points required for the mental sachet, and adding the previously remaining points, you now have 1215 points. Would you like to draw a card?]
"Not now, I'll save them for later."
1200 points, it looks like a lot, but it can be used up in an instant. These past few days, just the emotion points spent from the shop amounted to several hundred. The incense burner that left Su Tao feeling weak, the yandere literature light novel she secretly took away, and all the various items used to decorate the room—all were purchased from the system.
[But Host, this sachet doesn't seem very necessary, does it? It's so expensive.]
"Of course it's necessary. Every time I saw Su Tao before, there was always a hint of fatigue on her face. She has to study, work part-time, and those male leads bother her with all sorts of things. It's probably normal for her not to sleep well."
"And after these three days, her complexion is even more haggard."
"Even so, she still forced herself to talk with me, putting on a brave face and a smile."
"It breaks my heart!"
"If this continues, even if I don't do anything to her, she'll eventually collapse. What's more, because I changed the plot, she doesn't seem to have met that divine physician male lead yet. How long can she last without anyone helping her regulate her body?"
Giving the gift was just a byproduct; the true intention was care.
"Moreover, this helps to better establish my yandere persona." Chi Xiaocheng walked towards the balcony. From the high-rise, she could see Su Tao's back as she walked towards the community entrance. It was as if she was speaking to the system, yet also to herself, "A yandere, a yandere – if there's only 'sickness' and no 'delicacy,' she can't attract anyone."
"Cutting people, knifing people, locking them in a small dark room, or even eating people – using liking and love as excuses to vent dark psychology, that's not yandere; that's insanity. The formula for yandere isn't just killing, killing, killing and eating, eating, eating."
"Sickness causes people to be conflicted, delicacy makes people fond. Only when there is sickness and delicacy is it truly yandere."
"If I only put pressure on Su Tao, only show her my terrifying side, even if I could keep her by leveraging her feelings for the original body, what would the final outcome be?"
"She would collapse, she wouldn't be able to bear it, she'd think I'm crazy, eventually go insane, or be 'broken' by me. There are countless side plots, but the one where she truly likes me would never be achieved."
"That's not what I want."
Chi Xiaocheng watched Su Tao's retreating back, her gaze growing colder. "So, another step to make her like me is to eliminate all the inconvenient people around her, one by one!"
From a distance, a man was talking to Su Tao at the community guardhouse.
Ye Liang!
That guy actually came straight to the very community where I live!
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