Chapter 64 Chapter 64: A Complete Rupture, Until Death Do Us Part (Bonus Chapter For Ye Ru Xing Fan)
Chapter 64: A Complete Rupture, Until Death Do Us Part (Bonus Chapter For Ye Ru Xing Fan)
In a flash of shock, the small knife, aiming straight for his waist, was already upon him. It was so fast that Ye Liang didn’t even have time to react and subdue her.
He barely managed to pull back and twist his waist, but the suit jacket at his waist was still sliced open, and a thread of crimson seeped out along the blade.
“You, you scoundrel!”
Ye Liang turned sideways and looked down slightly, meeting Chi Xiaocheng’s vertical pupils, glinting with a touch of crimson.
Like a furious, feral cat!
In a fleeting moment, Chi Xiaocheng tossed the knife into the air, and as she turned sideways, her other hand instinctively caught the small blade. With an inward thrust, she stabbed straight at Ye Liang again.
Her body was petite, her movements agile.
However, as the male protagonist, Ye Liang was no pushover. Recovering from his initial shock, he used his momentum to slap away Chi Xiaocheng’s knife-wielding hand.
At the same time, he quickly retreated two steps.
Adjusting his stance.
Like a raging lion, he roared, “I originally didn’t want to touch you, for Su Tao’s sake and her pleading, but you still dare to snatch Su Tao from me? You brought this upon yourself!”
How much of a threat could a 1.5-meter tall little girl be?
With that soft attack and meager strength just now, if he, Ye Liang, could pin her down once, doing it a second time would be just as simple!
Taking a large stride, Ye Liang, looming over her, reached out his hand directly.
As if capturing a dragon, he intended to grip Chi Xiaocheng’s throat again. But his expression changed to one of shock when his hand met her seemingly soft, small one.
The small hand easily gripped Ye Liang’s wrist, and no matter how much force he applied, he couldn’t advance an inch.
Her strength, why was it so immense?!
It wasn’t like this just a moment ago!
Amid his shock, a 'click' sound was heard, followed by a hoarse shriek.
“Aaagh—!”
His entire arm was twisted out of its socket by Chi Xiaocheng, right from the wrist.
No, no, no!
Ye Liang retreated in horror, cold sweat beading on his face, his breathing utterly erratic.
This person is so slender and small, why does she have such immense strength?!
And…
Ye Liang looked at Chi Xiaocheng, who was approaching step by step, and couldn’t help but swallow.
At this moment, her tea-colored long hair was disheveled, loosely covering part of her face, leaving only one eye visible beneath her messy bangs. Its pupil was vertically elongated, glinting with points of red light.
The hand holding the small knife hung limply at her side, drops of crimson liquid flowing down the blade.
Drip, drip.
The liquid fell, staining the floor with a vivid red rose. Then it was covered by a vast shadow, as her small feet, stepping over each crimson bloom, walked steadily towards him.
Blackening: Eightfold!
“Tao Tao, she’s mine!”
Chi Xiaocheng finished her low murmur, and then, with a whoosh, she darted out again.
“Damn it!”
Ye Liang practically tumbled towards the door, shouting loudly, “What are you still doing out there? Get in here and help!”
The door to the room had remained open, and the bodyguards were diligently standing guard outside.
Upon hearing Ye Liang’s voice, the man in the suit from outside suddenly burst in.
It was the same bodyguard who had chased Chi Xiaocheng in the basement.
He glanced at the blackened Chi Xiaocheng, then saw his young master fleeing in a panic, clutching one arm, with a long, bloodied cut across his waist.
Ye Liang glared at the bodyguard. “What are you looking at? Go kill that person!”
“Huh? Me?”
The man in the suit met Chi Xiaocheng’s strange vertical pupils and was immediately struck with fear. One of the effects of cat-like eyes was to instill terror in those who met her gaze.
This person is clearly not right! The bodyguard felt his scalp prickle. Without a word, he hoisted Ye Liang onto his shoulder and ran. “Young Master, let’s go to the hospital first. I’ve been in this profession for many years, and I disdain hitting women!”
Chi Xiaocheng did not pursue them until they had left. Only then did she slowly recover, before collapsing, utterly spent, by the entrance doorway.
Her eyes gradually regained their clarity. Chi Xiaocheng let out a breath. “That was impulsive.”
[Host, you’ve recovered?]
“I was fine to begin with.” Chi Xiaocheng poked her head out, glancing at the hallway camera. “Good thing the Blackening skill worked at the critical moment. It’s so frustrating how unreliable it is.”
“System, do you think it’s because Ye Liang mentioned Su Tao, and his male protagonist halo was diluted by the female protagonist halo, that I was able to activate the Blackening skill at the crucial moment?”
[Host, is there a possibility that you haven't even realized you're slightly… I mean slightly, slightly yandere, which is why you can trigger the Blackening skill?]
“Huh?” Chi Xiaocheng scoffed. “Do you think I wouldn’t know if I were yandere? Whether it’s the dependency, possessiveness, or exclusionary types I’ve shown, I’ve consciously acted them out, alright?
“Of course I’m not yandere.”
Chi Xiaocheng waved her hand, her expression normal. “Alright, let’s not talk about this. I know my own situation. Rather, both last time and this time, after the Blackening skill was triggered, I became very weak. What’s going on?”
[Although Blackening multiplies your combat strength, it essentially compresses your body’s potential. Once the Blackening state wears off, it feeds back negative weakness to your body proportional to the multiplier.]
“I see.”
Chi Xiaocheng let out another breath, her expression becoming complex. “Rather, the real trouble is coming next. Besides making me weak afterward, this Blackening skill also affects my rationality. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been so impulsive just now.”
“Now, Tao Tao might not even be able to protect me.”
Given what just happened, it’s no exaggeration to say I’ve fallen out with Ye Liang completely, to the point of no return! A villainous cannon fodder character, directly confronting one of the male protagonists?
“This is truly a difficult challenge.”
[Host, you should act soon. Ye Liang’s character setting will definitely protect him. How about getting the female protagonist, Su Tao, to help?]
“Impossible!” Chi Xiaocheng’s voice was resolute. “Last time that guy pushed his luck, wanting Tao Tao to be his maid. Now that we’ve completely fallen out, he will definitely restrict Tao Tao!”
“However, this is also an opportunity…”
Chi Xiaocheng pulled out her phone, murmuring as she looked at Su Tao’s WeChat profile picture.
She and Ye Liang had fallen out, their conflict escalating.
As the one being contended for, Su Tao, despite Chi Xiaocheng’s intention to keep her out of it, would ultimately be unable to escape a choice.
Would she choose Chi Xiaocheng?
Or would she choose Ye Liang, for whom she still held some good feelings?
Oh, Tao Tao, you simply cannot choose Ye Liang!
A red glint flashed in her eyes and vanished. She scrolled to Doctor Cheng’s secondary account.
She had a new plan now: a plan to make Su Tao fall out with Ye Liang!
“But before that, I need bodyguards.”
[Bodyguards?]
The System sounded confused.
[Host, even with the few hundred emotion points Ye Liang just provided, you only have 1635 points. You can’t buy people in the shop. Are you going to find the other male protagonist, Si Chen?]
“I can’t trust Si Chen yet.” Chi Xiaocheng shook her head and tapped into someone’s WeChat chat.
She typed and sent a message: “Brother, I was bullied. Can you bring some people back to help me?”
The message was received, and a reply came almost instantly.
Invincible Brother: “Alright, I’ll be home by midnight tonight.”
Looking at the few simple words in the reply, Chi Xiaocheng felt a warmth in her heart.
To be honest, she didn’t want to involve her brother.
But…
Plans never keep up with changes!
Chi Xiaocheng scrolled back to Doctor Cheng’s secondary account and slowly composed a message to Su Tao.
So, next, between Ye Liang and me, Tao Tao, will you choose me? Will you, or will you?
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