Chapter 73 Chapter 73 The Setup (Bonus Chapter For Luye Lin)
Chapter 73 The Setup (Bonus Chapter For Luye Lin)
Xiao Cheng was always like this, overthinking things.
Su Tao, who had been asked this many times before, was gradually developing a resistance to such words.
After all, it was just perfunctory, just to appease her, pretending to like her.
Su Tao naturally smiled. "Don't worry, Xiao Cheng, you're the one I care about."
She didn't explicitly say "like."
Employing evasive language to avoid a direct answer.
Chi Xiao Cheng knew Su Tao's thoughts, but she didn't expose them. Instead, she stayed close, her warm breath caressing Su Tao's earlobe. "Tao Tao can only like me, okay? Whether it's Dongfang Yang, Si Chen, or even Ye Liang, Tao Tao absolutely can't like them~"
"Otherwise..."
Chi Xiao Cheng smiled sweetly, not finishing her sentence. Instead, she sat on the sofa stool, swinging her legs as she waited for her coffee.
The ambiguous yet harmonious relationship between the two had grown much colder due to Dongfang Yang's arrival and Chi Xiao Cheng's sudden shift in demeanor.
Su Tao couldn't help but wonder, if Chi Xiao Cheng was always like this, would her interpersonal relationships become a mess because of it?
Just a few words of conversation, and hostility towards Dongfang Yang emerged.
The relaxation she had felt earlier, recalling childhood memories because of the xiaolongbao, quietly turned back into pressure.
The coffee was served.
Chi Xiao Cheng added one spoon of sugar, then watched Su Tao add two and a half spoons.
Sure enough, Tao Tao loved sweets the most.
Chi Xiao Cheng noted this detail, then propped her chin on her hands and gazed at Su Tao.
Smiling, but silent.
Perhaps feeling a little pressured by Chi Xiao Cheng's gaze, Su Tao drank cup after cup of coffee, appearing somewhat agitated.
And so they spent the entire morning in the warm café, enjoying a wonderful, cozy time.
At noon, after they had another meal.
Tiny snowflakes began to fall from the sky.
The temperature seemed to drop several degrees at that very moment.
Su Tao cupped her hands together and blew a warm breath into them. "This weather is really uncomfortable."
Chi Xiao Cheng stood beside her, hands in her pockets, echoing, "It is, isn't it? I heard it's going to be exceptionally cold this year. You usually don't turn on the air conditioning in the dorms at night, do you?"
Su Tao nodded. "It's fine to turn on the cold air in summer, but the heating in winter gets really stuffy. I can't stand it."
"Then..." Chi Xiao Cheng bounced in front of her, her eyes sparkling with anticipation. "How about coming to my place? It's not far anyway, and we can sleep together!"
"S-sleep together?"
"Yes!" Chi Xiao Cheng shook her head. "I want to hold Tao Tao while I sleep. Tao Tao is so soft and smells so nice, I like it~"
But the one who was truly soft, fragrant, and petite enough to be easily embraced was you, Xiao Cheng!
Su Tao felt a little tempted by Chi Xiao Cheng's suggestion.
She and Chen Qian were used to waking up early, but their two other roommates were the type who slept until 11 AM on days they had no classes, combining breakfast and lunch. Every time Su Tao got up and left, she had to tiptoe around.
But then she remembered Chi Xiao Cheng's yandere state.
Su Tao still evaded, finding an excuse. "Applying for outside accommodation is quite troublesome, and I have a lot of early morning classes. It wouldn't be good to travel back and forth with distant classrooms."
"Alright..."
Chi Xiao Cheng was a little disappointed, but she didn't have an outburst, which made Su Tao secretly sigh in relief.
So she quickly changed the subject. "Let's go to the cat café first. It's a bit out of the way, so we'll have to walk a bit."
"Can a remote cat café make money?"
"It's Dongfang Yang's business. Apparently, it provides shelter for several high school students who couldn't study due to family reasons. He also picks up many stray cats from his other properties, trains them, and then sends them to the cat café to be cared for."
Su Tao was a little excited. "He told me about it last time, but I haven't been yet."
Sure enough, Tao Tao was a cat lover.
She had to remember this detail too.
They walked together towards the cat café, but halfway there, Su Tao, blushing, said to Chi Xiao Cheng, "Xiao Cheng, wait for me here for a moment. I need to go to a nearby public restroom. I drank too much coffee."
"Okay~"
Chi Xiao Cheng nodded in response, incredibly well-behaved.
She had already made up her mind: once they got there, she would ask several times if Su Tao liked cats or liked her.
Then she would pretend to be a cat to win Su Tao's affection.
If Su Tao became friendly with those high school girls, Chi Xiao Cheng would then use her unsettling tone again.
Still aiming for the same goal: to keep the pressure on Su Tao.
She had to make Su Tao realize...
...that her entire heart had to be with Xiao Cheng and no one else~
However, fate had other plans.
Chi Xiao Cheng had all her plans ready, but then an unexpected incident occurred.
A sports car roared past on the nearby road.
Nothing seemed to happen at first, but a moment later, the sports car reversed and came back.
Chi Xiao Cheng raised an eyebrow, put away her phone, and watched the sports car warily.
A tall figure stepped out of the sports car.
"Chi Xiao Cheng, what a small world!"
It was Ye Liang!
Instantly, Chi Xiao Cheng pulled her hand from her pocket and retrieved a fruit knife from her system space.
Her gaze was wary and cold.
The driver was his bodyguard. As soon as he got out, he stood tall beside Ye Liang, flexing his arm muscles. "Young Master, is this her? There are no cameras here. Should I take care of her?"
"Don't!" Ye Liang looked at the fruit knife with lingering fear. "Don't be impulsive, you probably can't beat her."
"Huh?" The bodyguard looked at Ye Liang in surprise. "Me? I've been in this profession for 20 years. I once slid and killed a tiger. Young Master, are you serious when you say I can't beat this 1.5-meter little girl?"
Ye Liang glanced at his bodyguard. "If you want to risk your life for a few thousand yuan, I have no objection. But right now, call for backup, just in case!"
Ye Liang cautiously observed Chi Xiao Cheng and quickly noticed she was different from before.
It seemed... she had quite a bit of reason?
Right, this girl is a yandere. If I don't deliberately provoke her, she won't go crazy!
Thinking this, Ye Liang no longer felt anxious. He watched Chi Xiao Cheng from the side. "What a stroke of bad luck for you, all alone. You won't escape this time."
Chi Xiao Cheng narrowed her eyes. "Ye Liang, you're not trying to corner me here and wait for people to arrive, are you?"
"So what if I am?"
His thoughts exposed, Ye Liang wasn't flustered. No matter how formidable she was, could she really defeat a whole group of professionally trained bodyguards?
However, what he didn't expect was that Chi Xiao Cheng actually walked closer, step by step. "Ye Liang, you're already targeting me, so why would you think I'd be wandering out alone?"
Chi Xiao Cheng smiled faintly. "I'm out on a date with Tao Tao~"
A date!
Ye Liang's fury flared up instantly.
His face grew even darker. "Where's Su Tao!"
Could it be she's imprisoned her again!
By this time, Chi Xiao Cheng had already reached Ye Liang, showing no fear that he might try to seize her.
With a faint smile, she said, "Tao Tao went to the restroom."
"Then what do you mean!"
Chi Xiao Cheng extended the small knife, making Ye Liang hastily retreat a step.
But Chi Xiao Cheng didn't stab outwards; instead, she gently gripped it with a reverse grip.
It looked like she was going to stab herself!
Chi Xiao Cheng's voice deepened, unnaturally tinged with a morbid sweetness. "Tao Tao will be back very soon. And right now, we have an easily enraged adult man, and a frail and harmless little loli."
"Tell me~ if I get hurt, or stabbed, who would have done it?"
"Ye Liang, as it happens, I have no way to make Tao Tao stay away from you and hate you, so your timing... is just perfect~"
The knife tip, while avoiding any vital organs, pressed against Chi Xiao Cheng's own abdomen.
Ye Liang's scalp tingled, and he was drenched in sweat.
This girl, she was actually so ruthless to herself!
If he made a move now, wouldn't it be exactly what Chi Xiao Cheng wanted?
When it came time to explain, would Su Tao really side with him?
The two remained in a standoff, neither noticing that behind a tree not far away, a slender figure had heard every word clearly.
Su Tao stood rooted to the spot, her pupils wide with disbelief.
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