Chapter 83 Chapter 83 – A Tribute To The King Of Resilience, Lao Tao
Chapter 83 – A Tribute To The King Of Resilience, Lao Tao
Orange juice...
Orange juice.
Orange juice!
After pouring herself another glass, Su Tao closed her eyes and tilted her head back, practically pinching her nose to force herself to drink it down.
The orange juice was subtly cool and incredibly sweet.
Unlike Coke or Sprite, some people couldn't tolerate the tangy, choking sensation of carbonated drinks upon first taste.
But orange juice was a drink universally loved by all ages.
Su Tao found it hard to imagine that she would have such an adverse reaction to something so sweet.
Perhaps it was because her stomach was empty, or perhaps her body had already begun to adapt to the psychological nausea that had emerged during those days in confinement.
Su Tao leaned against the sink, dry-heaving for quite a while without bringing anything up.
She only gasped for air, breathing heavily.
Forget a whole glass; just two sips were already unbearable for her.
Even though its color was bright orange and its taste sweet, unlike the crimson of the past, the thought that this orange juice had flowed from Chi Xiao-cheng made it impossible for Su Tao to swallow.
Accepting something she detested? Could she truly do it?
After rinsing her mouth, Su Tao put the remaining half-bottle of orange juice back into the refrigerator and checked the time on her phone.
10:48 PM.
"By this time, would Little Orange already be asleep?"
Su Tao thought for a moment, then sent Chi Xiao-cheng a message: "Little Orange, are you asleep?"
Chi Xiao-cheng replied instantly, "Not yet, Tao Tao, is something the matter?"
Su Tao: "How's your recovery going? Sorry, I've been busy all day with some school matters that needed my attention. Do you need me to come to the hospital?"
She had clearly slept all day at home—she was truly bad at lying.
At the hospital, Chi Xiao-cheng leaned against her bed, a helpless smile on her face.
Of course, she desperately wished to see Su Tao.
But a girl who was too direct wasn't very cute.
So Chi Xiao-cheng replied, "It's fine, Tao Tao. I'm okay by myself. You must be tired after a busy day, so don't worry about me. Even though it's a little lonely and boring by myself, I can't let it affect your plans, Tao Tao."
Upon seeing this message, Su Tao felt much more at ease.
Without a doubt, Little Orange had emerged from her obsessive state and returned to normal.
She was a little clingy, but very considerate and caring, and wouldn't cause too much trouble.
Compared to that extreme love, Su Tao indeed preferred the normal Little Orange like this.
"I still need to go to the hospital, if only to keep her company and help her stabilize her emotions."
After sending the message to Chi Xiao-cheng, Su Tao got up and went into her room to put on a down jacket.
She returned to the living room and picked up her ladies' wristwatch from the table.
Catching sight of the sachet beside the wristwatch, Su Tao couldn't help but freeze.
"Wasn't the sachet on me?"
Sleeping in Chi Xiao-cheng's room, she had clearly smelled the faint, fresh scent emanating from the sachet both before falling asleep and upon waking.
Familiar and beloved.
"The pressure must really be getting to me; I'm hallucinating now."
Su Tao shook her head, tied the sachet around her waist, and left.
Meanwhile, at the hospital, Chi Xiao-cheng leaned quietly against her hospital bed, unable to help but sigh to herself, "I'm starting to see Su Tao in a new light. After enduring so much pressure, she actually went and tried to accept the orange juice she was resisting."
Her body might not react to that taste.
But once she realized that drinking orange juice was effectively drinking "blood," the psychological revulsion it caused was extraordinarily strong.
It was like a person eating human flesh; the mere thought would be nauseating.
[Host, should there be no more need to keep putting pressure on Su Tao now?]
"She's so tired; naturally, she needs to rest for a while first. I wonder how Dongfang Yang and my brother are doing. If Ye Liang doesn't stir up trouble, there won't be a need for such intense pressure for a while."
Chi Xiao-cheng said, "Naturally, there has to be a little bit, otherwise how would I keep her thinking about me constantly? If she doesn't actively try to de-stress, my next plan won't be able to proceed."
The System fell silent upon hearing this.
[A Tribute to the Legendary King of Resilience, Lao Tao]
It was fortunate that the original author had perfected Su Tao's character design; anyone else would have gone mad from being pushed so relentlessly, step by step.
As a major villain system, even it couldn't help but feel pity for Su Tao.
"Speaking of which, how much emotional value do I have now?"
[After deducting the 1000 emotional value points spent by the Host to purchase the original novel, there are currently 2435 points remaining.]
[Among them, the male protagonist Ye Liang contributed the most emotional value to the Host, followed by the female protagonist Su Tao, and then the supporting characters Chi Song and Dongfang Yang.]
Ye Liang practically wanted to kill her, so how could he not contribute a lot of emotional value?
As one of the male protagonists, even without a protagonist's halo, Chi Xiao-cheng truly couldn't eliminate him given his background and influence.
As the young master of the Ye family in the capital and the president of one of Jiuzhou City's leading enterprises, if someone of his status were to fall, the retaliation from his backing forces would undoubtedly be far stronger than Ye Liang's personal revenge.
Within the worldview of this female-oriented novel, the connections of these family syndicates permeated every corner of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and even the law might not be able to punish them.
Once it became a fight to the bitter end, both she and Su Tao would simply be lambs to the slaughter before her War God Father returned.
A faint uneasiness still lingered in Chi Xiao-cheng's heart.
"System, let's do a ten-draw."
Chi Xiao-cheng needed a skill stronger than her 'blackening' ability, and one she could actively control.
It would be great if she could draw a protagonist's halo blessing for herself.
[Ten-draw in progress. Congratulations, Host, on acquiring the following items:]
Nine common items and one rare.
This ten-draw didn't have the usual luck; she hit the guaranteed draw.
[Acquired: Happy Slimming Drink * 3 (Drink to lose 11 pounds of useless fat, a top choice for weight loss)]
[Acquired: Snow White's Poisoned Apple * 1 (A cursed, ill-fated poisoned apple bestowed by the Wicked Queen; consuming it will result in lifelong bad luck)]
[Acquired: Su Tao & Little Orange Dual Figurine * 1 (A dual figurine brimming with anime charm, a product of top-tier craftsmanship; prolonged gazing at the figurine will induce a trance, and lucid dreams are common during sleep)]
[Acquired: Orange Brand Sanitary Kit * 4 (A complete set of personal hygiene products for women, a top choice for menstrual periods)]
[Congratulations, Host, on acquiring Skill: Disguise (Intermediate)]
[Disguise (Intermediate): The Host can disguise herself as another person; appearance, height, bone structure, etc., can be freely altered, but cannot violate basic human anatomical settings. Limited to females, usable once per week. Duration of disguise: 3 hours.]
Chi Xiao-cheng's focus, naturally, was first and foremost on the skill itself, even though it wasn't the attack-type skill she had hoped for.
However, this skill offered extremely high versatility!
Unfortunately, it was limited to females; otherwise, Chi Xiao-cheng's doctor persona could have come to the forefront to further "treat" Su Tao.
Besides that, there was the poisoned apple, the figurine...
Chi Xiao-cheng really wanted to take them out and look, but the doctor would be coming soon. If the doctor thought she wanted to eat the apple and offered to peel it for her, that would be a huge misunderstanding.
She decided to suppress her curiosity, and Chi Xiao-cheng quietly waited for Su Tao's arrival.
11:20 PM.
The half-open door was finally tapped lightly.
Seeing the pretty young girl step in, wearing short boots, Chi Xiao-cheng lifted a sweet smile. "Tao Tao, good evening~"
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