Chapter 95 Chapter 95 Peach, This Time It'S Still Your Fault
Chapter 95 Peach, This Time It'S Still Your Fault
Without a word, she pulled Chi Xiaocheng to the dorm.
As soon as they entered, Chen Qian got down from her bed. "Su Tao, weren't you going for a psychological evaluation? That was quick!"
Su Tao didn't answer Chen Qian. She pulled Chi Xiaocheng to her desk, then rummaged through her cabinet, her voice puzzled. "I remember putting the makeup remover here. Qianqian, have you seen it?"
Chen Qian looked at the two of them, bewildered. "Didn't I tell you last time? Mine ran out, so I borrowed yours for now. The one I ordered hasn't arrived yet." She pointed to the roommate still sleeping on the top bunk. "Xiao Wei still has some."
Hearing this, Su Tao, without a second thought, shook her sleeping roommate awake.
Meanwhile, Chen Qian was perplexed by what Chi Xiaocheng and Su Tao were doing. She walked around and peered over, realizing it was none other than Chi Xiaocheng, who had looked like a monster a couple of months ago. Her bare face was quite pretty, so why had she put on heavy makeup again?
She was confused, but then, meeting Chi Xiaocheng's gaze, she felt a strange thrill. Then, she saw Chi Xiaocheng, with her back to Su Tao, pull a small pill from her pocket. Instantly, Chen Qian's thrill turned to delight. She hadn't forgotten that two weeks ago, Chi Xiaocheng had promised her a high-tech skincare pill if she did well. She had been longing for the one that cleared blackheads and pimples for half a month!
Giving her a look of instant understanding, Chen Qian turned to Su Tao, who was still searching for makeup remover, and asked, "What exactly happened?"
Su Tao didn't even turn her head. "Xiaocheng's roommates tricked her, telling her that makeup products are forbidden and very harmful to the skin!"
"Well..." Chen Qian hesitated, then chided Su Tao. "You care about her so much, why didn't you keep a closer eye on her? You know how naive she is." As she spoke, Chen Qian subtly gestured to their recently awakened roommate.
Xiao Wei was still a bit confused about the situation, but the amusement in her eyes didn't lessen as she chimed in, "That's right, Peach, this time it's your fault."
Su Tao paused in her actions, a trace of apology in her voice. "Yes, it's my fault. I originally intended to go straight to Xiaocheng, but I was stopped by two student union members on the way. Otherwise, this wouldn't have happened." And this time, she was lucky to stumble upon it. Who knew what had happened before?
"Found it." Su Tao sighed in relief and quickly went to Chi Xiaocheng's side, commanding, "Close your eyes first. I'll take care of it for you."
Chi Xiaocheng closed her eyes, but her slightly trembling eyelashes revealed her inner unease. As she felt fingertips brush across her cheek, Chi Xiaocheng surrendered everything to Su Tao.
Once all the makeup was removed, that delicate, fair, bare little face reappeared before Su Tao. She breathed a sigh of relief, but also chided, "Xiaocheng, you too! Couldn't you tell they were actually lying to you? You're usually so pretty, yet you made yourself look like that ghost. They clearly have ill intentions, so why even get close to them?"
Chi Xiaocheng lowered her head, not daring to speak loudly, only weakly saying, "I'm sorry."
Su Tao sighed, still nagging like an old busybody. "It's not that I'm nagging, it's that you need to develop some ability to discern right from wrong, understand? What if one day you're tricked... no, you've been tricked so many times before, and you still haven't learned your lesson."
As she continued speaking, Chi Xiaocheng's tears couldn't help but fall. Large teardrops rolled down her chin, landing on Su Tao's hand, which was resting on her lap. The damp sensation made Su Tao pause. Then she saw Chi Xiaocheng look up, tears welling in her eyes. "But... but at that time, Taotao, you... you weren't talking to me. Besides them, I had no other friends at school."
The words Su Tao was about to say caught in her throat. That summer, because of Ye Liang, she had argued with Chi Xiaocheng. She should have apologized, but various things had come up, causing her to put it off. After that, Chi Xiaocheng had changed completely, disrupting everything between her and Ye Liang. Perhaps what Zeng Xiuhua and those "sisters" taught her wasn't entirely false, but without her by her side then, who else did she have?
Chi Xiaocheng remained like that, looking up, shedding tears of grievance. She tried her best to muffle her sobs. As if realizing that crying wasn't good, she wiped away a tear with her finger, found she couldn't stop them all, and then used her wrist more forcefully to wipe and hide them.
Su Tao's chiding tone completely softened. She pulled Chi Xiaocheng into her embrace and gently said, "I'm sorry, Xiaocheng, I spoke too harshly. You're always so naive, and I just worry about you getting tricked. I'm at fault this time too."
Chi Xiaocheng sniffled, only whimpering a reply.
From an angle Su Tao couldn't see, her small hand quickly gestured to Chen Qian. Chen Qian, however, was already stunned by Chi Xiaocheng's acting. Noticing the gesture, she finally came back to her senses. She walked over and patted Su Tao's shoulder. "Su Tao, it's rare for someone to remain so naive. If you want Chi Xiaocheng to change, can you really bear to let her encounter the dark side of this world?"
Their roommate Xiao Wei lay back down to continue sleeping. "If you ask me, just keep an eye on her constantly if you're afraid something will happen to her. How simple is that?"
"Mm-hm." Su Tao pursed her lips in acknowledgement, lost in thought.
Seeing this, Chen Qian pulled the sleeping roommate up again. "Xiao Wei, what are you still sleeping for? Let's go to the psychological evaluation. You get 0.5 academic credits, which means one less easy course to take! Come on, hurry, hurry!"
"Hey, wait! I haven't even changed out of my pajamas!"
"Change what? You just sleep without any regard for the atmosphere. Let's go!"
With a push and a shove, Chen Qian quickly cleared the dorm room for the two of them.
Su Tao gently pulled Chi Xiaocheng out of her embrace, took out a tissue, and wiped her tears, saying softly, "Xiaocheng, don't bother with those people anymore, okay?"
"Mm-hm!" Chi Xiaocheng nodded obediently, so adorable. Who would have thought she could be a yandere, with another extreme side?
Su Tao said, "In a bit, we'll go to the psychologist to get our academic credits, and then we'll go to Dongfang Yang's private hospital to have a doctor look at your skin."
Thinking about it, if she were in her usual yandere state, Xiaocheng would have definitely sided with her without a moment's hesitation. An image flashed through Su Tao's mind: Chi Xiaocheng hesitating with every step as she chose to approach her. Then she smiled and shook her head. No, if it were that kind of Xiaocheng, Zeng Xiuhua might have already met with an 'accident.'
Chi Xiaocheng in her yandere state made even Su Tao afraid. But since it didn't manifest just now, did that mean her treatment was actually having some effect? She'd wait for the psychological evaluation report and then decide what to do next.
Su Tao took Chi Xiaocheng's hand and smiled. "Let's go, Xiaocheng. There might be a wait, but this diagnosis is a joint effort by Dongfang Yang and Si Chen, so we can pull some strings and go straight in for the test without waiting."
Chi Xiaocheng narrowed her eyes at this. This so-called 'pulling strings' for the test was the main event, wasn't it? She wondered if her intermediate acting skills would be enough. If the doctor truly saw through her yandere act, things would get difficult later.
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