I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 104
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Edited by Azure
Chapter 104: The Beginning Of The Plan
The meeting ended. Xie Chengzhi did not become the head of the fourth team, as in the original novel.
Before leaving the conference room, Gu Yunqing greeted the two of them just like he did when he came, but this time, his tone was much lighter. "It's rare for us to meet again. Shall we have lunch together?"
"Thank you for your kindness, Captain Gu. We have something else to do later," Luo Rui refused graciously. "We shan't disturb Captain Gu and Captain Su."
Gu Yunqing was merely being polite in the first place. "Oh, I wish you luck then."
His words sounded sarcastic. Luo Rui pursed her lips, maintaining a calm expression, and said goodbye to Gu Yunqing.
……
"Grandpa, Eldest Cousin." When most people left, Jiang Ran looked at her relatives and former teammates. "Eldest Cousin, didn’t you say you want to try my cooking? There’s no time like the present. How about today?"
Who would still be in the mood to have dinner with you today? How audacious... Shen Lang was still cursing inwardly when Shen Yang next to him smiled expectantly. "Okay, sure. Ranran, whatever you need, I'll go buy it with you~"
"No need." Si Xu, who was behind Jiang Ran, refused directly, "It’s not necessary."
Shen Yang, "..." His eyes fell on Si Xu. "Professor Si, are you joining us?"
"He's going to the laboratory." Jiang Ran patted the back of Si Xu's hand. "He won't be joining us."
"Well." Shen Yang smiled again, making no secret of his dislike for Si Xu. "Then what are we waiting for? Ranran, shall we go buy the groceries?"
Si Xu, "..." Before leaving the conference room, he added something in his notebook. A big cross was drawn on Shen Yang's name.
……
Shen Lang originally wanted to wait until the meeting ended to discuss the next plan with Xie Chengzhi and Luo Rui. However, Jiang Ran and Shen Yang interrupted him, so he had no choice but to take the two of them back to the Shen family's house.
In the living room, Shen Yao was playing a jigsaw puzzle game with Shen Youyou. When Shen Yao saw Shen Lang coming back, she looked up and then lowered her head to continue playing with the jigsaw puzzle.
"Have you lost all your basic courtesy after staying in the laboratory for so long?" Shen Lang didn't have much affection for this little granddaughter of his and couldn't accept her indifferent attitude. Shen Lang knocked on his cane and sneered. "Shen Yao, say hello to our guests."
"They’re your guests, not mine." Shen Yao lowered her head and replied, "I don't know them... Hey, Youyou, look. This piece belongs here."
She placed the puzzle piece in the empty space with her fair fingers. "That’s it."
The little girl with twin ponytails held a puzzle piece and tilted her head to think carefully about where to put it.
Being completely ignored, Shen Lang snorted heavily and led Chengzhi and Luo Rui upstairs. "Let's go to the study."
"Okay."
When they arrived in the study, Luo Rui spoke first and said bluntly, "Marshal Shen, Professor Si did it on purpose today."
"Humph, that bastard doesn't want the Shen family to get more powerful." When talking about Si Xu, only the old man’s anger remained. He gritted his teeth.
This was the first time Si Xu had embarrassed him in front of so many people. If Si Xu wasn’t taught a lesson, he would only become more and more unbridled.
"Actually, this isn’t a bad thing." Xie Chengzhi said, "Captain Min He just died in battle. If we rebuild the fourth team now, we’ll invite criticism."
"..."
"However, I don’t think Si Xu's suggestion is unreasonable." Xie Chengzhi looked at the old man and said calmly, "Marshal Shen, why don't the Shen family try to cultivate their own power?"
"Our own power?" Shen Lang sat on the sofa and motioned for the two of them to sit across from him. "It's not that the Shen family doesn't have its own power –– in this chaotic world, who doesn't think for their own family?"
The second superhuman team led by Shen Yang were all members of the Shen family. There were also superhumans who hadn’t joined the superhuman team and were only affiliated with the Shen family.
"Except for the second team, the captains of the superhuman teams in the base now, Chu Yuan, Gu Yunqing, Su Qin, and Wei Yage, were all from the laboratory. If we really have a conflict with Si Xu, we can’t possibly compete with Si Xu by only relying on the second team.”
"You're right." Shen Lang stroked his gray beard. "Do you mean we should expand our power?"
"Or, cut off Si Xu's wings and replace them with our people."
Si Xu said that the fourth team wasn’t needed, but what about the first team? What about the third team? If Chu Yuan and Gu Yunqing died, would there be no need for new captains?
Of course not.
"Si Xu is feeling secure now because the superhuman teams are mostly his forces." Luo Rui said, "Since that’s the case, we only need to eliminate his forces."
"You’re new here, so you probably don't know that those who came out of the laboratory are of the same mind as Si Xu and will not betray him easily."
"If they won't betray him, we can just let them disappear." Luo Rui pointed out, "I wonder if Marshal Shen noticed the mission report from Deputy Captain Guo Zhehao during the meeting today..."
Shen Lang was shrewd, so naturally he had noticed Guo Zhehao's report. "You mean..."
Luo Rui said, "Judging from Deputy Captain Guo’s performance, those under Si Xu aren’t as loyal as outsiders think."
Guo Zhehao deliberately marked Si Xu and Jiang Ran in his report to make the two of them unhappy.
It could be seen that the people under Captain Chu Yuan weren’t as loyal to Si Xu as Chu Yuan.
……
This was the second time Jiang Ran came to the Shen family's house. This time, with Shen Yao and Shen Bai around, Jiang Ran wasn’t worried about being plotted by Shen Lang again.
The girl ordered Shen Yang to put the groceries bought from the market in the kitchen. She squatted in the living room and played the jigsaw puzzle game with Shen Youyou for a while, and then went into the kitchen at Shen Yang's urging.
"Shen Yang, help me cut the potatoes and shred them... Wash the fish. Eh? Why does this fish look so ugly? Is it a mutated species... Oh, wash the fungus..."
"Little cousin." Shen Yang stopped chopping the vegetables and looked at her. "Do you think that I have six hands?"
"Eldest Cousin, although you don't have six hands, I believe that your two hands are definitely comparable to other people's six hands."
Shen Yang, "...Since you said that, how else am I supposed to reply?"
The man washed and chopped the vegetables resignedly, muttering something like, "This is the first time I’ve been in the kitchen since I was a child."
"The more you do it, the better. Practice makes perfect."
"Who said that? Maybe I'll blow up the kitchen."
"No way." Jiang Ran said without looking back, "Si Xu was in the kitchen before, but he’s doing fine now."
"Si Xu..." Shen Yang murmured and asked curiously, "That guy listens to you so much?"
"Yeah." Jiang Ran looked back at Shen Yang and smiled slightly. "Si Xu is much cuter than some people who hide knives in their smiles."
Knowing who she was talking about, Shen Yang pretended not to understand and said with emotion, "Indeed, only our Ranran is worthy of winning Professor Si’s heart."
The two people in the kitchen were bickering rather than chatting.
Shen Youyou stopped at the door of the kitchen. Although she didn't understand what the two were talking about, she quietly retreated to the living room based on her instincts.
"What's wrong?" Shen Yao slumped on the sofa and yawned. "I thought you wanted to watch Ranran cook?"
The little girl shook her head and sat back next to Shen Bai.
The aura between the two people in the kitchen was too strange. She better not get involved.