I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 111
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Edited by Azure
Chapter 111: The Real Qi Yao
She asked him out, and then stood him up. Not only that, she also asked her sister Qi Yao to meet him in her stead?
"You met..." Her voice was extremely hoarse, and she cautiously asked, prying into her forgotten past, "Did she say anything?"
Recalling what happened that night, Chu Yuan said in a muffled voice, "She didn't say anything. She just said that I recognized the wrong person, and told me that the person I had been dating all along was you."
It rained heavily that night. He avoided the killers and various spies hired by his uncle and went to meet her despite the downpour.
Because of hatred and confusion about the future, after seeing her, he experienced an outburst of emotions.
He kissed her fiercely, and got slapped by her mercilessly.
Her voice was cold, and she ruthlessly exposed the truth in front of him. "Chu Yuan, you recognized the wrong person."
The girl was just a few feet away, and on her familiar face was an unfamiliar cold expression.
He covered his face, stared at her blankly, and hesitated. "Are you... Qi Yao?"
Before the first meeting, he had briefly flipped through the information on the two sisters, and had long been suspicious of Qi Yuan's identity. Seeing the real Qi Yao at this moment, he completely confirmed his guess.
"Yes, I’m Qi Yao, the real Qi Yao." The girl looked at him coldly and said in a deep voice, "Chu Yuan, your fiancée has never been me, but my sister Qi Yuan –– I didn't want a marriage arrangement, so she got engaged to you in my place. The person who was supposed to meet you today should have been her."
With a brief conversation, he gradually calmed down.
Squinting his eyes to look at the girl opposite, he curled his lips and smiled, full of sarcasm. "I'm here to meet my girlfriend –– may I know why you, Miss Qi Yao, who doesn't want to marry me, are here instead?"
The girl stood very straight, not frightened by his cold eyes. She folded her arms in front of her chest, slightly raised her chin, and looked back at him without any fear –– she had the aloof and indifferent aura of the heir of the Qi family.
This was the real Qi Yao.
Unlike the girl who carefully treated stray dogs and insisted on going to the amusement park and watching a movie with him, Qi Yao, the heir of the Qi family, was cold and sharp, like a blade out of its sheath, and people dared not underestimate her.
Undeterred by his scrutiny, Qi Yao said coldly, "Chu Yuan, stop pestering Qi Yuan. You’re now desperate. If you don't want to drag Qi Yuan down, just do as I say."
"Do as you say?" Instead of getting angry, he laughed at her cold warning. "The heir of the Qi family, what advice can you give me?"
"You aren’t allowed to continue to pester Qi Yuan. I’ll arrange for someone to send you away from the country."
"Send me away? Qi Yao, my father committed suicide in prison, and my family was broken up. Don't you know who’s responsible for it?" He sneered. "Why do you think I’ll believe you?"
"Do you still have a choice?" The girl's words were sharp. "Chu Yuan, if you don't believe me, you’ll have no way out."
He was silent.
What she said was the truth. After the Chu family fell into decline, all their former business partners, friends, and even relatives added insult to injury. He really had no one to depend on and no one to trust.
"Chu Yuan, I don't have much time. You have five minutes to think about it."
She glanced at her watch, leaned against the wall, and waited for his reply.
And then, he chose to believe her.
Perhaps it was because her face was similar to Qi Yuan's, or perhaps... it was just because he really had no other way out.
"My sister... Qi Yao sent you abroad?" After asking this question, Qi Yuan realized how stupid her question was.
If he went abroad, he couldn’t have spent four years in a laboratory and suffered a fate that was worse than death.
The girl fell into an even longer silence.
Chu Yuan didn't say much, but just hugged her tightly and whispered, "Go to sleep." He placed a kiss on her earlobe and said softly, "Good night, Qi Yuan."
Qi Yuan didn't fall asleep immediately. She thought of the notebook and the fragments that had appeared in her mind before, not sure whether they were her memories or imagination.
The girl had a vague answer in her heart.
She closed her eyes, turned over and leaned close to his arms. "Chu Yuan."
"Hmm?"
She raised her head and kissed him gently. "I'm sorry."
The man slowly opened his eyes with a complicated look. "No need to apologize, it's not your fault."
"I'm sorry."
She repeated, hooked his neck, and kissed him hard, with a bit of savageness.
Being provoked by her, the man turned over and pressed her down, smiling roguishly. "You seem to be full of energy, Qi Yuan."
The girl's body stiffened, but she did not avoid his gaze as usual.
Her straightforward gaze was a tacit consent to that particular deed.
Chu Yuan understood her thoughts completely and sighed. He leaned so close to her that he could hear her breathing. "Qi Yuan, when you’re like this, I feel sad. I feel sad all over, inside and out."
She opened her mouth to say something, but he did not give her a chance and kissed her again.
……
Qi Yuan, who had not slept much all night, went to the laboratory to find Shen Yao at noon the next day with dark circles under her eyes.
"You’re finally here?" Shen Yao came out of the Number Three laboratory, took off her gloves and handed them to the assistant, and then led her into the office. "I thought I had to wait until the afternoon."
Qi Yuan's cheeks flushed slightly, and she apologized in a low voice.
Shen Yao waved her hand. "It's okay, it was just a casual remark. I was also very busy in the morning –– Didn't Chu Yuan come with you?"
"He’s at the door and didn't come in."
"Huh? Why didn't he come in? Is he afraid that I’ll eat him?"
"No." Qi Yuan smiled sadly. "A lot of bad things happened in the past. If I can regain my memory, I need time to sort out my thoughts. I don't want to face him right away."
Shen Yao expressed her understanding. "First of all, I’m not completely sure that I can detect the problem and help you regain your memory."
"I know." She bowed again solemnly. "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
……
Si Xu wasn’t as alert as usual when he woke up because he was drunk. After being dazed for two seconds, he turned his head stiffly and looked into the girl's dark eyes.
Jiang Ran lay on the bed with her chin propped on both hands. She was looking at him, waiting for him to wake up.
"Si Xu, good morning."
The girl smiled gently and her voice was soft. The man's anger that had risen because of confusion was silently soothed.
He smiled faintly and whispered in response to her, "Jiang Ran, good morning."
Jiang Ran sized him up. His articulation was clear, his eyes were clear, and he seemed to be completely sober.
Stretching out her arms that were a little stiff from sitting for a long time, Jiang Ran tried to probe. "Si Xu, you were drunk last night. Do you remember what you did?"
Si Xu, who stood up to tidy up his clothes, shook his head as a matter of course. "If I remember, then I'm not really drunk."
From his tone, it sounded like he wasn’t surprised at all that he was drunk, as if he did it on purpose... Jiang Ran frowned. "Si Xu, did you do it on purpose..."
"Didn't you say that you would take care of me?"
"Huh?" She seemed to have said that.
"Hence, I could get drunk without worry."
Jiang Ran laughed when she got the reply to the question that puzzled her. She leaned over to hug him, and pressed him back on the bed.
"Si Xu." Her eyes crinkled up. "You were super cute when you were drunk. I found you so adorable, do you know that?"
"...I don't know." Gu Yunqing mentioned that the only time he got drunk, he broke someone's arm.
"You were so cute, I mean it."
"So?"
She covered his eyes, blew into his ear, and said faintly, "I want to kiss you."
Si Xu naturally raised his chin slightly to facilitate her movements.
Noticing the man's little movement, Jiang Ran chuckled and lowered her head to bite his lips.
