I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 113
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 113: The Truth Behind The Car Accident
Qi Yao just lowered her head slightly at her father's cold voice. "I know, Dad."
She responded to her father's words meekly, just like accepting the usual work arrangements, without any resistance or objection.
Qi Zhengguo was satisfied with his daughter's response, nodded and went downstairs.
"I have an appointment with the second master of the Chu family to discuss something in the evening. You keep an eye on your sister, okay?"
"Okay."
……
That night, after her father's car left the manor, Qi Yao came to her sister's door. She told the servant guarding the door to rest, then opened the door, and stood at the door looking at her sister.
"Qi Yuan."
The girl sitting on the bed raised her head and glanced at her with cold eyes.
"Qi Yuan, do you want to go see him?"
Qi Yuan snorted at Qi Yao’s words and sneered. "I want to go, but will you let me go?" She looked straight at Qi Yao and smiled mirthlessly. "Qi Yao, I know you like him too... You like him, but you don't want to help him. Why?"
Qi Yao just replied briefly to her sister’s question, "I can let you out. You go and see him, and tell him to leave Fengyang and go overseas."
"You’ll let me out?" Qi Yuan slowly stood up, with light in her eyes again. "Really?"
"Yes. You can go and see him now." Qi Yao turned sideways without looking at her. "Xiaoyuan, you can go and see him, but you must promise to come back to the Qi family."
"Come back?" Qi Yuan shook her head, knowing that she would never look back again once she left. "Sister, you also know that when I come back, I must marry into the Chu family. Do you think I'm a person who will obey Dad?"
Without waiting for Qi Yao to speak, she said firmly, "I’ll only love Chu Yuan in this life."
Hearing this, Qi Yao looked at her sister seriously for the first time.
They clearly had the same face, but the expression on Qi Yuan’s face and the light in Qi Yuan’s eyes were completely different from hers.
This was her sister, unlike her who was shackled by her parents –– Qi Yuan was free, not bound by anything, and willful and outspoken, which was what Qi Yao yearned for.
It turned out that guy liked a girl like this.
How great.
Qi Yao smiled silently, just like the helpless expression Qi Yuan showed when she made a mistake and tried to whine her way out of it.
"Go find him." She sighed. "Of course, Qi Yuan, I still advise against you leaving with him –– if he leaves alone, Dad may not bother him much, but if you leave with him, Dad will definitely not let you guys go –– he’ll find ways to get you back."
Knowing that she was right, Qi Yuan bit her lip unwillingly. "Sister, what should I do? I don't want to get married..."
"Come back first. Have you forgotten we have a way?"
Qi Yuan suddenly opened her eyes wide. "You mean..." She shook her head vigorously. "No! Absolutely not!"
The reason why the sisters swapped identities was that she wanted to see her sister who was trapped by the family find the freedom she wanted. She did it voluntarily without any complaints or dissatisfaction.
Moreover, the other party was Chu Yuan, who was very gentlemanly, and finally moved her heart.
It was different this time.
She didn't want to get married, but so did her sister. Hadn’t her sister been resisting getting married to form an alliance? How could she let her sister replace her?
"Alright, hesitate no more. Qi Yuan, go see him before Dad comes back."
While Qi Yuan was in a daze, Qi Yao walked into the room and closed the door. "Give me your clothes –– you go out in my clothes."
Qi Yuan hesitated and did not act immediately.
"Qi Yuan, stop dawdling. When Dad comes back, you can't go even if you want to."
In the end, at her request, Qi Yuan exchanged clothes with her. However, before Qi Yuan could see Chu Yuan, she was intercepted by their mother who returned.
Their father was furious after receiving the news. After beating Qi Yuan severely with a ruler, he punished her to kneel in the study all night.
Similarly, after being scolded by their father for making trouble, Qi Yao was put in solitary confinement.
In the middle of the night, someone knocked on her door. It was Qi Yuan who sneaked in.
Faced with her sister's helpless eyes, Qi Yao hesitated for a long time and agreed to her request.
Qi Yao went to see Chu Yuan and arranged for Chu Yuan to leave Fengyang on behalf of her sister who was under strict supervision.
The nineteen-year-old girl thought she had arranged a way out for the man, but she didn't know that everything from the beginning was a trap set by the elders.
Chu Yuan was sent to the laboratory by the second branch of the Chu family and there was no news of him afterwards.
Upon hearing the news, Qi Yuan rushed into the study and argued with their father despite Qi Yao’s obstruction.
It was at that time that Qi Yuan, who was overwhelmed with anger, rushed out of the house and fell onto the sidewalk while trying to break free from the servants...
……
The girl closed her eyes and wanted to reseal the memory that she had finally recovered.
Jiang Ran was right –– since she knew it was a bad memory, why did she have to persist in getting it back? Why...
The girl raised the back of her hand to cover her mouth to prevent herself from sobbing.
She was such a fool.
……
After Qi Yuan came back, she locked herself in the room and refused to come out. Chu Yuan waited at the door, also silent.
On the day he met Qi Yao, the girl told him that she could arrange for him to leave the country. He believed her words and was then sent to the laboratory.
At that point, it dawned on him that he was being plotted against by the Qi family.
At first, he hated Qi Yuan. Compared with the elders of the Qi family and Qi Yao who passed the message, he hated Qi Yuan who betrayed him more.
So, after leaving the laboratory, he went directly to Fengyang.
Just as he thought, the once glorious families had fallen, and only the lonely manors reminded the returnees that a group of children from wealthy families once lived here.
Those people from the Chu family who turned into zombies were still wandering in the community. When he left, he chopped off their heads.
As for the Qi family, he saw the serious housekeeper of the Qi family, but he didn’t see Qi Zhengguo or Qi Yuan.
Guessing that the girl might still be alive, he was relieved from the bottom of his heart.
It was not until that moment that he suddenly realized. It turned out that he had never really hated her.
He just wanted to know what happened that year and the truth about why he was sent to the laboratory –– if Qi Yuan was with him just to replace her sister, if she had never loved him, he could give her the freedom she wanted and let her go.
Why did she lock herself up? What was she afraid of? What was she hesitating about?
They were lovers. Why did she isolate him from her world like this? They were lovers...
A thought suddenly popped up in his mind, and Chu Yuan suddenly jolted out of his pondering.
He touched the back of his neck and his palm was full of cold sweat.
If it was really as he thought... the girl was in the room. As long as he opened the door, he could see her and get the truth he wanted.
However, after hesitating for a long time, he gave up.
He didn't have the courage to knock on the door.
……
Jiang Ran was happy for Qi Yuan when she heard from Shen Yao that Qi Yuan had regained her memory. But Qi Yuan hadn't shown up for several days, and her original happiness turned into worry.
Jiang Ran, who came out of the crop breeding base, happened to run into Chu Yuan who was leading the patrol, and hurriedly ran up to him.
"Captain Chu, is Qi Yuan okay? I haven't seen her for several days."
Chu Yuan stopped in his tracks and looked helpless. "Sister Ranran, if you have time, go see her –– she has locked herself in the room for several days. I'm very worried..."
"Isn't that your house?" It was his own house. Wouldn't it be easy for him to get into the room?
Jiang Ran tilted her head and looked at him. She pondered for a moment, and said in a solemn voice, "Captain Chu, did something bad happen between you and Qi Yuan?"
