I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 117
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 117: A Friend Who Came From Afar
Applause came from behind the crowd. The onlookers subconsciously turned around and saw the person who was applauding. Although they didn’t know him, because of the people around him, the onlookers still made way for him.
The young man was wearing a lake blue long waistcoat uniform with an eagle with its wings spread out embroidered on his arm sleeve. He looked at Jiang Ran with a cold expression, but there was a glint of approval in his eyes.
Beside him, Shen Bai had a gloomy expression and said nothing.
Pei Xiao? Why was he at Xiling Base? When she thought about how he had heard her immature speech just now, Jiang Ran felt inexplicably embarrassed.
"Miss Jiang, what you said just now was great." The young man walked to Jiang Ran. His eyes slowly swept over those people, and he smiled slightly. "Actually, there’s no need to say so much. It's a simple truth."
Looking at the superhuman opposite who accused Jiang Ran of being an ordinary person who was just idling around, Pei Xiao sneered. "Since some people think that superhumans can arbitrarily despise and harm ordinary people, does that mean high-level superhumans can also arbitrarily deal with low-level superhumans –– if I kill you here, can I not bear any responsibility?"
"That..." The superhuman took two steps back after meeting Pei Xiao’s eyes and retorted stiffly, "That’s a fallacy!"
"It’s normal for you to disregard other people's lives, but it’s a fallacy for others to disregard your life?" Pei Xiao nodded. "It seems that Miss Jiang is right. Wei Yage didn't teach you well."
Hearing this man getting Wei Yage involved again, the members of the sixth team showed indignant expressions. The man accused by Pei Xiao glared and said angrily, "You aren’t allowed to insult Captain Wei!"
"Saying that she didn't teach you well is a fact. How is it an insult?" Pei Xiao smiled faintly. "Or do you think that your existence is an insult to Wei Yage?"
"You!"
"Enough!" Seeing that his team members were angered, the young man who was the deputy team leader stopped his team members from arguing further. He turned his gaze from Jiang Ran to Pei Xiao, and smiled indifferently. "I didn't know when Captain Pei became so close to Miss Shen? If my memory serves me, your sister..."
"Good grief, what a horrible person you are!" Hearing that this person was going to get the deceased Pei Wan'er involved, Jiang Ran got angry even faster than Pei Xiao. The girl walked towards the person opposite her aggressively and rolled up her sleeves. "Come out! I want to teach you a lesson!"
What she hated most was this kind of lunatic who insulted people and then got others involved, especially when the person involved was a deceased family member of the other person.
The young man pushed his glasses up and didn’t move — of course he wouldn’t be stupid enough to bully Jiang Ran in front of Shen Bai. He just wanted to remind Pei Xiao to stop interfering.
"Have you had enough?" Seeing that the situation was getting out of hand, Shen Bai finally spoke up to stop the quarrel. "If you don’t knock it off, get into the confinement room and accept punishment!"
"..."
"Clean up this place." The young man's eyes were cold, and he said in a deep voice, "I asked the sixth team to guard this experimental base to protect the personal safety of the base's scientific researchers because they are all important assets of the base, not to let you act like hooligans here –– I think the sixth team has been getting more and more out of line recently."
No one from the sixth team responded to Shen Bai's reprimand, but the expressions on their faces showed their indignation.
Seeing the disdain on their faces, Shen Bai sneered. "Are you feeling indignant? I’ll personally communicate with Wei Yage about what happened today –– you can leave after you clean up this place."
……
After the sixth team cleaned up the experimental field and left, the crowd watching outside also dispersed.
Jiang Ran looked at the deputy captain and waved with a smile. "Next time when there are ripe experimental fruits, you’re welcome to come and try them –– of course, the staff will not be responsible if anyone is poisoned."
"..."
After the men left with aggrieved looks on their faces, Shen Bai knocked on Jiang Ran's head lightly. "You’ve caused today's trouble, yet you’re still unrepentant."
Jiang Ran covered her head and admitted her mistake, "I'm sorry." She added softly, "Actually, that cantaloupe isn’t sweet at all... However, it’s the result of the team's labor, so they should be rewarded first. If we keep using the points reward system, as time passes, no one will have the motivation."
Moreover, the so-called points reward of ordinary people were far less than those of superhumans –– even for scientific researchers who were contributing to the future development of mankind.
"Even if it's a reward, it's not something you can decide arbitrarily." Shen Bai said helplessly, "Do you think I don't know that you just wanted to eat it? Jiang Ranran, this can't happen again, understand?"
Jiang Ran lowered her head. "I got it."
Since she took the initiative to admit her mistake, Shen Bai didn’t plan to pursue the matter. Worried that he had hit her too hard because she shrunk her head, his heart softened and he touched the top of her head.
"Pei Xiao, this is my younger sister, Jiang Ranran."
"I know." Pei Xiao looked at the girl and smiled slightly. "We’ve met before."
"Really?" Shen Bai didn't ask any more questions and said, "There are several other experimental fields. Shall we continue our tour?"
"Are you visiting the experimental fields?" Jiang Ran interrupted.
Shen Bai nodded. "Yeah, upon coming in, I heard that someone was causing trouble here, so I had to come here to solve the trouble."
Jiang Ran stuck out her tongue and asked, "Why are you alone, Second Brother? Where’s Grandpa? Where’s Si Xu?"
Knowing the grudge between Shen Yang and Pei Xiao, Jiang Ran wisely did not mention Shen Yang's name.
However, when the man heard Si Xu's name, he frowned, snorted, and turned his face away, no longer looking at the brother and sister who were talking.
This girl touched a sore spot. Shen Bai touched the tip of his nose and replied vaguely, "They are all in the military command building. I'm showing Captain Pei around the experimental base."
"Oh, I see." Jiang Ran became interested. "I know this place. I'll take you on a tour and introduce the place to Captain Pei."
Shen Bai wanted to refuse, but Pei Xiao spoke first and said politely, "Thank you, Miss Jiang."
Jiang Ran replied with a smile, "Captain Pei is a guest. It's my duty."
Without a chance to speak, Shen Bai gave his sister a warning look, but did not discourage her hospitality.
After briefly explaining the situation to her team leader and instructing her colleagues to take good care of their superior, Jiang Ran led Pei Xiao and Shen Bai on the tour.
As the girl walked through an experimental field, Shen Bai discovered that she was different from what he expected –– she did not just come here to muddle along and earn points. Instead, she carefully learned about each experimental field, including the various advantages and disadvantages of the facilities and equipment, as well as the results of the experimental fields so far, and she could describe them all correctly.
Pei Xiao listened carefully to the girl's introductions, nodded from time to time, and asked some complicated questions, which Jiang Ran was able to answer accurately.
After the tour, Shen Bai praised her generously, "Ranran is smart. You’ve mastered all kinds of professional knowledge in just a few days."
"Of course." The girl puffed up with pride. "I’m Professor Si's girlfriend. I can't embarrass him."
Shen Bai smiled lightly. "Yeah, you did a great job."
Pei Xiao was silent. That guy's name followed him everywhere. When he heard that name, he couldn't resist the urge to fight with him. It would be best if he could beat Si Xu so hard that he couldn't get up.