I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 120
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 120: Casting An Extensive Net
When encountering a crisis, using ordinary people as bait to attract zombies to avoid the crisis was something many people in the apocalypse would do. Wei Yage naturally had the choice to do so. Jiang Ran didn’t think that she had the right to blame her.
However, since ordinary people weren’t peers in her eyes and had no right to survive, she shouldn’t have established a fair and just image for herself.
She used her aloof appearance and seemingly fair and upright words and actions to maintain her good image in the eyes of everyone in the base. But when the moment of real crisis came, she pushed the ordinary people who had placed their hopes on her out to die...
Jiang Ran's expression was sarcastic.
She could accept a person who was selfless and could also accept a person who was completely bad, but what she hated most was two-faced people.
"But after hearing what Ranran said, I also think that the people in the sixth team aren’t as upright as they seem."
Once the conversation started, a girl added on to Jiang Ran's complaint.
"Last time, the deputy captain under Captain Wei, yes, that's Deputy Captain Zou. Lili and I met him in the bar after work. That guy knew we were laboratory staff, so he came over to chat with us and asked a lot of questions about Professor Si."
"About Professor Si?" The girls who were listening to the gossip glanced at Jiang Ran, and someone asked awkwardly, "Why did Deputy Captain Zou ask about Professor Si?"
"Well, Captain Wei likes Professor Si." The former looked at Jiang Ran and muttered, "Captain Wei likes Professor Si, but Professor Si has a girlfriend, so Deputy Captain Zou came to ask me about Professor Si's relationship with his girlfriend. He also asked me about Professor Si's personal hobbies, and about work..."
Did he actually inquire from the staff? Jiang Ran laughed and was a little curious. "How did you answer?"
"How was I supposed to answer?" The girl was helpless. "Although we work with Professor Si, we don't really know him. However, I said that Professor Si and Ranran have a good relationship, and the two often go to and knock off work together. In the end, do you know what Deputy Captain Zou’s reaction was?"
"What was his reaction?"
"He just smiled coldly, got up and left without even saying thank you. Lili was so angry at the time that she secretly scolded him for being rude several times."
"Oh, come to think of it, a member of the sixth team also approached me." These were some trivial things that happened inadvertently, but once someone mentioned them, it would immediately evoke related memories. "He also approached me for no reason, and then asked about Professor Si while chatting, and said that he was Professor Si's fanboy. I didn't think much about it at the time, and just said a few words like I wasn't familiar with him, and then there was nothing else."
"I've encountered that too." A girl frowned. "It was the guy on duty at the entrance. When he was helping me move the materials, he asked about Professor Si. I also said I wasn't familiar with him, and he didn't say anything else."
"So, the sixth team is trying to find out about Professor Si in various ways?"
As soon as the words fell, several people looked at Jiang Ran in unison.
There were six people here. Three of whom had been approached by the members of the sixth team, and they had all been asked about things related to Si Xu. Fortunately, they didn't have much interaction with Si Xu and hadn’t been exposed to the core work of the laboratory, so even if they said something, it wouldn’t be a big deal.
But what about the entire laboratory? How many people had talked to the sixth team and revealed the news of Si Xu and the laboratory to the sixth team intentionally or unintentionally?
She wouldn’t believe that no one instructed the sixth team members to cast such an extensive net over the staff of the laboratory.
Jiang Ran had a calm expression, but a lot of thoughts were racing in her mind. "Wei Yage is persistent in pestering Si Xu, and even lowers herself to use some shameful means. This shows that my Si Xu is charming. I’m happy."
The girls who were gossiping, "..." They weren’t happy to witness an indiscernible display of affections.
"But Ranran, you’re so confident. Aren't you afraid that Professor Si will really cheat on you?" The girl asked this question in a teasing tone, obviously as a joke.
Jiang Ran thought seriously for a moment, and asked back, "Wei Yage isn’t as young, pretty, cute, gentle or considerate as me. As the saying goes, people are always looking for greener pastures. Unless Si Xu is blind, he won’t seek her even if he cheats on me –– if you give a firefly to the person who owns the moon, do you think he will want it?"
She said it as a matter of course, and even nodded to affirm herself. The girls were amused by her expression and laughed.
"Ranran, you’re so narcissistic!"
"Does Professor Si know that you’re so narcissistic? Or do you usually talk like this in front of him?"
"Professor Si looks so unapproachable, but it turns out that he likes girls like you who are secretly saucy. Haha, what an eye-opener."
After laughing for a while, it was almost time, so the girls packed up their things and went home, leaving Jiang Ran alone in the lounge to read.
When she heard footsteps approaching, Jiang Ran thought it was a staff member. She looked up and was about to say hello, but saw Pei Xiao standing at the door with a glass in his hand, looking around the lounge in a daze.
"Pei Xiao, are you here to get some water?" Thinking that he had gone to the wrong place, Jiang Ran reminded him, "The men's lounge is right opposite."
"No, I'm here to get some tea." He didn't expect that there would still be someone in the lounge after work. Fortunately, it was an acquaintance, so it wasn't too awkward. Pei Xiao didn't go in, but just stood at the door, looking straight ahead. "Shen Yao said there was a can of tea leaves in her cabinet, and asked me to get some."
"Shen Yao's cabinet?" Jiang Ran put down the book, stood up and walked to the cabinet, muttering, "Sister Shen Yao's cabinet, Sister Shen Yao’s...ah, here it is."
She turned around and looked at Pei Xiao. "Private cabinets all have passwords. Did Sister Shen Yao tell you the password?"
"Yes."
"Come in and get it yourself." Jiang Ran stepped aside. "Don't tell me this kind of private password."
Jiang Ran was the only one in the lounge. Pei Xiao didn't refuse when he heard that. He walked to Shen Yao's cabinet, entered the password, found the tea leaves, and closed the cabinet, all in one go.
While he was entering the password, Jiang Ran returned to her original position and continued reading. After he closed the cabinet door, Jiang Ran didn't even raise her head. "Captain Pei, goodbye."
The man walked to the door but didn't leave immediately.
"Jiang Ranran." He called her name in a deep voice.
Jiang Ran looked at him in confusion. "Huh?"
The young man looked a little conflicted. His Adam's apple bobbed, and after hesitating for a long time, he asked, "Do you really like Si Xu?"
"Huh?" What kind of question was that? When he asked this, the girl's first reaction was that it was related to Pei Wan'er, and her voice became a little colder when she spoke. "Captain Pei, this has nothing to do with you, right?"
Sensing the girl's hostility, Pei Xiao touched his nose helplessly and explained, "If you don't want to answer, forget it."
After he said that, he no longer looked at the girl's expression, and left quickly. It felt like he was fleeing in panic.
