I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 127
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 127 Silenced
After Chu Yuan left the base, Qi Yao allocated most of her life to work. The girl seemed to have completely forgotten about the unpleasantness of the past and devoted herself to work.
Several times, when Jiang Ran called her to go home together after work, she politely refused. When Jiang Ran came early the next morning, she was still in the workshop.
Another day after work, Jiang Ran went to the laboratory to meet Si Xu. On the way home together, the girl looked up at the red sunset in the west and felt depressed.
"When will Captain Chu come back this time?"
Knowing that she was worried about her friend, Si Xu said, "According to the current situation outside, it will take at least two months to go to and come back from Beihe base." And that was assuming there was no trouble on the way.
There were no records of Zhoushan base and Beihe base in the novel. Even at the end, Luo Rui and Xie Chengzhi only touched the tip of the iceberg of the truth behind the spread of the virus.
Because of her appearance, many things had changed, adding countless possibilities to everyone's future.
Jiang Ran didn't know what was in Beihe base, and whether there was really information related to the virus. Also, she couldn't be sure whether Chu Yuan's team could come back safely this time. Therefore, when facing Qi Yao, she could not even say words of comfort.
"By the way," Thinking of the possible crisis in Chu Yuan's team, Jiang Ran said, "have you told him about Guo Zhehao?"
Deputy Captain Guo seemed to have his own intentions. With Shen Lang watching menacingly from behind, even if there was only a small hint of threat, they should be well prepared.
"I’ve told him." Si Xu said, "Also, Guo Zhehao didn’t go with them for this mission."
"Huh? The captain left, but the deputy captain stayed at the base?" What did that mean?
"The first team left some members at the base, so Guo Zhehao stayed with them."
In that case, it seemed that they were reading too much into it? Maybe Deputy Captain Guo was just dissatisfied with Si Xu, and it had nothing to do with Chu Yuan?
After walking hand in hand for a while, Gu Yunqing rushed to the two of them at a fast pace and stopped Si Xu.
"Si Xu!" Gu Yunqing glanced at Jiang Ran, and without avoiding her, he handed a stack of things to Si Xu. "There’s news."
The smile on Si Xu’s lips disappeared, and he tore open the document bag and read the papers page by page.
"Yancheng base?" The man's eyes were fixed on the last section, and he snorted softly. "Is he being provocative?"
"Actually..." After reading from beginning to end, Jiang Ran roughly knew what was written in the materials. "We can just ignore it."
Gu Yunqing looked at Jiang Ran, was silent for a while, and agreed with her words. "I think Sister Ranran is right –– it has nothing to do with us in the first place."
The information was received by the information department of the military command building, and passed through several people before it reached Gu Yunqing.
All the superhumans sent by the Shen family to track down Qin Huai's whereabouts were killed –– Qin Huai threw those superhumans into the zombie group he raised as snacks for the zombies, and then after those zombies ate them up, he got a zombie with fifth-level abilities to send all the bones back to the base.
This was a provocation to the Shen family, but the laboratory wasn’t deliberately targeted. Si Xu could actually sit back and watch the Shen family and Qin Huai fight each other.
"Pei Xiao is in the basement now." Si Xu said, "Shen Yang is so scared that he hides in the basement and dares not go out."
Because of Pei Wan'er, when Pei Xiao was here, Shen Yang would stay in his basement every day. The second team was temporarily handed over to Shen Bai.
"Shen Bai won’t ignore such things."
"So..." Gu Yunqing really wanted to say, so what? The words came to his lips, but they turned into a sigh. Gu Yunqing ruffled his hair and said, "Why don’t Qin and I go with Shen Bai's second team?"
If it were Shen Yang, Si Xu might really let them fight each other, but if it were Shen Bai...
"I'll go with him, while you and Qin stay in the base." Si Xu said, "Jiang Ran will stay in the base with you."
"Huh?" Jiang Ran was dissatisfied that arrangements were made without seeking her opinion. "I want to go with you."
"It's troublesome." Si Xu refused her, "It's inconvenient to take you with me."
Hearing the disdain in his tone, Jiang Ran, "..."
The girl glared at him. "I'm very capable. I won't hinder you."
"You will," Si Xu said bluntly, "You're not so capable that you won't hinder me." Without waiting for the girl to speak, he leaned close to her and whispered, "Gu Yunqing and Su Qin are both very stupid. I'll feel reassured if you stay in the base."
Jiang Ran, "..." She wanted to insist on her own ideas, but when he said that, she felt it made sense.
After bluffing Jiang Ran, Si Xu took the materials and went to find Shen Bai. Sure enough, Shen Bai had already applied to Shen Lang to leave the base and was about to look for him.
The two met at the entrance of the military command building. Shen Bai was stunned at first, then smiled sadly. "I didn't want to trouble you, but Grandpa said that Youyou had to stay to protect Eldest Brother, so..."
In the entire base, except Shen Youyou, the only person who could subdue Qin Huai was Si Xu.
Because Pei Xiao was hanging around the base, Shen Lang didn't dare to let Shen Youyou leave the base, fearing that Pei Xiao would accidentally discover Shen Yang and kill him directly.
"When do we leave?"
"Early tomorrow morning." Shen Bai pondered. "Actually, if possible, I hope to leave today –– Qin Huai is cunning, and one more minute of delay will give him one more minute to scheme."
"Hmm." Si Xu said, "Let's leave early tomorrow morning –– since he has issued a provocation, he will definitely not run away." That man was a complete lunatic. Since he started the game, he would never run away.
……
In just a few days, weren't there too many teams leaving the base?
First, the Shen family revealed the research data of Zhoushan base and Beihe base, and then Qin Huai's provocation. Coincidentally, Chu Yuan and Si Xu both left the base.
If everything was a trap to transfer both of them away, was Shen Lang plotting something in the base?
No, Pei Xiao and Shen Yao were still here, so Shen Lang and his people wouldn’t go too far.
Jiang Ran nibbled on the steamed bun she had made, half-closed her eyes, and stepped into the laboratory with random thoughts.
Qi Yao was still there, and when she saw Jiang Ran, she poured a cup of warm water and put it in front of her. "Drink some water, don't choke."
Jiang Ran took the cup of water and stuffed the lunch box she brought with her into Qi Yao’s hands. "I brought you breakfast, steamed buns."
"Thank you." Accustomed to this mode of getting along, Qi Yao imitated Jiang Ran’s tone and continued to work while chewing the steamed bun.
"Hey, Qi Yao, do you want to go to the market after work today?" Worried that she would get bored in the laboratory, Jiang Ran suggested, "I want to buy some fruit."
"After work?"
"Yeah."
Qi Yao stretched herself. "Sure, I haven't been out for a long time." After dying once, the girl was no longer as unfriendly as before, and she spoke with a gentle smile, without any aggression.
Jiang Ran thought, this was probably her true self after she abandoned her disguise.
……
Originally, they agreed to go to the market after work, but Shen Lang and Shen Yao needed help with something, so Jiang Ran was called to the laboratory building.
Before leaving, Jiang Ran made an appointment with the girl and followed Pei Xiao to the laboratory building to help.
"Not many people know about Professor Jiang's information. Seventh Brother asked me to approach you for help if I have any problems." After taking a set of protective clothing for her to change into, Shen Yao simply explained, "Just do what I say later."
"Okay," Jiang Ran said seriously. "How long will it take?"
"Why? Are you busy?"
"I have an appointment after work."
"It should be pretty fast. I promise I won't hold you up."
Shen Yao said confidently, but when Jiang Ran came out of the laboratory and saw the sky full of stars, the corners of the girl's mouth twitched, and she walked quickly to the crop experimental base.
Fortunately, the two bases weren’t far apart, and she arrived at the experimental base shortly. However, after looking around the base, she didn't see Qi Yao who was supposed to be waiting here.
Jiang Ran stood at the gate, wondering. If she didn't work overtime at the base, could she have gone home? But the girl didn't seem like someone who would break an appointment. Even if she went home, she would go to the laboratory building to inform the staff first.
Just as she was hesitating whether to go to Chu Yuan's house, a gust of wind blew past, and a faint unusual smell in the air wafted into her nose.
Jiang Ran's nostrils moved. She frowned slightly, and looked in the direction of the smell.
Turning the corner outside the base, she found the source of the bloody smell.
The girl lay on the ground on her side, her clothes and scattered hair all soaked in blood.
On the ground, the blood gushing out of her body spread, staining the grass with a different color.
