I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 128
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 128: The Person Who Could Save Her
Chu Yuan had left the base for almost a week. At the current speed, their team would reach Beihe City, where Beihe base was located, in two days.
When the team rested at night, Chu Yuan sat on the roof of the car, dangling his long legs, and smoked absent-mindedly.
For some reason, after he left the base this time, he had been inexplicably irritable.
Especially tonight.
"Did something happen in the base?"
The man took a deep puff of his cigarette and threw the almost burned cigarette butt on the ground.
He looked up at the sky in the north.
A shooting star streaked across the deep blue sky and disappeared into the darkness.
"Oh, look, it's a shooting star!" The girl's vague voice sounded in his ears.
She leaned on him, reeking of alcohol, and speaking incoherently, but insisted on pointing to the northern sky and shouting that she saw a shooting star.
In the brightly lit center of Fengyang City, the sky was set off by the lights as if it were daytime. Even the moon wasn’t clear, so how could she have seen a shooting star?
"It was really a shooting star!" She pinched his neck and insisted, "Chu Yuan, hurry up. Make a wish to the shooting star, and the wish will come true."
He patiently humored the drunkard, "Since you saw it, make a wish yourself."
"I should make a wish myself; I should make a wish myself..." She burped. "I don't have any wishes... Chu Yuan, I don't have any wishes. I don’t have any wishes, boo hoo hoo."
She suddenly squatted on the ground and cried like a child.
People passing by looked at them with strange eyes. He had no choice but to squat down and persuade her kindly, "Everyone has a wish, Qi Yao. You can also have a wish."
She sniffled, raised her face to look at him, her eyes red like a rabbit. "My wish?"
"Yes, your wish. Think about it carefully. Didn't you just say that you like photography?"
She burped with tears in her eyes. "Photography?"
"Yes, photography."
She fell into silence again, dazed.
He tried to pull the drunkard who was lost in thought up from the ground.
She was like a spoiled brat, refusing to get up, so he had no choice but to bend over and carry her in his arms.
Before they reached the parking lot, she suddenly leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Chu Yuan, I'm telling you secretly. I like photography. Don't tell anyone else."
He replied, "Okay, I won't tell anyone else."
She whispered even more softly, "I want to be a photographer."
You already said it twice, girl.
Afraid of making her cry again, Chu Yuan followed her words and said, "To freeze happiness in a moment?"
"Yes, I want to take my camera and travel through thousands of mountains and rivers..." After she finished yelling, she suddenly felt lost. "Sigh, I don't have a camera yet."
He laughed. "Is the Qi family so poor that you can't even afford a camera?"
She seemed to be dealt a blow by his words. She was stunned for a long time and began to sob softly. "No one bought me a camera. Sob, my family is so poor that we can't even afford a camera, sob..."
Chu Yuan sighed because he made her cry again. "I'll buy one for you, I'll buy one for you. Next time we meet, I'll give you a camera. Pick your favorite model."
"Really?" Her expression changed instantly. With tears on her face, she pinched his face with a smile. "Chu Yuan, you must keep your word. I 'll treat you to barbecue."
"..."
"It's a deal. I'll treat you to barbecue." She smiled foolishly. "Let's have barbecue together..."
Later, she fell asleep in the car, still sobbing softly in her dream, looking pitiful and helpless.
Later, he gave her a camera. Although she was surprised, she didn't show that she liked it very much.
He never saw her use that camera once.
And then later, he realized that the girl who was drunk and yelled for the camera that night was Qi Yao, and the girl who accepted his camera and never used it was Qi Yuan, who replaced Qi Yao's identity and became his fiancée.
Fate really played a prank on him.
Somewhat irritated, the man took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, as if this could relieve his current depression.
……
In the brightly lit corridor, Jiang Ran squatted on the ground. She had blood on her clothes and hands, but she didn't clean them.
She squatted against the wall, motionless.
Su Qin squatted beside her, hesitated, and patted her shoulder gently. "Ranran, it's not your fault."
"It's my fault." Without looking up, Jiang Ran's voice was muffled. "If I had gone there earlier, Qi Yao wouldn't be in this state now."
When she found Qi Yao, blood was all over the ground, but Qi Yao was still breathing weakly.
Her screams attracted Gu Yunqing, who was passing by as he led his team on a patrol, and the members of the superhuman team helped to send Qi Yao to the first aid room.
Shen Yao summoned a doctor, and now the two were still in the first aid room.
However, after the disaster, the medical facilities weren’t as good as before the apocalypse. Jiang Ran didn't know if they could save Qi Yao.
If they couldn’t...
"Qi Yao's wound..." Recalling the wound on the girl's chest, Su Qin whispered, "was caused by the ice blade of a superhuman with water-type abilities."
Superhumans with water-type abilities could condense the generated water into various shapes, and high-level superhumans could also strengthen the ice to form offensive weapons.
"The person who hurt Qi Yao is a superhuman with water-type abilities, and his superhuman level is at least third level."
Jiang Ran slowly raised her head. "Do you have any information about superhumans in the base who meet this requirement?"
"Yes." Su Qin said, "Superhumans with water-type abilities aren’t aggressive, and many are trained as logistics personnel, so they don't upgrade quickly –– there aren’t many superhumans with water-type abilities higher than third level in the base."
"I got it." Jiang Ran murmured, "There’s also a very faint scent on her body, like the scent of flowers, but it isn’t the smell in our experimental base. I guess it may be the smell of some perfume."
After a pause, Jiang Ran said, "Qi Yao doesn't wear perfume, so that scent must have belonged to the murderer."
"With these two clues, it's only a matter of time before we find the murderer."
"Now, finding the murderer might not be the most important thing."
"What?"
"Qi Yao is just an ordinary person. Why would the superhuman attack her for no reason?" Jiang Ran closed her eyes and recalled the place where Qi Yao was injured. "That place was a corner, suitable for eavesdropping."
"You mean, Qi Yao might have heard some secrets, so she was silenced?"
Jiang Ran's mind was a little confused now. She felt that she seemed to have grasped some very important clues, but she couldn't sort out her thoughts for a while.
"Captain Qin." She simply changed the subject, "Who did Captain Gu go to find?"
At the mention of this question, Su Qin lowered her voice. "He went to find someone who can save Qi Yao. I hope they can hurry back smoothly ."
……
Yancheng base wasn’t among the four major bases. It was a medium-sized base. The reserves of supplies and rules and regulations were far less comprehensive than those of Xiling base. The majority still abided by the rule of the jungle.
It was a moonlit night with few stars, and there was a breeze passing by. The lighthouse stood silently in the night. The imitation European architectural style made it out of tune with other Chinese buildings.
On the observation tower of the lighthouse, a young man stood in the wind, his slender and tall body completely bathed in the night.
His golden eyes looked down at the Yancheng base, which was as silent as a tomb after nightfall, and his gaze slowly moved outward from the residential area.
The moonlight covered the city with silver frost.
His eyes were even colder than the moonlight, and he had an obvious, undisguised mocking smile.
"As expected, he’s here."
In the cool night wind, his low and joyful voice spread in the moonlight.
