Villain Boss Chapter 136
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 136: Repaying What She Owed
After the dust settled, Si Xu had disappeared.
Shen Bai ordered the convoy to re-equip itself and was about to enter the city when a series of rustling sounds were heard around them.
Mutant zombies and beasts jumped out from the bushes on both sides of the road and surrounded the members of the superhuman team.
"What does Qin Huai mean by this?" It wasn’t a coincidence that the zombies and mutant beasts appeared. Zhong Qian looked at Shen Bai. "Is his target Professor Si?"
The level of these zombies and mutant beasts wasn’t enough to subdue them, but could slow them down.
Did Qin Huai do this deliberately to lure Si Xu forward and then trap them here?
Shen Bai shook his head, not knowing Qin Huai's purpose either.
"Don't think about that monster’s actions with ordinary people's thinking. Let's settle the trouble at hand first."
He couldn't help much, but at the very least, he couldn't be a hindrance to Si Xu.
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Traveling day and night, and countering the attacks of countless zombies and mutant beasts, Jiang Ran and company finally arrived in Beihe City two weeks later.
"Is this Beihe City?" Jiang Ran took out the map, and looked at it for a long time. She didn't understand it, so she could only hand it to Pei Xiao. "Captain Pei, do you know where the Beihe Laboratory is?"
Pei Xiao didn't look at the map. "A secret laboratory like that will definitely not be indicated on the map."
The man drove the car to an inn with relatively intact access control equipment. "Let’s clean up this place. You two have a good rest here, while I'll go to the city to check out the situation and come back before evening."
Jiang Ran didn’t refuse. "Thank you, Captain Pei."
Without knowing the exact location of the Beihe Laboratory, the two of them would be a burden if Pei Xiao brought them with him.
Jiang Ran and Qi Yao checked the safety of the inn and stayed there waiting for Pei Xiao to come back.
With Si Xu as her teacher, Jiang Ran had a more comprehensive understanding of various firearms than before. At this moment, she was lying in front of the French window on the second floor, holding the sniper rifle left by Pei Xiao and observing the situation outside.
Qi Yao sat beside her. She was in a daze, with a silver chain hooked on her fingertips.
Glancing at the mini photo frame hanging on the silver chain, Jiang Ran was curious. "Is the photo inside of you and your family?"
Qi Yao smiled gently and shook her head. "It’s of me and my sister."
She opened the small photo frame and handed it to Jiang Ran to see.
"We are twins."
In the small photo, two girls with similar looks were looking at the camera, one with a cold expression and the other with a flamboyant smile.
Jiang Ran got up, and sat down cross-legged. She took the photo frame, and stroked the yellowed photo with her fingers. "You and your sister are really alike. If it weren't for the different expressions, I would never be able to tell who is who."
"Haha, right? Chu Yuan couldn't tell us apart." Thinking of the ridiculous things the two sisters did four years ago, Qi Yao showed a nostalgic expression. "At that time, not only Chu Yuan, but even my parents didn't discover our secret..."
No one knew the secret of the twins except the two sisters who were in sync with each other.
Perhaps it was because it was rare to have a close friend, or perhaps it was because she finally had someone she could talk to, Qi Yao told her friend all her little secrets as stories.
"...When Qi Yuan fell on the road, I was very near her. I saw the car coming with my own eyes, and there was no time to brake. And then..."
At the instant the car hit the girl, she didn't know where she got the courage from, but she rushed out and protected her sister in her arms.
Qi Yao closed her eyes to hide the tears in her eyes.
"But she pushed me away."
Just like the telepathy of the twins, when they were in danger, she wanted to protect Qi Yuan, while Qi Yuan wanted to save her.
Actually, Qi Yuan didn't push her away completely, but just pushed her lightly. In the end, in that car accident, it was Qi Yuan who died and Qi Yao who survived.
"I was in a coma for many days. After I woke up, I began to express my guilt and dissatisfaction with my parents through a childish hunger strike.
"Later, the second master of the Chu family came to our house. To save the Qi family, my father hypnotized me and swapped my sister’s and my identities. "
When she opened her eyes again, she could no longer remember the past.
Her mother told her that she was the second daughter of the Qi family and the younger twin sister, Qi Yuan. She had an older sister who loved her very much and died in a car accident to protect her.
Her life was saved by her sister, so she had to live well.
"Ranran, let me tell you a secret." The girl sniffled, and leaned close to Jiang Ran. Her eyes were red as she chuckled softly. "Actually, at the engagement party, I was the one who exchanged engagement rings with Chu Yuan."
Jiang Ran opened her eyes wide in surprise. "Didn't you say that Qi Yuan took your place to marry Chu Yuan..."
"Yes, the person who dated Chu Yuan under the identity of Qi Yao was Qi Yuan all along, but the person who attended the engagement ceremony on the day of the engagement was me."
It was the real Qi Yao, Chu Yuan's nominal fiancée.
"You guys..." Were you two sisters playing a trick on Captain Chu?
"Qi Yuan had diarrhea that day." Qi Yao added, somewhat helplessly," She was sick in bed and couldn't move, so she could only beg me to go in her place."
"Dia-diarrhea?" What an indelicate reason. Jiang Ran wrinkled her nose. "What a coincidence."
Was it a coincidence? Qi Yao lowered her eyes. "Ranran, it wasn’t a coincidence."
"Huh?"
"It wasn’t a coincidence, Qi Yuan did it on purpose." Qi Yao smiled sadly. " We are twins. In this world, no one understands each other better than us. Ranran, Qi Yuan knew it very well in her heart. Like her, I also like Chu Yuan."
Her sister used a poor excuse to try to return everything that originally belonged to Qi Yao to her.
"The person she loved most is me. "The girl smiled and blinked, tears suddenly sliding down the corners of her eyes. "Just like how the person I love the most is her."
Qi Yuan was a fool. She always treated everyone warmly and well, thinking that they would be nice to her too.
"Knowing that she did it on purpose, I had a fight with her." Qi Yao said in a hoarse voice," I tore up that page of the diary and warned her not to act on her own in the future. I kept emphasizing that I didn't like Chu Yuan and told her not to be self-righteous and make decisions for me... Ranran, Qi Yuan was right. I’m a coward. But..."
However, at that time, she only hoped that since it was impossible for her to be happy, her sister could follow her heart and have the happiness that belonged to her.
"That fool cried miserably and pitifully after I scolded her, and caused me to be scolded by our parents. "
Qi Yao chuckled. "If it weren't for those things that happened subsequently, Qi Yuan would be with Chu Yuan as she wished. She would definitely be very happy, and I..."
Seeing her happy, I would also be able to feel the same happiness.
"It’s because we are the closest to each other in this world. "
Jiang Ran was speechless for a long time.
In silence, she lowered her head again to look at the photo in her hand.
Qi Yao, Qi Yuan.
Indeed, these two sisters’ antics were foolish, yet it made people’s hearts ache for them.
"Actually, in the whole story, the most innocent person is Chu Yuan." Qi Yao put the necklace back on her neck, her eyes determined. " Ranran, I can no longer give him back the girl he loves, but at least, I hope I can protect him well."
I would use this life that Qi Yuan had saved to protect the man she loved deeply.
I’d consider it repaying what I owed them.
