Villain Boss Chapter 142
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 142: Qi Yao, Good Night
If we like the same guy, I’ll definitely not compete with you.
"Sister, Sister!"
"Hmm?"
"It’s the engagement ceremony today!"
"I know." Qi Yao wasn’t in an enthusiastic mood. "Why haven't you changed your clothes yet?"
"I..." Qi Yuan’s face was all scrunched up. "My stomach hurts... I have diarrhea. Why don’t you go in my..."
"Qi Yuan." Qi Yao’s face turned cold. "Stop messing around. You..."
"Woo, woo, woo, I'm going to the bathroom. Sister, let’s talk after I come out!" She ran into the bathroom, clutching her stomach.
Qi Yao remained on the spot, feeling a headache coming on.
"Senior Miss, why are you still here?" The butler walked toward her from the corridor with a makeup artist and a stylist. "Hurry up, Madam is waiting for you downstairs."
"No, I..." Being led out of the room by the butler, she subconsciously looked at the bathroom.
Not noticing the girl's hesitation, the housekeeper led her out and lectured her, "Senior Miss, it’s the engagement ceremony today. You can't be late."
But this wasn’t my engagement ceremony. It was "Qi Yao’s", but not mine.
"Qi Yao, what are you looking at?" Chu Yuan leaned over and put the ring on the middle finger of her left hand. "Don't be in a daze, or I’ll think you don't want to get engaged to me."
She closed her eyes and smiled bitterly.
"Mr. Chu, stop whispering! Hurry up and kiss your fiancée!"
Someone in the audience said.
He laughed softly, and in the midst of the noises, he lowered his head and kissed her forehead.
"Qi Yao." He whispered in her ear in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Don't be afraid. After getting married, you can do whatever you want. You can travel all over the beautiful places with your camera, and record the scenery you want to record."
He knew?
She looked at him in surprise, and the sadness that surged up in an instant made her unable to respond.
"Didn't you say that you wanted to be a photographer?" He gently scratched the tip of her nose. "I remember it very clearly."
Her eyes suddenly turned red.
He remembered what she said when she didn't even remember that she had told him the little secret in her heart.
She choked up. "Thank you, Chu Yuan."
Thank you for remembering what I said.
And I'm really sorry.
"You like Chu Yuan, too, right?" On the day of the quarrel, Qi Yuan stood in front of her and questioned her expressionlessly.
Did she like him?
Her body was full of pain from being bitten, and her nose was filled with the strong smell of blood. She bit her lips tightly, held the small photo frame tightly, and slowly closed her eyes.
Did she like him?
How could she not like him?
In her rigorous and boring nineteen years of life, it was the first time someone took her to have fun, the first time someone came forward to help her solve a problem, the first time someone remembered her drunken nonsense, and the first time someone promised to give her the freedom she wanted...
Of course, she was a little moved. How could it be otherwise?
"I like him..." As if she was mumbling to herself, her lips opened and closed, and she let out a string of sighs.
……
After Qi Yao lured the zombies away, the team member took the opportunity to find the exit as he said.
Chu Yuan and the unconscious team member were left in the storage room.
It was very quiet around Chu Yuan. He couldn’t hear the girl's escaping footsteps, nor the roar of the zombies.
His lost superpower seemed to be recovering. His fingers trembled slightly and clenched into fists.
The door of the storage room was kicked open.
Chu Yuan looked up.
The young man stood at the door holding an unconscious girl. He looked around the room, and his cold eyes became a little warmer. "I'm glad you're fine."
"Seven... Seventh Brother?" Chu Yuan opened his eyes wide in disbelief and murmured, "You, why are you..."
"Let's go out first." Si Xu glanced at the unconscious team member on the ground and frowned. "Can you move?"
Without hearing his question clearly, hope ignited in Chu Yuan's heart. "Seventh Brother, go save Qi Yao. She ran out alone to lure away the zombies..."
Si Xu frowned slightly, walked into the storage room and put the unconscious Jiang Ran next to Chu Yuan. "Keep an eye on her for me."
He left the storage room, sniffed the air, and followed the direction where the smell of blood and rot was the strongest.
……
After the giant python retracted its psychic superpower, Pei Xiao found the exit in the corridor that was like a maze.
He went to the culture pool first, and when he saw the giant python shivering in the corner, his mouth twitched, and he came to a probable conclusion in his mind.
……
Without the interference of psychic superpower, and with the zombies and mutant beasts lured away by Qi Yao, the team member successfully found the exit, and brought the team members guarding the door back to rescue the others.
The entire basement third floor instantly became bustling with activity.
……
Helped up by his teammates, Chu Yuan heard footsteps approaching from afar and stopping in front of him.
He looked up.
Si Xu came back and stood one step away, looking at him quietly. "I've killed all those zombies."
After saying that, he walked to the corner and picked up Jiang Ran.
"You..." Before leaving, he paused for a moment and whispered, "should go and see her for the last time."
What did he mean by the last time?
What was Seventh Brother talking about?
Chu Yuan waved away the team member who was supporting him, his mind in mild confusion.
He followed the smell of blood and walked to the end of the corridor with his hands on the wall. He staggered all the way and avoided the hand extended by the team member.
"Captain..."
"Don't worry about me."
He walked up the stairs and continued ahead. There was a laboratory. The door and the corridor were cluttered with the zombies’ limbs.
"Captain."
Some team members were dealing with the bodies of the zombies to prevent them from piling up and causing infectious diseases.
When they saw him, the team members stopped what they were doing and raised their hands to salute.
"Where’s Qi Yao?" Chu Yuan asked in a hoarse voice.
"Qi Yao?" Who was Qi Yao? Oh, the captain's fiancée? Wasn't that girl called Qi Yuan? The team members were confused and didn't dare to ask further questions. "Is Miss Qi here?"
Chu Yuan waved his hand weakly and walked inside, stepping on the zombies on the ground.
"Hey, Captain, the inside hasn't been cleaned up yet. There are zombies everywhere. It's disgusting..." A team member followed Chu Yuan and tried to stop him.
Seeing the situation in the room clearly, Chu Yuan lowered his voice and struggled to get three words out. "Don't come in!"
The team member was startled and subconsciously stopped, not daring to move forward.
Various devices and equipment in the laboratory were covered with a thick layer of dust, and the ground was covered with the bodies of the zombies that were chopped into pieces by Si Xu.
The room was filled with the air of death.
In the corner, a curled-up figure suddenly moved.
Her body was bitten to pieces by zombies, and there was no intact skin on her body.
Smelling the fresh smell of flesh and blood, she turned her neck and headed in the direction where Chu Yuan was.
Her legs were broken and only bones were left after being gnawed. She could no longer support herself to stand up, but she slowly crawled on the ground, little by little, crawling over the broken corpses and stopping in front of him.
Chu Yuan didn’t move.
He lowered his eyes to look at her. His eyes were filled with mist, and his gaze was gentler than ever before.
In his blurred vision, he could see the face that was bitten beyond recognition, and the pink scar on the right cheek from the corner of the mouth to the ear.
She grabbed his trouser leg, tried to get closer, opened her mouth, and bit his calf hard.
Through the soft fabric of his pants, he could feel her sharp teeth sinking into his flesh, drawing out blood.
She bit his leg tightly and refused to let go.
Chu Yuan raised his hand, and used his gradually recovering superpower to conjure up a golden blade.
The drunken girl pointed at the sky that looked transparent under the lights and shouted incoherently, "Chu Yuan, come on, make a wish to the shooting star, and it’ll come true!"
She leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Let me tell you a secret. I like photography. Don't tell anyone else."
She looked at him coldly, her voice low and hoarse, and laced with anger. "Chu Yuan, you got the wrong person."
She looked at him for the last time with clear and gentle eyes, and she said, "I'm sorry, Chu Yuan. I'm sorry."
"..."
"I'm sorry." The dull pain spreading in his chest made him bend down slightly, and when he spoke again, his voice was hoarse.
"Good night, Qi Yao."
This was the first and last time he called this name seriously, the name that originally belonged to the girl in front of him.
A golden cold glint flashed by.
The teeth biting on his leg gradually lost their strength, and the girl's head drooped softly, as if she had fallen asleep.
Her clenched fingers loosened.
The small silver photo frame slipped from her palm, rolled twice on the ground, and popped open, revealing the photo inside.
The young twin sisters were looking at the camera. The elder sister had a cold expression, while the younger sister had a radiant smile.
"I like photography. I like to freeze beautiful things into a moment so that I can store happiness."
"I hope she can do as she wishes, travel all over the world with her camera, and live carefreely and happily every day."
Chu Yuan's eyes lingered on the small photo frame for a long time.
"Captain..." The team member outside the door called out hesitantly, feeling a little uneasy.
Chu Yuan leaned over to pick up the photo frame on the ground and closed it in his palm.
Because he used too much force, the edge of the photo frame scratched his palm.
The pain made him regain a trace of rationality.
"Deal with all the bodies."
