Villain Boss Chapter 152
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 152: A Gift
Si Xu's mood brightened up at the sight of his girl, and he curled his lips slightly. "Jiang Ran, they said bad things about you. I’m going to teach them a lesson."
After saying that, he took his girl's hand and looked at Xie Chengzhi. "You, open your eyes and see clearly. This is my Jiang Ran."
Not knowing what he wanted to do, Xie Chengzhi pursed his lips and said nothing.
"Do you think my Jiang Ran is beautiful?"
After a pause, he asked again, "Is she a thousand times more beautiful than that woman?"
That woman, of course, referred to Luo Rui.
The way Si Xu was acting now reminded Jiang Ran of those children who fought with people who held different opinions in order to show off their beloved things.
This kind of childish question made the person being asked look like a clown.
Feeling that everything now was a ridiculous farce, Xie Chengzhi clenched his fists and still didn't say a word.
Si Xu was getting impatient. "I'm asking you a question! If you dare to lie, I’ll break her neck."
That was a blatant threat.
After he asked that question, the crowd looked at the two girls quietly—there was no need to compare. Anyone with eyes could tell who was prettier...
Sensing the gazes of the people around him, Si Xu grabbed Jiang Ran's shoulders and pulled her into his arms. Then he glanced at the crowd with cold eyes.
"Look at her again, and I'll dig out your eyes."
The crowd, "..." Didn't you ask who was prettier between the two of them? Fine, whatever you said.
With Jiang Ran here, Si Xu didn't want to waste time on irrelevant people. "If you don't answer, I’ll also break her neck."
Xie Chengzhi finally raised his eyes and looked directly at Si Xu. "Of course Miss Jiang is prettier." He raised his head slightly. "But in my eyes, no woman in this world can compare to even one tenth of Ruirui—we aren’t your match, Professor Si. If you want to kill us, just do so directly."
That answer... was smart.
Many girls would probably be captivated by his words of unswerving love until death.
He really loved his heroine. Jiang Ran sighed. She guessed that Si Xu also couldn’t find any fault with that answer.
After hearing this answer, Si Xu accepted it naturally.
He threw Luo Rui to the ground fiercely, ignoring her scream and struggle, and smiled with squinted eyes. "Oh, I know, but I can forgive you. After all, you’re blind."
That was simply a personal attack!
Everyone around shed a handful of sympathetic tears for Xie Chengzhi.
Beauty was in the eyes of the beholder. There was nothing wrong with Xie Chengzhi saying that his girlfriend was beautiful. Professor Si was a bit too aggressive...
After Si Xu finished speaking, he took Jiang Ran's hand and was about to leave.
"Wait." Jiang Ran didn’t move. She looked at Xie Chengzhi with a faint smile. "Captain Xie, I know that in your eyes, no woman in this world can compare to Captain Luo. But to praise Captain Luo, you started a false rumor and insulted another girl. Don't you think you’ve gone too far?"
Xie Chengzhi frowned and subconsciously defended himself. "I didn't."
"So, do you think that what you said about pleasing others with one’s body, degenerating oneself, and lacking talent and virtue... are all compliments?" Jiang Ran laughed. "Or do you think you could comment on and talk about me recklessly because you were far away from me, and I couldn’t hear you?"
Xie Chengzhi didn't expect the words he said to comfort Luo Rui just now to be heard by the person involved. He looked embarrassed for once.
"I’ve said so much not to cause trouble to you," Jiang Ran said. "Captain Xie, I just want to remind you—remember to speak softly when you talk about others in the future. Otherwise, if you encounter this situation again, everyone will be embarrassed, don't you think?"
With that, Jiang Ran led Si Xu away from the crowd and went up to the city wall.
Xie Chengzhi helped Luo Rui up, drooped his eyelids and said nothing.
The onlookers dispersed with discussions.
"Actually, those two people said bad things about Miss Jiang, and Professor Si heard it, so Professor Si sought redress for his girlfriend."
"This tells us that we should keep our voices down when we say bad things about others in the future, haha."
"Professor Si has been merciful. If it were in the past, he would’ve killed them already. He wouldn’t have wasted his breath."
"Don’t you guys think that Professor Si's temper seems to have improved a lot recently..."
"Oh, after all, he has a girlfriend. He has an outlet to vent his excess energy, so his temper must be better, right? Hehe."
"Oh, you’re such a rogue..."
The continuous discussions reached the ears of the two.
Luo Rui rubbed her neck, her throat burning with pain.
After wiping away his girlfriend's tears, Xie Chengzhi comforted her softly, "Ruirui, your throat is injured. I’ll accompany you to the emergency room to get some medicine..."
"That person..." Luo Rui pressed one hand on her throat, coughed twice, and frowned tightly. "Arrange for someone to check the youth who appeared at the beginning."
"That person..." Xie Chengzhi looked back, and the figure on the city wall had long disappeared.
"That guy just stepped forward to speak up for Ranran. I suspect he’s Si Xu's subordinate," Luo Rui said. "If that’s the case, it means that Si Xu has forces under his command other than the laboratory, and we have to guard against it."
"I know." Worried about her throat, Xie Chengzhi put his arm around her shoulders. "I'll arrange it. Now, let's go check your throat first."
Touched by his gentle tone, Luo Rui sobbed and said in a hoarse voice, "Chengzhi, it's my fault today—if I hadn't been willful, you wouldn't have said those words..."
"It's not your fault," Xie Chengzhi said. "What I said today is what I felt in my heart— Ruirui, in my heart, no one is as beautiful as you."
Moved to tears, Luo Rui held her boyfriend's hand tightly. "Chengzhi, being liked by you is the luckiest thing in my life."
Amused by her words, he lowered his head and kissed her forehead. "Alright, let's go to the emergency room."
"Yeah."
On the city wall, the youth retracted his gaze and tsked twice. "Yi Xi, is that the man you liked before?"
"..."
Not getting an answer, the youth muttered to himself, "What do you like about that idiot? Women are really weird..."
If there weren't outsiders here, Yi Xi would really blow his head off.
Ignoring the girl's grinding teeth, the youth tottered to Jiang Ran. "That idiot said bad things about you. Why didn't you let Professor Si beat him to death?"
"Didn't you see that many people were watching?" Jiang Ran rolled her eyes. "Si Xu has finally improved his reputation a little. He can't have his reputation tainted again by those insignificant people."
"Improved his reputation?" The youth snorted. "Do you think Professor Si cares about his reputation?"
"He doesn't care, but I do," Jiang Ran said. "My Si Xu has done so many things for the base. Although he has a bad temper, he can't be wrongly accused. Besides, I have a gift for those two guys..."
"A gift? What..."
"Qiao Yi." Thinking of the look that Xie Chengzhi gave her when he left, Jiang Ran patted the youth's head. "Thank you very much for speaking up for me today. Although it was a bit impulsive, I’m so touched. But..."
The youth dodged her hand, and his ears covered by the hood felt hot.
"Don't touch my head!" He snorted impatiently. "But what?"
"Since you made such a fuss today, Xie Chengzhi will definitely send someone to check on you. You have to be careful in the days to come."
"I don’t need you to tell me that." Qiao Yi's tone was full of frivolity and heroism, "Besides, I'm not afraid of their investigation."
"You brat..."
Jiang Ran was about to preach some more when the staff who were clearing the zombies under the city wall exclaimed, "The sixth team is back! Captain Wei is back!"
Jiang Ran paused and looked down the city wall.
The convoy with the insignia of Xiling base was parked at the gate. The returning superhumans opened the car door and got out of the car to undergo the safety check.
There was no sight of Wei Yage. Jiang Ran could guess the reason and smiled faintly. "Speak of the devil. The gift I prepared for those people is back."
