Villain Boss Chapter 156
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 156: I Want To Check
What else in the laboratory was worthy of outsiders' covetousness that would cause such a big fuss?
Gu Yunqing thought about it and couldn't think of anyone else except Si Xu.
"For the data, I suppose."
Jiang Ran was referring to the data they brought back from Jiangning, all the records about the virus and vaccine left behind by Jiang Yize.
Jiang Ran looked at Si Xu and asked probingly, "What do you think, Si Xu?"
Si Xu agreed with her.
"Data..." Although it wasn’t clear what the data specifically referred to—there were too many kinds of data in the laboratory—but Gu Yunqing understood it instantly. "Does Sister Ranran mean that person’s target is the laboratory?"
Si Xu responded in agreement, and his eyes became colder. "Should be."
That person sent the bomb over, so he must have known about the recent situation of the base and the situation in the laboratory.
If the goal was to get rid of him, it was impossible to do so with a simple bomb.
Yet, that person still did it.
Why?
"If that guy's target was the laboratory... that doesn't make sense." Gu Yunqing couldn’t figure it out. "Isn't our laboratory used to study the virus and test the vaccine? In this world, who doesn't want the vaccine to be developed soon? That person wanted to blow up the laboratory? Is he crazy?"
Gu Yunqing tugged at his hair irritably. "Even a member of the Shen family has the sense of seeing the bigger picture."
Shen Lang and Si Xu had been fighting for so long, but they had never interfered with the work of the laboratory.
Jiang Ran had a guess in her mind.
But she didn't intend to mention this uncertain guess in front of Gu Yunqing.
She hooked Si Xu's fingers, drew circles on his palm with her fingertips, and looked around boredly.
Si Xu held her rebellious fingers tightly and interlocked his fingers with hers to prevent her from continuing to tease his palm.
"Find the clearest image in the surveillance, print it out and post it." Si Xu said, "Even if we don't know who that person is and where he's hiding, it's not a bad thing to put some pressure on him."
Gu Yunqing agreed. "I got it. Should we double the number of patrols?"
"Okay." Si Xu nodded. "The teams that have been out on missions recently should also be inspected more closely—since that person has come in, we can't just let him leave so easily."
Gu Yunqing sneered. "Of course."
The attack on the laboratory was a provocation to the entire Xiling base. If that person was still in the base, he would definitely strip him naked and hang him on the wall after he found him so that everyone could drown him with a mouthful of spit.
……
Because the laboratory was attacked, the curfew time was moved forward. Before eight o'clock, the usually bustling base had already quieted down, with only the orderly footsteps of the patrol team echoing in the empty outdoors.
It was a crescent moon tonight. The thin and narrow golden crescent hung on the sky, and a few stars were sparsely scattered in the deep blue sky.
When the patrolling superhuman team saw Si Xu, they stopped to greet him.
Si Xu nodded and led Jiang Ran back to the apartment.
The two walked very slowly, as if taking a stroll, looking very leisurely.
The idea that had been lingering in Jiang Ran's mind didn’t disappear. She tilted her head and looked at Si Xu. After thinking for a moment, she asked, "Si Xu, what do you think that person who attacked the laboratory this time was thinking?"
Just as Gu Yunqing said, the laboratory was researching the virus and vaccine, and the various bases had always been communicating and learning from each other. Who would attack the laboratory?
"Maybe to retaliate against me?" Si Xu replied jokingly, and then said seriously, "Attacking competitors is a universal principle at any time and in any place."
"But now we are a united front, all for the sake of combating the virus..."
"A common enemy can clarify competition."
"..." Jiang Ran thought, "The person who attacked the laboratory is probably also researching the vaccine?"
"There’s another possibility." Si Xu glanced at her, waiting for her to give the answer.
"..." Jiang Ran thought for a while. "The person who attacked the laboratory doesn't want us to develop a vaccine at all."
Yeah, with a little guidance, she figured it out.
"If that’s the reason, the first person that comes to mind is..."
"Qin Huai," Si Xu said the name for her.
Jiang Ran nodded slightly.
Qin Huai's psychic ability could control zombies. Even if everyone in the world became a zombie, it wouldn’t affect him.
"The last time I was chasing Qin Huai, I saw a device that can suppress superpowers in the underground base of Yancheng."
"Huh?" Jiang Ran had never heard him mention this before, and she had a hunch that he was hiding something. Jiang Ran stared at him. "Qin Huai showed it to you? Would that guy be so kind?"
"..."
Jiang Ran asked again, "Did he use this device on you?"
"... He originally wanted to trap me with the zombies, but I chopped them all." He finished, not giving her a chance to continue asking questions. "I don't think that device is something Qin Huai can develop on his own—there are other forces behind Qin Huai."
Jiang Ran didn't listen to what he said next. "He wanted to trap you with the zombies, and you chopped them to death while your superpowers were suppressed?"
Had he known earlier, he wouldn't have mentioned this. Si Xu pursed his lips and nodded slightly.
"Are you injured?" Jiang Ran remembered something and realization suddenly dawned on her. "No wonder you didn't kiss me these days..." It turned out that he was injured and couldn't move freely.
Si Xu said, "I'm not injured."
Besides, what did kissing have to do with his injury?!
"Really?" Jiang Ran didn't believe it. "Take off your clothes after we go back. I want to check."
This guy never took his health seriously. She was afraid that he didn't take his injury seriously and just dealt with it casually.
Si Xu said, "Oh." Then he asked her seriously, "How do you want to check?" You weren’t a professional medical staff. If I really had any internal injuries, you couldn't tell.
Jiang Ran's face flushed at his question. "Si Xu, you’re a rogue!"
Si Xu, who thought he was just asking a serious question, looked confused. "Rogue? Didn't you say you wanted to check?"
"I did..."
"Then why did you say I was a rogue?" He lowered his eyes, and his eyes seemed to be filled with mist as he said aggrievedly, "Jiang Ran, you’re being unreasonable."
Jiang Ran, "..."
Unable to bear his puppy-like aggrieved look, Jiang Ran quickly yielded. "I'm sorry, I was wrong."
"Humph."
Tightening their interlocked fingers, Jiang Ran, who was overwhelmed by his charm, quickened her pace. "Let’s go home, let’s go home. You agreed to let me check. Now! Immediately!"
……
Because of the zombie siege, Shen Yao had been busy in the first aid room these days. Finally, she could relax, only to encounter an explosion...
After the inspection, she dragged her heavy feet back to the apartment.
Without turning on the lights, she slumped tiredly onto the sofa and didn't move.
Perhaps she was too tired. She fell asleep in a daze after lying on the sofa for a while.
In her hazy consciousness, she seemed to hear footsteps coming and going.
Huh? Was there someone in the living room? How could it be? Her balcony was equipped with anti-theft windows, and only she had the key to the front door... How did an outsider get in?
However...
The footsteps continued, wandering casually in the bedroom, study and living room.
Shen Yao tried hard to open her eyes, but failed.
Was she dreaming? It must be a dream. Yes, it was what the older generation often called sleep paralysis. She was hallucinating because she had been too tired lately.
This must be the case.
"Uh." The footsteps stopped at the door of her room, and a gentle male voice reached her ears, exclaiming in surprise, "To think that a girl's room is so messy. Tsk, tsk."
