I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 15
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Chapter 15: Take Good Care Of Her
As Jiang Ran dwelled on it, she missed her original world even more. Although she was an orphan in that world and had no relatives, everyone in the orphanage, where she grew up in, was very gentle... That was a heartwarming world, which was completely different from this place.
Si Xu, who was very sensitive to emotions, naturally felt Jiang Ran's sudden depression. However, since the girl didn't say anything, he didn't have the intention of probing.
After walking along the smooth road for a while, the convoy parked on the side of the road came into view.
“Professor Si!” The team members who stayed behind to watch the night also saw Si Xu and immediately walked up to meet him. “Why are you here?”
“I came to have a look.” Si Xu glanced at the team members who were on night watch duty and said, "Will there be a rotation of the people on guard in the second half of the night?”
“Yes, Captain Gu has made the arrangements.”
“Okay.” There were slight noises behind Si Xu and he frowned slightly before he lowered his voice, “Stay vigilant... at night.”
Si Xu came here purposely to tell them to be careful... Everyone in the team was smart and immediately understood what Si Xu meant.
“Roger, Professor Si.”
……
“The man named Si Xu took the girl to the convoy and then wandered around the village.” The speaker was a guy with dyed blond hair. He was not old, but he spoke in a mature way, “Boss, I saw that girl. She’s really pretty... But the girls in their team are all quite good-looking...”
He said, revealing a lewd smile on his face.
“Several of them are superhumans.” Lei Tang sneered. “I heard from them that they came from Xiling Base, so they must be a professionally trained superhuman team.”
“Is it difficult to deal with them?”
“Haha, are you so easily intimidated?” Lei Tang got up and patted the guy on the shoulder. He said proudly, “Have you forgotten how many superhumans we’ve dealt with? What’s the big deal about a trained superhuman team? All it takes is a packet of drugs to knock them out and put them at our mercy.”
“You’re right.” After the blond guy finished talking, he recalled Jiang Ran's appearance again and suddenly got up. “Boss, I was thinking. That man merely has space-type abilities and no combat power. Why not I kill him first...”
“What's the hurry?!” With a slap on the back of the guy's head, Lei Tang clicked his tongue. “Now that they’re already in the trap, are you still afraid that they’ll run away? What if your plan accidentally backfires? That Gu Yunqing seems to be a powerful character. All of us might not even be his match.”
“...”
“Don't take unnecessary risks, okay?”
The blond guy reluctantly said, “Okay.”
“Okay, it's almost time for dinner. Let's play host to the guests!”
……
After walking around the village and grasping a general understanding of the situation, Si Xu took Jiang Ran back to the villa.
As soon as they entered the door, they saw women with different appearances chatting and laughing together.
When Jiang Ran saw these people, she finally understood why she felt something was out of place.
In this village, except for this villa, there were only men or children in the other households...
“Have-have they kept all the women by their side...” Jiang Ran felt incredulous. She couldn’t help but diss them in her heart. “Are these men thinking of keeping a harem of women like the emperor did in the past?
However, Jiang Ran soon noticed that the people who chatted and laughed were all young women with outstanding looks or figures, while those who were busy working were older women.
Seeing people walking in, the women who were gathered looked at Si Xu and Jiang Ran. When they saw Si Xu, they flashed their warm smiles and walked up to him.
“Did you come here with Captain Gu?” A woman smiled enchantingly and stretched out her hand to grab Si Xu's hand. “Come in now~”
“Don't touch him.” One step faster than the woman, Jiang Ran slapped her hand away and said angrily, “I don't like the smell of perfume on your body.”
“Oh?” The back of the woman’s hand turned red. The woman rubbed her hand, looked at Jiang Ran and giggled, “It doesn't matter if you like it or not, as long as he likes it.”
“If I don't like it, he won't like it too.” Jiang Ran put on a tough attitude, protecting Si Xu from being groped by the women. “We’ll go in by ourselves. We don't need you to lead the way.”
Si Xu passively followed the girl inside, but he didn't resist or feel unhappy. He merely raised his eyebrows and smiled faintly. “Are you angry?”
“Am I?” Jiang Ran muttered as she let go of the young man with a blushing face. “I merely... don't like the smell of perfume on them.”
Did she hate those girls? Not really.
Those girls were all ordinary people. In the current world, it wasn’t easy to live a stable life –– they merely made what they thought was the best choice, just like what she did.
She didn’t hate them, but... she didn’t like them either.
“Oh, I don't like them either.” Si Xu's tone was indifferent. “They’re like walking pieces of meat. They gross me out.”
If the woman's hand had touched him, she would have become a corpse by now.
There he went with that tone again... Jiang Ran pursed her lips tightly and whispered, “Let's go in, Si Xu.”
……
A group of people from the team were already waiting in the dining room. Gu Yunqing was chatting with Lei Tang. From their expressions, it seemed that they were getting along quite harmoniously.
When Lei Tang saw Si Xu, he said hello, and then said to the woman standing next to him, “Didn't you see that there are two more guests? Bring two more chairs in!”
“Yes, yes.” The woman responded in a panic and quickly left the dining room to carry the chairs in.
Jiang Ran didn’t know whether it was intentional, but the two extra chairs were separately placed on both sides.
“Let us chat among ourselves as men. Women shouldn’t get involved. Let them play by themselves.” Before Si Xu could speak, Lei Tang laughed boldly and said, “If you let her sit here, she probably will feel awkward.”
The corner of Gu Yunqing’s mouth twitched. He rested his chin with one hand, waiting for Si Xu's reply.
Si Xu didn't sit down immediately. He looked at Jiang Ran beside him and asked her in a low voice, “Do you want to go over there?”
Jiang Ran glanced at the extra chair — it was placed between Luo Rui and Yi Xi’s seats.
She hesitated. “Can I stay here?”
“Sure.”
Si Xu replied with a simple word and glanced at Song Rong who was sitting next to the empty seat. Song Rong hurriedly squeezed to the side to make room for an empty seat. “Move your chair. Didn't you see Professor Si and Sister Ranran standing there?”
Si Xu sat down next to Gu Yunqing. Jiang Ran thanked Song Rong and sat down next to Si Xu.
Lei Tang, “...”
The man curled his lips and teased, “It seems that she’s a new plaything. Do you like her that much?”
Jiang Ran knew that the man was assessing her and she frowned a little uncomfortably when she heard the word "plaything". Hence, in the apocalypse, were women without awakened abilities just playthings in the eyes of such men?
“She’s not a plaything.”
Si Xu replied flatly. He took a sip from the glass in front of him before putting the glass in front of Jiang Ran.
“Dude, what are you doing?” Lei Tang was displeased when he noticed Si Xu's little action. “Are you suspecting that I’ve drugged the tea?!”
Since Si Xu and Jiang Ran came in, they had been the focus of everyone's attention, and Si Xu's action was naturally noticed by many people.
Luo Rui was no exception.
At first, she was still wondering about the underlying meaning of the man's action, but when she heard Lei Tang's question, she suddenly understood.
Was Si Xu helping Jiang Ranran to check whether the tea was drugged?
“I’m not suspecting you.” Si Xu poured himself another glass and drank it with his expression unchanged. “She's not a superhuman. There are some things that superhumans can touch, but she can't.”
It was like the case with the zombie virus. Superhumans would not have any problems after any contact with the virus, but ordinary people would mutate into zombies.
Hence, he must isolate everything that might harm Jiang Ran intentionally or unintentionally.
After all, this woman belonged to him. He must take good care of her.