Villain Boss Chapter 177
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 177: Turned Out To Be A Mute
The girl fell to the ground with a thud. She struggled for a long while but couldn't get up.
Shen Yang looked down at her without any sympathy. "If this is a scam, I won't help you up."
As he finished speaking, a flurry of footsteps sounded from the alley, rushing towards the two of them.
"Don't let her get away! She's a valuable purchase I paid a huge price for. If she gets away, you'll all be in trouble!"
Seeing the group of burly men running towards them from a distance, Shen Yang yawned and started to leave.
Before he could even lift his right foot, a hand reached out and tightly grasped his trouser leg.
Shen Yang lowered his eyes.
The girl was wrapped in a gray robe that was obviously ill-fitting. Her exposed arms were covered with scars of varying depths, some scabbed, others still bleeding.
She clutched his trouser leg tightly, as if grasping at the last straw.
Shen Yang looked at her quietly.
After a moment's silence, he leaned forward slightly.
She didn't let go. Her fingers slowly moved, leaving bloody marks on the gray fabric.
"Are those people here to catch you?"
She heard the man's low, slightly impatient voice.
She raised her head and looked at him.
Their eyes met, and she nodded gently.
That single movement seemed to exhaust all her strength.
The girl's head drooped again, and she fell to the ground. The fingers that were pulling at his trouser leg gradually lost their strength.
Shen Yang retracted his leg, took two steps back and rescued his trouser leg from the woman's bloody fingertips.
He turned and left.
"Over there!"
The burly men passed by him and stopped beside the girl.
"Well, well, well, you still want to escape?" The man in the lead had a long scar on his face, and looked ferocious. "Little bitch! Your father sold you to me! If you dare to run again, I’ll find your father and tear down your house! Do you hear me?!"
He cursed twice, but still felt angry. He raised his foot and kicked the girl. "I dare you to run! I dare you to run!"
The curses were accompanied by the dull sound of kicking flesh, which attracted the onlookers to laugh and tease.
"Boss, you’re so brusque. No wonder the girl was scared away by you~"
"Yeah, you can't treat a woman this way—if you have the strength to hit her, you might as well use more strength in bed and try to subdue her as soon as possible, hahaha!"
"Oh, look at her. She's still glaring at you, boss!"
"This girl is so feisty, boss. If you get tired of her, remember to let us have her."
"Get lost!"
The man who hit the girl spat, squatted down, and grabbed the girl's hair, forcing her to raise her head. A bloodthirsty smile appeared on his hideous face. "Tell me, will you run away again in the future?"
The girl bit her lip and didn’t respond.
"I'm asking you, are you still going to run away?!" the man emphasized.
Behind him, someone butted in, "Boss, she's a mute. How do you expect her to answer? Haha."
"Boss, you're just too soft on women," another man teased. "Her father sent her here yesterday, and she's already thinking of escaping today. I guess she hasn't suffered enough—women are just sluts. A couple of good beatings will get them to obey."
Receiving no response, the man slammed the woman's head against the ground, sneering. "I know you're still thinking about that pretty boy. What a pity, he doesn't want you at all—slut! Even if you were offered to him, he wouldn’t want you."
As he spoke, he raised his foot again, aiming for the woman's head.
In the apocalypse, what kind of woman couldn’t he have? He simply accepted her father's suggestion and bought her because she was young and beautiful. If she were obedient, he wouldn't mind pampering her for a few more days.
Since she was so ungrateful, he might as well kill her.
She was just a worthless piece of shit anyway.
Before his foot could land, someone tugged at him, causing him to lurch uncontrollably to the side.
With a weak gait, Shen Yang stopped beside the reckless woman and looked her over.
"Boss! Boss, are you alright?"
Several people in the group quickly helped the man up, scrambling to ask if he was alright.
Shaking off his companion's hand, the man pointed at the pretty boy who had appeared out of nowhere and angrily asked, "Who are you?!"
He didn't dare to act rashly because the other party was wearing the uniform of the base’s superhuman team.
"Me?" Shen Yang looked up at him and replied lazily, "I just think this woman is pretty and I want to do business with you."
This woman was pretty?
The people around him turned to look at the girl. How could you tell she was pretty when her face was covered in filth and blood?
The boss of the group hesitated. "What kind of business?"
Shen Yang didn't answer him immediately. Instead, he squatted down. Not disdainful of the blood on the girl's face, he lifted her chin with one hand, and asked her, "Are you a virgin?"
The people around him responded, "Huh?"
The girl's eyelashes trembled, but she didn't utter a word.
"Are you a virgin?" Recalling that everyone around him had called her a mute, Shen Yang grew impatient. "If you are, nod."
After waiting for three seconds, the girl gave a barely perceptible nod.
"Oh."
With that answer, Shen Yang took off his coat, wrapped it around the girl, and picked her up.
The others exchanged looks of bewilderment, and some couldn't help but glance at their boss.
"Pfft, no wonder Boss is so reluctant to part with her. So he hasn't gotten his hands on her yet?"
"Boss, aren’t you being way too slow?"
"Get lost! Shut up!" the scarred man roared, scolding his companions who were just watching the show and making trouble. He then glared at Shen Yang. "You want this woman?"
"Yes, name a price." Shen Yang was in a good mood, so there was a smile in his eyes, which made him look like a harmless big cat. "Since she's a virgin, I'll give you a chance to raise the price."
"Huh?" Provoked by his teasing tone, the scarred man’s face turned livid and he cursed, "Did I f**king say I'd sell her to you?!"
The girl curled up in his arms, her breathing fading. Shen Yang's gaze turned cold and he said indifferently, "You’re not selling? You mean you want me to take her away by force?"
With that, he carried the girl past the others.
Since they couldn't agree on a price, he might as well just take her away—this was better, it would save a lot of time.
He actually just left?!
Someone subconsciously summoned their superpower and prepared to attack Shen Yang.
"Stop!" the scarred man raised his hand to stop his companion.
"Boss?"
"That guy..." Since he was a member of the base's superhuman team, they couldn’t be certain of his ability level. "Let's not clash with people from the superhuman team for now. It'll only get us into trouble."
"Boss, that woman is..."
"I was planning to kill her anyway. If he wants her, just let him have her." The scarred man snorted, then, still feeling indignant, cursed fiercely, "Darn it, if I’d known someone would intercept me, I would’ve slept with her last night..."
……
Shen Yang brought the woman back to the villa under Zheng Li's shocked gaze. Then, he calmly instructed a servant to call a doctor.
"Young... Young Master, this... this girl is..." Shen Yang had always been a playboy, and the butler was worried he might have crossed the line and killed the girl.
"I found her on the street," Shen Yang replied casually, returning to his room to change his clothes. "Uncle Zheng, keep an eye on the doctor. Don't let him kill her."
Zheng Li was skeptical of his words—found her on the street? How could he just pick up a half-dead girl on the street? And he even called a doctor to come and examine her...
Zheng Li was struggling with whether to inform Shen Lang, but he replied, "Yes, I’ll check on the girl."
