Villain Boss Chapter 188
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 188: This Was The Truth
Realizing that Si Xu wasn't particularly angry, the man trembled and continued to try to find a way out.
"Professor Si, as you can see, I'm not a superhuman. In this world, I have no choice but to follow Shen Lang; otherwise, how will I survive?"
"When Shen Lang first approached me, I also refused. When I hypnotized Miss Jiang before, I told Shen Lang that I’d never do it again."
At the mention of the keyword, "before," Si Xu interrupted the man, his voice low and serious, "You hypnotized Jiang Ran before?"
Realizing he had said the wrong thing, the man began to stammer.
He thought Professor Si had found him and knew everything he had done. It turned out that he didn't know that Jiang Ranran had also been hypnotized before.
The man’s eyes darted around, and he smiled ingratiatingly. "No, no, I meant, Shen Lang contacted me before, asking me to hypnotize Miss Jiang. Ahh!"
Si Xu stepped on the back of his neck, pinning him to the ground.
"If you won’t tell the truth," he sneered, "then go die."
"No, no, no, don't kill me!" The man gasped for breath. "Professor Si, I'll tell you everything!"
Si Xu moved his foot away. "Speak."
"I’ve worked for Shen Lang since before the apocalypse. I used to be the Shen family's psychologist and would also go to the Shen family's experimental base to provide psychological counseling to some experimental subjects.
"Later, when Professor Jiang died, Shen Lang took Miss Shen and Miss Jiang back to the Shen family’s villa. It was at that time that I hypnotized Miss Jiang."
It was also after that hypnosis session that Jiang Ranran became a completely different person, living the way that Shen Lang liked the most.
"Why did he hypnotize Jiang Ran?"
"It was for the virus-related documents left behind by Professor Jiang."
The "documents" were the ones he and Jiang Ran dug up from under the plum tree in the Jiang family's back garden. "With Shen Muxin here, why did he bother with an immature little girl? What could she possibly know?"
"That was what I thought too," the man said indignantly. “As an adult, why did he have to make things difficult for a little girl? How shameful to even talk about it."
"Get to the point."
"Yes, yes." Having been involved in the entire upheaval in the Shen family, the man remembered it vividly. "Originally, Shen Lang was going to approach Shen Muxin, but who knew..."
The man shuddered as he recalled the blood splattered across half the wall and the woman's wide-open eyes in her final moments.
"Shen Muxin somehow found out about Shen Lang's plans, and when I went in, she smashed her head against the wall of the room and died."
Then, the Shen family could only announce to the public that Shen Muxin had committed suicide for love.
"I see." Recalling Jiang Ran's evaluation of Shen Muxin, Si Xu sneered. "He was so ruthless even to his own daughter. What a beast in human skin."
Regardless of Si Xu's evaluation, the man simply nodded in agreement.
"Shen Muxin is dead, so Shen Lang could only approach Miss Jiang." The man choked up. "Professor Si, I’m truly at his mercy. I didn't mean to hurt Miss Jiang. Please spare my life."
"Did Shen Lang get the information he wanted from Jiang Ranran?"
The man recalled for a moment, then shook his head. "I don't know. Miss Jiang was unaware of anything when I hypnotized her, but I'm not sure if Shen Lang found it afterwards."
That meant it wasn't found.
If they had obtained useful information, the Shen family wouldn't have stopped at that.
Having obtained useful information, Si Xu kicked the person on the floor. "If you want me to spare your life, fine, I'll give you a chance."
The man nodded hurriedly. "Okay, okay, tell me, tell me."
"Come with me to the conference room and repeat what you just told me to the other people."
"Well..." The man looked troubled. "Professor Si, if I go to the conference room, Shen Lang will kill me."
"If you don't reveal the truth, I'll kill you right now." Si Xu looked the man over with a half-smile. "You either die now or later, the choice is yours."
The man began to wail and plead, "Professor Si, I've told you everything you needed to know. Please, please spare my life! I have elderly parents and young children to support. I can't die here!"
Annoyed by his wailing, Si Xu kicked him away. "Fine, if you tell the truth, I might consider sparing your life."
"Really?"
"Why? Don't you believe me?"
"No, no, no, of course I believe you, of course I believe you."
The man was overjoyed and, with tears streaming down his face, expressed a string of words of gratitude before finally getting up, trembling.
Si Xu stood up. "I'm going to change my clothes. Wait for me."
"Yes, yes."
A moment later, the footsteps in the living room faded away. In the room, Jiang Ran leaned against the door and raised her hands to cover her eyes.
As the night wore on, the pampered big shots in the conference room couldn't stand the hunger and started chatting with the captain of the superhuman team who was guarding outside.
"Captain Gu, how long is Professor Si going to keep us locked up?"
"This can't go on. If he can't find out who's behind this, are we going to be locked up here for life?"
"We haven't had dinner yet, and we haven't even had a sip of water."
Ignoring their incessant chatter, Gu Yunqing smiled innocently. "I'm just following orders. Professor Si didn't give any, so I can only guard here. Don't be impatient, everyone. As long as Professor Si finds out the truth..."
"What if the surveillance footage shows the truth?" With Si Xu absent, someone disregarded Gu Yunqing and interrupted him, "Is Professor Si going to silence us all?"
Gu Yunqing glanced at him, his face beaming with joy. "That's a good idea too, thank you for your suggestion."
The person who was speaking was rendered speechless. What did he mean by a good suggestion? It sounded like he was digging his own grave.
The commotion outside was deafening, but Shen Yang leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes to rest, and naturally shut out the noise.
These people’s brains had become rusty after being in high positions for so long.
To silence someone, all one needed to do was find the person who framed Jiang Ranran and make an example of that person. Si Xu couldn't be bothered to deal with everyone here.
Even if someone were to die, he’d start with the Shen family.
But with them chattering like this, there was no guarantee that Si Xu wouldn't be in a bad mood and might just pick someone to twist into a pretzel.
This bunch of idiots were courting death.
The longer Si Xu was away, the greater Shen Lang's unease became.
The old man gripped his cane tightly, his palms drenched in cold sweat.
He instructed Xie Chengzhi to lead Team Z to guard the outside and to break in immediately if anything happened.
Now that it was late at night, Xie Chengzhi's signal was still nowhere to be seen.
Could something have gone awry?
"Senior Mr. Shen." Noticing the old man's anxiety, Zheng Li took his arm and whispered to comfort him, "Don't worry, sit down and rest for a while."
The old man sighed and sat down opposite Shen Yang.
Dissatisfied with Shen Yang’s aloof attitude, the old man cleared his throat and said calmly, "Yang, what are your plans?"
Shen Yang opened his eyes. "I don't have a plan right now. I'm just thinking about how to prevent the Shen family from following the same path as the Yu family."
