I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 2
Chapter 2: You Deserved To Be Slapped
Luo Rui’s instincts told her that Jiang Ran's attitude today differed from before. She raised her eyebrows and briefly looked at Jiang Ran, then smiled before standing up. "I did."
Luo Rui admitted her despicable behavior outrightly.
"Jiang Ranran, why can’t you understand? Chengzhi has already broken up with you. Even if you continue to pester and follow us, Chengzhi will not like you again." The girl’s expression was cold and arrogant. She looked condescendingly at Jiang Ran. "Do you think you can win everyone's favor and gain acceptance by luring a group of zombies away from the team? Don't waste your efforts."
Jiang Ran wasn’t used to this angle of looking up, so she struggled to get up. But she didn’t give in; she was determined not to yield. "Just because of this, you want me to die?"
This was how it was written in the novel – Luo Rui had to resort to some unscrupulous means to get rid of Jiang Ranran, who was a hindrance.
Unscrupulous? What a joke.
“I don’t want you to die. I merely don’t want you to harass Chengzhi anymore.”
"Since you have so much confidence in your Chengzhi, why did you use such underhanded means to set me up?" Jiang Ran sneered. "He’s just a jerk. Do you think I'd care about him?!"
She would meet a tragic ending if she followed this team. Since that was the case, it would be better to have a falling-out now and go their own ways in the future.
"Jiang Ranran, have you lost your mind after you hit your head?" When Luo Rui heard the girl's agitated words, she frowned and looked at the girl. "Aren't you the one who has been pestering us shamelessly..."
Before she could finish her sentence, footsteps were approaching again. Luo Rui's disgusted expression instantly disappeared and was replaced by concern. "Ranran, I know you’re blaming me for not saving you in time, but I also have my own responsibility as the captain. I can't..."
"Luo Rui, Xie Chengzhi is here." Interrupting the girl's drama, Jiang Ran raised her eyebrows and smiled. "I'll help you make it more convincing. How about it?"
Luo Rui was puzzled. "What?"
Before she could react, Jiang Ran shook her hand unceremoniously and slapped Luo Rui on her cheek.
A crisp smack was heard. The impact of the slap sent Luo Rui staggering back two steps, nearly falling to the ground.
"This is to payback for scheming against me." Without Jiang Ranran, the entire team would have become zombie food. Compared with their lives, a mere slap was insignificant.
Jiang Ran had slapped with full force. Luo Rui quickly covered her face, she could feel her ears buzzing as the taste of blood spread in her mouth.
She slowly raised her eyes, looked at Jiang Ran, and enunciated each word, "Jiang! Ran! Ran!" This wretched woman! It was bad enough that she pestered my boyfriend, but how dare she beat me?
Jiang Ran showed no fear as she met the girl's furious eyes. It was because she knew very well that Luo Rui would swallow her anger as soon as that man stepped into this small, shabby hut.
Sure enough, the door of the wooden hut was pushed open again, and the man leaned forward and said, "Ruirui, dinner is already... Ruirui?!"
The handsome man had an ugly expression on his face. He rushed to Luo Rui's side and helped her up: "Ruirui, you’re..."
"I slapped her." Before Luo Rui could complain, Jiang Ran spoke first. "With this hand." She waved her wrist, "Xie Chengzhi, you'd better take your little girlfriend back to have some medicine applied, lest she become disfigured."
"Jiang Ranran!" When the guy heard her justified tone, his handsome face turned ugly. He asked angrily, "Why did you slap Ruirui?!"
“Forget it, Chengzhi. It’s my fault...”
"You heard it. She said it was her fault." Jiang Ran interrupted Luo Rui before she could speak about her grievances. Jiang Ran shrugged. "Look, the person who was slapped is fine with it, so why are you being so fierce?"
Luo Rui: “...?”
Xie Chengzhi: "...??" The anger in his eyes was replaced by doubt. He frowned and looked at Jiang Ranran, hesitating. Was this girl in front of him Jiang Ranran? Why did she feel... different?
"If there’s nothing else, can you please go out?" Jiang Ran said, "Oh, it’d be even better if you could give me a change of clothes."
"Dream on!" A hindrance like her wants supplies after slapping someone? Not a chance!
Xie Chengzhi left the wooden hut angrily with his lover in his arms. After they returned to the living room, they met their teammate, Zhou Jian, who was leaving the kitchen. The young girl exclaimed when she saw Luo Rui’s face, "Ruirui, your face..."
"Xiao Zhou, please help me get some ointment."
……
Back in the room, Luo Rui covered her face and sobbed with reddened eyes. "Chengzhi, will I be disfigured?” She cried, “I just wanted to see if Ranran was better. I didn't expect her to be so hostile to me..."
"Stop crying." Feeling sad for his girlfriend, Xie Chengzhi gently embraced her and said in a low voice, "Don’t worry. The wound on your face will be fine once the medicine is applied."
“Really?”
“Yes. When have I ever lied to you?”
While the two of them were being lovey-dovey, Zhou Jian came upstairs with the ointment. "Captain Xie, Captain Gu is looking for you. It seems to be about the arrangements for the night shift..."
"I'll go downstairs right away." When he passed by Zhou Jian, he instructed, "Take good care of Ruirui."
As the captain of his team, Xie Chengzhi tried to maintain the imposing manner of a captain while cooperating with other teams.
“I got it!”
After sending Xie Chengzhi away, Zhou Jian applied the medicine for Luo Rui. "Ruirui, didn't you go and see Jiang Ranran? The wound on your face..."
"Ranran slapped me." Luo Rui sighed and said helplessly, "It’s my fault for snatching Chengzhi away. She should hate me."
"She slapped you?" Being close to Luo Rui, Zhou Jian felt angry for her friend. "You’ve been protecting her all along, and yet, she slapped you just because of Xie Chengzhi? Besides, they aren’t married to each other. It’s her fault for being unable to salvage her relationship with her boyfriend. That woman is really pushing her luck!”
"That’s enough. I’m sure Ranran didn't do it on purpose." Luo Rui comforted her friend. "Besides, she got lost today, and I didn't go to rescue her. She..."
"She wandered and got lost. What does that have to do with us?" Zhou Jian muttered. "It would’ve been good if she had really died. Yet, someone had to meddle and save her..."
Luo Rui appeared more helpless. "Zhouzhou, you can say this in front of me, but don't let other people hear it, okay?"
"I know." Zhou Jian smiled. "Do you know who gave me the ointment?”
“Who?”
"Captain Gu!" Zhou Jian laughed and said, "As soon as he heard that you were injured, Captain Gu asked his teammate to bring me the ointment. Do you think he’s interested in you..."
"Don't talk nonsense." Luo Rui patted her friend's arm. "Chengzhi will be angry if he hears about it.”
“Alright, alright, I won’t mention it again...”
……
After Xie Chengzhi and Luo Rui left, Jiang Ran walked around the shabby wooden hut, opened the door, and went outside.
The place where they settled was a three-story private residence, and the small hut she was in was a storeroom behind the yard for storing sundries.
The moment the door was opened, the cold wind of early winter rushed in, and the wet clothes clung to Jiang Ran’s body. Jiang Ran shivered and forced herself to leave the shabby hut.
If her memory served her right, the juncture when Jiang Ranran fell into the water happened to be when their team met the villain boss’ team – at this point in the novel, the villain boss set his eyes on Jiang Ranran, which in turn, made her life even more tragic.
