Villain Boss Chapter 203
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 203: Watching The Drama Unfold
Because of the approaching danger, Huo Lingyin lost consciousness for a short time, but when she opened her eyes again, the battle was over.
She was lying in bed, and Huo Heng was sitting beside her, tending to the wound on her shoulder.
"Heng." She called his name, only to find her voice trembling slightly from the pain.
"Does it hurt a lot?" Huo Heng's face was expressionless, but his movements subconsciously became a little gentler.
Huo Lingyin stared at him. "Those zombies..."
"They were defeated."
“Our team members…”
"They’re all fine."
Huo Lingyin nodded, her gaze remaining fixed on Huo Heng. She licked her lips and asked casually, "Heng, when I was attacked by the zombie just now, were you worried about me?"
After bandaging the wound, Huo Heng stood up without answering her question. "The wound is treated. You should rest well. I'll go downstairs to make the subsequent arrangements."
He turned and walked out of the room without looking back.
Huo Lingyin bit her lip but didn’t stop him.
"Sigh." Suddenly, a soft sigh came from the foot of the bed. "It turns out that you like Huo Heng?"
Huo Lingyin was startled and sat up abruptly from the bed, glaring at the person who had spoken.
Jiang Ran leaned on the railing at the foot of the bed, her hands supporting her chin. A look of amusement appeared on her face, her eyes full of mockery.
"What are you doing here?!"
Jiang Ran replied in confusion, "I've been here the whole time—you seemed to have something to say to Huo Heng, so I didn't say anything to avoid disturbing you."
When Huo Lingyin's face turned pale with anger, she still didn't hold back and repeated her question, "You like Huo Heng? I really didn't know that."
"It’s none of your business!" Huo Lingyin snapped. "Get out of here!"
"You’re a patient. Don't get so worked up." Jiang Ran didn't move. "Look at you, a patient. What if you get bitten by a zombie again if I leave?"
Huo Lingyin became even angrier at the mention of that. "If you hadn't thrown the bombs and made such a commotion, the mutant zombies wouldn’t have been attracted!"
As soon as she finished speaking, images of Jiang Ran singing all the way and leaving the group at dusk suddenly flashed through Huo Lingyin's mind, and she exploded, "Jiang Ran, you guys knew all along that there were mutant zombies following the convoy, didn't you?!"
"How could I possibly know?" Jiang Ran asked innocently.
"If you didn’t know, why would you drive away when we stopped to rest in the evening?"
"We’re not a team," Jiang Ran said matter-of-factly. "Besides, it was you who ordered that ordinary people not be allowed in your team, or else you would have them kicked out—since your team needs to rest, then of course I need to find a place to rest too."
She answered with righteous indignation, and at the end, she even added with a smirk, "You're really unreasonable."
There was nothing wrong with her answer. Huo Lingyin's chest heaved twice, and she raised her movable arm, pointing to the door. "Get out!"
"I saved your life." Jiang Ran remained still. "Besides, Si Xu took your people to patrol the area, so I can't leave even if I wanted to."
Si Xu took her people to patrol the vicinity? Did he get permission from her, the team captain?!
"Deputy Captain Huo Heng agreed." As if sensing what she was about to say, Jiang Ran spoke first. "Si Xu is doing this for your own good, fearing there might still be mutant zombies around."
Her answer remained flawless.
Huo Lingyin sneered. "Are you planning to become the captain of our team in the future, so you’re establishing your authority first?"
"Oh dear." Jiang Ran cupped her face in her hands and smiled with narrowed eyes. "It's best to keep it a tacit understanding. It's embarrassing to say it out loud."
Huo Lingyin, "..." If her arm hadn't been injured, she would have jumped up and smashed Jiang Ran’s head!
Jiang Ran remained perched at the foot of the bed, tilting her head to examine Huo Lingyin.
Her gaze was gentle, without any hostility, and inexplicably carried a warm quality.
Huo Lingyin turned her face away uncomfortably, frowning. "What exactly are you doing here?"
"Huh? I’m protecting you," Jiang Ran said with a smile. "And by the way, I have a question for you..."
Considering that Jiang Ran had saved her life, Huo Lingyin didn't bother arguing with her. "What's the question?"
"You really like Huo Heng?"
Huo Lingyin grabbed a pillow and threw it at her. "Jiang Ran, are you ever going to stop?!"
"I'm just curious." Jiang Ran grabbed the pillow that Huo Lingyin threw at her and tucked it under her arm. "I saw how careful he was when he bandaged your wound. Does he like you too? But you two don't seem like a couple at all. You seem like enemies."
"Instead of wasting your time gossiping about me, you should be more worried about whether your team is still alive—aren't you afraid that the mutant zombies will attack your team while you and Si Xu are lingering here?"
"I was afraid, so I brought those people over. They're resting in the rooms downstairs now."
This was the first time Huo Lingyin had encountered such a shameless woman. She was speechless.
"Hey, what's going on between you and Huo Heng?" Jiang Ran revisited the original question.
Huo Lingyin glanced at Jiang Ran, knowing that if she didn't satisfy Jiang Ran’s curiosity, she might not get any rest all night.
"I don't like him. He doesn't like me either."
"Huh? You don't like him? Then why did you sleep with him?"
"???" How would an outsider like you know about something like that?!
"Oh, when he was bandaging you, I accidentally saw... cough, cough... on his neck and arms. Jiang Ran pointed to Huo Lingyin's shoulder. "You have them too. You couldn’t possibly have pinched yourself, right? Besides, you're the only woman in your team. If Huo Heng didn’t sleep with you, could he be interested in men?"
"..."
Perhaps because of her injury, Huo Lingyin showed her soft side for once, and sighed. "Some things aren’t as simple as they seem."
"It's just dating, why all the fuss?" Jiang Ran said casually. "You like him, he likes you, that's mutual affection, and it's only natural that you'd hit it off and make love..."
"Jiang Ran!"
"Good grief, you scared me." Jiang Ran patted her chest after being yelled at. "I can hear you. You don't have to shout."
"Are you done?"
"I'm just giving you advice, aren't I?" Jiang Ran tsked twice. "There's nothing shameful about liking Huo Heng. Why are you afraid to admit it?"
"I don't like him!"
"Oh, I wonder who it was that kept calling out 'Heng, Heng' while she was unconscious..."
Huo Lingyin's face, which had been flushed with anger, turned deathly pale. "I... I called his name?"
Jiang Ran nodded. "Yeah, it sounded so heart-wrenching~"
Hearing this, Huo Lingyin looked at Jiang Ran with a strange expression. "You guessed right. I did sleep with Huo Heng, but it wasn't consensual. I forced him with my psychic abilities."
Jiang Ran, "..." Psychic abilities could even be used this way? Suddenly, a whole new world opened up for her.
"I have many men around me. Seriously speaking, I can probably sleep with a different guy every day for a whole month."
After Jiang Ran was rendered speechless, Huo Lingyin felt much of the anger that had been building up in her chest dissipate.
She flung her loose hair and smiled alluringly. "I have so many men, but do you know why I'm so fixated on Huo Heng?"
Jiang Ran shook her head honestly.
"It’s because he likes Huo Lingge." Huo Lingyin's smile turned cold as she enunciated clearly, "I want him because he’s Huo Lingge's lover—once Huo Heng leaves Huo Lingge, he’ll lose all his appeal to me, do you get it?"
"Oh..." Jiang Ran felt she was too young. She nodded blankly, then suddenly realized, "So, your true love is Huo Lingge?"
Huo Lingyin, "...???" Someone, throw this woman out!
