Villain Boss Chapter 206
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 206: Scumbag Woman
Unable to bear it any longer, Huo Heng swung a punch at Si Xu.
Si Xu nimbly dodged backward, saying helplessly, "A gentleman uses words, not fists—if you don't like it, I’ll say no more."
He glanced toward the back door and yawned widely. "It's time for the handover, Deputy Captain Huo. It’s your turn for the next half of the night."
Si Xu strolled away, just as casually as he had stopped Huo Heng for no reason and said some nonsensical stuff.
Huo Heng stared at his retreating figure, recalling the laboratory he had mentioned, and hesitated whether to tell Huo Lingyin not to associate too closely with this guy.
……
Having watched the drama from behind the door for a while, Jiang Ran nudged the silent Huo Lingyin with her elbow.
"Hey, look, he likes you."
Huo Lingyin, who was immersed in her own world, was brought back to her senses by the nudge.
She concealed the complex emotions in her eyes and glanced at Jiang Ran. "Did you do this on purpose?"
"Sigh, I can't stand seeing lovers unable to understand each other." Jiang Ran shrugged and shook her head. "Do you know how I won Si Xu's heart?"
"You courted Si Xu?" Intrigued by the topic, Huo Lingyin invited her to the upstairs balcony. "Want a drink?"
"You want to hear me tell the story?" Jiang Ran followed her upstairs, her tone smug. "My story is expensive."
"It's okay, I have money."
That sounded just like something a domineering CEO would say.
Jiang Ran muttered to herself, "In this world, money is no longer that important."
Ignoring her grumbling, Huo Lingyin led her into the room and took out a bottle of red wine from her backpack.
"This is something I hoarded at the last collection point. You're lucky." She opened the wine bottle, looked around, and said, "There are no glasses."
After saying that, she took a sip straight from the bottle and handed it to Jiang Ran.
Jiang Ran didn't seem to mind. "Do you have any snacks?"
Huo Lingyin, "..." She said expressionlessly, "No."
Jiang Ran said regretfully, "Had I known that I was going to tell a story, I would’ve asked Si Xu to provide some snacks."
Finding herself in an unusual conversational mood, Huo Lingyin asked, "That guy seems really sharp-tongued and cold-hearted. How did you manage to win him over?"
And make him obey your every word. Huo Lingyin sighed softly, a hint of envy in her eyes.
"I haven’t awakened any superpower." Jiang Ran rested her chin on her hands, looking at the starry sky and clouds. "We met on the way from Shenmu City to Xiling base. To gain Si Xu’s protection, my team gave me to him as a gift."
Recalling the scene of her first meeting with Si Xu, Jiang Ran revealed a soft smile.
"When I first met him, I was a little afraid of him—after all, Professor Si from Xiling base had a bad reputation, and I was worried that he might accidentally crush me to death."
"But you still fell in love with him," Huo Lingyin sighed. "It shows that you felt he was someone you could entrust your life to."
"Si Xu may seem fierce, but he’s actually quite guileless—he clearly expresses what he likes and dislikes." Jiang Ran smiled. "Because of this, many people think he’s blunt and unforgiving. But I think that’s good—he likes me, and I know it clearly. Even though he’s never said ‘I love you,’ I just know that in this world, I’m the one he likes the most."
Huo Lingyin took the bottle and took a big gulp.
The red wine wasn't top-quality. It had a very slight astringency that numbed the tongue.
She took a breath, her tone a mix of admiration and sarcasm. "You're really confident—he might love you now, but what if he falls in love with someone else in the future?"
"Then I’ll break up with him." Jiang Ran frowned, seemingly puzzled. "When you're in love, have a passionate and intense relationship. When you're no longer in love, part ways amicably and find someone else suitable—isn't that the most basic way to have a relationship?"
Huo Lingyin shook her head. "In this world, love and staying together aren't so easy..."
"Just because it's not easy, does that mean you shouldn't date at all? What kind of strange logic is that?" Jiang Ran expressed her doubts about Huo Lingyin’s point of view. "Isn't it precisely because life isn’t easy that we should cherish the people we love even more?"
"..."
"When Si Xu and I were together, I was the one who confessed first," Jiang Ran said slowly while drinking her wine. "I was plotted against by someone and almost lost my life. It was at that moment that I suddenly felt very regretful, because if I died there, Si Xu would never know that I liked him. I thought to myself, who cares if he accepts me or not, since I like him, I must let him know."
The young girl, full of confidence, declared her love.
For some reason, Huo Lingyin suddenly felt envious.
"Then, I confessed my feelings to him. Do you know how he responded?"
Huo Lingyin chuckled. "How did he respond?"
"He said, ‘You like me, right?’" Jiang Ran couldn’t hide the smile in her eyes. "If it were any other reserved girl, she’d definitely think she’d been rejected."
Huo Lingyin nodded. "That sounds like what he’d say."
"But I didn’t think that way." Jiang Ran smiled, her eyes turning into lines. "That’s why we got together."
"..."
"You like Huo Heng, don't you?" Jiang Ran twirled the wine bottle, tapping her arm with the bottom of the bottle. "If you like him, just tell him. How will he know if you don't tell him?"
"I..." Huo Lingyin smiled bitterly. "My relationship with him is much more complicated than your relationship with Si Xu."
A simple "like" or "love" wasn't enough to guarantee a happy ending.
Accustomed to Huo Lingyin’s allure and aloofness, Jiang Ran felt inexplicably stifled when she saw a sad expression on Huo Lingyin’s face. "What if Huo Heng dies one day?"
"Huh?"
"What if one day, Huo Heng dies protecting you? Will you regret never telling him 'I love you'?"
"No, that won't happen." Huo Lingyin's answer was firm. "His life has always belonged only to Huo Lingge."
"Huh? Why do you say that?"
"Huo Lingge has been blind since childhood. Her father adopted Huo Heng so that he could become Huo Lingge's eyes." He was destined to live for Huo Lingge.
"Eh~" Jiang Ran smacked her lips. "Your father passed away?"
"Yeah."
"Then it's alright. Elders are bound to be muddled-headed sometimes... What era are we living in? Why are they still doing that child groom stuff?"
"..."
"You really are nothing like your appearance." Seeing Huo Lingyin’s hesitation, Jiang Ran clicked her tongue. "The first time I met you, I thought you were a magnanimous and carefree queen who regarded men as dirt. But it turns out that you’re a pitiful wretch tormented by love—Huo Lingyin, don’t you think you’ve let down those men you flirted with?"
Feeling insulted, Huo Lingyin sneered. "I never said I was a queen."
"I see it now."
Jiang Ran tilted her head back and drank the last sip of wine, then slammed the bottle against the balcony railing.
"Huo Lingyin, now you know that you and Huo Heng are in love—if I were you, I’d either express my love to Huo Heng directly or stay away from him. You’re such a scumbag woman, forcing him to sleep with you without saying that you like him!"
"Why should I confess?" Huo Lingyin retorted, feeling drunk. "You say it's mutual, so why don't you let him confess to me?"
"Please, it's you who forced him! You don’t get attached to anyone! You keep changing your guys! If I were Huo Heng, I wouldn't be confident that you’d treat me any differently!"
Huo Lingyin was rendered speechless.
That seemed... to make sense.
Jiang Ran finished drinking, got up to find the restroom, and skipped out the door, not forgetting to add, "Scumbag woman, don’t waste the time of a good guy."
