Villain Boss Chapter 208
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 208: Former Happenings In The Base
The news of Si Xu leaving Xiling base quickly spread throughout the base. When Shen Yao came out of the laboratory, a colleague patted her on the shoulder.
"Yaoyao, Professor Si really left? Will he come back?"
Shen Yao shook her head. "Seventh Brother didn't tell me."
"I see... I feel a lot less safe without Professor Si around, especially since we were bombed just a few days ago..."
Seeing the girl's panicked expression, Shen Yao comforted her, "It’ll be fine. The base has strengthened its security now, so no one will have a chance to exploit the situation. Don't worry."
"Mmm." The girl nodded, patting her chest. "Hopefully that person has already left the base, otherwise it’d be so scary."
The two parted ways. Shen Yao went to the market to buy some groceries and was about to go home when someone called her.
"Yaoyao."
She turned around.
It was Su Qin.
Su Qin was on patrol when she saw Shen Yao and quickly ran over. "Yaoyao, are you here to buy groceries?"
"Yeah." Shen Yao didn’t think anything was wrong. "I’m off work, so I bought some groceries on the way home to make dinner."
"Make dinner?" Su Qin frowned. "You make it yourself?"
Shen Yao nodded. "Of course."
Su Qin frowned even harder. "You... can you cook?"
Shen Yao blurted out, "Someone..." Halfway through her sentence, her eyes suddenly became unfocused, then quickly focused again. "I can."
Su Qin stared at her intently for a moment, then nodded and smiled. "I still have to patrol. You can go back now."
Shen Yao waved her hand, said nothing more, and went straight back.
Staring at Shen Yao's retreating figure, Su Qin murmured, "Could something really have happened?"
Shen Yao’s behavior was completely different from usual, her words were incoherent, and her eyes were occasionally unfocused... The way Shen Yao was acting reminded her of the control abilities of psychic superhumans.
"I’ll ask Gu Yunqing along to check on her tonight."
Superhumans with psychic abilities weren’t easy to deal with. It was best to be careful.
……
Shen Yao returned to her apartment with the groceries she had bought. The moment she closed the door, she seemed like a robot that had been switched on.
She stood still, blinked, and slowly focused her unfocused gaze.
Her expression suddenly shifted.
She gritted her teeth, gripped the bag she was carrying tightly, and strode toward the living room.
"You're back?" Qin Huai came out of the kitchen, smiling at her. "Why are you back so early today?"
He wore an apron she had never used, and stood ramrod straight, like a pine tree.
When he looked at her with a smile, his beautiful light golden eyes held a hint of doting and tenderness, just like—they were the most familiar couple in love.
He held a potato in his hand, tossed it up and caught it again. "Stir-fried potato shreds with meat. Do you want some?"
"Screw you!" Unmoved by his gentleness, Shen Yao threw the bag of groceries she was carrying at him, yelling, "Qin Huai! When the hell are you leaving here?!"
Ever since he followed her home the night of the explosion, he'd been hanging around her house like a leech.
Fearing she would expose his whereabouts, he used his psychic abilities to control her, causing her to act like a madwoman now.
Catching the bag she threw at him, Qin Huai smiled innocently. "I'm not interested in you. You don't need to be so wary of me."
After saying that, he picked up the bag and went into the kitchen.
"Since you didn't state any preference, then I'll just make stir-fried potato shreds with meat."
"You..." Shen Yao was furious. Wearing slippers, she stormed into the kitchen, looked around, grabbed a knife, and was about to slash him. "Qin Huai! I'll fight you to the death!"
With ease, Qin Huai restrained her wildly waving hand, and sighed. He looked at her unfocused eyes again, took the knife from her hand and put it back in its place. "You can go out now."
Shen Yao obediently turned and walked out of the kitchen.
The moment she left the kitchen, she regained consciousness.
Knowing that rushing back in would be pointless, Shen Yao angrily returned to the sofa and sat down. Seeing the things on the coffee table, she paused, then shouted angrily, "Qin Huai! Who gave you permission to rummage through my drawers?!"
A bag of White Rabbit milk candy was scattered on the coffee table. It was given to her by Si Xu, but she couldn’t bear to eat them yet.
"You mean that milk candy?" Qin Huai's voice came from the kitchen, with a hint of amusement in it. "You like White Rabbit candy too? I like it quite a bit too."
"You like White Rabbit candy?" Shen Yao scoffed at him. "Scum like you doesn't deserve my White Rabbit candy!"
Qin Huai chuckled but didn't reply.
Thinking she had left him speechless, Shen Yao casually picked up a milk candy, unwrapped it, and put it in her mouth—the rich milky aroma spread in her mouth, and her scrunched-up face relaxed.
This flavor was still the most comforting.
Qin Huai quickly cooked two dishes and placed them on the table, then called to her, "Eat dinner, and consume less sugar."
"It’s none of your business!" Shen Yao walked to the dining table and sat down, glaring at him. "Where's the food?"
"Go get your own food." Qin Huai ignored her and sat down to eat.
Shen Yao kicked the table leg. "Then I won't eat. If I starve to death, you'll be finished too, Qin Huai."
Qin Huai looked at her and smiled faintly. "Why will I be finished?"
"If I don’t go to the lab even for a day, my colleagues will notice something is wrong, and then you’ll have nowhere to hide."
"Yes, that was indeed my initial thought." Qin Huai put down his chopsticks, rested his chin on his hands, and the curve of his lips softened even more. "However, I just heard that Si Xu took Jiang Ranran away from the base. Is that true?"
Shen Yao instinctively denied it, "Of course it's fake! How could Seventh Brother possibly leave the base?!"
She knew very well that currently at Xiling base, only Si Xu could restrain this monster.
"You denied it so quickly. Seems that it's true." Qin Huai narrowed his eyes. "Should I say I'm lucky? Do you think Xiling base will still be able to accommodate Si Xu after he leaves and comes back?"
"What do you want to do?" Shen Yao suddenly stood up, gripping the table with both hands, and gritted her teeth. "I'm warning you..."
Before she could finish speaking, there was a knock on the apartment door.
"Yaoyao, are you there?"
Shen Yao froze, and didn’t answer.
"It's Su Qin."
Coming from the same laboratory, Qin Huai was very familiar with Su Qin's voice.
He stood up and walked toward the door. "Honestly, how can you not invite guests in when they come?"
"No!" Grabbing Qin Huai's arm tightly, Shen Yao's eyes were filled with panic as she pleaded in a low voice, "Don't hurt her, Qin Huai."
"Why would I do that?" Qin Huai still had a smile on his face. "I'm very happy to see an old friend. How could I possibly hurt her?"
Seeing his smile, Shen Yao felt as if she had fallen into ice water, and the bone-chilling cold made her shiver uncontrollably.
She subconsciously let go of Qin Huai's hand.
Outside the door, Su Qin continued knocking. "Yaoyao, are you there? I came to see you."
Qin Huai walked toward the door.
Suddenly, Shen Yao grabbed a chair and smashed it at Qin Huai, screaming, "Su Qin! Run!"
Qin Huai didn't dodge. The chair grazed his shoulder, crashed to the ground, and shattered into pieces.
Outside the door, the knocking and talking stopped.
Qin Huai turned to look at the trembling Shen Yao, his eyes filled with pity, and sighed. "Fool, do you think that my psychic abilities can't be used just because there's a door between us?"
