Villain Boss Chapter 209
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 209: What’s So Bad?
The day after Si Xu left the base, Gu Yunqing, the captain of the third team, and Su Qin, the captain of the fourth team, both went missing.
Rumors circulated that the two were unhappy with the Shen family for forcing Si Xu away, so they left the base with Professor Si.
In the office of the military command building, Shen Yang listened to Zhong Qian's report, his fingers subconsciously tapping lightly on the table.
"Missing?" He sneered, his eyes practically overflowing with mockery. "They actually believed such a stupid rumor?"
Zhong Qian remained silent.
They believed it, and not only that, they went on to accuse the two of being irresponsible.
Suddenly, as if struck by a thought, Shen Yang pushed back his chair and stood up. "What has Shen Yao been busy with lately? It feels like I haven't seen her in a long time."
Only when he asked did Zhong Qian remember this person.
Come to think of it, usually he would see her in the cafeteria, but he hadn't run into her much lately.
Before he could recall when he last saw Shen Yao, Shen Yang said, "I'm going to look for Yaoyao."
Why did he suddenly seek out Shen Yao? Zhong Qian wondered. He took two steps behind Shen Yang, but Shen Yang in front of him suddenly stopped.
He asked blankly, "Captain?"
Shen Yang didn't respond to him. "How rare of you to come to the military command building."
Rare? Who had come to the military command building?
Zhong Qian stepped aside and looked over.
The guy was dressed in all black, wearing a hood that covered half his face, making it impossible to see his expression. However, just by standing there, he exuded a carefree and unrestrained youthful aura.
Who was this? After searching his memory, Zhong Qian found no information related to the person in front of him. He subtly gripped the gun at his waist, wary of any unusual movements.
"Your sister has fallen into Qin Huai's hands," the guy said bluntly. "Gu Yunqing and Su Qin too."
Shen Yang raised an eyebrow with interest. "How did you know?"
The guy, with a lollipop in his mouth, replied vaguely, "Jiang Ran said so—she said that if Gu Yunqing and Su Qin are missing, something must have happened to Shen Yao, and the person who threw the bomb into the lab is most likely Qin Huai."
Upon hearing Jiang Ran's name, Shen Yang fell into a brief silence.
The guy wasn't in a hurry. He savored the lollipop in his mouth.
The two stood in the corridor, attracting the attention of passersby.
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Zhong Qian cleared his throat and tentatively suggested, "How about we go into the office and talk?"
"Oh," the guy replied, then walked past Shen Yang into the office.
When they reached the door, he stopped and asked the two men, "Weren't we supposed to talk in the office? Why aren't you moving?"
Shen Yang glanced at Zhong Qian expressionlessly, then rubbed his temples and went into the office.
……
On the day Shen Bai returned to the base, he learned from Zhong Qian what had happened at the base after he left.
After meeting his elder brother, the young man returned to the Shen family to see his seriously ill grandfather.
After not seeing him for a while, Shen Lang’s temples were completely gray, his face was more wrinkled, and his eyes had lost their former luster when he looked at him.
"Xiaobai, you're back?" He glanced at him only once before turning to look out the window.
Shen Bai didn’t go closer.
He stopped a few steps away from Shen Lang, quietly watching him. For the first time, his usually gentle gaze revealed an emotion that resembled disgust.
Without turning around, but seemingly sensing the younger man's gaze, Shen Lang sighed and turned to look at him. "So you've come here to interrogate me too?"
Shen Bai was gentle by nature. Even though he was fuming inside, seeing Shen Lang's dejected appearance, he pursed his lips and shook his head. "Grandpa, I just came to see you."
"See me?" Shen Lang sneered. "How kind of you."
He slowly walked up to Shen Bai, and looked at the younger man who was a head taller than him. He carefully examined his face, and murmured, "Xiaobai, you and Muxin look so alike... even your personalities are exactly the same."
This was the first time Shen Lang had mentioned Shen Muxin's name in front of his juniors since Shen Muxin's passing.
Not wanting to recall that dark past, Shen Bai looked directly into Shen Lang's eyes and said in a low voice, "Grandpa, I’ve always admired my aunt, just as I admire my father."
Shen Lang had a smooth life, but he had two rebellious children.
His eldest son, Shen Muyin, was rebellious from a young age. After he grew up, the old man arranged for him to work in the Shen family's laboratory. However, in an accident, he died in a fire while trying to protect a puppet that had lost consciousness.
His daughter, Shen Muxin, was well-behaved since young and was pampered by him as she grew up. However, in the end, for the sake of Jiang Yize, she would rather kill herself in front of her kins than obey her father's wishes.
If one really thought about it, none of the Shen family's children seemed to have a personality similar to Shen Lang.
Thinking about it this way, Shen Lang's life was truly a failure.
"Your father?" Shen Lang sneered at the mention of his eldest son, who had died young. "Do you even remember what your father looked like?"
Shen Muyin died three days after Shen Yao was born, and he didn't even have a chance to see his newborn daughter before he died.
At that time, Shen Yang was seven years old and Shen Bai was four years old, both of whom were children at the most innocent and naive age.
"I remember." Faced with Shen Long's question, Shen Bai's answer was indifferent. "Grandpa, do you still remember what my father looked like?"
"Of course I remember!" Shen Lang coughed heavily twice, tears welling in his eyes. "That was my son! I watched him die right before my eyes. Tell me, how could I forget?!"
Shen Lang's voice was etched with a gnashing hatred, confirming Shen Bai's suspicions. "Is this why you don't like Youyou, Grandpa?"
Shen Youyou, also known as 117, was the puppet that Shen Muyin tried to protect.
As one of the earliest puppets developed by the Shen family, Shen Youyou underwent a complete modification to compete with Si Xu, the perfect experimental subject created by the laboratory in Xiling.
At that time, Shen Youyou was in the critical period of her transformation, and her brain had not yet thawed, so she didn’t have the most basic consciousness of a human being.
After the laboratory exploded, to protect Shen Youyou, Shen Muyin chose to return to the laboratory even though he had already left. In the end, the fire was extinguished, but Shen Muyin had stopped breathing. Shen Youyou squatted beside him, staring blankly at his body.
117 was awakened by that fire and from then on became a puppet created solely for the Shen family.
"Shouldn't I hate her?!" Shen Lang's eyes were sharp as he gritted his teeth and coughed repeatedly. "If it weren't for protecting her, how could Muyin have died? If Muyin hadn't died, how could our Shen family have fallen to this state?!"
"Isn't the Shen family doing well now?" Interrupting Shen Lang's fierce questioning, Shen Bai's tone was calm. "Eldest Brother is the captain of a superhuman team, and even outsiders have to greet him politely when they meet him. Yaoyao has become a staff member of the laboratory, and can focus on researching the viruses that interest her. Ranran has also found her own happiness—Grandpa, what's so bad about the Shen family now?"
