Villain Boss Chapter 211
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 211: Where It All Began
While Shen Bai was still in a daze, a loud noise came from the second floor of the laboratory building.
Startled as well, Shen Youyou suddenly stood up and looked in the direction from where the sound came.
Naturally, she saw Shen Bai as well.
Such commotion wasn’t uncommon in the laboratory.
He didn't take it to heart.
Just as Shen Youyou looked at him, he reached out his hand. "117, come back with me."
Without hesitation, she placed her hand in his palm.
The observation room for 117 was on the first floor. As they stepped into the corridor, they saw two staff members dragging a person who could barely be identified as human down from upstairs.
The path was strewn with blood.
He instinctively walked in front of 117, blocking the little girl's view.
"What happened?"
"Qin Huai." The staff member's eyes were full of disgust. "He tried to run away again just now, and look, he got beaten up like this."
"He's badly injured. Aren't you going to call a doctor?"
"He probably won't survive," the staff member replied nonchalantly. "Mr. Louis told us to throw him in the landfill."
Louis was currently in charge of Qin Huai.
Ignoring Qin Huai’s blood-covered body, Shen Bai bent down and checked his breath. "He’s still alive."
The staff member found his words hilarious. "Qin Huai is an experimental subject thrown in by Marshal Shen after all. Mr. Louis can't just kill him outright..."
With Bai Shen’s slightly cool gaze fixed on him, the staff member slowly stopped talking, pursed his lips, and dared not say anything more.
"Call the doctor." Those three words were an order, not a suggestion.
The staff member hesitated. "But... Mr. Louis said..."
"You said it too. He’s an experimental subject that my grandfather threw in here. If he's dead, how are you going to explain that to my grandfather?" Shen Bai said impatiently. "Send him to me, and you—" he pointed to one of the staff members, "go and call a doctor."
The two men exchanged a glance, and the one who had been singled out said, "Mr. Shen, you’re putting us in a difficult position..."
Ultimately, the laboratory was no longer solely controlled by the Shen family. More superior than them were even more powerful families like the Yu and Huo families, whom they couldn’t afford to offend. They didn't need to completely obey this young master.
Shen Bai understood what the two men meant, and his expression immediately turned unpleasant.
Just as he was about to lose his temper, a lazy voice came from the stairs, interrupting the staff member's incessant chatter.
"Is this how Louis... teaches his subordinates?"
The man, dressed in a white coat, slowly walked down the stairs, avoiding the bloodstains on the ground.
As soon as he approached, the staff members who had initially shown some disdain toward Shen Bai instantly became obedient.
"Assistant Si."
Si Xu hummed in response, ignoring the two people, and looked at Shen Bai directly. "Didn't you want to see me? Shen Bai, being late isn’t a good habit."
Shen Bai touched the tip of his nose and apologized, "Something came up and I was delayed."
Si Xu didn't ask any more questions. He turned to look at the two trembling staff members and said coldly, "Hand over the guy to Shen Bai. Go and call the doctor. I'll explain things to Louis."
"Yes, yes, we'll go right away, Assistant Si."
After the two dragged Qin Huai away, Si Xu's gaze turned to the girl who was being shielded by Shen Bai. "You wanted to look for me because of 117?"
Shen Bai pushed Shen Youyou forward. "This was one of our Shen family's experimental subjects before. Would you like to study it?"
Si Xu replied listlessly, "Not interested."
He glanced at Shen Youyou one last time. "Shen Bai, birds of a feather flock together. None of you Shen family members have any conscience. I'm finally certain of that today."
After he finished cursing, he walked away leisurely.
Shen Bai stood there, and although he should have been angry, he couldn't feel angry at all.
Just because someone's words were unpleasant didn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to tell the truth.
After that day, he took over the research on 117. After Qin Huai was rescued, the laboratory decided to plant a miniature bomb in his heart to prevent him from escaping again.
Shen Bai didn't pay much attention to what happened after that, only that he heard Qin Huai had become much more obedient and never ran away again.
Then came the virus outbreak, the destruction of the laboratory, and the escape of various experimental subjects, including Qin Huai and 117, whom the Shen family had been raising in the laboratory.
He led a group of men, ordered to pursue and capture the escaped 117.
At that time, Xiling Snow Mountain was still very cold, and he found 117 deep in the snow mountain.
The little girl stood blankly in the snow, with wildly dancing leaves behind her, threatening her pursuers not to come closer.
Those people fired at her, but all the bullets were blocked by the leaves.
"Monster! Monster!"
"Call for help! Hurry!"
"Don't let her get away! Catch her!"
Despite the cacophony around him, Shen Bai ignored the attacking leaves, trudging through the knee-deep snow to her and reaching out his hand.
"117, come to my side."
……
When Shen Bai led Shen Youyou to the military command building, Shen Yang was seeing off the hooded youth.
As they brushed past the youth, Shen Bai couldn't help but glance at him.
The youth pulled his hood down a little, humming an unknown tune, and waved to Shen Bai as he passed by.
He was neither an acquaintance nor guest of the Shen family.
Shen Bai didn't look at him for long and stopped in front of the steps.
Shen Yang’s expression was solemn, unlike his usual casual demeanor. He looked in the direction of the laboratory building, lost in thought, and didn’t speak immediately.
"Something's happened?" That expression meant something serious had definitely occurred.
Shen Yang simply shook his head. "Come in with me. 117 stays outside."
"Okay."
……
Shen Youyou squatted down against the wall, just like when she was waiting for Shen Bai at the Shen family’s residence, curling up against the wall to minimize her presence.
Only in this way would she feel safe.
Among their batch of experimental subjects, she was the least noticeable, so she wasn't chosen for the initial experiments.
Those experts always sought out the outstanding experimental subjects, but those experimental subjects never returned.
By the time it was her turn, the modification technology had become relatively mature through countless experiments and improvements—and she managed to pulled through.
Everyone said she was the most outstanding experimental subject, but that wasn’t true.
It was precisely because she wasn't outstanding enough that she was able to survive in the laboratory.
Therefore, whenever she was alone, she would only feel a little safe by disappearing from everyone else's sight.
……
Lili felt that Assistant Shen had been acting strange lately.
With Professor Si absent, Shen Yao finally had a chance to sneak away and rest for a day or two, but she went to work as usual every day, and in the last two days, she worked even harder, almost drowning herself in her work.
Noticing Shen Yao’s dark circles, Lili was worried and poured her a cup of coffee, handing it to her. "Assistant Shen..."
"Hmm?" Shen Yao didn't look up, continuing to calculate something on the computer. "What is it?"
"Here's your coffee." Lili hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "It's time to go home and rest early after work."
"Okay—you go back first, don't worry about me."
Guessing what she was thinking, Lili comforted her, "Assistant Shen, I know you're upset about Captain Gu and Captain Qin's situation..." People in the base said that Captain Gu and Captain Qin abandoned the base to chase after Professor Si.
Shen Yao paused, her fingers subconsciously curling up.
After a long silence, she said in a hoarse voice, "It has nothing to do with them. Go home and don't worry about me."
