Villain Boss Chapter 213
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 213: Die Together With Him
Shen Yao was taken back to the Shen family by Shen Yang.
She didn't know what became of the youth who came to save her that night, and she dared not ask again.
She went to the laboratory every day as usual, driven by only one belief—to develop a vaccine as soon as possible. Only in this way could they end this era of survival of the fittest and bring the world back to normal.
Since that meeting, Qin Huai's identity had been recognized, and he could now freely enter and leave the base.
Qin Huai didn't leave either. He just waited for her when she got off work every day, following her until she arrived at the door of the Shen family's residence.
He repeated this process tirelessly.
At first, she felt nervous and wary, but as time went on... all that remained was wariness and helplessness.
He would often slip her White Rabbit candies, though she didn't know where he got them from. Every time she received one, she would walk a few steps and then hand it to a stranger passing by.
He persisted.
After doing this many times, for reasons unknown, she took the White Rabbit candy he gave her home and stored it away in a drawer.
Life went on like that, flowing by like water.
A month had passed in the blink of an eye.
The day the incident occurred was no different from any other day—the sky was somewhat overcast, a gentle breeze was blowing, and it seemed as if a light rain was about to fall.
After she finished washing up, she prepared to go downstairs to the laboratory. At the bottom of the stairs, she heard arguing coming from the living room.
"Well, well, well! I was wondering what you were up to. It turns out that you’ve been causing trouble in the base behind my back!"
This was the first time Shen Lang had left his room since falling ill.
He paced back and forth in the living room, leaning on his cane. His trembling voice revealed the intense emotions he was experiencing.
"You actually handed the base over to that bastard Qin Huai!"
Shen Lang was furious. He turned around to look at his eldest grandson standing in front of him. He glared at him and raised his cane to strike him.
"I could overlook the fact that you let Qin Huai go back then! I could also overlook the fact that you disrupted my plans for Jiang Ranran! Shen Yang! What are you doing now?! Look at yourself! Look at yourself!"
Shen Lang struck hard. The dull thud of the cane hitting flesh made Shen Yao involuntarily tremble in the corridor.
The person who was hit seemed to feel nothing.
He stood straight, expressionless, without even the slightest fluctuation in his eyes.
Shen Youyou squatted on the sofa, tilting her head as she watched the cane fall continuously.
"Grandpa!" Shen Yao couldn't bear to watch any longer.
She came downstairs, grasped Shen Lang’s hand, and said urgently, "This can't be blamed on Eldest Brother. What's the use of hitting him?"
"Acknowledging Qin Huai's identity and giving him the freedom to enter and leave the base is better than letting him indiscriminately kill innocent people in the base. If we don't take a step back, who in the Xiling base can control him now?"
"And you too!"
Shen Lang had already heard about what had happened from the butler.
He flung Shen Yao aside, pointed at her, and yelled, "You useless thing! Qin Huai had been with you for so many days, and you still acted like nothing happened! If you weren't so stupid, would things have come to this?!"
The accusations rained down on her, and Shen Yao stood there dumbfounded, facing Shen Lang’s hand that was almost touching her nose and his face wrinkled with emotion.
Her eyes slowly reddened.
For the constant anxiety and for the indiscriminate accusations hurled by Shen Lang.
"That's enough, Grandpa." With a burning pain in his back, Shen Yang moved his arms and walked in front of Shen Yao. "Now that things have come to this, there's no point in you cursing like this."
He said calmly, "You don't need to worry about this. You're not feeling well, so go back to your room and rest."
His tone was calm, but his attitude was firm, giving Shen Lang no chance to argue.
Shen Lang stared at him coldly for a long time before grinning.
"Hehe, hahahahahahaha."
He stepped back and sat down on the sofa.
Shen Youyou immediately jumped off the sofa and squatted in a different spot.
Shen Yao felt suffocated by the oppressive atmosphere in the living room. She gently tugged at Shen Yang's sleeve and whispered, "Eldest Brother, I'm going to the lab."
"Okay, go ahead."
She didn't greet Shen Lang, and rushed out of the house with her head down.
As soon as she stepped outside, she saw Qin Huai waiting by the roadside.
Qin Huai's appearance was so striking that he attracted the attention of passersby simply by standing there.
He waved when he saw her.
Remembering Shen Lang’s accusations, she subconsciously slowed her pace, walked up to him, and stopped.
Qin Huai noticed her unusual expression immediately. He frowned and asked, "What's wrong with your eyes?"
Her voice still had a nasal tone. "It's nothing." She pursed her lips and asked the question that had been nagging at her, "Why didn't you kill me?"
He took Gu Yunqing and Su Qin away, as well as the youth who came to save her that day, but he spared her alone.
Why?
Just as he said, once Si Xu left the base, he had no more taboos here and could have discarded her as his protective charm long ago.
He pulled a White Rabbit candy from his pocket and handed it to her. "Here you go."
"You haven't answered my question yet."
"Didn't your brother tell you? I kill people based on my mood." He smiled without showing his teeth, his expression utterly gentle. "Not everyone is qualified to become a victim of my will."
Knowing that he had avoided her question, Shen Yao didn't dwell on it.
She put the candy into her pocket and, as usual, walked ahead.
"Qin Huai, why do you like to eat White Rabbit candy?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Huai lowered his eyes, and as if lost in thought, the superficial tenderness in his light golden eyes faded, revealing their true, genuine warmth.
"The candy was given to me by someone else... during my most difficult time."
Oh, I see.
Shen Yao glanced at him in surprise.
Was it because you were grateful to the person who gave you the candy that you liked White Rabbit candy?
His most difficult time... wasn't it in the laboratory?
Oh, it seemed that all the dark moments in his life were brought to him by the Shen family.
Remembering what she had said before, Shen Yao licked her lips and hesitated, "Qin Huai, I apologize... for what I said before."
When they first discussed milk candy, she scolded him for not being good enough for her White Rabbit candy.
"But I’ll never forgive you for what you did to my friends."
Never forgive?
Qin Huai tugged at her ponytail and laughed. "Since you're so insistent, I guess I'll just have to do as you please."
That tone was really annoying.
Shen Yao glared at him fiercely, rescued her ponytail from his grasp, and left him alone.
After Shen Yao left, in the living room, Shen Lang looked at Shen Youyou squatting to the side, his eyes gradually shining brighter.
"117." He issued an order without hesitation, "I order you to find an opportunity to kill Qin Huai tonight."
What humans couldn’t do, puppets could always do.
It didn't matter even if the puppet couldn't do it. It was just a loss of a weapon.
Shen Youyou stood up, looked at Shen Lang, and then at Shen Yang.
"Grandpa, 117 is no match for Qin Huai."
Shen Lang sneered. "How will you know the result if you don't try?"
He stared at Shen Youyou and added an order, "If necessary, you can die together with him. In short, if you can't kill Qin Huai, I'll throw you into the recycling bin, understand?"
Shen Youyou nodded. "Yes."
