Villain Boss Chapter 242
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 242: The Reason For Being Angry
After a night of torrential rain, the air was filled with the fresh scent of earth. The rain had washed away the fighting and bloodshed of the previous night. As the morning market opened, the residential area began to bustle with activity.
The young man leaned against the wall by the apartment door, his eyes lowered, seemingly lost in thought.
He was tall and handsome, and wearing the uniform of the superhuman team, so even just standing there, he couldn't stop the stares of passersby.
Enthusiastic girls mustered up the courage to approach him, but he politely rejected them all.
……
As Jiang Ran came downstairs, she saw a young girl leaving the apartment building with a disappointed look on her face.
She turned her head in confusion, her gaze falling on the young man.
"Captain Pei?" Jiang Ran stopped, guessing that this person was waiting for her here. "You were waiting for me?"
Hearing her voice, Pei Xiao turned to look at her, then walked up to her: "Are you busy? I need to talk to you about something."
He must have come to find her either because of Si Xu or Chu Yuan.
Jiang Ran, holding the file bag, looked at him and said, "Okay."
……
The back garden could be seen from the study on the second floor. The banana trees in the garden look wilted after being battered by the rain all night, but the green of the leaves was a bit lusher.
A short while had passed, and Huo Sichan still hadn't gone downstairs to meet the two visiting captains.
Uncle Ning lit some incense and brewed him a pot of fresh tea.
"Young Master, I think Captain Zhu is getting impatient. If you're busy, I'll go down and tell them to go back first?"
Zhu Chen was the captain of the fifth team. He had a bad temper but wasn’t stupid. He usually act like a big shot to everyone he met at the base, but he act humbly in front of Huo Sichan and Huo Xuan.
"He gets impatient after only a short while?" Huo Sichan shook his head and chuckled, a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
They came here simply to find out about Huo Xuan and to determine whether to continue wavering or to make a decision now.
"Just tell them I'm entertaining very important guests and can't free up time right now," Huo Sichan said. "If they're willing to wait, they can continue waiting. If not, they can go back."
Those two watched Professor Si enter and saw him leave. Besides those two captains, there was no other visitor at the Huo family’s compound.
Huo Sichan's words clearly indicated that he was deliberately keeping the two of them waiting.
Uncle Ning understood what he meant, responded, and prepared to leave.
"Uncle Ning," Huo Sichan called out to the old man, and after a moment of contemplation, whispered, "Tell those two about my decision to ally with the Xiling base, but don't make it too absolute."
So Professor Si came to discuss a cooperation? Uncle Ning pondered for a moment, then nodded. "I know what to do, young master."
The old man walked to the door and bumped into Huo Lingge, who was carrying Chinese medicine upstairs.
After being treated by Mr. Tu Su, Huo Lingge's eyes could see blurry objects in bright light.
Recognizing Uncle Ning, Huo Lingge greeted him politely.
Uncle Ning quickly stepped back two steps to make way for her. "Third Miss, be careful, this medicine is very hot."
"I know, Uncle Ning, you go ahead and do your work. I'll take the medicine in to my brother."
"Oh, young master is in his study. He just had some tea. I'm afraid he'll have to take his medicine later."
"Okay, I'll remind him."
"..."
Hearing the conversation in the corridor, Huo Sichan's thoughts were instantly drawn back to last night.
After Huo Siguo led his men to surround the Huo family’s compound, he should have personally stepped forward. Even if he couldn't solve the problem, he should at least have boosted the morale of the team members who were still fighting desperately.
He pushed his wheelchair to go out, but Huo Lingge stopped him.
Her frail body blocked the doorway, and even when he scolded her, she showed no intention of moving aside.
"Huo Siguo is waiting for you to go out. If you go out, he’ll hurt you."
"If I hid here, he wouldn't hurt me?"
Avoiding the problem would not only fail to solve the problem, but would also discourage the team members who were desperately protecting him.
"Don't worry, I'm tough. I won't die at the hands of such a scoundrel."
Huo Lingge was usually obedient, but this was the first time she went against his wishes and stubbornly insisted on her own ideas.
"He's a scoundrel, and scoundrels are often treacherous. He'll stop at nothing..."
He said helplessly, "Lingge!"
Before he could utter a word of rebuke, Huo Lingge suddenly leaned over and hugged him tightly.
Her voice was soft and trembling. "Huo Sizhan, I don't want you to die."
Warm tears slid down his neck, and her soft body fell into his arms. He was so shocked that he forgot to push her away or even respond to her words.
"Squeak—"
The study door was pushed open, and Huo Lingge came in carrying a bowl of Chinese medicine.
Pulled back to reality, Huo Sichan didn't look at Huo Lingge. His focused gaze remained fixed on the page of the book in his hands.
Huo Lingge put down the tray and remained in front of the desk without moving.
He was ignoring her as punishment for knocking him unconscious last night when he wasn't looking.
Having figured this out, Huo Lingge tried to explain, "Eldest Brother, last night I... I didn't mean to."
He didn't reply.
Huo Lingge had no choice but to continue, "You were determined to go out. I couldn't just watch you jump into Huo Siguo's trap, so I had to knock you out..."
Huo Sichan put down his book and looked up at her.
Her fingers nervously twisted her sleeves as Huo Lingge timidly said, "You can punish me, but please don't ignore me."
"Punish you?" Huo Sichan said coldly, his deep, unfathomable eyes fixed on her. "Lingge, if I punish you too harshly and make you unhappy, will you kill me like you killed Huo Siguo?"
Huo Lingge froze.
Her expression subtly changed, seemingly a mixture of despair and relief.
She remained silent for a long time.
Huo Sichan waited for her answer, his hands on his lap subconsciously clenching.
In the silence, Huo Lingge suddenly chuckled softly, and when she spoke again, her tone had changed noticeably. "Did Si Xu tell you that I killed Huo Siguo?"
He didn't deny it. Well, it seemed that he guessed right.
Huo Sichan shifted his gaze to the banana trees in the garden and said calmly, "Professor Si didn't say anything. I guessed it."
Huo Lingge clearly didn't believe it. "You guessed it?"
"You’re my sister. As long as I pay attention, I’ll always be able to detect whether you’ve awakened any superpowers."
He knew she had awakened her superpowers as early as the outbreak of the virus, and it wasn't until last night that he confirmed the type of her superpower.
"Since you know, why you didn't expose me? Why did you keep me by your side?" Didn’t he take her in and take care of her because she was a lonely, helpless blind girl?
“You have superpowers that can protect you, which is a good thing—awakening superpowers has no necessary causal relationship with where you live or who you live with.” Huo Lingge was sensitive, so Huo Sichan tried his best to keep his tone calm.
He didn't want to send her away... Huo Lingge said angrily, "Then why are you ignoring me and not talking to me? What are you so angry about?"
