Villain Boss Chapter 251
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 251 Exchanging Blows
After Jiang Ran finished speaking, the room was quiet for a moment, then a low laugh came from behind the screen.
The woman's laughter was clear and pure, but upon closer listening, one could detect the anger within.
She stepped out from behind the screen, her whole body exposed to the afternoon sun, her expression gentle and serene.
"Jiang Ranran, it's been a long time."
She stared at Jiang Ran, her deep, dry eyes filled with surging disgust and hatred.
Her voice was soft and gentle, without any aggression, giving people a sense of warmth and gentleness.
Unmoved by her smile, Jiang Ran looked at her expressionlessly. "I don't remember ever seeing you before."
"Don't you remember?" The woman raised her hand to cover her mouth, laughing softly. "That's a real shame."
“Forgetting beautiful things is a shame, but not remembering someone like you…” Jiang Ran tightened her grip on Jiang Suxin, her gaze sweeping over Jiang Suxin’s shoulder as she looked at the woman opposite her. “It’s a great blessing.”
"It seems you’re hostile toward me?" The woman sighed helplessly, a hint of melancholy shadowing her features, giving her a rather delicate vulnerability that stirred pity in anyone who saw her.
Jiang Ran remained unmoved. "You fabricated such a disgusting story to slander my parents. You don't expect me to treat you like a saint, do you, Si Nian?"
Upon seeing the true face of this mastermind, Jiang Ran couldn't reconcile the harmless-looking face before her with that of the woman driven mad by love.
However, she understood the simple truth that the more harmless a woman appeared, the more dangerous she could be.
"How do you know that the story just now was made up?" Si Nian stared at Jiang Ran, her words carrying a hidden meaning. "You were still very young then. How much could you possibly know about adult matters at such a young age?"
Overthinking and indulging in self-pity was a disease, and this person was stubbornly incorrigible.
Jiang Ran got annoyed and dropped a bombshell. "Although I was young, I understood the principle that people should always seek to better themselves. You’re inferior to my mother in appearance, lack talent, have a bad personality, and come from a lowly family. If my father were to have an affair, he wouldn’t choose someone like you."
Si Nian’s hand, which was covering her lips, froze.
Even from a distance, Jiang Suxin could feel the killing intent emanating from her.
Jiang Ran was such a fool. She was risking her own life and dragging her into this mess. She finally escaped from Nanjun and didn't want to lose her life here!
Jiang Ran ignored Si Nian's anger and continued with her question, "Si Nian, you and Qin Huai are on the same side, aren't you?"
Si Nian squinted at her but didn’t answer.
Jiang Ran wasn't in a hurry. "Was it your idea for Qin Huai to bomb the experimental building at Xiling base? Let me think, what was your purpose in doing this..."
"For what? Hmph, hahahahaha... Do you even need to think about it?" Si Nian waved her hand and walked toward Jiang Ran. "Naturally, it was to stop you from developing a virus vaccine. What else could it be for?"
"Oh?" Jiang Ran didn't back down. She stared at the woman approaching, lost in thought. "You already knew Si Xu's identity?"
This was a completely irrelevant question.
Si Nian paused in her steps.
When Si Xu was mentioned, a rare hint of hesitation appeared on her face.
“You know that Si Xu is your nephew, the son of your brother and Ms. Huo. Si Nian, was it because of Si Xu that my father visited Dongchao laboratory every month? Why did he send Si Xu to the laboratory? What happened? Tell me.”
"You want to know?" Si Nian tilted her head and thought for a moment, then sighed. "Fine, since you're going to die anyway, telling you won't hurt."
"..." You were the one who was going to die instead, you lunatic!
"Thanks to that willful young lady, Si Xu was born prematurely and diagnosed with a heart condition at birth. The doctor predicted that even if he survived, he wouldn't live past eighteen." Si Nian sighed deeply as she mentioned this, as if lamenting for her junior. "That woman entrusted Si Xu to Jiang Yize with the intention of saving him."
At that time, rumors about virus research were rampant. Huo Zhisang received information that Xiling laboratory had the most advanced research team and facilities.
"She asked Jiang Yize to take Si Xu to the Xiling laboratory, agreeing to let Si Xu be an experimental subject. Her only request was to have Si Xu cured of his heart ailment." Si Nian revealed a mischievous grin, grinning. "Who knew that Xiling laboratory turned out to be not a medical research base at all, haha."
Feeling the string around her neck suddenly tighten, almost cutting into her skin, Jiang Suxin hurriedly called out, "Hey! Calm down!"
Jiang Ran glanced down at her, the gloom in her eyes disappearing.
"I've got the answer I wanted to know, Si Nian." Jiang Ran raised her chin. "If you leave now, I can promise to let you go."
"Let me go?" Si Nian chuckled. "Little one, it seems you don't understand your situation yet."
Si Nian’s face darkened. Ignoring the hostage, she unleashed her wind blades and then used her psychic abilities to envelope the room, attempting to subdue her enemy in one move.
"The moment you lose control of your mouth and utter those nonsensical words, you're destined not to leave here alive!"
As the wind blades came hurtling toward her, Jiang Ran pushed Jiang Suxin aside, rolled on the spot, and dodged the wind blades.
She slid behind a pillar, her tone calm, with a hint of sarcasm in her voice. "You're angry because I hit a nerve? You're utterly shameless."
"Shut up!" Si Nian said coldly, as wind blades slammed into the pillar one after another. "Get out here!"
In her rage, she failed to realize that her psychic abilities had no effect on Jiang Ran at all.
"If I come out just because you tell me to, wouldn't that be incredibly embarrassing?" Jiang Ran was still smiling, calm and collected. "If you're so capable, then come over here. If you're too scared to come over, then stop yelling."
Being wary of the puppet string in Jiang Ran’s hands, and unsure if she had any other weapons, Si Nian didn't approach rashly.
She was cautious by nature, and having learned her lesson from Qin Huai, she knew Jiang Ran was cunning, so she was even more careful when facing Jiang Ran.
Seeing Jiang Ran hiding behind the pillar and not coming out, she pursed her lips and suddenly turned her gaze to Jiang Suxin, who was unable to move.
This woman, a pawn planted in Beichen base, had some connection with both Si Xu and Luo Yuting.
With a blade of wind forming between her fingers, Si Nian parted her red lips slightly and said in a seductive voice, "Jiang Ran, if you don't come out, I’ll kill this woman."
If Jiang Suxin was killed, and then all the blame was shifted to Jiang Ranran... would the eldest young master of the Luo family in Nanjun fall out with Si Xu directly?
Jiang Ran didn't care. "She works for you. Whether she lives or dies is none of my business."
Jiang Ran wasn’t a saint. With her own life in danger, she didn't have the leisure to care about others.
"That's really heartless."
After laughing, Si Nian flung her hand, and the sharp blade struck the pale-faced immobilized Jiang Suxin, cutting a deep, bone-revealing wound into her shoulder.
"Ugh!" Jiang Suxin hadn't expected Si Nian to actually do it. Blood splattered on her cheek, and her blank expression twisted into restrained pain. " S! You!"
"I'm sorry, Suxin."
Si Nian smiled and walked step by step to Jiang Suxin, her gaze fixed on a corner of clothing on the pillar. "Jiang Ranran, I'll give you three seconds. If you don't come out, I'll slash her other shoulder."
Hearing Jiang Suxin’s cry of pain and then smelling the strong scent of blood, Jiang Ran frowned but didn't move. "You can just kill her with one strike. I guarantee you'll be hunted down to the ends of the earth by Luo Yuting."
