I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 31
Due to personal reasons, I’ll only be updating this novel once a week. Once I’m no longer as busy, I’ll try to up the rate again, thanks for understanding!
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 31: Good Morning, Jiang Ran
It was a sunny afternoon, and because it had just rained, the air that came blowing had the moist earthy smell of grass.
The man carrying a bunch of snacks stopped at the door of the villa. He put down the bag of snacks, leaned over and spread his arms wide.
The little girl ran toward him like a bird just released from the cage, and threw herself into his arms.
The young man stood up holding the little girl in his arms and kissed her on the cheek.
Not far away, a beautiful woman looked at them with a gentle smile.
How... wonderful.
Those childhood memories were Jiang Ranran’s childhood memories.
Jiang Ran knew that what she was seeing now was the father and mother in Jiang Ranran's memory.
She quietly stared at the happy scene in front of her, until it was frozen in a moment and slowly disappeared like a faded old photo.
Yes, only that period of her childhood was happy.
Subsequently, the image that Jiang Ranran remembered most was the sky and pale ceiling seen from the narrow window of the hospital.
She was lying on the bed with various transparent tubes inserted into her body. Although she didn't know what the situation was now, she knew that she was going to die.
The man squatted beside the bed and held her hand. He lowered his head deeply, resting his forehead on her small hand. Anguished sobs emanated from his throat.
"You actually used that medicine on your daughter! Jiang Yize, she’s your biological daughter!" The woman's suppressed cries echoed in the ward, filled with sadness and desperation. "I’d thought Ranran was just ill. I never suspected you... how could you, how could you experiment on your biological daughter?"
"Mumu, listen to me. I did this for Ranran's own good. I won't harm her. I won't..." There was also unsuppressed struggle and pain in the man's voice, "If that is really used to change the world, the only thing I can do is to let Ranran live. This is the only thing I can do. Mumu, Ranran is our daughter. How could I possibly harm her... I must protect her and let her live. "
"But she’s going to die! My daughter, my Ranran is going to die!" The woman threw herself into her lover's arms and cried bitterly, "You’re going to kill her!"
"She won't die." The young man said firmly, "Ranran won't die. As long as her fever goes away, she’ll be fine. Believe me, she’ll be fine."
The little girl opened her eyes in a daze, and in her blurry vision were her parents who were quarreling.
That was the last impression Jiang Ranran had of her parents.
Later, she recovered from her illness. She could finally run and laugh to her heart’s content like before, and she could finally call her parents loudly, but her parents never appeared again.
The servant arranged by the Shen family to take care of her told her that when she was ill, her father had an accident during an experiment and died unfortunately. After receiving the news, her mother committed suicide.
“Why did Mom commit suicide?” She stood in front of her parents’ tombstones, holding carnations, and asked the housekeeper who came with her, “Why did she leave me behind?”
"It’s because..." the old housekeeper touched the top of Jiang Ranran’s hair lovingly and explained gently, "Ms. Shen loves Professor Jiang a lot."
“Love?” The young girl didn’t quite understand what the housekeeper meant.
“Yes, it’s because she loved him too much. If she were the only one left in this world, she wouldn’t be able to survive.”
"Oh, because Mom loved Dad, so she died with him." She thought, it turned out that loving someone meant that one should die with that person after his death.
Later, Jiang Ranran went to Shenmu University to study and met Xie Chengzhi.
That guy had a vibrant smile. Although he was always followed by a group of girls, he never got close to any of them – he was gentle but distant, like an elegant and aloof orchid growing in the valley, with no worldly concerns.
She thought she wasn’t worthy of such an outstanding boy, but when he began to pursue her, she quickly got lost in the boy's sweet words and lost her direction.
She regretted it. She regretted it so much. She shouldn’t have fallen in love with him, or believed in him. She shouldn’t have watched him and Luo Rui being together without doing anything. She shouldn’t have...
Could someone come and save me? I didn’t want to continue like this. I’d rather go crazy or die than continue like this.
Could someone save me?
The tears in the corner of the girl's eyes slipped into her hairline. After Si Xu changed the towel on her forehead, he ran his fingers across the outer corner of her eyes and wiped away the tears.
“Help…”
He heard her murmuring, sobbing, struggling, and calling for help helplessly.
"Save me..."
After a moment of silence, he held her hand with one hand, leaned down and stroked the top of her hair. He whispered softly in her ear, "I’ll save you, Jiang Ran. Don't be afraid, I'm here."
It was unknown if she heard his voice in her sleep, but she reflexively held his hand tightly.
He was about to get up when he heard her murmur and utter a word.
“Si Xu... thank you...”
The young man paused, frowned and looked at the sleeping girl on the bed thoughtfully.
Thank you?
Why did she thank him? Why did she always seem to say that? Although he did not like rude people, he always felt inexplicably irritated when he heard her say that.
When she woke up, he must tell her that she wasn’t allowed to say thank you to him again. It made him unhappy when he heard that.
……
On the morning two days later, Jiang Ran woke up to the sound of falling snow. She slowly opened her eyes, and her gradually focused vision looked around the room before it was fixed on the young man beside her.
"Si Xu." She spoke and found that her voice was completely hoarse. Fortunately, he noticed her movements immediately.
Si Xu put away the medicine bottle in his hand, and his gaze on her was gentle and a bit inquisitive.
Three seconds later, he raised the corners of his mouth, and his mesmerizing eyes were bright, clear and gentle. "Good morning, Jiang Ran."
Good morning, Jiang Ran.
There was no word that stirred her heart more than this greeting.
Her dark eyes were dewy. She smiled slightly, raised her hand, and said coquettishly, "Si Xu, hug me."
The smile in the young man's eyes became gentler.
He wrapped her in a quilt, leaned over to pick her up and put her on his lap. "What else do you want?"
Jiang Ran shook her head. She took her hands out of the quilt and put her arms around his neck, lying on his shoulders. "Si Xu, it turns out that what you said is true. A person who was bitten by a zombie could really be fine... I thought you made up the story to comfort me."
Hearing her muttering in a low voice, Si Xu said seriously, "I never lie."
It was the first time he lied to her – but didn't Gu Yunqing always say that white lies could be forgiven? In that case, there was no need for him to explain it to her.
"Yeah." Unexpectedly, Jiang Ran tightened her arms around the young man's neck, filled with gratitude and contentment. "Si Xu, thank you for looking for me."
"...” There she went, thanking him again. Si Xu frowned, rubbed the back of her neck with his fingers, and snorted, "Jiang Ran, don't say thank you to me again – whatever I do is always my own wish and has nothing to do with you."
Jiang Ran, "..." Feeling his cool fingers covering her neck, Jiang Ran felt like a cat with its neck being held in his grip. She was afraid to move.
She realized that if she did anything to make Si Xu unhappy, he would touch the back of her neck like he did now – it felt like her neck would be broken by him in the next second.
Jiang Ran, who had long been accustomed to this kind of interaction with him, immediately answered, "I won't say it again next time."
He replied instantly: "Hmm."
Jiang Ran, “...”
With thoughts running in her mind, Jiang Ran asked tentatively: "But you said you don't like rude people. If I want to thank you in the future, what should I say?"
"..." Why was she still harping on this issue? However, her question made sense too. No, why must he bother with this kind of problem with her? Good grief...
"Si Xu, I like you." While thoughts were running in his mind, the girl lying on his shoulder spoke seriously.
Hmm? The young man looked at her sideways, his eyes full of confusion.
Jiang Ran’s cheeks seemed to be even hotter than when she had a fever, but she did not evade it. She looked directly into his light eyes and said slowly and clearly, "Si Xu, I like you."
Like? She said she liked him? Someone had said this before, and Gu Yunqing specifically explained to him the affection contained in these words.
Comprehension dawned on Si Xu’s face. "Jiang Ran, are you confessing your feelings to me?"
Jiang Ran, "..." Why did you still ask me back? Why could you ask me back so calmly? you……
She bumped into Si Xu's shoulder, embarrassed to continue staring at him. She replied vaguely, "Sort-sort of."
Si Xu replied instantly, "Okay."
"Huh?"
“Okay.” The man repeated and continued, “You may like me.”
"Huh?" What kind of reply was that?
“Jiang Ran.” Holding the girl’s chin and forcing her to look up at him, Si Xu responded to her seriously, “I like you this way a lot.”
This way? What did he mean? Because she liked him? He said he liked it. Did he mean that he liked it that she liked him?
Jiang Ran burst out laughing and continued to laugh under Si Xu's confused gaze.
Who would respond to a love confession that way? This guy was really... very dense.
“Jiang Ran?”
"...Hmm?"
"Why are you laughing?"
"Nothing... no, it's just that... I think you're cute... Si-Si Xu? Wait, what are you doing?"
The man's voice sounded a little embarrassed and angry: "Since you're awake, change your clothes so that we can go back."
“I-I will change my clothes myself!” Jiang Ran felt that she had been a bit too complacent lately. She actually dared to yell at him.
"You can't move your arms. Let me help you." However, no matter how loud she yelled, he wouldn't listen at all.
"Si Xu! When you change my clothes, you-you-you... Where are your fingers touching... ahhh!"
In the end, Jiang Ran’s protest proved to be futile. She was pinned down on the bed by the young man as he helped her change into a new set of winter clothes...
……
When Su Qin led her team to the temporary base, it was already the third day since Jiang Ran’s disappearance.
The girl briefly informed Gu Yunqing about the situation, and then led her team to prepare to enter the city.
"Seventh Brother knows what he’s doing. He won’t leave Wuzhong City. Let’s follow his instructions and collect the supplies first."
Having no objections to his girlfriend's decision, Gu Yunqing asked Song Rong to divide the work among the team members and then entered the city together.
"Brother Song, wait a minute. I have something to ask you." Su Qin stopped Song Rong who was about to leave, glanced at Gu Yunqing, and whispered, "How did the girl named Jiang Ran fall into the water?"
Didn't they find it weird? How could she have lost her footing and fallen into the river when there were no zombies, mutant beasts, or attacks?
It had been half a year since the apocalypse happened. How could there possibly still be such a careless fool?
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Author’s Note: The heroine had superpowers, but they hadn’t been demonstrated yet.
It wasn’t psychic abilities, or the ability to control zombies.
What was it? Make a guess.