I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 42
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 42: Watching A Show
Amid the silence, Si Xu subconsciously moved his lips when he felt the warmth of the girl's fingers on his lips.
The young man's soft tongue licked Jiang Ran’s fingers. Jiang Ran was stunned. She suddenly retracted her hand and exclaimed, "Si-Si-Si-Si Xu, you-you-you..."
She remembered that when the two of them met for the first time, this guy also licked her palm. And then he looked at her with an innocent expression like he did now.
Si Xu didn't realize anything wrong with his subconscious action just now. "What's wrong?"
When Jiang Ran heard his self-justified question, the corners of her mouth twitched. She pinched her fingers and remained silent.
Did this guy... really not understand or was he pretending not to understand? He made such a flirtatious move...
She didn't speak, so Si Xu calmly skipped the topic. "What are you doing outside alone?"
"Nothing." Since he changed the topic, Jiang Ran didn't continue to dwell on it. "I just came out to take a breather..."
The girl's eyes flickered. Si Xu raised his eyebrow and said in a deep voice, "Jiang Ran, are you lying to me?"
Hearing the dissatisfaction in his tone, Jiang Ran stuck out her tongue and muttered, "I merely... saw someone coming out and felt it was weird. Thus, I followed her out to have a look..."
"Someone came out?" Si Xu looked around. "Who?"
"... He Ru." As soon as Jiang Ran got off the car, she saw He Ru sneaking out of the door while looking around furtively. She felt that the girl's behavior was a bit strange, so she followed her out to have a look.
But who knew...
Not interested in the girl, Si Xu asked casually, "Where is she?"
"Well..." Jiang Ran blushed slightly as she thought of something. "She’s... over there."
Looking in the direction where Jiang Ran’s finger pointed, Si Xu frowned. "Over there..."
The direction where Jiang Ran pointed to was a dense forest, surrounded by low unknown shrubs, and the brown stems were covered with tiny thorns – at a glance, it was so dark that nothing could be seen clearly.
Such a dense forest was dangerous.
"That woman went to the forest?" Si Xu walked toward the dense forest. "Is she planning to feed herself to the zombies?"
It didn’t matter that she was fed to the zombies, but if the smell of her flesh and blood attracted more zombies or mutated beasts, the entire team would be affected.
"Wait, Si Xu!" The young man moved so quickly that Jiang Ran had no time to stop him. She hurriedly chased after him. "Don't go there. She’s not alone. She and..."
Before she could finish her words, the young man walking in front suddenly stopped.
Jiang Ran couldn't stop herself in time and bumped into his back. "Ouch!"
She rubbed her forehead and muttered, "Si Xu, why did you stop suddenly? My nose almost broke..."
Before she could finish complaining, she suddenly heard strange sounds coming from the forest. They were intermittent, and mixed with low voices.
Knowing what the people in the forest were doing, Jiang Ran's petite face suddenly turned red.
She looked at Si Xu awkwardly, trying to stop him from disturbing them, but saw the undisguised confusion in the young man's light brown eyes.
"Jiang Ran, is there someone else there?" He just paused for a moment and continued walking forward. "That woman seems to have been bitten by a zombie."
Bitten by a zombie? How did you know she was bitten by a zombie? After thinking about it, Jiang Ran looked shocked. No way, this guy thought... thought He Ru was making those sounds because she was hurt?
"Si Xu!" Jiang Ran reached out and grabbed the young man. Jiang Ran forgot about her embarrassment and pulled him back a few steps. "Don't go there. He Ru and Jiang Yu are in there – Jiang Yu is a superhuman. Even if they encounter a zombie, they’ll be fine."
Out of caution, Jiang Ran had followed He Ru out of the warehouse and watched as He Ru avoided the patrolling crowd. After walking around twice outside the forest and making sure that no one saw her, she decisively got into the forest.
Before Jiang Ran could figure out the significance of the girl's actions, Jiang Yu, who had returned from the rounds, also left the team and entered the woods.
Both of them bore grudges against her. She thought about it and decided to follow them to see what was going on.
The two of them exchanged pleasantries at first, then started to get intimate, and finally the situation got out of hand.
When Jiang Ran heard the shy laughter of the girl, she decisively left the forest and stopped at the entrance of the warehouse, letting the cold air calm her down.
Those two guys... had they known each other before? Even if they had known each other, it didn't seem like they were lovers.
Moreover, was He Ru scared witless by her? Any guy in the superhuman team was a hundred times better than Jiang Yu. Yet, she actually chose to be with Jiang Yu...
Jiang Ran was embarrassed by the scene she saw before, but now... Jiang Ran held Si Xu's hand and led him back to the entrance of the warehouse.
Along the way, she glanced at Si Xu from time to time. She wanted to ask him a question, but when she saw the young man's clear eyes, she couldn't bring herself to ask it.
"Jiang Ran." She was still struggling in her mind when Si Xu stopped in his tracks. He increased the grip of the hand intertwined with hers, and pulled her in front of him. "Your face is so red."
When he spoke, he leaned forward slightly, closing the distance between them. Through the bright moonlight, Jiang Ran could clearly see his light brown eyes and the confusion in his eyes.
"Huh? Well..." After seeing something like that just now, when Si Xu came closer, her face warmed up uncontrollably. Jiang Ran was on the verge of crying. "When-when you talk, don't stand so close to me..."
If you got too close, I wouldn’t be able to stop myself from kissing you.
The sudden thought that popped into her mind made the girl's whole body feel hot. She shook off Si Xu's hand, jumped a few steps away, and fanned her cheeks with both hands.
After Jiang Ran shook his hand off, the confusion in Si Xu's eyes turned to dissatisfaction. "Jiang Ran."
When she looked over, he extended his hand to her, his meaning obvious.
It seemed that I had made him unhappy? Jiang Ran recited "Prosperity, strength, democracy, civilization and harmony..." several times inwardly before holding his hand again.
His fingers were a little cold. Jiang Ran held his hand in her palms. "Why is your hand so cold?"
Her attention was finally on him again. Si Xu narrowed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. "Maybe it's because of the cold wind."
If Gu Yunqing were here, he would definitely diss Si Xu unceremoniously, "It's just a bit of wind. You’re really getting more and more fussy!"
Of course Jiang Ran would not diss him. When she heard what he said, she immediately forgot about the couple in the forest and what she had just seen. She led Si Xu toward the warehouse.
"The temperature is low at night. Let's go in."
……
Song Rong and company who went out for their rounds caught several wild rabbits somewhere. Jiang Ran squatted by the fire and watched Gu Yunqing skillfully skin a rabbit.
"Sister Ranran, I remember you said that you’re good at cooking. Do you want to try grilling the rabbit?"
As soon as Gu Yunqing finished asking, Si Xu answered on her behalf. "No."
Jiang Ran, who was about to answer," Okay..." abruptly changed her reply after Si Xu said that. "I don't seem to be good at grilling. I'd better not waste food."
As an astute human being, Gu Yunqing naturally heard Jiang Ran's abrupt change of words, but he didn’t put Jiang Ran on the spot. He handed the skinned rabbit to the superhuman with water-type abilities in their team to clean it. He washed his hands at the same time, and dried them by the fire.
"Listen, Sister Ranran." Seeing that Si Xu's attention was not on them, Gu Yunqing complained to Jiang Ran in a low voice, "You can't always tolerate Si Xu's bad temper... He’s spoiled by you, and we end up being the unlucky ones, sigh."
"Are you talking about me?" Before Jiang Ran could respond, Si Xu looked at Gu Yunqing and spoke grimly.
Gu Yunqing jumped up and hid behind Su Qin, sticking his head out. "I wouldn’t dare. You misheard it. You misheard it, haha."
"Since you’re such a coward, don't go and provoke Ranran." Su Qin said in disgust. She poked her lover's forehead and looked at Jiang Ran. "Ranran, don't listen to his nonsense."
Jiang Ran didn't take Gu Yunqing's words to heart. Besides, in this situation, Si Xu was clearly doting on her...
As she was thinking about it, a thick shawl fell on her shoulders, and Si Xu sat next to her. "It's drafty from all directions here. If you catch a cold, it’ll delay our trip."
Jiang Ran wrapped the shawl around her obediently. She thought about it, and moved to his side. She spread the shawl and tried to wrap it around him as well.
Through the dancing flames, one could see the young man and woman sitting together. The girl stretched out her hand as far as she could to cover the young man's shoulders with the black shawl.
Noticing her movements, the young man raised his hand to catch a corner of the shawl. He fiddled with it a few times, then directly lifted the girl and put her down on his lap, shaking off the shawl hanging on his arm and wrapping it around her tightly.
Feeling that he was forced to witness their affectionate act again, Gu Yunqing tsked twice, moved closer to Su Qin, held her hand, and said in an adorable voice, "Honey, I'm cold."
Su Qin glanced at him and said in disgust, "Gu Yunqing, has your brain been eaten by zombies?" After saying that, she shook her arms and muttered, "What are you doing? You’re acting mushy all of a sudden. Do you still want to have dinner..."
Gu Yunqing, "..." He really felt like looking up to the sky and yelling, "I'm so pitiful!"
……
When Si Xu handed Jiang Ran the grilled rabbit meat that was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, He Ru and Jiang Yu came in from outside one after another.
Hearing the noise, Jiang Ran looked back at the two of them. Then she sat down silently, and continued to finish her dinner.
Those two guys were really bold. They dared to hang out in the dark and deserted forest for so long on such a dark, windy, and cold night.
……
On the other end, Zhou Jian also noticed the two people who came in one after another. Zhou Jian glanced at Jiang Yu, and when He Ru sat next to her, she asked quietly, "Ruru, why did you come in with Jiang Yu?"
He Ru couldn’t be bothered with Zhou Jian and made up a lie casually. "After riding in the car for the whole day, I felt bored and went for a walk. When I came back, I happened to meet Jiang Yu, so we came in together."
"Really? "Zhou Jian did not doubt her words. The girl murmured, "I thought you two were together." "
"Haha, how could that be? I'm not familiar with him."
"Yeah, you’re right." Looking at Jiang Yu again, Zhou Jian said, "Actually, that guy is quite mean. When Jiang Ranran was in our team, he used to come on to Jiang Ranran. Humph, he's a superficial guy..."
Hearing the girl's muttering, He Ru looked at her in surprise. She blurted out, "Zhou Zhou, do... do you like Jiang Yu?"
"Huh?" Zhou Jian shook her head vigorously and reflexively. "How could I possibly like that kind of mean guy?! Ruru, stop joking! "
The girl reacted so strongly, and coupled with her complaint about the guy being superficial, He Ru completely confirmed her guess.
Thinking of what just transpired, He Ru smiled smugly – so what if Zhou Jian was a superhuman? A guy whom a superhuman couldn't have fell under her charm.
However, it wasn’t difficult for He Ru to conquer a guy like Jiang Yu, and naturally she felt no pleasure in conquering him.
The girl touched the pink scar on her cheek and sneered. Did Jiang Ranran think she would accept her fate after disfiguring her face? Hah, when they arrived at the base, it would be her turn to show off what she got. By then, would Jiang Ranran regret not killing her directly?
