I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 51
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 51: Everyone In The Base Knew
That friend was your father, Jiang Yize.
Having already guessed it, Jiang Ran murmured, "You mean..."
"Do you think that Seventh Brother hates the Shen family just because of Pei Wan'er, the sister of the Pei family who wasn’t related to him by blood?" Wei Yage sneered. "It's because of your father, Jiang Ranran –– your father sent the child entrusted to him by his friend to the laboratory! All the misfortunes and pain that Seventh Brother suffered was because of your father!"
"You're talking nonsense! "Jiang Ranran didn't remember much about her parents, but Jiang Yize had always been a gentle and knowledgeable person in her mind. He could not have done such an outrageous thing.
"How did you know about such a private matter? Si Xu would never tell you such a thing!"
"Of course Seventh Brother wouldn't." The irony in Wei Yage's eyes became even stronger. "After Pei Wan'er passed away, the Pei family came here to take away her ashes –– Mrs. Pei, Huo Zhisang also came here –– Huo Zhisang came here specifically to meet Seventh Brother."
"You eavesdropped on their conversation?"
"I just passed by unintentionally." Wei Yage mentioned the topic lightly and finally let out a long sigh. "I'm telling you this only because I hope you won't continue to disturb Seventh Brother –– you’ve returned to the Shen family, and the Shen family will protect your safety. Jiang Ranran, you have to know that every time Seventh Brother sees you in the future, he’ll be reminded of all the misfortunes he had experienced, and how he was deceived into protecting the daughter of his enemy."
Jiang Ran, "..."
She had to admit that Wei Yage was eloquent.
She briefly explained Si Xu's parentage without making any agitated remarks. Everything she said was centered on Si Xu and was for Si Xu's welfare. She completely excluded herself from this fight –– if it were the real Jiang Ranran who liked Si Xu, she would definitely retreat at this moment and never bother Si Xu again for the rest of her life.
Unfortunately, the person standing in front of her now was Jiang Ran, who had transmigrated here.
"I didn't know that my father had done such an outrageous thing..." Jiang Ran's eyes reddened and she murmured, "I've let Si Xu down..."
After getting rid of her love rival easily, Wei Yage's eyes flashed with pride and she spoke coldly. "It's getting late. I'll take you back to the Shen family so that your relatives won't worry."
Oh, while caring about Si Xu, she also didn't forget to sell a favor to the Shen family. Jiang Ran wiped her tears and said in a choked voice, "Thank you, Captain Wei."
"Let's go..."
"I can't leave!" Jiang Ran clenched her fists and said firmly, "My father did such an outrageous thing. I have to apologize to Si Xu, and toil for him! I’ll repay Si Xu for the rest of my life as compensation!"
Ignoring Wei Yage's suddenly pale face, Jiang Ran continued, "Thank you very much, Captain Wei, for telling me this, otherwise I wouldn’t know what the conflict between Si Xu and I is –– I’m going to go up and apologize to him right now! I’ll subject myself to his mercy!”
After the girl finished speaking, she turned around and ran upstairs, disappearing around the corner of the stairs in the blink of an eye.
Wei Yage, "..."
She told her about Si Xu's past for the sake of the Shen family, and to save her life. Since she insisted on being stubborn, there was no need to stop her.
Hah, Si Xu already said he had cast her aside. How could she still expect Si Xu to treat her as usual?
A man like Si Xu didn't know how to love –– it was time for Jiang Ranran to wake up from her sweet dream.
……
After shaking Wei Yage off, Jiang Ran ran back to the third floor, put her ear against the door and listened for a while before knocking on the door.
"Si Xu, are you at home? Can you please open the door? I can explain it."
"Si Xu~ Si Xu~ Please open the door~"
"Brother Si Xu~ Can you give me a chance to explain it~?"
"..."
The girl's voice was not clear through the door, but he could hear her soft and gentle tone. It was a tone he had never heard before.
The anger he had felt after being deceived had almost dissipated long ago. Si Xu stared at the book in his hand and did not flip the page for a long time.
She was Jiang Yize's daughter and Shen Lang's granddaughter. From Shenmu City to Xiling Base, she had many opportunities to tell him the truth, but she said nothing.
Why didn't she tell him? What was she worried about?
Knowing that he and Shen Lang were at odds, was she afraid that he would kill her or dump her after learning about her parentage?
Or...
The man suddenly froze and slowly put the book on the table.
What was he thinking about? Was he putting himself in her shoes?
When did he actually care about what she thought?
The sound outside the door continued. The girl seemed tired, and the knocking on the door became much softer.
"Si Xu, do you know that Jiang Ranran grew up with her parents? After her parents passed away, the Shen family arranged for a butler to take care of her."
Since he refused to come out, she explained to him at the door.
"Jiang Ranran and the Shen family have not seen each other for many years. Even at the beginning, she almost forgot that she still had relatives living in this world."
"When the disaster broke out, she escaped with Xie Chengzhi. She was betrayed, deceived, and hurt... Then, she died."
"Si Xu, Jiang Ranran is dead –– the moment you met the daughter of Jiang Yize and Shen Muxin –– before you could rescue her from the water, she was already dead."
Dead? What did she mean by being dead? If Jiang Ranran was dead, then who was the person he had protected along the way? Who was the one talking now?
A stray ghost?
Hah, why hadn't he noticed before that this girl was so good at making up stories?
In the study, the young man frowned slightly, paused for a few seconds, and focused his attention on the book again.
Outside the door, the knocking on the door had stopped, but the girl was still continuing her story.
"The world I originally lived in was very similar to here, but it was also completely different –– it was a very peaceful world with no viruses and zombies. Like many of my peers, I went to school, took exams, and went on to further my studies..."
"I don't know why I would wake up in Jiang Ranran's body –– when I woke up, I had become Jiang Ranran."
"I didn't explain to you the things about the Shen family, and my relationship with the Shen family because I didn’t think that I’m Jiang Ranran. The Shen family are completely unrelated strangers to me."
"Although after seeing Shen Yang today, I found that things weren’t as simple as I thought. But Si Xu, in this world, no one is more important to me than you."
"..."
No one was more important than you.
The warm yellow light cast a soft light and shadow on the young man's long and curled eyelashes. The shadow concealed the emotions in his eyes. Only the slight curve of his pale lips silently softened the sharp aura around him.
Si Xu snorted softly, put down the book, stood up, and walked to the door.
"Jiang Ran."
"Yes?" There was a crisp response from outside the door, and he could almost imagine the girl's expectant expression.
"Go back." Si Xu didn't open the door. Instead, he said calmly, "I’m going to rest."
Jiang Ran, "..."
Fine, she knew that no normal person would believe the story she told, but he had already come out. They were only separated by a door now, yet he still refused to open the door and let her in!
How overboard!
The yelling made her mouth dry and Si Xu refused to open the door. Jiang Ran got up from the ground angrily and stormed downstairs.
Si Xu had thought that if the girl begged him as softly as just now, he would open the door and let her in.
Who would have thought that...
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard footsteps heading downstairs from outside the door.
Si Xu, "???"
The man opened the door and looked at the empty corridor in shock. The anger that had finally subsided erupted again.
With a sullen face, he slammed the door hard, and returned to the study to continue reading.
Fine, Jiang Ran, even if she came to coax him again tomorrow, he would not forgive her!
……
Si Xu caused a great commotion in the residential area, and Shen Yang was stepped on the face by Jiang Ran after she threw him over her shoulder. Soon, those who were well-informed knew that the young lady of the Shen family who had been stranded was back.
Due to her status as a member of the Shen family, Jiang Ran had naturally become the focus of attention from all forces in the base.
Therefore, the gossip that the young lady of the Shen family, Jiang Ranran, was courting Professor Si also spread throughout the base within an hour.
Shen Yang learned that Jiang Ran had been sitting on the flower bed on the ground floor of the apartment where Si Xu lived for more than an hour. Seeing that it was getting dark, Shen Yang had no choice but to go there in person to fetch his sister.
"Ranran~" After chasing away the deputy captain who followed him, Shen Yang squatted in front of Jiang Ran. "Since Si Xu refuses to see you, why don’t you follow me back to the Shen family's house first? Your grandpa is clamoring to see you."
"I won't go back." Jiang Ran stared at the balcony on the third floor with her hands propped on her chin, and replied absently, "I'm meditating. Don't disturb me."
"What are you meditating on?"
Shen Yang poked Jiang Ran’s shoulder, and she slapped him fiercely. "Go away! Don’t bother me!"
Having long been accustomed to the interactions with this sister of his, Shen Yang agilely shrank back to avoid Jiang Ran's slap.
"Girl, can you be more ladylike? With you acting like this, you’ll definitely not be able to win Si Xu’s heart..."
The girl's ferocious eyes were fixed on Shen Yang, and his confident voice gradually became softer. "Si Xu likes someone gentle, lovely, and delicate like Pei Wan'er..."
Jiang Ran, "Hmm?"
"He won't like a fierce woman like you..." He stopped talking completely.
"Si Xu likes Pei Wan'er?" Jiang Ran bared her teeth, "How do you know that?"
"If he doesn't like her, why was he so partial to Pei Wan'er? Look, after Pei Wan'er died, he still can’t forget her. He looks at me like an enemy..."
"Shen Yang! " Quickly grabbing the man's ear, Jiang Ran glared angrily. "You still have the nerve to say that! It’s been only half a year since the apocalypse and your moral character has been fed to the dogs! Do you feel a sense of achievement in bullying girls? You caused someone’s death! It was a human life! A human life was lost!"
"Ouch, ouch, it's really not my fault!" Not daring to fight back, Shen Yang screamed. "I didn’t know that stupid Yu Huang would go so overboard. Had I known, I definitely wouldn't have helped him! I..."
"You’re a bastard! "Interrupting the man's explanation, Jiang Ran clenched her fist and hit him. "It's all because of you that Si Xu doesn’t want me! It’s all your fault!"
"Hey, hey, hey, how is it my fault?" The girl's fist had little strength, and it didn't hurt or itch when it landed on Shen Yang’s body. Shen Yang grunted twice, and found it strange. "Ranran, why do I feel that you’ve changed a lot..."
Jiang Ran retracted her hand in alarm and played dumb. "Have I changed? How have I changed?"
Well, this was how Jiang Ranran and Shen Yang got along in her memory, and her body had long been accustomed to this way of interaction –– she didn't show mercy at all when she beat him.
"Sigh, you’ve become the same as before." Shen Yang pinched her face. "Do you know that you were acting so strange for a while? You didn't speak, you didn't like to laugh, and you weren't even interested in beating me –– I thought you were possessed."
Jiang Ran, "Huh?"
"Fortunately, you’re back to normal now." After saying that, he patted his chest seriously.
"Well, Eldest Cousin."
"What?"
"How long had we lived together?" In Jiang Ranran's memory, she wasn’t close to the Shen family, and they never lived together when they were children.
Shen Yang counted on his fingers. "It’d been quite long. We’d seen each other for at least 360 days, if not a year."
Jiang Ran, "Hah."
"Why did you snort?"
"It was less than a year in total. How could you judge the kind of person I am?" She couldn't let the Shen family find out that something was amiss, at least not now. "Have you never heard that a girl changes a lot when she reaches womanhood?"
If the Shen family discovered Jiang Ranran's abnormality now, she would be too weak to protect herself and would probably be sent to the laboratory for dissection and research... That was too scary.
Shen Yang, "..." Your words made so much sense that I was lost for words.
"Huh? Eldest Cousin." When Jiang Ran saw the lights on the third floor go out, she stood up abruptly, tugging on Shen Yang's clothes. "Hurry, ask your team members to bring a ladder for me!"
"What? What?" Shen Yang thought he heard wrongly.
"Ladder! " Jiang Ran geared up. "The longer, the better!"
"No, Ranran, you..." After understanding Jiang Ran's plan, Shen Yang was dumbfounded. "You want to attack Si Xu at night?"
You would be beaten to death. You would definitely be beaten to death by Si Xu!
"Cut the crap! Hurry up!" Jiang Ran stamped her feet on the spot. "Eldest Cousin, please, please! Help me~"
Shen Yang looked like he was jealous, and took two steps back. "Little Cousin, I’ll find you a ladder right away. Don't disgust me this way. I mean it."
Jiang Ran returned to normal in a second and said expressionlessly, "I'll give you ten minutes."
Shen Yang, "..."
……
At Shen Yang's instruction, his team members quickly found an extension ladder for Jiang Ran. Two people carried the ladder and propped it outside Si Xu's balcony.
Looking at the wobbly ladder, Shen Yang hesitantly stretched out a finger and tapped Jiang Ran's shoulder. "Ranran, I don’t think this ladder is steady. If it breaks when you climb halfway..."
"Eldest Cousin." Jiang Ran's almond-shaped eyes were crinkled up and she smiled softly. "Are you questioning my weight?"
Shen Yang stepped back and made a gesture of invitation. "Miss, you can do whatever you want. You can do whatever you want."
Jiang Ran climbed up the ladder. Halfway up, she looked back at the group of people with indistinguishable expressions under the cover of night. "Eldest Cousin, you can go back –– if Grandpa asks, just say that I have something important to deal with today, and I’ll definitely go visit him tomorrow."
Shen Yang's figure was shrouded by the night. His silhouette was blurred, and only his voice floated into her ears clearly. "Are you sure you’re fine? I'd better wait. If you’re thrown down by Professor Si, I can still catch you so that you won't fall and break your legs, right?"
Jiang Ran replied with one word, "Scram!"
……
With Shen Yang, the heir to the Shen family, standing downstairs, people passing by stopped and took a second look.
As a result, the news that the young lady of the Shen family climbed onto the balcony late at night in pursuit of Professor Si once again spread like wildfire in the base.
When they received this news, the three captains of the superhuman teams were gathering together to drink and talk about life.
After listening to Song Rong's vivid description, Chu Yuan spit out a mouthful of beer on the spot.
"That girl climbed onto the balcony of Seventh Brother's house?"
Song Rong nodded sadly –– that was right. Sister Ranran was so skinny. She wouldn’t be able to survive even a slap from Professor Si.
"It seems that Seventh Brother is destined to experience a sleepless night, hahahahahaha!"
Chu Yuan, the captain of the first superhuman team, had a baby face and showed two small tiger teeth when he smiled. He looked innocent and cute, like a high school student who had just graduated.
However, Song Rong knew that this harmless-looking captain had just chopped a troublemaking gangster he met into two pieces before coming here.
"Did Sister Ranran climb in?" Gu Yunqing was a little worried. "If she fell and lost her arms and legs... Si Xu would be heartbroken!"
"No way." Chu Yuan picked up a peanut and popped it into his mouth. He said with a smile, "That girl is from the Shen family. She should consider it a rare mercy that Seventh Brother didn’t break her neck –– you don't really think that Seventh Brother will still treat her differently after knowing her identity, do you?"
Gu Yunqing and Su Qin looked at each other and fell into silence in tacit understanding.
"Huh?" Seeing the two people's abnormal reactions, Chu Yuan put down his chopsticks, held a canned beer with three fingers on his right hand and shook it. He said meaningfully, "Is Seventh Brother really..."
Su Qin sighed. "I'm afraid so."
Chu Yuan frowned, and rage crossed his fair baby face.
After a moment of silence, he raised his head and drank the beer, exhaling. "What’s that woman like?"
Gu Yunqing ate quietly, as if he didn't hear the question –– he wouldn’t be so stupid to praise another girl in front of Su Qin.
Su Qin thought about it seriously. She felt that she shouldn't comment on other people's personalities behind their backs, so she just said, "I quite like her."
"Oh?" Chu Yuan laughed. "You don’t dislike her. I’m suddenly very curious about what that girl is like."
"You’ll probably see her tomorrow." Su Qin said, "She has caused such a big commotion. The Shen family won’t just sit idly by."
"Speaking of the Shen family..." Chu Yuan opened another can of beer. "Why isn't Shen Yao here?"
Shen Yao worked in the laboratory and was Si Xu's right-hand assistant. Hence, she might be related by blood to the Shen family, and had a deeper connection with them than Jiang Ran, but surprisingly, she had a good relationship with Chu Yuan and the others.
Su Qin said, "I asked Yaoyao. She hasn't finished her work yet, so she might come later."
"Work, work, that woman is really boring." After muttering that, Chu Yuan raised the can of beer. "Beer goes well with drama. Cheers!"
……
After the inspection rounds, Wei Yage returned to her office in the military command building. She took off her black uniform, and prepared to go home after work.
"Hello, Captain Wei."
"Captain Wei, you’ve finished your rounds? You’ve worked hard!"
"Captain Wei, are you going home?"
"Captain Wei..."
After greeting the team members one by one, Wei Yage put on her scarf. She opened the door to the lobby on the first floor and was about to go out when she heard two girls talking quietly as they headed in this direction.
"Really? The girl really climbed in?"
"I heard that Professor Si carried her in when she was blocked on the balcony."
"Sigh, I can only say that the young lady of the Shen family is so willful –– even Professor Si has to show her some respect."
"Yeah, I agree... If it had been anyone else, Professor Si would have thrown them down long ago."
"..."
The two girls whispered and laughed, and walked away.
Wei Yage pushed open the door and walked out. The wind outside was whistling wildly, and cold snowflakes hit her face.
The chill penetrated her skin to the bones.
Wei Yage wrapped her scarf tighter around her neck and heard the noise coming from the residential area separated by a wall.
The woman listened quietly for a moment. Then, she put on an emotionless smile, walked down the steps, and in the opposite direction to the commotion.