I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 52
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 52: The Things That Couldn’t Be Said
Perhaps even God couldn't stand her climbing up someone else's balcony at night. Jiang Ran had just climbed halfway when the wind picked up the snow, hitting her in the face.
She looked up at the gray sky and climbed faster.
Because it was on the third floor, the balcony did not have anti-theft windows. Jiang Ran climbed into the balcony smoothly, not forgetting to push down the ladder that brought her up to prevent the man from letting her go back the same way when he got angry.
Shen Yang asked his men to carry the ladder away, and waved at her. "Take care, okay~"
Jiang Ran made a thank-you gesture, ignored the onlookers, and walked in while bending down.
She thought that her plan was successful when she stepped onto the balcony, but she was stopped again after taking just two steps.
Pressing her hands against the glass door in front of her, Jiang Ran was on the verge of tears. Hey, it was the third floor. Why was the floor-to-ceiling window locked so tightly? Did she have to break the glass and get in?
No, no, no, if she broke the glass, Si Xu would definitely be angry –– she was at the stage of coaxing him, and she couldn't make him angry further.
……
The person involved successfully climbed onto the balcony, and the crowd of onlookers dispersed.
Jiang Ran glanced down and simply squatted on the balcony without moving.
After creating such a commotion, Si Xu must have known that she had climbed up –– when she was waiting at the door, she had a way out. Hence, he could ruthlessly refuse to let her in. Now, she was staying on the balcony with no way out. If he didn't let her in, she would freeze to death there! Humph!
……
Jiang Ran didn’t know how much time had passed. The snow fell heavier and heavier, and the wind howled. Jiang Ran clasped her frozen hands together and curled up into a ball.
Si Xu seemed to be really angry with her... After so long, he didn't let her in. He didn’t even appear in her sight.
The more she thought about it, the sadder she became. Jiang Ran wanted to stand up and move her hands and feet, but found that because she had been squatting for so long, her body was completely numb and she couldn't exert any energy.
Jiang Ran, "..."
……
Si Xu wiped his hair after coming out of the shower. When passing by the study, he saw the falling snowflakes outside through the floor-to-ceiling window of the room.
Oh, it was snowing.
A thick layer of snow quickly accumulated on the balcony... Snow?
Si Xu stopped wiping his hair and stared at the huddled figure on the balcony for two seconds to make sure his eyes weren’t playing a trick on him.
He tossed the towel aside and quickly walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and opened it. He parted his lips slightly in disbelief and stared at the small huddled figure in the corner.
Was she... crazy?!
What was she doing squatting here in such weather? Was she waiting to become an ice sculpture?
Hearing the noise, the girl with flushed cheeks looked up at him and squeezed out a faint smile. "Si Xu, I'm here to apologize to you."
There was a burning fire in Si Xu’s light brown eyes. Without hesitation, he leaned over and picked up the girl who was so cold that she couldn't speak clearly, and quickly walked into the bathroom.
Jiang Ran had barely recovered from the winter chill when warm water poured down her head. She was caught off guard and coughed. She subconsciously wanted to move away.
"Don't dodge." The man grabbed her waist and held her down. His voice was low, sullen and angry. "I'll break your legs if you dodge."
Jiang Ran, who almost had her legs broken, curled up in his arms obediently, not moving anymore.
The warm water poured over the girl from head to toe. Si Xu slightly loosened his grip on her and said, "Take off your clothes."
Jiang Ran was at a loss. "Huh?"
"Take off your clothes." His anger did not dissipate. The girl looked confused, which made him inexplicably angrier. "Take off your clothes."
Jiang Ran whispered, "...I'm not cold anymore." There was no need to take off her clothes and have hot water poured over her.
Si Xu, "Take them off."
Jiang Ran, "..."
When the man spoke coldly, she pursed her lips and remained silent for a moment, then simply couldn’t bother to care anymore.
The girl lowered her arms as if she had no strength and muttered, "My arms are frozen and I can't take my clothes off –– if you want to bathe me, you help me take off my clothes!"
Si Xu, "Huh?"
He didn't seem to notice Jiang Ran’s unflinching expression. He fixed the shower head, reached out and grabbed the zipper of her down jacket, then quickly pulled it to the end.
The down jacket was thrown aside, followed by the blouse underneath...
Jiang Ran, "...???"
Wait! This plot was wrong! Why was this guy so calm? Wasn't he shy at all? He wasn’t nervous either! And it was done so smoothly!
"Si-Si Xu!" In the blink of an eye, she was stripped down to her underwear. Jiang Ran waved her hands to stop his next move. "Wait a minute!"
The girl's reaction was too fierce. Si Xu retracted his hand and asked puzzledly, "What? Did I hurt you?"
What kind of talk was that?! Jiang Ran blushed like a cooked shrimp, folding her arms and not daring to move: "I-I will do it myself. You get out first!"
Si Xu, who was splashed by warm water, said with a dark face, "I’m not going out."
Jiang Ran, "..."
Si Xu folded his arms, took a few steps back leisurely, leaned against the door, and showed his persistence with his actions.
He wasn’t going out.
Jiang Ran grinded her teeth and wanted to spray water on him with the shower head.
Seeing her helplessness, Si Xu felt confident, raised his chin, and looked at her with a half-smile. "Didn't you say you would do it yourself?"
He felt angry and deliberately made things difficult for her.
Seeing the girl's helpless look with her eyes lowered, for some reason, the fire in his heart grew stronger.
He didn’t know if he was angry with her or himself.
The man looked provocative as if he were watching a show. Jiang Ran looked up at him.
Also drenched by the water, the black hair on his forehead lay softly on his forehead. He looked like a puppy that had gotten wet in the rain, soft and docile without any aggression.
The water from the tips of his hair slid down the cold contours of his cheeks, dripping on his collarbone. After a slight pause, it slipped deeper into his loose pajamas.
Jiang Ran's eyes followed the drop of water and fixed on his slightly exposed chest. She stared at him for a long time and suddenly took a step forward.
The girl's movement was so sudden that Si Xu, who was unprepared, was directly pressed against the door by her.
Jiang Ran's eyes were like the wind in March, carrying the tenderness of spring. They were mesmerizing.
She looked at him intently, with only his reflection in her eyes.
Si Xu was inexplicably nervous.
Nervousness. This was the first time he felt such an emotion. He couldn't help but wonder if he had frozen his brain because he was with her, who was freezing.
"Si Xu." Gripping the young man's wrist, Jiang Ran parted her lips slightly and called him by his name, her eyes twinkling. "Do you like me?"
No one had ever asked him such a question in such a tone. Si Xu was stunned. "Do I like you?"
Seeing the confusion in his eyes, Jiang Ran smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't like me now."
She stood on tiptoes, moved closer to his cheek, and kissed his lips gently. "Just be good and be liked by me... Si Xu, I like you the most."
She said such words again.
What was even more outrageous was that she kissed him on her own initiative without his consent.
He was still angry. Did she think that just by saying "she liked him" and a kiss would make him forgive her?
There was the sound of hot water in his ears, and apart from the mist in front of him, there was only the girl's face, which was very close at hand. He could see the light in her eyes, which was raging like fire.
"Jiang Ran." His heart was beating faster than usual, which made him breathe a little raggedly. When he spoke again, he was breathless subconsciously. "Let go."
Surprised to discover the innocent side of the man, Jiang Ran seemed to have found a gem and became more brazen. "No!"
Not only did she not let go, she also continued to kiss him.
Si Xu's tone became fiercer. "Jiang Ran... oh..."
His rebuke was intercepted by the lips that covered his lips without his consent. The man's breathing became heavier. The uneasiness of losing his dominance made him want to push away the increasingly presumptuous girl.
He wanted to loosen her tightly entangled fingers. After hesitating for a long time, he slowly tightened his grip.
He wanted to push her away, but he couldn’t bear to do it.
The hot water was still gushing, and the rising mist covered the frosted glass, obscuring the figures inside.
……
Before going home, Shen Yang went to the only bar in the base –– the bar was set up by the military command building and was open to everyone in the base. All drinks and food inside could be exchanged with points.
As a rare entertainment venue in the post-apocalypse, the bar was extremely lively once it opened.
When Shen Yang entered, loud music was playing inside, and young men and women were twisting their bodies indulgently on the dance floor. They were flirtatious and indulgent.
If he hadn't occasionally heard the howls of mutant beasts outside the walls, he would have almost thought that the world-ending disaster was just a terrifying dream.
Wearing the uniform of the superhuman team, Shen Yang attracted the attention of several girls chatting at the entrance as soon as he entered.
For people with goals, the bar wasn’t only a place to relax, but also a suitable hunting ground.
Before Shen Yang could reach the bar, one of the three girls who had been secretly observing him walked out and struck up a conversation with him. It was a sexy-looking girl.
Superhumans were popular, and superhumans who belonged to the base's superhuman team were even more popular –– good-looking superhumans like Shen Yang who were affiliated with the base were particularly popular.
Shen Yang didn't show the slightest surprise at the girl's approach.
After a brief chat, without even exchanging each other's names, the man clasped the girl's neck with one hand and gave her a deep kiss.
Customers who passed by looked at the two kissing people brazenly and cheered from time to time.
When the woman's legs were weak from being kissed, Shen Yang let go of her. He patted her face, and smiled roguishly and wantonly. "I have something to do today, babe. Let's fix an appointment next time."
With that, he let go of the beautiful woman without any lingering thoughts, avoided the noisy crowd, and walked toward the interior of the bar.
After receiving a kiss from the handsome guy, the beautiful woman happily went back to flaunt to her friends.
"That guy is from the Shen family, right?"
"The Shen family?"
"Yeah, I didn't recognize him at first –– he's the guy from the Shen family. You'd better stay away from him."
The beautiful woman was puzzled. "Why?"
Her friend looked around and whispered, "Don't you know the eldest son of the Shen family changes girlfriends as fast as he changes clothes? Moreover, I heard that those women ended up miserable."
"Huh? Miserable?"
"Well, that young master has a very special hobby."
She understood her friend's words instantly. Thinking of the addictive kiss just now, the woman snorted and muttered, "That doesn't matter..."
That man was so good-looking. She didn't mind that he went a bit overboard with his games.
It was a pity that Shen Yang didn't even bother to look at her.
Shen Yang came out shortly after entering the bar, holding a document in his hand. He greeted different beautiful women along the way and walked out of the bar without stopping.
……
It was quieter at night when the snow fell. The zombies moved slower, and the mutated beasts were blown back to their lairs by the cold wind, rarely coming out to hunt.
Snow hit the glass and made a pattering sound.
The light from the desk lamp stretched the man's shadow, covering half of the wall of the study.
The old man glanced at the clock on the wall. It was almost time for lights out at the base. Just as he was thinking about that, the adjutant came in holding a candlestick, and the candlelight dimmed the shadow on the wall.
"Marshal Shen, it's late. You should have some rest." The adjutant put down the candlestick gently and put away the tea set in front of the old man. "Your blood pressure is high. You should drink less tea at night."
"Zheng Li," the old man stood up and he tapped his cane on the ground lightly. "Has Yang come back?"
The adjutant replied, "Not yet –– I heard from Yang's team members who came back that he went to pick up Miss Ranran."
The old man snorted from his nose and said with a half-smile, "He’s quite a hospitable brother..."
"Blood is thicker than water. Besides, Yang and Ranran often played together when they were children." Zheng Li was an old man who worked for Shen Lang and he spoke more casually. "However, the people below said that Ranran climbed up Professor Si's balcony..."
As he said this, the adjutant carefully observed his boss's expression, guessing what kind of response he would give.
The Shen family, or Shen Lang to be precise, had always been at odds with Si Xu.
As the young lady of the Shen family, Jiang Ranran became famous in the base for climbing up Si Xu's balcony on the first day she came back. He wondered what the old man thought after hearing that.
"Humph, how shameless." When Si Xu and things related to Si Xu were mentioned, the old man's evaluation suddenly became harsh. "She's really a disgrace to our Shen family."
Zheng Li, who had watched Shen Muxin grow up, was partial toward Jiang Ran. "I heard from Yang that Ranran didn't awaken any superpowers. Professor Si protected her all the way back to the base..."
There was a hint of defending Jiang Ran in his words.
The cane made a heavy sound on the ground, and Shen Lang sneered. "She might as well have died outside."
"Grandpa, who made you angry?" The man's hearty laughter came from the other end of the corridor and reached the door of the study. "It's late at night. It’s so unlucky to talk about life and death!"
Shen Yang opened the door and came in. He said hello to Zheng Li first, and then looked at Shen Lang. "Grandpa, it's so late. Why haven’t you rested yet?"
"Didn't you go to pick up your sister? ?" Seeing his eldest grandson, the anger on Shen Lang's face dissipated, "Where's your sister?"
"Grandpa, since you've heard about it, why are you still asking me?" Shen Yang laughed. "Ranran climbed up Professor Si's balcony."
"You always let her do whatever she wants!" Shen Lang said solemnly, "Look at the situation in the base now. Aren't you afraid that lunatic Si Xu will break your sister's neck when he gets angry?
Shen Yang picked up the teapot that Zheng Li hadn't had time to put away and poured himself a cup of tea. Shen Yang drank it in one gulp, then put down the cup. "Uncle Zheng, this tea is cold. Please put it away."
Knowing that Shen Yang was sending him away with an excuse, Zheng Li picked up the tea set and excused himself.
When the footsteps disappeared in the corridor, Shen Yang spoke again. "It’s no big deal even if she dies. She’s not important. Why must you get angry over her?"
Shen Lang looked at him and was quite satisfied with his response. "I thought you felt compassion for your sister whom you hadn't seen for a long time."
"Grandpa, you must be joking." Shen Yang smiled with squinted eyes. "I just thought that since she’s back and has something to do with Si Xu, she might be a good pawn if we use her appropriately –– as you know, I'm not interested in useless people."
The old man was completely satisfied.
He glanced at the item in Shen Yang’s hand. "What did you bring back?"
"This?" Shen Yang tore open the document bag, took out a thick stack of papers from it, and handed them to Shen Lang. "I hired a superhuman team to go to the Jiang family's house to get some information."
The Jiang family's house was where Jiang Yize lived during his lifetime.
"What did you find?" Shen Lang looked through the information in his hand, which was all insignificant. "Is this all?"
"Well, there’s no useful information." Shen Yang said helplessly, "It seems that we have to find the key clues from Ranran."
At this point, the man sighed quietly. "This is probably why God arranged for her to return to the base alive."
