I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 57
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 57: The Truth Of The Past
Unaware of Jiang Ran's thoughts, Si Xu kissed her on the cheek. "What do you want to eat?"
Jiang Ran looked at him. "You asked me what I wanted to eat. Are you going to cook for me?"
After a pause, Si Xu said seriously, "I can help to wash the dishes." Cooking wasn’t his forte. He had the experience of blowing up a kitchen.
Jiang Ran smiled, placed her cheek against his shoulder, and nuzzled him like a cat. "What do you have in your space? Can I cook noodles?"
"Sure."
"Well, my clothes..."
"Your outfit yesterday is still wet. I'll get you a new set."
This guy seemed to be particularly proactive today. Jiang Ran didn't know if it was her imagination, but his attitude toward her now was much different from last night.
Believing in the principle that "misunderstandings should be clarified immediately", Jiang Ran stopped Si Xu's next move.
She wrapped herself tightly in the quilt and sat on the bed. Then, she cleared her throat. "Si Xu, I learned about the incident between you and Jiang Ranran's father from Wei Yage. I'm sorry."
Si Xu pursed his lips when he heard her mention the past again. He said nothing.
"I know, it's useless to say sorry now." If an apology was enough, there wouldn’t be any need for the police. Everyone knew that simple truth.
"Si Xu, you might be angry after hearing what I say next, but I still want to tell you my thoughts."
When she was hiding on the balcony waiting for him yesterday, she thought a lot about Jiang Ranran’s childhood, Jiang Ranran's impression of her parents, and the feud among the older generation which Wei Yage mentioned.
She decided to take a chance on the truth of the past with the only thing she had.
"I said yesterday that Jiang Ranran's parents died when she was young."
Worried that her words would incur Si Xu's resentment and intensify the conflict that had finally been eased, Jiang Ran licked her lips nervously and tried to sound delicate with her words.
"In Jiang Ranran's memory, her father, Jiang Yize, died in a laboratory accident, and her mother, Shen Muxin, committed suicide in the name of love."
Jiang Ranran didn’t spend much time with her parents, but a child often had the most astute judgment –– their judgment wasn’t influenced by the world. They weren’t worldly wise or boastful. They had no desires, and were ignorant and fearless.
"In Jiang Ranran's memory, her father was a gentle man. He was knowledgeable and gentlemanly, and would help those in need."
"Si Xu, maybe I’m not in a position to explain anything, but the stance of that person in the Huo family is like mine –– we only see things that we want to see."
Huo Zhisang just wanted to seek her son’s forgiveness. For her, how Si Xu ended up in the laboratory wasn’t the focus of her concern –– she just needed an excuse to prove that it wasn’t her original intention to hurt Si Xu to that extent.
–– My child, I loved you. I sent you away in the first place to better protect you. I never expected my most trusted friend to send you to the laboratory...
–– It was all the fault of the person who acted on his own and sent you to the laboratory. The person you should hate was him. You shouldn't hate me.
As for whether the "best friend" and the "person who acted on his own" was Jiang Yize or someone else, it didn’t matter.
"Even a judge doesn’t impose a sentence based on one-sided statements, right?"
Huo Zhisang said that Jiang Yize betrayed her and sent Si Xu to the laboratory. What evidence did she have? Jiang Yize was already dead!
If the basis for this conclusion was merely that she entrusted the child to Jiang Yize, then what happened after that? Did something unexpected happen?
"Si Xu, I can't deny that your misfortune is closely related to Jiang Yize. But what’s the truth behind the matter? I think..." You should investigate it yourself to find out.
"Jiang Ran." Si Xu interrupted the girl's words. His eyes were filled with mixed emotions, making it impossible to figure out his true thoughts for a moment. "That's enough."
Si Xu suddenly stopped Jiang Ran from finishing the words she had prepared to say. Jiang Ran parted her lips slightly, forgetting what she wanted to say next.
Si Xu stared at the dumb expression on his girl’s face and smiled faintly. "Didn't you say you transmigrated to this place?"
Jiang Ran nodded.
"You aren’t the real Jiang Ranran, so what does the grudge between me and Jiang Yize have to do with you?"
The real Jiang Ranran was dead. How he viewed Jiang Yize and the Shen family had nothing to do with Jiang Ran.
"No." Jiang Ran smiled sadly. "Si Xu, that's not the case."
Yes, she wasn’t Jiang Ranran. The grievances between Si Xu and the Shen and Jiang families had nothing to do with her.
However...
"Si Xu." She looked into the man's light brown eyes and enunciated, "I’m a selfish person. I don't want there to be any discord between you and this body."
When he looked at her, he would be just looking at her, Jiang Ran.
She wasn’t Jiang Yize's daughter, nor the daughter of his enemy.
The girl bit her lip with a stubborn expression.
Si Xu couldn't help but place his hand on top of her hair, and ruffled her hair. "Jiang Ran, do you know what the relationship between Jiang Yize and I was before Huo Zhisang told me about my parentage? "
"What relationship did you have?"
"He was the last person in charge of me." Si Xu said, "Since I can remember, I have had several people in charge of me. He was the last one and the one who had been in charge of me for the longest."
Hence... he hated Jiang Yize, not only because of the "truth" Huo Zhisang said, but also because the pain he experienced in the laboratory was all related to him.
To be more precise, he rendered the pain to Si Xu personally.
An invisible hand seemed to have clutched Jiang Ran’s heart. She felt sad and her heart ached. Jiang Ran's eyes slowly turned red. She sniffed and whispered, "Si Xu, I'm sorry. I..."
She had been so naive and said those words self-righteously.
In this world, no one could put themselves in the shoes of another and feel exactly the same way.
"You didn’t do anything to let me down."
"..."
"Jiang Ran, as I said before, no matter what I do, I do it of my own volition."
Whether it was to keep her by his side, to protect her, or to possess her, he did it only because he wanted to –– it had nothing to do with her family background or who her parents were.
"Jiang Ran, do you believe me?"
"Yeah." Nodding vigorously, Jiang Ran smiled, and leaned forward to kiss him.
Si Xu hooked her fingers and let her kiss him gently.
After a while, he stepped back a little to put some distance between them.
"Ahem." Under the girl's confused gaze, a faint blush appeared on the tips of the young man's ears, and he said seriously, "Jiang Ran, Shen Yao said that too much sex isn’t good for health."
After saying that, he looked at her silently.
Jiang Ran, "???" I just wanted to kiss you. Why did you make it sound like I was a sex addict? Did that mean it was illegal for lovers to kiss?
Hang on.
She squinted at Si Xu, and when she saw the man looking away awkwardly, she suddenly realized something and burst into laughter. "Yeah, she’s right."
She gave him a graceful exit sensibly, smiling like a cunning little fox. She dragged out her tone and admitted her mistake. "Too much sex isn’t good. I have to reflect on myself and not be easily tempted by beauty~"
Si Xu, " ..." The tips of his ears turned redder, and he honestly didn’t refute her words.