I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 58
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 58: Luo Rui’s Team
To welcome the young lady of the Shen family’s safe return to the base, the Shen family held a welcome party for her, appearing as if they cared a lot about her.
The news spread quickly. As people in the base couldn’t go out, they were bored and gathered together to talk about the lucky little princess of the Shen family.
How lucky to be born in a family like the Shen family –– before the apocalypse, she lived in comfort. Now, after the disaster, she could still depend on her family.
"I heard that Miss Shen came back with Professor Si's team?"
"Yeah, I heard that she’s an ordinary person who hasn’t awakened any superpowers. I think it's a good thing that she met Professor Si. Otherwise, anything could have happened.”
"But the Shen family and the laboratory staff..."
"Shh, you can’t just say such things casually!"
The people who were talking enthusiastically suddenly fell silent, and were about to change the topic when a girl passing by asked curiously, "Is there an unspeakable secret between the Shen family and the laboratory staff?"
The people who heard the voice looked at the woman who spoke and greeted politely, "Sister Luo, you’re back!"
Luo Rui nodded. "I just completed a new task. I exchanged points at the administrative hall and bought some candies. Let's try them together."
After saying that, she winked at Zhou Jian, who distributed the candies to the people chatting.
These people were all ordinary people. Although they had jobs arranged by the base to ensure their basic living needs, they couldn't squander their points like superhumans.
After taking the candies, the people thanked her gratefully.
"I heard you talking about the Shen family and the laboratory staff..." Luo Rui got down to business. "Ranran and I were university mates. When I heard what you said, I’m worried about her."
Ranran? Those people were stunned. The young lady of the Shen family who came back? Oh, yeah, Luo Rui's team came back with Captain Gu and the others. It seemed that they were acquaintances.
"It turns out that you and Miss Shen are friends." Someone lowered his voice and said, "Then you have to remind your friend to stay away from Professor Si."
"Why?"
"The Shen family has a bad relationship with Professor Si." That man said, "Everyone in the base knows that Professor Si is the most lawless person, while the Shen family is upright, so..."
The Shen family was upright? Luo Rui arched her eyebrow and smiled noncommittally.
She knew all along that Si Xu wasn’t quite upright. As for the Shen family, it was said that they were already a wealthy family before the apocalypse. How could outsiders know the dirty and shady doings of such a big family?
Of course, such big families were best at painting a rosy picture of peace, and good at distorting facts to create public opinion.
Since the Shen family could securely occupy the top spot in the Xiling base during the apocalypse, they couldn’t possibly be a naive and stupid family.
After saying goodbye to the people they were chatting with, Luo Rui and Zhou Jian walked to the neighborhood and saw a familiar figure wandering outside the flower bed.
"Why is she here again?" Zhou Jian pouted and rolled her eyes. "Ruirui, why does she keep pestering us?"
Luo Rui shook her head, feeling equally helpless.
He Ru's eyes lit up when she saw the two of them. Thinking of her current situation and her purpose of coming here, she slowly walked to Luo Rui with reddened eyes.
"Ruirui." The woman's face was pale. Luo Rui hadn't seen her for a few days, and she seemed thinner than before.
She started crying before she spoke.
Zhou Jian turned away and sneered slightly when she saw He Ru’s pretentious look. She was full of disdain.
This bitch tried to hook up with Si Xu, but Si Xu wasn’t fooled by her. She only restrained herself when she was almost disfigured by Jiang Ran. Zhou Jian thought she would learn her lesson, but instead of changing her ways, she hooked up with Jiang Yu.
When Zhou Jian thought about how He Ru had seduced and slept with Jiang Yu without her knowledge, she just wanted to break this bitch's neck.
Unlike the angry Zhou Jian, Luo Rui looked calm, and there was even a hint of sympathy in her eyes when she looked at He Ru.
"Ruru, why are you here? Have you got off work?"
Ordinary people were different from superhumans. They didn’t have to go out to perform tasks. The base would arrange corresponding work for everyone so that they could maintain their basic needs.
He Ru was assigned to work at the crop cultivation base of the base, doing physical work from eight in the morning to five in the evening every day. The more work one did, the more points one would get.
When she came home from work on the first day, her whole body ached as if it was falling apart. The points she got were so little that she could not even afford to have dinner.
She worked hard like that for a few days. Jiang Yu came to see her two days ago and brought her various snacks, which made her feel proud among her colleagues. Who would have thought that on the third day, Zhou Jian would follow the two of them and catch them making love?
Just as she thought, Zhou Jian had feelings for Jiang Yu. After catching the two of them red-handed, Zhou Jian flew into a rage on the spot. Luo Rui and Zhou Jian were good friends, so she naturally helped her friend.
In order not to be abandoned by the team, Jiang Yu chose to break up with her.
Without the protection of a superhuman boyfriend, her days took a turn for the worse.
She had thought at first that after arriving at the base, she would be able to choose from all the superhumans in the base. Unexpectedly... In the few days since she got here, guys of high caliber she could come into contact with were either unavailable or had overly high standards.
After much thought, she decided to return to Luo Rui’s team first –– she heard that Luo Rui was doing well in the base. With her own strength, she led the team to join the superhuman team with the highest points in the base.
While she was on the ground floor, she noticed that the neighborhood where those superhumans lived was much more upscale than where ordinary people lived, which looked like a refugee area.
He Ru didn’t show her jealousy and hate directly. She just looked at Luo Rui timidly.
"Ruirui, I heard that you relocated to another apartment, so I came over to take a look."
"Oh, I see. Since you're here, come upstairs and have a cup of tea before leaving." Luo Rui smiled slightly and generously invited the girl upstairs. "We just moved into this new apartment yesterday –– there are too many people in the team now, and the previous apartment didn't have enough space."
After Luo Rui finished speaking, she turned and went upstairs. He Ru quickly followed her, for fear of being turned away by her.
The apartment had a living room, a dining room, and four bedrooms. As soon as the door was opened, the lively sounds of people could be heard, and one could get a whiff of the aroma of food.
A girl walked through the living room carrying some food. When she saw Luo Rui, the girl greeted her enthusiastically, "Ruirui, you’re back. Lunch will be ready soon. Eh?" The girl looked at the stranger behind Luo Rui and asked, "Who’s the person behind you?"
"Her name is He Ru. We met on the way to the base," Luo Rui responded to her teammate in a familiar manner. "Qiaoqiao, where are the captain and the others?"
"They’re in the study –– there are guests. It seems they’re looking for you."
"They’re looking for me?" Luo Rui said, "I got it. I’ll go over now."
"Yeah." Qiaoqiao glanced at He Ru before carrying the food to the dining area.
Luo Rui left He Ru in Zhou Jian’s care, and went to the study to report on the completion of her task.