I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 62
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 62: Not That Important
The purpose of holding the welcome party was not only to announce his ownership of Jiang Ranran, but also to test Jiang Ranran's importance to Si Xu.
He was really curious about how much Si Xu cared about his granddaughter –– would he put aside his prejudice against the Shen family and set foot in the Shen family for Ranran?
Facts had proven that Jiang Ranran wasn’t as important to Si Xu as outsiders thought.
Since she wasn’t that important, he could carry out his next action without any need to be wary of Si Xu.
"Zheng, go and tell Ranran to stay here today." After giving the instructions, the old man looked at the bright moon and recalled his granddaughter's appearance when she was a child. "Ranran didn't say anything to me today except calling me grandpa when we met –– she was obedient, smart, well-behaved and sensible when she was a child. Sigh."
He sighed and his eyes turned cold. "In retrospect, I shouldn't have let her grow up with Jiang Yize back then."
At the mention of Jiang Yize, Shen Lang spoke with hatred. "It was bad enough that bastard repaid my kindness with ingratitude, but he even instigated Muxin to deal with me! Humph, what an ingrate."
Zheng Li listened silently to his master's family affairs and didn't say much.
"Ranran has suffered a lot on the way here. If she still has affection for me, her grandfather, and stays in our Shen family, I can guarantee her a life of comfort." The old man twirled his beard and said earnestly, "If she’s just like her heartless father, then I’ll have no choice but to abandon her."
Zheng Li replied “yes” in a low voice.
"Go." After thinking about it, he still felt uneasy. The old man turned around and ordered in a hushed voice, "Arrange for two people later..."
After listening to the old man's instructions, Zheng Li hesitated. "I don’t think that’s a good idea. After all, Miss Ranran has just come back –– if you do that, I'm afraid it’ll damage your relationship with her."
"How is it a bad idea?" Shen Lang said solemnly, "I’m doing it for her own good ––breaking up with Si Xu as soon as possible will prevent her from continuing to go down the wrong path."
The older the old man got, the more stubborn he became. He refused to listen to other people's opinions.
With his hands at the side, Zheng Li bowed. "Yes, I'll do it right away."
……
At the door of the operating room, a man sat on a chair. He sat motionless, holding his head in his hands.
After a while, the operating room door opened and Si Xu came out.
He immediately stood up. "Professor Si, Youzi..."
"She's fine now." Si Xu said, "Her physical condition isn’t looking good. If she accidentally contracts the virus next time, you don't have to send her to me."
Xue Weixin heaved a sigh of relief and bowed deeply again. "Professor Si, thank you."
"It's just a mutual benefit."
The man left after saying that and went to his office. Xue Weixin immediately entered the operating room.
A staff member was packing up the medical equipment. When he saw Xue Weixin, he greeted him politely and left.
Some color had returned to the woman's pale face, and although her breathing was light, it was steady. It wasn’t almost non-existent as it was when he first brought her here.
Xue Wei finally relaxed completely.
Fortunately, she was fine. Otherwise, he really didn't know how he would continue to live on after losing her.
……
In the office, Shen Yao threw the file containing the woman's information on the table. She tapped on one spot and asked Si Xu, "What's wrong with Youzi's body?"
Si Xu didn't look at the file. "It’s just like what you saw."
"A vaccine was really developed back then?" Shen Yao found it unbelievable. "Since it was developed, why wasn't it put into use?"
If there was a vaccine, there would be no chance of the virus spreading and the disaster would not have happened.
"No." Si Xu said, "If there was, that woman wouldn't be in this state now."
What was she expecting when the truth was right in front of her? Shen Yao took a deep breath and picked up the file. "I'm going back to my office."
"Okay."
"If you're free, go to the Shen family's house and fetch Ranran."
"Oh."
He was really cold. Shen Yao pursed her lips and left, holding the file.
As she walked through the corridor, she took another look at the operating room.
Lin You was the name of that experimental subject. Like Si Xu, that woman also came from the laboratory.
Shen Yao didn’t know what those people did to her. After the disaster broke out, the woman’s body experienced some kind of mutation — it was different from all the known superpowers now. That woman had healing abilities.
So far, she was the only person with healing abilities that they knew of.
However, her constitution was different from that of other superhumans. She couldn’t completely transform the zombie virus.
In other words, if she was bitten by a zombie, she would become a zombie like ordinary people.
It was really ridiculous. A person with healing abilities couldn’t save herself –– was this what it meant by "healers couldn't heal themselves?"
Because her superpowers were too special, Si Xu took the liberty to erase all information related to her to prevent her from becoming the target of power struggle, but the condition was that Lin You must provide blood samples to the laboratory every month so that they could do research.
"Actually, that guy must’ve been moved by Xue Weixin." This decision was made only after Xue Weixin knelt down to beg Si Xu.
Was Si Xu moved? Seeing the man covered in blood kneeling in front of him, praying for a way out for his lover.
"How could a guy like him be moved..." Shen Yao murmured and went back to the office.
Yes, people like Si Xu probably didn't know what it meant to be moved.
Whether it was to avenge Wan'er or help Xue Weixin, he only did it because he wanted to.
In that case, what about Ranran? What were his thoughts about Ranran –– was it a whim? Or was he really partial toward her?
……
After rejecting six young talented men’s dance invitations, Jiang Ran slipped from the banquet hall to the garden on the pretext of going to the washroom.
She originally wanted to slip out of the gate, but she saw Wei Yage walking in with Luo Rui and Xie Chengzhi... Hence, before the three of them spotted her, she retreated to the garden.
It seemed that no matter how the details changed, the main plot wouldn’t change.
Luo Rui and Xie Chengzhi were introduced to Shen Lang by Wei Yage, and would soon be valued by Shen Lang because of their outstanding abilities.
She remembered that before Luo Rui came to the Shen family’s residence, a trivial incident happened in her team.
Zhou Jian died.
In the original novel, Zhou Jian was a female supporting character who was far less mentioned than Jiang Ranran... and her death was only briefly mentioned. Jiang Ran only knew that she was executed by the team for hurting an ordinary person.
Calculating the time, it should be happening within these few days.
Judging from how Luo Rui and Xie Chengzhi were dressed now, they should be doing well after they arrived at the base. Zhou Jian and Luo Rui were good friends. Why would she end up in that situation?
Well, she was suddenly a little curious.
