I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 68
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 68: Nullification Power
He whispered in her ear. His voice was weak, like the aggrieved whimpering of an injured animal. Jiang Ran's heart ached for him.
Her nasal voice became heavier, and she hummed softly, rubbing her cheek against his shoulder.
"Si Xu." She whispered, "I'm sorry."
She thought that she was really out of line. She didn't consider the consequences or his feelings –– she acted willfully because he favored her. She was really terrible.
His slightly cold hand moved up her back, and his fingertips were entangled in her black hair. Covering the back of her head, he patted it gently.
It was a wordless response.
Jiang Ran’s heart softened further. "If I do this again next time, you can beat me. A good beating will make me remember."
This girl was soft-hearted toward others, yet could be cruel to herself.
Si Xu curled his lips silently but still didn't reply.
Jiang Ran lowered her voice further and said in an adorable tone, "Si Xu, I'm serious. I..."
The girl reflected on her mistakes seriously. He found it funny, but if he laughed out loud now, it would definitely make her angry. Thus, he lowered his head and touched her forehead with his lips.
Jiang Ran abruptly stopped her words of self-reflection.
She slipped out from Si Xu's arms and looked at him. "You..."
Si Xu looked at her questioningly. "Huh?"
"Are you snickering?" Jiang Ran squinted. "Si Xu, I've been seriously reflecting on my mistake..."
"I know." Hearing the warning in her voice, Si Xu coughed twice. "I heard you. You asked me to beat you."
She did say that, but why did it sound so strange? Jiang Ran thought about it and corrected him. "I mean, if I do something wrong, you can beat me."
"No."
Without waiting for Jiang Ran to respond, he added, "Next time, I’ll just use a sword."
Was he going to use a sword because she could nullify superpower attacks? Jiang Ran shrank back. "Si Xu, are you trying to... scare me?"
Her cowardly look was really cute.
Si Xu then laughed. "Yeah, I'm scaring you –– if I don't scare you, you’ll make the same mistake."
He touched the top of the girl's fuzzy hair, and his tone was soft but serious. "Jiang Ran, joking with your own life is not what a smart person does."
The girl nodded obediently.
After saying a lot of words, Si Xu’s heartbeat returned to normal, and he continued the topic without betraying his thoughts. "Jiang Ran, besides me, who else knows that you can nullify superpower attacks?"
"Just... the man who attacked me tonight." Jiang Ran said, "That man is a fourth-level superhuman with metal-type abilities. Because his superpower was disintegrated by me, he was frightened and got thrashed badly by me."
She raised her face slightly, showing a proud expression, waiting for his praise.
However, Si Xu didn't praise her this time. He lowered his eyes, and his eyes darkened as if he was contemplating something. "Fourth-level superhuman with metal-type abilities... I know who it is."
"Huh?" Jiang Ran didn't put much thought into the man's words. "When you see him next time, you can beat him up –– he also scolded me. His words were so awful!"
Having found backing, the girl immediately complained about the man.
"I know." Without saying how he would deal with that guy, Si Xu changed the subject. "Turn in early. I'll show you around the base tomorrow."
He didn't seem to be curious about her superpowers at all... Jiang Ran, who had been in high spirits, felt deflated by his cold attitude and climbed onto the bed with her head drooped.
As soon as she closed her eyes, she was locked in a warm embrace with a light tobacco smell.
"Jiang Ran." He placed a kiss on her cheek, his voice hoarse. "You scared me just now."
He complained aggrievedly of her impulsive behavior just now.
Hadn't she already apologized? Why was he still feeling aggrieved? Jiang Ran snorted with her eyes closed and chuckled. "Well, Si Xu, I sincerely apologize to you..."
His lips kissed the corner of her mouth. "It's not enough."
Jiang Ran was so sleepy. "How would it be enough then?"
Si Xu directly pulled her into his arms and kissed her. "You must make it up to me."
On the tree trunk with fallen leaves outside the window, a pair of unknown birds fluttered away, disturbing the snow.
……
After being tormented by the man until late at night, Jiang Ran had only one thought before falling asleep. When she woke up, she must make an agreement with him.
Si Xu had gone too overboard.
……
After confirming that the girl was asleep, Si Xu carefully tucked her into the quilt and stood up to get dressed.
He didn't feel any fluctuations of any superpower from Jiang Ran. In other words, Jiang Ran's ability to nullify superpower attacks wasn’t a superpower.
Jiang Ran hadn’t awakened any superpowers.
Then what happened to her body?
Si Xu could only think of one possibility.
Jiang Yize.
That man had long known that the disaster would happen, so before the disaster happened, he did something to his daughter’s body.
Jiang Ran hadn’t awakened any superpowers, but she was just like those superhumans –– her body underwent some kind of mutation as she came into contact with the virus floating in the air.
For the girl, it was both good and bad news.
She finally had the ability to protect herself, but unfortunately, in his opinion, her abilities were too useless.
Nullifying superpower attacks –– if it were him, he was confident that he could defeat the enemy after nullifying his superpowers, but Jiang Ran couldn't.
The girl was too fragile. If she met someone like him, even if she had superpowers, she still wouldn't be his match.
She was able to defeat the fourth-level superhuman with metal-type abilities because the man was unprepared and caught off guard.
Moreover, the ability to nullify superpower attacks –– was just like Lin You with healing abilities. Such absolutely rare abilities would bring a lot of trouble to the girl.
A person’s talent would arouse the envy of others.
Since that was the case, he had no choice but to eliminate all the people who knew that secret.
……
When Shen Yang came out of the room, the people standing aside lowered their heads and bowed respectfully.
"How useless." Shen Yang took off his bloodstained black gloves and dumped them into the trash bin next to the door. He sneered. "A fourth-level superhuman with metal-type abilities was bashed up by a defenseless girl until he fainted. Hah."
As Shen Yang's most valued right-hand man, Zhong Qian knew what the captain was thinking and said, "It's a good thing that Miss Ranran is fine."
Shen Yang looked at his assistant with lowered eyes and said thoughtfully, "You think it’s a good thing too?"
Too. That meant the captain really didn't want that person to lay a hand on Miss Ranran.
Zhong Qian nodded. "Miss Ranran is a smart person. Hu Bing is no match for her."
"It's not about Ranran." Shen Yang rubbed his eyebrows and sighed. "Grandpa is old, and he can't even tell who the enemy is –– if Hu Bing had succeeded today, our Shen family would probably be exterminated next."
Zhong Qian frowned. "You mean..." Professor Si was really fond of Miss Ranran?
"I’ve seen Si Xu's attitude toward women." Shen Yang sighed and shook his head. "Pei Wan'er was so beautiful, but he didn’t even spare her any unnecessary glance. If he didn't care, he wouldn't have come specially to fetch Ranran."
"..." Although his only impression of Jiang Ranran was that she was beautiful, Zhong Qian knew that she might be more important to the captain than his real sister, Shen Yao.
As for whether it was the affection between relatives or the interest of a predator toward his prey, there was no way to know.
Shen Yang yawned and said lazily, "Assign people to keep an eye on this place. Inform me as soon as Hu Bing wakes up."
"Yes."
Although Hu Bing wasn’t smart, he was a fourth-level superhuman after all, and possessed aggressive metal-type abilities. No matter how careless he was, he shouldn’t have been beaten unconscious by an unarmed ordinary person.
Was there something else they didn't know about?
Shen Yang lit a cigarette and lazily walked downstairs.
Author’s Note:
Many cute readers commented on why Seventh Brother had called Jiang Ran instead of the original host’s name, Jiang Ranran, since the beginning.
That was because Ranran introduced herself as Jiang Ran at the beginning,
Therefore, Seventh Brother and Gu Yunqing called her Jiang Ran or Sister Ranran. People who knew her from before called her Jiang Ranran. I didn’t get confused with the names. Well, maybe I did in some parts ()
