I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 72
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 72: You Are My One And Only
The girl looked serious. Si Xu placed one arm on the armrest of the sofa, and looked at her sideways. He was all ears.
"Si Xu, I already know where my problem lies –– I shouldn't be complacent because I have a superpower, and I shouldn't be complacent because I defeated a fourth-level superhuman.
"Carelessness will get me into trouble, and may even cost me my life."
"From today on, I’ll be more careful than before. I won’t let others know my ability, and I’ll use this ability where it’s needed to protect myself and you."
The girl said passionately, and his figure was reflected in her eyes that were still glistening. Her gaze was gentle and focused.
Si Xu smiled slightly. "I don't need your protection –– when you have the ability, what matters most is to protect yourself."
"No, I’ll definitely protect you. I..."
"Jiang Ran." Si Xu interrupted her; his tone was gentler and more serious than ever before. "Remember, use your ability to protect yourself –– when necessary, abandon me."
When necessary, abandon me.
She was right. This person never took his life seriously.
He was alive because he was powerful, so powerful that no one could threaten his life.
If an enemy stronger than him appeared someday, he would definitely give up his life without any regrets.
To him, living or dying was never something worth caring about.
"Si Xu."
Rage boiled in Jiang Ran. She was both angry and sad. Jiang Ran's lips moved and she called his name. Her nose inexplicably tingled, and when she spoke again, her voice was a little choked.
"I'm serious too –– to me, no one in this world is more important than you. So, no matter whether it’s necessary or not, I’ll protect you in my own way."
She wanted to tell him that he was more important to her than he was to himself –– Si Xu, who belonged to Jiang Ran, was a unique existence in the world. He was an existence that she would definitely protect and never abandon no matter what.
"Si Xu, you’re my one and only, and irreplaceable."
Irreplaceable.
Like a small stone thrown into the lake of his heart, the lake surface that would not produce ripples due to any wind or rain rippled with circles of ripples.
Si Xu didn't know what was wrong with him. Even when he was hugging the girl to sleep, he had never felt such emotions as he did now.
He was inexplicably happy and sad, and an unprecedented ache reddened his eyes. He wanted to hold the girl in his arms and hear her repeat the words just now in a soft voice.
Those words made his heart race.
After Jiang Ran finished speaking, Si Xu was silent for a long time.
He looked at her quietly. It seemed that no emotions could be seen in his light brown eyes, yet it also seemed that all kinds of intense emotions were raging within.
Jiang Ran thought, what a strange person.
He was so silent, and she didn't know whether he was happy or angry after hearing those words.
While hesitating, the person opposite her suddenly reached out his hands.
He held her waist and hugged her again.
Rubbing against her neck like a coquettish cat, he murmured in a cheerful and happy tone, "Jiang Ran, you’re so good to me."
Jiang Ran, you’re so good to me.
The sentence made Jiang Ran's eyes wet suddenly.
What a fool.
How was she good to him? Did she treat him well by saying some love words that had no real meaning? How could he believe her so easily? What if those words she said were to deceive his feelings?
It was just a love confession, and he foolishly told her that she was so good to him.
It turned out that it wouldn’t take much for him to regard her as being good to him.
Fool, fool.
"Yes, Si Xu, I’ll always be good to you." She pinched his cheek, and smiled softly and gently under his bright gaze. " So, you have to be good to yourself too –– for my sake, please take yourself more seriously."
Si Xu nodded with a smile and said, "Okay."
She said that he was her one and only. Since she treated him well, he would also do his best to protect her and her one and only.
……
The two of them snuggled on the sofa for a long time before Jiang Ran thought of the things to be done that day.
When the two of them went out, they met Chu Yuan patrolling with the superhuman team at the door.
"Hey, Seventh Brother."
Chu Yuan waved from a distance. He turned around and said a few words to his team members, then walked quickly to the two of them.
He glanced at Jiang Ran and smiled harmlessly. "You’re the Sister Ranran whom Gu Yunqing mentioned, right? Hello, nice to meet you. I’m Chu Yuan."
"Hello, Captain Chu."
Chu Yuan, the captain of the first superhuman team, was now the person with the highest superpower level in Xiling base apart from Si Xu, and he possessed metal-type abilities, which was the most aggressive superpower.
In the novel, Luo Rui said that Chu Yuan was Si Xu's most important right-hand man. To deal with Si Xu, the first person they had to get rid of was Chu Yuan.
However, before Luo Rui could devise a plan, Chu Yuan disappeared during a mission and never came back.
He was probably forced to disappear by the author –– he was a tool like Jiang Ranran.
"Are you going out?" Chu Yuan said, "Are you going to visit the base?"
Si Xu simply replied with one word, "Yes."
"Seventh Brother." Looking at Si Xu, Chu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, "You seem to have changed a lot today. You’re different from usual –– did you encounter anything happy?"
Si Xu had a blank expression. "Yes."
Chu Yuan was curious. "What was it?" It must have been an important matter to have changed Seventh Brother’s aura.
"Jiang Ran confessed her love to me." Si Xu had no expression on his face, but a little smug smile flashed in his eyes. "She also said I was her..."
"Si Xu!" Tugging at Si Xu's sleeve hurriedly to interrupt him, Jiang Ran blushed and whispered, "Stop talking."
This guy always acted like this... He might not be shy, but she was!
Afraid that the man would not listen, she added, "If you say it some more, I’ll never say that to you again."
Si Xu shut up obediently.
He really shut up? Seventh Brother was so obedient, tsk, tsk. Chu Yuan laughed. "Oh, it turns out to be because of Sister Ranran."
When Chu Yuan saw Jiang Ran's embarrassment, he skipped the topic. "Seventh Brother, I’ve been doing my rounds and saw that the market in the north is open. You can take Ranran there to have a look."
Without waiting for Si Xu to answer, he looked at his watch. "I'm going to continue my inspection. Sister Ranran, if you’re free tomorrow, let's have a meal together."
Jiang Ran, "Thank you."
"I'm leaving. You guys take your time. Have fun."
With Chu Yuan's reminder, Si Xu took Jiang Ran to have a look and arrived at the market in the north.
The market was open every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. All the goods at the stalls were provided by the base and traded with points.
There were a lot of people in the market, including superhumans and ordinary people. They were choosing the things they needed in front of various stalls.
Every few meters, there were superhumans from the base to maintain order.
Jiang Ran looked at the stalls one by one and stopped in front of a fruit stall. "Fruits are very expensive now, right?"
"Whether it's expensive or not depends on what you buy." The stall owner was a man in his forties who looked very kind.
Jiang Ran pointed at the apple. "This?"
"One hundred points each."
As far as she knew, each member of the civilians’ superhuman team could get ten points for completing a basic task.
"In other words, it takes ten tasks to buy one apple?" Jiang Ran murmured, "It's really a bit expensive."
The stall owner smiled and didn't respond to that.
"It's so expensive. Will anyone buy it?"
"Yes, of course." The stall owner smiled. "After the apocalypse, fruits are very precious –– every time the market opens, only the things at my stall are sold out."
Jiang Ran was even more surprised. "I see."
The two were chatting when a commotion occurred in the market.
"Shoo! Madwoman, don't squat here and block the way!"
"That's right. She's so dirty. Why can't the base throw such people out?"
"Don't go near her. Be careful, she bites people."
"How unlucky to have met a lunatic while walking in the market!"
"Is she from the slum area? Can't you guys from the superhuman team do something about her? Are you just going to let her wander around?"
"..."
Madwoman? A lunatic? Were there still such people in the base?
Jiang Ran was curious and led Si Xu to the center of the commotion.