I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 89
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 89: The World You Liked
I don't know what this city originally looked like.
Jiang Ran was stunned.
Si Xu narrowed his eyes and moved his gaze from the starry sky to her.
Seeing her surprised expression, the curve of his mouth became softer, and a smile appeared in his eyes. "I’ve lived in the laboratory since I can remember. Every day, apart from the staff with different expressions, there were only iron walls and various unfamiliar machines around me. Before the disaster, I never left the laboratory because it was not allowed."
Even though he had already become a laboratory assistant when the third batch of experimental subjects arrived, in the twenty-six years before the disaster, he had never set foot outside the Xiling experimental base.
"I’ve never seen the secular world you mentioned, and I don't know whether that world is good or bad. When I was able to step out of the laboratory and see this world, it was already like this."
When he said those words, his tone was nonchalant.
He didn't know what this world was like originally. He could imagine the original prosperity and bustle of the human world by looking at the zombies roaming all over the land, the cold buildings and the desolate streets, but so what?
No matter how lively it was, it was a world he had never existed in, and he had no regrets.
"Everyone in the base said that the spread of the virus is a disaster, but to me, it makes no difference."
Just like a baby's first impression of the environment after opening his eyes, when he walked out of the laboratory, what awaited him was a living environment like the one now, full of zombies and dangers.
In his perception, this was how the world originally looked like.
"In the past, I always thought that this world was not bad." Only the strong had the say, and he happened to be the kind of person who had the absolute say.
Between the fingers, the lit cigarette burned slowly, and the scorching scarlet flame approached his skin little by little.
Si Xu threw the cigarette on the ground, crushed it with his foot, and looked at the girl standing in front of him. "Jiang Ran, if you like the way this world was before..."
The world now was neither good nor bad for him, but if in her eyes, the world in the past was better...
Feeling that his next words were important, Jiang Ran pursed her lips nervously and stared at him.
The girl stood in the night, and her hair draped over her shoulders was a little messy in the night wind.
Behind her was a cold, deserted high-rise building, and above her head was the flickering and dazzling starry sky. Standing in front of him, her slender figure looked even thinner under the night sky.
However, he knew that she would always stand here beside him and within his sight.
If you like the way the world was before.
"I'll change it to the way you like it." He smiled slightly, staring at her with eyes that were no longer cold, but gentle and affectionate. "Jiang Ran, I'll change this world to the way you originally liked it, okay?"
He asked her if it was okay.
Was it okay?
How could it be not okay? What a fool.
She flung herself into his arms and hugged him tightly. She wanted to laugh, but she burst into tears subconsciously.
After being choked with emotions for a long time, she replied with one word, "Okay."
……
Qi Yuan heard that Jiang Ran was going to spend the night in the car, so she came out to give her friend a blanket. In the end, when she reached the door, she saw two figures cuddling together in the night not far away.
The young man was leaning against the car, with his arms around the girl's waist, and his head slightly lowered.
In front of him, the girl hooked her arms around his neck and stood on tiptoe to kiss him.
Qi Yuan paused and silently retreated into the shadows behind the gate, as if she had never appeared.
……
Seeing that his fiancée came back with the blanket in her arms, Chu Yuan raised his eyebrows. "Didn't you see Jiang Ran?"
"Yes, I did." Qi Yuan said softly with flushed cheeks, "But she didn't seem to need a blanket, so I brought it back." It was enough for Ranran to have Professor Si. She didn't need a blanket, yeah.
"Oh." Without asking any more questions, Chu Yuan patted the made bed and said, "Rest well. We’ll leave for Fengyang tomorrow."
Qi Yuan put the blanket on the sofa, climbed onto the bed and got under the quilt.
Forced to share a bed with the man due to insufficient rooms, Qi Yuan quietly pulled the quilt up to cover her burning cheeks.
"Hey." Chu Yuan reached out and patted the bulging quilt helplessly. "Are you going to suffocate yourself in there?"
Qi Yuan didn't stick her head out, and a muffled voice came from under the quilt. "I'm cold."
"You’re cold?"
She vaguely heard the man mutter a few words and then fell silent. Qi Yuan was about to heave a sigh of relief when she felt the quilt behind her move and a strong arm stretched out to her. The next second, she was pulled into the man's warm embrace.
"Chu Yuan!" The moment Qi Yuan got close to him, her whole body stiffened and she struggled subconsciously, "What are you doing?"
"Aren't you cold?" Chu Yuan held down the girl's twisting body and warned, "Don't move. You're letting go of the heat that you've accumulated with great difficulty. The more you move, the colder you will be. Haven't you heard of that?"
The young man’s arm pressed on Qi Yuan’s waist. Qi Yuan couldn’t break free and was sweating all over. "I’m not cold anymore. You..."
"I'm cold." Chu Yuan muttered, "Don't move. Go to sleep now. We have to travel tomorrow."
It was clear that the man would not let go easily, so Qi Yuan had no choice but to sleep stiffly in his arms all night. When she woke up the next morning, she found that sleeping was more tiring than not sleeping.
……
Awakened by the first rays of morning light, Jiang Ran yawned and shifted out of Si Xu's arms. She sat up and stared at the morning scene outside the car window in a daze.
Having long been accustomed to the girl being sluggish for three minutes every time she woke up, Si Xu wrapped his coat around her and opened the door to get out of the car.
Some superhumans had already started packing their luggage, and they greeted Si Xu politely when they saw him.
The soft early morning sunlight was a little dazzling on Si Xu’s face. Si Xu stood there for a moment. After Chu Yuan appeared with Qi Yuan, he called out to Chu Yuan.
After asking Qi Yuan to wait in the car, Chu Yuan walked up to Si Xu and asked, "Seventh Brother, what's wrong?"
"That girl..." Si Xu said, signaling Qi Yuan with his eyes, "After you return to the base, let Shen Yao give her a checkup."
"A checkup?" Chu Yuan was stunned for a moment before he understood the meaning of Si Xu's words. The man was so moved that his eyes filled with tears. "Seventh Brother, are you willing to treat her?"
"It's not a treatment, but just a checkup." Si Xu corrected him, "If it’s human-caused amnesia, Shen Yao can treat it."
"What do you mean by human-caused?"
"Like hypnosis."
"Huh?" Chu Yuan waved his hand. "That girl isn't an important person. Who would go to the trouble of hypnotizing her? She said her amnesia was caused by a car accident. Is that human-caused?"
Si Xu replied expressionlessly, "Not really."
Chu Yuan, "..." Hey, how could a car accident not be considered human-caused? Seventh Brother, did you think you were coaxing a child?
