I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 8
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 8: Sweet and Naive
After Luo Rui fled from the living room, Jiang Ran walked out slowly from the corner of the stairs.
Si Xu put away his book after he heard the movements, got up and looked at her. “You’ve woken up — do you want to eat something?”
“No need...”
“Rumble~”
Jiang Ran’s words of refusal and the sound of her stomach protesting sounded at the same time and she crinkled her face in embarrassment.
The whole team was preparing to hit the road and she was the only one who had slept until now. She didn't want to delay everyone's schedule, but her stomach couldn't stand the hunger and protested.
“Don't you want to eat?” Si Xu's tone sounded a little puzzled, but he complied with her wish. “Let's go out then.”
Jiang Ran, “...???”
Wait, wait! Did she hear something wrong? Didn't this guy hear her stomach rumbling? At a time like this, shouldn't he ignore her refusal and considerately let her eat first before leaving?
Recalling the guy's words and actions since she met him last night, Jiang Ran was suddenly stupefied.
A weird idea came to her mind. To confirm her idea, she reached out her hand and grabbed Si Xu.
The man stopped. “What's wrong?”
“Si Xu.” She looked at him and said seriously, “I'm hungry. I want to eat breakfast.”
“Oh.” The man didn't ask her why she rejected his suggestion just now or accused her of being capricious. He replied calmly, “There are hot steamed buns in the kitchen. Is that okay?”
“Sure.”
“I'll help you get...”
To confirm her guess, Jiang Ran wore a shy expression on her face and her tone was ambiguous. “No need. I don’t want to trouble you...”
“Oh, if you want to go by yourself, the kitchen is over there.”
Jiang Ran, “...”
Sure enough, this guy... When she was reading the novel, she was curious about this. Si Xu wasn’t bad-looking and he had provided for Jiang Ranran for so long without asking for anything in return, but Jiang Ranran was still full of hostility toward him –– now, it seemed that this guy was really... How should she put it? Simple? Or perhaps she should say he was insensitive to people’s moods and had no romantic cells in his body!
However, looking into the man's clear, light brown eyes which were as bright as jewels, Jiang Ran tried to hold back her laughter. She failed to do so and burst out laughing.
Oh my God, why is this man so adorable? Isn't he the kind of... sweet and naïve person that only exists in TV dramas?!
Si Xu was clueless. “Why are you laughing?”
“It's nothing.” Jiang Ran's tone returned to normal. “I have no sense of direction. Can you accompany me there?”
She was trying to sound him out, but she could guess his reply after she asked him that.
“Okay.” Sure enough, Si Xu said, “I'll accompany you there.”
Jiang Ran followed the man to the kitchen and along the way, she heard the team members they encountered greet him politely.
The words Luo Rui said just now suddenly appeared in her mind.
Luo Rui came to tell Si Xu those words to remind Si Xu of the entangled past between Jiang Ran and Xie Chengzhi. Why did she do that? To sow discord between her and Si Xu? Was that necessary? Luo Rui already had Xie Chengzhi. Why did she still do that?
“Si Xu.”
“Hmm?”
“What Luo Rui said just now — the relationship between me and Xie Chengzhi — I dated him when I was studying. Later, when the disaster broke out, we fled from Shenmu City together and met Luo Rui. After he and Luo Rui became a couple, we broke up."
“...”
Si Xu didn't say anything. Jiang Ran thought he minded her past. She raised her hand and said, “He and I had a pure relationship. We only held hands. I’m telling the truth!”
Si Xu moved his gaze to her hand emotionlessly and Jiang Ran shivered for no reason, worried that he would directly twist her arm off in the next second.
“Si Xu, I was blind back then. I don't like him at all now and I won't like him in the future!” She bit the bullet and continued to express her sincerity, “I have you now. You’re so good-looking, powerful and kind to me. I only have you in my heart now. I mean it!”
When Si Xu heard those words, he looked away and the corner of his mouth lifted in a faint smile. “Okay, I believe you.”
Huh? Jiang Ran, who was prepared to make a lengthy speech to express her loyalty, choked on her words and silently put down her hand. This man is really easy to coax. Jiang Ranran couldn't even handle such a sweet and naïve guy. It goes to show that she was really a fool.
“If you break today's promise...” She was dissing in her mind when Si Xu added, “I’ll break your legs and throw you into a pile of zombies.”
Jiang Ran, “...” Boss, stay cool. Don't be so scary. This will tarnish your image as a sweet and naïve guy!
……
After breakfast, Jiang Ran walked out of the kitchen and happened to bump into Yi Xi who was walking toward her from the opposite direction.
The woman stopped a few steps away from her, sized her up with her dark eyes and remained quiet.
Jiang Ran felt uncomfortable being stared at by her and had no choice but to strike up a conversation. “Thank you so much for last night.”
“You’re thanking me?” Yi Xi sneered and said sarcastically, “I’m not worthy of your gratitude — after all, you’re now the woman of the captain of the superhuman team at Xiling Base.”
“No...” Jiang Ran corrected her embarrassingly.
Yi Xi raised her eyebrows, lowered her voice and mocked further, “What do you mean by no? He didn't sleep with you last night?”
“Not the captain.” Jiang Ran said helplessly, “I have nothing to do with Gu Yunqing.”
“Oh, it's not Gu Yunqing but Si Xu, right? That Professor Si.” Yi Xi curled her lips in disdain. “A superhuman with space-type abilities... Hah, your taste in men has really gotten worse.”
After Yi Xi finished talking, she walked past Jiang Ran and went to the kitchen.
Looking at the woman's back, Jiang Ran felt puzzled.
The original novel didn't focus much on Yi Xi. She remembered that Yi Xi died in a zombie attack before they reached Xiling Base.
When Yi Xi was alive, she wasn’t close to the people in the team and Jiang Ranran was no exception.
However, in yesterday's situation, Yi Xi rebutted Luo Rui for her...
What was she thinking?
Unable to guess what the woman was thinking, Jiang Ran simply shook her head. Tracking Si Xu’s movements, she went to the main door to find Si Xu.
……
Finally, after personally checking the five large trucks loaded with supplies and confirming that nothing was wrong, Si Xu looked at Gu Yunqing and nodded.
Gu Yunqing waved his hand. “Get into the trucks and get ready to set off.”
He looked at Luo Rui and Xie Chengzhi who were waiting at the side and said, “Si Xu and I will lead the way. Your team will follow Deputy Captain Song Rong. Is that okay?”
Luo Rui had no objection. “Sure.”
Gu Yunqing was a superhuman with fourth-level abilities. Leading the way was a piece of cake for him. They were glad to be escorted.
After making arrangements for the team, the two of them were about to find and liaise with Song Rong when they saw Jiang Ran coming down the steps and walking this way.
The girl was wearing a pink and white down jacket, with a black cashmere blanket draped over her shoulders. Her long, straight black hair hung softly over her shoulders, making her delicate face appear only as big as a palm...
When her beautiful face came into sight, Xie Chengzhi paused in his tracks and there was a flash of surprise in his eyes –– he couldn't remember how long it had been since he saw a clean and neat Jiang Ranran.
Since they started fleeing, Jiang Ranran had been wearing dirty and tattered clothes, huddling in the corner of the team with a pale face.
He almost forgot that the girl in front of him was once the belle of their faculty — a one-in-a-million beauty.
At the thought of that, Xie Chengzhi felt a strange indignation and shame in his heart.
As Jiang Ranran's ex-boyfriend, Jiang Ranran's transformation now seemed to be a silent accusation of his incompetence –– look, your ex-girlfriend had become so glamorous after she left you!
Obviously, Jiang Ranran saw him too.
However, unlike her fervent passion for him in the past, the girl just nodded at the two of them and walked past him.
When Xie Chengzhi saw how nonchalant the girl was, the indignation and shame in his heart were instantly replaced by anger.
Xie Chengzhi clenched his fists. That woman merely relied on her body to exchange for a short period of peace. How dare she flaunt her superiority in front of him?!