I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 93
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 93: Keeping The Secret
Late at night, when Jiang Ran was half asleep, she felt the person hugging her carefully let go, got up and left the room.
As the footsteps faded away, Jiang Ran opened her eyes, and tiptoed to the door of the room. When she saw Si Xu enter the study, she did not follow him directly.
"If I let him go alone, will he tear down the study?" Si Xu must have gone to the study now to look for the information that Qin Huai couldn’t find. "We had agreed to look for it together tomorrow, but he's acting so sneaky. Is there something he doesn't want me to know?"
The more she thought about it, the more curious she became. Jiang Ran was just about to go out and take a look when she heard footsteps coming out of the study.
She quickly ran back to the bed, and covered herself with the quilt. She closed her eyes, and pretended nothing had happened.
…
Not realizing that the girl was still awake, Si Xu quietly got under the quilt. He waited until the coldness around him dissipated before he reached out and hugged the girl again.
Did he come back empty-handed? Or did he not find what he was looking for?
Jiang Ran opened her eyes slightly and moved her body upwards.
"Don't move." The man tightened his grip on her waist and said vaguely, "Are you awake?"
"I wasn’t asleep." Jiang Ran poked his chest after her little movement was detected. "What did you do just now?"
"I went to find something."
"Information?"
"No."
"Then were you..." Looking for something in the Jiang family's study? What could make Si Xu go to the study in the middle of the night?
"It's nothing important. Go to sleep."
"Oh." Thinking that since he had worked with Jiang Yize for so long, and Jiang Yize might have some special instructions, Jiang Ran did not continue to probe. "Good night, Si Xu."
…
Good night...
"Ranran~ Ranran~"
After her first dream memory, Jiang Ran was already immune to this voice. Without opening her eyes, she knew who was calling her.
"Jiang Ran, wake up!" The boy yelled impatiently and started to lift the quilt directly. "My aunt and uncle have been waiting for you downstairs for a long time. Get up quickly!"
"I don't want to get up..." The little girl turned over, hugged the quilt, and refused to let go. "Shen Yang, stop disturbing me. Let me sleep for ten more minutes."
"You still want to sleep? You slept all morning, and have slept for another two hours. Are you the reincarnation of a koala?" The boy pulled her. "Get up! Come on! It's snowing outside. Don't you want to get up and take a look?"
It was snowing? The little girl jumped up. With her hair messy, she got out of bed and ran to the window to look out.
"Wow, it's really snowing?" The little girl opened her eyes wide and stared at the flying snowflakes for a moment. When the boy took the slippers and put them at her feet, she slipped into the slippers and grabbed the boy's hand. "Cousin, is Xiaobai coming back with my dad this time?"
"What Xiaobai? That's your second cousin." The boy grabbed her collar and threw her into the cloakroom. "Xiaobai has to go to cram school and can't come over. Change your clothes by yourself. Your aunt has gone to pick up your uncle. You change your clothes and come downstairs by yourself."
“Oh.”
Jiang Ran followed the little girl as she changed her clothes and went downstairs.
At the entrance of the living room, the man who had just entered shook off the snow on his body, took off his coat and handed it to his wife. After the two whispered something, the man leaned over and kissed his lover on the forehead.
The little girl raised her hands to cover her eyes and let out a long "eh", attracting both of them to look at her.
When the man saw the little girl leaning over the stair railing and looking down, he smiled and called her name, "Ranran."
The little girl ran downstairs and stopped in front of the man. "Dad, welcome back. You’ve worked hard."
"Girl, why are you so sweet all of a sudden?" The man laughed and rubbed the top of the little girl's head. "Do you miss Daddy?"
The little girl mumbled, "Not really..."
The man, "..." He showed a sad expression. "Ranran doesn't miss Daddy at all?"
The little girl said with a sour look, "Dad, your expression is so ugly..."
The man, “…” This time he was dealt with a complete blow.
After listening to the father and daughter talking about their disdain for each other, the woman who had hung up the man’s coat leaned over and picked up the little girl. However, she said to the man, "The plum blossoms in the garden have bloomed —
did the child like the plum blossoms you brought to him last time?"
At the mention of the child, the happy smile on the man's face disappeared.
He pursed his lips and said bitterly, "He liked them — although he doesn't know what love is yet."
"Oh." The little girl raised her hand. "What about the White Rabbit candies that I gave him? Did he like them?"
Looking at his daughter's tender little face, the man curled his lips and said softly, "He liked them very much and asked me to say thank you to you."
"That's good." The little girl said seriously, "No one in this world can resist the charm of White Rabbit candies."
"Haha, you're just trying to find an excuse to eat candies, little girl."
"Humph, that’s not true."
Unlike the short dream last time, this time, time passed in the dream all night until the man left the next day.
"Ranran, Daddy has to go to work. Ranran has to be good at home, okay?"
"Okay."
"Don't fight with your brother, okay?"
"I didn't fight with my brother."
"Yes, you just beat him up."
"..."
You must be good, you mustn’t fight with your brother, and you mustn’t beat him up...
After Jiang Ran woke up from her dream, the man's instructions were still echoing in her mind, giving her a headache.
However, compared to having a headache, she finally remembered something very important.
…
Under the plum tree, Si Xu felt the other end of the shovel come into contact with a hard object, so his movements became gentle. He cleared the soil around the iron box.
Jiang Ran squatted at the side, watching the iron box gradually reveal its original appearance. She clenched her fists to root for Si Xu. "Be careful, Si Xu. Don't break it.”
"Yeah." He threw the shovel aside, took out the iron box and put it at the side. Si Xu looked at the keyhole on the box and said, "IA key is needed."
"Here." Jiang Ran handed him the key. "I got this key back from Luo Rui — now that I think about it, I'm really smart."
In her dream, she saw Jiang Yize burying the box here and then giving the key to Shen Muxin.
"I've made some small designs with this thing. If you force it open with brute force, the strong acid on the top of the box will destroy all the information — this is the only key, please keep it safe."
"Yize, why did you give me this...?"
"If in the future... if that thing really leaks out of the laboratory in the future, remember, take this key to Dongchao City and find a person named Si Nian. She will know what to do next."
"But..."
"This is the only way to protect you — Mumu, based on myself alone, there’s no way to stop their plan, so... the only thing I can do is to protect you and Ranran."
Even in her dream, she could feel the sadness and determination of the man when he said those words.
At that time, Shen Muxin took the key — in this case, how could she possibly commit suicide?
That woman had obviously mentally prepared herself to take over her husband's role in guarding the secret, so how could she possibly commit suicide for love?
…
As Jiang Ran expected, the box contained all the information related to the virus — all the research results of Jiang Yize, both published and yet to be published.
After Si Xu read it once, he packed it in a document bag and stuffed it into his own space.
His gaze lingered on the plum blossom tree for a long time.
Jiang Ran stopped walking back to the house in puzzlement. "Si Xu?"
What was wrong… with the plum blossom tree?
"Jiang Ran, do you like plum blossoms?"
"...I’m not particularly fond of them." Jiang Ran said truthfully, "Actually, I don't have a favorite flower."
"Is that so?" There was some regret in his tone. "Jiang Ran, don't you think plum blossoms are beautiful?"
Beautiful?
He couldn’t... possibly want to stuff the plum tree into his space and take it away with him, right?