I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 94
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 94: You Had A Really Special Interest
In the end, after Jiang Ran promised to plant five plum trees for Si Xu when they returned to the base, he temporarily gave up on the idea of taking away the plum tree in the Jiang family’s garden.
"Why do you want to take it back?" Jiang Ran hooked his finger and gently shook it. "Si Xu, don't you hate Jiang Yize?"
If you hated Jiang Yize, shouldn't you also hate everything related to Jiang Yize?
Just like the anger and disgust he showed after he knew her identity not long ago.
"I just think that plum blossoms are beautiful." Not wanting to dwell on this question, Si Xu made up an answer. "I like beautiful things."
"Yeah." Jiang Ran replied narcissistically, "Therefore, you like me."
"..."
"Si Xu, you’re so superficial. You only care about looks." Jiang Ran muttered, "Fortunately, Jiang Ranran has a pretty face, otherwise you..."
She suddenly paused and glared at Si Xu. "Si Xu, if the person I transmigrated into wasn't Jiang Ranran, would you not like me anymore?"
Si Xu thought about it seriously and asked, "Wouldn’t I?"
Jiang Ran, "..."
The sudden heartache made her let go of the man's hand and cover her chest. "My heart doesn’t feel well. Stay away from me."
As expected, Si Xu liked her face, which was Jiang Ranran’s face, not Jiang Ran’s –– sigh, she felt so sad and depressed.
"Jiang Ran." Si Xu caught up with the girl and touched her forehead. "Are you feeling unwell? Are you sick?"
"I'm not sick. Don't talk nonsense. Humph."
Thinking about it, Jiang Ran felt aggrieved. She emphasized angrily, "Si Xu, let me tell you, if you didn't have such looks, I wouldn't like you either."
"Hmm?" Si Xu was puzzled. "But it’s a fact that I’m good-looking. Jiang Ran, your assumption doesn’t exist."
Jiang Ran, "..." She felt even more depressed.
Feeling annoyed, Jiang Ran gritted her teeth and said, "Si Xu, if I transmigrate back to my own body one day, will you still like Jiang Ranran?"
"Transmigrate back?" Thinking of what she said about transmigration, Si Xu fell into deep thought. "After you go back, will you come back again?"
"I don't know." Jiang Ran said honestly, "I don't know why I transmigrated here, and I don't know if I’ll go back –– listen, if I go back, you aren’t allowed to like Jiang Ranran, okay? Jiang Ranran doesn't like you at all. She likes Xie Chengzhi. I’m being serious. Only I like you..."
"Jiang Ran." Interrupting the girl's mumbling, Si Xu looked into her eyes and said slowly, "You said that you transmigrated here because Jiang Ranran fell into the lake and lost consciousness. If you go back, I’ll kill Jiang Ranran."
Jiang Ran, "...What if you kill her and I can't return here? What are you going to do?"
"I’ll freeze her body and wait for you to come back," he answered matter-of-factly.
Jiang Ran was unusually persistent. "What if I can't come back here again?"
"It's okay, I can keep her body frozen." Until you came back.
Jiang Ran, "..." Dude, you had a really special interest.
After dissing in her heart, Jiang Ran couldn't help but smile at the man's serious expression. "Si Xu."
"Hmm?"
"I won't transmigrate back to my original time." After saying that, she felt that her words were too absolute. "Even if I do, I’ll definitely come back."
It was because I promised you that I would watch over you all my life.
"Yeah." The corners of the man’s tightly pursed lips curved slightly. Despite receiving her promise, he still felt uneasy. "It's best that you don’t go back." What if she went back and couldn't come back?
He suddenly thought of a possibility. "Jiang Ran, if it's just a different time and space..."
As he had never tried it before, he didn't say the subsequent words immediately.
–– If it was just a different time and space, after you left, perhaps I could still find you across space.
……
After separating from the team in the suburbs of Fengyang City, Chu Yuan drove Qi Yuan to the residential area where Qi Yuan's family lived.
There was no need for maps or navigation because Chu Yuan knew every street and alley in Fengyang City clearly. Chu Yuan accurately bypassed the places where the zombies gathered.
He was familiar with this place, even more familiar than herself after she lost her memory.
Qi Yuan stared at him for a moment, then turned to look out the window.
She hadn’t returned here since the disaster.
The once bustling streets were now full of the living dead. The moving corpses couldn’t add any vitality to the city.
"This city is slowly dying." The girl murmured, "Does it still have a chance to be alive again, Chu Yuan?"
The gray and decayed buildings flashed past his sight quickly. Chu Yuan looked ahead intently. Hearing this, he did not answer immediately, but asked, "Do you still remember every detail of your life in this city?"
She lost her memory four years ago. After that, she should have gone to another city to study at a university. What memories did she have of this city?
"I remember." Qi Yuan pointed to the river bank in the distance. "In April, the flowers on the river bank would bloom. There would be many photography enthusiasts taking pictures there. During the days when I was hospitalized after the car accident, one of my favorite things to do was to look down at those people from the window of the ward."
"I see."
"Chu Yuan, I'm actually very lucky –– the car accident didn't take my life, and when I woke up, it was spring and flowers were blooming."
She was a completely different person from him. He had discovered that long ago when he fell in love with her.
The world that the girl saw was colorful, whereas he could only see the gray side.
"Qi Yuan."
After she looked at him, Chu Yuan smiled softly. "As long as there are still people alive, this city will definitely come back to life."
"Yes, that day will definitely come."
"Yeah."
After receiving a positive answer, Qi Yuan smiled expectantly. "I hope I can wait until the day it wakes up."
……
The road was blocked by a scrapped car. Chu Yuan abandoned the car and took Qi Yuan across the street and into the residential area where the Qi family lived.
There were not many zombies in the residential area because it was a high-end villa area. They spotted two zombies whose heads were then chopped off by Chu Yuan.
Arriving at the Qi family's villa, Chu Yuan put away the metal blade and looked at the girl next to him. "Qi Yuan, you're home."
You’re home.
These three simple words made the girl's eyes red instantly.
The familiar villa stood alone on the side of the lawn. The dilapidated gate was covered with a thick layer of dust. With a little force applied, it would make a creaking sound as if it could not bear the weight.
Qi Yuan pushed open the door of the villa. It was quiet and empty inside.
"When the disaster happened, my parents happened to come to school to see me. We didn't awaken any superpowers, and to protect me, they were both killed alive by zombies..." The girl looked at the ruined villa that had obviously been looted, and whispered, "Chu Yuan, you hate my father, right?"
Chu Yuan was not surprised that she asked this question.
The girl was sensitive, and he didn't expect to keep the feud between the Qi and Chu families a secret from her forever.
Even if he didn't tell her, she would remember it when her memory recovered.
"Qi Yuan." Having made a decision in his heart, Chu Yuan took his fiancée to the second floor of the villa. "I'll take you to your room. Maybe it can help you remember something."
"..."
"If you can't remember anything, I'll tell you everything that happened."