I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 24
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 24: We Aren’t Familiar
While the girls were whispering, Jiang Ran was concentrating on eating.
Since the first time Si Xu fed her, he seemed to have become fond of picking food for her.
“Si Xu, just eat your food.” Jiang Ran was too full to eat more, and said in a low voice, “I'm already full.”
“You only ate this little?” Si Xu stopped moving his chopsticks. “Are today's dishes not to your liking?”
“No, I already ate a lot.” Did this guy have a misconception about the appetite of girls?
“You can eat more. You’re too skinny –– people will think I’ve mistreated you.”
Jiang Ran, “...”
When Jiang Ran saw that he still wanted to feed her, she acted decisively and brought a piece of beef to his mouth, “Ah...”
More than a dozen pairs of eyes at the table looked over at the same time.
Si Xu, “...” He opened his mouth calmly and ate the beef.
Oh, he had been serving Jiang Ran food all this while and didn’t seem to have eaten much yet. According to her own preferences, Jiang Ran picked a piece of tender potato for him.
Si Xu continued to let her feed him.
The other people at the table, “...”
Gu Yunqing tsked twice. “Si Xu, Jiang Ran, listen, can you go back to your room for dinner next time?”
Couldn’t they consider the feelings of everyone present? He was forced to separate from his girlfriend and have a long-distance relationship! There were also many single men who didn't even have a girlfriend!
“Oh.” Si Xu smiled faintly. “I don't have any objections — you can deliver the food to my room next time.”
Darn it! This guy was getting more and more shameless! Gu Yunqing snarled, “You ask Sister Ranran to get the food from the kitchen herself!”
“Oh.” Jiang Ran nodded. “Sure –– Actually, I'm pretty good at cooking. Tomorrow, I can...” Jiang Ran had followed the team for so many days, yet she didn't seem to have done anything for the team.
“No.” Si Xu interrupted her suggestion in a cold voice. “It's not necessary either.”
Jiang Ran, “Oh.”
She didn't take Si Xu's cold tone at heart and continued to pick food for Si Xu.
Gu Yunqing, “...” Why was it unnecessary? Wasn't it nice to have a girl who could cook? Look at the dishes made by these boorish men. Didn't you find them unpalatable?!
Si Xu glanced at Gu Yunqing who was winking and asked, “Are your eyes uncomfortable?”
Gu Yunqing, “...”
The man continued to eat after a sigh. He Ru noticed the interaction between the three of them. Seeing that Si Xu scolded Jiang Ran, she took the initiative to speak, “Captain Gu, Si Xu, I can also cook. Why don't you leave this kind of chore to me from now on?”
“Really?” Gu Yunqing's eyes lit up when he heard that. “Thank you then — I’m getting so sick of Xiaochen's cooking these days.”
Xiaochen, who was suddenly cued, felt aggrieved. “Captain, you’ve gone too far. Even though you’re sick of my cooking, I don’t see you do the cooking yourself!”
With Gu Yunqing's consent, He Ru immediately looked at Si Xu, wanting to know his reaction.
“What are you looking at?” Sensing Jiang Ran's absent-mindedness, Si Xu held her wrist, looking displeased.
Looking away from He Ru's disappointed face, Jiang Ran smiled softly. “Nothing.”
This He Ru was quite interesting. It seemed that since she came back with them, she had not taken her eyes off Si Xu.
Could she have taken a fancy to Si Xu?
Associating He Ru’s behavior with the scene where Luo Rui whispered to He Ru just now, Jiang Ran frowned slightly. What would Luo Rui say to He Ru? Would she instigate He Ru to seduce Si Xu?
Jiang Ran didn't expect this villain boss to be so popular. Jiang Ran looked at Si Xu. Well, his face was quite pleasing to the eye. If this guy was considerate, he would definitely attract countless young girls.
……
After the meal, He Ru consciously helped to clear the table. While she was doing so, Luo Rui came to find her and told her that she was temporarily arranged to be in the same room as Yi Xi.
Yi Xi... Looking at the tall girl standing beside Luo Rui, He Ru extended her hand in a friendly way. “Hello.”
Yi Xi didn't shake her hand and merely nodded. “Hello.”
Knowing that the girl was a superhuman, He Ru didn't get angry even though she was rebuffed.
She naturally withdrew her hand and glanced at the uncleared table. “I still have to clear the table. Or you can come and find me later, then I’ll go to the room with you...”
Hearing what she said, Xiaochen next to her quickly said, “It's okay, you and Yi Xi can go back together. You can familiarize yourself with the environment here on the way.”
Luo Rui answered, “That's good as well.” She looked at Yi Xi. “Yi Xi, after you’ve settled her down, come and find me in my room.”
“I got it.”
……
As there weren’t many girls in the team, Yi Xi and Zhou Jian stayed in the same room. However, Zhou Jian had gone for a patrol in the evening and was not back yet for the time being.
After briefly introducing the room and team to He Ru, Yi Xi went out to find Luo Rui.
After watching the girl go out, He Ru walked around the room casually, then slipped out the door quietly.
……
Except for the people keeping vigil and patrolling, there was no one else in the corridor. There was no power supply here and the corridor on the second floor was pitch black.
Yi Xi had just taken a few steps when she saw Jiang Ran coming upstairs from the living room holding a candle.
“Yi Xi?” The girl's figure looked very thin against the faint light of the candle. Jiang Ran greeted her with a gentle smile. “You’re still up.”
Since Yi Xi had eaten Jiang Ran’s milk candy, she couldn't ignore Jiang Ran existence. Hence, she nodded with a stiff face. “I'm going to find Luo Rui.”
“At this hour?” Jiang Ran said jokingly, “Maybe she’s billing and cooing with her boyfriend now. If you go now, aren't you afraid of disturbing them?”
“Luo Rui asked me to see her.” Yi Xi looked at Jiang Ran. “Aren’t you running around outside when you have a man too? It seems that Professor Si doesn’t have strong carnal desires.”
Jiang Ran choked and was rendered speechless — if she told Yi Xi that Si Xu hadn’t slept with her, would Yi Xi suspect that there was something wrong with Si Xu?
Since it was on the way, Jiang Ran and Yi Xi walked to Luo Rui's room together.
When they arrived at the door of Luo Rui's room, the door was not completely closed, leaving a small gap. However, as there was no light in the room, it was so dark that they couldn't see anything.
Yi Xi was about to knock on the door, but stopped suddenly when she heard the noises in the room.
Jiang Ran glanced at her puzzledly, took two steps closer, and heard the amorous sound of a couple making love from the gap in the door.
“No, we have to get up early tomorrow and go to town...” This soft and sweet voice belonged to Luo Rui.
Xie Chengzhi spoke, slightly out of breath, “Just once.”
“No, I'm in a bad mood today...” She was talking about her bad mood in a voice that sounded coquettish.
“Hmm? Who made my Ruirui angry?”
“Who else could it be? Of course, it’s you!”
Xie Chengzhi felt wronged. “Me? What have I done?”
“Can’t you see that it's all because of you that Yi Xi is always picking on me? She likes you!”
“Huh?” Xie Chengzhi in the room and Jiang Ran in the corridor uttered at the same time.
Yi Xi froze all over, afraid to turn and look at Jiang Ran's expression.
“You said Yi Xi likes me?” Xie Chengzhi chuckled. “Ruirui, you're scaring me!”
“Why are you scared when someone likes you?”
“Aren't you scaring me? A woman with Yi Xi's personality... I don't want to be liked by her. It's a disaster, okay?”
“How could you say that...” Luo Rui chuckled and said slowly, “But it's a fact that she likes you — she doesn’t like me because she likes you, thus she picks on me all the time...”
“Hmm...” Xie Chengzhi pondered. “If it's really because of me, I'll talk to her personally to clarify it.”
“What are you going to say?”
“I’ll tell her to give up — I only love you in my life. I won't look at other women at all.” The guy said touching words of love, “If the harmony of the team is affected because of her personal feelings, I’ll ask her to leave the team.”
“You’re so heartless...”
Luo Rui seemed to be blaming her boyfriend, but there was no anger in her voice, only a gratifying laugh.
Soon, their voices were replaced by other amorous sounds.
Jiang Ran naturally knew what the two people in the room were doing. She looked at Yi Xi awkwardly and understood why Luo Rui asked Yi Xi to come here.
Jiang Ran sighed. The heroine was the heroine indeed. She attacked her enemy without using any weapons. How smart and terrifying.
Jiang Ran was surprised that Yi Xi actually liked Xie Chengzhi. What was there to like about that kind of scumbag?
After standing with her hands down for a few seconds, Yi Xi turned around stiffly and walked downstairs step by step.
Jiang Ran hurried to catch up. “Yi Xi, now...” It was getting late. She shouldn’t go out now.
“Leave me alone!” Yi Xi lowered her voice. A choke could be heard in her frigid voice. “Stay out of my business!”
Jiang Ran stopped in her tracks and whispered, “Do you want the candle?”
“No!”
“Oh.”
After watching Yi Xi walk out of the villa, Jiang Ran turned back and walked to her room. For some reason, when she passed by the door of Luo Rui's room, she raised her hand and knocked on the door, and said in a rough voice, “Sorry to bother you, Captain Xie. Captain Gu is looking for you urgently!”
Jiang Ran ran to her room after saying that.
……
Back in the room, Jiang Ran put down the candle, patted her chest and panted.
“What's wrong?” Si Xu on the balcony put out the cigarette and walked toward her.
“Nothing.” Not wanting to mention the embarrassment just now, Jiang Ran looked at the man approaching and crinkled her nose. “Si Xu, why are you wearing so little?”
The young man had just taken a shower and was only wearing pajamas. He didn’t even have a coat on.
“You'll catch a cold if you go on the balcony dressed like this.” She held his hand while thinking. “Look, your hands are so cold.”
Cold? Si Xu tried to move his fingers. “It’s okay. I don’t feel cold.”
“But your body is cold. I’ll feel uncomfortable when you hold me.” Jiang Ran said solemnly, “I may catch a cold.”
“Oh.”
“So, in the future, you’re not allowed to wear so little when you go outside to enjoy the cold wind.”
Si Xu obediently agreed. “Okay.”
Jiang Ran was satisfied and let go of his hand. “I'm going to take a shower.”
“Hmm.”
……
Not long after Jiang Ran entered the bathroom, someone knocked on the door of the room.
Si Xu, who was hesitating whether to go out for a second cigarette, heard the knock on the door. He gave up the idea of smoking and went to open the door.
“Si Xu.” He Ru stood at the door, looked at him with bright eyes, and whispered, “I have something to talk to you about. Is it convenient for you now?”
The girl's cheeks were flushed, her smile was shy, and her voice was soft and suggestive — in the past, no man in the team could bear to reject her once she showed such an expression.
Si Xu, who didn't remember who this woman was for a while, replied blankly, “"It's not convenient.”
He Ru, “...”
Seeing that the man was about to close the door after answering, He Ru quickly retracted her smile and put on a serious expression. “It's about some special circumstances in Wuzhong City. I...”
“Oh.” Si Xu finally remembered who this woman was.
He Ru thought that he agreed. She smiled again and said, “If you don't mind, I can go into the room and talk. We...”
If she entered the room now, that woman would definitely feel resentful when she saw her — as long as the two of them quarreled, she would have more opportunities.
“For the situation in Wuzhong City, you can look for Gu Yunqing. He’s in the third room on your left.” Si Xu thought that she didn't understand the team arrangements and explained simply, “Gu Yunqing is the captain.”
“But I’m more familiar with you. You...” Why would she look for Gu Yunqing? She didn't want Gu Yunqing!
“We aren’t familiar.” Si Xu interrupted the girl impatiently with an emotionless expression. “Besides, we’re going to bed after Jiang Ran comes out from her shower.”
Just as Si Xu finished talking, a girl's embarrassed voice came from the bathroom. “Si Xu, I forgot my pajamas. Can you help me get them? Just leave them at the door, thank you.”
Si Xu, “Oh.”
The man turned around and walked into the room to find the pajamas for the girl, closing the door behind him.
With a bam, the thick door almost hit the tip of He Ru’s nose.
He Ru, “...”
