I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 35
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 35: Stop Trying To Hit On Him
If He Ru tried to run away, Jiang Ran would shoot her.
Without doubting Jiang Ran's words, He Ru suppressed her fear and restrained her thoughts of running away and calling for help.
"Very good. Just stand still like this and don't move," Jiang Ran said, still pointing the gun at her. Then, she took several steps back.
Sensing the girl's intention, He Ru's legs trembled uncontrollably and she stammered, "What-what are you going to do? Jiang Ranran, are you going to kill me?"
"Of course not," Jiang Ran smiled harmlessly and said softly, "If I wanted to kill you, I would have just shot you."
Yes, you didn't want to kill me, you just wanted to torture me! He Ru withheld the words that were almost blurted out – she was at the other party’s mercy after all.
Half a year of living in her former team made her deeply understand this truth, so when the girl's gun was pointed at her, she did not dare to say anything to provoke her.
"He Ru, stand there and don't move." Jiang Ran held the gun in a standard posture, which was specially instructed by Si Xu. She squinted and smiled, her voice mingling with the wind and snow, "Since you pushed me into the river, in return, I’ll fire a shot – if it misses, you’ll be fine. If it hits you, just consider yourself unlucky."
"You! Didn't you say you won't kill me?!"
"Indeed, I won't kill you." Jiang Ran said innocently, "If you were just hit in the arm or leg, you wouldn't die – look, I didn't die even when I fell from such a high bridge into the river."
"..."
Before He Ru could say anything, she showed a troubled expression again, and added, "Oh, by the way, if my hand shakes when I shoot and I accidentally hit your heart or head... that's okay as well. You’ll die soon anyway. It won’t hurt for a long time."
"Jiang Ranran!"
"Hey, don't be so agitated. Your body will shake when you’re agitated, and I can't aim properly. If I can't aim properly, you’ll suffer in the end. Don't you agree?"
When He Ru saw Jiang Ran's finger slowly pull the trigger, she didn't dare to move again.
She tried to stay calm, but facing the black muzzle and remembering what Jiang Ran said, her body shook uncontrollably.
Even if Jiang Ran didn't kill her, she would injure her arms or legs – no team would be willing to take in a disabled ordinary person, even if she was beautiful.
The more she thought about it, the more desperate she became. However, Jiang Ran kept adjusting the angle and refused to shoot.
As time passed, He Ru bit her lips and watched the muzzle of her gun move back and forth on her chest, arms, and legs. She couldn't help but picture the image of herself injured in her mind – her blood was flowing, and there was no one willing to help her. The zombies got a whiff of her blood. They swarmed her and chewed on her...
She would rather be shot to death than suffer that fate!
Just as she was thinking about that, the black muzzle suddenly moved to the center of her eyebrows. Not understanding the meaning of Jiang Ran's action, He Ru was filled with fear and subconsciously widened her eyes.
"Bang!"
A gunshot rang out, and the bullet grazed the girl's cheek, leaving a trail of blood.
"Ahhh!"
The girl's scream was louder than the gunshot.
Well, it seemed that the threat was effective. She specifically asked Si Xu for a gun without a silencer just for this purpose.
Ignoring the screaming girl who fell to the ground with her eyes closed, Jiang Ran turned the gun in her hand, and greeted Song Rong and company who came after hearing the gunshot with a smile.
"Captain Song, I'm sorry. My gun went off."
Looking at Jiang Ran, who was smiling, and then at He Ru, who was still screaming on the ground, Song Rong's mouth twitched twice but he didn't say anything.
Her gun went off? Did she really think he was that gullible? However, since Jiang Ran had confronted He Ru, it was obvious that He Ru had something to do with Jiang Ran falling into the river.
"Hey." He knelt down and patted He Ru on the shoulder. Seeing that she was still screaming with her eyes closed, Jiang Ran grabbed a handful of snow and shoved it onto her face.
The girl's screams stopped abruptly.
She looked up at Jiang Ran blankly.
Good, she wasn’t scared witless. Not bad, not bad. Jiang Ran lowered her eyes and looked at her. With the tone of an elder educating the younger generation, she said earnestly, "Don't covet something that doesn't belong to you, okay? If you dare to have designs on him again, I’ll shoot you six times with a gun, then throw you into a group of zombies – do you understand?"
He Ru nodded hurriedly.
"Sigh, what a lovely face," Jiang Ran sighed after getting He Ru’s response, and she patted He Ru’s face with the gun. Under the girl's confused and horrified gaze, she gently wiped away the blood that kept oozing out of her cheek. "What a pity, a scar will be left."
Jiang Ran said this, and He Ru felt the pain on her face belatedly.
Was she disfigured? This woman ruined her face which she was proud of! She actually ruined her face which she was proud of!
Her dull gaze fell on the girl's blood-stained fingertips, and she fainted.
"Captain Song." It was getting late. Jiang Ran stood up and smiled angelically. "He Ru has been scared by me. I’ll have to trouble you to find someone to help her into the building."
Song Rong signaled at the team member beside him. The team member immediately stepped over and picked up He Ru who was lying on the ground.
This woman almost caused him to lose his life. At the thought of that, Song Rong spoke in a harsh tone, "Send her back to her room."
Watching He Ru leave, Jiang Ran reminded her again, "Remember what I just said."
……
The snow was falling heavily and the wind was brisk. Jiang Ran wrapped her coat tighter around herself and walked through the deep snow to the door of the villa.
"Why don't you tell Seventh Brother?" Su Qin sat with her legs crossed under the eaves, eating melon seeds. "If you tell Seventh Brother, Seventh Brother will definitely seek revenge for you."
"There's no need to trouble him if I can solve the problem."
"Solve the problem?" Su Qin shook her head. "Her face is disfigured. I'm afraid she’ll hate you even more."
"Then let her hate me." Jiang Ran shrugged indifferently. "If I were tricked twice by someone, I would only blame myself if I died."
He Ru was able to plot against her entirely because she was unprepared at the time. It also didn’t occur to her that people could be so sinister – when she was trying to save He Ru, she was so cruel as to try and kill her.
"Haha." Su Qin changed her sitting position, ignoring the strong wind from the north, and stared at Jiang Ran with her attractive eyes. "Jiang Ran, it’s not a good habit to be kind to the enemy."
"I know." Jiang Ran walked up the steps, and stopped next to her. "But I have to correct you."
"What?"
"I wasn’t kind to her." Letting He Ru die a swift death would have been kind to her instead – He Ru was proud, selfish, and extremely egoistic. The best punishment for a person like her would be to destroy the thing she was most proud of, and see her struggle helplessly, having to bow to her.
"If she can make it to Xiling Base alive, I think it’ll only be the beginning of her punishment."
Although she didn't know exactly what kind of life ordinary people in the base lived, she could probably guess it.
She wondered if that proud and narcissistic woman could put her pride aside to find a way out?
Understanding the meaning of her words, Su Qin raised an eyebrow, took out a handful of melon seeds from her pocket and handed them to her. "Milk-scented ones – I was collecting supplies yesterday and found that they were about to expire, so I grabbed two bags of them. I could eat them and kill time for today."
Jiang Ran shook her head, "No, thanks."
"You really don’t want them?"
"Yeah." Jiang Ran muttered, "I'll get heaty after eating these."
Su Qin, "...How pitiful."
After staying under the eaves for a few minutes, Jiang Ran felt that her cheeks were blown numb by the wind.
She covered her face with her hands and said vaguely, "Captain Su, I'm going in."
"Just call me Qin." Su Qin stood up and stretched herself. "Do you know how to play cards? Do you know how to play Fighting the Landlord?"
"...No."
"Bullfighting?"
"...No."
"...Running Fast?"
"...I don't know how to play cards."
Su Qin sighed. "Then I can only find Song Rong and the others to play with me – you and Seventh Brother are a perfect match. Seventh Brother isn’t interested in such young people's entertainment activities at all."
Jiang Ran asked the doubt lingering in her mind. "Why do you call him Seventh Brother?"
"Oh, Chu Yuan called him that at first." Su Qin said, "Wei Yage always used to call him Brother Si Xu. Chu Yuan felt disgusted by that, so he called Si Xu Seventh Brother. We simply followed suit."
"Wei Yage?" Jiang Ran had some impression of this name.
The captain of the sixth team of the superhuman team was originally a loyal follower of Si Xu. However, she was persuaded by Luo Rui during the final encirclement and suppression operation and defected to the Shen family, becoming the main combat force of the Shen family.
Not liking that woman, Su Qin curled her lips. "She’s the captain of the sixth team, the queen in the eyes of the men in the superhuman team. She’s very popular in the base – speaking of which, you have to be careful when you arrive at the base. That fellow is also Si Xu's fangirl."
Jiang Ran sneered. "Fangirl... hah."
That woman could be said to be the key to Luo Rui's victory – because she was also from the laboratory, the other members of the superhuman team did not guard against her. Thus, they were defeated by her one by one – it could be said that most of Si Xu's combat power was lost in her hands.
She achieved victory simply by taking advantage of her companions' trust, yet she was praised by the orthodox people – how hypocritical and disgusting.
"Since I can’t get the man, no one else can." This was the reason why Wei Yage chose to join Luo Rui's team. It might sound cool, but when Jiang Ran read that part, she felt that this woman had a twisted outlook on life and values.
Although Si Xu wasn’t an orthodox person, he gave the most protection and indulgence to his comrades who came from the laboratory.
When that woman, who was protected by Si Xu in the laboratory and at the beginning of the apocalypse, saw that her pursuit was hopeless, she betrayed Si Xu mercilessly. She was innately selfish, yet she pushed the blame on "love" – love wouldn’t want to take the blame.
When Jiang Ran was reading the novel, she merely felt that Wei Yage’s views were wrong. But now, Jiang Ran felt her anger rising.
"She'd better not fall into my hands..."
Without hearing clearly what Jiang Ran muttered, Su Qin patted her on the shoulder and sympathized with her. "In short, if you stay with Seventh Brother, your future will be full of dangers."
"No." Jiang Ran gave a cold smile. "Si Xu will not allow that to happen."
After knowing Si Xu for so many days, she could be sure of one thing. That guy was protective of those around him. And now, she was precisely the one he wanted to protect.
……
Si Xu was away, so Jiang Ran had nothing to do. On her way back to her room, she was blocked by Zhou Jian at the stairs.
"Jiang Ran." The girl had a righteous expression on her face and looked at Jiang Ran as if she were some heinous sinner. "Why did you bully Ruru?"
"..." Jiang Ran glanced at her with a look that implied that she was an idiot. Jiang Ran was planning to go around her.
"Don't go!" Zhou Jian grabbed her arm and said angrily, "Do you think you can just bully your fellow mates by following Professor Si? Even Professor Si can't be so unreasonable!"
"Zhou Jian." Jiang Ran had a headache from this stupid woman’s ranting. Jiang Ran said helplessly, "You came to me to ask for an explanation. Does He Ru know?"
He Ru didn't know, but the girl who thought she did nothing wrong straightened her back. "Of course Ruru didn't know. She fainted upon returning to the room."
"Since He Ru didn't say anything, why did you jump out and bark in such a hurry? I just want to say – it's none of your business." Jiang Ran shook off the girl. Before she spoke, Jiang Ran replied impatiently, "Zhou Jian, listen carefully, I always have a clear conscience when doing things – you can ask He Ru what she did when she wakes up..."
"She was so frightened that she fainted. How would she dare to tell the truth?"
"Huh?" What kind of weirdo was this girl?
"Jiang Ran, let me tell you." Thinking that she was speechless, Zhou Jian said even louder, "I have really tolerated you for a long time – Ruirui treats you so well. It's bad enough that you shamelessly pestered her boyfriend, but you even slapped her! Our team protected you all the way, but what did you do? You didn’t even want to plead for Jiang Yu! Ruru didn’t do anything... ah!"
The woman’s yelling was interrupted by an exclamation.
Su Qin, who was leaning against the door with her arms folded and listening to the ruckus, looked up and saw Zhou Jian rolling down the stairs to the corner.
People with superpowers had a better physical condition than that of ordinary people. Zhou Jian was not seriously injured when she rolled down, but the pain from the impact prevented her from getting up immediately.
Jiang Ran, who was standing at the top of the stairs, looked at her condescendingly. "Since you can't understand human language, it's more effective to take action."
