Chapter 185, The Final Struggle
As long as I am here.
The man's answer was very confident, with a bit of indifference and indifference as if he was looking down on ants.
Jiang Ran smiled, hugged him tightly, and rubbed her cheek against his back gently.
"Si Xu, if it weren't for me, wouldn't you have twisted those people into a knot long ago?"
That’s right.
If he hadn't taken the little girl's fragile heart into consideration, the grass on the graves of those who kept provoking him would have been three meters high.
Afraid the little girl would overthink things, Si Xu concentrated on washing the vegetables and replied softly, "Not really—teaching people a lesson depends on my mood."
He has been in a good mood recently and has become more tolerant of those idiots. He is too lazy to teach them a lesson one by one.
"Si Xu, if one day you feel that there is no need to tolerate it, you can do whatever you want without worrying about me."
"Hmm?" He let her go and play. It had only been a few days, so why did she seem to have no interest? "Tired of playing?"
Sure enough, he thought she was playing! Jiang Ran laughed muffledly and continued to rub his back.
"I've had enough fun." But suddenly I realized that I wasn't as powerful as I thought. "Si Xu, if you hadn't scared those people this time, I would definitely be in the dungeon now."
Was she blaming herself for this? After washing the peeled potatoes and placing them on a plate, Si Xu washed his hands and dried them with a towel. He turned around, put his hands on the girl's waist, and hugged her tighter.
The fit of their bodies gradually calmed the girl's frustrated heart.
"Jiang Ran, you're wrong." With the important person in his arms, Si Xu's eyes were filled with a gentle smile, without any trace of the sarcasm he had shown towards Shen Youyou. "They plotted against you because you're mine."
If Jiang Ran was not Si Xu's woman, she would not have to face the current conspiracy and intrigue.
"Jiang Ran." He lowered his head, touched her cheek with his lips, and chuckled, "Will you regret it?"
Regret? How could that be!
The hot breath fell on her cheek, and Jiang Ran's cheek began to heat up uncontrollably. Her voice unconsciously lowered two degrees: "...I don't regret it."
The girl whined and blushed before she could say anything - the self-blaming girl was much softer than usual, not at all as aggressive as she was when they first started dating.
A low laugh escaped, Si Xu stopped and squinted at her.
Jiang Ran, feeling a little dazed by his presence, subconsciously looked up: "Si Xu?"
Everything went dark.
Si Xu covered her eyes with one hand, and his thin lips stopped at her cheek, brushed across her nose, and gently bit her lips.
…
The living room was quiet. Shen Youyou looked around and made sure that Si Xu would not be back for the time being. She tiptoed to the window.
Just as I was about to push open the window and jump out, a strong smell of food came from the kitchen.
Shen Youyou paused, looked back at the kitchen, silently withdrew his hand, and squatted back on the ground.
Jiang Ran moved quickly. She fried two dishes and asked Si Xu to bring them out first. After cleaning the kitchen, she filled three bowls of rice and left the kitchen.
The girl did not call Shen Youyou to eat as usual.
She sat down at the table and called Si Xu: "Let's eat. I haven't eaten anything since noon. I'm starving."
After dinner, Si Xu was in charge of serving food to the girls: "Eat more, you are too thin."
"I've gained almost ten pounds since returning to the base," Jiang Ran gestured. "I secretly weighed myself when I first arrived at the base. I weighed 86 pounds then, and now I weigh 95."
"Really?" Si Xu was still not satisfied, "You can still grow a little more flesh."
Otherwise... he wouldn't dare to use any force.
Not knowing what the man was thinking, Jiang Ran followed his words: "Oh - but at my current rate of growth, I'll be able to break through 100 soon."
"That's not necessarily true—you were too thin before, so it's normal for you to gain some weight now."
Feeling comforted, Jiang Ran immediately put down his chopsticks and replaced them with a small spoon.
After eating half a bowl of rice, I feel already 70% full.
Only then did she turn her attention to the little girl squatting in the corner of the living room.
The little girl opened her big eyes and looked eagerly in their direction, her mouth slightly open, with crystal clear... saliva hanging from the corners of her mouth.
It really looks like a stray dog wandering outside an orphanage waiting to be fed.
Those dogs were obviously starving and skinny, but when they saw someone coming to feed them, they would just wag their tails around that person and would never snatch food from the feeder.
Even with a bit of wildness, he is still very well behaved.
"Youyou." Jiang Ran wiped his mouth with a tissue and reached out, "Come here."
They haven't figured out what the whole thing is, but one thing is beyond doubt - Shen Youyou cooperated with Shen Lang to plot against her.
It would be a lie to say I'm not angry.
How could she not be angry? She thought she had taken good care of the little girl, tried her best to please her, and tried hard to help her adapt to the life of an ordinary person... She thought she treated her differently, just like she treated Chen Bai.
In this situation, Jiang Ran couldn't help but doubt his own thoughts.
For Shen Youyou, is there really someone who is different?
After getting her consent, the little girl immediately got up, ran to her and looked up at her.
"Youyou." Jiang Ran touched the little girl's head and said softly, "Why did you take me to the North Gate?"
The little girl blinked and didn't answer.
"Did Shen Lang order this?"
The little girl nodded without hesitation.
"Were all the things you said a lie to me?"
Nodded again.
"Did he also order me to be knocked unconscious and testify against you?"
Still nodded.
Jiang Ran smiled helplessly: "Youyou, if Chen Lang still asks you to testify against me later, will you still listen to him?"
Without hesitation, he nodded.
He showed no regret or guilt, and answered without hesitation.
After getting the answer, Jiang Ran finally understood what Si Xu meant by "no heart", and also understood where Si Xu's hostility towards her came from.
Jiang Ran didn't embarrass the little girl. He smiled slightly and pulled a chair over: "You haven't eaten yet, let's eat first."
She pushed the extra bowl of rice in front of the girl.
The little girl picked up the chopsticks and picked up the bowl to eat rice.
Leaving her to eat outside, Jiang Ran pulled Si Xu to the study.
"Si Xu, it seems that Youyou's approach is not going to work." She wanted to persuade Youyou to turn against her, but unfortunately, the physical conditions did not allow it.
"Si Xu, I'm sorry." Speaking of Shen Youyou, Jiang Ran apologized to Si Xu softly, "I shouldn't compare you with Youyou."
"Hmph." An apology was equal to recognition, and Si Xu felt a little proud. "I told you long ago that I'm different from that puppet."
Shen Youyou has no heart - this is not an exaggeration or a hostile personal attack, but just a statement of fact.
As a puppet of the Shen family, she has no human emotions, she doesn't get angry, she doesn't get happy - her actions look like a newborn baby learning and growing, but in fact, it's just her ability to imitate external objects.
She has no sense of right and wrong, and cannot make choices or judgments - for her, all she needs to do is absolutely obey the orders of the Creator.
Just like a robot.
"Thinking about it this way, second brother is really amazing." After understanding Shen Youyou's inner core, Jiang Ran gave sincere praise to Shen Bai's choice.
Knowing her identity, Shen Bai wanted to give her human emotions and life.
"Amazing?" Si Xu disagreed with her point of view. "He's just struggling fruitlessly for his own little bit of guilt."
(End of this chapter)
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