Chapter 5, It’s Time to Count My Contribution Points
If you go against what I said today, I will kill you.
Without a doubt about the truth of Si Xu's words, Jiang Ran nodded stiffly: She was wrong, this villain boss is really scary...
Satisfied with the girl's reaction, Si Xu looked her over, put his coat back on, and turned around: "Dinner is ready, let's go down."
Jiang Ran didn't move.
It wasn't that she wasn't hungry, but if she went down there now and saw Luo Rui and Xie Chengzhi... it would be so damn embarrassing. Furthermore, Luo Rui's henchmen would definitely give her a hard time.
She would rather starve than to have to look at other people's faces.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Seeing that she didn't move, Si Xu tilted his head and looked at her in confusion.
"I..." Jiang Ran hesitated, "I won't go down."
Looking at the girl's obviously malnourished face, Si Xu raised an eyebrow: "Why?"
"I don't want to..." Jiang Ran didn't want to lie, so she told the truth, "I don't want to cause you any trouble. I just said that Luo Rui, my former captain, and my teammates, and I don't have a good relationship. We just had a fight, and I slapped Luo Rui. If I go down now..."
"No." Interrupting the girl's explanation, the man grabbed her slender wrist and walked out.
"Hey?" No? Nothing? Jiang Ran passively took two steps, trying to break free, "Si Xu, I really..." I don't want to go down!
"I said, no." The man repeated with a slightly cold tone.
Jiang Ran was startled and shut up reflexively.
"I didn't cause any trouble to me." Feeling her sudden shudder, Si Xu patiently explained, "In this world, there are only things I don't want to do, so there is no such thing as causing trouble as you mentioned."
In other words, if he thought it was troublesome, he wouldn't have taken her down there at all.
The young man's fingers were long and strong, tightly holding her wrist. Jiang Ran couldn't break free and could only follow him downstairs.
"Besides, no matter what the situation is, you can't not eat." Si Xu continued, "It's very stupid to go against food."
Jiang Ran: “…Yeah.” Boss, you’re right, I’m superficial.
The little girl obeyed obediently and followed him with her tail drooping, looking dejected like an eggplant hit by frost.
For some reason, Si Xu suddenly felt in a good mood.
He appeared in the living room with the girls in a forceful manner. The noisy and laughing girls all showed strange expressions when they saw Jiang Ran.
Well, there are no girls in Gu Yunqing’s special ability team, so these girls are from another team.
Out of his instinctive awareness of the environment, Si Xu simply glanced at the girls, roughly knowing the types and levels of their abilities, and then took Jiang Ran by the hand and walked around them.
"Wait, Jiang Ranran." Zhou Jian didn't expect Jiang Ran to appear here. He raised his hand to stop Jiang Ran, "I have something to ask you."
The girl stretched out her hand to block between her and Si Xu, and Jiang Ran was forced to stop.
Si Xu turned around, frowned slightly, and did not let go of the girl's wrist.
Jiang Ran originally wanted to hear what Zhou Jian had to say, but the hand holding her wrist suddenly exerted force, and Jiang Ran staggered two steps uncontrollably, just in time to be pulled into the young man's arms.
"What do you want to say?" Si Xu put his arm around Jiang Ran's shoulders and asked for her, "Go ahead."
Zhou Jian: “…” She stared blankly at the young man’s chiseled face, feeling a little bewildered.
What was going on? When did Jiang Ranran become so familiar with Professor Si?
Facing Si Xu's emotionless light brown eyes, Zhou Jian moved his mouth but no sound came out.
"If you're fine, let's go in first." After Si Xu finished speaking, he pulled Jiang Ran away.
Jiang Ran, who was unable to utter a single word the entire time, said: "..."
After taking a few steps, he whispered, "Si Xu, thank you."
If she guessed correctly, Zhou Jian must have come to call for justice for Luo Rui. If it were the Jiang Ranran of the past, she might have just swallowed her anger and let it go, but if it were her, she would probably start another argument.
The curve of Si Xu's mouth became more obvious, and he snorted softly: "I don't like impolite people." He suddenly rushed out and stood between the two of them. He was in a good mood today, so he didn't bother with her.
Oh, so he looks happy every time she says thank you.
Hmm, I suddenly feel that this villain boss is a little cute. What’s going on?
Watching the two of them walk into the restaurant, Zhou Jian murmured, "Why is Jiang Ranran with Professor Si..."
I didn't know much about Professor Si. I only heard from Gu Yunqing that he seemed to be a space-based psychic with no combat capabilities. I think he was accompanying the team as a logistics officer. But even if he wasn't a powerful figure, he was still someone ordinary people like Jiang Ranran couldn't match... The key point was, she locked the back door. How did Jiang Ranran get in?
Zhou Jian decided to go to the back door himself to see if someone had opened the back door and let Jiang Ranran in.
…
After waiting in the restaurant for a while, Luo Rui and Gu Yunqing came in together. I don't know what Gu Yunqing said to Luo Rui, but when the girl looked at her again, her eyes became very strange.
"Ranran, I didn't expect that you and Professor Si are so destined to be together..." The girl sat down opposite her and smiled softly, "Since you like it, I have no objection to your choice."
"Hmm?" Not understanding what she suddenly said, Jiang Ran looked at Gu Yunqing in confusion, then at Luo Rui.
"Everyone." Xie Chengzhi was leading his men to inspect the area around the small western-style building when Luo Rui, acting as the deputy team leader, spoke up. "Come over here. I have something to announce."
There were not many people in their team to begin with, and they quickly gathered together after hearing Luo Rui's words.
"Captain Gu just talked to me, and I just found out that Professor Si really likes our Ranran." Luo Rui put on a parent's attitude and smiled gently, "Since Professor Si likes her, then Ranran will follow Professor Si from now on."
Just like trading goods, Jiang Ran was sold to Si Xu with just two sentences.
"Ranran, you'll be with Captain Gu and the others from now on. That'll give you some protection." Luo Rui sighed. "I was originally worried that our team had too few psychics and wasn't strong enough to protect you. If something like today happened again, you'd be sad, and I'd be sad too... Don't you agree?"
She was threatening her - if she didn't agree, the same ending as today would be waiting for her.
Jiang Ran narrowed his eyes and looked at Luo Rui.
Indeed, in today's world, ordinary people without awakened superpowers and no powerful background are like commodities to superpowers, freely bought and sold. Even if they oppose it, it will only lead to more cruel treatment.
Luo Rui's words clearly meant to use Jiang Ran to exchange benefits with Gu Yunqing, but the people in the team didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
Thinking that he could finally get rid of Jiang Ran's entanglement, and compared with the obviously talented Xie Chengzhi, what use could Si Xu, a mere space-related mutant, be?
Having finally completely crushed the girl, Luo Rui was in high spirits, her tone becoming softer. "Ranran, although you won't be part of our team anymore, we will be going to Xiling Base with Captain Gu. If you have any problems along the way, you can always come back to me..."
"No thanks." I thought the girl would be angry and object - of course, if she showed her displeasure and angered Gu Yunqing, she would not help her out - but unexpectedly, Jiang Ran just responded calmly, "I know what you mean."
“…”
"Luo Rui, didn't you just sell me off to get some benefits for yourself? Just sell me off. Don't act like you're reluctant to let me go—it's disgusting to hear you say it, and even more disgusting to hear me."
Luo Rui: “…”
"Oh, right, there's one more thing." Jiang Ran said slowly, choking Luo Rui. "Since selling me can benefit the team, should that count as my contribution points?"
(End of this chapter)
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