Pretending To Be A Boss

Eve was somewhat astonished. Although she hadn't used all her strength, surely she should have felt her wrist beginning to exert force, right?

She tried to increase her strength.

Li Xiaoyu noticed the expressions of the two and was somewhat surprised. Why did it feel like Tang Xian hadn't exerted much effort, but Eve had already started to exert herself?

Was this an act?

Li Xiaoyu said, "No holding back."

Eve's expression looked even more serious

But inside, she felt bitter, she truly wasn't holding back.

Yet the person opposite her was immovable, as if fused with the surrounding environment, becoming a part of it, feeling like she was trying to move a mountain.

Tang Xian also realized this wasn't an act; it seemed that his opponent's strength was completely cut off by him.

He relaxed.

It seemed his worries were entirely unfounded.

Still, should he win or not? After thinking it over, Tang Xian slowly, evenly, with a serious face, let himself lose.

The people watching from a distance felt Tang Xian wasn't too bad; he didn't lose too one-sidedly and even struggled a few times.

Only Eve's expression was more complex. She glanced at Tang Xian, thinking about the questions he'd asked, wondering if he could be from the Evolution Zone?

She hadn't won at all, but it was Tang Xian who had let her win.

Tang Xian nodded and said, "I lost. There's one last thing I'd like to ask of you."

Li Xiaoyu looked at Eve, then at Tang Xian, a flicker of confusion in her eyes. Eve didn't say anything at the moment; this sort of thing was for reporting in private later.

Li Xiaoyu asked,

"You've asked me to do so many things, but you don't seem to care about my affairs."

"These matters are actually related. I need to assemble my team first before I can go kill that calamity-level boss creature."

"What is it? Tell me."

"Help me apply for a temporary visa. I need to go to Fortress Number Two."

Tang Xian's statement was ever shocking, and Li Xiaoyu's curiosity grew.

However, Tang Xian's thoughts were always unpredictable. He felt that whatever he could say, he naturally would say.

Staring at Tang Xian, Tang Xian indeed began to explain, saying,

"I'm mainly going there to find someone."

"A man."

After saying this, Tang Xian added.

"I can bring him here," Li Xiaoyu said.

"The Li family probably doesn't have that much sway," Tang Xian felt the conversation had gone far enough.

As he got up, Li Xiaoyu wasn't happy.

"Sit down!"

"Alright, have someone prepare the procedures for transferring fortresses tonight. Thank you. I won't make you do a losing business, but I can't tell you the reward just yet. There are some things I can't guarantee. However, it will definitely be of great help to the Li family."

Li Xiaoyu did trust Tang Xian, yet she still felt something was off.

"You're not planning to take down the Evolution Zone, are you?" Li Xiaoyu casually asked.

Tang Xian nodded and said,

"You guessed it right. I plan to go alone, charging into the second layer of the fortress and take down the military fortress level of the Evolution Zone."

Li Xiaoyu felt somewhat reassured, naturally taking Tang Xian's words as a joke, but she also picked up on some key points that Tang Xian mentioned.

"Fine."

"Pleasure doing business, I'll take my leave." Tang Xian turned to leave.

"Wait! Why are you in such a hurry to go!" Li Xiaoyu called out to Tang Xian.

"Is there something else?" Tang Xian asked.

Li Xiaoyu waved her hand, and Eve and the surrounding guards began to clear the area.

Before long, the tea shop was left with just Tang Xian and Li Xiaoyu.

With a dignified look, she said,

"This is my phone number."

"Is that all? You could just have let me call you," Tang Xian really did make a direct call.

Li Xiaoyu felt secretly annoyed and said,

"My... other contact details are also in there."

Tang Xian's phone vibrated.

Upon opening it, he discovered it was actually WeChat.

The WeChat ID was just Li Xiaoyu. He glanced at Li Xiaoyu, and she nodded in acknowledgment.

"Was all this really necessary just to add WeChat? It's like you're making it seem as if you're trying to get aggressive with me," Tang Xian casually remarked.

"If you like this vibe, it's not off the table."

"..."

This time it was Tang Xian's turn to be at a loss for words.

He said, "It's common not to use your real name on Weixin. Maybe you could change your name."

"I don't have a nickname."

"Haven't run into trouble?"

"I have. Some boring people added me, asking if I was so desperate for money that I was waiting to bump into the Li family's second daughter," Li Xiaoyu said.

Tang Xian could relate, having recently encountered a tea-seller heiress who claimed to be friends with Li Xiaoyu.

"What happened after? Did you block these people?" Tang Xian was surprised that a person like Li Xiaoyu would engage with lower-tier social entertainment apps.

"My brother took some people and chopped them down along the internet cables."

"..."

Tang Xian was at a loss for words.

In the fortress, network control was very strict, and real-name verification made people more cautious about talking big online. However, netizens hadn't realized this and were stuck in ancient habits. They bluffed without knowing that all their data was being recorded.

There's no real freedom inside the Pyramid.

"If you... need anything later, you can contact me through this," Li Xiaoyu thought it over and seemed a bit embarrassed.

She couldn't say that, besides work, no one really called her.

Not to mention social entertainment apps, where even as the youngest generation, she found herself unable to fit into the lives of the common folk on the third and fourth layers.

Earlier on, Li Xiaoyu had looked down on Tang Xian for choosing to live with the barbarians on the lower levels rather than move up to higher tiers.

But as she monitored his movements, with her subordinates reporting back to her, Li Xiaoyu began to envy Tang Xian.

He always had friends.

It wasn't the same for herself.

It seemed like she didn't need friends, nor were there many who would want to be her friend. Once people from the student or working classes knew her identity, it was difficult to maintain the previous rhythm of conversation; they would become obsequious.

So she had no friends, but plenty of dogs.

Like Luo.

Tang Xian nodded his head but didn't try to guess what was on Li Xiaoyu's mind at the moment. Although they had interacted more frequently these days, it was strictly business.

"Next time your 'bestie' tries to sell tea leaves, I'll introduce you," Tang Xian joked with a reference that Li Xiaoyu wouldn't understand.

He guessed that Li Xiaoyu found out his Weixin ID by pressuring Shang Lu, considering it an occupational hazard. He would bring Shang Lu a gift next time.

Tang Xian turned and left.

This time Li Xiaoyu didn't stop him.

She felt somewhat happy.

But her happiness lasted only a few seconds before her expression turned stern again.

Li Xiaoyu quickly left.

On her way back, she pondered over Tang Xian's words.

Thinking that Tang Xian wasn't someone to pry without reason, she concluded that his visit to Fortress No. 2 must be related to the Evolution Zone.

With both Fortress No. 1 and Fortress No. 2 under the control of major families, she couldn't place too many of her own informants there.

So she was somewhat worried about Tang Xian.

"Help me find out about Qiao Shanshan, all the information, from birth to now," Li Xiaoyu ordered in the private channel.

"Yes," Eve replied.

"How's Tang Xian's arm strength when you arm wrestled him?"

Eve lowered her head and said:

"I am incompetent, Mr. Tang's strength is indeed rare..."

Li Xiaoyu fell silent. It was apparent that Eve appeared to win only in appearance.

She looked puzzled.

She had Tang Xian's medical reports from his sixth school year to last year. To put it bluntly, she had seen every bone in that man's body.

Eve's body was monstrously strong.

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Even though Tang Xian had called her an idiot, it was only Tang Xian who did so. Li Xiaoyu's mind was sharp.

After some thought, she came to a conclusion.

If even she hadn't noticed that Tang Xian was disguising himself, then it was even less likely for others to realize. His display of true strength in front of her meant, it was a form of trust.

"Don't speak of this matter to anyone else," she said.

"Yes."