Pretending To Be A Boss

He did not have a longstanding acquaintance with Tang Xian.

But whether it was Yu Xiaozhe, Shang Lu, or Ke Ye, or Tang Xian's friends from the lower levels, when they learned of this news, none had as intense a reaction as Song Que.

The friendships in this world pay attention to compatibility.

Some friends need a long time to adjust before they can trust each other, while some hit it off immediately, cherishing the kindred spirit.

In Tang Xian's eyes, Song Que was just so, and in Song Que's eyes, Tang Xian was the same.

He stared at the various reports on the screen.

After learning the ins and outs of the entire incident, Song Que's expression became more conflicted than ever before.

In an instant, that voice in his mind began to emit a sneaking smile and whisper:

"Isn't he supposed to be the hero of this world? He's the true savior who saved all the fortress hunters! Look at what's become of him, all his achievements denied, his very existence defined as a monster. His friends, all treated as dangers to the world, enduring injustice!"

It was only after a long while that the voice slowly faded away, and Song Que gradually recovered, his back already soaked with sweat.

He recalled the conversation he had with Tang Xian at the party the night before.

"You feel disappointed with some of the rules of this world. This feeling of disappointment will slowly turn to loathing, and loathing, hostility, among other emotions, will become nourishment for that voice in your mind."

"But should I let myself gradually accept these rules?"

"That's the answer you need to find. This is an almost insoluble problem left by the Joker."

Should he let the anger and disappointment towards unfair rules consume him, or become numb, and gradually adapt to such rules like everyone else?

He finally understood why Tang Xian said this problem was insoluble.

Because no matter what he chose, he would change, for the worse.

Either become someone he hated, or become a madman.

Song Que stared blankly at the mirror. The face in the mirror was full of fatigue, unease, anxiety, anger, and questioning.

He suddenly felt amazement; when had his face shown so many emotions?

Song Que tried to smile, but this smile lacked its usual silliness and seemed weird and twisted instead.

Just like a mask.

He suddenly thought of something.

He found some paper and pen and began to doodle.

As an absolute human genius, Song Que had remarkable skills in every field he had studied.

Drawing was exceedingly simple for him.

A white paper quickly depicted a mask with a bizarre smile.

He looked engrossed at the mask in the drawing, his mind flickering with numerous thoughts.

He seemed to sense an answer to avoid his downfall.

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Fortress Thirty-Nine, one week after the apocalypse creature invasion.

The Li family estate was now under strict guard, and all personnel related to Tang Xian were detained in the second layer's interrogation room.

But Li Wanye knew that many among these people were talented.

He showed an attitude of significant importance, yet he did not wish to aggrieve these people.

As he said before, he tried to be as fair as possible to them.

Later, he transferred these people to the sixth layer of the Li family estate, making sure they were well settled.

No one had any objections to Li Wanye's approach.

Even Liu Lang and those from the lower layers could feel the cautious attitude of this lord.

Being imprisoned turned into house arrest, which was the most humane treatment Li Wanye could offer.

The courtyard where Li Xiaoyu was located had the strictest guards.

During these days of confinement, Li Xiaoyu had been unable to leave or talk to anyone.

Some information from the outside world was personally disclosed to Li Xiaoyu by Li Zheng.

Officially, Li Wanye did not allow anyone to approach Li Xiaoyu. But throughout the week, Li Zheng still saw Li Xiaoyu several times, and Li Xiaonian had also visited once; as sons of the Li family, the servants always found it difficult to stop them. Enjoy exclusive chapters from My Virtual Library Empire

Li Wanye turned a blind eye to this.

The courtyard gate slowly opened,

Li Zheng brushed aside a group of people behind him and whispered in the courtyard:

"Later, when father asks, Yu, you know what to say. It's better to get out sooner."

Li Xiaoyu nodded. She had been waiting for Li Wanye to summon her.

Li Zheng was still somewhat concerned, afraid his sister would say something foolish when the time came.

He ended with a final reminder:

"Pretend that person is dead. That's better for everyone. He's been gone to the mining area for a week now. This week, every teleport station's checkpoints were manned, and the places where portable teleport fissures were used were patrolled around the clock."

"The nerves of the entire federation are tense right now, everyone's movements into and out of the mining area are being recorded, and new laws have been urgently enacted to strictly forbid the trading of teleport fissures, with all portable teleport fissures being temporarily suspended. Tracking within the fortress has been activated."

"Dad is probably going to talk to you about your marriage. Just go along with him."

Li Zheng said a lot, and Li Xiaoyu calmly agreed to everything.

"Marriage is a major event in life; maybe you won't be satisfied, but dad will definitely not wrong you. Today might also be a very important day in your life."

Li Xiaoyu smiled faintly.

Li Zheng found that he rarely saw his sister with such a smile; it was quite beautiful.

Completely different from the usual appearance of discontent, it was as if she had become a different person.

"A very important day in my life? Hmm… That's what I think too."

"It's good that you think so. Let's go."