Pretending To Be A Boss

Tang Xian understood this kind of distress.

As a member of the Li family, Dong Ran had always known since childhood that she only needed absolute obedience and belief, and never had to question anything.

This girl was quite foolish, possessing a rare form of blind loyalty.

This quality could not necessarily be said to be good, but those who possessed it definitely didn't have bad intentions.

However, for Dong Ran, Tang Xian was largely a friend.

"Why?"

"Because I would not hurt you. As we live, we always have our unspeakable difficulties, sometimes for ourselves and sometimes for others, and we cannot always tell the truth. Qing JiuYu and Bai Mansheng are not human. If one day I am no longer human, perhaps I would tell them the true nature of humanity."

"How could you not be human?"

"Just an example."

"What if one day, they became your friends and then went to war with humans? What would you do, Tang?"

Tang Xian smiled and said,

"Isn't what I'm doing now trying to prevent that? Although Bai Mansheng and Qing JiuYu are beasts, they understand human nature. Eventually, they will become as real to you as to countless others. What I am doing is to try to get them to accept humanity."

Tang Xian paused, then smiled and said,

"At least, I am not the only one who has had lunch with a calamity-level boss, am I?"

Dong Ran nodded, realizing it was indeed so.

But she always felt that with Tang running between both sides in the future, some chaos might ensue.

She couldn't figure out why, just curiously asked,

"But Tang, what if one day, the humans and the beasts you're familiar with are bound to go to war? Whom would you help?"

Tang Xian looked at Dong Ran.

He probably understood it was a question that had crept out of a woman's intuition.

He did not brush it off, but seriously pondered the question for a long time before slowly saying,

"I suppose... I would help humans."

Tang Xian realized he actually couldn't come up with an answer immediately.

He furrowed his brows slightly and then shook his head.

Dong Ran did not continue to ask. She felt she was just being fanciful.

Some even worse ideas had popped into her head.

Tang Xian, witnessing Dong Ran's pensive expression, felt it did not fit her style.

"Remember this, people don't hate lies, but lies that can be found out."

Dong Ran was even more puzzled and simply stopped thinking about it, nodding and saying,

"Right, before coming to the mining area, Miss Li reminded me to tell you to attend the ball on the third floor. It seems to be the closing banquet of the Hunting Festival."

"A ball?"

Tang Xian thought back. Li Xiaoyu hadn't said anything about it last time, he figured she had either seen the disaster-level Soul Crystal or had forgotten because of something he said.

"Yes, the hunters from various fortresses, along with the emissaries, will leave the day after the banquet," said Dong Ran.

Tang Xian more or less understood and asked,

"Will all the hunters who participated in the Hunting Festival attend?"

"Yes."

"When will it be?"

"Tomorrow night. Are you going?"

"I will. There are a few people I want to meet."

"Then I will go back and report to Miss Li first. She will be very happy."

Tang Xian nodded, and Dong Ran went off to prepare.

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...

The next day. Akasi and Tang Suoye stayed in the mining area as they didn't like overly crowded places.

Tang Xian left with Tang Xiaojiu and Qiao Shanshan.

Upon returning to the residence, Qiao Shanshan planned to take Tang Xiaojiu to her villa on the third floor.

However, before leaving, she looked at Tang Xian and suddenly remembered something important.

"To attend the ball, you need to change your clothes. With that outfit from the lower levels, no girl would want to dance with you," said Qiao Shanshan.

Tang Xian replied,

"With Li Xiaoyu there, no girl would dance with me no matter what I wear."

Qiao Shanshan seemed to think of something.

From some information Dong Ran had previously leaked, and from Miss Li's enthusiasm towards her, she suddenly understood.

She looked at Tang Xian in disbelief.

"What are you looking at me for?"

"I don't think you're particularly handsome, so how come Qing JiuYu, Bai Mansheng, and Miss Li are all quite fond of you? I think even Dong Ran believes in you a lot."

Qiao Shanshan found it incredible.

Tang Xian seriously considered it for a moment. He couldn't see his own status panel, and the mirror wouldn't show his charm value.

So he couldn't be sure whether he was indeed handsome.

Women look in the mirror and always feel they aren't beautiful enough. Men look in the mirror and usually think they look handsomer.

Of course, reality is often cruel.

Tang Xian felt that any evaluation of his looks could probably be gleaned only from Liu Lang's previous teasing.

"The owner of the smithy is called Liu Lang, a rather handsome guy, known as Jin Chengwu of the thirty-nine fortresses. It's said his ancestors had similar honorary titles, like Chen Guanxi of Baichuan City. He thinks I'm quite handsome too, fit to be called Chen Guanxi of the thirty-nine fortresses. But that might be an insult, considering that young Chen Guanxi turns into old Zhao Benshan. Stay updated through empire

Assuming I'm still young, I must be pretty handsome."

Qiao Shanshan didn't recognize these names and said,

"Shameless. No matter how handsome you are, if you go up in those clothes, you might not even be allowed in the door. No matter how poor a man is, he should have at least one suit of his own. It doesn't need to be expensive, but it must fit well and look proper."

Tang Xian nodded, agreeing with Qiao Shanshan, although he had never done so before.