Pretending To Be A Boss

The most critical aspect was that the girls here all had sharp eyes, capable of recognizing that the suit was the handiwork of the Golden Scissors Award winner. It wasn't something money alone could buy, and sitting beside the sons of the top three families, he was surely a person of noble status.

As such, the girls had a new target.

"Sir, may I have the honor of dancing with you?" The practice of women inviting men to dance was less common in ancient times.

But in this era, it was quite normal, and not as many people found extreme male or female dominance repulsive.

A social system like the Pyramid had people inherently accepting the rules of enslaving others and being enslaved by others.

Tang Xian shook his head and said,

"I don't know how to dance."

"I can teach you," the girl from the eleventh fortress persisted, where the ruling lord was a woman, and where girls were mostly passionate and unrestrained.

"Oh, then do you know how to dance 'The Eagle's Call', the eighth set of radio calisthenics?"

"What?" The girl was taken aback.

"It seems you don't. That's a pity."

Tang Xian dismissed the girl.

But soon, another girl approached.

"You look a lot like my boyfriend, may I dance with you?" This girl was even bolder than the last.

Tang Xian touched his face and said,

"Is that so, it seems my face must be misplaced."

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This girl was directly blocked and sent back.

Song Que knew the reason why Tang Xian didn't dance. But Li Zheng knew that although his sister liked Tang Xian, Tang Xian didn't really like his sister that much.

The three men most favored by the girls sat and chatted leisurely, with neither Li Zheng nor Song Que saying much.

Especially Li Zheng, who had noticed his sister Li Xiaoyu's gaze starting to drift in this direction.

He had a bad feeling.

After all, in his eyes, Tang Xian might actually accept the invitations from these girls.

He watched Eve bow and listen as Li Xiaoyu said something, pen in hand, taking notes.

Li Zheng then guessed that his silly sister was probably up to some shocking behavior again.

Some of these girls were business elites, others were daughters of industry magnates, and some were members of fortress ruling families.

All were of high worth, but Li Zheng knew that when his sister got hot-headed, she was capable of buying out these families, elites, and magnates in one go.

And this was not something she hadn't done before.

Like the incident when Tang Xian cheated, didn't she directly spend a huge sum of money to buy off the teachers' futures?

Luckily, Tang Xian had declined them all.

Having declined, there probably wouldn't be a big problem.

Li Zheng broke into cold sweat.

…

…

As time ticked away, Li Xiaoyu watched as girl after girl got turned down by Tang Xian. She felt a bit pleased but still had a faint sense of loss.

The crowd on the dance floor slowly dwindled.

Tang Xiaojiu returned to Dong Ran and Qiao Shanshan, with a full belly, almost spherical in shape.

Gradually, men led women away, or women led men away.

Before long, Song Que was called away by Song Gengzhao, and Li Zheng was called away by Li Wanye.

Before leaving, Li Xiaonian approached Li Xiaoyu and said,

"Sister, the ball seems to be losing its charm, shall we leave together?"

"No need, you go ahead… be careful."

Li Xiaonian was stunned; it was the first time he heard Li Xiaoyu speak to him with such a gentle tone.

"Then I will leave first." Li Xiaonian left happily.

Li Xiaoyu continued to watch the slowly emptying ballroom.

When Dong Ran and Qiao Shanshan left, Tang Xian also took the full and satisfied Tang Xiaojiu with him and left.

Now, only a few scattered people remained in the ballroom, discussing business, wrapping up their conversations.

After a while, these individuals also gradually departed, leaving behind a disheveled mess from what had been a grand ball.

Only the cold lights still shone on the empty dance floor.

It was then that Li Xiaoyu let her gaze fall on the dance floor. Her delicate features still showed no expression.

Recalling the bright smiles and elegant steps of the men and women before, a trace of wistfulness finally appeared in Li Xiaoyu's eyes.

Fortunately, she did not know how to dance the social dance, so she couldn't truly consider it a missed opportunity, could she?

That's what Li Xiaoyu thought to herself.

But when Dong Ran told her that Tang Xian would attend the ball, despite not daring to hope too much, she still spent an afternoon learning to dance.

She was graceful and intelligent, but she just couldn't learn it. After all, the social dance wasn't something one could practice alone.

However, Li Xiaoyu had made peace with this. Many things in life aren't necessarily usable just because you attempt to learn them.

It was just like the time she played chess with Tang Xian not long ago.

So perhaps not learning was actually a good thing.

The ballroom was now quite empty.

The Li family's ball, held on the brink of Li Xiaoyu's departure, naturally didn't see the staff and service personnel leave.

But now, only Eve and Li Xiaoyu were left at the site.

"Let's go back, Eve."

"Alright. Should I have someone pick you up?"

"No, I'd like to walk back."

Li Xiaoyu remembered the last time she was in the forest, it had started to rain. In fact, that was the first time she ever experienced a pouring rain. It was the first time she realized that the world outside the fortress could change so much.

She then discovered that she was probably like those fortresses, devoid of seasons, day and night, clear or cloudy skies, and without rain or snow.