Pretending To Be A Boss

"Remember, this is the only time. If Yu dies in the future, I'll hate myself for the rest of my life, and the same goes for you."

Li Xiaonian looked at Li Zheng in surprise, naturally understanding the underlying meaning of his words.

However, although Li Zheng had agreed, he wasn't as joyful as Li Xiaonian; he couldn't muster any happiness.

"You siblings are both crazy. Listen well, in three days, I'll come to see you again, and then I'll expose you. Be prepared to face severe punishment from father, and at the same time, prepare your defense."

"What defense?"
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"Prove to father that you can do better in the family business than your sister!"

"I understand!"

Li Zheng said, "That's not all. I promised you, but it doesn't mean I'm not worried about Yu's life and death. I want her to live. So next, I'll have someone release Dong Ran, Qiao Shanshan, but you'll have to take the blame when the time comes."

Li Xiaonian, confused and feeling wronged, asked:

"Why me?"

"If it wasn't for you letting your sister go and convincing me, would I do such a foolish thing?" Li Zheng said irritably, looking at Li Xiaonian.

"Well... it does make some sense!"

"The matter of Tang Xian at the Forest Sea base has already been found out by father through the coordinates of Qiao Shanshan and Dong Ran's transfer fissure; it's no longer a secret now. I guess your sister also anticipated this. She might not go to the Forest Sea. But sooner or later, she will. Before that, I need to find a way to dispatch away the patrol forces in the Forest Sea."

Li Zheng looked at Li Xiaonian again, speaking further.

Once bitten, twice shy, the younger brother immediately took the initiative and said:

"I understand, that's also on me."

"Good that you understand."

Li Xiaonian realized he still wasn't on par with his older brother, who thought of every aspect more meticulously once he decided to do something.

For instance, he had neglected that the Forest Sea had already been occupied by the Li family, yet he still gave his sister Dong Ran's transfer fissure coordinates.

Li Zheng continued:

"Akasi and Tang Suoye, only when Yu is with them can I trust that she is safe, but both of them have disappeared. Considering that the Forest Sea is surrounded by the Li family's people, they won't show up. Once I withdraw the Li family's forces and release Qiao Shanshan and Dong Ran, Akasi and Tang Suoye should return to the Forest Sea."

"Are they very powerful?"

"Team mates chosen by the Eden devil-child, the two girls are probably cheerleaders, but Akasi and Tang Suoye, they are genuinely on a monstrous level."

"Okay..."

"Lastly, I previously leaked some information to your sister, she definitely won't ignore it, portable transfer fissures are temporarily banned for everyone. Only a few people can use them, and even if they do, there will be a positioning feedback.

She is human, will return every seven days, and she will definitely find someone to help with this trouble, but it might not be someone from Fortress Thirty-nine. The most likely ones who can do this..."

Li Zheng vaguely thought of the Song Family, but since he wasn't sure, he didn't say it out loud.

"Nevermind, Yu is not any dumber than the two of us, so I can't be bothered to think about it, but I will reduce the visa inspection strength for entering and leaving the fortress in these few days."

"I understand, I'll take the fall!" Li Xiaonian was even more proactive this time.

"Very good, you're teachable."

The two brothers then discussed many more details, the goal being to ensure that Li Xiaoyu had the lowest possible chance of encountering pursuit in the mining area, and to increase her chances of encountering the Shengtang team.

After roughly ten minutes, the two had drawn up a rough plan.

Li Zheng was ready to leave. Just as he was walking out, he turned back and scrutinized Li Xiaonian carefully, saying word by word:

"The Li family has two sons and one daughter, not two daughters and one son. Remember that."

"I remember... thank you, big brother."

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...

This major incident that began with the sudden disappearance of someone and shook the world was gradually subsiding.

About three days later, in the evening, everyone in the Li family compound could feel Li Wanye's unbearable wrath.

Even from a distance, one could hear the lord's roar of fury as he smashed his cup.

The Li family's servants didn't know what had happened, only seeing the usually unambitious Third Young Master kneeling outside the lord's study, stubbornly refusing to get up.

And nobody dared to persuade him.

In these three days, the outside world was finally slowly digesting the matter of the apocalypse creatures' intrusion.

But within the Li household, unrest began again.

On the sixth day, the third son, who almost ruined his knees from kneeling, finally fainted and was taken to the hospital on the fourth floor.

The servants also heard some rumors.

It turned out that the Third Young Master took advantage of his position and released some of the people who were still under interrogation.

Using the lord's authority to do so.

Those who were released were not easily recaptured.

That could have been overlooked, as those people, even though detained, were being well provided for in the Li household.

The lord would naturally release them after a while anyway.

But then the Third Young Master did more ludicrous things.

For example, he relaxed the visa policy, which might bring some confusion between Fortress Thirty-nine and other fortresses.

There were also some baseless rumors, such as the third son withdrawing some of the Li family's forces from the mining area, recalling these troops for very absurd reasons, and sending them elsewhere.

And that the third son wanted to compete with the eldest son and the second daughter for power. To take over the second daughter's business.

These rumors seemed like they were deliberately spread by someone. After a while, it was as if they were deliberately squashed. Nobody talked about them anymore.