Pretending To Be A Boss

Tang Xian's days became increasingly leisurely.

It was the second day of the hunting festival at noon.

Not long after Bai Mansheng left, Tang Xian began to plant some vegetable seeds and casually started to build a trellis.

Originally, these tasks were meant for Dong Ran, as lazy girls who just want to eat are not pleasing; he had to find some work for her.

But Dong Ran, along with Qiao Shanshan, seemed to be stuck with Li Xiaoyu and couldn't get away.

He wondered if Qiao Shanshan was resenting not participating in the hunting festival.

He particularly cared about this since after all, he was a good team leader who took his team members' feelings to heart.

Tang Xian predicted that a major event would soon occur on the mining area's battlefield.

Many forces would leave the scene early.

But what he didn't expect was that in the following days, his tree house and yard would also become very lively.

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Fortress Thirty-Nine.

Qiao Shanshan didn't blame Tang Xian for not participating in the hunting festival.

She even felt that not participating was the right thing to do.

Compared to fighting in the mining area, it was indeed more comfortable to spend lavishly at the three-story shopping street with the Li family's shopping card.

It wasn't only men who liked rich women; Qiao Shanshan once again praised Li Xiaoyu for her generosity.

However, tonight she would have to be with Dong Ran, as this morning, Li Xiaoyu sent someone with a message saying she was feeling unwell.

She asked Dong Ran to take Qiao Shanshan around to properly explore Fortress Thirty-Nine.

They were even given a temporary two-day pass, during which Qiao Shanshan and Dong Ran had their privileges extended to the fifth level.

They could almost visit any place in the fortress, and if they found the banquet at the gymnasium boring, they could have fun elsewhere.
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Qiao Shanshan was somewhat worried about Li Xiaoyu, and as a doctor, she wanted to help.

But being unable to enter the sixth level of the Li family, she could only pray that the young girl would be all right and recover quickly.

Li Xiaoyu was not sick at all.

She was in her room, fiddling with some items stolen by Eve.

In the great hall of the Li residence, Song Gengzhao was chatting with his father about the matters of the two families' marriage alliance, as well as topics related to the hunting festival.

In Li Xiaoyu's eyes, it was all exceedingly boring.

With a long seven days having passed only one night, she planned to do something interesting.

To prevent being disturbed by boring people, these past few days she had indeed put in some effort to ensure that Qiao Shanshan and Dong Ran were well settled, happy, and couldn't care less about home.

In front of Li Xiaoyu lay a portable teleportation rift.

Eve's eyes carried a warning.

"Miss, if you must go, please let your subordinates accompany you. If something were to happen to you…"

Li Xiaoyu disregarded the caution, only confirming one detail before asking,

"This is indeed Qiao Shanshan and Dong Ran's portable teleportation rift?"

"Without a doubt."

Li Xiaoyu nodded and said,

"Then there's no need to worry about me. I have my own measure. You can leave now; I don't want anyone to follow."

Eve reluctantly withdrew.

Li Xiaoyu gazed at the portable teleportation rift, her expression complex.

Li Xiaoyu had actually heard about Tang Xian's tree house in the mining area from Shang Lu before.

It happened when she asked Shang Lu for some exotic fruits like kiwis, grapefruits, and papayas, and the honestly dutiful Shang Lu confessed,

"Eating these fruits does nothing; you have to act."

Luckily, Shang Lu was not where the Shang family's prosperity ended, the family line continuing without a hitch.

Li Xiaoyu knew the kind of person Shang Lu was.

He was the sort who would feel a girl asking him to see a movie was hampering his science, wishing to spend all his skill points on scientific research.

Such a person couldn't make such a slick comment, so she didn't blame Shang Lu.

After inquiring, she found out it had been relayed by Tang Xian.

She also learned that Tang Xian had acquired a house in the tree sea.

Li Xiaoyu could hardly imagine someone settling in the tree sea, but if that person was Tang Xian, it seemed to make sense.

Li Xiaoyu had not been invited by Tang Xian before, so she did not go.

But half a month ago, Tang Xian finally extended an invitation to her.

Her heart stirred wildly at the thought.

A dual-talent like herself wasn't really a big deal in the mining area, and Li Xiaoyu knew that going there at that time was dangerous.

While most felt empowered entering the mining area, Li Xiaoyu felt that upon entering, she became ordinary and insignificant.

But looking at the idiotic dances, the boring shopping trips, or accompanying the guests from the Song family, it was truly uninteresting.

She had been to the mining area no more than ten times, and usually returned quickly.

Because she didn't like the mining area, only this time it was different; there was someone she liked there.

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Tulin, the northern edge.

Strictly speaking, this place was no longer part of Tulin; it was considered to be within the tree sea.

The temperate climate was already somewhat hot in the summer. Intense combat left people parched and fatigued. Everything looked slightly distorted under the high temperatures.

As a contemporary swordsman, Gong Kun rose to power in the mining area not solely due to his talent but also by leveraging some long-lost sword techniques.

Coupled with the finest swords from the House of Daedalus, he seldom encountered enemies.

And the team he led had always been Fortress Fifty-One's secret weapon.

It was a special team.

It was evident in the fact that the entire team lacked a medic, a decidedly reckless formation of six swordsmen.

Every opponent they met could sense this team's strong offensive mentality.

Every member of the team was a skilled swordsman, originating from an ancient sword doctrine, the Swordsmanship.

Each member was once a renowned and noisy swordsman.