Pretending To Be A Boss

Tang Jikede limped back to his seat, hobbling on his foot.

What came next should have been the most romantic moment for Bai Mansheng.

Exchanging wedding rings, saying to each other those words of eternal loyalty and dependence, then kissing amidst the calls.

Such scenes are common, but very few ever grow tired of them.

As a couple recites their vows, everyone is a little swept up in the dream of love.

But it was clear neither Shang Lu nor Zhong Xiuxiu excelled in such talk.

They might have said something like "May the dopamine you release at the sight of me always be as it was at first," to express a love that feels as it did at first sight.

So this was a very boring part.

And after what Tang Xian had said, Bai Mansheng felt somewhat uncomfortable; when Tang Xian returned to his seat, Bai Mansheng asked:

"Those words you just spoke, were they meant for Tang Jikede to say, or were they your own words?"

Tang Xian replied:

"Does it make a difference? In this world, as long as you have enough money, a seventy-year-old can date a seventeen-year-old.

But this person I'm playing is very rich and single. I guess those were probably his words."

Bai Mansheng replied disapprovingly:

"How do you know he didn't stay single because he fell for someone he couldn't be with?"

"Such people only live in stories."

"So you think there's nobody in this world who would stay unmarried for someone else?"

Bai Mansheng almost didn't need to think to ask.

Tang Xian, usually quick to reply, hesitated this time.

"There might be some," he said after a long pause.

Bai Mansheng laughed, "It seems you're not always right."

Tang Xian couldn't deny it.

Because as soon as Bai Mansheng raised the question, he thought of Li Xiaoyu.

"What a strange reaction," he mused.

Tang Xian shook his head.

...

...

The rest of the wedding followed traditional processes from this country, a bustling affair.

Neither Tang Xian nor Bai Mansheng liked such commotion.

In comparison, the idol dance groups being scolded in an extremely masculine tone by Li Xiaonian was surprisingly more interesting.

After these episodes concluded, what slightly amazed Tang Xian was that Li Xiaonian didn't come to speak with him.

Maybe it was to avoid suspicion.

But just as the wedding was ending and the guests were departing, Li Xiaonian still gave Tang Xian an intense glare.

Tang Xian thought about it and concluded that like sister, like brother.

The day after the wedding, Tang Xian asked Shang Lu for another fruit of the Zudun holy tree.

Although the evolution brought about by the Zudun holy tree's fruit was highly unstable, it might be resolved in the future.

The purpose of heading to the Thirty-Ninth Fortress was to check on the decoding progress of the Zudun holy tree's fruit; Shang Lu would continue to research this plant that may well have come from the ruins of Eden for Tang Xian.

After sorting all this out, Tang Xian returned to the second floor.

Prepared to undertake the next task with Bai Mansheng and Tang Feiji.

In Tang Feiji's abode, he was completely unaware that he was being 'free-ranged' by Tang Xian.

After all, it was his first time eating a nutritional meal, and Tang Feiji found it quite tasty.

Most importantly, these Lego bricks could be assembled into a variety of shapes.

He was already immersed in the joy of building with the blocks.

Bai Mansheng couldn't understand how such a powerful creature, capable of killing even a court Judgment Chief, could enjoy these seemingly childish things.

In the center of a pile of blocks, Tang Feiji sat on the floor, blissful as a several-hundred-year-old fool.

After Bai Mansheng and Tang Xian entered, he proudly showed off the Dragon Palace fortress he had built with the blocks.

Tang Xian clapped symbolically, pretending it was a great achievement.

"To be able to build such a structure with bricks, you truly are a genius, Tang Feiji."

Unable to discern if it was sarcasm or a compliment, Tang Feiji proudly raised his head.

Bai Mansheng, watching Tang Xian cajole Tang Feiji, suddenly remembered how Tang Xian had seemingly bamboozled both her and Qing JiuYu in the forest.

Was this man treating all of them like fools?

"I truly am an existence unparalleled in both wisdom and might," declared Tang Feiji.

Bai Mansheng remained silent, merely picking up a Rubik's cube from the ground.

It was the cube that Tang Feiji took three hours to complete two sides of.

Tang Feiji protested, "Stupid serpent, put it down! It's beyond your intellectual grasp."

Bai Mansheng didn't argue, simply twisting it randomly dozens of times.

Then holding up the Rubik's cube with all six sides completed, she casually shook it.

Tang Feiji: "..."

Tang Xian shook his head, unable to believe how foolish Tang Feiji could be.

Just as he was about to contact Yu Xiaozhe to inquire about the talent dispatch progress in Baichuan City, Tang Xian's phone rang.

This phone was a collaboration between Yu Xiaozhe and Lin Sen, very difficult to track, hence Tang Xian had only given the contact information to a few people.

The caller was Ke Ye.
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"Tang Xian?"

"Yes, it's me."

"Finally, you've come to the Pyramid. I couldn't reach you before."

Without waiting for Tang Xian to ask why, Ke Ye inquired:

"Are you at the Thirty-Ninth Fortress?"

"Yes."

"Wait, prove that you're Tang Xian first."

"1, 0," Tang Xian replied, even more succinctly this time.

"Stop right there!" The voice on the other end of the phone clearly panicked. Then Ke Ye continued:

"Enough chit-chat, I've sent the improved version of your gloves through teleportation to the Thirty-Ninth Fortress. You can pick them up on the second floor, the password and account are the same as before."