Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 605 - 35: Tang Xian’s New Goal. _2

"The seventh floor. All the rooms are tidy. Pick any style you like."

Ju Mang nodded her head but didn't display the kind of obedience one might expect towards the mistress of Baichuan City; instead, she looked as if she were accepting services from a servant.

Tang Xian said:

"You are not allowed to come out until I come to find you tomorrow."

"Why?"

"Baichuan City's rules," Tang Xian stated matter-of-factly.

Ju Mang turned to Li Xiaoyu and asked:

"Aren't you the top authority in Baichuan City? Does Baichuan City have this rule?"

"Who is more formidable between you two?" Instead of answering Ju Mang, Li Xiaoyu looked at Tang Xian.

"She can't beat me," Tang Xian replied seriously.

Li Xiaoyu nodded politely and said to Ju Mang:

"Hello, yes, we do."

Ju Mang was stunned for a second, truly not expecting Li Xiaoyu to be such a character. She looked at Tang Xian for a long time before saying:

"There really are a lot of rules in this place."

"Baichuan City is a city of simple folk who reason things out," Tang Xian earnestly explained.

"..."

"You need to understand your status here; there are no gods. You must first be a citizen of Baichuan City, then you can make people like you."

In fact, Ju Mang had never minded much; to her, everything was acceptable. In this world, there were powerful people who wouldn't compromise on anything, and those who adapted well to any illusion.

She was a smart woman.

So Tang Xian didn't avoid anything either and spoke frankly, laying out the interests clearly, and Ju Mang naturally understood.

"Then you'd better come to pick me up early tomorrow. I believe you have a lot of questions for me, and over the years as a Child of Order, I have collected quite a bit of intelligence."

"Okay, you should go and rest now."

Ju Mang didn't say anything else and left cleanly.

Once Ju Mang's figure had disappeared down the corridor, Li Xiaoyu finally said:

"She is very smart."

"Yes, just in terms of IQ value, she's higher than you, in academic ability she's stronger than Shang Lu and Xiuxiu, and in terms of combat ability, she's probably stronger than Song Que until he fully masters his new talent. Moreover, her observational skills are extremely high. In my view, among the Children of Order, only Constantin is more troublesome than her. She even possesses more knowledge than I do." Tang Xian gave a detailed reply.

Li Xiaoyu knew this was Tang Xian's way of hinting to her to keep a close watch on Ju Mang.

She said:

"I understand. I will observe her closely, try to ensure she harbors no hostility towards the people here, and also prevent others from feeling hostile towards her."

Tang Xian smiled; he liked the efficiency of such a conversation. But the topic that followed wasn't so amusing to him.

"You've said a lot of good things about her, but you've never praised me like that," Li Xiaoyu said.

"..."

Tang Xian thought about it and realized that he indeed hadn't praised Li Xiaoyu much.

Li Xiaoyu had mentioned it casually, but once it was brought up, she continued in that vein:

"It seems like you always have a lot of women around you."

"There are also quite a few men around me."

Li Xiaoyu didn't argue. She thought about it; Song Que had Tang Xian's serum in his body, Akasi was utterly obedient to Tang Xian, and Tang Feiji had even been ridden by Tang Xian...

If one were to be jealous, perhaps the men posed a greater threat.

"I'm essentially a jealous jar," Li Xiaoyu felt she should clarify this to Tang Xian.

Tang Xian furrowed his brows and said,

"Then why did you send Dong Ran initially?"

"Because I understand Dong Ran as well as you, and don't you always say behind my back that I'm an idiot? If an idiot knows what they're doing, can they still be called an idiot?"

Tang Xian's face turned red, and this time, Li Xiaoyu had rendered him speechless.

Indeed, Li Xiaoyu, a woman like her, had taken to self-deprecation, and that truly put her at a conversational advantage.

"All I wanted was to know what you like. Fortunately, you don't like any other women, and I've already figured out what you like," Li Xiaoyu deliberately paused, walking ahead of Tang Xian, then turned around to look at him.

"What do I like?" Tang Xian asked.

Li Xiaoyu stood frozen for a moment, her confidence from just a moment ago wavering. She thought back to not long ago when Shang Lu and Zhong Xiuxiu arrived in Baichuan City, and upon introducing herself, Zhong Xiuxiu directly called her sister-in-law.

Upon learning that this was Tang Xian's sister, Li Xiaoyu felt immensely satisfied inside.

She instantly took a liking to Zhong Xiuxiu, and even Shang Lu seemed much more pleasant to her.

Yet at this moment, in this scene, she ultimately didn't voice that statement, fearing it would be instantly rebutted.

Shaking her head, she changed the subject reluctantly,

"How long will you stay in Baichuan City this time?"

"Not too long, once I've taken care of things and chosen my team members, I will set off for the mining district," he said.

"What are you going to do?"

"According to some impressive guy, I might have become a great demon lord, but I still have to level up honestly. Anyway, I'll tell you about the future arrangements tomorrow, and you still have many tasks to do. There's a lot of work ahead; Baichuan City will be welcoming a large number of Pyramid residents."

Li Xiaoyu wasn't surprised, she calmly said,

"The city is ready."

Tang Xian believed the city was indeed ready; he hadn't been constantly supervising, but the traces of Li Xiaoyu's late nights were testament to her significant contributions to Baichuan City's transformation.

Looking at the petite girl's weary form, feeling the autumn's chill under the moonlight, Tang Xian said,

"I'll bring your family back. This time, I wasn't fully prepared, and I failed. Next time I'll make all the necessary preparations. I'm now convinced there's a chance for a turnaround.

"Your father, Li Wanye, isn't as blindly loyal as I imagined. He has his own considerations; when faced with conflict, he won't choose loyalty to his faith but to his interests.

"Outwardly, he's a follower of the Order, but during our conversations, he acted like a businessman. That's good; such a person is calm enough to achieve great things. As long as I show more strength than the Order next time, that should suffice."

Li Xiaoyu knew this wouldn't be easy, otherwise Tang Xian wouldn't have explained so much.

"One day, Baichuan City will become better and flourish, and your father will come here with your brothers to help you with various affairs. Everyone in the city will respect and like you, and you'll have plenty of time every day to do what you enjoy," Tang Xian said earnestly.

Li Xiaoyu moved closer to Tang Xian, as if the moonlight beside him was purer than anywhere else. She smiled, attempting to lighten the mood of the conversation,

"Sometimes, I feel like you know what I like, although for me, as long as I'm close to you, any kind of life is fine. But what you've just described is exactly what I want the most. It's like the Mind Reading Technique."

Tang Xian also smiled, "Because I've seen it in a dream. However, the you in that dream ultimately had regrets, fortunately, the real you... probably won't have such regrets."

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Li Xiaoyu didn't understand, she didn't ask further, and Tang Xian didn't explain.

Being taken to the divine kingdom to have a look around by the Order was not the greatest gain for Tang Xian; it wasn't about uncovering secrets or seeing the Order but about learning the inner thoughts of the people he cared about.

The two walked until late. After switching from the topic of Li Wanye, Tang Xian didn't bring up any heavy subjects, and the conversation mostly revolved around Baichuan City.

After bidding farewell to Li Xiaoyu and returning to his lodging, Tang Xian opened his notebook and began writing a series of names of creatures from the mining district. It was as if he was drafting a peculiar list.

This list held no other information, just simply the names of various mining district creatures. It looked as though Tang Xian was silently reciting a register of mining creatures, and in no time at all, he had written nearly a hundred types.

After consuming a calamity-grade creature once, Tang Xian's ultimate goal was to find the truth of history. But this process was still unclear, and for now, he had a new objective.

The creatures written in the notebook, some of them Tang Xian had only heard of, but never actually encountered.

Yet as he continued to fill the list, his expression was excited, and his eyes shone with anticipation.