Pretending To Be A Boss

"Eve, stop him!" Li Xiaoyu said urgently.

Eve was Li Xiaoyu's bodyguard. Even in the Pyramid, Tang Xian had to admit this woman was quick.

Despite being several steps away, she was in front of him by the time Li Xiaoyu's words had finished.

Eve gave Tang Xian a push, then a flash of confusion crossed her eyes.

While this place wasn't like the mining area, where a casual swing of the arm could tear an opponent's body apart, that push should have at least knocked Tang Xian down in front of the Young Miss.

But the man didn't move at all, only looking at her with keen interest.

The feeling was as if all her force had met with empty air.

"Your bodyguard is not bad, but it's best not to pick names like Adam and Eve. It's in poor taste," Tang Xian said without looking at Eve again, turning back to face Li Xiaoyu.

It was naturally not possible to just walk away. But he had to dampen Li Xiaoyu's edge a bit, otherwise this woman might really believe that everyone in the world should kneel and accept her charity.

Li Xiaoyu said unwillingly:

"Why do you always refuse to admit that I'm helping you? And refuse the benefits I'm offering you, is marrying me that bad?"

"It's bad."

"What's so bad about it!"

"Everything is bad. If you're just trying to get out of the marriage arranged by Li Wanye, you don't need to marry me to achieve that. Since you claim to be the second smartest person in the world, you should be able to find your own way out of these troubles without trying to kill two birds with one stone by targeting me."

"What way?" Li Xiaoyu became interested.

Although Tang Xian was annoying, he was still smart. He could be considered on par with her as the smartest person in the world. So, in the spirit of tolerance for talent, Li Xiaoyu decided not to pursue Tang Xian's statement that she was second best.

"Figure it out yourself."

Li Xiaoyu calmed down again, her eyes deeply watching Tang Xian.

After a while, she slowly said:

"Isn't there anything that you currently desire, which I can give you?"

"Are you proposing a deal?" Tang Xian frowned.

"That's right. Many fools back then thought you were living a miserable life, including some of your friends. But only I knew that, in your eyes, the lower levels weren't any less comfortable than the third level. You always know what others desire, but hardly anyone knows what you long for. But I do."

"You know?"

"Of course I do. You like delicious food; more precisely, you also like money, but you can acquire these things on your own, and you enjoy earning them through your ability, so they're not suitable for trade. The best deals are where both parties can offer something the other lacks but desires."

Li Xiaoyu's eyes carried a bewitching hint.

Tang Xian nodded.

He liked good food and would often go through great lengths for it, but he wasn't greedy for it. That's why Li Xiaoyu wasn't foolish enough to use these as bargaining chips in their trade.

Because that would ruin the satisfaction of working hard for it.

He found a place to sit down.

Tang Xian was like that. As long as Li Xiaoyu didn't keep making some insane proposals, like marriage, he was willing to converse with her.

Li Xiaoyu showed delight.

"So, after observing me for six years, you know what I long for?"

"Of course. You enjoy food and studying history, but unlike the former, while some people enjoy the slow process of hunting and cooking, when it comes to knowledge, people prefer to acquire it simply. For example, you want to directly understand the process of human civilization's evolution."

Tang Xian was slightly moved; he indeed wanted to know this.

If Li Xiaoyu could trade this information, he would accept the deal and take care of the matters Li Xiaoyu had arranged. Explore more at empire

Seeing Tang Xian's expression, Li Xiaoyu was pleased.

"Complete historical records are impossible to find. You might have to go to the eighth level. My Li family, although located on the sixth level, can truly access the highest level which is the seventh level, and that's currently the highest authority attainable for humanity."

Raising his eyebrows, Tang Xian pondered the implication of her words.

Li Xiaoyu clapped her hands. Eve nodded and then left the room.

Tang Xian guessed Li Xiaoyu probably had some secrets to reveal.

"Without my order, Eve doesn't dare to come in. Now it's just you and me in the room, don't you want to do something?" Li Xiaoyu said.

"Don't waste time on such pointless jokes. Continue with what you were saying."

Li Xiaoyu felt it was a bit dull.

At this time, as someone seeking a trade, shouldn't he show a face willing to be taken advantage of?

Forget it. In consideration that you are Tang Xian, I won't fault you for not playing along.

"From what I just said, you should find the questions you want to know. There should be three; which one do you want to know first?"

"What is meant by the highest authority for humanity nowadays." Tang Xian didn't hesitate. He did indeed have three questions.

"It's literal. All the Pyramids in the world, the highest current level is the seventh. Those able to enter the seventh level include thirty-nine fortresses, Fortress One, and Fortress Two. There are also two fortresses in the United States and Dongying, and these Pyramids' access levels have reached the seventh floor.

The rest of the Pyramids around the world can only access up to the sixth level at most."

"In summary, of all the Pyramid fortresses around the world, the few that are currently leading can only reach up to the seventh level."