Pretending To Be A Boss

Chapter 2 An Important Day for Li Xiaoyu (Part 2)_3

It wasn't until that day when she went shopping for clothes with Tang Xian that she saw Li Xiaonian.

Tang Xian mentioned a possibility she had never considered before.

Li Xiaoyu instinctively rejected such an idea.

But whenever she reflected on the past, she realized Xiaonian always looked at her with such a tender gaze.

During the period when she was under house arrest, her older brother would always tell her to give up.

But Li Xiaonian was different.

She still remembered their conversation from a few days ago.

"Sister, don't be sad. I'll make a funny face to cheer you up."

"Childish. You need to grow up soon, and stop dressing as a woman."

"I don't want to. If I grow up, I'll have to be as busy as our older brother. As for dressing as a woman, you can just think of me as your little sister."

It was a somewhat shameful thing to say, but because of Tang Xian's words, Li Xiaoyu didn't get angry.

"Sister, do you really like Tang Xian that much?"

"Yes. I really like him."

"I heard he was forced into the mining area. You must really want to see him, right?"

"Have you not heard that he might be a monster who endangers this world?"

"I've heard it, but I don't believe it."

"You don't believe it?"

"I definitely don't believe it. Someone who can make my sister like him so much must be an outstanding person."

Li Xiaonian's face beamed with a brilliant smile as he said:

"And, ever since meeting him, I've noticed that you've been treating me better! He must have said something nice about me, right? A person like that could never be a heartless monster."

Li Xiaoyu was struck dumb at the moment.

The feeling was as if she had suddenly found herself standing in a vast, untraversable wilderness, thinking she was alone, to suddenly discover a traveling companion.

Throughout those days, Li Xiaoyu had also not shed a single tear.

Yet, upon seeing Li Xiaonian's bright and certain smile, she burst into tears in an instant.

She hugged Xiaonian, continuously apologizing to him.

Li Xiaonian was originally very happy, but when his sister started crying, his tears began to flow as well.

Li Xiaoyu finally became certain of everything, just as Tang Xian had said.

Many ridiculous things had respectable reasons behind them.

Just like the story Tang Xian had told her earlier, about the handsome boy who disguised himself to cheer up a middle-aged woman.

Li Xiaonian was like that boy, with a soul so tender it made you ache.

Thinking about it all, Li Xiaoyu felt even more that she had not been a good sister.

Li Xiaonian, wiping away his tears, said joyfully:

"I believe in my judgment. Tang Xian must be human. Sister, you really want to see him, don't you?"

Li Xiaoyu nodded.

"I'll help you; you go see him!"

"How will you help me?"

"Just pretend to be me and you can leave. Take my ID card and the portable teleportation rifts. With these, you can go find Tang Xian. But you have to come back! If you take too long, they'll find out."

Li Xiaonian's idea was simple, but upon reflection, Li Xiaoyu found it surprisingly feasible.

They, the siblings, looked alike already, and if they swapped outfits, it really might be possible to walk out.

So, after discussing the matter, they arranged the meeting that took place today.

And when night fell today, it was the moment when the younger brother helped his sister escape her confinement.

Li Xiaonian, watching his sister stop writing the letter and then continually looking at him, suddenly felt uneasy.

But Li Xiaoyu was calm as usual; everything was normal. She placed the letter in the envelope and sealed it.

Li Xiaonian then changed into another set of clothes, wearing the black gothic long dress that Li Xiaoyu used to wear frequently.

Seeing his reflection in the mirror while wearing his sister's clothes, he found he truly resembled her quite closely.

Li Xiaoyu had also changed into the clothes Xiaonian had arrived in.

"This is a portable teleportation rift I stole from another courtyard, it belongs to Dong Ran. It will take you directly to the Forest Sea," Xiaonian handed the teleportation rift to Xiaoyu.

"Sister, you must come back. Tang Xian might not be in the Forest Sea, and if you can't find him there, you should return. The stronghold in the Forest Sea might have been exposed by now."

Li Xiaoyu nodded, and before she left, she hugged Li Xiaonian softly.

"Xiaonian, thank you."

Li Xiaonian was a bit at a loss.

After a simple goodbye, Li Xiaoyu confidently walked out of her own confined courtyard.

The lady-gangster outfit she wore, which was actually her own, combined with the cover of night, caused the guards to indeed fail at recognizing her.

After leaving the Li residence, Xiaoyu did not head directly to the mining area.

After the prohibition on using portable teleportation rifts, activating one would immediately trigger a location feedback.

This meant her real-world location would be exposed.

Li Xiaoyu, who had a brain second only to Tang Xian during her time at school, did not act recklessly.

Right now, she needed an ally who could shield her presence in the real world.

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Li Xiaonian, somewhat bored, fiddled with his sister's expensive cosmetics.

Thinking about how to pass the evening, he decided to try writing, following his sister's hobby, as his own interests were quite diverse, despite not excelling academically.

Looking for paper and pen, he found an envelope lying on the desk, addressed to Li Xiaonian in person.

Li Xiaonian found it peculiar. He had just been there, so why would his sister leave him a letter?

That feeling of unease returned, and Xiaonian shook his head as if conjuring some thought.

He hurried to open the letter, a lengthy missive, but upon reading the first line, his whole body suddenly froze, and the letter dropped to the floor.

— Xiaonian, I'm sorry, I deceived you. The journey is too long, and it would take too long for him to come looking for me. I'm going to find him: return not without seeing.