Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 279 - 13: Return on Dragonback

Island.

The Golden Patterned Leopards of the leopard tribe began to celebrate their unprecedented victory.

Jin Lu looked on with a furrowed brow at the little girl before her on the seashore.

"Little sister Xiaojiu, your brother, he can’t come back anymore. He was our tribe’s benefactor, and I will take care of you. Come back with me…"

The sea breeze brushed against Tang Xiaojiu’s petite frame, her face still marked by stubborn anger.

"I don’t want to go back at all."

"Tang Xian brother! Tang Xian brother!"

Tang Xiaojiu started to shout again and again.

It was as if she believed that by shouting at the sea, she would get a response.

Jin Lu said:

"He’s dead… No one can survive falling into the sea."

"You’re lying! Tang Xian brother! Tang Xian brother, it’s Xiaojiu, I don’t want to stay here! Take me back!"

Tang Xiaojiu didn’t turn her head, continuing to shout endlessly at the sea.

Time passed by slowly, and the sky also grew gradually darker.

Tang Xiaojiu stood on the beach where Tang Xian had sunk into the sea, repeatedly calling out tirelessly.

"Tang Xian brother, Tang Xian brother, you promised me."

Her expression slowly stopped being angry.

It was like a child suddenly lost in a crowd—though only missing one person, the entire world seemed to become strange.

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Tang Xiaojiu’s expression became one of panic.

"Tang Xian brother... Tang Xian brother... you promised me..."

By nightfall, Tang Xiaojiu was still shouting.

Her little face, filled with panic, slowly took on an expression of sadness and despair.

She hadn’t moved an inch, standing there like a statue.

Her throat was already hoarse, but she still kept repeating the few words for Tang Xian brother.

But the sea did not respond.

Jin Lu had never thought a child could be so stubborn.

Several times she tried to pull Tang Xiaojiu away, but she couldn’t move her no matter what.

"Little sister Xiaojiu, come back with me. It’s been so long, he’s been taken by Lord Sea God…" Jin Lu said with heartache.

"I won’t go back, Tang Xian brother promised me, he wouldn’t die! He wouldn’t leave me behind..."

Her hoarse voice carried an unprecedented sorrow.

Jin Lu truly worried that if she continued shouting at the sea, she would become mute.

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"Tang Xian brother, you promised me, I’m Xiaojiu."

Tang Xiaojiu gazed blankly into the dark sea, then once again started calling out, over and over.

Her voice grew more and more raspy, filled with a crying tone.

Jin Lu shook her head, unable to comprehend how Tang Xian had such an important place in this child’s heart.

Tang Xiaojiu’s voice grew fainter, as her tears became unstoppable.

It was as if she worried that if she called too softly, the person in the sea wouldn’t hear her.

Ever since she was small, those foxes always looked at her with disgust, as if seeing an unrecognized different kind.

Qing was always busy, and there were few days she could spend with Tang Xiaojiu.

When she watched other little foxes playing with each other, Tang Xiaojiu’s eyes were filled with envy.

She often asked:

Qing, why doesn’t anyone play with me? I’m so well-behaved.

But Qing JiuYu was at a loss for words, simply hugging Tang Xiaojiu gently.

She thought she would probably live alone like this forever.

Until the day Qing brought Tang Xian to their nests in the forest.

Some missing childhood pieces slowly started to become fulfilled.

Even though she met many people later on, Tang Xiaojiu always felt that all these were given to her by Tang Xian brother.

It was as if her life as an outcast among foxes ended, and with the name Tang Xiaojiu, she began anew.

Thinking of this, Tang Xiaojiu wiped away her tears and continued to call out like a fool.

Her calling could not even stir a splash in the water, so how could it reach the far depths of the sea?

Even if that person could hear her, how could he climb back from the deep chasm-like sea?

Jin Lu looked at the little girl with a pained heart.

She had seen many departures in death and life, but seeing such an innocently childish kid with the sadness of having lost everything, shouting for someone who could not possibly respond, she felt an indescribable grief.

But where in this world are there miracles?

Jin Lu thought this and was about to pick up Tang Xiaojiu.

Whether the child was willing or not, she couldn’t let her keep calling out like this.

But at that moment, the sky suddenly became covered in thunderclouds, and the previously calm sea surface began to churn violently.

Tang Xiaojiu’s voice was drowned out by the sudden surge of huge waves.

A potent aura, never felt before, seeped through the deep sea and permeated around the island.

Jin Lu felt an extremely dangerous signal coming from her Soul Crystal.

It was far more terrifying than the orange creature she had faced many years ago.

Thunder roared in anger, and the night was instantly torn apart by lightning.

Countless thunderbolts fell on the nearby reefs, deafening.

In the midst of the raging winds, a huge whirlpool suddenly emerged on the surface of the sea.

Jin Lu shielded Tang Xiaojiu, watching in shock at these signs that had never appeared before.

Because from a young age, everyone had always followed the rules of the island, and the Sea God festival had never been disrupted, so the sea had never been this angry.

In her memory, only when the Sea God was enraged, such a terrifying whirlpool would appear.

While Jin Lu was bewildered, another anomaly appeared on the sea.

The whirlpool slowly shrank, yet towering waves rose in the distance.

The Hell Flame Wolves and Golden Patterned Leopards on the island, all lay down on the ground.