Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 326 - 32: The Destiny of Tang Xiaojiu
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The lackadaisical sunlight filtered through the stained glass windows as if through a church.
Tang Xian didn’t mind the dirt, casually wiping it away as he sat in the coffee shop that hadn’t had visitors for centuries, looking like a regular.
Seeing Tang Xian looking this way, Qing JiuYu laughed and said,
"Why have you gotten gossipy too? Are you really that eager to hear about the scandals of my fox tribe?"
"All the scandals in the world are but a person, in an unsuitable atmosphere, doing what their heart desires. Whether it is ridiculous or tragic, isn’t for the word ’scandal’ to decide," Tang Xian replied.
"That’s an interesting perspective," Qing JiuYu mused.
"A demon falls in love with a human because, in the views of both humans and demons, they inherently cannot love each other.
This is the atmosphere. Each of us has our own mask, and most of the time, like chameleons, we become part of setting this atmosphere.
But sometimes, for the things we yearn for, we follow our hearts and remove our masks. We live as oddities within the atmosphere."
It was like many years ago, when he had that fool follow him around.
Many saw it as scandalous, because that was the atmosphere at the time.
Or like those higher-ups that Song Que killed, who appeared incorruptible and imperturbable in public, but privately engaged in all sorts of unsavory activities.
The difference was that the latter was their true nature, while the former was because of the atmosphere.
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The foolish girl’s kind-hearted nature made the scandal seem tragic. Whereas the hypocrisy of the higher-ups made the scandal seem laughable.
Tang Xian looked at Qing JiuYu and said,
"One day, your Xiao Ni will grow up, and she’ll start to question her origins and her past."
Tang Xian’s expression softened considerably as he said lightly,
"Qing JiuYu, some things are like flowing water; they pass over the heart, bringing a touch of cool sorrow, but this sorrow, like the water, will eventually fade away.
But if you hide it away until it freezes into an icicle in the coldest part of your heart, when you eventually tell Tang Xiaojiu, it will pierce her heart into a bloody mess.
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Tell me what you know. While she still absolutely trusts me, I’ll find the gentlest way to tell her the truth."
Qing JiuYu was stunned; when she first met Tang Xian, she thought it might be dangerous for Xiaojiu to continue staying with the fox tribe.
It was under these impossible circumstances that she met Tang Xian.
It was also a rather strange thing, probably because she saw Tang Xian using Biphasic Orchid petals to hide the body of a dead fox, and she thought he was inherently kind.
Of course, she didn’t know that all of that was just an act by Tang Xian. Yet this play ended up with her entrusting Tang Xiaojiu to Tang Xian.
Qing JiuYu said with some gratitude,
"You’ve been truly good to Xiao Ni."
"I’m always good to my friends; it’s just a matter of when the timing is best to show it," he replied.
Qing JiuYu nodded and smiled,
"So you’re not a gluttonous monster after all."
"Have you heard of the Eden demon-child?" Tang Xian asked.
"No. But I do know there was once a civilization called the Eden Tribe, which seems like a very distant past," Qing JiuYu acknowledged.
"I very well might be the Eden demon-child, but as far as I can remember, I’ve lived as a human. Until this summer, all of my life involved dealing with humans," Tang Xian revealed.
Qing JiuYu froze, not expecting Tang Xian’s true identity to be from such an ancient race.
Tang Xian paused before saying,
"I understand better than you how twisted human nature can be, but I have also seen humans as pure and kind as Xiaojiu."
Qing JiuYu didn’t argue; a sad look in her eyes, she finally said slowly,
"Xiao Ni’s mother was once my trusted follower, a being who evolved into a nine-tailed existence, not born as one.
Not long after she completed her evolution, the elders, through the court, gave her a name, Qing Jiuyun. Because of the similarity in names, I didn’t keep her as my subordinate anymore. Instead, we managed the fox tribe together like sisters.
But Xiaoyun refused, choosing to remain the queen’s guard, claiming she didn’t understand how to manage a tribe and had no interest in such affairs.
Nevertheless, I viewed her as my successor.
Her nature was pure, and she spent her days patrolling the territory of our fox tribe without finding it dull.
I taught her how to use crystals. With the power of crystals, she could also transform into a human form.
She preferred this form more than I did; sometimes I even wonder why we foxes... have an aesthetic so close to humans.
Xiaoyun’s vivacity and kindness won her the recognition of many tribe members.
Everybody liked her, and sometimes I would teach her how to manage the fox tribe and handle tribal affairs, and the elders were happy to see it.
I also planned for it; when I was gone, she would take charge of the fox tribe.
At that time, we were still in the forests of the Tianque Plains.
Everything was so perfect.
Except that sometimes she was mischievous and would avoid dealing with tribal affairs. Perhaps Xiao Ni’s mischief came from her mother?
One day, Xiaoyun told me that she wanted to see the outside world, and I didn’t stop her. She was already the most powerful creature on the continent, and our tribe was her support.
The outside world posed no danger to her.
Or rather, she was the danger in the eyes of all creatures.
Going out to gain some experience would be beneficial to her, and we set a date for her return.
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