Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 294 - 18: The Third Wish_4
Experience indeed is the best teacher. In just a few words, Li Wanye had shattered Li Xiaoyu’s determination.
She suddenly felt weary.
Actually, she had always known that no matter how loudly she shouted, she could never win acknowledgment and understanding.
But she still felt somewhat unwilling to give up.
It was as if all the rebellions of her life had culminated in this one day.
If she couldn’t change anything even today, chances are she would become like her mother years later, living with a certain self-pity and resentment.
After a while, Li Xiaoyu looked ahead blankly, her hand slowly retracted.
Before long, she bowed her head and switched off the transmission rift.
Li Zheng heaved a sigh of relief; at last, Li Xiaoyu hadn’t done anything foolish.
"Take Yu back," Li Wanye commanded, and six guards began to move.
The guards didn’t dare to get too close, and Li Xiaoyu was escorted in the middle, walking with a sense of loss and resignation.
This farce was finally drawing to a close.
Although Li Wanye was displeased that the incident had caused too much commotion, time would eventually smooth everything over.
Years later, when people talk about Miss Li, they will probably remember this scene.
But ultimately, they won’t remember the words she spoke. What they will envy is still the exquisite life she leads.
They might even mock her, saying the young lady of the wealthy family is just too well-fed.
In fact, Li Xiaoyu’s words today did move Li Wanye.
It’s just a pity that the person his daughter likes is an Eden demon child. That’s the one thing he could never compromise on.
The streets were deathly silent.
Only the sound of the guards marching could be heard, which also gradually faded away after a while.
It was only after the large group had been gone for a while that people from the lower layers started peeking out from all around, watching the distance with a somber expression.
Their fates were different from that of the top floors’ rich young lady, and people from two different worlds could hardly understand each other.
But just now, when that girl loudly voiced her grievances, everyone was momentarily in a trance.
There were parents silently weeping while holding their children, praying that their children wouldn’t end up as talentless and useless as themselves.
There were also old folks, too old and frail, wanting to curse bitterly but only managing to cough hoarsely.
And there were young people who had just left the academic district not long ago, their faces filled with anger and resentment.
This group of people gradually emerged from the neighborhood. They weren’t many, certainly not as many as on a lively day on Decay Street.
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Just dozens of people, rustling about, all staring blankly into the distance.
Watching the guards escorting Miss Li of the Li family, watching some figures gradually disappearing toward the entrance of the hierarchy.
Their expressions varied, but mostly, they looked sad and repressed.
But at that moment, someone suddenly shouted, as if they had seen something odd.
Following that, the group of people began to exclaim in astonishment, each of them seeing something bewildering in their eyes.
The Pyramid was always well-lit, twenty-four hours a day. Even when simulating nighttime.
But at the end of people’s gaze, the large group of guards was suddenly enveloped by a massive darkness.
It was like a brush soaked in ink, sweeping across, cleanly leaving a black streak in everyone’s view.
This darkness was so absolute that it seemed the lights of the Pyramid couldn’t penetrate it at all.
People panicked as they watched this scene in the distance, unsure of what to do.
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The sky suddenly darkened.
In the Pyramid, where there was no day or night and no seasons, this had never happened before.
All of the guards just stopped.
Li Zheng looked around, but he couldn’t see a single person.
He could only hear the guards’ breathing and the engine sounds of the Judgment Knights.
Indistinctly, Li Zheng seemed to hear a sinister laugh.
Li Zheng’s expression changed, and thinking of something, he shouted urgently, "Maintain formation! Enter defense mode."
Li Wanye’s ring flickered as well, but like darkness that could swallow light sources, his vision was quickly consumed by absolute darkness.
A terrifying sound came like the rending of metal, shocking Li Wanye, who also thought of the monster mentioned in the council; he said:
"Protect Yu!"
Sharp sounds of metal scraping and breaking sounded continuously.
Li Wanye’s ring was constantly conveying information.
He didn’t know what this absolute darkness was, but he knew, a monster was dismantling the Judgment Knights one by one.
The dense darkness made the guards dare not act rashly.
They could only leave it to some unknown being in the darkness, tearing the Judgment Knights apart bit by bit.
The roaring sounds of the Judgment Knights were also diminishing steadily.
That terrifying laugh began to invade everyone’s hearing.
Yet the voice was so ephemeral, as if the person could move rapidly in a very short period of time.
Such speed was simply impossible within the Pyramid.
In just one minute, Li Wanye felt several Judgment Knights lose their connection with him; there were also cries of pain from some guards.
The laughter gradually stabilized, as if the monster had stopped within a certain range.
At the same time, a hand covered Li Xiaoyu’s mouth.
Li Xiaoyu instinctively tried to struggle but then heard a familiar voice, very soft, right next to her ear:
"I work only one day a year, yet I’m never laid off; I ride on reindeer, and my shadow is cast upon the moon. Who am I?"
As if an exhausted soul was injected with vitality by this voice, Li Xiaoyu’s eyes instantly widened.
"Shh, don’t speak, I’ll get you out first. Do you want to come with me?"
Li Xiaoyu nodded vigorously, as tears she had stopped began to fall again.
In the midst of the terrible laughter and the roaring sounds of the Judgment Knights, she took someone’s hand.
She was at a loss just a moment before in the light, but now in the absolute darkness, she felt an unprecedented sense of relief. She didn’t think about what would happen next, nor did she need to worry about Dongran, Qiaoshanshan, Liu Lang, and the others, because this person had arrived, and all troubles would surely be resolved.
She couldn’t hold back in the end:
"I’ve said my goodbyes to the Pyramid, Tang Xian, take me away."
A hook shot out, and an arm suddenly wrapped around Li Xiaoyu’s waist.
That voice was still next to Li Xiaoyu’s ear, tender and teasing:
"Is this the third wish then?"
"Yes."
"Good, this Santa Claus agrees."
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Tomorrow is Qixi Festival, everyone please be safe. Especially the single boys, learn to protect yourselves~
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