Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 701 - 74: I Never Expected You to be Like This, Li Xiaoyu

After all, it can be embarrassing for someone to be watched while eating.

But Bai Mansheng called out to Li Xiaoyu, saying,

"I attended his sister's wedding. At that time, I saw your brother."

Li Xiaoyu had heard Tang Xian mention this before, but she didn't expect that he had been accompanied by Bai Mansheng at the time.

She didn't show any displeasure but cooperatively asked,

"That wedding must've been interesting, right?"

"It wasn't that interesting, but Tang Xian's speech left a deep impression on me."

"What speech?"

So Bai Mansheng recounted Tang Xian's distinctive speech; although people who interacted with Tang Xian in real life didn't think of him as a physicist with emotional intelligence close to "Zero," that description somehow fit him—

Perhaps I'm interesting enough myself, hence I don't need anyone else to bring joy to my entire life, but I wish for you to find as much happiness in each other as I find in myself.

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaoyu minded it less.

She said lightly,

"That's a line from an ancient American drama, said by a very likable protagonist, coincidentally during a wedding speech."

"How do you know?" Bai Mansheng was surprised.

"I've been reading things he used to read lately, like the verbose social media posts, which do have many interesting sentences."

Hearing Li Xiaoyu's words, Bai Mansheng realized she hadn't really looked into the things that interested Tang Xian.

Qing JiuYu must be the same.

Both she and Qing harbored some feelings for this human named Tang Xian.

But this fondness was built on a foundation of equality. Neither had debased herself because of it.

But the girl before her was different; she would take to the things Tang Xian liked.

"Don't you think Tang Xian is very lonely?" Bai Mansheng asked.

"Yeah, he's lonely, so I have to take care of certain things for him, to let him know he's not alone," Li Xiaoyu's expression was calm and resolute.

"You're more open-minded than I thought," Bai Mansheng said in a somewhat cryptic way.

Li Xiaoyu, who shouldn't have understood, did, and shook her head, saying,

"I'm someone with petty concerns and strong possessiveness. I'm not open-minded; I just think the person I like is the smartest person in the world. How he does things, what he accepts, it all serves as a reference for me. I'm just learning from him."

This time, it was Bai Mansheng who didn't understand the statement.

Li Xiaoyu smiled, without any particular implication, nor did she explain further.

People have to change.

Just as Tang Xian once met Yan Xiaoling, for Li Xiaoyu, meeting Tang Xian marked the beginning of change.

Some things aren't about demeaning oneself for change but about genuinely finding enjoyment and interest out of fondness.

Li Xiaoyu cared a lot about Tang Xian. If it had been in the past, she'd have preferred all the people around Tang Xian to be those she arranged herself. The presence of unfamiliar faces would have caused her to feel a loss of control.

But after beginning to try thinking like Tang Xian, she gradually let go.

Even if Bai Mansheng and Qing JiuYu were two beautiful and potentially threatening women, they were also genuinely useful.

And the story of that pitiable girl was only shared with her by Tang Xian, and besides Zero, he only allowed her into the kitchen.

She needn't be on guard against all the graceful women of the world; as long as they played their roles well and were useful to Tang Xian, she might even make them a bowl of duck blood and vermicelli soup.

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After finishing the duck blood and vermicelli soup, Bai Mansheng and Li Xiaoyu didn't delay further.

Li Xiaoyu then led Bai Mansheng elsewhere. As for the matter of feathers, Tang Xian had given instructions during his last visit.

On the way, she and Bai Mansheng chatted intermittently.