Pretending To Be A Boss

In the sixth year of the final battle, there was about a year left before Tang Xian arranged for his two children.

Qi Yuan slowly grew up.

The little girl hadn't changed much in three years, but once she did, she quickly caught up to Tang Xiaojiu in progress.

Judging by her measurements, she didn't look like a fourteen-year-old girl at all.

The once little girl in red, with the mask of Wanzi, transformed into a young lady in red.

From this, Tang Xian could confirm that Qi Yuan was indeed a pure order enforcer. However, considering the need to deal with the Lord of Eden at the time, Qi Yuan couldn't create a complete form like himself.

Qi Yuan had given most of the resources to Tang Xian, and with the remaining resources, Qi Yuan couldn't complete an order enforcer but could only create a growth-type order enforcer.

Her abilities were weak, similar to an ordinary Angel Envoy, and it was only after reaching adulthood that she could truly exhibit the powers of an order enforcer.

It's worth mentioning that Tang Xian eventually revealed Qi Yuan's identity to Li Xiaoyu.

On one hand, it was to prevent certain things from potentially disgusting him; on the other hand, it was to make Li Xiaoyu understand the importance of Qi Yuan.

However, Li Xiaoyu's reaction was rather indifferent.

The Qi Yuan of today, though still a few years from her complete form, had already advanced to the level of a beast god in strength.

In the current Baichuan City, without the dark crow, without Tang Feiji, without Junlin, it would be somewhat unrealistic to contain such a potentially threatening little girl as Qi Yuan.

If viewed through the lens of human history, Qi Yuan's experiences were rather turbulent.

The one who created her was dead, and she lived in a city of powerful peers who were constantly on guard against her.

Even though Tang Xian seemed to give her absolute trust, and when they bickered, the atmosphere appeared quite harmonious.

Qi Yuan always felt a sense of detachment.

The first old hunter who adopted Qi Yuan was already dead.

In the Baichuan City offensive and defensive battle, the old hunter survived, but not long after, he died of an illness.

Qi Yuan could have saved him. Even though she was only seven and a half that year, she could have cured his human ailment.

But Qi Yuan didn't save him.

When the old hunter died, he held the little girl's hand, his murky tears seemingly sticking to his face.

"Child, what will you do in the future..."

Qi Yuan did not respond; this was the hunter's last words.

Only some time after the old hunter's death did Qi Yuan feel a slight regret; she should have saved him.

Later, Qi Yuan was arranged to live with another wealthy family.

In the revitalization of Baichuan City, there were naturally many opportunities, and those who seized them rose with the tide.

The gap between the rich and the poor slowly began to widen.

Qi Yuan's appearance was pleasing, and the couple who adopted her also adored her.

But ironically, the couple, who originally didn't have children, after Qi Yuan came, secretly had some latent issues and illnesses in their bodies eliminated—

The mistress became pregnant.

As Qi Yuan's adoptive mother suddenly having a child should have been a good thing for Qi Yuan, who liked children.

But Qi Yuan did not realize her situation.

Her power grew stronger, but her divinity as an order enforcer diminished.

She was gradually turning into a human, and the people around her greatly influenced her character.

Initially, she was grateful for the old hunter's kindness.

Later, during the Baichuan battle, she admired Song Que's righteousness.

But life, it's not just about meeting admirable people.

After the mistress gave birth to a little boy, Qi Yuan could distinctly feel her importance seemingly dwindling.

Because the couple treated her as a child, they believed some of their actions went unnoticed by her.

But how could Qi Yuan not know?

If a family's resources remain constant in the short term, then the sudden addition of a new member inevitably means a redistribution of resources.

Qi Yuan excelled at analyzing problems by quantifying them.

So she believed that parents who love their children would probably adjust their resources as parents to keep their children's land stable. However, some parents might take part of the children's resources away.

Such parents were rare, and the couple who adopted Qi Yuan were not such people.

But with their own child born, and Qi Yuan being an adoptive daughter who was never too close, could they keep the balance?

Qi Yuan gradually sensed the differential treatment from her parents.

She also began to notice the few hints of coldness in their words toward her.

How intelligent she was! But Qi Yuan never spoke of any of this.

Because besides Tang Xian, there seemed to be no one to confide in.

Previously, Qi Yuan found it absurd that humans would find someone to talk to when they encountered worries, that someone would spread their own predicaments, such behavior was truly foolish.

But even when Qi Yuan truly grew up and possessed the combat power of the former Qi Yuan, she differed greatly from Qi Yuan.

That was the plasticity of character.

Qi Yuan found herself with an indescribable sense of unrest. The more unspeakable something was, the more she wished to find someone to talk to. In Qi Yuan, more and more contradictions of human nature began to surface.

She sometimes wished she had a switch that could turn off her humanity at the push of a button, allowing her to make choices with extreme rationality.

For example, to leave without a word, or playfully toy with this couple.

But Qi Yuan couldn't do that.

How strange, clearly just living there, clearly just exchanging false greetings every day, yet she did not want to harm them.