Strike Back, Proud Goddess! Chapter 178

Translator: Henyee  Editor: Henyee

Qiao Liang cast a deep look at Tang Xi for a long while before finally turning his eyes away. He closed the door of the ward and then went to sit down on the chair beside Tang Xi's bed. “I remember you and she have known each other since childhood,” he said in a low voice.

Tang Xi pursed her lips and glanced at Qiao Liang. “Yes, I've known her since I was a child so my feelings towards her might be biased, which is why I asked you to tell me what kind of person she is in your eyes.”

Qiao Liang looked at Tang Xi and frowned. “Can I be frank?”

Tang Xi raised her eyebrows to cast a skeptical look at Qiao Liang and waved her hand. “Forget it,” she said. “You never liked Xinying, so your view on her must be biased.”

Qiao Liang sat there, picked up an orange, peeled it and fed it to Tang Xi. Looking up at her casually, he asked, “Why did you suddenly mention Qin Xinying?”

Tang Xi raised her eyebrows, looked at Qiao Liang and pursed her lips. “Chief Lan just called me and said that a person named Qin Xinying had been calling Xiao Jinning, so I thought I should ask this.”

When Qiao Liang heard Tang Xi's words, a cold gleam flashed across his eyes, which was quickly concealed by him. He continued to feed Tang Xi oranges without saying a word. When Tang Xi saw that Qiao Liang was not going to speak, a mischievous smile appeared on her face as she pouted and asked crossly, “Why don't you speak?”

Qiao Liang looked at her and replied, “What do you want me to say? Shall I say, ‘Sorry, my girlfriend, I shouldn't be so popular as to make you be envied by other women'…? Or ‘I shouldn't be so handsome'…?”

“All right, all right!” Tang quickly interrupted Qiao Liang and stopped him from going on. “You're even more narcissistic than me!”

“No, I can't compete with you in that, little fairy,” Qiao Liang said with a straight face.

Tang Xi: “…” God! How did he know she called herself fairy?

Tang Xi quickly changed the topic. “By the way, didn't you say you were in a meeting this morning? Did the meeting go well?” Tang Xi was wondering why Xiao Jing, a shareholder of Qiao Liang's company, didn't know about the meeting. Qiao Liang didn't seem to intend on telling him either.

Qiao Liang cast a deep look at Tang Xi and replied, “Not bad. The decision has already been made.”

“Is it about your company?” Tang Xi asked, looking at Qiao Liang and continuing, “Isn't my brother also a shareholder? Why does he idle around all day?”

She really thought Xiao Jing was too idle. He received pay yet did nothing. She wondered why Qiao Liang could still tolerate him. If it were her, she would have fired Xiao Jing.

Qiao Liang looked deeply at Tang Xi and completely ignored the question Tang Xi really wanted to ask. “He is lazy and the company cannot rely on him. Qiao's International Group needs to be led by competent individuals,” he answered in a low voice.

Haha…

Tang Xi looked at Qiao Liang with a wicked smile and said, “You just want to say you're capable, don't you?”

“Well…” Qiao Liang began, holding out his hand to rub at Tang Xi's hair. “If I weren't competent, Qiao's International Group wouldn't be where it is today. So Xixi, you should acknowledge that I am competent.”

Tang Xi pouted, unwilling to admit Qiao Liang was really capable. She fell into thought before saying, “I'm just as capable.” After a pause, she continued, “If I hadn't died, I could have led Empire Group into a new era.”

After listening to Tang Xi's lofty words, Qiao Liang said with a smile, “Even if you are Xiao Rou, you can lead Empire Group into a new era.”

Tang Xi felt dispirited when it came to Empire Group. Qiao Liang took Tang Xi's hand in his and whispered, “As far as I know, Grandpa is still healthy, but if you don't show up all the time, the news of your death will come out one day. I'm afraid Grandpa will not be able to bear it.”

When Tang Xi heard this, her eyes turned slightly red. If only her grandpa could accept the fact that she died and came back to life just like Qiao Liang and the others did. However… how could she persuade her grandpa to believe this strange matter? He would probably take her as a bad person trying to seize the property of the Tang Family.

“Take your time. I'll always be with you,” Qiao Liang said in a charming voice as he reached out and touched Tang Xi's hair. “Believe me. One day you will go back to Empire Group and rule your world.”

A lump came into her throat and Tang Xi held out her hand towards Qiao Liang, who received and kissed it. Tang Xi frowned and muttered, “Give me a hug!”

Qiao Liang gave Tang Xi a helpless look before leaning over and giving her a hug…

“Oh, my gosh! Look what I see!” Xiao Sa stood at the door and looked dumbfounded at the two people embracing each other on the bed. Who could tell him what was going on here? He just went out to buy his sister lunch! Why were they doing this in front of him? And he didn't want to see it at all!

Speechless, Tang Xi released Qiao Liang, who slowly straightened up. Turning back, he glanced at Xiao Sa, who cowered under his gaze, but soon afterward Xiao Sa shouted, “Why don't you lock the door?! You should be glad that it was me who came in. If it were my parents, you two would have been doomed!”

Tang Xi pursed her lips and said, “Sa, didn't you go back?” She did hear that Xiao Sa's colleague called him to attend a meeting! How did he suddenly pop up?! As the founder of a game company, why was he so idle?

Xiao Sa waved the items held in his hands as he replied, “Mom has something to attend to in the afternoon, so I bought you lunch, but I didn't expect that I brought you lunch to be given the cold shoulder by you!”

Qiao Liang shot a cool look at Xiao Sa and the latter suddenly felt the chill on his back. He immediately said, “I'm going to leave. You'd better close the door. It'll be inconvenient for you to leave it open. If someone suddenly came in, you'd…”

Qiao Liang looked at Xiao Sa with a straight face and asked, “Is your game company closing down?”

Hearing his question, Xiao Sa immediately looked at him warily and replied with his own question. “What are you going to do?”

Qiao Liang, with one leg folded on top of the other, looked at Xiao Sa and said flatly, “I see you doing nothing all day, so I think your game company must be going out of business. If it is, I'll buy it. I happen to be interested in the game market recently.”

Xiao Sa bristled. “Qiao Liang! You should know you're pissing off your brother-in-law!” Then he looked at Tang Xi. “You're just going to watch him threatening me and do nothing?!”

Tang Xi shrugged innocently. “Sa, you're being a third wheel!”

Poor Xiao Sa, who was threatened after being forced to see them lovey-dovey, gave them a black look and then stormed out the door.

Chapter end