Strike Back, Proud Goddess!

[System: My delicate little princess, welcome back.]

Upon hearing the hilarious title 008 called her by, Tang Xi didn’t know what to say. She talked with 008 while sitting on the toilet. ‘008, you are so mean. Why didn’t you remind me how to come back while I was so bored in Long Beach? Didn’t you see how anxious I was? And I was in a coma for so many days.’

[008: How can you blame me for that? I warned you not to activate all the all-purpose skills, but you just didn’t listen. It was very lucky for you to have merely slept for a week. If you had held on for two more minutes, you might never have been able to wake up and ended up a wandering ghost…]

Tang Xi curled her lips. “But I couldn’t just sit by and watch my brother die!”

008 was furious.

[008: Why didn’t you just activate the skills you needed?! When you activate all the skills, even if you only use two skills, the other skills will also consume the energy of the host as long as they remain activated. Do you know why you returned to the Pacific Ocean instead of staying in the place where your soul left your body?]

Tang Xi shook her head and replied, “No, I don’t.”

And she complained in her heart, ‘If I knew, I wouldn’t have asked you, okay?’

008 sulked upon hearing her inner complaints.

[008: Because only in the place where you died can your soul be repaired. Didn’t you find yourself weak and feeble while you were near the Pacific Ocean?]

Tang Xi could not help but nod. No wonder she had felt tired at that time and her soul was transparent. When she arrived in Long Beach, however, her condition had improved, though she was still weak.

008 fell silent.

Tang Xi smiled and said, “So my experience points didn’t decrease, right?”

[System: My delicate little princess, do you need to check your experience points?]

Tang Xi was really not used to this manner of address, but as she knew she couldn’t change 008’s mind, she merely reached out her hand and clicked ‘Yes’.

[The Host’s Experience Points:

Experience Point: 187/800

Martial Point: 2/100

Physical Point: 10/100

Face Point: 50/100

Figure Point: 15/100

Charm Point: 40/100

Revenge Point: 20/100

Wealth Point: 10/100

Face Slapping Point: 40/100]

Tang Xi looked at her experience points and the corner of her eye couldn’t help twitching. “Why did my Charm Point increase by ten points while my Physical Point decreased by five points?!”

[008 sneered: You just woke up from a week-long coma. You should be glad you can still get out of bed and walk. How can you expect your Physical Point to increase?! As for your Charm Point, it increased because your biological mom and dad changed their attitudes towards you…]

Tang Xi was stunned. So this was how it worked… If her biological brother also came to treat her a little bit better, would her Charm Point increase by five more points?

A knock sounded at the bathroom door and Lin Ru’s voice came through. “Rourou, you’ve been inside for a while. Did you fall asleep? May I come in?”

Tang Xi quickly reached out her hand to flush the water, saying, “I was pooping and I didn’t fall asleep. I’ll go out after washing my face.”

By the time Tang Xi came out, Yang Jingxian had already arrived. She rushed up to hold Tang Xi tightly in her arms, tears falling from her eyes as she said, “My darling, you finally woke up. I was so worried about you.”

Tang Xi smiled and patted Yang Jingxian on the back. “Okay, Mom, I’m fine now. Don’t worry.”

Xiao Hongli was also here. He walked over to embrace Tang Xi, saying with a laugh, “You finally woke up. Look, I got more grey hairs because I was so worried about you.”

“Then I’ll buy some walnuts for you,” Tang Xi responded sweetly.

Xiao Hongli snorted. “Then you have to peel them for me.”

Tang Xi nodded with a smile and said, “Okay.”

As Lin Ru looked at the happy family, a twinge of sorrow flickered across her eyes. The ones standing beside Xiao Rou should have been her and Xiao Hongyi, but because of the faults they had committed, she could only watch such a warm scene, but could not join it…

Glimpsing the look on Lin Ru’s face, Tang Xi blinked as she held Yang Jingxian’s hand and then asked, “Mom, what did you make for me?”

“It’s squab soup. Don’t drink too much since you just woke up. Your stomach won’t be able to stand it. I’ll go back and make porridge for you later.”

Tang Xi nodded with a smile, sat down on the sofa and began to drink the soup. When she had taken a few sips of soup, Lin Ru handed Tang Xi the apple she had peeled. “You can’t eat greasy food. Have an apple.”

Tang Xi said thank you with a smile and received it. After finishing the soup, she began to eat the apple. Xiao Hongli said he had to leave because he had something urgent to attend to, and so Tang Xi saw him off to the door.

In the corridor, Xiao Hongli suddenly stopped to look back at Tang Xi. He smiled and said with great seriousness, “Thank you, Rourou. Thank you for saving my son. You are not only my daughter, but also a benefactor to our family.”

Tang Xi paused and then smiled, saying, “Don’t mention it. I should thank Mom and Dad for accepting me. If you didn’t take me in, I couldn’t have saved Yao, so everything has a cause.”

Xiao Hongli smiled and walked back to embrace Tang Xi tightly. “No matter who you are, you will always be my daughter. I won’t allow anyone to bully you.”

Moved, Tang Xi returned his embrace. She gave a hard nod and said, “I know, Dad!”

She knew what Xiao Hongli meant; he was telling her that regardless of her really being his real daughter or not, he would always take her as his daughter and stand by her side.

It was in the middle of this sweet moment that they suddenly heard Xiao Jing and Xiao Sa shouting, “Mom, Dad, how could you! Why didn’t you tell us Rourou woke up?! We didn’t know until we arrived at our companies! We should have been the first to arrive!!!!”

Xiao Hongli released Tang Xi. She left his arms, looked at her two brothers and said with a smile, “Sa, Jing, it’s great to see you two again. I thought I would never see you again.”

Xiao Sa rushed over and took Tang Xi in his arms, scolding her, “You darn girl, do you know you scared the hell out of me? You almost scared me to death! If you ever do this again, I’ll definitely hit you!”

Xiao Jing came over to pull Xiao Sa aside, then took Tang Xi’s hand and pulled her into his arms, saying, “Rourou, do you know how I missed you? Do you know how I was worried about you, seeing you sleeping so long? Put your hand over my heart. The heart beating in my chest is an artificial one! I lost my heart because I was too worried about you!”

Ignoring his two mentally ill sons, Xiao Hongli winked at his daughter and went off to work.