Strike Back, Proud Goddess!

At that moment, the door of Qiao Liang’s office was suddenly pushed open with vigor, following which a crisp female voice rang out. “Am I late?”

Xiao Jing swooped over as if he had seen his savior and hugged onto Tang Xi, complaining, “Rourou, here you are at last. Do you know how crazy this man is? He hasn’t slept for more than ten days. I was afraid he might suddenly die so I tried to get him to sleep, but he wanted to hit me! I feel so aggrieved!”

Tang Xi took a look at Xiao Liang, only to find dark circles under his eyes. He obviously hadn’t slept well. She felt a pang of pain in her heart as she looked at Qiao Liang, who was standing there and gazing at her deeply without saying a word, and then she said to Xiao Jing, “Jing, can you go out? I’ll handle this.”

Xiao Jing nodded and in a low voice said to Tang Xi, “Don’t push him too hard. Just ask him to sleep.”

Tang Xi smiled, thinking that perhaps that would not be easy. Qiao Liang would rarely change his mind. Maybe she would have to use a honey trap to get him to sleep.

Nevertheless, she still nodded and said, “Okay, leave us alone.”

Seeing his sister agree to help him, Xiao Jing went off to work in a good mood. As long as his boss was not dead, he could still enjoy his fat salary. As soon as Rourou got that man to sleep, he would keep his promise and take her to choose a sports car.

After Xiao Jing went out, Tang Xi took a step towards Qiao Liang. The latter looked at Tang Xi with a slight frown, while Tang Xi took another step forward. Qiao Liang subconsciously took a step back, but Tang Xi pressed on towards him again. The scene repeated itself until Qiao Liang was leaning against his desk and couldn’t step back anymore.

Tang Xi smiled, put her arm around his neck and asked in a low voice, “Do you think you’re dreaming?”

Qiao Liang’s eyes turned red. He looked deeply at Tang Xi standing in front of him, then nodded and said in a hoarse voice, “It’s so unreal.”

Tang Xi felt a lump in her throat. Recalling what she had seen back at Long Beach, she took a deep breath and tiptoed to kiss Qiao Liang. She asked, “Is it real now?”

Her warm and soft lips touched his. He could feel they were warm and not cold.

Qiao Liang impulsively put his hand behind Tang Xi’s head and was going to kiss her hard, but the latter dodged him. He looked at Tang Xi with red eyes. Tang Xi gave a smile before hugging him and whispering in his ear, “Go to sleep. You can kiss me when you wake up.”

Qiao Liang frowned in response. “I can’t fall asleep.”

“Are you afraid of nightmares?” Tang Xi suddenly felt suffocated. She had known that Qiao Liang was being troubled by insomnia, but she hadn’t expected that he was barely sleeping in the last few days. If he continued on like this, his body would break down sooner or later.

Outside the door, Xiao Jing looked at the mask and hat thrown on the ground and the corner of his eyes twitched. How could that girl just throw her weapons to the ground? How dirty!

He sighed as he picked up the hat for her and walked towards his office.

Before he could enter his office, however, he was brought to a stop; the little secretary stared at Xiao Jing with glowing eyes, asking, “President Xiao, who is that girl who just went in with a mask and a hat?”

It was big news that the president, who always kept himself away from women, had a woman visit him, and after she went in, President Xiao was kicked out of the room! This was really unusual!

Looking at the excited secretary, Xiao Jing snorted and said, “You’re thinking too much. She’s just a famous hypnotist.”

“Why does the president need a hypnotist?” the secretary continued to ask.

Xiao Jing cast a deep look at the secretary and sneered, “Aren’t you the secretary of President Qiao? Don’t you know that President Qiao wants to develop a business in medicine? Don’t you know how popular hypnosis is these days?” Then he raised his eyebrows and smiled as he continued, “I tell you, President Qiao is learning hypnosis, and I’m afraid you’ll have no secret before him after he masters it.” Then he entered his office and locked the secretary outside.

The secretary was stunned. President Qiao really worked hard!

Tang Xi looked at Qiao Liang, who was sitting on the office sofa and refusing to go to sleep, and she sighed. “Is it because of that finger?”

Qiao Liang was stunned. He asked, “How did you know?”

Tang Xi led Qiao Liang to the lounge in the office. Qiao Liang’s office was decorated exactly the same as hers—she had noticed this as soon as she entered. She felt sweet yet bitter in her heart. He loved her so much, yet she didn’t know it before.

“Ah Liang, you know I was in a coma for more than a week before.” Tang Xi led Qiao Liang to sit down on the bed and let him lie on her thighs, gently massaging his head while speaking in a low voice. “Do you know where I was during that week?”

Qiao Liang looked up at her and she smiled in response, gently brushing her hand across his eyes to make him close them, and then whispered, “I went to the Pacific Ocean first and saw how you broke down, and then I went to Long Beach and saw how desperate you were and how you wanted to commit suicide.” Her hand moved even more gently as she continued, “Do you know how sad I was when I saw you walk into the sea? I tried to stop you but I couldn’t. In the end though, I did manage to stop you. I don’t know why. Maybe God heard me.”

“So you were really there?” Qiao Liang opened his eyes to look at Tang Xi, following which he turned to sit up and gaze at Tang Xi. “Was that really you? I was pulled back by someone at the beach and I saw it was you. Wasn’t that my hallucination?”

Tang Xi nodded, her eyes red. “Yes, it was me. You weren’t hallucinating. I was really with you. Do you know how sad I was and how much I hated myself when I saw you torturing yourself? I hated that I wasn’t at your side when you needed me most. So Ah Liang, I’ll always accompany you from now on. Take good care of yourself, okay?”

Qiao Liang pulled Tang Xi into his arms and said in a low voice, “But I’m afraid that you won’t be around when I open my eyes. I once dreamed about you and you were with me. We were very happy in the dream. But I was afraid that when I opened my eyes, I would hear someone tell me that they’ve found your finger. I can’t accept that. Xixi, I’m scared.”

He sounded so helpless. Tang Xi couldn’t believe Qiao Liang would speak in such a fragile and pitiful tone.

“I’ll be with you the entire time, and I promise you that when you open your eyes, the first person you see will be me. I’ll never leave you. Please have a sleep, okay?” Tang Xi gently patted Qiao Liang’s back. “From now on, whether it be in your dreams or when you’re awake, I’ll always be by your side.”