Strike Back, Proud Goddess!

“Bullshit!” Tao Yan looked hatefully at Tang Xi. “Come off it! Lin Ru is…”

“Shut up!” Xiao Jinning snapped at Tao Yan harshly and then stared at Tang Xi with ferocious eyes as she asked, “Xiao Rou, what do you mean? Why isn’t Lin Ru their biological daughter?”

“Jinning, don’t listen to her nonsense. Lin Ru is our daughter. She must listen to us. Don’t worry. We’ll have her make it up to you. You…”

“Save it.” Tang Xi frowned at Tao Yan, who was still unwilling to give up, and gave an icy smile. “If you tell us how you stole my mom right now, I may not hold you criminally liable. Otherwise, none of you will be able to get away with it.” Her voice turned harsh as she finished, “You’d better think it over before you speak!”

With that said, before Tang Xi turned to go outside, she asked Xiao Jing and Xiao Sa to call the security guards not to allow Xiao Jinning and Tao Yan to leave the office.

Xiao Yan looked at Tang Xi’s resolute back, raised an eyebrow and followed her out, and so did Yang Jingxian. When she saw Tang Xi walk towards the elevator, she stepped forward to catch Tang Xi’s arm and asked in a low voice, “Rourou, you look awful. What’s wrong with you?”

Tang Xi shook her head and smiled. “I’m fine. I stepped on glass fragments in the hot spring, so I have difficulty walking.”

Yang Jingxian touched Tang Xi’s hair pityingly and said gently, “I’m sorry that I let you see this ugly scene when you came to the hospital.”

Tang Xi shook her head as she held Yang Jingxian’s hand and asked softly, “My… how’s she doing?”

Yang Jingxian knew Tang Xi was asking after Lin Ru. She didn’t call the latter “mom” because she cared about her feelings. Although she was not the real Xiao Rou but a little fairy instead, her body was Xiao Rou’s. Besides, as a fairy, she loved everyone. With this in mind, Yang Jingxian finally let go of her anger towards Lin Ru. She glanced at Xiao Yan, who stood at the side, and said to Tang Xi, “Your mom fell down the stairs and injured her ribs and spine. She just had an operation and is resting in the ward now. She will probably wake up tonight. Stay here to take care of her.”

Tang Xi nodded and asked Yang Jingxian to go back to rest, but the latter replied that she would be waiting for Xiao Hongli here. Tang Xi nodded and went towards Lin Ru’s ward. Xiao Yan followed her, staring at her back, but he didn’t speak. Feeling his intense gaze, Tang Xi turned around and smiled at him, asking, “Brother, do you have something to say?”

Xiao Yan was slightly excited to hear Tang Xi calling him brother. “Did you just call me brother, not cousin?”

Tang Xi smiled. “It’s just a name. It’s not important. Now it looks like Mom wants me back because she loves me, not because of the benefits I can bring to her.”

Xiao Yan nodded with a smile in response as he leaned on the handrail of the hallway and said in a low voice, “I’m too narrow-minded.” And then he asked, “How do you know they’re not our real grandpa and grandma?”

Tang Xi raised an eyebrow and looked at Xiao Yan with a smile. She replied, “It’s my guess.”

Xiao Yan paused for quite a while before breaking out in laughter and taking out a cigarette to light. “It’s just your guess? Ah, yes, I should have guessed it. Since our childhood, they favored Xiao Jinning over me, but… if neither of us are their real grandchildren, why do they like Xiao Jinning so much?”

Tang Xi took a step back to stand at the window of the hallway to enjoy the breeze, then she looked back at Xiao Yan and said with a faint smile, “What if Xiao Jinning is their real grandchild?”

Xiao Yan froze momentarily before giving a frown and raising his eyelids. He brought the cigarette to his mouth to take a puff, after which he gazed at Tang Xi and asked, “Rourou, are you aware of what you’re saying right now?”

Tang Xi nodded solemnly and looked deeply at Xiao Yan. “I think this could be a conspiracy.”

Xiao Yan smiled as he finished smoking the cigarette, put it out and threw the butt into the trash can. Blowing out the smoke in his mouth, he turned a deep gaze on Tang Xi. “Conspiracy? If it really is a conspiracy, that’ll be a big blow to Mom.”

Tang Xi raised an eyebrow. “But short-term pain is better than long-term pain, isn’t it? At least we’re all here for her.”

“I think we’ll know the result soon.” Tang Xi smiled as she took a breath and slightly raised her chin, prompting Xiao Yan to look at Xiao Hongyi coming out of the identification department. Xiao Yan turned his head only to see Xiao Hongyi come out with a frown. He could tell the result from his look.

Xiao Yan looked back at the calm-looking Tang Xi and frowned. “Do you know that your guess may expose a truth that some people have been covering up for decades?”

Tang Xi smiled and looked solemnly at Xiao Yan. “I’m here to uncover all conspiracies, whomever they concern.”

Xiao Hongyi came over with two paternity test reports and growled, “Shame on them! They really are not the parents of your mom. They have just been taking advantage of her all these years! How can your mom face it when she finds out the truth?”

From how Xiao Hongyi remembered her, Lin Ru had always been that strong and stubborn girl who wouldn’t ask for help no matter what happened to her…

At this time, Liu Chengyu and Xi Luoxian arrived. The latter looked a bit angry. She and Lin Ru had been good friends since their time in university, so she knew what a miserable life Lin Ru used to live. Every summer and winter vacation, the other roommates would go back home to stay with their family, while Lin Ru had to stay in the City A and work part-time jobs to earn her tuition fees. Not only that, she also had to send part of the money she earned to her parents, or else that couple would go to her workplace and make a scene.

Xi Luoxian came over in a hurry, walking straight to Xiao Hongyi, and asked in a low voice, “How is she doing? Is Ah Ru seriously injured?”

However, Liu Chengyu merely kept his eyes on Tang Xi’s face, his heart beating faster than usual. She was here. Did that mean she had acknowledged Aunt Lin as her mother?

Did that mean he was about to become her fiancé?

Thinking of this possibility, Liu Chengyu felt his heartbeat speed up. He gazed at Tang Xi’s beautiful face and the satisfaction in his heart rose to its zenith in an instant.

Sensing Liu Chengyu’s gaze, Tang Xi raised an eyebrow as her heart sank. It seemed that she would have to put forward a precondition before acknowledging her biological parents!