Strike Back, Proud Goddess!

Xiao Yan didn’t take her words seriously. He thought Tang Xi was just shy because she just arrived back home and insisted on taking her to buy clothes. Tang Xi didn’t know how to deal with her stubborn brother. Fortunately, the Xiao’s Company people called Xiao Yan and asked him to go back to the company. Xiao Yan finally gave up. He said sorry to Tang Xi and promised her to accompany her shopping next time. He then turned to leave.

Watching him leave in a hurry, Tang Xi shook her head and sighed. “No, thanks. I can do it myself!”

Then she looked at the maid standing at the side and waiting for her order. She then remembered that Yang Jingxian had asked her to bring chicken soup to Lin Ru. She looked around but didn’t find the thermos bottle, so she hurriedly asked, “Well, have you seen a thermos bottle?”

This fair-skinned, chubby girl nodded with a smile. “Miss, do you mean the chicken soup? I’ve taken it to the kitchen.”

Tang Xi nodded. “Please take it out. My mom made it for my mother. I’ll feed her some soup.”

The girl hurriedly went to the kitchen, then walked out with a bowl of chicken soup and handed it to Tang Xi. Tang Xi smiled, thanked her and took the bowl, turning to leave. Suddenly she stopped and looked back at that girl. “By the way, what’s your name?”

The girl blushed whilst lowering her head and answered, “Miss, my name is Lily.”

Tang Xi nodded and smiled with some awkwardness. “Okay, Lily, where is my mother’s room?”

Xiao Rou was kicked out of the house before she had the time to visit her mother’s room, so she didn’t know which room was Lin Ru’s…

Lily smiled. “Miss, this way please.”

Tang Xi smiled and no longer felt uneasy. She followed Lily to Lin Ru’s room and thanked her after they had arrived. She raised her hand and gently knocked on the door. Xiao Hongyi was the one who came to open the door and upon seeing him, Tang Xi told him, “This is the chicken soup my mom made for Mother. Let me feed her some.”

Xiao Hongyi nodded and made way for her, saying, “I’m in the study next door. Call me if you have any problems.”

Tang Xi nodded, entered the room and closed the door behind her.

As soon as Xiao Hongyi entered the study and closed the door, the servants who were secretly watching Tang Xi immediately gathered and began to gossip. “God, she looks totally different from the first time we saw her. Look at her graceful manner. Xiao Jinning is simply no match for her!”

Lily shook her head. “Anyway, she’s the real Miss. Coming back to her own home, she doesn’t have to be afraid.”

Another little maid said, “I don’t think so. I remember when she came here for the first time, she dared not even look at us when we called her Miss, but she seems to have been used to it when we called her Miss today, and, didn’t you hear that she even said that she wouldn’t live in the room Xiao Jinning used.”

“I would make the same choice!” A maid curled her lips. “Who would want to live in the room Xiao Jinning used? She is such a b*tch!”

Lily said, “Stop it. If Miss hears us talking about the fake Miss, she might be angry!”

“Ha, who does she think she is? She just lived in the hospital for a month and then in Mr. Xiao Hongli’s home for another month.” A maid who kept silent suddenly said with disdain, “Even if she is a real phoenix, so what? She’s just a country-bred bumpkin who knows nothing. Why are you so cared about her?”

Lily blushed with anger. Recalling how Miss thanked her gently just now, she said angrily, “Xiang’er, how can you say this? She is our Miss anyway. Miss will be angry if she hears your words!”

“Phew, she just came and you’re so eager to kiss her ass? There’ll be a lot of chances for you to kiss her ass. Why are you in such a hurry?” Xiang’er was the prettiest one among the young maids and was responsible for cleaning up Xiao Yan’s room. Thinking herself different from the other maids, she often demeaned the other servants.

“Xiang’er!” Lily was very angry but didn’t know how to reply back to her.

Seeing Lily speechless, Xiang’er snorted. “She’ll just stay in this house for several days, and you take her as your real master? Stupid!”

Tang Xi who was sitting by the bed and feeding Lin Ru the soup with a spoon heard every single word of their conversation. She shook her head and said to Lin Ru who was happily enjoying the soup, “These servants are funny. Didn’t they know to go somewhere private to speak ill of me? How could they do that in the living room? Though the house is well insulated against sound, I have very sharp ears.”

Lin Ru looked at Tang Xi with doubt. Tang Xi smiled, wiped her mouth with a tissue and asked her, “How do you feel after the acupuncture treatment today? Do you feel better?”

Lin Ru felt that her body was lighter than before and she was no longer that sleepy. She hadn’t slept since she came back home from the hospital. She smiled and nodded.

Tang Xi smiled and nodded. “That’s great. I’m so glad to hear this. Let’s continue the acupuncture therapy tomorrow.”

Tang Xi wanted Lin Ru to drink more soup, but Lin Ru had been full. Tang Xi nodded in understanding and wiped her Mother’s mouth clean with a tissue. She said to her, “I’m going out to attend to something. Have a good rest and I’ll go call Father to take care of you.”

Thinking Tang Xi was leaving, Lin Ru looked anxious. She opened her mouth but couldn’t say anything. Tang Xi knew what she wanted to say, and hurriedly comforted her. “I’ll just go out for a while and be coming back soon. I’ll give you acupuncture every day, so I won’t leave.”

Relieved to hear this, Lin Ru nodded. Tang Xi smiled at her, and walked out holding the bowl.

Hearing her walk out of the room, the servants immediately scattered. Tang Xi smiled and called, “Xiang’er, come here. Clean these pieces up from on the ground and mop the floor.”

A tall, pretty maid looked back at Tang Xi with doubt. “Miss? The floor has been cleaned by us… There isn’t anything on the ground.”

Tang Xi smiled, raised her eyebrows, looked at Xiang’er and suddenly scowled. “Oh, yes?” In the next second, Tang Xi threw the bowl in her hand to the ground. The bowl hit the floor and broke into pieces. The chicken soup was splashed all over the floor and the servants screamed in fear. Then Tang Xi raised her eyebrows. “What about now?”