Strike Back, Proud Goddess!

Tang Xi paused. This was the first time Qiao Liang had asked her this question. Before he didn’t want her to ask where he was and what he was doing… She took a breath and asked gently, “Qiao Liang, where are you going? What are you going to do?”

Qiao Liang chuckled and answered, “Going to the dock, I need to deal with a batch of goods. Don’t make me tell you again.” After a pause, Qiao Liang said, “Xixi, no matter what identity you have, I hope you can stand with me side by side.”

Tang Xi hummed and hung up the phone. She sat on the chair and pondered for quite a while. Why did Qiao Liang suddenly say that to her?

Yes, she was not worthy of standing with him side by side with her current identity. When she was Tang Xi, she could stand by his side, but as Xiao Rou, she didn’t deserve to.

Tang Xi dealt with the business the whole morning, and then called her lawyer. The latter was surprised to see her, but as a professional, he soon soon regained his composure. Upon hearing that Tang Xi wanted to make a new will, he frowned and asked, “Are you sure you’re going to modify your will, President Tang?”

The lawyer looked at the recording pen in his hand and frowned. Why did President Tang suddenly want to modify her will? It was strange that she wanted to grant all her property to a stranger after she died! In any case, the Tang family people were the most reliable, weren’t they?

Tang Xi nodded. “Yes, I want to modify my will. And I hope you can deal with it asap.”

“Well, I don’t quite understand.” The lawyer looked at Tang Xi and frowned. “May I ask why you suddenly want to modify your will?”

“Mr. Zhang, just do what I ask you to.” Tang Xi stood up. “I want to see the draft of the new will tomorrow morning. I’ll sign it if it has no problem.” She then opened the door of the office and signaled the lawyer to leave.

Soon after the lawyer left, Tang Xi’s cell phone rang. Tang Xi took a look at the caller ID, frowned and picked up the phone. “Hello?”

As she had returned to the capital, she asked Little Six to get her previous phone number back. To her surprise, Qin Xinying still remembered this phone number.

Qin Xinying seemed not to expect that Tang Xi would answer the phone. She remained silent for two seconds before she said with a smile, “Where have you been these days, Xixi? I’m in the airport and will arrive in the capital soon. Let’s meet.”

Tang Xi listened to her seemingly intimate words and her eyes had an icy gleam. “Okay, let’s meet if you want to. Where shall we meet?”

Qin Xinying was relieved to hear Tang Xi agreed to meet her, but she still frowned. As far as she knew, Tang Xi had no chance to survive. How could she come back? She was caught totally off guard by Tang Xi’s return!

…

“Xixi!” At the door of the café, Qin Xinying waved excitedly to Tang Xi as if seeing her bestie that she hadn’t seen for a long time.

She then quickly walked inside, when she saw Tang Xi sitting at the table beside the French window.

Tang Xi also waved at Qin Xinying and gave a faint smile, but she sneered in her heart. Why didn’t she discover before that Qin Xinying was so talented at acting? Look at that fake smile. She almost believed she was really her best friend.

Qin Xinying walked in and sat opposite Tang Xi, without turning her gaze away from her. It had been quite a while before she murmured, “Girl, you look skinny. Why didn’t you contact us for so long? Do you know how much we worried about you?”

Tang Xi looked at Qin Xinying and smiled. “How much did you worry about me?”

Qin Xinying paused. She didn’t expect Tang Xi would ask her this. Wasn’t she supposed to say “I’m sorry to make you worry”? Why did she ask her this weird question?

“I had even gone to the Pacific to search for you! And…” Qin Xinying pursed her lips and hesitated as if not knowing whether she should continue or not. Tang Xi looked at her and raised her eyebrows. “What’s up?”

Qin Xinying sighed. “Qiao Liang also went there to search for you as soon as he heard you had an accident, but…”

Tang Xi looked at her with a straight face and frowned. “Didn’t I tell you not to mention Qiao Liang in front of me? It’s his business to search for me or not. That’s none of my business.”

Upon hearing this, Qin Xinying snorted in her heart but she put on a false pity. “Alas, forget it. Maybe that Qiao Liang is not that good. The first second he was desperately searching for you, but the next second he hooked up with a village girl. I wonder why he fell for that country bumpkin who couldn’t be compared with you at all except being pretty.”

Tang Xi still looked at Qin Xinying and smiled. “Does this have anything to do with me?”

She was a bit unhappy to hear that. A country bumpkin? She was not only pretty, but also smart, alright?!

Qin Xinying was disappointed to see Tang Xi wasn’t abetted by her. She pursed her lips and asked, “By the way, where have you been?”

“I just traveled around.” Tang Xi said, “There would be too many matters to be solved by me when I came back to China, so I just stayed abroad. But I didn’t expect that something terrible happened.” With that, Tang Xi took a look at Qin Xinying and snorted. “Some people are tracking my grandpa. I’ll kill them if I find out who they are.”

“Tracking Grandpa Tang?” Qin Xinying’s hand froze and then she smiled. “Really? Who would dare do that?”

“Yes, my men discovered it, and I’ve seen the photos. They’d better pray they won’t be caught by me. I’ll make them spend the rest of their lives in jail if I catch them!” Tang Xi said firmly and a cold gleam flickered across her eyes. But soon she calmed down, looked at Qin Xinying and raised her eyebrows. “By the way, I heard that you’re working in the design department of the Qiao’s International Group?”

Qin Xinying almost choked with water, and hurriedly explained, “Xixi, it’s not like what you think. I work there because…”

“I didn’t blame you for that. Why are you so nervous?” Tang Xi didn’t want to listen to her lies so she directly interrupted her and took a sip of the coffee. “Try your best. After all, I’ve given you my design drawings. You can have a go at competing in Fashion Week and perhaps you might acquire a reputation.”

Qin Xinying narrowed her eyes when she saw Tang Xi speaking to her patronizingly. She cursed Tang Xi over and over again in her heart but still put on a smile. “Yes, I would be nobody without your design drawings.”