Strike Back, Proud Goddess!

Chen Ziyan pursed her lips, looked at Tang Xi and nodded. “Yes. I’ll ask my mom about it today and tell you the result tomorrow, okay?”

Tang Xi nodded, took her hand and said gratefully, “Thank you, Ziyan. I’ll treat you to a dinner later. By the way, how about your math and English grades? Have they been improved? I’m going to work overtime in my company tonight. You can come to my company tonight and I’ll tutor you there.”

She thought it might be embarrassing to stay with Chu Ling in the office alone. If Chen Ziyan was also there, she could tutor her while working overtime. Then they wouldn’t feel embarrassed and… someone wouldn’t be jealous. Tang Xi thought this idea was perfect.

Chen Ziyan’s eyes lit up and she looked at Tang Xi. “You’ve begun to work in your family’s company?” Before Tang Xi answered, she looked at Tang Xi in admiration, exclaiming, “Wow, you’re really awesome. You’ve just come back to your family several months ago, and you’ve managed to accomplish so much! No one can be your match if you had grown up in the Xiao home… But I wouldn’t have had the chance to become your friend if you had grown up in the Xiao family.”

Tang Xi raised her eyebrows, smiled at her and said, “It’s time for class. I’m going back. I’ll wait for you at the school gate after school.”

She went home in the noon break. Lin Ru had been much better than before. Now she could speak and walk. Excited to see Tang Xi, she took Tang Xi’s hand and asked her where she had been in the past week.

Tang Xi explained to her, and looked at her, saying, “Sorry, Mother, I shouldn’t let you see those people last time. Otherwise you wouldn’t be stimulated by them. It’s my fault.”

Lin Ru shook her head. “No, that’s not your fault, nor mine. Those to blame will receive retributions from the god, so we don’t have to be angry at them.” She patted Tang Xi’s hand and said, “Just as Master Canyun said, what belongs to us will eventually be ours, and what doesn’t won’t be ours anyway no matter how hard we try. Maybe I…” Lin Ru paused and continued, “I’m predestined to be separated from my parents, right?”

Tang Xi took a deep breath and looked at Lin Ru in worry. Then she turned to look at Xiao Hongyi who was sitting aside. The latter smiled helplessly, and pointed to the Buddhist scripture on the table, explaining, “You mother begin to believe in Buddhism. She would go to listen to Master Canyun’s interpretation of Buddhist scripture as soon as she was free these days. She has become half a Buddhist nun.”

Tang Xi blinked and looked at Lin Ru in surprise. The latter smiled and said, “Don’t listen to your father’s nonsense. I just stayed in the temple for several days. Now I’ve calmed down and perhaps I won’t go there anymore.” With that, she cast a hesitant glance at Tang Xi as she said, “Now I know we were too narrow-minded before. Rourou, now I’ve figured out that no matter how much I love you, I can’t force you. Your mom and dad made a big concession allowing you to stay in our home. It’s because of their support that you agreed to live here, and gave us the chance to make up to you. If…”

Lin Ru’s eyes turned red and she sobbed, “If you think you’ll be happy going back to your mom and dad, you can go back, but Rourou, please remember I truly love you.”

Tang Xi’s heart suddenly jerked sharply. She had thought she wouldn’t feel sad at all when she left Lin Ru and Xiao Hongyi, but now, hearing what she said, she suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable. Her heart ached as if she was going to lose someone important to her.

Tang Xi shook her head, when Yang Jingxian’s voice rang outside. “She doesn’t have to leave you.” Tang Xi and Lin Ru looked back only to see Grandpa Xiao supported by Yang Jingxian come in. Yang Jingxian looked at them, and said with a smile, “We’ve discussed with Father. If you don’t oppose, our two families will both move back to the old house. Then we can live together, including Rourou. And all of us will be happy, right?”

Grandpa Xiao nodded in agreement with Yang Jingxian. “I agree with Jingxian. We are one family. Why do we live apart?You’ve renovated the old house when I came back from abroad. Now I live there alone and feel so lonely. There isn’t any warmth of family in that house!”

Lin Ru looked at Yang Jingxian in disbelief. She had thought that Yang Jingxian would take Rourou away from her as soon as she recovered, but… Lin Ru suddenly found that she had been misunderstanding her sister-in-law. She was gentle and kind, and had been nice to her. It was just because she had been hostile to her that she was estranged from her.

“Thank you, Jingxian.” Lin Ru stood up, walked up to Yang Jingxian and bowed deeply to her as she said, “Thank you for your tolerance of me before, thank you for what you’ve done for me, and thank you and Hongli keep Rourou in this family. If it weren’t for you, I don’t know when I can…”

“It’s alright. Don’t cry at such a happy time. Now we finally reunite, so we should be happy.” Yang Jingxian waved and said laughing, “Okay, that’s it. I’ll call a moving company to help us move. Let’s have a dinner together this night.” With that, she hurriedly asked Grandpa Xiao, “Dad, is our chef still there? Why don’t we have the chef cook at home? Then we can have the dinner at home.”

Grandpa Xiao laughed and nodded hard. “Good, good, that’s good. That’s a family is supposed to be.”

Tang Xi was was standing aside and kept silent quietly raised her hand, and Yang Jingxian asked her with a smile, “What’s up, Rourou?”

Tang Xi chuckled and said, “That sounds great, but if we live in the old house, won’t it be too far for brothers to go to work and for me to go to school?”

“It’s alright. You and your brothers can live in our villa from Thursday to Sunday and go to the old house to accompany us on Friday and Saturday.” Yang Jingxian smiled and said, “The old house is not far away from your dad’s office, and his work time is not fixed, so it’ll be alright for him. As for…” Yang Jingxian looked at Xiao Hongyi and said, “As for your father, he is no longer in charge of the Xiao’s Group now. His most important job now is to take care of your mother.”

“Dad? Father? That sounds confusing.” Grandpa Xiao frowned and said, “Rourou will still be taken as Hongli’s daughter. Let her call you Uncle and Aunt!”

Xiao Hongyi and Lin Ru’s faces froze….Yang Jingxian stood awkwardly aside and kept silent… The corner of Tang Xi’s eyes twitched and she suggested, “Let me just call them Big Daddy and Little Daddy…”