Strike Back, Proud Goddess! Novels

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Qin Xinying's face stiffened. Qiao Liang was about to walk past him while holding Tang Xi's hand, when he suddenly shouted, "Xixi called me!"

A glimmer of victory flashed in Qin Xinying's eyes when she saw Qiao Liang stop, and she continued, “I received a phone call from Xixi. Don't you want to know about the situation? Don't you want to know where Xixi is now?"

Qiao Liang held Tang Xi's hand even tighter, and the latter looked at her from the side only to find a complicated expression on her face. Tang Xi patted her hand to give her strength. Qiao Liang turned to look at Qin Xinying deeply and said word for word, “I broke up with her many years ago. What does his existence have to do with me? I hope Miss Qin doesn't think you can get special treatment because you are a friend of my ex-boyfriend. If you come here to work, please work well. But if you come here to approach me, you can quit the Qiao International Group now.”

Qin Xinying turned extremely pale in response, looked at Qiao Liang with hatred and said loudly, "You're lying. You went to the Pacific Ocean for Tang Xi, but now you dare not admit it on this woman's face. Aren't you afraid of breaking Xixi's heart?!”

It was office hours, so there were not many people in the first floor lobby; qin Xinying did not attract the attention of many people despite shouting loudly. Tang Xi looked at Qin Xinying and frowned. Suddenly, a memory in his mind slowly became clear. He recalled how Qin Xinying showed him some photos, in which Qiao Liang looked familiar with the other girls, and told Tang Xi that she should watch over him, she said, or he'll be stolen by someone else someday.

Because of his pride, he did not want to ask Qiao Liang if he had fallen in love with someone else. When she lived with Qiao Liang, she would pay attention to his eyes and find that he always looked happy when he was with her, so she believed he loved her until he suddenly asked for a break up.

It turned out that she did not want him to stay with her because of Qin Xinying's words; she wanted to maintain her dignity in this "love triangle. However, there was no third person between him and Qiao Liang, but someone who played a monodrama, yet he believed his appearance and was deceived by it.

Tang Xi suddenly smiled. Looking at Qiao Liang, he asked sweetly, “Who is Tang Xi that he mentioned? Is she pretty like me? Sweet like me?”

Qiao Liang could not help but smile as he looked at the mischievous smile on Tang Xi's lips. He touched her head and said, "You're the sweetest and prettiest girl I've ever seen."

Tang Xi looked quite satisfied with her answer. He grabbed her hand and looked at her, saying, "Then who do you love the most?"

"You," Qiao Liang replied, looking at Tang Xi with affectionate and gentle eyes. "I only loved you from the beginning."

Qiao Liang did not say Xiao Rou or Tang Xi, but this "you", and "you" refers to Tang Xi—only Tang Xi.

Tang Xi was so touched by Qiao Liang that her eyes turned red, while Qin Xinying trembled in anger. Why did she keep Tang Xi for so many years, but in the end let a woman she had never heard of take the chance to get her love? So what did he do to Tang Xi in vain? What Qiao Liang really loved was this woman?

Seeing the ferocious expression on Qin Xinying's face, Qiao Liang said to her in a warning tone, "Miss Qin, I hope you won't say anything inappropriate in front of my girlfriend again. Otherwise, I will make you disappear from A—no City, from China! Your work could become popular, or turn into an unwanted memo.” With that said, she walked away while holding Tang Xi's hand.

Qiao Liang barely spoke to her when she was with Tang Xi. If he continued to provoke the woman he cared about, he would do as he said!

Thinking of this, he clenched his hands hard. Staring at the receding figures of Qiao Liang and Tang Xi, he said word for word, “Qiao Liang, one day you will find that I am the one who loves you the most, I love you the most, and that I'm the one that suits you best.”

Qiao Liang led Tang Xi out of the Qiao International Group and into his car to go to the riverside for afternoon tea. Tang Xi looked at him from the side and stuck out her hand, asking, "Hey, are you going to put Qin Xinying in your company?"

Qiao Liang raised his eyebrows and replied with a question. “You don't like it?” His voice was cold, but there was a faint smile on his lips.

Tang Xi nodded. “No, I don't like it. Ah Liang, I want to settle it myself, and I don't want you to interfere in my affairs. I will find out who caused the plane crash, and what role Qin Xinying had in it. I don't want anyone to interfere in this.” He looked straight at Qiao Liang and finished word by word, "Including you."

Qiao Liang stopped his car at a traffic light intersection and looked at Tang Xi deeply. After a while, he said, "Okay, but you have to promise me something."

Tang Xi asked, "What's wrong?"

As long as Qiao Liang did not interfere in his revenge plan, he would say yes to anything.

“No matter what you will do, you must tell me beforehand, and you cannot put yourself in danger. Don't let me hear you get hurt, or.. die.” Qiao Liang's heart was still pounding in fear as he said the word "dead". If he was not so lucky to be reincarnated in Xiao Rou's body, he would still miss her, holding her finger! With this thought in mind, Qiao Liang looked even more resolute. “Please promise me.”

Tang Xi nodded, her eyes red and her eyes firm. She replied, “I promise you that I will keep myself safe from now on. Whatever I do, I will tell you in advance.”

The car in the back honked as Qiao Liang turned on the car and headed to the riverbank for afternoon tea.

It was September and the weather started to cool, but it was still very hot at 3 or 4 p.m. The two of them walked in the park by the river, caressed by the gentle breeze. Tang Xi held onto Qiao Liang's arm as she enjoyed the scenery in the river and muttered, "I suddenly found that the view of City A is very beautiful."

“Yes, I also just realized that the view of the riverside park is very beautiful.” Qiao Liang slowed down while holding his hand, and Tang Xi smiled in satisfaction. Even last night, he did not imagine that he would be able to walk in the garden hand in hand with Qiao Liang and drink afternoon tea together.