Strike Back, Proud Goddess! Novels
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A few days had passed and Xiao Rou was still not awake, but He Wanning insisted on waiting another week for Xiao Rou. Xiao Yao could get out of bed now and thus be guarded by Tang Xi's sick bed almost every day. Xiao Sa and Xiao Jing stayed in the hospital for a few days before they returned to work as urged by the phones of their colleagues.

Yang Jingxian would come every day to deliver nutritious food to Xiao Yao and then cleanse Xiao Rou's body. After Lin Ru found out that her daughter fell down the stairs and was hospitalized, she rushed to the hospital in tears and continued to stay there, neglecting her work.

Xiao Hongyi could not change his wife's mind and could only ask Xiao Yan to keep an eye on their entertainment company. Xiao Yan was completely fine with this because he was workaholic. He did not like to do anything other than work, and he felt that rest and recreation were simply a waste of life.

But he also took the time to visit his sister in the hospital, even if only once.

Since he thought he was not a doctor, Xiao Rou would not wake up even if he had to stay in the hospital every day, he might as well return to work. However, if he could wake Xiao Rou up by keeping her in the hospital, he would be happy to do so.

During this period of time, Lin Ru and Yang Jingxian got along well with each other. While Lin Ru thought that they did not take care of Xiao Rou well enough, that was why she ended up falling down the stairs, he knew that he was in no position to complain and therefore said nothing about it. He only took care of Xiao Rou with Yang Jingxian every day.

After wiping Xiao Rou's body, Yang Jingxian brought the laundry water to the bathroom, poured it over and then sat down on a nearby sofa. Looking at Lin Ru, who was sitting by Xiao Rou's bedside and holding her daughter's hand, she asked gently, "Ah Ru, is it alright for you not to go to work?"

She could not understand why Lin Ru, who had always considered work as her life, suddenly stopped working and came here every day to take care of her daughter, whom she once hated so much.

Lin Ru looked at Xiao Rou who was lying on the sick bed and smiled self-deprecatingly, saying, “For so many years, I think only my work can satisfy me, but now I find that my persistence is wrong. Why am I working so hard? For a better life? But my life is good enough. Want my kids to live a good life? But I closed my eyes to my own daughter. By the time I knew everything and wanted to make up for it, my daughter was lying in a dying sick bed. Now I don't know what's the point of working hard and making all this money!”

Her husband is a rich man and her son can make his own money; they don't need his money. He used to invest all his money and energy for his 'daughter'... Now she finally decides to make it up to her biological daughter, but she doesn't give him a chance.

Yang Jingxian pursed her lips and sighed. “Because Rourou could wake up from the severe trauma back then, he would also be able to wake up this time. The experts said that Rourou might be too tired to get up. Maybe he'll be fine while he's resting.”

Yes, the experts from the capital had examined Xiao Rou and concluded she was sleeping.

Asleep? Who will sleep for a week? And they say he probably won't wake up forever. Isn't that like brain death?! However, those experts also say that it is different to brain death because brain-dead patients are vegetative who have almost no chance of waking up, unless a miracle occurs. Xiao Rou, on the other hand, could wake up at any time, but they did not know when exactly.

Lin Ru looked deeply at the girl lying on the bed, saying gently, "Jingxian, can you promise me something?"

Yang Jingxian frowned and replied, "What's wrong?"

“Can you let Rourou take turns living in both of our houses when he wakes up?” Lin Ru knew that she was asking for too much, but she really wanted to stay with her daughter. Seeing Yang Jingxian frowning, she hurriedly said, "I know I asked for too much, but I really didn't know Yao Jinning was lying to me. If I had known, I definitely would not have treated Rourou like that. I swear I'll make it up to Rourou. If anyone dares to hurt Rourou, I will never let them go! Can you agree?”

Yang Jingxian pursed her lips in response, but that was when Xiao Yao walked in through the ward door and said flatly, “We will talk about this when Rourou wakes up. We will ask Rourou for his opinion. If he agrees, we won't stop him.”

Tang Xi spent many days in Long Beach, almost accompanying Qiao Liang every day. He watched as the people sent to look for him by Qiao Liang returned fruitlessly, watched Qiao Liang go on a rampage, watched Qiao Liang's hallucinations become increasingly severe, watched Qiao Liang's insomnia become increasingly worse, and watched him talk to her all night holding an ice box with his finger.

The more he noticed, the more he felt sad for her, and the more he wanted to slap himself.

'How can you, Tang Xi? How could you torture Qiao Liang like this?'

With this thought in mind, Tang Xi tried desperately to return to her body; however, no matter what method she used, it was not, he could not leave Long Beach and he could not return to City A or the capital. He could only see Qiao Liang torturing himself, unable to do anything to stop him.

Just as Tang Xi was about to drown in helplessness and guilt, Little Six suddenly ran upstairs holding her laptop and said to Qiao Liang who was sitting on the ground, “Bos, I finally tracked him down. The IP address is wrong. It's just virtual and the real one is in China, which has nothing to do with Long Beach, but I can't find the exact location. The other party was so good at using computers that I could not find the exact location.”

Tang Xi pursed her lips. If he knew this, he would not have used the 008 hacking skill. He did not expect that even a professional hacker would be unable to track him down.

Now he really wished they could quickly find out that he was in China, or even find him, and then Qiao Liang did not have to live in pain every day. His heart ached greatly when he saw Qiao Liang continue like this.

Tang Xi looked sadly at Qiao Liang, who was sitting on the ground in a daze, with great sadness in his heart. He knew he had fallen into his hallucination again.

Little Six called out to Qiao Liang, but she did not reply, so Little Six shouted, "Miss Tang."

Hearing this, Qiao Liang finally reacted. He looked back at the Little Six and the latter quickly repeated what he had just said. Qiao Liang frowned, “From China? Is it in the capital?”

Little Six shook her head. “I'm not sure. What I believe in is that it really is in China. This is a virtual IP used to hide the actual location.”

Qiao Liang suddenly jumped off the ground and said seriously, “Prepare for the flight home! Now!"

Little Six did not dare to slack off; she hurriedly nodded and descended to ask Little Five and the others to return and prepare a flight back to China.

Seeing that, Tang Xi was extremely anxious. If they go back to China, what will happen if he can't come back?

Thinking of this, Tang Xi shouted anxiously, "008, I want to go home!"