Strike Back, Proud Goddess! Novels
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In response to Little Five's words, Xiao Jing immediately stood up and the files on the table were thrown to the ground by her. He looked at Little Five in shock as he asked, “He hasn't slept for more than ten days? What's wrong with her?!"

A normal person would probably not be able to walk and have a trance if they refrained from sleeping for three days, but Qiao Liang did not sleep for more than ten days. Is he seeking death?

“Young Master sleeps about 3 hours every day while we are on the island because she is worried about Miss Tang. She looked for him with us, so sometimes he even slept for less than three hours and just took a nap.” Little Five looked worried as she spoke. “Then it got worse in Long Beach. He did not sleep at all and even had hallucinations. He can't sleep even lying in bed."

"We secretly put sleeping pills into the water he drank, but it didn't work on Young Master." Little Five looked solemn as she looked at Xiao Jing. “Young Master wasn't like this even when he fought against Lu Guangxiong five years ago. I'm really worried his body might be damaged.”

"His body was broken a long time ago!" Xiao Jing walked quickly out of her office. No wonder Qiao Liang immediately came to work after the night flight; it turned out that he did not want to sleep at all. If he continued like this, he would die once he reached his limit!

At this thought, Xiao Jing quickened her pace. He pushed the office door open, followed by Qiao Liang who looked at him with a frown and asked flatly, "You've finished reading the file?"

Xiao Jing walked towards him with a flat face, and said coldly, "I'm afraid you might suddenly die before I finish reading the file!" Qiao Liang did not speak. Xiao Jing glared at him and urged, "Sleep!"

Ignoring his insistence, Qiao Liang replied in an emotionless tone while continuing to read the document in front of him. "I can't sleep."

Xiao Jing looked at Qiao Liang deeply and frowned helplessly. "Are you unwilling or unable to sleep?"

Qiao Liang put down his pen and looked at Xiao Jing, frowning slightly as he said, "I don't want to and can't sleep."

Xiao Jing stopped talking. When she does not want to sleep, she cannot sleep even if she is lying on the bed. But why wasn't Qiao Liang sleeping? Was it because she was afraid that Tang Xi would disappear when she woke up?

Thinking of this, Xiao Jing began to feel sorry for Qiao Liang again. If Tang Xi had not become Xiao Rou, would she have attended Qiao Liang's memorial service a few days later?

"Is it because of Tang Xi?" Xiao Jing asked, looking at Qiao Liang deeply. "You know he's alive now and he's not leaving, so you can sleep in peace."

"It didn't work." Qiao Liang looked at Xiao Jing before taking the small ice box from his drawer and said in a hoarse voice, “This is his finger. Even though he was still alive, he was no longer the one he used to be. Because of me, he died so miserably, leaving only one finger.”

"It has nothing to do with you!" Xiao Jing shouted. “Nobody thought he'd be in a plane crash. It was just an accident!”

"It wasn't an accident!" Qiao Liang replied in seriousness. “It wasn't an accident. It was carefully planned. I've had my men investigate! Someone secretly damaged the fuel tank and the engine of the plane, which led to the crash. I didn't protect Xixi well. As soon as I closed my eyes, I could see how she was smashed to pieces.” Then in a low voice he growled, "How can I sleep soundly with that sight on my mind!"

Xiao Jing froze and then looked at Qiao Liang expressionlessly. She said, “She just changed her outer appearance. You don't have to worry too much about it. Go sleep. When you wake up, you'll find this world so beautiful."

Qiao Liang looked at Xiao Jing deeply, who was growing increasingly agitated, and smiled, saying, "Are you afraid that I will die?" Even though he was smiling, his smile looked very sad.

"Yes!" Xiao Jing roared. “I'm afraid you'll die! So, let's go to sleep!”

"Don't worry. I won't be dead anytime soon.” Qiao Liang lowered his head and continued processing his documents. Xiao Jing was so angry at this that she slammed the door and left. Hearing the sound of a slam, Qiao Liang looked at the door before calling his secretary while continuing his work. "Give me a cup of coffee."

When the door opened again, what appeared was not his secretary, but rather Xiao Jing who had just left angrily. Qiao Liang felt a little impatient and with a frown, he said, “Go to work. I'm busy right now."

Ignoring his words, Xiao Jing directly came to sit before him. Qiao Liang frowned and the air around him froze as he said, “I said go to work. Don't bother me!”

The suffocating air made the secretary stand at the door with the coffee afraid to step forward.

Xiao Jing sat there with her legs crossed, staring at Qiao Liang. He said, "As long as you just sit there and look at me for half an hour without doing anything, I'll be right back to work."

Qiao Liang looked at Xiao Jing in a daze before snorting and saying, "Crazy." Then he continued reading the documents on his desk.

Xiao Jing continued to look at her Patek Philippe watch as she hummed a lullaby, ignoring Qiao Liang's gaze. Qiao Liang could not bear it anymore and called out to Little Five. When Little Five walked in, she pointed at Xiao Jing and said flatly, "Excuse him."

Xiao Jing was furious. “Qiao Liang, I'm doing this for your own good. You're just a coward who doesn't dare to sleep because of a woman. What can you do ?!” Xiao Jing fought hard as she was dragged out by the Little Five, scolding Qiao Liang, “Who else would you dare to treat like this besides me? Do you dare to do this to Tang Xi ?!”

Qiao Liang suddenly stood up and coldly glanced at Little Five, and the latter responded by immediately releasing Xiao Jing and leaving the office. Qiao Liang approached Xiao Jing step by step. Both are 188 cm tall. Although the pressure emitted by Qiao Liang was much stronger compared to Xiao Jing, the latter still stared at Qiao Liang stubbornly and with a snort, he said, "What? What are you going to do to me?! Do you want to fight?!”

"Xiao Jing, you better get back to work while I'm still talking to you patiently." Qiao Liang's voice was low as he spoke. “Rather than wasting time on stupid things like putting me to sleep, you better come back and sort things out to deal with those people once and for all. I don't want to see those men in the Qiao International Group anymore, understand?”

“Then what have you done?” Xiao Jing sneered. “You almost committed suicide for a woman and still haven't stopped torturing yourself for her even now. Now you want me to do something else to make myself look great? Do you think you're really great?”

Qiao Liang frowned furiously as he retorted, "Say that again!"

Xiao Jing was a little scared. It seemed like he had touched the sick part of Qiao Liang... He looked at his watch, thinking that if he hadn't been stuck in traffic, he should have been here by now!