Strike Back, Proud Goddess! Novels
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At that moment, Qiao Liang's office door was suddenly pushed open forcefully, followed by a crisp female voice. "Am I late?"

Xiao Jing swooped down as if she had seen her savior and hugged Tang Xi, complaining, “Rourou, you are finally here. Do you know how crazy this guy is? He had not slept for more than ten days. I was afraid he might suddenly die so I tried to get him to sleep, but he wanted to hit me! I feel very aggrieved!”

Tang Xi looked at Xiao Liang, only to find a dark circle under her eyes. He obviously didn't sleep well. He felt a hint of pain in his heart as he looked at Qiao Liang, who was standing there and looking at him deeply without saying a word, and then he said to Xiao Jing, “Jing, who was not there, can you get out? I'll handle this."

Xiao Jing nodded and in a low voice said to Tang Xi, “Don't force her too much. Just ask him to sleep.”

Tang Xi smiled, thinking maybe it wasn't easy. Qiao Liang rarely changed his mind. Maybe he had to use a honey trap to get her to sleep.

Nevertheless, he still nodded and said, "OK, leave us alone."

Seeing his sister agreeing to help him, Xiao Jing went to work in a good mood. As long as his boss wasn't dead, he could still enjoy his chubby salary. Once Rourou gets the man to sleep, he will keep his promise and take him to pick a sports car.

After Xiao Jing came out, Tang Xi took a step towards Qiao Liang. The latter looked at Tang Xi with a slight frown, while Tang Xi took another step forward. Qiao Liang subconsciously took a step back, but Tang Xi urged him again. The scene repeated until Qiao Liang leaned against his desk and could not retreat anymore.

Tang Xi smiled, wrapped her arms around her neck and asked in a low voice, "Do you think you're dreaming?"

Qiao Liang's eyes turned red. He looked at Tang Xi deeply who was standing in front of him, then nodded and said in a hoarse voice, "It's so unreal."

Tang Xi felt a lump in her throat. Recalling what he saw in Long Beach, he took a deep breath and tiptoed to kiss Qiao Liang. He asked, "Is it real now?"

Her warm and soft lips touched her lips. He could feel them warm and not cold.

Qiao Liang impulsively placed his hand behind Tang Xi's head and was about to kiss her hard, but the latter avoided her. He looked at Tang Xi with red eyes. Tang Xi smiled before hugging her and whispering in her ear, “Sleep. You can kiss me when you wake up.”

Qiao Liang frowned in response. "I can't sleep."

"Are you afraid of nightmares?" Tang Xi suddenly felt suffocated. He knew that Qiao Liang was being plagued by insomnia, but he did not expect that he had barely slept in the past few days. If he continued like this, his body would be destroyed sooner or later.

Outside the door, Xiao Jing looked at the mask and hat thrown to the ground and the corner of her eyes twitched. How could the girl throw her weapon on the ground? How dirty!

He sighed as he took the hat for him and walked towards his office.

It was great news that the president, who had always distanced himself from women, had a woman visit him, and after he entered, President Xiao was expelled from the room! This is really unusual!

Looking at the excited secretary, Xiao Jing snorted and said, “You think too much. He's just a famous hypnotist.”

“Why does the president need a hypnotist?” The secretary kept asking.

Xiao Jing looked at the secretary deeply and sneered, "Are you not President Qiao's secretary? Did you know that President Qiao wants to grow his business in medicine? Don't you know how popular hypnosis is these days?” Then he raised his eyebrows and smiled as he continued, "I say, President Qiao is studying hypnosis, and I'm afraid you won't have any secrets before him once he has mastered them." Then he entered his office and locked the secretary outside.

The secretary was dumbfounded. President Qiao is really working hard!

Tang Xi looked at Qiao Liang, who was sitting on the office sofa and refused to sleep, and she sighed. "Is it because of that finger?"

Qiao Liang was stunned. He asked, "How do you know?"

Tang Xi led Qiao Liang into the waiting room in the office. Qiao Liang's office was decorated exactly the same as hers—he realized this as soon as she entered. She felt sweet yet bitter in her heart. He loved her very much, but he didn't know it before.

"Ah Liang, you know I was in a coma for over a week before." Tang Xi led Qiao Liang to sit on the bed and let him lie on his thigh, massaging his head gently while speaking in a low voice. "Do you know where I was during that week?"

Qiao Liang looked at him and he smiled in response, gently swept his hands into his eyes to make him close them, and then whispered, "I went to the Pacific Ocean first and saw how you were destroyed, you said, and then I go to Long Beach and see how desperate you are and how suicidal you are.” His hands moved more gently as he continued, “Do you know how sad I was when I saw you walking into the sea? I tried to stop you but I couldn't. In the end, I managed to stop you. I don't know why. Maybe God heard me.”

"So you're really there?" Qiao Liang opened his eyes to look at Tang Xi, after which he turned to sit down and looked at Tang Xi. “Is that really you? I was pulled back by someone on the beach and I saw it was you. Isn't that my hallucination?”

Tang Xi nodded, her eyes red. “Yes, it's me. You are not hallucinating. I'm really with you. Do you know how sad I am and how much I hate myself when I see you torturing yourself? I hate that I'm not by your side when you need me the most. So Ah Liang, I will always accompany you from now on. Take care of yourself, okay?”

Qiao Liang pulled Tang Xi into his arms and said in a low voice, “But I'm afraid you won't be there when I open my eyes. I've been dreaming about you and you with me. We were so happy in that dream. But I'm afraid when I open my eyes, I'll hear someone tell me they've found your finger. I can't accept that. Xixi, I'm afraid.”

He sounds so helpless. Tang Xi did not believe Qiao Liang would speak in such a fragile and pitiful tone.

“I will be with you all the time, and I promise that when you open your eyes, the first person you see is me. I will never leave you. Please sleep, okay?” Tang Xi gently patted Qiao Liang on the back. “From now on, whether it's in your dreams or when you wake up, I'll always be by your side.”