Strike Back, Proud Goddess! Novels
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Xiao Hongli spoiled his daughter in his own way. The members of the Xiao Family were very strict with their children, especially Xiao Hongli, who would not allow his children to be dandy, but he knew Tang Xi was not the type of girl who was easily bullied. Xiao Hongli smiled at Tang Xi and then said to Xiao Sa, “ Drive carefully. Don't take the road as a race track, okay?”

"Dad, I've always been a cautious driver, okay?" Xiao Sa replied, looking at his father with dissatisfaction. "Can't you stop treating us differently?"

Xiao Hongli hummed in response and turned to leave. Tang Xi said goodbye to Xiao Hongli with a smile and said good day to him, and the latter left with a smile.

After Tang Xi finished eating, Xiao Yao came up to her with her backpack and handed it to her. His voice was cold as usual, but it had a slight softness. “There is only half an hour left before class starts, so hurry up.”

Smiling, Tang Xi picked up her bag and called Xiao Sa to leave. Xiao Sa picked up a piece of bread and walked out, saying, “Waiting for me at the door. I'm gonna go drive a car."

Tang Xi nodded, said goodbye to her brother and mother and turned to leave. After exiting the door, he looked back with a complicated look. He did not know how to deal with the feeling he saw in Xiao Yao's eyes just now. She just wanted to see him as her brother and did not want him to know that he was Tang Xi, but she had to explain her relationship with Qiao Liang to them.

Well, let it go.

Xiao Yao stood at the entrance of the hall and stared at Tang Xi's receding figure with gentle eyes. Unexpectedly, she had become his sister. In the past, he would wait for her at the school gate, but now he would send her out or take her to school from home. She just didn't expect him to be her sister.

Seeing Xiao Yao continue staring at the door, Yang Jingxian raised her eyebrows as she looked at Xiao Jing and then asked in a low voice, "What does your brother see?"

Xiao Jing turned to look at Xiao Yao and curled her lips, saying, "Maybe the sky is very blue today." Then he frowned and wondered aloud, “What's wrong with our neighbor? I could hear the sound of renovations from their homes even in the middle of the night. I'm going to complain to the Property Management Office. I can't sleep at night!”

He had been tortured by Qiao Liang all day yesterday, and it was already 9pm when he returned from work. He wanted a good break only to be plagued by the remodeling noise of the villa next door all night. Damnit damnit!

Yang Jingxian drank a mouthful of milk and raised her eyebrows indifferently as she said, "I didn't hear it. We didn't hear any noise last night. How did you hear it?” Then he continued, “But the villa next door is completely being renovated. Looks like the new owner will move.”

Xiao Jing frowned. "Isn't the house not for sale?"

He doesn't know why. Their homes are so soundproof that they won't be able to hear outside noises if they don't open the door. Did he forget to close the window last night?

Glancing at the clock, Yang Jingxian shook her head and replied, "I don't know. That's not my house.” He stood up to clean the table. "Go work. You will be late.” Then he called Xiao Yao. “Xiao Yao, come and have breakfast. I made you bird nest porridge.”

Xiao Yao had yet to fully recover and was too weak to eat cold bread or fried stick dough like them, so he specially made bird nest porridge for her.

Xiao Jing shouted loudly, "Mom, why are you treating us differently?"

"Look!" Xiao Jing sat in her chair as she looked at her mother with sad eyes. He shouted, “We only get cold milk and bread or a bowl of soy milk and fried dough sticks, while Yao can enjoy swallow nest porridge! This is not fair! And you just told me to get out! You told me to get out!"

Yang Jingxian rubbed between her brows and laughed as she said, "I don't have time to talk to you. Get out of front of me." She always treated her children the same way, did not love any of them since they were little, and she always took care of them herself when they were sick. She knew Xiao Jing was trying to comfort her by saying what she was doing. He really enjoyed it.

“No, I won't! You can't do this to me!" Xiao Jing shouted. “You all bully me! Qiao Liang enslaved me and you looked down on me. I'm so sad!"

Xiao Yao came to kick him, and Xiao Jing looked at Xiao Yao with widened eyes. The latter then pulled up a chair nearby and sat down. Xiao Jing shouted, “Yao, did I offend you? Why are you kicking me?”

Xiao Yao glanced at him coldly with a frown and replied coldly, "You're too noisy."

"Mother!" Xiao Jing shouted.

Yang Jingxian came out with two bowls of bird nest porridge. He said, “All right, all right. Even your brother isn't as childish as you. Look you! You behave like a three-year-old. Don't you feel ashamed?”

Xiao Jing curled her lips. “By the way, Rourou doesn't eat bird nest porridge?” He took out a bowl of bird nest porridge from Yang Jingxian's hand and started eating it.

Xiao Yao also started eating. Yang Jingxian watched the two of them eat, smiling as she said, “I didn't know Rourou was going to class today. Since she goes to school, I will send her lunch during the day.”

Xiao Jing nodded and started drinking the bird nest porridge in her bowl. After finishing it, he began to work with satisfaction. Yang Jingxian shook her head. “You could have told me that you also wanted bird nest porridge. It's really childish for you to make such a fuss.”

Xiao Jing raised her head arrogantly and exclaimed, "Yao can't get the privilege!" Then he went to work.

Yang Jingxian sat across from Xiao Yao, cupped her chin in her hand and saw Xiao Yao gracefully eating the bird nest porridge in her bowl with a faint smile on her face. Xiao Yao was fine with it at first, but when he felt his eyes getting hotter, he could not help but look at her and say, “Bu, please, I'll have indigestion if you keep looking at me like that."

Yang Jingxian smiled at Xiao Yao and said, “I am happy to see my son enjoying the food I made. I've seen you eat a lot when you're young". He then stopped before continuing, “Your grandfather asked you to go to the Yang Family in a few days. Do you want to go?”

Xiao Yao nodded with a smile and his eyes were firm as he said, “I will take Rourou to see my Grandpa and cousin. If it wasn't for Rourou, I would have been dead.”

Thinking of the miracle that had happened to Xiao Yao, Yang Jingxian nodded and replied, “OK, I will tell your grandfather that you agree. Rourou is my daughter. Of course he should go back to see your grandfather.” Then he asked with a smile, "Are there female soldiers in your army?"

Xiao Yao looked up doubtfully and Yang Jingxian smiled. “You knew your grandfather's 80th birthday was coming soon, and he would definitely urge you to get married at his birthday party. Aren't you going to take home one?”