Strike Back, Proud Goddess! Novels
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"The interior design master you read about in the paper?" Tang Xi frowned slightly. "It must be expensive to hire him?"

Usually, designers will give pictures to the remodeling workers and then the latter will work according to the drawings so that they are not too tired. However, for this villa, even the designer worked overtime all night. It seems that the person who will be living in this house must be very rich!

“Money makes a mare go away. As long as you give enough money.” Xiao Jing pursed her lips and turned to go inside, yawning as she walked. "Go sleep. Aren't you going to Hongshi Mountain? We'll go with you tomorrow. Wake up early in the morning.”

Xiao Sa nodded and followed him in. Tang Xi was going to follow him as well when Xiao Yao suddenly called out to him. “Rourou.”

Tang Xi stopped to look back at Xiao Yao. Facing her burning eyes, she smiled awkwardly and asked, "Yao, what's wrong?"

Xiao Yao hummed in response as he took a step forward and said softly, “I'll go to the capital tomorrow to report details regarding Kloss' removal in City J and attend the memorial service for my colleagues, so I can't accompany you to record a TV commercial. Careful."

Tang Xi felt relieved yet felt a little guilty, probably because she saw the sadness in Xiao Yao's eyes. He nodded and smiled as he said, “Thank you, Yao. With Sa and Jing, I will not be harmed.” He stopped before continuing, “Yao, don't be too sad. Those soldiers died to defend our country.”

Xiao Yao smiled. “Raise to the top. I want to smoke under.”

Tang Xi nodded and turned to go to her room, but after taking two steps, she looked back at the lonely figure of Xiao Yao and said, "Yao, smoke less. It's bad for your health."

Xiao Yao hummed in response and asked him to enter the house. After Tang Xi went inside, Xiao Yao withdrew his gaze and took out a cigarette. He started smoking since he came back from the bar that night. Every time he felt irritated, he smoked to wake up, so he smoked a lot lately.

Xiao Yao stuffed the cigarette into his mouth and lit it with a match while leaning against the wall. He took a deep and exhaled it, blew away the smoke, and then took a breath.

Standing behind the French window of her room and staring at the lonely-looking Xiao Yao, Tang Xi clenched her hands and turned to leave. 'Brother Xiao, I'm sorry. I can't repay your love'.

'Because my heart is too small to hold two men.'

'Qiao Liang is already living in my heart, so there is no room for another man'.

After sucking two puffs of smoke, Xiao Yao switched off her cigarette and stood in the courtyard for a bit before turning around and walking into the house. Every time he took a step, he warned himself in his mind.

'You are Xiao Yao, and there is nothing in this world that will defeat or trouble you. The only thing that can trouble you is yourself.'

'Tang Xi is dead.'

'The person beside you right now is not Tang Xi, but Xiao Rou. Xiao Rou is your sister.'

'She happened to fall in love with the man Tang Xi loved and now they are together'.

Perhaps due to being convinced by himself, Xiao Yao felt much better.

…

The next morning, Tang Xi finished washing and went to work out downstairs. There was only Xiao Hongli, Xiao Sa and Xiao Jing in the courtyard. Tang Xi started doing yoga. Xiao Sa and Xiao Jing finished exercising, after which they stood beside her and watched her do yoga. Having good ligaments and good balance, Tang Xi posed beautifully. Standing to the side, Xiao Jing imitated his movements, saying, “Rourou, you woke up late today. Yao has gone to the capital.”

Tang Xi yawned as she maintained her posture. He replied, "I didn't wake up late, but you woke up too early." He pulled out his phone and looked at the time. “It's only 06:30. Didn't you wake up too early?"

Xiao Hongli came over and looked at Tang Xi with a smile, "Rourou, do it with your mother while you do yoga. She has a particular dislike for sports and recently she complained about shoulder and spinal pain. I'm afraid your mother may have periarthritis and spondylosis.”

Tang Xi nodded. “Daddy, since you are not working today, why don't you take Mom for a massage? Starting tomorrow, I will teach Mom how to do yoga in the morning.”

Xiao Hongli smiled and said no problem.

After she did yoga for another half an hour, Yang Jingxian called them over for breakfast. After eating, Yang Jingxian said she wanted to go to Hongshi Mountain with the Xiao brothers to see Tang Xi filming a TV commercial. Xiao Jing thought it was a good idea. He said, “There is a good hot spring in Hongshi Mountain. You can bathe in a hot spring and get a massage while watching Xiao Rou shoot a TV commercial. Doesn't that sound good?”

Xiao Hongli also thought it was a good idea, so he decided to follow Xiao Jing's proposal and go to Hongshi Mountain together.

Tang Xi was a little flattered. It was his first job and his whole family will be there with him. “Actually, you..”.

But then, the phone rang. Tang Xi stopped talking while Yang Jingxian went to answer the phone. Listening to the words coming from across the phone, he frowned and said, "Okay, we'll be there soon." Then he hung up. Everyone looked at him and he said with a frown, "Something bad happened to one of my friends and he needed my help." He turned his gaze to Xiao Hongli and continued, "Come with me." Then he added to the Xiao brothers, “You two sent Rourou to shoot a TV commercial. Secure her, okay?”

“I know, Mom. You can rest assured,” Xiao Jing replied, and then she asked Tang Xi to go upstairs to change her clothes. "We'll wait for you downstairs."

Tang Xi ran upstairs. Xiao Hongli looked at Yang Jingxian and asked, "What happened?"

"Did you remember that your father and mother-in-law came that day?" Yang Jingxian started with a frown. “This morning they started to make trouble. Well, you'll find out when you get there.” She went upstairs to change clothes while muttering to herself, "Oh, your sister-in-law is really unlucky to have a father and mother like that!"

Xiao Jing and Xiao Sa did not speak. Another reason why they did not like Aunt Lin Ru was her parents, who considered their daughter a dairy cow…

They will make a fuss at all times. After the Lin family split the family property, Lin Ru finally did not need to deal with them anymore, but why did they…

Tang Xi came down after changing clothes, where Yang Jingxian and Xiao Hongli had left. Tang Xi wore casual clothes, wore short jeans, a white shirt and a pair of white sneakers, accentuating her straight and long legs. Xiao Jing whistled and said, "Rourou, you seem to like this set of clothes!"

Tang Xi shrugged and replied, "Isn't that looking good?"