Strike Back, Proud Goddess! Novels
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Tang Xi looked at Yang Jingxian and smiled, replying, "Maybe.”

Family ties are very important to him. If he had to choose one between his grandfather and Qiao Liang, he would definitely choose the first one without hesitation because since childhood, his grandfather was the one who treated the best. Now, though, if he were to choose between the Xiao family, the Tang family and Qiao Liang, he would definitely refuse to make a choice because he loved them all.

After dying once, he did not want to give up anyone or anything that mattered to him.

…

Xiao Jing took Lin Jiao to a warehouse in the outskirts of the city where Xiao's group used to store items. This one was abandoned after they found another warehouse in the city center. Xiao Hongyi wanted to sell it, but since Xiao Hongli said that the price of the land might rise in the future, the land was left vacant.

Looking at the desolate warehouse, Lin Jiao looked around and a panicked sting flashed in her eyes. Xiao Jing and Xiao Sa did not let the bodyguards cover his mouth, but because his face and mouth were so swollen that he could not speak, he could barely be heard by others. She stuttered, "Where ... you .. take me?”

The two guards guarding her were sleeping, while one was driving. No one answered it. Xiao Jing and Xiao Sa fell asleep in the car behind.

When they arrived at the abandoned warehouse, Lin Jiao looked at the door of the warehouse and panicked. He looked back at Xiao Jing and the others, asking, "Why... Did you... bring me here?”

"Make you confess by torturing you, of course," Xiao Jing replied coldly. "What else do you think we're going to do?”

Lin Jiao glared and gasped back. Ignoring the pain on his face, he shouted, "Didn't you know this is illegal?”

"Of course we know, but the police won't find out, okay?" Xiao Jing replied in a cold voice as she looked at Lin Jiao impatiently. "In addition, you are breaking the law in front of us. You're not scared. Why should we be afraid?”

Lin Jiao looked at them confusedly and retreated step by step. Suddenly, his foot got stuck in the grass and almost fell down. Xiao Jing did not want to talk to him, so he asked his men to take him to the warehouse, after which he and Xiao Sa walked to the side and called Tang Xi to tell him where they were.

…

By the time Tang Xi and Yang Jingxian arrived, an hour had already passed. Hungry and afraid, Lin Jiao was at the most vulnerable moment of her life. When he saw the two women staring at him, he stopped and looked at Tang Xi doubtfully, asking, "Are you Xiao Rou?”

Hearing Tang Xi's aggressive opening remarks, Yang Jingxian looked a little surprised. Lin Jiao tried to get up, but she was tied up and could not move at all. He asked, "What have you done to Jinning? And for my mom?”

When Tang Xi heard two questions in a row, a cold gleam flashed in her eyes. He crouched down in front of Lin Jiao with a faint smile, looked into Lin Ru's eyes and said gently, "I brought you here not to answer your question, but to make you answer my question. Don't you understand?”

Lin Jiao looked at Tang Xi in disbelief and narrowed her eyes. "Do you think I'll answer you just because you kidnapped me here? You want to know the answer? But I won't tell you! Please me!”

Tang Xi hung her head. Suddenly, an evil smile appeared on his face and he gently patted Lin Jiao's face, muttering softly, "Do you think I can't find the truth by myself? You know what? What I hate the most is being uncooperative, and I'm angry about being threatened by you." Then he smiled domineeringly and continued coldly, "And do you know what will happen when I get angry? I will regard my conjecture as the truth and even if it is not true, I will make it happen and torture the people I want to deal with.”

Seeing Lin Jiao's face gradually turning pale, Tang Xi smiled as she withdrew her hand and turned to ask Xiao Jing and Xiao Sa to bring Yang Jingxian out. After they did as he asked, he said coldly, "You know I have the ability. It was very easy for Xiao's group to create a fake paternity test report. If Xiao Jinning turns out to be a child born to a poor rural couple, some of her fans might sympathize with her, but if her mother happens to be a prostitute who has many men and doesn't even know who her father is, will the fans sympathize or even like it? I'm afraid it's gonna be a little hard!”

When Lin Jiao heard Tang Xi's words, her face suddenly turned black. He glared at Tang Xi and growled furiously, "Don't you dare!”

Tang Xi smiled. "We'll see." With that, his face instantly turned cold. "You exchanged your daughter and I, and threw me into that poor village. Why can't I turn your daughter into a rat crossing the street? Oh, yeah, I'll make what you do public to the world. Then even when you just walk down the street, people will throw rotten eggs at you!”

Tang Xi paused and then said, "Of course, if you tell me everything you've done, I'll probably forgive you. Think before you speak.”

"Will you let us go if I confess?" Lin Jiao asked, looking at Tang Xi.

Tang Xi raised her eyebrows. "It depends on my mood.”

Lin Jiao was speechless. After a while, he nodded. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that. I'm pregnant, but I don't know who my baby's father is. I wanted to abort the baby, but your grandmother asked me to look after her. She said your mother was pregnant too, and we could ask your mother to raise my baby. I think that's a good idea. My daughter also deserves a good life, so I hid. When your mother gave birth to you in W city, I rushed to W city that night to give birth to Jinning with a cesarean delivery. Your grandmother was your mother's mother, so she easily took you out. Because you are newborn, no one can recognize you. As long as we change your identity mark, you and Jinning can be exchanged.”

Lin Jiao looked at Tang Xi and said excitedly, "I want to raise you myself, but I don't have the ability! So I can just send you away.”