Strike Back, Proud Goddess! Novels
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Tang Xi's brain suddenly buzzed and she couldn't hear anything. Grandpa knew he had the accident? Can he take it? He has been in poor health for years. What if he suddenly fainted?

Tang Xi flinched. He wants to go back home to see Grandpa! Fortunately, Qiao Liang had noticed his reaction. He pressed her to stop her from moving. Seeing Tang Xi so unconcerned about her own health, Qiao Liang frowned and said angrily, "What are you doing? You will fall and injure yourself if you leave the bed. You can't even reach the ward door. How will you see your Grandpa?”

Tang Xi's eyes turned red. He looked at Qiao Liang and said in a hoarse voice, "Grandfather only has me. He only had me and pictures of Grandma, Mom and Dad accompanying him. In the future, can he just see my photos as well?”

Qiao Liang's heart ached when he heard the last part of his words. She leaned over Tang Xi and kissed her forehead and cheeks repeatedly. "No, I'm not gonna let that happen. I'll help you back to accompany your grandfather, you'll come back to him.”

"But I don't know how to go back," Tang Xi said, turning to Qiao Liang and leaning her head against his neck, her tears drenched her collar. "I was raised by my grandfather. I'd rather give up everything than see my grandfather sad.”

"I'll call your grandfather, okay?" Qiao Liang looked at Tang Xi and whispered, "even if you can't accompany your grandfather, I'll accompany him at your place. You can't take care of her, so I'll serve as her grandson and take care of her at your place, okay?”

Her words touched the softest part of Tang Xi's heart. He giggled with tears at the corner of his eyes and said to Qiao Liang, "Grandfather hates you. She hated you so much after she found out you broke up with me. Don't you know that?”

Qiao Liang raised his eyebrows and looked at Tang Xi with a smile on his lips. He pulled out his phone and shook it. "Let's try, okay?" he suggested.

Tang Xi also wanted to listen to her grandfather's voice, so she pursed her lips and nodded. To his surprise, Qiao Liang had kept grandfather's phone number. Qiao Liang looked at him, lowered his head and kissed his forehead, then he called out to Tang Zhenhua. Soon, someone answered the phone. Tang Xi could tell it was Tang Zhong's voice. Tang Zhong sounded very respectful. "Mr Qiao Liang, may I ask why you called master so late?”

Qiao Liang looked at Tang Xi and replied, "I have something to tell grandfather Tang.”

After a moment of silence, Tang Zhong's voice sounded again. "Sorry, but you're in bed now, so..."

Before Tang Zhong finished speaking, Qiao Liang continued, "I know he doesn't want to see me at this moment, but I want you to know, I also don't want to accept the fact that Xixi is also dead, but I have her..." Qiao Liang felt a piercing pain in his heart as he spoke. She looked at Tang Xi and the pain in her heart subsided a little. He said in a low voice, "I've been living in the Pacific Ocean for a month, but only found his finger..."

At his side, Tang Zhenhua, sitting with Tang Zhong, pressed the hand-free button and carefully listened to what they were talking about. When she heard this, she suddenly picked up the phone and asked seriously, "what did you say you found?”

When Tang Xi heard her grandfather's voice, she firmly covered her mouth with her hands so as not to cry loudly. Qiao Liang sat down and held the other hand of Tang Xi. "Hello, Grandpa Tang. I am Qiao Liang, " said Qiao Liang respectfully.

Tang Zhenhua replied impatiently, "I know you are Qiao Liang. I asked about what you found.”

Qiao Liang pursed his lips. "A finger. I spent a month in the Pacific Ocean but only found his finger. I brought it back.”

Qiao Liang was silent. If you can accept that your grandson's soul was reborn in someone else's body, then your grandson might come back, but... Qiao Liang knew the man would not be able to accept it.

If not for the many coincidences, the similarities between Tang Xi and Xiao Rou and what happened to her in Long Beach, she would not have believed Tang Xi was still alive, in the bodies of others. So she did not tell Tang Zhenhua that Tang Xi was still alive and would return.

Not getting Qiao Liang's response, after a long silence, Tang Zhenhua said, "Can you let Xixi return home? She must be homesick.”

His voice was soft and low. At this moment, he did not sound like the chairman of the Empire Group, but like a poor grandfather who wanted his granddaughter to come home.

Qiao Liang looked at Tang Xi to the side. Tang Xi looked at him pleading and whispered, "You have me with you, but grandfather only has that finger now.”

"OKAY. Tomorrow I will go to the Empire Garden to visit you with that finger. Please wait for me there." Qiao Liang stopped before continuing to speak. "As for Tang Feng, who you sent to work in the Pacific, I think you can let him come back. He had been there for over a month and it was time for him to return. Those people can't dispute it. Please believe me, grandfather Tang.”

There was a long silence on the other side, following which came the voice of the old man. "Mr Qiao Liang, I will be waiting for you at the Empire Garden tomorrow. Please help me bring home my granddaughter.”

Qiao Liang frowned and replied firmly, "okay, see you tomorrow.”

Qiao Liang hung up the phone, looked at Tang Xi and said in a low voice, "i'll go see your grandfather at your place tomorrow. I will definitely ask the doctor to check her body before I return, okay?”

"Thank you, Ah Liang," Tang Xi said gratefully, hugging Qiao Liang's body. "Thank you for recognizing me at first sight. Thank you for everything you've done for me. Thank you for listening to me and comforting me. Thank you for helping me take care of my grandfather. And thank you for everything.”

Qiao Liang looked at her deeply, then lowered his head and kissed Tang Xi on the forehead. "I'm sorry. Even though you are very grateful to me, I still can't make it so that you can go back to your grandfather and call him grandfather. Forgive me for my incompetence.”

Tang Xi raised her head to kiss Qiao Liang on her lips. "You fool, you're competent enough. I know what you've done for me. Thank you.”

Qiao Liang stretched out his hand and rubbed his head, then lay on his side and kissed his forehead. "Sleep," he said.

Tang Xi blinked innocently. "But ... I want to go to the bathroom.”