Strike Back, Proud Goddess! Novels
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Xiao Jing of course had Qiao Liang's phone number, but after hearing her sister ask for it, she subconsciously shook her head and made a denial. "No, I don't have his phone number!"

Tang Xi giggled and Xiao Sa shook his head, saying, “Are you joking? If you don't have Qiao Liang's phone number, then who else will have it?”

"Then?" Xiao Jing was very reluctant to admit that she had Qiao Liang's phone number, but under the threatening gaze of her sister, she could only give up. He looked at Tang Xi helplessly and asked, "Why do you want Qiao Liang's phone number?"

Tang Xi smiled. He already had Qiao Liang's phone number; it was just not appropriate for him to call him.

“I promised to go accompany Aunt Qiao next Saturday, but I just remembered that I would go to Mount Hongshi to shoot a TV commercial on that day. I may not be free then.” Xiao Sa was peeling lobster for Tang Xi and putting lobster meat on her plate. Tang Xi said as she ate, “I forgot to ask Aunt Qiao's phone number. Will you call Qiao Liang and tell him that I may not be around on Saturday, and ask him to pick me up on Friday afternoon? I'll go accompany Aunt Qiao to dinner then.”

Xiao Jing said, "Don't go there next week." Feeling a little jealous, Xiao Jing thought that even Qiao Liang would not treat her mother well.

Tang Xi frowned and looked at Xiao Jing unhappily. "Jing, a man will keep his word."

"I don't want to remind you of the cruel fact," Xiao Jing started, and seeing that she almost finished the lobster on her plate, she took the seafood from her paste and placed it on her plate before it was finished, "But you're a little girl, not a gentleman.”

Tang Xi laughed and said, "Jing, I just asked you to call. Is it necessary for you to give such a long speech?” My dear brother, cut the crap!

Xiao Jing reluctantly pulled out her phone and called Qiao Liang's personal phone number, which was known only to those closest to her. Tang Xi glanced at him and discovered it was Qiao Liang's phone number before she lowered her head to eat the seafood on her plate.

Then he found that the seafood in the seafood pasta seemed to taste better, so he secretly took the seafood from their plate to his own plate and ate it while Xiao Sa was busy peeling the lobster and Xiao Jing was on the phone.

Xiao Sa shook his head with a smile as he realized what he had done. "We're going to take you to seafood tonight and you can eat as much as you like."

Xiao Jing did not mind either. After all, he had offered to give her seafood on his plate now. As long as his sister was happy, he would be happy even with ordinary noodles.

The phone call was connected, and Qiao Liang's cold yet somewhat tired voice came from the phone, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Jing asked, "Have you found her?"

"Yet?" Qiao Liang stopped and before Xiao Jing replied, she added, "I found her finger in the sea near a small island in the Pacific Ocean and it was confirmed as hers."

Xiao Jing's heart sank. So the woman really died? He said, “I'm sorry to hear that. When will you be back?”

Qiao Liang said after a long pause, “I'm in Long Beach now and won't be back for some time. Take care of the company for me.” Then the sound of the helicopter came from his side and he said, “Just when I thought he had died, I got an email from him. The IP address is located in Long Beach. I'll find him.”

Xiao Jing felt her heart beating fast. "Is he still alive?" His tone was a little off due to being too excited.

Xiao Sa and Tang Xi also stopped and listened to Xiao Jing attentively. Xiao Sa looked curious, but Tang Xi was calm. When he sent the email last night, he knew that he would definitely check the IP address of the email, so he had positioned the IP address in Long Beach.

It seems that Qiao Liang will be getting on a helicopter. He said in a low voice, “There again? I have to go. They found someone in a small town, and I'll check it out myself.”

Then he thought for a moment before saying, “Hopefully lucky for you.”

"Thank you," Qiao Liang said and hung up.

Qiao Liang got on the helicopter, tightened his seat belt and asked Little Five, “Is the news accurate? What is Xixi?”

Little Five shook her head. “They just said the girl was rescued from the sea over a month ago, paralyzed and lost an arm. He's still in the city hospital.”

Qiao Liang clenched his hands. It's still good news for him. Even if he's disabled, at least he's still alive.

However, when Qiao Liang saw the woman in the hospital bed an hour later, he was still disappointed. He asked in a low voice, "In which sea region was he found?"

“Fishermen rescued him on a beach near the Pacific Ocean while they were out at sea. He may have survived the plane crash.” Little Five looked at the woman in bed and thought: How lucky she is to be able to survive after being stuck at sea for so long! Could Miss Tang be so lucky?

Of course, he did not dare to remind his Young Master of the cruel reality. Qiao Liang simply said "Umm" and turned around to walk out. Little Five hurriedly followed him and asked, "Young Master, how do we handle this woman?"

Qiao Liang said without looking back, “Deliver him to Interpol.”

He didn't think the plane crash was an accident at all. It must have been planned by someone, so he asked Interpol to investigate after he received the news. Even if he were to die, he would never let go of those who had killed him!

Little Five shrugged and looked back at the woman in the hospital bed. Being severely injured, he might never be able to wake up, but the Young Master would hand him over to Interpol—how cruel he was.

But of course, he would follow Young Master's orders. After all, he was just his subordinate.

Soon he contacted Interpol, informed them of the matter and left the hospital.

On the other hand, Xiao Jing hung up the phone only to find two curious eyes glowing with gossipy flames staring at her. He shook his head and said, "Come on, give me a break."

Tang Xi and Xiao Sa shouted at the same time, "We need to know!"

Tang Xi asked, "Is that Miss Tang still alive?"

Xiao Sa asked, "So this time the Prince and the Princess will live happily ever after?"

Xiao Jing snorted, threw her phone aside and took a fork to eat her paste. “He has not been found. It's too early to tell the results."

Tang Xi pursed her lips and continued to eat seafood, while Xiao Sa gracefully enjoyed the seafood on her plate. "Then what happened?"

Xiao Jing said exactly what Qiao Liang told her. Xiao Sa and Tang Xi exchanged glances, and Tang Xi lowered her head to eat the seafood on her plate and prevented them from seeing the emotions in her eyes. Then he asked, "Did someone cheat Qiao Liang?"