Strike Back, Proud Goddess!

Tang Xi raised her eyebrows as she said, “I like designing, so even if I don’t succeed in the end, I won’t have any regrets because I’ve tried it.”

Qiao Liang who had been silent said flatly when Tang Xi finished, “Yes, anything can be tried as long as one likes it. She likes designing, so I helped her open a design company, and she doesn’t like management, so I’ll have people help her manage her company.”

He Wanyi also said, “Exactly. And Rourou is very talented in design. The gorgeous dress she wore today was designed by herself. It’s beautiful, isn’t it? I agreed to endorse her company because of that dress.”

He Wanzhou didn’t know what to say, raised his cup to Qiao Liang and smiled. “So you hired someone to help Rourou manage the company. I was wondering how she, a little girl, would manage a company. That’s great she has some professionals help her…”

Ning Yan also raised his cup to Tang Xi. “Congratulations, little fairy.” Tang Xi smiled, thanked him and said, “If my company’s products can be popular, please promote for me, Director Ning.”

Ning Yan raised his eyebrows. “No problem. Every time you star in my play, I’ll promote your brand once, deal?”

Tang Xi pursed her lips. “Director Ning, you’re not a businessman. You don’t have to haggle over every penny.”

Tang Xi and He Wanyi had decided the details of their cooperation. Tang Xi said she would sign a contract with He Wanyi after her company was formally founded, and He Wanyi agreed…

Then Tang Xi took a look at Qiao Liang who immediately stood up and was going to send Tang Xi home. The others pressed them to stay, saying that they rarely hung out with them, so why didn’t they stay longer? Tang Xi said with a smile, “Let’s play next time. I’m going to go home to see my mother. It’s late. I have to go.”

He Wanzhou said, “You’re really a filial daughter. Bye.”

After the two of them left, Ning Yan touched his chin and said, “I remember this girl insisted not acknowledging Xiao Hongyi and his family as her family. Why did she go back after Ms. Lin was paralyzed? Is it just because she is too kind-hearted?”

Xiao Jing and Xiao Sa who were still here got angry upon hearing this. Xiao Sa shouted, “Who said she went back to them? She just lived there temporarily and helps in taking care of Aunt! And it seems that Aunt is gradually recovering. When she recovers, Rourou… Rourou will surely come back to us.”

Xiao Jing took a sip of wine. “Yes! And why did you doubt if she is kind-hearted or not? Rourou is kind-hearted indeed, so she went back. Don’t take her actions the wrong way…”

Ning Yan shrugged. “I didn’t take it the wrong way. I just said it casually. Why do you take my words so seriously?”

“Why not? You’re thinking the worst of my sister!” Xiao Jing snorted. “Besides, what’s the big deal for Rourou to start a company with her own money? She grew up in the countryside, so she can achieve nothing?”

“Did you eat dynamite?” Ning Yan looked at Xiao Jing with interest. “Qiao Liang becomes abnormal, and you two become weird too. What’s wrong with you?”

“We can’t be more normal, alright?” Xiao Jing sat up and snorted. “And I don’t see anything abnormal from Qiao Liang.”

“Do you think Xiao Rou is normal?” Ning Yan snorted. “If she is normal, she wouldn’t be so confident after she left the sanatorium. She looks like a different person from before. And Qiao Liang, he treats Xiao Rou so differently and now is even together with her. Everything looks strange. It’s normal for me to doubt these matters, okay?!”

Xiao Jing coughed, took a sip of wine and said, “You, as an outsider, can surely doubt her, but we’re her family. We just want to protect her. Since she is related to us by blood, everything about her is normal in our eyes. I hope you don’t judge her with bias, that is unfair to her. No one wants to be born poor, and no kid wants to be the sacrifice of others’ hatred, so I hope you don’t speak in this sarcastic tone next time you speak to her. Even though Xiao Jing is abnormal in your eyes, she never hurt anyone.”

With that, Xiao Jing stood up and said with a straight face. “I have a meeting tomorrow. I gotta go. Have fun.”

Xiao Sa also stood up. “I gotta go too.”

After the Xiao brothers left, He Wanyi looked helplessly at her brother and friend. “Why did you ask about this? Shouldn’t we be happy for Qiao Liang since he finally found the one he loves? As for Xiao Rou, although she was born by Xiao Hongyi and Lin Ru, her brother Xiao Yan is our friend. Why can’t we be more tolerant of his sister?” With that, He Wanyi sighed and said, “Brother, Ning Yan, Xiao Jing is right. We shouldn’t judge her with biased minds. If we do so we’re too narrow-minded. There isn’t such a rule that kids growing up in the mountains can’t be geniuses. They can also be talented. Besides, we don’t know Xiao Rou well, so we don’t know whether she is talented or not! Xiao Rou went to school and is not illiterate. She just… didn’t have the chance to receive an education as good as what we received, so we shouldn’t laugh at Xiao Rou like that. Starting a company is more meaningful for her than for any of us.”

He Wanzhou looked at his sister and muttered after quite a while, “I can’t believe these words were said by my sister! They sound really abstruse.”

Ning Yan pursed his lips and rubbed his chin. “What confuses me is that since Xiao Rou likes designing so much, why doesn’t Qiao Liang put her into his company’s design department? Why did he bother to open a company for her?”

He Wanyi raised her eyebrows. “Perhaps he doesn’t want to give Xiao Rou too much pressure. Xiao Rou can design any garment she likes if she opens her own company, but if she works for others, she has to follow her boss’ orders, which can be painful for a designer.”

Ning Yan took a look at He Wanyi. “Good point.”

He Wanyi shrugged. “Thanks.”

Ning Yan sighed, looked at He Wanyi up and down and asked with doubt, “Why doesn’t Xiao Rou endorse her own company but instead asked you to be her company’s endorser? The results will surely be better if she endorses for herself. What is she thinking of?”

He Wanyi glanced at Ning Yan and pretended to be angry. “What do you mean?!”