strike back proud goddess
Translator: Henyee Editor: Henyee
It was at that moment that Xiao Jing, who had been waiting outside, knocked on the door of the room and asked, “Rourou, are you ready? The party has already started and Dad called me, telling us to be quicker.”
Tang Xi wanted to take a look at herself in the mirror, but she quickly responded upon hearing Xiao Jing’s words; she opened the door and said with smile, “I’m ready, Brother, let’s go.”
Xiao Jing, who was standing outside the door, gaped at her. He moved his lips and asked suspiciously, “Are you… Rourou?”
Tang Xi was baffled. She looked at Xiao Jing and nodded. “Of course. What’s wrong with you, Brother?”
Xiao Jing shook his head blankly and replied, “Nothing… I’m fine. It’s just… you look a bit different from just before.”
Tang Xi had seen herself wearing this dress when she was in the styling salon and knew she looked more attractive than usual wearing it, so she thought she really was ‘a bit different’ and said casually, “It’s probably because of this dress.”
Xiao Jing didn’t believe her words. Could a dress completely change a person’s figure?
Could this princess dress change her facial contour?
“Brother, what are you waiting for?” Tang Xi wondered why Xiao Jing was standing motionless, since he had seemed to be in a hurry just now.
“Let’s go.” Xiao Jing held out his hand to Tang Xi and smiled. “Miss, may I have the honor of escorting you in?”
Tang Xi smiled, held his arm and said, “Sure, my perfect gentleman.”
The two meandered to the banquet hall and along their way, many guests and waiters turned their head to look at them.
“Is that Third Young Master of the Xiao Family? Who’s the girl beside him? She looks like a little princess!”
“I didn’t expect that Third Young Master of the Xiao Family had a girlfriend! Look, she is in such good shape!”
“Oh my god, is that Third Young Master of the Xiao Family? He is really handsome!”
At this time, a large number of journalists had arrived. They rushed up to Tang Xi and Xiao Jing and aimed microphones and cameras at them. “Third Young Master, is this your girlfriend?”
“I wonder which family this young lady is from.”
Tang Xi was very puzzled upon hearing their words. Why did they say she, whose figure was almost boyish, was in a good shape?
Were they blind?
Besides, please keep your eyes open—I am not a little princess but a queen, alright?
Xiao Jing was worried that Tang Xi would feel uneasy at the questions from the media; however, he looked up at her only to see that she was obviously absent-minded and looked idle, so he couldn’t help but laugh…
At this time, the crowd suddenly quieted down. Xiao Jing turned around and saw his parents arrive supporting his grandpa. Seeing them, Tang Xi, who had been holding his arm, immediately released him and went up to them. Xiao Jing shrugged and said to the journalists, “You’ll soon find out who she is.”
Yang Jingxian had seen Tang Xi wearing this princess dress before, but she froze when she saw Tang Xi. Rourou looked much prettier than she had in the styling salon, even though she was wearing the same dress… No, she looked almost perfect now.
Although she couldn’t see anything wrong, she felt that Tang Xi had suddenly become beautiful.
Xiao Hongli also hadn’t expected Tang Xi to look like a real princess after putting on makeup. He raised his eyebrows and fondly stroked Tang Xi’s hair as he said, “My little princess, Dad almost can’t recognize you.”
“Me neither.” Grandpa Xiao laughed.
Tang Xi was the sort of person who would be kind to anyone who was kind to her. Hearing their words, she joked cutely, “Grandpa, Mum, Dad, do you mean I’m too ugly to be recognized by you?”
“No! You’re too beautiful to be recognized by us,” Grandpa Xiao replied with mirth.
He was very glad that his granddaughter wasn’t devastated by the fact that her biological parents didn’t want her.
At this time, the journalists who had been surrounding Xiao Jing all came over to them. “Mr. Xiao, we heard that you have very important news to announce today. May I ask what it is?”
Seeing that his parents and sister were surrounded by the journalists, Xiao Jing forced his way into the crowd and said to them with a smile, “My dear media friends, let’s ask questions one by one. Don’t rush. We’ll have ten minutes.”
Beaming with smiles, Xiao Hongli stepped forward, raised his hand to silence the journalists and began to talk. “Today we are holding this press conference, because we have some good news to share.”
At this time, Yang Jingxian walked forward with Tang Xi. Xiao Hongli held Tang Xi’s hand and said with a smile, “This is my daughter, Xiao Rou. When she was born, somebody took her away from us due to an old grudge. After searching twenty three years for her, we finally found her again! Today I’d like to introduce her to you all.”
His words sent the journalists into a great uproar. Many of these journalists still remembered the breaking news of Xiao Hongli’s wife being pregnant with their fourth child. In the end, however, Xiao Hongli only had three sons, so many people had guessed that their fourth child was stillborn. No one had expected that he would drop this bombshell today!
The journalists immediately went crazy and they all rushed forward. “Excuse me, Mrs. Xiao, are Mr. Xiao’s words true?”
Since Xiao Hongli worked in the municipal government and didn’t hold any position in Xiao’s Group, people called him Mr. Xiao and called Xiao Hongyi President Xiao, so as to distinguish between them.
Yang Jingxian nodded with a smile on her face and tears in her eyes. “Yes, thank God, I finally found my daughter again.”
“Mr. Xiao, you must be very excited seeing how you’re smiling so happily!” A journalist suddenly turned to Grandpa Xiao and asked.
Grandpa Xiao hardly appeared in the media and it was rare for him to answer questions from journalists, but today he made an exception. He smiled and replied, “Yes. I thought there was no hope, but God gave me such a surprise! I’m very happy that my granddaughter came back home.”
Suddenly, a journalist asked, “Mr. Xiao, can you tell me who adopted or, to be exact, abducted Miss Xiao?”
A grim gleam flickered across Xiao Hongli’s eyes and he silently bore in mind the name of the newspaper this journalist belonged to.
Right then, Tang Xi suddenly stood out. She smiled at the camera with soft eyes, but her gaze caused the journalist to feel a chill on his back. Tang Xi said gently, “It’s a trauma of my parents that I was abducted. I hope you won’t try to reopen their wounds. As for my past life?” Before she could continue, however, Tang Xi suddenly felt a hand seize her. She turned around and found it was Yang Jingxian. She smiled at her and said, “I have got nothing to hide. I was abducted to a mountain village in City W.”
“I grew up in the mountains. You can’t imagine what I used to be, and I couldn’t imagine back then that this was my home.”