Strike Back, Proud Goddess!

Translator: Henyee Editor: Henyee

Suddenly, the scene changed and Tang Xi saw two people standing at the seaside. One was Qiao Liang and the other was her best friend Qin Xinying, who seemed to be speaking to the former hysterically, but Qiao Liang remained expressionless and merely stared at the sea… Tang Xi swam towards him as hard as she could only to find that she couldn't move no matter how hard she tried. Then the scene changed again and she was in a villa where Qiao Liang was holding a small box with her finger in it…

He lay slumped by the bed and cried…

Tears continued to fall from Tang Xi's eyes as she cried out loudly, "Qiao Liang! Qiao Liang! Here I am! I'm here. Look at me! Please look at me! Boohoo…"

She saw with her own eyes the scene of Qiao Liang huddled up on the bed, clutching at his heart, crying so helplessly as he endlessly called out that he loved her and asked her to come back to him. She felt her heart aching as if it were being clenched by a large hand and she cried out desperately, "Qiao Liang, look at me. I'm really not dead… I'm not dead. Don't be sad, okay?"

As he was lying in bed, Qiao Liang suddenly got up and walked to the bathroom. Tang Xi hurried to follow him, but when she saw Qiao Liang punch the mirror in the bathroom and saw his hands become dyed red with blood, she regretted doing so. "Qiao Liang, I'm begging you. Don't hurt yourself like that… It's all my fault. If I had logged into my email box, I would have known how you loved me for so many years, and I wouldn't have been so hard-hearted as to refuse contacting you. Please… don't hurt yourself like this…" Tang Xi came forward to seize Qiao Liang's hands, only to find that she simply couldn't grasp hold of them…

She was only a ghost right now and couldn't do anything!

Tang Xi was in deep pain as she helplessly looked at her hands. Why was this happening? She couldn't touch Qiao Liang… Somebody help her…

She had never been so helpless before, even when she found herself dead and reincarnated as Xiao Rou, but now she felt so helpless. She couldn't touch Qiao Liang, and he couldn't see her. He was hurting himself… but there was nothing she could do!

She crouched beside Qiao Liang, whose body had become soaked in the shower, the blood from his hands continuing to flow and be washed away by the running water… ( Boxno vel. co m )

It was a long time before Qiao Liang finally stood up, and then she heard the sound of a phone ring… Qiao Liang picked up the phone in his bathrobe, and then she saw the look on his face gradually changing. He shouted hoarsely, "Who are you?"

Tang Xi nodded in surprise and joy. She threw herself at him and nodded desperately, saying, "It's me. Ah Liang, it's me! Can you see me? You see me, right? I'm Xixi. Look at me…"

"Tang Xi?" Qiao Liang's voice trembled as if he couldn't believe that the person on the other end of the line was Tang Xi, but he had a hunch and felt a sense of surprise that came from the depth of his heart. Was it really Tang Xi? He stared at his scarred hands as he asked, "Is this Tang Xi?"

Tang Xi nodded and reached out to touch Qiao Liang's face, "It's me. I'm right here beside you. Look at me… Ah Liang, look at me…"

Suddenly, Qiao Liang threw away his cell phone and sat slumped on the bed. His eyes red, he mocked himself in a low voice, "She's dead. How could she call you? Qiao Liang, stop dreaming! What makes you think you can live in your dream forever?"

"Ah Liang, you aren't! You aren't living in a dream. I'm by your side! I'm right here beside you!" Tang Xi shouted wildly upon hearing Qiao Liang's lifeless words, but he couldn't hear what she was saying… Tang Xi abruptly stood up and attempted to break something to attract his attention, only to find that she couldn't touch anything…

She crouched beside Qiao Liang, holding her head in sorrow. "Why is this happening… Why is this happening…"

At that moment, Tang Xi suddenly heard a bell ring, following which she saw Qiao Liang jump to his feet as if on steroids and run over to open his laptop, and then open his email box…

Seeing the time and the sender of the email, Tang Xi burst into tears and cried out. It turned out this had happened on that day… that day…

Suddenly, her vision turned black and the whole scene changed again. She had come to Long Beach which wasn't unfamiliar to her. She looked around and saw Qiao Liang walking alone by the sea. He didn't look very good. His stubble was a bit long and seemed not to have been shaved for some time, which made him look like a man who had experienced vicissitudes.

Tang Xi was no longer so emotional after the villa scene. She quietly followed Qiao Liang, watching him walk along the beach step by step and occasionally stop to look at her as if she were visible.

Tang Xi, with a faint smile on her face, reached out for his hand and asked softly, "Why are you smiling?"

Qiao Liang gave a gentle smile and smoothed the hair around her ear, saying softly, "I'm smiling because the illusion today is so real. You're smiling at me."

Tang Xi felt her heart ache again. It turned out that he was walking peacefully on the beach, not because he had forgotten her, but because he was living in the dream he had weaved for himself. He was fantasizing that she was by his side. She hugged Qiao Liang and whispered, "This isn't an illusion. I'm by your side. Ah Liang, you can see me, can't you?"

"Yes, I can see you, so this isn't an illusion." Qiao Liang reached out to hug Tang Xi, but Tang Xi saw that he was embracing the air, and her tears fell down uncontrollably…

How… how could this be?

He could see her, and she had caught his hand just now. But why couldn't he touch her! Why?

Qiao Liang suddenly went towards the sea, and Tang Xi shouted in alarm, "Ah Liang, it's dark now so let's go home. The sea is very cold, don't go to the sea!"

Qiao Liang looked to the side and then behind him. Suddenly, he frowned, and then nodded with a smile, saying, "Okay, let go back. Let's go back for dinner. Xixi, are you hungry?"

Tang Xi nodded. "I'm hungry. I want to eat lobster. Let's go back to eat lobsters, okay? Don't stay by the sea."

Tang Xi was really afraid. She was afraid that Qiao Liang would kill himself. He was trying harm himself by walking into the sea…

She reached out to grab Qiao Liang's hand, who held hers and said softly, "We've been here for several days. Xixi, go back to China with me in two days, okay? Long Beach isn't fun."