Strike Back, Proud Goddess!

Translator: Henyee Editor: Henyee

Lin Ru turned pale. She looked up at Xi Luoxian and wanted to just make up an excuse to muddle through, but when she saw Xi Luoxian's eyes, she knew she couldn't lie to this longtime close friend of hers. Fortunately, there weren't many people here now. If her friend came to know of her difficulty, she should be able to understand her. At this thought, Lin Ru said in a low voice, "There are too many people here. Let's find a proper place, sit down and have a talk."

Xi Luoxian had always been a reasonable person, and she knew that though Lin Ru was rather competitive, she was sincere to her over the years. Besides, she always took her as a good friend. Otherwise, she wouldn't have engaged her son to a girl still in the womb.

She nodded and said, "There's a cafe upstairs. Let's go there."

Xiao Jinning, who was ghastly pale, reached out her hand to grab at Liu Chengyu's hand, but the latter lifted his hand away to avoid her touch. Liu Chengyu stepped outside with a jaunty heart. Now he had made the first step. As long as he made Lin Ru acknowledge Xiao Rou, the one whom he was engaged to would be Xiao Rou, and then it would be perfectly justifiable for him to stand beside that attractive girl.

Thinking of this, Liu Chengyu gave a smile.

Xiao Jinning turned even paler upon being refused by Liu Chengyu, while Lin Ru was so upset that she was not in the mood to take care of Xiao Jinning. She walked out of the banquet hall with Xi Luoxian, and the perplexed Xiao Hongyi was led away from the banquet hall by Liu Gonghua. So only Xiao Jinning was left standing in the middle of the crowd…

"What's going on here? I saw Liu Chengyu ignore Superstar Xiao just now."

"Yes, they didn't look right. Is Liu Chengyu going to cancel his engagement with Xiao Jinning?"

"Look, Superstar Xiao is crying so sadly. I think your guess is right. This news is gonna hit the headlines tomorrow, right?"

There were also several starlets on the banquet, some of whom used to be bullied by Xiao Jinning. Now, seeing Xiao Jinning crying, they talked with each other excitedly. "Will Xiao Jinning still be so presumptuous without President Liu Chengyu's protection?"

"Even without the protection of the Liu Family, she is still the Xiao Family's daughter. I think she'll still be presumptuous."

"I just heard some big news…"

Xiao Jinning walked out, dragging her legs, leaving the sounds of discussion behind and pretending she didn't hear them, but one could tell from her clenched hands that she had…

Xiao Rou, why did you come back?

She now had a very strong hunch that what she had been taking pains to guard was going to be lost… just because that b*tch Xiao Rou came back. She was going to take everything from her. First it was her grandpa, and then her uncle, aunt, and cousins, and now she was going to take Chengyu from her!

Xiao Rou, why don't you go to hell! Why don't you just go to hell!

A touch of resentment flickered across Xiao Rou's eyes, and she could barely keep the piteous yet beautiful look on her face. Xiao Rou, if I lose it, you can't get it either. I will make you regret coming back. I will definitely make you regret coming back!

When Xiao Jinning had arrived at the cafe, the others had already found seats and sat down. It seemed that Lin Ru had told the whole story. Xi Luoxian looked angry. She glared at Lin Ru and said, "Are you really a mother? You couldn't even find out that your child was mistaken for someone else's?"

Lin Ru shook her head. Tears ran down from her eyes, and she said in a low voice, "Jinning had an accident when she was ten and needed a blood transfusion. You know, my blood type is AB, and so is Jinning's, so I never doubted it. If she isn't my daughter, why is her blood type also AB? When I found out Jinning isn't my daughter, I was so surprised."

But at that time, the most she was thinking of was her own daughter. Where was her daughter if she was not beside her? While looking for her, she had thought about how to compensate her, but why had she felt ashamed of her upon finally finding her? No, she was not ashamed of her. She was just unable to face her, unable to face the fact that her daughter had become like that. Her daughter should be graceful and genteel instead of being so cowardly and having sticky fingers.

"In any case, you shouldn't have driven your daughter out after she came back home. Don't you know a child like that is the most vulnerable?" Xi Luoxian looked at Lin Ru helplessly. "It wasn't easy for her to survive such a harsh environment. What else did you expect from her? If I were you, I would have been very grateful that my own daughter managed to come back to me. How could you still blame her? Did she want to become like that?"

Lin Ru shook her head. Perhaps she disagreed with Xi Luoxian's words, or maybe she was not listening at all.

Liu Chengyu and the others also scowled. Listening to Xi Luoxian, Xiao Jinning continued to curse Xi Luoxian in her heart for poking her nose into the affairs of others, but she could only wait in place, not daring to walk over.

Looking at Lin Ru, Xi Luoxian said with a frown, "Yes, she didn't want to become like that herself. She became like that because she has a careless mother. You can't blame anyone but yourself. You lost your own daughter because you were too careless. You can't blame the child!"

"What can I do?" Lin Ru looked up at Xi Luoxian, sobbing. "I hate myself, but what should I do? Acknowledge her as my daughter and take her back? Tell people she is my daughter? If I do this, how many will laugh at me? You know that many people have been waiting to see us end up miserable since I married Xiao Hongyi!"

"They're unimportant people. Don't mind what they say. You just need to keep your daughter by your side. All you have to do is to make up for her loss of motherly love and affection for over twenty years."

Hearing Xi Luoxian's words, Xiao Hongyi almost burst into tears and couldn't help but think to himself: was I really too selfish? Back then, he…

Thinking of this, Xiao Hongyi hugged Lin Ru and said in a low voice, "Ah Ru, let's go find Rourou and apologize to her. It seems that we really shouldn't have treated her like that."

"What about the engagement?" Liu Chengyu asked, relieved to hear Xiao Hongyi's words. "What about my engagement with your daughter?"

"Aunt, Uncle, the one who is engaged to me is your biological daughter, not someone else," Liu Chengyu said.