Chapter 257: A Sneak
Translator: Henyee Editor: Henyee
When Tang Xi woke up the next morning, she walked to the balcony, laid out the yoga mat to do her yoga, when she saw a man standing on the road outside the villa looking in stealthily. Tang Xi narrowed her eyes, squatted down and secretly looked outside. When that sneak waved at her, took off his mask and smiled at her with his white teeth. Tang Xi looked at him and frowned, she then pointed at him and gestured him to go away. After turning away she continued to do yoga.
Last night, after seeing Xiao Yao off, she gave Lin Ru acupuncture and then went to chat with Grandpa Xiao. It had been 11 pm when she went to her room and after she had finished dealing with the matters about the Queen, it was 1am. She had backache when she woke up this morning, so she felt she had to do yoga, or else she wouldn’t be able to bear the pain.
Half an hour later, Tang Xi finished doing yoga. She went downstairs and the Xiao Family people were all sitting in the living room and watching TV. Seeing Tang Xi, Grandpa Xiao beckoned Tang Xi to sit beside him with a smile. Xiao Yan asked Lily to take Tang Xi’s breakfast to the living room, so that she could eat it here.
Tang Xi sat beside Grandpa Xiao. The TV was broadcasting the financial news about Hongkun Group disappearing overnight.
Grandpa Xiao shook his head. “Lu Guangxiong is really a loser! He lost his company, his youngest son was put into jail for murder, so was he for tax evasion, and his… eldest son took him as enemy. He is a complete failure.”
When Grandpa Xiao said this, Xiao Yan and Xiao Hongyi both looked at Tang Xi and tried to figure out what she was thinking from her countenance; but Tang Xi was calmly drinking the abalone porridge that Lily just served her, and watching TV attentively. She seemed to not be affected by the news at all and even said, “I had watched the news before. This man is scum, an unlucky scum.”
Xiao Yan smiled when he heard Tang Xi’s words. Lu Guangxiong was unlucky indeed. He could kidnap anyone except Tang Xi who happened to Xiao Yao’s sister…
Xiao Yan felt incredible when he saw the message that Xiao Jing released in his Circle of Friends last night. He never expected that a man like Xiao Yao would mobilize the army and even use helicopters in order to save Xiao Rou.
“His company went bankrupt not only because he’s got bad luck, but also because of bad management and corruption. His son played the main role in it. I had guessed months ago that Hongkun would go out of business.” Xiao Yan said and looked at Lily standing behind him, signaling her to fetch Tang Xi some more food.
Lily turned around and fetched a cake for Tang Xi. Tang Xi looked at the big piece of cake, blinked at Lily and took it before beginning to eat it. Grandpa Xiao smiled when he saw Tang Xi happily enjoyed the cake. He asked Xiao Yan with a smile, “How did you know Hongkun will close down?”
Xiao Yan said, “Our company cooperated with Hongkun on a small project, so I investigated Hongkun only to find their financial loophole was huge, but that it wouldn’t affect our project, so we still cooperated with them.”
Grandpa Xiao frowned when he heard this. “Cooperation? Our company has cooperated with Hongkun?”
Xiao Yan hurriedly explained when he saw Grandpa Xiao was worried, “Grandpa, don’t worry. We’ve terminated that project two months ago, so their bankruptcy won’t affect us.”
Grandpa Xiao was relieved to hear this and sighed. “We shouldn’t cooperate with a company like Hongkun even if it won’t affect us! We won’t get a good end cooperating with this kind of company.”
Xiao Yan nodded. “Yes, Grandpa, you’re right. I know.”
Grandpa Xiao said, “Check if any of the companies we are cooperating with is close to Hongkun Group. If it is, immediately stop cooperating with it, okay?”
Xiao Yan nodded and stood up. “Then I’m going to work now.”
Grandpa Xiao nodded and Xiao Yan looked at Tang Xi who was still eating cake and raised his eyebrows. “Rourou, let me send you to school, alright?”
Tang Xi blinked. Xiao Yan had offered to send her to school many times. If she refused again, that would be rude. Besides, Qiao Liang didn’t come over today… so she stood up holding the plate and said vaguely, “Okay, as long as it won’t take you much time.”
Xiao Yan smiled because Tang Xi finally agreed for him to send her to school. “Of course not. I have plenty of time to send you to school.”
Tang Xi smiled and asked Lily to go to her room to fetch her school bag. After eating the cake, she went to the dining room and drank a cup of milk. Seeing Tang Xi have such a good appetite, Xiao Yan smiled. “You didn’t eat enough last night?”
Tang Xi put the cup on the table, took the tissue Grandpa Xiao handed to her and wiped her mouth, saying with a smile, “If I eat too little, I will be hungry at 10am.” Then she complained to Grandpa Xiao. “Grandpa, the homework you gave to me recently is too difficult. My brain is tired, so I have to eat more to stay energetic.”
Grandpa Xiao laughed and nodded. “It’s not bad to eat more. Rourou, you’re too thin. You should eat more. That’s good for your health.”
Tang Xi chuckled. Just then, Lily came downstairs holding her school bag. Tang Xi took the school bag and went out with Xiao Yan. As soon as she walked out of the gate, she saw a man in black and wearing a hat and a mask. The corner of her eyes twitched, and she followed Xiao Yan into the car, trying not to look at that weird man…
Xiao Yan had been chatting with Tang Xi on the way. Tang Xi asked him questions about work and Xiao Yan carefully answered her. To Xiao Yan’s surprise, when he mentioned the issues of the company, Tang Xi would give him good and pertinent suggestions, which surprised him a lot.
Noticing Xiao Yan’s surprised gaze, Tang Xi suddenly realized she accidentally exposed the real her. Xiao Yan asked Tang Xi, “Rourou, how did you come to know of these things?”
The corner of Tang Xi’s mouth twitched. She knew Xiao Yan would doubt her. “What? Is what I said wrong?” Tang Xi chuckled and said feeling embarrassed, “I learned these from TV. If I said it wrong, don’t laugh at me. Just take it as nonsense.”
Xiao Yan shook his head. “No, your opinions and suggestions are pretty good. You’ve really surprised me.”