A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return
chapter-1088

Chapter 1088: Awakening

Pei Ziheng stared at her for a while, then he took off his suit jacket and covered her body with it.

He was tall, and the tailored suit jacket made her seem petite and curled up when placed over her body. He embraced her with the clothes between them. The iron-gray suit jacket slipped slightly and revealed half of her white glistening shoulder as well as her sleek, curvy legs. Her little head was leaning against his embrace, her butterfly-winged eyelashes trembled slightly and her delicate face was covered with tears.

She was so light.

Her body carried the unique fragrance of a girl as well as the scent he had left after making love.

Pei Ziheng unexpectedly recalled the many years he had known her. As if only at this moment, she completely belonged to him, thoroughly and undoubtedly, without any form of reservation. Any traces of guilt in his heart vanished completed and he lowered his head to kiss her soft, petal-like lips before striding out of the car.

The abandoned warehouse was silent and the morning light filtered through the clouds.

Pei Ziheng carried Xia Ling a few meters and turned a corner. He saw Chu Chen leaning against the door of his Rolls-Royce, smoking with his back to them.

Hearing the noise, he turned to smother the flame and bowed respectfully. “Boss.”

Pei Ziheng asked, “Where’s the rest?”

Chu Chen said, “I told them to keep watch nearby. Do you want them to come back?”

Pei Ziheng said, “No, you drive, let’s go back to the hotel.”

Chu Chen was very perceptive. Although he had long noticed the unconscious girl in his arms, he was tactful and didn’t ask him anything. He pulled open the door to the rear seat and let his Boss get in with the girl, then he went over to the driver’s seat.

The car started and they drove all the way back to the hotel.

Pei Ziheng had the time to sort out his thoughts. He asked Chu Chen, “What happened?”

Chu Chen obviously knew what he was asking, so he answered methodically while driving, “Our people have interrogated the driver and have gathered information from him. It probably went like this—Xia Ling has quarreled with you these days and was in a bad mood, so she planned to return to China. Xia Yu helped her find a taxi, but did not expect to meet a ruthless driver.”

Pei Ziheng frowned and looked down at the girl in his arms. She couldn’t wait to avoid him?”

She even ignored the dangers of the world outside?

“You asked for it,” he whispered. He stuck out his thumb and rubbed her petal-like lips, pressing harshly on the place where her lips had been bitten. She snorted sorely in her sleep, a drop of a tear falling from her eyes.

The car sped along the bustling city and passed by a hospital. Chu Chen slowed down the speed. “Boss, do you want to bring Xia Ling to the doctor?” Although he had only caught a glimpse, he could see that the woman in Pei Ziheng’s embrace was in a terrible condition. Her face was deathly pale and drained of blood, like a rag doll that had been torn.

“Busybody,” Pei Ziheng said.

Chu Chen did not speak anymore. He continued to drive forward and the car fell into a dead silence.

Suddenly, he heard Pei Ziheng ask, “What else did you ask?”

Chu Chen said, “He’s a local rogue, a gangster. A few days ago he saw Xia Yu looking for a taxi near the red light district and disguised as a taxi driver. He defrauded her trust and went to pick up Xia Ling.”

Pei Ziheng asked, “She went all the way to the red light district to find a car?”

Chu Chen said, “Maybe she was afraid to be noticed by you in the vicinity. Although the red light district is chaotic, she’s just a little girl and doesn’t understand anything. She probably thought it was safer the busier it was.”

Pei Ziheng’s gaze hardened. Xia Yu had to be handled well.

Chu Chen went on to say, “Our people asked that driver why he chose to prey on Xia Yu when there were hundreds of pedestrians on the street. The driver said that even though Xia Yu had disguised herself by wearing ordinary clothes, the diamond necklace on her neck was still exposed and showed off her wealth. He had originally wanted to snatch the diamond necklace and go, but after hearing that her sister had to go to the airport, he changed his mind and decided to catch a big ticket. To be in a car alone with a rich young lady was much more worthy than snatching a diamond necklace.”

“Bring Xia Yu back to the hospital and lock her in,” Pei Ziheng said. “Punish her for half a year first and remove all her servants. She’s not allowed to go out. No pocket money will be given, either. She’s forbidden to have any contact with the outside world, especially with Xiao Ling.”

“Yes.”

“Tell her that if she dares to instigate Xiao Ling ever again, I have ways to make sure the two sisters never meet again.” Pei Ziheng’s voice echoed around the car.

“… Yes.” Chu Chen silently mourned for Xia Yu in his heart. Some people were still pampered and indulged in even after committing a huge crime, but other people would still draw rage even when they had not made an intentional mistake.

This was life.

The car reached the hotel and Pei Ziheng carried Xia Ling upstairs. Several Imperial Entertainment’s employees accidentally bumped into him and watched with shock as their Big Boss entered the suite on the twenty-fourth floor with a gloomy face and a murderous expression.

The girl slept for a long time in the luxurious big bed and woke up in the evening.

Her butterfly-like eyelashes gently fluttered and she opened her eyes to see the familiar and yet strange hotel suite. The familiarity was that the pattern here was exactly the same as her room, but the strange thing was the man’s suit hanging on the clothes hanger at the corner. The coffee table at her bedside and the small sofa were strewn with a kraft paper document bag.

She thought for a few seconds and then realized she was in Pei Ziheng’s room.

The scene before her coma came back into her mind. She remembered she had been robbed and her clothes had been torn off. At the moment when she almost suffered terribly, Pei Ziheng had come to rescue her, and then…

And then?

Her body started to shake violently—no, he did not save her at all! He had so cruelly, so cruelly done the same thing as the driver! What the driver had wanted to do to her…

Her body ached so badly, the kind of tearing feeling coming from the depths of her most secluded place, it felt like knives were cutting into her. She would much rather die immediately than to suffer from this. If only this was all a dream, how good would that be? She suddenly closed her eyes and opened it after a long time, but the scene in front of her was still the same. The aching of her body was still so real and distinct that she had nowhere to hide from it.

She lowered her head and saw a scar on her wrist.

It was the trace left when she had been tied up and the soft cloth had broken through her delicate skin and drawn blood ruthlessly. Recalling everything at that moment, she was almost suffocated by the indescribable shame, fear, and pain that drowned her like a wave.

She didn’t want to stay in this room, she wanted to escape!

She could barely support her body as she got off the bed. The severe pain in her body almost tore her apart, and her sore feet made her stagger. She fell onto the thick carpet. Her forehead hit the hanger and tears flowed out as she cried out in pain. She then got up with difficulty and slowly and, little by little, held onto the hanger for support and got up, panting heavily. Her body was drenched with sweat and her eyesight was blurry. She then looked up by accident and saw herself in the mirror.