A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return
chapter-1358-30041322

She looked anxious and impatient in the silent spacious room.

He gently pulled her hand away. "You can rest assured, I…" He wanted to say that he wouldn't fight for Xia Yingluo, but he quickly changed his tune and said, "I know what to do."

"Nan!" Gu Jinxiu's voice sharpened.

"It's getting late, why don't you go to rest?" He changed the subject.

Gu Jinxiu suddenly exploded. "Why are you so urgent to change the topic at the mention of that woman? What on earth are you thinking that you don't want me to know! Wei Lingnan, don't forget that I am your Queen!"

"Ah Luo!" Wei Lingnan frowned slightly. He had used teleportation to find Xia Yingluo just now and had fed her so much blood, so he was incredibly weak and needed to rest. But Gu Jinxiu's fuss now made him feel anxious.

Gu Jinxiu grabbed his hand. "Nan, how did you get the wound on your wrist? She bit it?" Under the cold white light, the wound on his wrist was obvious and it didn't heal automatically like before. It was exposed in an extremely sloppy posture, and even his bone could be seen faintly. Gu Jinxiu was shocked. "Why did she bite you so hard… why didn't your wound heal automatically?"

Wei Lingnan pulled his hand away from her, covering his wrist without any trace. "I spent too much energy and I need to replenish it." Because Xia Yingluo bit too hard and the energy loss was more than expected, there was no way to heal automatically. However, Wei Lingnan was now grateful to Xia Yingluo for doing this, because then he could have an excuse to rest and not have to face the suspicious Ah Luo.

He was relieved because he remembered how good Ah Luo had been billions of years ago—

Whenever he was seriously injured and needed energy, she would rush him to recuperate.

Even when she became a Queen and didn't look at him kindly, once she found that he was in a bad situation, he would be forced to draw back from any task to give him the opportunity to be alone to replenish his energy.

He was ready to give her a kiss and then step back.

However, Gu Jinxiu grabbed his hand again. "Do you think you can just find an excuse to go? Why did she bite you, and why did you get bitten by her for nothing? Nan, I agreed to let her give birth to the World Tree, but that doesn't mean that I agree with you behaving like this! If you hurt yourself for her again, I would rather kill the World Tree!"

"Shut up!" Wei Lingnan suddenly exploded.

Gu Jinxiu was frightened by his sudden anger. She couldn't help but let go of his hand and take two steps back.

Wei Lingnan's eyes seemed to spit out flames, and like some horrible beast entering the fighting ring, he just stared at Gu Jinxiu for a long while, then slowly regained his composure. "Sorry, I was… confused," he said dumbly. He didn't understand why he had suddenly gotten angry at Jinxiu. But the moment he heard her say that she wanted to kill the World Tree, something boiled deep in his blood, shouting loudly and making him anxious to strangle the woman in front of him, even if she was the Queen!

He was startled by his murderous moment. How could this be? How could he be murderous to Ah Luo?

He stepped forward, wanting to explain himself.

Gu Jinxiu stepped back in shock, looking pale.

These days, he had been so kind to her, so thoughtful and obedient, so much so that she had forgotten how proud and powerful he was. He could easily kill someone with just the lift of a finger.

Gu Jinxiu's lips trembled slightly. "You… you tried to kill me?"

"I didn't!" Wei Lingnan explained quickly, "Sorry, Ah Luo, I was just… just…"

He closed his eyes and sorted out his chaotic thoughts. "I just… when you talked about killing the World Tree… Ah Luo, the World Tree is the most important thing to our Skatana tribe, have you forgotten? The tribe would do anything to protect it, so that was why I got agitated. Sorry, I really didn't mean to target you."

Gu Jinxiu bit her lip deeply, wondering whether she should believe what he said.

In her memory, of course, she also understood the importance of the World Tree. However, in the past, all the World Trees of the Skatana Planet were born by the queen. Today, the world tree and the "Queen" were opposites of different parties. So what would Wei Lingnan choose?

"If, I mean if," Gu Jinxiu looked at him and asked carefully, "one day you have to choose between me and the World Tree, which one would you choose…" Actually, she wanted to ask, if he had to choose between her and Xia Yingluo, who would Wei Lingnan choose? However, she didn't dare to ask this question and was afraid to hear an unfortunate answer.

Wei Lingnan was silent. Once, when Xia Yingluo was just pregnant, he had thought about giving up the seed of the World Tree. But now, with the passage of time, he now eagerly awaited its birth.

Gu Jinxiu urged. "Nan."

Wei Lingnan looked at her, not knowing how to answer. The Skatana people had never faced such a complex and difficult question, and there was no standard answer to choose from. Unexpectedly, Xia Yingluo's delicate pale face reappeared in his mind. If she were here… if the awakened queen was her, would she ask him such a difficult question too?

The Queen's mission was to protect the World Tree.

No matter how cruel, the Queen would never make someone choose between herself and the World Tree.

He was a little disappointed in Gu Jinxiu, but still secretly excused her. After so many years in the barren days, she had just awakened and it wasn't easy to accept her identity as the Queen of Skatana, so she couldn't really be to blame.

"I am loyal to you," he said.

He didn't answer her questions directly, disappointing her. The word "loyal to you" further aroused Gu Jinxiu's deep uneasiness. This was the tone of a subordinate to his superior and official affairs. He never spoke to her in such a tone before, but it was as if something had changed unknowingly. Such a change scared her.

She didn't dare to force him any more, so she said softly, "You're tired. I'll accompany you to take a good rest."

She stepped forward slowly, trying to hold him.

Her warm fingers rested on his injured wrist, and he moved slightly, wanting to get rid of her, but he held back. How could he make Ah Luo sad? She was his queen, she was everything to him, including his billions of years of longing and dreams…

All contradictions were his fault.

After that day, he controlled himself and stopped looking for Xia Yingluo.

But still, he couldn't help keeping an eye on her secretly. He watched her drink a bit more blood. Her spirit was better than before, but after a few days, her complexion slowly faded. Even the reporters of the visiting group noticed that something was wrong, and they reported—Xia Yingluo is extremely serious in filming, and her professionalism is admirable.

But he knew. How was it caused by filming?

It was the seed of the World Tree in her belly, drawing her vitality all the time.