A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return
chapter-626

Pei Ziheng looked at her like he was being lenient with an innocent child.

Feeling his eyes on her, Xia Ling grabbed the cellphone and started dialing. Pei Ziheng was about to tell her not to waste her time, when he heard her speak into the phone, “Brother…”

Her voice was soft and on the verge of breaking.

He felt a prick in his heart.

When had she been willing to talk to him in such a manner? Xiao Ling had always been a child who cried easily. When she was younger, even a prick by a rose thorn could set her wailing for hours on end. But she only ever cried before those she trusted, never in front of those who didn’t mean enough to her.

Subsequently, she gradually stopped crying in front of him, or even speaking to him in such a soft tone.

Hearing her helpless voice today ached him.

She said into the cellphone, “The Lis are bullying me…” Tears welled up in her eyes as she spoke.

The person on the other end of the line said something, and quickly sniffed and said, “No, I’m fine, they didn’t do anything to me… I was just kidding… Brother, please don’t take revenge on them.”

Pei Ziheng glanced at her.

He had checked the Xia family out before and knew just how powerful they were.

They possessed a mysterious mystical power that could ruin the Li family and the Pei family easily. It took nothing more than a thought to send them to their defeat. Only recently did Pei Ziheng finally figure out how Li Lei managed to overpower him so greatly the last time… a Xia must have helped him.

If anyone were to find trouble with this girl from the Xia family, they could take revenge on one’s entire magnate with the snap of a finger.

Yet, all Xia Ling actually said, Brother, it’s fine, don’t take revenge on them.

Pei Ziheng’s heart ached for her, and he felt that this was a lost opportunity; if only Preceptor Xia could help him eradicate his love rival.

Xia Ling was still on the phone. “Could you… help me find out how I can contact Li Lei? I can’t seem to get him.” Only after the cellphone network had been lost did Xia Ling realize just how fragile the connection between them was. The loss of a signal sent her searching for him in the vast crowd.

That feeling was scary and lonely.

On the other end, Xia Moyan said, “I’ll call you back later. Don’t worry, Xiao Ling.” He hung up and anger took over him. The Li family was too much!

He left the house in search for that man.

In the vintage-looking backyard, the leaves swayed in the wind.

An elderly was playing chess, and crouching opposite him was a grey fox. The fox would mess the chessboard up every once in a while.

“Moyan,” the elderly called out to his son. “Why the long face?”

Xia Moyan stopped in his footsteps in the yard and politely greeted “Father” before getting into the topic of his sister. After giving his father a brief overview, he added, “There are more parasol trees in this world than Li Lei alone, why does Xiao Ling have to put herself through such treatment from his family? How about we ruin the Li family and find a better one for Xiao Ling!”

The elderly tapped a chess piece before conscientiously placing it on a grid diagonally across.

“When I was younger, I made a trip to the Li household.” He said calmly.

Xia Moyan was slightly stunned. Why was Father talking about this?

The elderly went on, “I once had a game of chess with Li Shanhe. He won.”

Xia Moyan kept quiet. That was no surprise—even though Father appeared to know his moves, he was merely an amateur. Even the little fox opposite him could beat him.

The elderly said, “I’ve taken a look at the fengshui in the Li household, and Li Shanhe’s destiny — among his descendants, there would be one who’d turn out to be an important and world-changing person.”

Xia Moyan frowned slightly. “So what.” However important he was, he couldn’t be more important than his sister and her happiness.

The bored fox fiddled with the chessboard.

There was a shift in power on the chessboard, and the elderly had no choice but to go along with the fox’s move. “Your sister is a phoenix. Do you think her judgment would be any inferior to yours? She’s just destined to encounter many obstacles and difficulties in life that she’ll have to overcome.”

Xia Moyan said, “I still want to destroy the Li family.”

The elderly was speechless. He felt as if all his teachings to his son were in vain.

Even the fox could sense the ferocity in his quiet voice, and decided to hop away.

The elderly glared at his son, “You ruined my chess game!”

“I want to destroy the Li family.”

The elderly was practically about to hit him. “If you destroy their family, what’s going to happen to Shaohui?”

“I’ll find him a stepfather.”

The elderly did not know what else to say and waved him away. “Just go, ruin their family and we’ll see how your sister fights it out with you.” It was evident how much Xiao Ling liked that Li fellow — anyone who laid a finger on him would definitely get it from Xiao Ling herself. The elderly decided to take a look at the ancient book — was the phoenix especially powerful and intimidating when she got angry?

This time, it was Xia Moyan who was speechless.

He knew his father was right. That stupid phoenix at home would really turn against her biological brother if he were to hurt that lad!

He walked away silently.

“Where are you going?” The elderly asked, afraid that his son would really do something to the Li family, possibly making them vanish overnight.

Xia Moyan clenched his teeth, “I’m going to help Xiao Ling… find out… how to contact that man.” He would give Xiao Ling a chance to talk to him. Once she had overcome this obstacle, he had more than enough time to deal with that man!

Xia Ling waited in the bedroom apprehensively.

Xia Moyan returned her call and gave her a number. “The signal in South Africa isn’t too good, but this is the number to the receiver at Li Lei’s accommodation now.”

Xia Ling thanked her brother and hurriedly dialed the number.

It rang for a long time before somebody picked up the phone on the other end. It was a male’s voice, speaking in a language she did not understand.

She asked for Li Lei in English.

The other party asked her, in English now, who she was.

She told him her name.

He got her to hold on for a moment before calling out to Li Lei. In the background, there were sounds of people talking.

Xia Ling waited in apprehension, nervous and excited. She finally managed to contact him, and in no time, she would be able to verify whether Su Tang’s pregnancy was real. She would know very soon whether he really did betray her…

It was a familiar voice this time. “Xiao Ling?”

“Li Lei!” She called out, on the verge of tears.

“Xiao Ling, how are you? Are you alright?” Li Lei asked concernedly.

She had not answered his question before she asked hurriedly, “Li Lei, how are you now? Old Master called me and told me that Su Tang is carrying your child. This isn’t true, right? You love me so much, how could you get together with another woman?”

On that end, Li Lei kept quiet.