A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return
chapter-654

At once, she became quiet.

What did he say? Li Rui was not his biological son?!

This answer hit her like a bolt of lightning. After a few seconds, she was ecstatic. She was suddenly so happy that she did not know how to react. She looked blankly at him and even her breathing started to stagnate.

He said, “Believe me.”

Why would she not believe him? However, what exactly was going on?

However, he stopped talking. He bent down, lightly kissed her and reached out to take off her clothes.

The pearl buttons on her clothes were unbuttoned and the thin, silky satin top slipped off her shoulders, revealing her white and radiant skin. Only then did she come back to reality, and pulled up her clothes in a reflexive manner. She said to Li Lei, “Don’t be like this.”

He looked at her with a pair of deep and quiet eyes. In a husky voice, he said, “Xiao Ling, I really missed you in these years.”

Looking at his eyes, she suddenly panicked and couldn’t help but push him away. Rather miserably, she sat up on the bed. Did he think that she did not miss him all these years? However…

It was different.

Some things were gone forever.

“Li Lei.” She turned around to avoid his gaze. “Please leave. It’s not important whether the child is yours. These four years, I repeatedly told myself to be stronger and said that I could live well even without love…”

She looked at the vast blue ocean outside the window. In a dream-like voice, she whispered, “Do you know? I’m a Diva now and have hundreds of thousands of fans idolizing me. Every day, I receive countless invitations. I even have a large team to help me with daily chores…

“Everything went back to normal.

“My days are very peaceful and no longer chaotic. Let’s leave the past in the past.”

The last sentence seemed to have consumed all of her strength. In her two lifetimes, she had braved many storms and only wanted a peaceful life.

Love, on the other hand, was like jumping into fire.

She was severely hurt in her past life and severely hurt again in this life. That was why no matter how appealing it was, she would not be fooled for the third time. That was not something she could afford to happen to her.

“I’ll be leaving now. You…” She was quiet for a long time. “Take care.”

Her petite body walked away from the presidential suite step by step.

Li Lei watched as she disappeared out of the door. The entire room was basking in sunlight, but he only felt extremely cold.

Xia Ling did not want to stay in the hotel any longer. It was difficult for her to breath whenever he was around. She quickly checked out of the hotel and drove her Porsche back to her villa.

Pei Ziheng was waiting outside the villa for her.

He appeared elegant and gentle as he stood in the garden of fully bloomed roses.

Xia Ling stopped her Porsche and lowered her car window. “Why are you here?”

Pei Ziheng said, “Today, I met up with a large client to discuss some business, but it ended earlier than expected, so I came over to invite you to dinner.” These years, he got along quite well with her. He was very good and winning the support of others. As long as he was willing, he could make anyone feel as relaxed as a spring breeze.

Especially since he put in extra effort on her.

In the beginning, she was disgusted and afraid of him. But now, she unknowingly started to get along with him.

However, this time, she said, “I’m in a bad mood.”

Pei Ziheng was not surprised. He received a call from Old Master Li in the morning telling him that Li Lei had officially returned to China. The first thing that man did when he returned was to look for Xiao Ling, and it seemed that they had already met.

Pei Ziheng’s voice was very gentle. “You aren’t in a good mood? You should eat something to distract yourself when you’re in a bad mood.”

She shook her head. “I’m really not in the mood.” After that, she got off her car and directly went into the villa.

Pei Ziheng looked at her as she walked away for a long time. It seemed that in her heart, Li Lei still had a significant position. If that were not the case, why did she look like her spirit left her body once that man came back?

This situation… was far from good.

Xia Ling slept at home for a day, covering herself with a pillow in a dimly lit room. All her dreams were about the disturbances she had in the last few years, and Li Lei appeared in all of them.

When she woke up, she felt very lost.

She got dressed and went for a walk in the small garden nearby.

Only villa residents had access to the small garden and security measures were very good. Outsiders could not enter, so there were very few people there. Now, only about three sporadic rich neighbors were there, and they always smiled and waved whenever they saw her. All of her neighbors were rich, and after living together for so many years, everyone was familiar with one another.

Xia Ling walked along the wooden pavement beside the water for a long time and gradually arrived at a large shady area in the woods. In the depths of the woods, she heard the cry of a child. It was not very loud, but her heart inexplicably tensed up.

She subconsciously increased her pace as she went to look for the child.

After a few minutes, she finally found the child under a huge old elm tree.

That was a little boy who looked around four years old. He was very dirty and looked like he had rolled in the mud. He knelt beside the tree, unaware that she was there, and continued to cry sadly. A red squirrel stopped at the boy’s feet as if it were trying to comfort him.

Xia Ling walked up and scared the squirrel away. Ignoring the dirt, she knelt in front of the child and asked, “Little boy, what’s wrong? Why are you here alone?”

That boy sobbed as he lifted his head up.

His little face was also dirty and had several muddy prints, so she could not see his full face. Faintly, she could see that he had chubby cheeks and watery eyes. He looked very cute.

At that moment, Xia Ling’s heart throbbed, but she did not know why.

With a softer voice, she asked, “What’s wrong?”

The child stopped crying and looked at her curiously. He was not taking any precautions at all as his eyes were still watery. After a long time, he managed to choke out a few words. “L… l… l… ost m… y w… ay…”

He was not very coherent, but his voice was pleasant to the ear.

Xia Ling’s heart almost melted and her voice became even gentler. “Who are your parents? Where do you live? Tell auntie and auntie will send you home.” Although she was only in her twenties, she already raised a child before and unknowingly referred to herself as an auntie.

In between sobs, the boy said, “I… don’t have parents…” His lips quivered and looked like he was about to cry again.

It turned out to be a pitiful child.

Xia Ling was a little heartbroken and was more patient towards the boy. “Who took you out, then? Your grandparents?”

“My… uncle…” said the boy. This time, he was not sobbing anymore, and she could hear him more clearly. “Uncle said that he was taking me out to look for my mom… After that, I never saw him again…”