A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return - Chapter 245

Chapter 245: Not Knowing How to Make A Concession

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

“Xiao Ling!” He increased the sternness in his voice. “You can’t shower like this. You will catch a cold. Let me help you. After you shower, quickly go to bed and sleep.”

“I don’t want your help!” Xia Ling was impatient and pushed him out. “Get out!”

He grabbed hold of her wrist. “Ye Xingling!”

She glared at him. “Get out!”

“Why won’t you let me help you shower?” He said while pushing her against the wall, his eyes filled with fury. “You’re mine. Why can’t I touch you?! Ye Xingling, have I not treated you well enough? Why must you treat me like this? You keep pushing me away, and Wei Wei even told me just now that you plan on moving out?!”

“That’s none of your business!” The alcohol gave Xia Ling a throbbing headache. She did not understand a single word he said but only felt that he looked like he was about to eat her up, so she could not help but be scared. “Li Lei, let go of me. Get out! Get out!”

His expression became colder. Without saying anything, he grabbed her wrists with one hand and started to unbutton her coat. Xia Ling screamed and struggled. After he undid two buttons, he decided to rip the coat off her. There was a tearing sound, and the finely crafted clothes on her body turned into rags that were quickly thrown on the ground.

The sheer unexpectedness of her body being exposed in front of him drove Xia Ling crazy. She frantically used her hands to cover herself, and even her voice became a screech. “Get lost!”

He paused for a moment. In a flash, he suddenly grabbed her with more strength and almost broke her wrist. With his other hand, he felt around for the thin belt around her waist, untied it, and watched it fall off her skirt.

“Li Lei, you pervert!” Xia Ling was desperately trying to escape his grip. Since she could not use her hands, she kicked and bit him. Taking advantage of a moment when he was unprepared, she shoved him and made a mad dash out of the room.

However, he soon dragged her back and took off her undergarments. Even the last piece of clothing covering her vanished.

Xia Ling only felt a buzzing sound in her head. Blood rushed up to her head, and her mind was burning while her hands and feet were cold. Her body shivered violently as the world spun around her, and she did not know where she was. A few illusions that she had never seen before appeared, and everything before her eyes was fragmented. In her mind, there was a room filled with countless cameras, a tall and cold man, torn clothes and a bloody whip…

She opened her mouth and let out a hysterical scream.

Li Lei ignored it, dragged her into the bathtub, twisted the shower knob, and water rushed onto her body. She continued to scream. In her mind, the man’s cold eyes coincided with Li Lei’s. They were difficult to overcome and lacked emotion like a demon from hell. She wanted to escape and tried to crawl out of the bathtub again and again, but every time she tried, she was pushed back into the bathtub by Li Lei.

“Let me go, let me go!” She cried and struggled violently.

He was unmoved. Grabbing a bottle of shower gel, he poured it all over her body. “You better behave yourself. After the bath, I will let you sleep. Stop kicking and biting me. If you continue to move, I will tie you up.”

His palm fell on her shoulders and spread the shower gel on her body in circles. He moved his hand down her body but stopped for a moment near her stomach.

“Don’t touch me there… Don’t…” Xia Ling could not see him. She only saw the white room in the large villa, and something was restraining her body. A pair of hands that were moving down her body only had evil intentions.

Xia Ling desperately tried to retract her body. “Don’t…”

“Xiao Ling.” Li Lei’s voice was very distant. “It’s only a bath.”

Don’t… Don’t!

Xia Ling felt those warm hands wander further. The blood in her body almost flowed the opposite direction. The more she wanted to struggle, the more she could not move. It seemed she was trapped by a nightmare. She could not even make a single sound… Pain and disappointment. She tried hard to break away. Suddenly, there was a sweet sensation in her throat. Coughing, something slightly warm flowed out.

The pair of hands that were wandering on her body stopped moving.

“Xiao Ling?!”

Who was calling her? It was an anxious and concerned voice.

A trembling yet cautious finger was on her lips.

She wanted to avoid the finger, but she could no longer move. She only felt that her surroundings were becoming darker, her body was becoming lighter, someone was holding her, and there was a very distant voice. “Doctor! Quickly call for a doctor!”

As the darkness grew larger and the world became more distant, she did not know when, but suddenly, there was a deathly stillness.

The doctor came over to check on Xia Ling.

“Previously, her rib punctured her lung and she had surgery. She has only rested for a while, the injury is not fully recovered.” The doctor checked Xia Ling and said to Li Lei, “Miss Ye used her vocal chord a lot today. Did she sing? This puts a large burden on her heart and lungs. Furthermore, she is also drunk and struggled intensely after being provoked… It is not surprising that the wound on her lungs tore again.”

Li Lei was anxiety-ridden. “Is it serious?”

“The blood she coughed out was very little. It is only a small tear, so it is not something very serious.” The doctor said. “However, you must be careful. Don’t provoke Miss Ye. Otherwise, her small injury may become a major one. It’ll become very troublesome then.”

After he sent the doctor out, Li Lei sat beside Xia Ling’s bed.

Still tightly frowning in her dreams, her expression was a little pale. It pained him to see her like that.

He reached out his fingers to lightly trace her lips. They were really beautiful lips, why did they always have to spit out words that made his heart ache? Wei Wei told him that Xiao Ling wanted to move…

This was not the first time she had mentioned that she wanted to move. Did she really want to leave him so badly?

He was furious and went hard on her again last night. It seemed that in front of her, he became angry more easily and could not control his temper while Xiao Ling never once gave in to him.

She was too stubborn. If she left him, how could she continue to live after offending people in the future?

Li Lei was so worried that his brows were knitted. He touched her face and whispered. “Xiao Ling, don’t go.”

On the bed, the girl’s eyelashes quivered and she woke up.

As her vision slowly became clear, the scene in the bathroom appeared before her eyes. If it wasn’t because of how real her fear felt, she wouldn’t have suspected that it was not just a nightmare.

Xia Ling moved to the other side of the bed to distance herself from Li Lei.

Although Li Lei appeared warm, he was not someone to provoke lightly. Once triggered, he would selfishly and ferociously hurt her. Perhaps one day, without knowing what she said or did wrong, she would end up in a state similar to her previous life.

As Xia Ling looked at the man in front of her, her heart shuddered. In the past, how naïve was she to think that she could spend her entire life with him? When he was happy, he would take care of her seamlessly and accommodate her. However, when he was unhappy, no matter what he did would cause her immense pain and fear that she could not counter.

Li Lei stood up, poured a glass of water, and handed it to her. “You fainted and slept for a day. Drink some water.”

His hand was so close to her. She pursed her lips and did not take the glass from him.

He moved forward and tried to hand the glass to her.

“Take it away.” She lightly demanded.

“Xiao Ling…”

“Take it away!”

“What exactly do you want me to do?” Li Lei was rather irascible. “As long as it’s something I can do, I will do it for you!”

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Chapter 246: Do You Know What Her Dream Is

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Xia Ling did not make a sound.

He was right. He could do many things for her such as rent his house to her, give her high-end dresses, and save her when she was being held hostage. However, there were even more things that he could not do. He did not allow her to move out, did not allow her to wear other types of pendants, and even forced her to have sex with him against her will.

How was he qualified to say “As long as it’s something I can do, I will do it for you”?

Thinking about it, Xia Ling realized that it made no sense to continue arguing with him.

Xia Ling rolled to her side on the bed with her back facing Li Lei. “I’m tired.”

Li Lei’s expression became slightly tense. He looked at her thin back for a long time, then turned around and left the room.

A woman’s thoughts were very hard to decipher. Li Lei used to be a master at gaining the favor of women, but he suffered repeated defeats when dealing with Xia Ling. Ever since he had fired Su Tang, he had no other female counterpart that he shared a deep friendship with. However, he had some problems that he could discuss with outsiders. After thinking for a while, he decided to look for Tan Ying and ask him how he chased after his wife in the past.

Tan Ying had been married for about seven years and had been living happily with his family.

On this day, he had just sent his wife and child for tuition classes. Once he reached home, he saw Big Boss Li pacing outside his door and became rather shocked. “What brings you here? Please come in and take a seat.”

Li Lei quietly entered his house. Tan Ying’s house was filled with the vandalism of his children, wooden blocks, and remote-controlled trains. The clothes retrieved from the clothes rack had not been folded and were stacked on the sofa. There was a half-sewn pillowcase belonging to his wife. She had also just bought shampoo that the family used and received supermarket discount flyers which were piling up in the house.

“The house is messy, so you must be amused.” Tan Ying was a little embarrassed.

He and his wife were ordinary citizens and relied on their hard work to achieve their status in society today. However, they were not used to a luxurious lifestyle and maintained their traditional, ordinary life.

Li Lei glanced at the messy house which was full of life and felt envious.

The husband and wife were living in the same room and had a healthy and active child. No wonder Tan Ying had to withdraw from the triad organization and resolutely return to China to join a legitimate business. It turns out that once he had a family to protect, everything was different.

He was even more envious that the woman he loved was willing to rely on him and be protected by him.

Unconsciously, Li Lei started to think of Xiao Ling. He imagined her sitting in front of a sofa in a house full of homeliness carefully sewing a pillowcase… Suddenly, he felt that it was ridiculous and unrealistic. His Xiao Ling would probably spend her life doing more complicated things.

However, he could not help but imagine. If Xiao Ling had a child with him, how would he or she look like?

If it were a boy, it would definitely be more mischievous than Tan Ying’s son, and he would probably have to prepare a large playroom for him.

What if it were a girl? She would definitely resemble her. His daughter would definitely be delicate and pretty without being overly flamboyant. However, she would have a lingering charm. The longer someone stared at her, the more they could not look away…

“Boss, boss?”

Li Lei was so engrossed in his thoughts that Tan Ying had to call him a few times before he heard him.

He returned to reality and secretly laughed at his own ignorance. Looking at the situation now, Xiao Ling would probably never agree to have a child with him. He would thank the heavens if she could even remain safely by his side.

Tan Ying led him to his study room and handed him a cup of tea. “Hongshan recently learned how to make plum tea. Try it. My relatives said it tastes good.” Hongshan was his wife’s name.

Li Lei took the cup and tasted it. It was sour and sweet.

He did not really like the mix of flavors, but he remembered that Xiao Ling especially liked to try out new snacks, cakes, and drinks. Thus, he asked Tan Ying for some of the tea to bring back home for Xia Ling.

She was in a bad mood these few days. Perhaps drinking some plum tea would cheer her up.

The fact that Tan Ying could rise to this position meant that he was good at reading people. After hearing what Li Lei said, he immediately knew his purpose for taking the plum tea home. He did not directly expose him, but quietly got up and gave him half of the plum tea that he had at home. “This tea detoxifies, clears the lungs, and reduces internal heat. If you like it, I can ask Hongshan for the recipe so you can make it yourself.”

That was also Li Lei’s intention. If Xiao Ling became used to his tea-making skills, would she remain by his side?

He looked at the light green tea and remembered the reason why he came today. “Time really flies… I still remember when you and Hongshan met for the first time. It was in a restaurant in Chinatown in the USA, right? At that time, she was studying and working part-time as a waiter in the restaurant. You were drunk and vomited on her…”

“I can’t believe you still remember such an embarrassing thing.” Tan Ying laughed shyly, but there was pure joy in his eyes. “Thankfully I was drunk and vomited on her that day. Otherwise, I would have missed out on such a good wife.”

“So, how did you chase her that year?” Big Boss Li finally asked his main question.

That year, after Tan Ying vomited on her, Hongshan was as furious as a fire-breathing dragon. Coupled with a few twists and turns, Hongshan’s impression of Tan Ying became worse, and they became something akin to sworn enemies. Sometimes, people wondered if she wanted to kill Tan Ying with a knife.

Thinking about the past, Tan Ying also sighed.

“Hongshan… has a sharp tongue but is a softie inside.” After saying that, he suddenly paused. Did Boss suddenly visit him just to ask about that? “You came all this way to ask me about this?”

“What’s wrong with that?” Big Boss Li was expressionless.

“Did you quarrel with Ye Xingling again?” Tan Ying guessed.

Li Lei was quiet. The plum tea in his hands had cooled down. As he held the cup, his expression darkened.

Tan Ying could not bear to see him like that. “There are thousands of good girls in the world. Why do you have to be adamant about being with Ye Xingling? I have already said that she is not suitable for you. Her background is very suspicious, her life and emotions are very chaotic, she is hostile to you, thoughtless…” Seeing that Big Boss Li was offended, he quickly stopped talking about her. “Alright, I won’t say anything more… However, Boss, if it weren’t for you always protecting her, who knows how early she would have died in the past! This sort of woman is troublesome. Why do you want her?!”

“At the start, what did other people say about Hongshan?” Big Boss Li asked.

His special assistant, Tan Ying, choked.

In the past, Hongshan was also headstrong. She was physically weak but did not concede to triad organizations. Many people advised Tan Ying to give up, saying that that sort of girl was a burden. However, he insisted on marrying her and ended up extremely happy.

“Ye Xingling is different…” Tan Ying thought for a moment before giving him an explanation. “From a young age, Hongshan’s dream was to marry someone, have children, and become a housewife. Hongshan was forced to be headstrong in the past due to her life circumstances, not due to her natural personality. As such, she was able to settle down with me. But, what about Ye Xingling? Boss, do you know what her dream is?”

This question really caused Li Lei to be at a loss for words.