A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return

Xia Ling obediently went to Li Lei’s house.

The spacious apartment was filled with all sorts of things such as silk, dark sea pearls, black jade, chess pieces made of fine white tallow jade, toy guns, toy cars, and sweets.

Xia Ling did not realize what was going on. “What are you doing?”

Li Lei said, “See if there’s anything missing. The first time we go to your house, we should give your dad, mom, and your brother something. Do you think these things are suitable?”

Xia Ling was stunned. How would she know if they were suitable? “I prepared something for them before, but I specially made a call to ask my brother for advice. In the end, he refused to tell me what my parents liked and told me not to prepare anything. All I had to do was go home.” She said very honestly.

Li Lei was also dumbfounded. “That’s why you’re prepared to go home empty-handed?”

Xia Ling replied, “Of course not. I wrote a special song for them about their selfless love.”

Li Lei didn’t know how to respond.

Xia Ling walked into the pile of gifts and commented. “Pearl, agate, and white jade? They are expensive, but how do you know if they’ll like them?”

Li Lei said proudly, “Isn’t this simple? I already expected this day to happen, so I already talked to Shaohui from the start and gained a clear understanding of what your parents like.” He did not prepare those gifts blindly. Her brother liked tea, so he prepared the finest Laoshan white tea which was picked from the only remaining authentic Dahongpao tea. Only three batches of tea were produced in a year. He heard that her dad liked to play chess, so he prepared a chessboard made of thousand-year-old agarwood. The black chess pieces were made of black jade while the white chess pieces were made of white jade. The craftsmanship was excellent and was an underrated work of art. He heard that her mother liked to shop, so he prepared rare satin from the Nordic countries. This kind of satin was very difficult to find and was extremely gorgeous. It kept people warm in winter and cool in summer, and its making would soon be a lost skill.

He also bought toy cars and toy guns for Shaohui, pearl bracelets for the other people in the family, and candy for the children. He considered every aspect thoroughly.

Xia Ling was speechless. “How long exactly have you started thinking about this after Shaohui was gone?”

Li Lei smiled. “It’s a matter of sooner or later, don’t you think?”

Xia Ling fell silent. She was really touched. He was really thoughtful and even managed to do something she did not even consider so well. She ignored the fact that he talked about his parents so casually and said, “Since Shaohui said that, it must be true. Shaohui understands them better than me.”

Li Lei nodded. “I think so too.”

Xia Ling glared at him. Seriously, can’t be he say something nice?

She deliberately bickered with him. “What if Shaohui’s report is wrong?”

Li Lei flashed a toothy smile. “When he’s back, I will teach him a lesson!”

Xia Ling replied, “You’re not allowed to hit my son.”

Li Lei said, “Your son betrayed me.”

These two people started arguing about something that did not even happen. Xia Ling took a pillow on the couch and hurled it at Li Lei. Li Lei smiled and blocked it from hitting him. At once, feathers fluttered all over the living room.

On the carpet in the corner, the furry leopard yawned lazily. It licked its front paws, changed its posture, and went back to sleep. They were really a bunch of stupid humans.

When everything was ready, they set off to the Xia Family.

The Xia Family was located deep in the mountains and couldn’t be found with any map. According to the directions given by Xia Moyan, they first took a plane and a car. Lastly, they had to walk because the car could not even be driven into the mountains.

Li Lei urged Xia Ling. “Be careful. The mountain road is dangerous.”

Xia Ling nodded. “I’m fine.”

Behind them, their bodyguard Ah Nuo carried their luggage and shouted, “Young Master, don’t worry. With you leading the way and me guarding your backs, Miss Ye will be very safe in the middle.”

Just as he spoke, Auntie Liu’s voice rang. “It’s only a few steps on the road. What’s with the fuss?”

Father Ye and her were also there. For 30,000 yuan, they would do anything. Originally, she was still partially convinced that Xia Ling had a rather impressive relative, but in the mountains, she gave up all hope. This road was so inaccessible and poorly made like in the countryside. How could they be rich people? This stupid girl really had a bad eye for people. How could she acknowledge such lousy relatives?

Auntie Liu was dissatisfied and complained. “If you can’t walk then go home. Why should you waste so much effort to come here? Oh yes, when you go back, remember to give me 30,000 yuan.”

Xia Ling paused in her footsteps. She turned around and sneered at them. “If you want to go home, then go! You won’t get 30,000, and you will still have to pay for your trip back yourselves.”

“Hey, you brat! You…” Before Auntie Liu could say anything, Xia Ling had already turned around and continued to move forward.

Li Lei couldn’t help but smile. He walked beside Xia Ling and said in a low voice, “Why didn’t you reincarnate into a better family after achieving nirvana? You really suffered in the hands of this family.”

Xia Ling glared at him and pinched his arm. “You seem to enjoy gloating in my misfortune.”

In pain, Li Lei stopped talking rubbish and quickly continued to lead the way in front.

The road on the mountain meandered and they walked for a long time before they reached the end. Seeing that the sky was a little dark, Ah Nuo said, “Young Master, there’s something wrong. We seem to be walking in circles.”

Li Lei stopped and said, “Give me the map.”

Ah Nuo handed him to map. Li Lei checked it and frowned. “There’s really something wrong. According to the direction we’re heading, we should’ve reached this mountainous area a long time ago.”

“It can’t be that we’ve encountered something supernatural, right?” Ah Nuo said.

“Supernatural?” Auntie Liu was frightened and grabbed Father Ye’s arm. “What sort of horrifying place is this? Let’s quickly leave and never come back.”

“Well, then you’ll have to be able to walk out then.” Xia Ling sneered.

“You brat!” Auntie Liu almost wanted to scold her again.

Li Lei coldly looked at Auntie Liu. “If you continue to make noise, we’ll abandon you here.” From a young age, he had experienced terrifying conditions of bloodshed and war. At this time, he had a murderous look, scaring Auntie Liu speechless.

Only then did Li Lei continue to look at the map and compared it with his surroundings. “This is probably a tactical formation. The Xia Family is so secluded, their headquarters is probably not easy to access.”

Xia Ling also thought that he made sense and was very angry. “I will call my brother now and ask him why he trapped us here and demand that he quickly let us in.”

Li Lei stopped her. “I guess that this is the test that your brother gave us. Even if you call him now, he won’t let us in. We have to find the way in ourselves.”

“Why in god’s name do we have to do that?” Xia Ling refused to listen and took out her phone to call her brother.