A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return

Xia Ling felt a little bad. “Something happened, so I had to leave first.”

“What happened?” Li Lei asked.

“Oh…” She paused for a moment because she really did not know how to explain what had happened. She carefully said to Li Lei, “Do you still remember the man… who bought… the sexy underwear for me?”

She was afraid that Li Lei would be angry.

Sure enough, Li Lei was not very pleasant. “Who exactly is he? He looked for you again?”

She nodded weakly.

“And then?” Li Lei wanted to kill her but resisted the impulse.

“He… he went backstage to see me, and we ran into your grandfather.”

“My grandfather also went backstage?” Li Lei slightly frowned. No one told him about this. “Did he give you any trouble? Are you ok?”

After her beloved expressed his concern, she smiled. “I’m ok.”

He knew that his grandfather was stubborn and willful. He was afraid that he would treat Xiao Ling rudely. He patted her soft hair and gently said, “You’ve suffered. Tell me the specific details.”

Xia Ling said, “Your grandfather asked if I had seen you. I said I hadn’t, and then Su Tang criticized me a little. That man who was with me stood up for me and brought me back home.”

Su Tang was also there?

Li Lei generally understood his grandfather’s intentions. He was probably there to tell Xiao Ling that Su Tang was his preferred grand-daughter-in-law using him as an excuse. He said, “If Su Tang is rude to you, just be rude back. Don’t worry. You are the person I like, and she’s just an assistant.”

Xia Ling hesitated and said, “But your grandfather…” Old Master already hated her, and if she argued with Su Tang, she was worried that Old Master would hate her more.

“Grandfather likes tough women.” Li Lei said. “If he likes you, the more you aren’t willing to admit defeat, the more he’ll be pleased. If he doesn’t like you, everything you do is wrong in his eyes. Xiao Ling, you don’t have to care about grandfather, just do as you please. I will handle him.”

He was his relative, so he should settle things with him. This burden should not fall on her shoulders.

Xia Ling hesitated again before nodding. She whispered, “Ok.”

Li Lei kissed her forehead, and then his line of sight fell on a cup of warm ginger tea on a small table and a half-filled bottle of water. Were those left behind by that mysterious man who sent her home?

“Who exactly is this man?” He asked.

“I asked him today if I can tell you his identity, but he said that I can’t…” Xia Ling muttered.

Li Lei said, “What identity?”

“Well, there’s a condition…”

“What condition?” Seeing that she looked troubled, Li Lei sensed that it was not something good.

“That day in the underwear store, Nangong Qingya lost a bet and owes me 30 billion yuan and compensation for emotional damages. That man said that if… If you can help me recover the 30 billion yuan, he will allow me to tell you his identity…” Xia Ling couldn’t even continue speaking. It was 30 billion, not three hundred yuan!

“30 billion?!” Li Lei was also shocked. “Are you sure that it’s 30 billion and not 3 million?”

Xia Ling nodded weakly and innocently.

“You… Is this a robbery?” Li Lei didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “How in the world did you end up betting such a huge amount of money? Is Nangong Qingya crazy? She actually gambled with you?!”

“Hasn’t she always been crazy?” Xia Ling mumbled. She hid Xia Moyan’s identity and told him what happened that day.

“You are saying that the mysterious man gave you a card with 10 billion and Nangong Qingya did not know how much was inside, so she stupidly promised you three times the compensation?”

Xia Ling nodded innocently again.

She was really innocent. She wanted to give in a few times but Nangong Qingya was rushing to gamble with her.

Li Lei was also about to go crazy. “Why would a normal person put 10 billion in a card?!” Even though his family wealth amounted to hundreds of billions, the total valuation of the real estate and company under his name did not even exceed 1 billion! Who was the local tyrant who would put 1 billion in a bank?!

No, who was so brain-dead?!

Did he not know that the renminbi would depreciate? Wasn’t it better to invest with 10 billion dollars?!

No wonder Nangong Qingya didn’t expect that a person in this world would have so much money in a card! No… that was not the main point. The main point was, why would that man give Xiao Ling so much money?! 10 billion! They were unrelated, and even if he were chasing after her, it was too ridiculous. What exactly was his motive?!

Li Lei was alarmed and asked Xia Ling, “Why did he give you so much money?”

Xia Ling blinked. This was because he was her brother. “I can’t tell you about this now. In the future when you learn about his status, you will understand. Li Lei, don’t worry. He won’t hurt me.”

“How can you tell me to believe that a strange man would give you 10 billion without any reason?!” Li Lei really was about to go crazy. “Xiao Ling, do you know what this means? A person who can give you this amount so casually is from a family that few can outmatch. If he wants to hurt you, he can do it easily!”

“He really won’t…” Xia Ling said dryly.

Li Lei had a headache. If Xiao Ling was as clever and scheming as Su Tang, he might really believe her, but she was very naive, so he was really uneasy.

“Ok. You don’t have to talk. I will investigate this myself.” He tried to speak as slowly as possible. “If I find out your relationship with him, it won’t violate your promise to him, right?”

Xia Ling nodded.

“But how are you going to investigate?”

Li Lei flashed a savage smile, showing off his white teeth. “You two went shopping together, I can definitely identify him from the surveillance cameras. Xiao Ling, I did not look at the surveillance cameras before because I respect your privacy. However, now things are different. That man is too powerful and may threaten your safety, so I must investigate.”

Xia Ling was stunned. How could she forget this?

She hesitated for a moment before saying, “Ok.”

Without further ado, Li Lei immediately called Tan Ying and asked him to get hold of the surveillance camera footage in the mall. Now, he and Surveillance cameras were distant. It was easy to guess who was the one behind the scenes that made Old Master Li suddenly come back to China. Thus, whenever it came to Xiao Ling, he used Tan Ying instead of Su Tang to maximize his protection of Xiao Ling.

Soon, Tan Ying sent him the surveillance video.

Li Lei opened it and saw a man with a slender figure. He had a calm face and looked very close to Xiao Ling. That man looked a little familiar…

“Xia… Preceptor Xia?!” After a moment, Li Lei looked at Xia Ling in shock.

Xia Ling nodded and was somewhat happy. Brother, I’m not breaching the agreement. My Li Lei is just too smart and quickly found out who you are! “That’s right. You should be relieved then. The Preceptor is so powerful. Why would he hurt me?”

Li Lei also couldn’t think of a reason why The Preceptor would hurt Xiao Ling.

However, at the same time, he couldn’t think of a reason why he would give Xiao Ling 10 billion!