A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return

“Xiao Rui.” Li Lei was the first to notice him.

Li Rui sat in the wheelchair and looked at the two adults and one child eating in the dining hall. He saw a handsome man wearing a casual shirt, a delicate and pretty woman, and a small child sitting on a high back chair leisurely swaying his legs. He was smiling in complete bliss.

Even Er Mao, who usually kept a distance from humans lazily lay down beside them.

Li Rui was crazily jealous. Sure enough, his mom was right. As long as his mother and he were not there, that hateful woman and her awful son would seize the opportunity to infiltrate! Li Rui urged the nanny to push his wheelchair faster and came in front of them. He said to Li Lei, “Dad, I’m hungry. I want to eat!”

Li Lei glanced at Xia Ling and Shaohui. He gently said, “Xiao Rui, didn’t the nanny send food to you on time?” These days, Li Rui was hurt and it was inconvenient for him to move much. He especially did not like to go to the dining hall himself and always asked the nanny to send food to his room. He was also very picky about the dishes.

“I want to eat here today!” Li Rui demanded.

Many people respected Li Lei in the Li Family. However, Li Rui did not because he was spoiled by his father and rarely angered him. Now, after seeing his father and another woman with her child, Li Rui deeply felt that his position was threatened.

Li Lei did not notice it and frowned. “Be good. Today, Aunt Xiao Ling is here, so dad can’t eat with you.”

“What sort of…” Before Li Rui could say something insulting, he noticed that Li Lei’s face darkened. After remembering the injury on his buttocks, he changed what he was about to say. “This is my home!”

“Sister Xiao Ling is like family.” Li Lei said.

“Oh?” This time, Xia Ling sneered. Why was she involved in their father-son argument? “It seems that I’m not welcomed here, so I’ll be leaving with Shaohui now.” She was half-way done with her meal and initially had no appetite. Now, she was even more frustrated. So she took Shaohui’s hand and was about to leave.

Shaohui reluctantly said, “Er Mao…”

Er Mao obediently got up and bit his sleeve.

“Er Mao, let him go.” Xia Ling was very unhappy.

Er Mao cocked its head and looked at the woman. After not seeing her for a long time, she looked colder than before and was no longer the weak girl who cried over the smallest thing.

However, it sort of missed the time when she was like that.

Hard-heartedness only appeared when people had no one to rely on but themselves.

While being vulnerable meant that there was someone who could save them and they could rely on.

Now, she was unwilling to rely on its master. That was why she was so cold and aggressive.

Er Mao made a few muffled sounds as if it were pleading her to stay. It remembered that its master always patted his head as he thought about her. [Er Mao, what do you think Xiao Ling is doing now?] [Er Mao, do you think that Xiao Ling has really moved on?] [Er Mao, look at that cloud in the sky. Does it look like Xiao Ling?] [Er Mao…]

Er Mao was about to collapse.

It made up its mind to help its owner get Xia Ling back again. It did not want to be the first leopard in history to be bald because its owner kept stroking its head.

It was easy.

He bit the child’s sleeve hard and refused to let go.

With wild hopes, the child turned around to ask Xia Ling, “Sister, can we bring Er Mao back with us?”

“We can’t afford it!” Xia Ling said resolutely and glared at Er Mao. “Are you going to let go?”

Er Mao whined in protest.

Xia Ling was speechless.

This scene was too messy. Li Lei said, “It’s not good for your stomach if you only eat half of your meal. Even if you don’t care about yourself, you have to think about Shaohui. Finish eating before you leave, ok?”

Xia Ling bent down and tried her best to separate Er Mao’s mouth from her child’s sleeve.

[Er Mao, bite her!] Li Rui said in his heart.

However, Er Mao did not bite her or let her child go. In the end, Shaohui’s high-quality cotton shirt was torn. Xia Ling was fast and quickly picked Shaohui up without thinking. She did not hold him firmly and almost hurt her waist.

This time, she glared at Shaohui. “Why are you so heavy after spending the day at someone’s house?!”

Shaohui felt wronged and softly said, “I ate too much…”

If they were not in front of so many people, Xia Ling almost wanted to strangle him. Looking at his twinkling eyes, she gritted her teeth and finally forced out a few words. “Are you going? If you aren’t, I am.”

Shaohui wanted to cry. Why did sister hate Uncle Li so much? She hated him so much that she could leave him alone in Uncle Li’s house.

On the other hand, Li Lei tried to mediate the situation. “Xiao Ling, don’t have the same mindset as Xiao Rui. He’s only a child.”

“So what if I’m a child?” Li Rui yelled and pointed at a painting in the dining hall. “Do you see this? This painting, that flower vase, and even the color of the tablecloth… All of them were selected by my mom. This is my mom’s home. What right do you have to come in!”

He finally said it.

In the morning, Su Tang specially told him that no matter what, he had to let that woman called Ye Xingling know that his entire villa was decorated by her.

Everyone would know who the mistress of the house was at once.

Now, after seeing Xia Ling’s face turn slightly pale, Li Rui was delighted and felt that he had accomplished what he promised his mother.

“Xiao Ling!” Li Lei grabbed her hand. “Su Tang isn’t mentally well now and has depression, so the house is decorated according to her wishes. A peaceful and elegant environment is conducive to her recovery…”

“So both of you are sharing this house?” Xia Ling asked.

“That’s not true!” Li Lei said, “She and I have our own bedrooms! We are just living under the same roof but are not really together!”

“Dad, you’re lying!” Li Rui shrieked. “Every night, you sleep in the same room as Mom!”

Xia Ling turned cold and forcefully shook Li Lei’s hand away. “Don’t look for me in the future!”

Since he could not explain clearly, Li Lei did not speak and dragged her all the way upstairs.

“Li Lei, what are you doing?!” Xia Ling did not think that he would do this and started to struggle.

However, Li Lei refused to let go and stubbornly pulled her upstairs. Shaohui and Er Mao also followed them. Li Rui refused to admit defeat and yelled at a nanny to push him upstairs.

“You’re not allowed to bring young master Rui here!” Suddenly, Li Lei turned around and loudly instructed.

The nanny hurriedly stopped the wheelchair and Li Rui remained at his original position.

Li Rui was so angry that he started bawling and threatening the nannies. However, the nannies did not dare to offend the true owner of the villa.

Xia Ling stumbled as Li Lei dragged her up the stairs.