A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return

Su Tang mocked Xia Yu for being a coward who did not even dare to kill her love rival.

Xia Yu smiled coldly. Murder? That year when she did something earth-shattering, she wondered what Su Tang was doing. “If you’re looking for death, don’t drag me down with you.” She said to Su Tang. “If you kill her, the Xia Family, Li Family, and even Pei Ziheng will dig the earth to look for the killer. Do you think you can escape the grasp of so many powerful families?”

Su Tang said, “There’s always some risk.”

“Idiot.” Xia Yu concluded.

Su Tang slightly narrowed her eyes. “You seem to know something.”

Xia Yu said faintly, “I know that even people who are smarter and more powerful than you do not dare to hurt Xia Ling.” She was referring to Wei Lingnan. If she did not understand what a taboo Xia Ling was in the past, she found out after being locked in the Wei Family’s secret lab. Even a powerful monster would rather be in a hopeless tangle with her substitutes than touch Xia Ling. She did not believe that Su Tang was more powerful than Wei Lingnan.

Su Tang heard the ominous meaning in her words.

Since she was able to become Li Lei’s special assistant, she was definitely not a crude and impetuous woman. Even if she wanted to get rid of Xia Ling, she had to find a way to make herself seem innocent. What she wanted was to enjoy the benefits after Xia Ling’s death. She asked Xia Yu doubtfully, “I really can’t kill her?”

“You can try it out.” Xia Yu said curtly. She did not intend to spend much effort stopping Su Tang. In reality, if Su Tang was able to kill Xia Ling by herself, it would be a good thing. In that case, Pei Ziheng would completely give up on Xia Ling and look for another woman.

However, Su Tang faltered.

After some time, she said, “Fine. I won’t kill her. However, I want to ruin her so that she would not be qualified to marry Li Lei or Pei Ziheng. In fact, I want both men’s impression of her to be ruined. I’m sure this time, you’re willing to participate.”

Xia Yu smiled. “Ruin her completely? What’s better than being caught doing drugs?”

Su Tang also smiled. The two women quickly reached an agreement and made a plan.

Xia Yu provided the drugs. Su Tang found out the gathering place of artistes who smoked marijuana in the city, tampered with her phone number to act as Luo Luo, and sent a text message to Xia Ling. Finally, she set up a mobile phone signal blocking device near the club and even misled the police to capture Xia Ling’s bodyguards outside so that Xia Ling could not escape.

Everything seemed seamless.

Unexpectedly, Xia Ling was still able to escape.

In the small imprisonment room, Xia Yu’s body was red and swollen because of the caterpillars and many of her wounds had turned into ulcers because she scratched them. She initially wanted to tell Xia Ling that she did this all alone, but as soon as she saw that disdainful and arrogant look on Xia Ling’s face, resentful feelings rushed to her head.

Why did she have to tell Xia Ling the truth?

Xia Yu viciously thought of keeping Xia Ling in the dark forever so that she would not be on guard against the ill-intentioned woman. Even if that woman killed her one day, she deserved it.

Thinking about it, she laughed again.

“Why are you laughing?” Xia Ling frowned.

Xia Yu said, “I’m laughing at your innocence and stupidity.”

Xia Ling was very unhappy. Why did she say she was innocent or stupid? “You’re already a prisoner here, so don’t carry on having this sinister expression on your face, Xia Yu. Await your punishment.”

Xia Ling turned around and left.

The sunlight outside shone brightly.

Xia Ling took a deep breath. The fragrance of the grass was refreshing. She told herself not to think about what Xia Yu did anymore, but she did not know why Xia Yu’s words lingered in her heart.

Was she stupid?

Was Xia Yu just randomly speaking or was there some truth to it?

When she was having dinner on this day, she told her inner doubts to Li Lei. “Do you think that this was really done by Xia Yu.”

Li Lei placed some chicken breast on her plate and said without a thought, “She already admitted guilt. Why are you still asking this?” Er Mao squatted between their feet.

Xia Ling bit her fork and tilted her head. “I just feel that something is wrong. I told her that all the evidence is pointing to her, but she told me…” After thinking about it for a long time, she still couldn’t understand. “That year… when someone died? All of the evidence was also…”

“What are you talking about?” Li Lei looked at her in confusion.

Xia Ling shook her head and continued to eat. Her mind was still thinking about Xia Yu’s words.

Halfway through her meal, she suddenly put down her knife and fork. “I’ve got it!” Under the warm yellow light in the dining room, her face turned pale and even her fingers shook.

Li Lei was scared to death. “Xiao Ling, what’s wrong?”

“That year… when Wang Jingwan died, all of the evidence pointed at me! Yes, that was what Xia Yu meant!” She looked at Li Lei with a pale expression. “Xia Yu knew that I was framed. She knew that I did not kill Wang Jingwan! That’s why she laughed so provocatively when I used the evidence to incriminate her just now!” She was so emotional that she rambled on incoherently. This case happened so many years ago, and she initially thought that her name would never be cleared, but it turned out that someone knew the truth!

Li Lei also put down his knife and fork. This was not a small matter. “Are you sure that Xia Yu said this?!”

“A hundred percent!” Xia Ling nodded vigorously. Her voice quivered. “She knew that the murderer wasn’t me! In fact, she may even know who the real killer is! That year, she hated me so much. It’s possible that she didn’t say anything even though she knew.”

Li Lei stood up and grabbed her hand. “Come with me.”

Xia Ling was dragged out by him. “Where are we going?”

“To watch the surveillance cameras.” Li Lei said, “The place she is held at is the secret base of the Li Family. There are surveillance cameras inside and I can read lips.”

The two of them went to the security room downstairs. Li Lei keyed in the details of the secret base to access the recorded conversation between Xia Ling and Xia Yu and enlarged it. The angle was very good. Xia Yu’s lip movements were very obvious. Li Lei read them three times and confirmed without a doubt that she said: “that year when Wang Jingwan died, all of the evidence pointed to you”!

All pointed to Xia Ling!

Relating what she said to what happened, it was possible that Xia Yu was hinting that the mastermind of the plot to harm Xia Ling was not her, like how Xia Ling did not kill Wang Jingwan!

“Let’s go!” Li Lei pulled Xia Ling out again. This time, they entered a car and sped to the place that Xia Yu was held captive at.

“Xia Yu, regarding Wang Jingwan’s death, how much do you know?” Li Lei asked.

Xia Yu did not eat anything for a day and was extremely weak. When she heard Li Lei, she smiled but did not say a word.

“Don’t force me to torture you.” Li Lei’s voice was ominous.