A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return

Xia Ling smiled at her. “It’s okay. I was in the wrong first. I broke the precious cup of Jingmei. She must be very upset over it. As long as I can use serving tea to compensate her, then it doesn’t matter even if I’m tired.”

The senior maid stopped trying to persuade her and sighed loudly.

Xia Ling carefully carried the tea and walked to the door of the classroom.

Today, Teacher Gao had some urgent matters to attend to, so class was starting later than usual. A few of the girls had gathered together to chat. “Jingmei, you’re the most capable one. All of us find that little beggar unpleasant to the eye, but only you have a way of rectifying her.”

Hearing this, Xia Ling stopped in her tracks.

An ominous premonition rose in her heart. She stood at the door and heard Pei Jingmei say, “Ah, she only has herself to blame for being so stupid. I simply played a little trick on her and she was actually fooled!”

Another girl laughed loudly. “Right? That day when Xia Ling fell down, I saw that she didn’t even hit you at all. Fortunately, you were clever and immediately smashed the cup onto the ground. That stupid wretch really thinks that she was the one who smashed it. Jingmei, that teacup wasn’t even a gift from your brother, was it? If it was really a limited edition cup, how could you be willing to part with it?”

“Of course not,” Pei Jingmei said smugly. “It’s just an ordinary cup. I have a lot of them at home. How could this kind of ordinary cup with no logo be a limited edition? It’s just that the little beggar is ignorant and was thus fooled so easily, hahaha.”

All the girls praised her for being so clever, saying how it was too worthwhile to be able to fool Xia Ling into serving her tea for the whole semester and to bow her head to her. Pei Jingmei basked in the praises smugly, calling her “little beggar” and “wretch”. She was enormously proud of her success and was degrading Xia Ling to being below that of rubbish.

Xia Ling only discovered the truth now. Her whole body shook with rage.

Ever since young, she had never eaten such a loss. Unexpectedly, she had been tricked by such a sinister method into pouring tea for so long! Back at the orphanage, even if everyone could not see eye to eye with one another, it would all be settled with a fight. How could someone be so vicious as to plant blame and compose a lie with such a sympathetic storyline to trample on others!

She felt so wronged that she wanted to cry. She heard the girls say, “Jingmei, you’ve really helped us vent our anger. I’m bubbling with rage at the thought of how my father gave my favorite flower hairpin to that little beggar! How is she deserving of such a good thing?!”

“I’d rather feed it to the dog than give it her!” Another girl said viciously.

Pei Jingmei also said, “Right? Why would I be so angry if not for my father giving her my favorite dress? How could a beggar like her wear a new dress that I’ve never even worn before? She’s not even worthy enough to wear the clothes I’ve torn! Sigh, consider herself unlucky to have offended me. I’ve specially ordered my servant to pick on her more and make her double the process of tea making. Hahaha, actually I don’t even drink tea that has to be brewed a second time. It was just to make things difficult for her!”

The other girls laughed too and gathered to mock Xia Ling.

Xia Ling felt her blood boil. She did not know how she managed to walk inside with the horrified eyes of the girls on her and ferociously pour the cup of hot tea on Pei Jingmei!

“Ah!” Pei Jingmei was caught off guard and the water splashed all over her face and hair. She screamed, “My face!”

The girls at her side also screamed.

“My hand!”

“My neck!”

“It’s so hot!”

“It hurts!”

They were all wailing and howling loudly. The tea had just been brewed by Xia Ling. Pei Jingmei had meant to make things difficult for her and had specifically ordered her to brew scorching hot tea every day so that she would have to be extremely careful when serving it and would even burn her hands from time to time. Now, she had made her own bed and was lying on it. Her whole body was soaked in the scorching hot tea. Instantly, many big and bright blisters formed on her face and neck. It looked horrifying.

A few of the other girls sitting close to Pei Jingmei had also been hit by the scorching tea. Blisters formed where they had been hit. They were all crying and screaming, and the whole scene was a big mess.

Teacher Gao walked in and saw this shocking scene. She saw Xia Ling holding the empty cup in her hands, glaring coldly at the girls who were shielding their faces and crying loudly for their parents. The faint sunshine outside the door shone on her body. It was obviously so warm, but it reflected her as a regiment of ice-cold blaze.

It brought shivers to the bottom of people’s hearts.

Teacher Gao screamed, “Xia Ling! What are you doing?!”

However, this was not the time to punish her. Teacher Gao’s second sentence was directed at the girls who were not injured. She rushed toward them and shouted, “Why are you all just standing there? Call the doctor quickly!” These ladies’ faces were more important than their lives. What if they were to be disfigured?! These were the chips for the Pei family’s future marriages!

The few ladies seemed to snap out of their daze and immediately ran to call the doctor.

The incident was blown up.

This time, there were a total of five young ladies who had been injured by Xia Ling. This included Pei Jingmei and the few who had been closest to her—Pei Jingmei’s injury was the most severe. The doctor said that she would have to stay for further examinations and might even have a scar.

Pei Jingmei’s father was angered beyond words. But he could not say anything as he simply could not provoke the head of Pei family, Pei Ziheng.

However, Pei Jingyu’s father was different—he was Imperial Entertainment’s Vice President as well as the son of the second-largest director of Imperial Entertainment Pei Zhenyuan. Be it in the Pei family or Imperial Entertainment, he had authority and his words carried weight. Seeing how his daughter that he regarded as a precious jewel had been bullied by such a wretch, he made a call to Pei Ziheng and demanded an explanation.

The busy Pei Ziheng actually came down to the hospital after his phone call.

Pei Jingyu’s father Pei Ren thought that his nephew knew who was in the wrong and couldn’t refrain from reprimanding him. “Ziheng! Your wings are hard now, so you’ve adopted any random person who dares to bully the honorable ladies of the Pei family! You have to answer to me! Punish this wretch and account to us!”

“Yes, account to me!” Pei Jingyu’s eyes were filled with tears as she chimed in.

Her face was covered with layers of gauze, making her look ridiculously comical as she resembled a mummy. She was usually proud of her appearance, but now she looked ugly and ridiculous.

And Xia Ling was standing by the bed with her head lowered. Her beautiful eyes were downcast and it was hard to figure out what she was thinking.

Pei Ziheng walked over and lifted her chin to scrutinize her carefully.

Good, she was not injured.

His voice was cold as he said, “You’re getting bolder, do you know your mistakes now?”

Xia Ling knew that she was in big trouble now. She had impulsively inflicted so much harm on the ladies of the Pei family and had ruined their appearance. Was Pei Ziheng not going to kill her? After all, she did not have the blood of the Pei family running in her veins. Nor did she have the right to be as arrogant and hard to deal with as the young ladies.