A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return

As she ran into trouble the last time, Li Lei was worried and personally drove her to the filming location in the morning.

“Call me if anything happens.” He was still nagging when they reached the filming location.

“Sure, I will.” Xia Ling smiled. “You also don’t have to keep sitting in the car. There are many resort hotels nearby. Just find one to rest in and I will alert you when I’m finished with my job.”

Li Lei smiled and nodded.

The filming at this outdoor location took a very long time as the show had to catch up with the loss of progress last week and quickly film this week’s original plan. Thus, the show team made arrangements for four days and three nights, and there would be a few changes of locations during the filming. Li Lei asked for the general route she would be taking during the shoot and delightedly decided to book a holiday resort near her shooting locations.

Xia Ling followed the team as they shot the scenes.

This time, the show team was rather solemn. After the incident with the beaded pins, everyone was cautious as they were afraid of being sabotaged or being framed of being the assailant, and were more careful especially when interacting with Xia Ling. A few people beat around the bush and asked, “Has the one responsible for inserting the pins been caught?”

However, Xia Ling was clueless. “No, I’m busy. I don’t have anyone investigating for me.” She believed in seeking revenge, but looking for clues was not her forte. Furthermore, her schedule was packed with jobs and she was still recovering, so she put this matter aside for the time being. Speaking of it, she was still regretful that she had no time to deal with it. “I don’t know which bastard did it. Such a lowly person probably won’t be able to marry in the future.” She suspected it was Gu Lin who did it, which was why she cursed the person not to be able to marry.

At the side, Xia Yu, who was drinking mineral water, felt thoroughly unwell.

More than one hundred beads pins were inserted into her body. She was in so much pain that she hovered between life and death. It took a difficult half a month to recuperate, and she was still not fully recovered yet. In the end, the chief culprit that caused it was completely unaware of what happened! After thinking about it a little, she reasoned that Li Lei was definitely unwilling to let his beloved woman know about these dirty issues, so he kept it a secret from her and would not even tell her what he did. Xia Yu looked at Xia Ling jealously. Why was this woman so lucky?!

Xia Ling was unaware of her gaze and continued to chat with the others. This drove Xia Yu so mad that she gritted her teeth.

The first day peacefully went by like this.

On the afternoon of the second day, a few cameramen were eating lunch after filming as a worker looked for Xia Ling and said, “Miss Ye, Director Zhao is looking for you. He is on the second floor of the Jingshui mountain villa.”

Director Zhao?

Xia Ling looked uncertainly at Lin Yunan who was beside her.

Lin Yunan explained, “He is the manager of the TV station that airs Extraordinary Risks.” However, he felt that it was strange and turned around to speak to the worker. “Why is Director Zhao looking for her?” He could not be blamed for being alert, female celebrities were a little more troublesome in the entertainment industry than male celebrities. There were many unspoken rules. Director Zhao was a complete stranger to Xia Ling but was invited to meet him like that — it could not be anything good.

The worker replied, “I’m also not sure. The manager did not say anything.”

Should she go? Xia Ling looked at Lin Yunan inquiringly. Now, she really trusted in her manager’s abilities.

Lin Yunan muttered to himself for a few seconds and responded, “I will accompany you.” They were supposed to meet in the afternoon, not at night, so things were probably not as he thought. At least, this time, Director Zhao would probably not do anything to her. It would be better if she accepted his invitation and gave him face, as he probably would be talking about relevant issues.

Xia Ling nodded. “Please wait for a while. I have to respond to a message.” She grabbed her mobile phone and sent Li Lei a message. The gist of it was that she could not sneak out to accompany him for lunch today because she had to meet the TV station’s Director Zhao.

After sending the text, she said to Lin Yunan and the worker, “Let’s go.”

The worker walked in front to lead them to the location. As the manager did not specify that she had to go alone and celebrities usually had people following them, he did not mind that Lin Yunan came with her.

Soon, they reached the Jingshui mountain villa.

The Jingshui mountain villa was the near the most exclusive resort in the vicinity. Li Lei was still complaining yesterday that even if it weren’t for her shooting location, he would still want to visit Jingshui mountain villa. Xia Ling also mocked him for his arrogance and extravagance but did not expect that she would be invited over by someone today. She walked along the quiet corridor, past a screen of swimming koi fishes, and reached an ample open space.

Beautiful wooden floors, exquisite tea set, and flowing water.

Director Zhao was drinking tea with another man. To be more precise, he was accompanying another man. The smile on his face showed that he was being hospitable and modest.

The man beside him was wearing an exquisite sweater. He took off his coat and casually placed it next to him.

He was drinking tea very calmly, and even his posture when drinking the tea was impeccable. He did not need a beautiful woman as a partner to be full of style. Only someone from a distinguished and noble family that had generations of refined education was able to cultivate such behavior.

From Xia Ling’s point of view, she could only see half of the man’s face.

However, half of the man’s face was enough for her to recognize him. It was Pei Ziheng.

At once, she stopped in her tracks. Did Director Zhao ask her to go over because of Pei Ziheng?!

“Director, Miss Ye is here.” The worker broke the silence and reported.

Director Zhao, who was initially attentive to Pei Ziheng, turned around to look at Xia Ling. His flattering expression was replaced with an arrogant one that resembled a manager’s. “Are you Miss Ye?” He examined Xia Ling discreetly. It was strange. Although her looks were delicate, she was not very outstanding among the beautiful women in the entertainment industry. Why did Chairman Pei praise her? No, that was not right… It was because the girl in front of him resembled the late Diva Xia Ling. He heard that Chairman Pei had been looking for someone who resembled Diva Xia Ling. It turned out that the rumor was true.

As the leader of a popular TV station, what kind of superstar had Director Zhao not seen? He did not take notice of newly emerging female stars like Ye Xingling. The main reason why he called her over was because of Chairman Pei.

He heard that Chairman Pei was recently interested in variety shows.

He heard that Chairman Pei was recently on vacation.

He heard that the place he was having a vacation at was near Extraordinary Risks’ filming location.

Thus, Director Zhao ran to the location and scheduled a meeting with Chairman Pei to drink tea and chat, briefly introduced Extraordinary Risks to him, and sought for cooperation opportunities. Director Zhao felt that he made a painstaking effort, but just as his mouth was about to get dry from talking, Chairman Pei showed a little interest and suggested to meet a female star who was recently filming for Extraordinary Risks — Ye Xingling.

Of course, Director Zhao immediately sent someone to invite her over.

Although Ye Xingling was not his own artiste, as long as she was able to handle Chairman Pei, he did not mind her sleeping with Chairman Pei. Besides, in his mind, Ye Xingling should be very happy and extremely grateful to him. Wasn’t getting involved with someone like Chairman Pei the dream of many young stars?

As such, he gestured condescendingly to her. “Come over and greet Chairman Pei.”