A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return

There was a pleasing ringtone.

A policeman’s cell phone rang.

He answered it. “Ok… Yes, we will go over now.” After that, he hung up his phone and said to the other policeman, “Let’s go. There’s a new case in the east of the city that lacks manpower. We are being transferred to that case.”

“But we still haven’t found one person yet.”

“After looking for her for so long to no avail, our hopes of finding her are slim. Let’s go and help with the case in the east of the city.” The policeman patted the shoulder of his companion and the two of them quickly left.

Only then did Xia Ling sigh in relief. She finally realized that the pain on her shoulder stung. As she reached out to touch it, a soft and furry caterpillar fell from her body. She was scared to death and almost screamed. Her hand hurt from touching the caterpillar, her body hurt from the caterpillar, and more terrifyingly… she was afraid of bugs! Caterpillar! In the past, she would have cried for a full night about it!

Aggrieved tears flowed out. Luckily, she was mature now and did not make a sound.

In the night, her phone rang again—it was Li Lei. She picked it up and sobbed. “I’ve been bitten by a bug.”

Li Lei was relieved. Great. Since she was able to cry over a small matter such as being bitten by a bug, it seemed that the crisis was over. He calmly appeased her. “A bug? Don’t worry. When I’m back, I will take you to kill hit. I heard reports that the police on your side is gone now. How is your situation now?”

“The bug bite hurts…” She cried in a weak voice. However, she still remembered what situation she was in. “I’m still on the tree and am not wearing any clothes, so I don’t dare to go down. However, there are scary caterpillars on the tree… You have to come and save me…”

Scary caterpillars…

Li Lei was in a mess. He sighed silently and continued to placate her softly. “I’m still in the headquarters. Even if I set off now, it will be a long time before I can come back. Just wait on the tree and bear with it for some time. I will send Ah Nuo to save you.”

“Ok. Tell him to hurry up.” She sobbed.

Li Lei instructed people to look for Ah Nuo. He did not hang up the phone and continued to whisper to her in a pacifying voice. He wanted to comfort her because she was alone, cold, and scared in the dark.

After a long time, she said, “Ah Nuo is here.”

Under the tree, a tall man holding a flashlight found the tree she was in. He lifted his head and said to her, “Miss Ling, come down and be careful. I’ve brought clothes for you, they’re at the bottom of three. I will keep guard nearby.”

A small bag of clothes was placed near the roots of the tree, and there was also a flashlight. A faint beam of light shone on the mottled tree trunk, illuminating the way for her to get down. As for Ah Nuo, he turned around to avoid looking at her.

The underwear-clad Xia Ling carefully climbed down the tree and flicked two caterpillars off her body. She resisted the pain and wore the clothes that Ah Nuo brought. It was a very fitting long dress that she placed in Li Lei’s house when she stayed there for a while. After she wore it, she called Ah Nuo.

Only then did Ah Nuo turn around, look at her, and smile. “It’s great that you’re ok. Come, I will take you to the young master’s house to rest.” Although Xia Ling did not speak much to Li Lei over the phone, considering the situation at hand, Li Lei guessed that someone wanted to harm her. It was better to be safe than sorry. He instructed Ah Nuo to take her to his house because the security there was better.

Xia Ling nodded and followed Ah Nuo.

Only then did Li Lei hang up the call.

As Xia Ling arrived at his apartment, a sleek leopard greeted her. It stepped forward elegantly and rubbed her legs with its huge head.

“Er Mao.” Looking at it, Xia Ling’s fearful feelings eased. She rubbed its forehead, went into the bathroom, closed the door, and took off her dress.

There were red and large swollen areas on her shoulders, waist, and thights. They were all caused by the caterpillars. She groaned in pain and mumbled to herself, “Once I find out who set me up, I will throw him in a heap of caterpillars!” She turned on the shower tap, hurriedly showered, changed into sleepwear, and applied medicine from the medicine box on herself.

Er Mao quietly stayed by her side as if it were replacing its master’s role to protect her.

Xia Ling was sleepy and tired. After applying the medicine, she laid on the sofa in the living room and fell asleep.

When she woke up, the sun was high in the sky.

The afternoon sun quietly sprinkled in the room through the gauze curtains on the sofa and the man who was hugging her. She realized that she was leaning on Li Lei. The soft light silk of her pajamas was hanging off the edge, touching the furry carpet. The man was half squinting as he gently re-applied medication on her. As the faint aroma of herbs dispersed in the room, a cool feeling spread from the red patches on Xia Ling’s, making her feel very comfortable.

She moved gently and said in a confused voice, “Why are you back? I thought you would only come back three days later?”

“I missed you.” He softly said and continued to apply the light green herbal cream on the red marks on her wrists. After he received her call for help last night, he quickly handled his affairs in the headquarters and returned home in advance. He was very worried. Even though she was safe, her crying voice over the phone hurt his heart.

Xia Ling understood what he meant. She closed her eyes peacefully and slept again.

This time, she only woke up at night.

Li Lei made dinner for her and also told her the results of the report. “We’ve already found out that the person who told you to go to the club was not Luo Luo. Someone used a software to change his number to pretend that he was Luo Luo.”

Xia Ling was a little shocked but was also relieved. It was great that it wasn’t Luo Luo. Otherwise, she would not know how to face her good friend. She did not want to be betrayed or lose a friend again.

Li Lei understood her feelings. His heart hurting, he gently kissed her. “Don’t worry. Even if everyone in the world doesn’t like you, I’m still here. I will always love you and protect you.”

She acknowledged him softly.

“Who is the person who pretended to be Luo Luo?”

Li Lei spat out two words. “Xia Yu.”

“Xia Yu?!” Xia Ling was shocked but soon calmed down. “That’s so strange. Why does she still want to hurt me? In the past, she hurt me because of Pei Ziheng. But I’m about to marry you. Even if she has problems with the Wei Family, the intention of yesterday’s plot was to ruin my reputation and not to drag me down in private…”

Li Lei said, “In the box last night, the people using hallucinogens were very special. They mixed marijuana with some new types of drugs. I’ve sent people to investigate the new drugs—they’re new products made by the Wei Family. Currently, they’re only sold to very few customers such as Xia Yu. Among these people, only Xia Yu has animosity with you.”