A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return - Chapter 1313
Chapter 1313: Hedonistic Son
Jin Ling’er froze. “You broke up?”
Xia Yingluo turned her head and looked out the window. The sun was too bright.
Jin Ling’er lowered her head and looked at the fragile girl in the hospital bed, wondering how to comfort her. Jin Ling’er knew how much Xia Yingluo had expected this relationship to blossom, but it was completely broken in just a short period of time. After a long time, Jin Ling’er reluctantly said, “It’s a good thing. Yingluo, you’re so outstanding, you’ll definitely find a better man.”
This kind of comfort didn’t have any effect and Xia Yingluo just smiled perfunctorily.
Jin Ling’er was sent away, and her mood continued to decline.
She took care of her injury day and day and it got better very slowly. She couldn’t get out of bed and walk around. One day, the maid carried her onto a wheelchair to bask in the sun in the small garden. The weather was good, and she was covered with a blanket, with the pale golden sunlight shining on her face. She raised her face, temporarily forgetting her troubles, and enjoying this brief peaceful time.
There was a noise behind her.
Xia Yingluo turned and saw a man wearing a clean shirt, looking handsome and familiar.
“Big Brother,” she called out joyfully. The person who came here surprised her—it was Li Shaohui, who was supposed to be abroad and far away from the Li headquarters.
She hasn’t seen her brother for so long and missed him terribly.
Li Shaohui stepped forward and looked at her gently. “I heard that you were injured. How is your health?”
He was originally abroad, but after hearing that his younger sister was injured, he had returned home urgently.
Xia Yingluo was very touched and said softly, “I’m fine. Big Brother, why are you back?”
“Our Li family isn’t so easy to bully.” Li Shaohui looked down at her and smiled slightly.
Among all the children, Shaohui was the one who looked the most like Li Lei. Not only were they similar in appearance, but they were also similar in personality. They looked gentle and harmless, but they were actually practical and shrewd. They were ruthless to their enemies and would never be soft-hearted. If he was looking for someone to make trouble with, whoever it was, was in big trouble.
Xia Yingluo looked at him, faintly concerned. “Big Brother, do you want to do something to Wei Lingnan and Gu Jinxiu?”
Li Shaohui didn’t comment. “As long as you take good care of yourself, leave the rest to me.”
Xia Yingluo was worried. “Do you know Wei Lingnan’s identity?”
“So what if he’s not my race?” Li Shaohui said lightly. As a core member of the Li family, Li Lei did not hide these matters from him. He had long been prepared for this hard battle. “You can rest assured,” he said to Xia Yingluo. “We know our limits.”
Xia Yingluo was still worried. “Big Brother, I don’t want you to avenge him, I just want the family to be safe and sound.” The sonic explosion in the restaurant that day had injured her seriously and she had nearly died. Wei Lingnan and human beings were not of the same magnitude at all, and she was worried that something would happen to her family.
Li Shaohui squatted down, looked at her, and gently touched her head. “You can rest assured, I didn’t come out into society for the first time.”
Then, he gave her a soothing smile.
Xia Yingluo was even more worried now.
“Okay, okay.” Li Shaohui surrendered. “I won’t move Wei Lingnan right away. What about the Gu family first? That Gu Jinxiu needs some lessons. She dares to snatch your man?” Originally, it was common to be jealous and fight for love, but Gu Jinxiu had done too much and almost killed her on the spot. How was it bearable? With such a cruel woman, he wouldn’t let his sister be bullied for nothing.
“What do you want to do with Gu Jinxiu?” Xia Yingluo asked.
Li Shaohui smiled harmlessly. “You just wait and see.”
It was difficult to tell the truth from his mouth, and Xia Yingluo really had to wait.
Soon after, news that the Gu Family’s perfume company had illegal employment of child labor broke out. Their perfume sales plummeted, and many celebrities from all over the world boycotted the family’s perfume and drew a clear line. When it rains, it pours, and the financial executives resigned during this sensitive period. Conveniently, they revealed the inside story of the Gu family’s tax evasion. The amount of money was huge and shocked the world. Suddenly the Gu family was pushed to the cusp, and paparazzi took pictures of Gu Jinxiu. The noble lady now looked frail, her expression tense, and she was no longer glamorous.
Li Rui accompanied her in a wheelchair to watch the news together and laughed. “Are you satisfied?”
Xia Yingluo put down the newspaper and shook her head. “This is just the beginning. Wei Lingnan…” At the mention of his name, there was a pain that seemed to burn her lungs. “He’s very powerful, he won’t sit back and watch as the Gu family is destroyed.”
Li Rui said, “So what?”
The Li family was ruthless. After the Wei family started supporting the Gu family, Li family’s offenses became more and more vicious.
Although Xia Yingluo was still recovering, from the more frequent and increasingly vicious news reports, as well as the situation in which her father and brothers were so busy, she could tell the situation was tense. Rumors also spread in the high society—some said that the two young ladies were jealous of one another and caused the storm, and some said that Gu Jinxiu hit Xia Yingluo in a car accident, causing the Li family to be angry. Many gossipy people combined the two versions together, and it evolved into “the two young ladies were fighting for jealousy, and Gu Jinxiu drove in a rage and hit Xia Yingluo, so the Li family is taking revenge…”
Gossip was never too much.
Regarding the male protagonist in the gossip, Wei Lingnan was also picked up by the gossipy people. Everyone found that there was such a rich man hidden within them. The Wei Family Biopharmaceutical Group, which they originally thought was a small business, was actually fighting against a big monster like the Li family and wasn’t even losing.
No wonder Gu Jinxiu dared to be an enemy of the Li family.
Many people felt pity for Xia Yingluo. She was the only little princess in the Li family, beloved and adored like she was a precious jewel, but had to lose to Gu Jinxiu, a declining giant. Many people also gloated, but the Li family firmly controlled the scope of the rumors and prevented them from getting into Xia Yingluo’s ears.
“These bitches, I’ll be sure to take revenge!” Li Rui looked angrily at the latest news in the tabloid in a study in anger.
Li Shaohui, who was dealing with documents, was by his side. “It is better to come to help me with my business affairs. I have sorted out the financial report and project planning. You only need to issue orders according to the plan and let people work.” After speaking, he lifted his fingers and rubbed his tired brows. This kind of movement didn’t hurt his handsome beauty that resembled Li Lei’s.
Li Rui glanced at him. “Let me come?”
“I’m going to be lazy,” Li Shaohui said rightly, and even his body lazily left the seat. “Last month you went out to play with our parents, leaving me to work hard at home. Now you left me alone to work non-stop, do you know it can be fatal? If you’re my brother, help me out.”
Li Rui was speechless.
He knew he was not biological.
As a kid, he felt very happy whenever his elder brother was studying hard about various matters while he was having fun with his nanny. But as he got older, even if no one told him, he understood why—his father didn’t want him to be too talented and threaten his elder brother’s status. He just needed to be a puppet.