A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return - Chapter 718
Chapter 718: Pay With Your Life
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Gu Lin stood rooted to her spot as if she were struck by lightning.
It turned out that the girl he liked from the start was not Su Tang or even her. This petite, unimpressive girl called Ye Xingling in front of her was the love of his life.
How could such a stupid and unappealing cheap good capture Brother Lei’s heart?!
Shaking, Gu Lin protested. “Brother Lei, she’s not worthy of you!”
Li Lei said, “An outsider does not get to judge if she’s worthy of me. Linlin, if we were to discuss this, it would be me who isn’t worthy of Xiao Ling.” He lowered his head and looked at Xia Ling warmly.
Xia Ling smiled and did not deny it.
She did not think that she wasn’t worthy of him. There was no other person like him in this world who was so dazzling and captured her heart. However, she did not intend to tell him these thoughts. She was afraid that if she told him too early, he would not cherish her. Her brother said that men were only qualified to have a beautiful woman after they had passed the test.
She cared about him too much, so much that she did not know what to do except follow her brother’s instructions.
Looking at her indifferent face, the angry flames in Gu Lin’s heart grew larger. This b*tch! It would be reasonable for her to lose to Su Tang because she was the mother of Brother Lei’s child, but how could she lose to Xia Ling?
This woman was nothing!
Gu Lin took two steps forward, raised her hand proudly and tried to slap Xia Ling.
Xia Ling turned away to avoid it, and her hand was grabbed by Li Lei.
“Brother Lei, you!” Gu Lin furiously glared at Li Lei and couldn’t believe that Brother Lei, who treated her so well when she was younger, stopped her. Before she could rebuke, suddenly, she heard a “bam.”
She covered her face and only recovered after a few seconds. Brother Lei had hit her.
It happened so suddenly that Gu Lin’s mind became blank. She stared at Li Lei and breathed heavily. She was angry and hurt. Brother Lei hit her… Brother Lei actually hit her! From a young age, she was doted on and spoiled by the Gu Family and was never treated like this before.
She shook her head and stumbled two steps back.
“I’m returning this slap to you for Xiao Ling.” Li Lei said to Gu Lin coldly. “Gu Lin, you know very well what you did to Xiao Ling four years ago. That year, I was not vicious to you out of respect of Grandfather Gu, but you’re trying to aggravate the situation now. If you continue to make things difficult for Xiao Ling, don’t blame me for seeking revenge on you!”
“What have I done four years ago?!” Gu Lin started crying in rage. To her, she had never done anything wrong to Xia Ling but Xia Ling had always wronged her. “Li Lei, you better tell me clearly! Why do you always protect her and malign others just to please her?!” She cried.
She was very loud, and a lot of people nearby started to look over.
Li Lei was very cold as he said two words. “Nangong Qingya.”
Suddenly, Gu Lin remembered something. Her body shook as if she were struck by lightning.
Nangong Qingya… Nangong Qingya!
Four years ago, that piece of trash Nangong Qingya gave her an idea to create the anthelmintic incident and caused two orphans to die in a situation which involved Xia Ling. Later, the truth was revealed and the Nangong family was annihilated by a furious Li Lei while Gu Lin went into hiding… She initially thought that she was lucky. She thought perhaps Brother Lei did not know about this, but unexpectedly, he already knew it a long time ago and always remembered it!
Gu Lin was so scared that she trembled. That was murder. If it were revealed, how was it anything compared to a slap?!
“No… It was not me…” Her voice quivered as she spoke. She couldn’t care less about making things difficult for Xia Ling anymore and hurriedly told Li Lei. “Brother Lei, believe me! The deaths of the children in the orphanage were not related to me!”
Li Lei demanded. “Shut up!”
However, he was too late.
Xia Ling had good hearing and asked, “What about the death of the children in the orphanage? What exactly happened four years ago?”
Li Lei secretly scolded himself. Why did he underestimate Miss Gu’s IQ? He initially wanted to scare her so she would not cause trouble for Xiao Ling, but he did not think that she would be so scared and suddenly leak the things that happened that year.
The things that Xiao Ling initially did not know about.
He never wanted to let her know that in the past, Gu Lin sent inferior deworming drugs to the orphanage under Nangong Qingya’s instigation because she was jealous of Xia Ling. As a result, two innocent children died.
He was afraid that Xiao Ling would blame herself.
However, now, it could not be concealed any longer.
He turned to look at Xia Ling and told her about what happened in the past.
Xia Ling did not expect the truth to be so shocking and only reacted after some time. “So Li Lei, you mean that you’ve been hiding these things from me for years?” She had mixed feelings. In the past, she hid the truth about their son because she was afraid he would be upset, but he also hid things from her because he did not want her to be upset.
Li Lei looked at her carefully. “Xiao Ling, you can be mad at me.”
He was afraid that Xia Ling would be mad. However, now that she had a son, she was no longer the weak girl who doubted herself. She did blame herself for the death of the two children, but she would not be finished for good after it.
She looked at Li Lei clearly. “You should have told me about this earlier.”
While he was confused, she walked up and slapped Gu Lin viciously twice on both cheeks. Gu Lin did not think that even she dared to hit her as she fell backward. She was covered in dirt and her forehead was grazed after hitting a tree branch.
Gu Lin shouted even more vigorously. “Ye Xingling! It was really not my fault. What right do you have to hit me?!”
Xia Ling looked cruelly and coldly at Gu Lin. “I’m going to call the police.”
As she spoke, she took out her phone.
In this life, what she couldn’t stand the most was rich and powerful people taking advantage of helpless orphans, not to mention those two orphans who died because of her. She initially thought that the situation was already settled, but she did not think that the real murderer who killed the two children was at large!
She dialed the number, but suddenly, another hand held her hand down.
It was Li Lei.
“Xiao Ling, calm down.” He said.
Xia Ling turned to loo kat him. “Li Lei, I can understand why you did not let me know the truth. However, why aren’t you letting me hand her to the authorities? Is your relationship with her more important than human lives?”
There was suppressed anger in her voice.
Li Lei knew that she was really triggered and calmly said, “It’s not about my relationship with her but the Gu Family’s relationship with the Li Family. Xiao Ling, she can’t get in trouble or else my grandfather and Grandfather Gu will not let you go.”
He knew that Xiao Ling was the Xia Family’s Phoenix. However, now, she was unable to return to her family and the Xia Family had its limits when protecting her. He was afraid that she could not deal with the fury of the two elderly men. Even though she had him to shelter her from the storm, problems may occur, and due to her safety, he knew that they couldn’t afford the risk.
However, Xia Ling said, “A life for a life.”