A Star Reborn: The Queen's Return

Chapter 33 - The Hypocritical Ye Parents

This chapter has been translated by Atlas Studios. All credits belong to them.

Xia Ling looked paler than usual as she picked up the box of roses.

To the horror of her roommates, she hurled it to the ground with immense force. A shrill sound echoed across the room as the crystal fragments scattered on the ground.

"Xingling, you..." Lan Lan was too shocked to speak.

Xia Ling could not be bothered with her. With a blank, look she mechanically got a broom, swept the fragments up and transferred them into a black trash bag. She then left the room, walked three streets out, and dumped the trash bag into the largest and dirtiest bin she saw.

The night was dead silent.

She dragged herself back to the dorm, exhausted, and tucked herself in.

The nightmares kept coming.

A huge prison cell stood deep in the boundless fog. She did not know when she walked into the cell, all she knew was that every time she desperately looked for an escape route, and no matter which direction she ran in, she would end up in front of a stretch of cold, steel barricades right in the way of the escape... And something would be looming from behind her, masked by the woods...

She started to have a cold sweat.

She wrapped her arms around her knees as she sat up on her bed, too afraid to shut her eyes. She held it out the whole night.

In the morning, Lan Lan looked at her as if she was seeing a ghost. "Xingling, were you out robbing a house last night or did you just fall out of love? Why were you sitting up the whole night instead of sleeping? Also, you don't look very well today with your dark eye circles."

Xia Ling acted like she did not hear anything and went ahead to wash up for practice.

At a dance, she almost twisted an ankle. And while singing, she went off pitch several times.

She gave Wei Shaoyin a call, informing him that she wouldn't be going over for a while. Wei Shaoyin mockingly answered, "Yeah, you'd better reflect on yourself. For the previous song you were more a hindrance than a help, you're thinking of cutting a debut in this state?"

She was in no mood to bicker with him, and instead weakly said, "If that's all, I'm hanging up."

Wei Shaoyin paused for a moment. "Xiaoling, is there something on your mind? What problems have you run into?"

She replied, "No."

Wei Shaoyin continued lecturing her, "It's best if that's the case. If there's anything, just let Tan Ying know. He's in charge of you trainees anyway, you don't have to go easy on him."

"Got it." She said.

Her head hurt as she hung up.

How was she supposed to tell Tan Ying something like that? She couldn't possibly go: Chairman Tan, Director Pei of Imperial Entertainment wants me to be his woman, please help me get rid of him?

... It was not as if Tan Ying could get rid of him.

One nightmare after another, the boundless fog encapsulated her the moment she closed her eyes.

Over consecutive days without proper rest, she was all haggard and tired out. She had been waiting in trepidation for Pei Ziheng's and Chu Chen's next move, but it was as if they had disappeared, making no moves at all.

Just like that, it went on till the New Year when the training camp called for a two-week break.

The life of a trainee was a tough one. They hardly got to take breaks throughout the year, and the two-week leave for the New Year was the only chance they had to go home. So the moment the break commenced, most of them left the camp as soon as they could. Lan Lan and the other two roommates set off for home almost instantly, and the only person left in the empty and lifeless room was Xia Ling.