A Star Reborn: The Queen's Return

Chapter 47 - Frost In A Lonely Night

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

Xia Ling took the phone from Lan Lan and looked at the screen, realizing that it was indeed Li Lei.

When Li Lei had sent the caretaker of the mountain villa to give her this phone, he had saved his number in it beforehand. Xia Ling tried to delete the number before but it could not be deleted.

Staring at the neverending flash of the incoming call, Xia Ling reluctantly dragged herself out of the warmth of her blankets, combed her hair with her hands, pulled on a random jacket, and went to the balcony to receive the call.

The night wind was chilly on the balcony.

The sky was pitch dark and a dim, red star could be seen in the night sky, looking a little forlorn. It was deserted all around and the dormitory building was shrouded in shadows with all the lights off.

She looked over at the illuminated clock on the opposite dormitory building and saw that it was 1:14 AM in the morning.

What in the world was up with the Big Boss?

She stifled a yawn as she picked up the phone and said, "Hello."

Li Lei's voice drifted over from the other end of the line. She was unable to make out what he had mumbled.

Xia Ling thought that it was a problem with the signal. She frowned, shifted her position, and said again, "Hello."

This time, she managed to make out that Li Lei was calling her name. "Ye Xingling..." His voice was low and hoarse, and his pronunciation was off, completely different from how he was usually. His voice was lacking in its usual laziness and playfulness, and had a tinge of dejectedness and... weakness.

She shuddered.

Was he drunk? This thought flashed through her mind.

On the other end, Big Boss Li was silent for a while before hesitatingly asking, "Ye Xingling, are you... still there?"

She said, "Yes, I'm here."

Li Lei went quiet for a long time, with only his breathing being heard over the line.

The wind started to pick up in the night, sending a chill through Xia Ling's body. On the black, metal railings of the balcony there was a layer of frost, and touching it by accident would send a chill down to her bones. When Xia Ling came out to the balcony, she was only wearing her pajamas and, at this moment, she felt herself shivering from the cold. Yet, in deciding whether to go back to the warmth of her blankets or to continue standing on the balcony like an idiot waiting for Li Lei to say something, she somehow decided on the latter.

She found a corner that was sheltered from the wind and curled up her body, saying, "Boss, with what do I owe this pleasure?"

He remained quiet, unnaturally quiet.

It was weird that he was calling her in the middle of the night. If it was not for the fact that he had called out her name, she would suspect that he had called the wrong number.

She patiently waited for a while, before he finally opened his mouth to talk. "I saw your performance today."

She was mildly startled. She did not see him in the small auditorium in the day. How did he...

"Tan Ying sent me a video of it." He said.

"Tan Ying is such a great worker." Xia Ling seethed as she stifled yet another yawn. She cursed Tan Ying countless times in her mind. It was all his fault for sending that video over to Li Lei. Otherwise, why would Big Boss Li think about her in the middle of the night?!