✅ A star Reborn: The Queen's return (Completed)

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Now, she truly did soften and was hesitating.

Yet, she told herself again and again. Xia Ling, you can’t accept this… Regardless of his predicament, he’s brought you so much pain in these 4 years. The pain inflicted cannot be undone. You cannot forgive him so easily.

She was afraid to put all her heart and soul on one person again.

Subconsciously, she picked up speed.

“Xiao Ling!” Li Lei called after her in anguish, stretching his hand out to hold her back. If this explanation could not bring her back to him, he was at a loss of what to do.

In the night breeze, the leaves rustled softly.

She was dressed in a white shirt dress, her petite frame looking weak.

She didn’t turn her head back but said softly, “Li Lei, so what? It’s been 4 years… a whole 4 years… I beg you to just let me go… let me lead a peaceful life.”

She tried to push his hand away.

Li Lei’s heart sank more and more as she pried his fingers away from her one by one. He knew that he could not win her back, but he still came forward. “This…” He pushed the item in his hands into hers. “This is my gift for your adopted child. Xiao Ling, please keep it.”

His voice was gentle, almost begging.

Xia Ling accepted the deep-blue box, her heart in turmoil, and hurried away from him.

She returned to the place where her team was waiting.

Lin Yunan, her assistant Wei Wei, and her team of bodyguards were still in dead-lock with Lin Yunan’s team. Seeing her appear, Lin Yunan breathed a huge sigh of relief and pulled her over. “My Big Madam, do you know how long you’ve been gone? You’re a big star now and shouldn’t be running all over the place! Let’s go now, do you know how many teams of paparazzi I had to chase away?”

Xia Ling lowered her head and got onto the car.

Lin Yunan accompanied her in the back seat of the car. He stretched out and pressed the button to bring up the sound-proof glass between the driver seat and the back of the car. He then turned to her. “What was Li Lei looking for you for?”

Xia Ling shook her head and didn’t say anything.

Lin Yunan was worried. These few years, he had groomed her to become a Diva and everything was going smoothly. The only problems that arose were her relationship problems. First, there was Pei Ziheng to give him cause for concern. And now, Li Lei was back. Lin Yunan was worried that there were storms brewing ahead. He could already see the tabloid papers having a field day.

They sat in silence.

When Xia Ling returned home, it was already 11:00 PM.

Shaohui came running forward on his stubby legs, dressed in his pajamas with teddy bear prints, to give her a huge, warm hug. “Elder Sister.” He addressed her in adoration.

Xia Ling’s mood picked up at seeing this precious little one. She bent over and picked him up. “Why are you still up at this hour?”

“I’m waiting for Elder Sister to come back to sleep with me.” He whined endearingly.

This child was so clingy. Initially, she had prepared a special bedroom for him with his own small bed. However, this child enjoyed crawling onto her bed and hugging onto her as he slept. After a while, this became a habit. Xia Ling knew that this was not ideal, but every time she looked into his puppy-dog eyes, she couldn’t bring herself to reject him.