A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return

Chapter 232: The Set Up

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

As she walked under the crystal chandeliers, her high-heels clicking on the marble floor, she suddenly thought of a problem.

Where was she going to go? What would be something fun to do? She had walked out enthusiastically but without a proper plan. Seeing the people around her in the lobby walking by in pairs, she felt at a loss. It was rare for her to go out on her own. In her past life, she would drag Pei Ziheng around with her to look for the newest eats or places; In this life, it had been very busy and chaotic until now, and she did not have a chance to enjoy herself. She thought for a while and decided to do something that she had always wanted to do but never got the chance to, like…

Before she could think of something, she heard another voice —

“Oh, isn’t this Ye Xingling?”

She turned her head and saw a man and woman walking over together. The woman was wearing a s.h.i.+ny silver dress with a wine-red, mink coat draped over her shoulders, looking luxurious and extravagant. It was Gu Lin.

Xia Ling did not recognize the man by her side.

You would always meet enemies when you least wanted to… what was Gu Lin doing here? Xia Ling did not want to speak to her and frowned as she made to leave.

The man by Gu Lin’s side came forward and blocked her way. “What’s wrong? Why are you so bent on running away after seeing my sister?”

His sister?

Xia Ling realized that this man was Gu Lin’s brother; she had heard Li Lei speak of him before. She recalled that his name was Gu Yao. Was this really Gu Yao then? The man looked cleanly-cut and was relatively good-looking, but there was an unhealthy color about him, likely due to his overindulgence in wine and l.u.s.t. He was of similar age to Li Lei, but his build was a far cry from Li Lei’s.

Xia Ling regarded him with disdain in her mind and quashed the irritation within her with difficulty. She asked, “How can I help the both of you?”

Gu Yao looked on at her cold demeanor and felt a stir in his heart. He had always heard his sister complain about what a b.i.t.c.h Ye Xingling was, but seeing Ye Xingling in person, she was more attractive than his own sister, at least from a man’s point of view. She was slight but cold and chic; she was slender but seemed to have built a wall around herself, which made men even more keen to tame her.

No wonder Li Lei was smitten with her.

Gu Yao felt l.u.s.tful desires rise within him as he licked his lips and lowered his voice seductively. “How much?”

“How much for what?” Xia Ling asked confused.

Gu Yao gave a laugh and replied. “I’m asking how much is it to buy you for a night? Since your deal with Brother Lei is over, it shouldn’t be a problem for you to sleep with someone else. Whatever Brother Lei can give you, I can too…”

“Pa!”

Xia Ling realized that she seemed to like slapping people in this life since there were so many people that she had slapped already. She shook out her smarting hand from slapping Gu Yao with too much strength and turned to leave.

“Brother!” Gu Lin screamed.

“Stop right there!” Gu Yao had not expected Xia Ling to be so fierce as to give him a slap when he insulted her. He covered his face with one hand and pulled her back with the other hand. “Ye Xingling! Don’t think you can leave just like that!”

Xia Ling felt her arm being pulled back and could not shake herself free. She was grossed out from his hand on her arm — she did not want to be touched by this piece of rubbish. She forcefully shook her arm again but was unable to shake him free. She then turned and stared at him angrily. “Gu Yao! Get your hand off me! Or I’m going to shout for someone to come over!”

“Go on and shout, you b.i.t.c.h… shout!” Seeing that she was unable to rid herself of him, Gu Yao felt his confidence rising again. He gave her a sinister smile and said, “You dare slap me… Let’s see just how much you’ve got to give…”

Xia Ling’s soft skin made him hot with l.u.s.t.

“Hey, b.i.t.c.h… I’ll give you a chance to beg for forgiveness right now. Otherwise… ” He threatened her meaningfully. “I won’t be the only one who wants to have a taste of you…”

Xia Ling was unable to break free of his grip and was afraid that he would do something to her. She screamed loudly. “Security! Security!”

The security in the lobby heard the commotion coming from this side and hurried over. Her shouting also drew the attention of the other guests walking by, and they all turned to look over. Seeing that one of the protagonists in the commotion was the singer Ye Xingling, they started to come over.

Gu Yao had not expected her to really shout for help.

Typically, wouldn’t artistes try to hide something so shameful from others?

He silently cursed at his miscalculation. He had wanted to ridicule Xia Ling in front of his sister and drag her off to his territory, and then gang rape her with a few of his best buddies. Yet, it looked like this plan would have to be shelved.

As the crowd of onlookers started to grow, Xia Ling spat out angrily. “Are you still not going to let go of me?!”

Before Gu Yao could say a word, Gu Lin started to scream. “Ye Xingling, you shameless b.i.t.c.h with horrible upbringing! How dare you slap my brother? Did you think you could just walk off after hitting someone?”

To play the blame game… that was something the spoiled and wilful wealthy girl, Gu Lin, was very familiar with.

Xia Ling was momentarily stunned, almost laughing out loud in anger. Why? Why did she have to tolerate the insults and not be allowed to hit Gu Yao?! She was not someone to be trifled with and immediately retorted. “Horrible upbringing? Ha, I’m the one that should be asking what’s up with the Gu family’s upbringing? How could they let two crazy dogs out in the open to randomly bite others?!”

“What crazy dogs?” Gu Lin was taken aback.

Pfft. Many of the onlookers laughed.

Was Gu Lin an idiot? How could she not tell that Xia Ling was calling her a crazy dog?

Gu Lin realized what was going on in the midst of the jeers, and her face turned red. “You… Ye Xingling… You! Why did you insult us?!”

“So what if I insulted you?” Xia Ling coldly said and turned back to glare at Gu Yao. “Get your hand off me!”

“Let you go?” Seeing that they were now in a disadvantageous position, the cogs in Gu Yao’s brain were spinning quickly to find a way out. After all, he was accustomed to getting into flaks with all of his other wealthy friends and was a little smarter than his sister. Quickly, he came up with an alternative plan. He feigned anger as he stared down Xia Ling. “You were going to slap my sister earlier, and I luckily blocked you first. How can I let go in case you try to slap my sister again?”

“Brother, what are you saying? I didn’t… ” Gu Lin started saying, confused but saw the signals that her brother was sending her through his eyes. He was desperately winking at her before she finally understood what he was trying to do and shut up before she spoiled his plan.

Xia Ling gave a cold laugh at their performance.

“I did not slap your sister.” She said. “I slapped you.”

“Don’t try to find an excuse for yourself.” Gu Yao continued on in his set up. “My sister and Li Lei grew up together, and everyone knows that they are made for each other. You came into the picture and tried to break them apart a while back. Ye Xingling, aren’t you a naive one? What makes you think that you can marry a rich man when you are just a third party coming from a lowly background? Luckily, Li Lei saw through your ploy and came to his senses, dumping you aside. Hmph, you couldn’t keep Li Lei and want to take it out on my sister now by slapping her?”

Comments (4)

• h.e.l.luva_girl

  WTF??? Man, she can’t catch a break, can she????

• marewoof

  Seriously pathetic ??‍♀️ Like what I said before rape/s.e.x comes so easily in this novel. I feel like they should add an adult/mature tag in here ?

• princeMatthew

  Wawa naman si xiaoling ??

Chapter 233: Oh, So She Was the Third Wheel

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Gu Lin finally realized what Gu Yao was trying to do. That’s right, she grew up with Brother Lei, and they were made for each other. That b.i.t.c.h was just jealous! Gu Lin felt that her brother was making very much sense and almost fooled herself into believing that Xia Ling indeed had wanted to slap her earlier. Hence, she covered her face and pretended to cry. “Ye Xingling, I didn’t even blame you for coming between me and Brother Lei… and you wanted to slap me when we b.u.mped into each other today?”

Xia Ling stared at their combined act incredulously. What rubbish was this?

The onlookers started to whisper to each other. “Oh, so that’s the whole story… I’ve long heard that the Gu and Li families are really close. It is extremely likely that Gu Lin and Big Boss Li did grow up together… so Ye Xingling was the third wheel that came between them.”

“Yeah… and I was feeling such pity for her. So, she’s just the third wheel.”

The onlookers started to give Xia Ling looks of disdain.

“Miss Gu, where are you getting your confidence from?” Xia Ling cold voice rang out. “Your families are close, yes, that I admit. But that doesn’t mean that Li Lei likes you. If he did like you, why would he choose to announce that someone like me, with no background and no status, was his girlfriend, and never referred to you as his girlfriend before?”

“That’s because you are unscrupulous!” Gu Lin pointed angrily at her. “You are the one that seduced Brother Lei and came between us!” Before Xia Ling had appeared, Gu Lin thought her relations.h.i.+p with Li Lei was great and would always give little gifts to Li Lei and beg for him to take her out to play. Li Lei would usually not decline her pleas.

However, when Xia Ling appeared, everything changed.

Her Brother Lei refused to play with her anymore, saying that he wanted to avoid misunderstandings and would not accept her small gifts anymore, making her feel sad. Now, she was going to make Xia Ling pay for all of this, sure that Xia Ling was the root of all her problems!

Xia Ling looked at Gu Lin like she was a joke. “You really like Li Lei?”

Gu Lin was slightly taken aback but responded in a loud voice. “Of course!”

Xia Ling said, “Are you sure you even like him? Do you understand him? In your eyes, is he someone whose views can be affected by just any woman? You say that I seduced him… what makes you think I can even do that? Hur Hur, do you just think too highly of me… or think too lowly of you Brother Lei?”

Her sentence was poignant and pointed but left no room for reb.u.t.tal.

Gu Lin was at a loss for words on hearing this, and her eyes reddened. “Ye Xingling, you’re being too much!”

Seeing that his sister was again at the losing end, Gu Yao backed her up. “Ye Xingling, why do you deserve to like Li Lei then? For someone as aggressive as you, if you hadn’t used any schemes, why would Brother Lei fall for you? Everyone here, you can be the judge…” He pointed at Xia Ling and looked around at the crowd, saying loudly, “This woman has just been dumped by Li Lei and then is here trying to seduce me. Her advances were thwarted by my sister, and in her anger, she wanted to slap my sister, taking out both her grievances about her past relations.h.i.+ps and her current embarra.s.sment! This b.i.t.c.h over here…. does she even deserve to be living on this earth?!”

The discussions broke out all around again.

Oh my G.o.d, this was a huge piece of news. Was there really such a backstory? Ye Xingling had found a new target immediately after being dumped by Li Lei, and could hardly wait to throw herself at Gu Yao seeing that he was loaded as well?

Unfortunately, he did not want her and was upset that she bullied his sister. This Ye Xingling must have hit a wall and was feeling embarra.s.sed.

“What’s wrong with the entertainment circle these days? What kind of bad environment is there?” A wealthy lady, who was holding onto the arm of her husband, shook her head as she sighed, a look of disdain across her face.

Some of the men that were looking on were checking Xia Ling out silently. Tsk tsk, so this little star was “that kind” of person… look at her body… and her face… they weren’t particularly pretty, but there was something attractive about them. And she used to be Big Boss Li’s girl, something was appealing about that as well…

Many of the men were making plans to have a good “chat” with her when the opportunity arose.

Xia Ling felt uncomfortable under the myriad of glances that came her way, and the fire within her burned even more. “Gu Yao, stop pinning things on me that I have never done!” She was still in Gu Yao’s death grip and used all her might to shake free of him, but failed. She turned to look at the security guards and said, “Please get him to let go of me!”

The security guards had come over to make peace, but hearing Gu Yao’s words, they too thought that Xia Ling was just a shameless woman. Perhaps she had indeed failed in her advances and got into a conflict with Gu Yao, and that’s why she was now being held hostage for it? This kind of woman needed to be taught a lesson.

As such, the security guards mumbled something in agreement but did not make a move.

Having to suffer such insults in front of the crowd made Xia Ling so angry that she was close to tears. She took a deep breath and told herself to keep calm. She needed to think of a way to end this joke. Yet, her trembling body gave away how upset she was inside.

No girl would be able to keep calm in the face of such insulting accusations!

Seeing that Xia Ling was shaking with anger, Gu Lin was no longer angry and started to smile happily. “My brother is right! You were the one that wanted to seduce him, and everyone here can be witness to that. I’m going to tell Brother Lei what happened today, to let him know what a shameless woman you are! Someone that’s willing to bend over backward for money… Brother Lei will hate you even more after hearing this!”

Gu Lin thought to herself that this idea was perfect, and felt her mood lifting even more.

Xia Ling was tempted to rip the smile off her face but knew that it was more important at this point to get herself free from Gu Yao’s hands. Given that she could not break free using her own strength, she did not think too much before lifting her leg and aimed a kick at Gu Yao’s crotch!

Gu Yao gave a yelp in pain, and let go of her hand as he fell to the floor.

Everyone that was looking on exclaimed in shock, and several security guards rushed forward to help him up. “Master Gu! Master Gu, are you alright?!” Gu Yao’s status was known to everyone, and watching him being kicked right in the crotch… the security guards did not dare think about the consequences if anything were to be wrong with Gu Yao.

The remaining security guards surrounded Xia Ling.

Gu Yao rolled on the floor, howling out in pain.

Gu Lin looked on helpless and shock. What should she do? She had never experienced something like this before.

The onlookers became more excited at seeing this scene pan out. Seeing Gu Yao’s predicament, some of the men that were having l.u.s.tful thoughts about Xia Ling felt a little tinge of pain at the same spot that Gu Yao was kicked at. This b.i.t.c.h was so vicious… looks like if they wanted to get their way with her, they would need to be careful of her kick…

Xia Ling was unaware that these men were letting their minds wander in their l.u.s.tful desires.

Feeling her wrist free from the death grip, she did not want to remain here any longer. She turned and made to walk away.

However, the security guards blocked her way. “Miss Ye, please stay here. You can’t just leave like that after kicking someone. Please cooperate as we check on Master Gu’s injury.” If there was anything wrong with Gu Yao, they could not bear the responsibility for Xia Ling if they let her go.

Xia Ling’s gaze was cold. “What now? When I was being bullied you guys just looked on. Now that I had to defend myself, you want to keep me here?”