A Star Reborn: The Queen's Return

Chapter 68 - She Was A Valuable Butterfly

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There was no signing on the card.

But Xia Ling knew who had sent it. There was only one person in the world that would call her like that, "Xia Ling, my butterfly."

He had once said that she was a butterfly. When they had met, she was just a caterpillar and had evolved slowly in his garden. He said that he was a butterfly farmer who had put in his all to rear a valuable Pteris butterfly, willingly doing everything to please it.

She had once been so grateful to hear these words, but she forgot that there could not only be just one butterfly in his garden.

The large bouquet of blue orchids fell and scattered on the sofa and Xia Ling stared at them for a long time. She pondered, almost subconsciously, if Pei Ziheng had found out about her identity? No... that could not be right. Reincarnation was unimaginable, and was not something that someone as conservative as him would think of. What's more, if he had found out that she was Xia Ling, what awaited her would not simply be a bouquet of blue orchids, but rather a nightmarish wild hunt for her.

Xia Ling breathed deeply as she concluded that he had just taken her as someone else, a small, insignificant fry, a new butterfly.

This made her feel extremely heartbroken.

She struggled to stand up and returned to her bedroom. Throwing herself onto the bed, she lay there motionless.

Time passed slowly and the morning sun slowly turned into sunset. Her mobile rang countless times, but Xia Ling could not hear or see anything. Her consciousness was floating in a faraway place, blurry and overcome with sadness.

The doorbell rang loudly and for a long time.

After a while, it became the sound of someone opening and then closing the door.

Li Lei crashed into her room and found her lying on the soft, comfortable bed. He was alarmed at how she looked, the slender, fair girl, silently curled into a little ball, her eyes lifelessly gazing into a faraway, unknown direction. She looked like a fragile porcelain doll which could crumble and die with a simple touch.

"Xiao Ling... " His heart suddenly felt tight in his chest and started to hurt, "Xiao Ling, what's wrong?"

He walked beside the bed and half knelt beside it, holding her hand. "What in the world is wrong with you?" The anxiety in his voice could not be hidden, "Look at me, look at me! Xiao Ling, talk to me?"

However, she simply lay there without moving, and was still staring into the distance with her empty eyes.

Li Lei's hand holding hers started to grip harder as he shook her, "Xiao Ling, wake up! Wake up, please!"

As he shook her, the focus in her gaze came back and she saw the face of this handsome and concerned man in front of her with clarity. Under the warm light in the bedroom, Li Lei's eyes were more defined and clear, and the deep green of his eyes were filled with complicated emotions as he stared at her cautiously, as if looking at the most precious treasure on earth.

"Xiao Ling, what is wrong with you? Stop scaring me." His voice was gentle, making her feel safer.

Xia Ling looked at him for a long time, until the unhappy memories in her mind dissipated. She opened her mouth and said hoarsely, "I'm fine."

Li Lei breathed a sigh of relief.

Xia Ling removed her hand from his dry, warm hand, and pushed herself up to a sitting position with both hands.