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

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Chapter 1121: Poisoned to Death
Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

The old grandma felt more relieved now.

She was a lone girl going about on her own, it was always good to have some self-defense skills.

The two of them chatted for a while more before getting busy—doing chores, cleaning the cat tray, washing the clothes and preparing the next meal. Xia Ling wasn’t able to do the difficult chores, so her main job was to play with the cats, change their food and drink and comb their fur. From the way the cats bounced around her, it was evident that they were comfortable with her and liked her presence. Her mood was lifted too and she decided to open the windows for some fresh air. This time, there wasn’t any yelling coming from Liu Cuiyu’s backyard.

Xia Ling thought she’d won.

Who knew that the next day, what followed was revenge.

In the morning when the old grandma was leaving the house, she let out a shrill cry before falling backward onto the floor in shock.

Xia Ling rushed out of the bedroom to take a look, and was taken aback by the scene before her—someone had hung a decapitated cat before their main door; the organs were hanging out of it as a pool of blood puddled beneath. The cat’s eyes were directly facing them.

The old grandma trembled with fear and began sobbing.

Xia Ling was horrified too. She’d never seen such a grotesque scene before and had to hold the wall for support as she puked.

She hadn’t had breakfast, so all that came out of her was some bile. When she was done, she struggled to straighten up before going to help the old grandma. “Grandma, don’t look, don’t look.” Her lips were still quivering when she said this gently and firmly. She then covered the old grandma’s eyes and said, “Go in and rest, I’ll handle this.”

She helped the old lady up and walked her to her bedroom.

She mustered her courage and returned to the scene of the dead cat. Who’d be so immoral and cruel? The cat had died a terrible death, its abdomen was cut open and one of its pupils was missing as well. Xia Ling began tearing up, and she didn’t even know if it was from fright or sadness. She thought about how different things would’ve been if this happened while she was at Pei Ziheng’s place. All she would’ve needed to do was to scream and run away, and a group of people would definitely help her clean up the mess.

But this time, she couldn’t do just that.

There was only her and the old grandma at home now; she had to do it herself.

She found an old rag to hold the cat as she took it down. It was furry and stiff, and Xia Ling felt extremely disturbed by its texture in her hands. She felt like she needed to puke again.

She tossed the cat into a bag and then took a mop and a pail of water to remove the bloodstains at the door. Tears streamed down her cheeks silently as she mopped the floor.

The neighbor’s door opened.

Liu Cuiyu stood at the door and gave her an odd look. “Wow, you’re mopping the floor so early in the morning? It’s so cold and you’re making the area so wet, that’s not good! Ugh, how did I get so unlucky to have neighbors like you?”

Xia Ling’s head swiveled towards her and gave her an angry glare.

The fire in her eyes had Liu Cuiyu frightened for a while. But it didn’t take her long to regain her composure and give a smile. “What’s the glare about? Aren’t you so capable, why are you mopping the floor and crying so pitifully out here? Did something actually die here? It stinks.” She gave a look of disdain and pinched her nose.