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

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Chapter 66: Protect Against Fire, Thieves and Boss
Her past memories were chaotic and unbearable, making her knees buckle slightly.

She held onto the wall for support and took a hurried step backwards.

However, Li Lei continued to stare at her and close in on her, “Why? What is the reason?” Instinctively, he knew this was the key to discovering her secret. In this moment, many things flashed through his mind — her amazing singing talent, the sadness in the depths of her eyes, the unimaginable riding skills she had shown at the Nan Shan horse riding club…

He wanted to know everything about her.

But Xia Ling only shook her head and kept backing away in panic.

“You’re not going to tell me?” He continued to stare at her deeply, “Your reactions are really strange. For an artiste, even a newbie that had just debuted… you should be used to being in front of cameras. What’s more, Tan Ying and Wei Shaoyin have both told me that you are a natural in front of the camera, better than many veteran artistes.”

“So,” He concluded, “you aren’t afraid of cameras, but afraid of surveillance cameras.”

She took another two steps back helplessly.

He did not let her off and kept pressing in on her, “Surveillance cameras are everywhere even while we are walking along the streets. No normal person would have such a large reaction in front of surveillance cameras. What are you afraid of?”

“Stop asking!” Xia Ling’s voice was hoarse as she kept backing away. She could not see where she was going and fell onto the big bed behind her.

She hurriedly tried to get up but Li Lei had already come forward, leaned over and pinned her down with his two hands on either side of her body. “Xiao Ling,” His breath was beside her ears, and his voice was low and seductive, “you are hiding something. Tell me.”

“No…” She weakly mumbled.

She was trapped by him. It had been a long time since she was this close to a man, such that she was able to smell the dry, lingering smell of cigarette smoke on his body and feel his electric pressure on her. It was unfamiliar and had a inexplicable sense of danger, making her feel terrified.

She quivered slightly and used both hands to try with all her might to push him away. However, his chest was as sturdy as a rock and he did not move one bit.

“Let me go!” She finally shouted in despair, her voice shaking.

His deep-set eyes seemed keen to stare into the depths of her eyes as he used a hand to lift her chin up. Stroking her face gently, he continued coaxing, “Xiao Ling, be good, just tell me what is it.” He had always been very good with girls and no one could resist his charm. At this moment, he had shredded away all semblance of the harmless camouflage he kept on usually, revealing a tinge of danger in his demeanor, and was bent on getting his way at all cost.

Xia Ling started to understand why everyone was scared of him.

Her body started to shake more violently. Being this close to a man was an unbearable torture for her. The snippets of the past started to flash through her mind again. She was imprisoned, locked in a cage and tortured mercilessly…

Cold sweat broke out on her forehead and her breathing became rapid. She started to go into a daze.

All of a sudden, she felt the heaviness on her lift.

Li Lei had let go of her.

She did not want to waste more time thinking and hurriedly stood up from the bed, half crawling, half running back to a corner in the room, and curled up with her back tightly pressed against the cold wall. She looked at him warily, trying to take big breaths of air through her panting.