A Star Reborn: The Queen's Return

Chapter 1143: Pei Jingyu’s Apology

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Pei Jingyu clenched her teeth and sneered. “I really want to go home to spend the New Year, but Big Cousin is still attached and refuses to go back. I couldn’t even fulfill my mission, so why should I be rushing back to the family?”

Xia Ling was recently soaked in water and was a little dazed due to her pregnancy. After a long time, she finally understood the meaning of her words. She gave a simple “Oh” and turned to continue to see the snow.

Pei Jingyu was very surprised. She had thought she was going to quarrel with her again.

She proudly lifted her chin, stepped forward and handed something to Xia Ling. “Take it.”

Xia Ling saw a delicate necklace in her hands. It made use of a thin and slender platinum gold chain to surround a piece of glowing tourmaline. The tourmaline quality was very good and at first glance, it was obvious it wasn’t ordinary. It reflected the faint snow in the courtyard and shone resplendently. She secretly admired it in her heart, then looked up at Pei Jingyu inexplicably. “Why are you giving me this?”

Pei Jingyu said proudly, “This is a precious treasure. I managed to obtain it after much difficulty from an auction. It can be used as a talisman. Since you saved me, I will give it to you.” She gave a “hurry and thank me for my kindness” expression.

Xia Ling was speechless and asked her, “Are you a Leo?”

“Yes, how did you know?”

“Only Leos could be so arrogant.” Xia Ling returned the tourmaline necklace to her and said, “I don’t want it.” Her little face carried a bit of childishness while buried in the snow fox fur.

Pei Jingyu stopped and stared at her. “You dare to not want it?”

Xia Ling also stared at her. “Why can’t I? I don’t lack a necklace. The situation was urgent and it was just my instinctive reaction to save you. Even if it was any random cat or dog, I would have gotten into the water too. However, if you gave me time to think about it, I might not have risked my life to save you.”

“You!” Pei Jingyu was furious. Her chest heaved up and down and she was speechless.

Xia Ling did not care that she was angry. She said, “I couldn’t tell, I used to think that you were very stingy. I didn’t expect you to be so generous? Just giving away such a priceless tourmaline.”

Pei Jingyu huffed. “Forget it if you don’t want it. Some people want it but can’t even get it.” Grabbing the tourmaline necklace, she turned and went outside.

Xia Ling looked anxious. “Hey, wait!”

Pei Jingyu still had her chin up. “What?”

Xia Ling said, “Is this your attitude towards your savior? You haven’t said thank you yet.”

Pei Jingyu gnashed her teeth. “Didn’t you reject the necklace?”

“I did not accept the necklace, but I want to hear you say thank you.” Xia Ling smiled a little hatefully. Pei Jingyu hated her so much her heart itched, and she wanted desperately to degrade her.

However, she finally endured it and said, “Thank you.”

Xia Ling blinked her eyes. She had originally meant it as a joke, thinking it would not be possible for her to say thank you because her eyes were placed higher than the top of her head. She did not expect that the impossible really happened.

She looked at Pei Jingyu like she had seen a monster and forgot to react.

Pei Jingyu looked at her disgustingly. “Are you stupid? Are you too flattered and grateful?”

Xia Ling returned to her senses and stretched out her hand, refusing to appear weak. “Bring it.”

“What?”

“That tourmaline necklace, didn’t you say that you wanted to give it to me? Apologies must be sincere.”

“Didn’t you say you don’t want it?” Pei Jingyu narrowed her eyes.

The Pei family members were all beautiful, a kind of high-spirited and arrogant beauty. Pei Jingyu’s narrowing her eyes was a split replica of when Pei Ziheng was angry, and it was enough to make people shudder. However, who was Xia Ling? She had grown up with Pei Ziheng and had seen the scariest of glares, so why should she even care about Pei Jingyu?

She looked at Pei Jingyu and laughed. “I want it now, how could you be so stingy? You gave something to someone and still wants to take it back. To think you’re still a daughter of the Pei family.”

Pei Jingyu thought to herself, Why didn’t I drag this wretch into the water and die with her together? She endured and tolerated, then arrogantly threw the tourmaline necklace in her hand to Xia Ling with a look of disgust. “Catch it. This is a priceless treasure, you can’t even buy it with money. Keep it in a pressure box and when you marry, use it as a dowry and grow some face in their family!”

Her words were unintentional, but the listener gave meaning to it. The bright look of Xia Ling dimmed.

When Pei Jingyu saw that she was not speaking, she realized with a shock that she had said some ill-meaning words—this stinky girl was still pregnant with Big Cousin’s child. What kind of person could she marry in her life?

Pei Jingyu didn’t want to care for her, but she couldn’t help but look at her pitifully. “Don’t be so dejected. How many people want to bear my Big Cousin’s children but still can’t bear it? So what if it’s an illegitimate child? There are still people vying, and you’re still living a thousand times better than the average person. You know you don’t have to worry about what to eat and wear in your life, right?”

Xia Ling bowed her head and looked at the brilliance of the necklace. The priceless stone was turned over and over in her hand, but it was nothing but a dispensable thing. “I didn’t follow him for food and clothing,” she said.

Pei Jingyu snorted. “Did you really think true love was unrivaled?”

Xia Ling gently bit her lip and did not speak.

Pei Jingyu looked at her carefully, and her expression gradually became surprised. She said, “Really? We always thought that you followed him to have fame and fortune, and even that’s better? True love? There is no other ending except for sadness for falling in love with such a rich patriarch.”

Xia Ling whispered, “I can’t help it.”

Love was love, a true heart was like water, how could it be collected back? If he didn’t want it, he could only trample it on the ground and crush it. The arrow that had left the bow long ago did not have a path back.

Pei Jingyu found that she was a little sympathetic to her. It was so funny that she actually sympathized with someone she had hated since childhood. She thought about it and bluntly said, “Don’t be sad.”

Xia Ling took a deep breath and refused to let her see her decadent appearance. She laughed aloud. “I’m not sad. Are you hungry? I’ll treat you to a meal to save others from saying that I don’t know how to treat guests.”

Pei Jingyu swept over with a pair of beautiful apricot eyes. “Forget it, isn’t it Big Cousin paying for you again?”

“So what if I spend a little of his money when I’m forcing myself to bear him a child?” Xia Ling was motivated by anger and grief. She smiled and clenched her teeth. “It’s best to make him poor! So, are you eating?”

“Eat! Why won’t I eat!” Pei Jingyu also wanted to make Pei Ziheng this beast poor. She was forced to go to the wilderness in the cold by her grandfather and he still refused to go back with her! How was she going to report back? Pei Jingyu could foresee how sad her future would be, so she must eat! She must eat and make him poor!

The two girls joined in opposition to the same adversary. They passed through the elegantly decorated courtyards and corridors and went to eat together.