Chapter 290: Big Boss Makes A Visit

Li Lei did not expose her lie as he did not wish for cracks to develop in their relationship after they had just patched it back a little.

However, he still had questions buried in his heart. That night when he returned to his apartment, he took out a few pieces of paper and sorted out all the doubts he had since he met her.

She had an extreme likeness to the late Diva Xia Ling.

Pei Ziheng was very interested in her. This made sense because he had collected many female companions that were similar to Xia Ling. However, she seemed to have deep feelings for Pei Ziheng, and sometimes, when she was in a dreamlike state, she would whisper “Ziheng.” This did not make sense. According to her personal background, she did not have any deep connections with Pei Ziheng and usually avoided him.

Moving on to Feng Kun.

Feng Kun was willing to recommend Lin Yunan to her probably because he cherished people who resembled Xia Ling. However, the fact that she trusted Feng Kun so much did not make sense. They only met a few times, and as far as he was concerned, they never had any deep relationship. In fact, she should be more inclined to the people that Wei Shaoyin and Sister Mai Na recommended.

She deliberately concealed some information like her meeting with Feng Kun.

If it weren’t important, why did she hide it? There must be some information that is so crucial that she was unwilling to let him know about even considering their relationship now.

When she was provoked, she would have a trauma-like stress response. According to her past, things were smooth, and it was impossible for her to encounter any life threating or violent situations.

He was heavily suspicious.

Li Lei’s expression darkened, and the pen tip moved back and forth between several keywords.

Gradually, he thought of some clues.

Pei Ziheng and Feng Kun had a good impression of her because she was like Xia Ling.

However, her relationship with Chu Chen was bad. Li Lei quickly scribbled a few words down in his journal and planned to let someone investigate. How was the Diva Xia Ling’s relationship with Chu Chen in the past?

In the meantime, he thought of another question. How was the Diva Xia Ling’s relationship with Pei Ziheng and Feng Kun?

Did she treat them the same way the Diva Xia Ling treated them? Furthermore, the way she was triggered by certain situations such as the dark and tight spaces, was it the same as the Diva Xia Ling?

Vaguely, Li Lei seemed to have understood something. However, it was still very unclear and uncertain, so he did not know how to put the clues together.

“Investigate.” He called for Tan Ying and gave him the journal that contained the few important questions he had gathered. “It’s strictly confidential.”

Tan Ying followed his orders, but Li Lei started to feel more uneasy.

Recently, Xia Ling had been very busy because she was rushing to finish recording songs.

Lin Yunan wanted her to have sufficient songs for an album as soon as possible and needed at least 10 songs. Thus, he also spared no efforts and had a long meeting with Wei Shaoyin to draw up the timeline and production plans at once.

Wei Shaoyin was very satisfied. As a workaholic, he was pleased to finally see a manager who was able to urge Xiao Ling’s progress sternly. Last year, Xiao Ling really relaxed too much. This was the sort of work ethic she should have.

Under the two’s strict supervision, what else could Xia Ling say?

Including the publicity activities that Lin Yunan arranged such as fan meets, her schedule was very packed every day. Sure enough, she was now living the painful life of needing to seize every opportunity to rest.

Li Lei sympathized with her and frequently visited and picked her up from the various jobs.

On this day, the event location of the publicity activity was outdoors.

Lin Yunan stopped him outside. “Why are you here again?” Since he was not Skyart’s underling, he was impolite when talking to Big Boss Li. “How many times have I told you, stop disturbing Xiao Ling at work! You have already broken up with her, so don’t create anymore love affairs with her! If you really care about her, then stop creating trouble.”

Li Lei was already fed up with him.

“Move aside.” He said lazily, but there was some overbearance in his voice. In reality, if Lin Yunan were not Xiao Ling’s manager and were not doing such a good job, he would have treated him with hostility.

Lin Yunan refused to move. “Looks like we should have a good talk.”

Initially, dating was taboo for a young girl who was at the start of her career, especially when her boyfriend was such a prominent figure like Big Boss Li as it would easily become gossip. However, Li Lei was still unaware that the drama due to their breakup was still affecting her. Did he know how badly the breakup affected Xiao Ling’s reputation?

“If you dare to destroy her image again, I will kill you.” Lin Yunan ferociously warned.

He had spent the last few years in a bar as a thug and lifted his fist contemptuously with a malicious-looking expression. Any threatening look was sufficient to make people afraid.

However, the person he was facing was Li Lei.

He was the head of the triad in the city and could destroy the small bar with a single word.

What’s more…

“Do you still want to fight?” Li Lei also smiled, showing his gleaming teeth.

Lin Yunan was speechless.

He remembered a painful memory from a few days ago when Li Lei visited. After Li Lei was stopped at the door, he got into a fight with two large men. It turned out that the self-proclaimed skilled fighter Lin Yunan was no match for the two men and was beaten up. Although he had practiced many fighting techniques and was in the bar scene for so many years, he could not compare to people from Li Lei’s triad who fought in life-threatening situations.

Lin Yunan fell silent. He hated people like Li Lei the most. He could not win him in a fight, through influence, or even through reason. The more he tried chasing him away, the more he refused to leave. Li Lei wanted to visit her, and there was nothing he could do about it.

He watched as Li Lei entered the enclosed area and even gave a tip to the security officer at the entrance.

The security officer respectfully smiled and let the Boss in. Then, he looked at Lin Yunan with a sympathetic look.

Lin Yunan was about to explode.

After Xia Ling was done filming the scene, the director shouted for a break. As Xia Ling took the bottle of mineral water from her assistant and turned around, she saw Li Lei standing amidst the crowd.

The corner of her lips curled into a smile and she walked over to him.

“Why are you here?”

“To deliver you food.” Li Lei swayed the lunchbox in his hands.

During the outdoor shoots, conditions were usually harsh. It was already fortunate for someone to have lunch, but nutrition and freshness are not expected. Before he could get her heart, he had to win over her stomach first. Li Lei had first-class cooking skills and was willing to cook for her every day if it could win her heart.

With Big Boss Li’s foresight, Xia Ling became used to his cooking. When she saw the lunchbox, her eyes lit up. “What delicious food did you bring today?”

The two of them laughed and joked as they walked to the trailer used by the artistes for resting.

Along the way, many people constantly watched them.

Li Lei was too handsome. Even though he was standing among many other handsome men in the entertainment industry, he still stood out like a crane among chickens. Furthermore, he naturally shined in a crowd as one of the most prominent people there as he had many underlings. As such, he naturally emitted an unordinary aura of power and influence.

Although he did not appear too much in the entertainment industry in the past, he visited her every day, so even the workers found out who he was.

“Boss Li seems to treat Ye Xingling very well. I thought they broke up?” Some people gossiped.

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Comments (2)

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  XOMatsumaeohana

  ヾ(¯∇¯ ๑) Li Lei, seems like your figuring it all out and connecting all the pieces together. I’m actually surprised nobody else has noticed the similarities. But then again why would anyone make that connection? Reincarnation isn’t normal in the modern day world ~

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  Mkrygs

  Smart boss