Chapter 257: life and death
Chapter 257 Life and Death Glory
Soft lights illuminated the off-white restaurant. On the wooden floor, Er Mao walked in with elegant steps, found a comfortable position, lay down, put his huge head on his front paws, half asleep and half awake.
At the corner of its mouth, there are still scars left from saving the kitten.
Li Lei looked at it and said to Xia Ling: "Er Mao is also very fierce, but it never hurts its own people, it only saves others."
Xia Ling also looked at Er Mao. When the huge beast calmed down, its expression was peaceful, its fur was soft, and it looked gentle and harmless. But, "When I was about to save the kitten from Ermao's mouth that day, you pulled me because you weren't sure whether it would hurt me, right?"
“I’m just in case,” Li Lei said.
Er Mao has never hurt anyone around him. If it were other relatives, friends or subordinates, or even Li Lei himself, he would not be so nervous. But Xiao Ling is different. He does not want her to take even the slightest risk.
Xia Ling smiled: "So, you are also afraid, right?"
Li Lei was silent. Yes, even though he knew it was impossible, he was too scared at that moment, fearing that she would be bitten by Ermao. That kind of emotion could not be controlled by reason.
Her expression was very soft, and she looked at the man under the light: "I am the same. Li Lei, you and Ermao have been together for so many years, and there are times when you don't trust him. How can I trust you when you ask me? You don't know that I The past…”
Li Lei's expression tensed slightly, and he forced himself to relax in an instant. Was she going to tell him about the past? Those mysterious and unexplainable pasts that no matter how he investigates?
However, Xia Ling just brushed off the topic: "I am very afraid of being hurt by others, especially love. I would rather die alone than face a scarred relationship. Li Lei, during the Chinese New Year, I will follow your lead. What kind of treatment do you get at the headquarters? I know it’s not your fault, but... I’m scared.”
“Such a thing will never happen again.” Li Lei promised.
Xia Ling chuckled lightly: "Verbal promises are very weak, you know? As long as you are willing, you can use strong and brutal methods to deal with me at any time, and I have no power to resist. We are not equal from the beginning. , For example, I want to leave this apartment now, but I can’t because of your threat. In this case, how can I like you? "
"I..." Li Lei wanted to defend.
"Don't tell me that you don't let me go because you love me." Xia Ling's eyes were clear, "This may be your love, but it is not the love I want. If it is just this level, then it can only be said that we are not destined. , can never come together."
It was quiet in the restaurant.
Ermao moved his tail slightly and looked lazily at the man and woman at the dining table.
After a moment, Li Lei whispered: "I'm sorry, Xiao Ling, I didn't know what you thought. In fact, I am also very scared, you know? I have never been so scared since I was a child. I am afraid of losing you, no matter if it is someone else." It doesn’t matter whether I hurt you or you leave me alone...I don’t want to let you go, just because I’m afraid that you will never come back once you leave.”
If she really left here, would she come back?
She doesn’t know either.
"But if you leave me here, you will never get my love." Xia Ling's voice echoed in the air, a little empty, "I will never fall in love just because I was imprisoned or forced." Alone. Li Lei, if you want that kind of woman, you've found the wrong person."
Li Lei remembered the phone call he had with Old Man Bao when he was on the headquarters island.
Old man Bao told him about the emperor's former queen Xia Ling, saying that she was imprisoned by Pei Ziheng, abused, and finally died miserably. I wonder if Xia Ling fell in love with Pei Ziheng in the end? But no matter what, her miserable experience...
He didn’t want to copy it on Xiao Ling.
“Tell me, what kind of love do you want?” he asked. Xia Ling already had the answer in her heart: "Let me go, let me be free. Only when I am in a position where I am not controlled can I decide whether to be with you or not. What I want is an equal love."
After saying this, she looked at Li Lei nervously, fearing that he would get angry and hurt her like last time.
If that were the case, then there would be nothing to talk about between them.
This is her last effort.
Fortunately, Li Lei pondered: "Let me think about it."
Xia Ling watched him leave the house. Ermao lazily got up and glanced in the direction of her bedroom, as if to confirm the condition of the kitten. After a while, he also left with the owner.
He didn’t think about it for too long. He found her at breakfast the next day and asked, “When do you plan to move?”
Xia Ling felt a touch of joy in her heart. Feng Kun was right. Li Lei was different from Pei Ziheng. He was not so arbitrary and tyrannical. He was a person who could listen to what others said. However, after a brief moment of joy, she looked at him more cautiously: "There is one more thing..."
"Um?"
"I..." Xia Ling hesitated for a moment, then said it, "I plan to leave Tianyi." To break away from his control, she must break away completely. Life and death, glory and glory have nothing to do with him, don't rely on him, don't ask for anything Only he can truly be equal.
Li Lei frowned tightly.
For him, agreeing to her moving out of the apartment was the bottom line. For this reason, he sent people to investigate overnight and confirmed that the relationship between her and Pei Ziheng had indeed eased. He was unwilling to give in until he was sure that Pei Ziheng would not assassinate her. Reluctantly willing to let people go.
But, leaving Tianyi? !
“No,” he said instinctively.
Rejection was expected. She was not a good-tempered person, and she instinctively wanted to fall out at that moment. However, thinking of what Feng Kun said to her that day, she suppressed her temper. "Li Lei," she looked at him, "Why?"
Because he wanted to take care of her, and also because of the emperor, Pei Ziheng.
He was not sure if she would turn around and sign with the Emperor if he let her go? He would not do anything like losing his wife and losing his troops.
But how should you say these words to her? Pei Ziheng was the most sensitive topic between them, and there would be another quarrel if it was not handled properly. The relationship finally eased, and he did not want to continue to quarrel with her.
Seeing that he was silent, Xia Ling asked again.
"There are not many big companies like Tianyi, and among all the big companies in the entertainment industry, Tianyi has the best atmosphere." After thinking about it, Li Lei decided to use formulaic reasons to convince her, "There is nothing messy here. Sister Maina and Awei also take good care of you. You are simple-minded, what should you do if you go to other places and offend others?"
"This question?" Xia Ling thought he was going to say something and smiled, "It's very simple. Do you think my singing ability can't crush most singers? How can they exclude me? Where is my popularity? "Popularity is money! Money is status!" This is what Chu Chen often said in the past, so no matter how arrogant and domineering she is, no one dares to offend her to death - and it's not just because of Pei Ziheng. At least what Xia Ling thinks.
The dark clouds loomed over Big Boss Li. For the first time, I thought, how could his Xiao Ling sing so well?
It's really too good.
(End of this chapter)