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

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Chapter 761: Fall of the Phoenix
Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

The auctioneer looked at the number. “Number 33 — Phoenix!”

Phoenix was the nickname Xia Ling gave herself in Paradise. Little Shaohui knew that she was the Xia family’s Phoenix, and this nickname would, hopefully, allow him to identify her more easily.

The auctioneer raised his voice. “In that case, let’s invite Madam Phoenix onstage to claim her prize!”

Xia Ling adjusted her mask more securely, draped the black shawl over her shoulders, and walked onstage on her shiny stilettos. The little girl was curled up in a cage set right in the center of the stage and looked up at her with eyes filled with fear.

An employee dressed as a clown came forward with an intricately designed tray.

And on the tray was a single key.

Those who had watched the auction before would know that this was the key to unlock the cage and retrieve the person inside, claiming the slave as their own.

But those eyes filled with horror were still fixated on her, through the grills on the cage.

At that moment, she recalled her tragic predicament in her previous life, where she was imprisoned by Pei Ziheng as well… That experience was all too painful to look back on, and she suddenly felt suffocated by that memory.

“What’s wrong?” Someone hugged her from behind and said with a sly voice.

Xia Ling was shocked and turned around, only to see a tall man with a cobra mask on. The two fangs on the mask made him appear to be smiling sinisterly.

“Who are you? Let go of me!” She struggled.

But the man was skilled and experienced, as he manipulated her to move as he wished. Holding on to her hands and locking her legs with his, he forced her into his embrace.

“My little girl…” The man’s slender fingers caressed her exquisite mask ever so gently, almost like a lover would.

And yet, Xia Ling was stiff from fear, because she’d identified this man by his voice.

That man was none other than…

“‘Mr. Li! You can’t do this!” The auctioneer was caught in a fix and had no idea why he had come. However, since it was his responsibility to run the auction smoothly, he had to try to settle this issue. “This lady over here is a Paradise guest, not a slave. Don’t you remember the rules for guests? They’re not allowed to lay hands on other guests here.”

“What a nag.” Li Feng’s voice was still grimy, and he evidently could not be bothered by the auctioneer. His fingers found their way around Xia Ling’s mask.

Xia Ling stared at him without even blinking. In fact, she had also been holding her breath all this while.

Li Feng laughed easily as if noticing her fear. “‘My little girl…” He said slowly, “Let me see who you are…”

Before he finished his sentence, he had sent Xia Ling’s mask flying!

Everyone present was in shock.

This was extremely disrespectful—

No, not just disrespectful. This was practically asking for trouble! Starting a feud!

The guests in Paradise put on masks simply because they wanted to conceal their identity. If someone was to expose them, how much hatred would they bear towards the other?! Moreover, the fact that they could afford the exorbitant membership fees meant that their revenge would be horrifying as well.