A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return

Xia Ling said, “There are many interested in him.”

She turned around a little and caressed Li Lei’s face — with his mask on. Meanwhile, her “slave” was looking up at her, his eyes full of admiration.

They were a perfect pair.

Even somebody who had seen as much as Eagle was in awe. Although this was a rather large community, it was difficult to find a wonderful “owner” or “slave.” Yet, the two of them had everyone’s heart racing just by glancing or caressing each other, even without any intent at torture. This interested Eagle even further.

He looked at Xia Ling. “How about we become friends?”

It was common for owners to exchange their slaves. Maybe one day when she was done torturing him, she could let him have this perfect slave. Though this was a far-fetched idea, there was some benefit in interacting with her. Perhaps he could learn more about how she managed to train her slave this well.

Well, too bad Xia Ling saw right through him.

She took her hand off Li Lei’s face and rugged at the leash. “I’m not used to making friends, don’t even think of having my slave.”

With that, she strutted past him in her 20-centimeter stilettos.

Li Lei looked at her with reverence throughout and seemed to tune out everything else. Seeing his owner walk off, he hurriedly caught up with those long, toned legs.

Behind him, whistles and catcalls sounded.

Although his owner was dressed relatively conservatively, he was simply dressed too skimpily, so much so that everyone could see practically every inch of his tanned skin and the well-toned muscles beneath.

“Tsk.” one of the members said as Eagle rejoined the group. “Given his physique, anyone wouldn’t mind just having a child with him. So, Eagle, did you manage to find out anything about them?”

The Eagle shook his head in dismay. “That lady seems like she doesn’t like making friends. But…” He squinted at the two of them as they walked off and smiled. “Looking at his physique, I doubt it’s a result of training in the gym.”

The muscles that were toned in the gym were vastly different from those that naturally occurred after years on the battlefield. Although it wasn’t too obvious to everyone, it was a considerable difference for this group of people.

His partner nodded. “They’re in trouble.”

The Eagle agreed. “That pervert Li Feng is on the cruise too, and that slave happens to be just the type he likes.”

Li Feng was a well-known figure around here. Even in the perverted community, he was considered one of the most extreme. The fact that he didn’t wear a mask nor hide his name said enough — he couldn’t care less about anyone finding out he had such a fetish. In fact, he was even proud of it.

It was said that any slave who ended up in his hands did not come to a good end.

Most of them went missing, and some people had even seen broken skulls and decapitated limbs and body parts in the sea. They were mostly still covered in blood, attracting the sharks. A smaller percentage of them was slightly luckier — they managed to get out of it alive, but never sane. Whenever someone asked about their experience, they’d lose their minds or start crying hysterically.

They were either placed into mental health institutions or left the field entirely.

“First Young Master Li ruined so many slaves, just the amount of money he paid in compensation is unimaginable. I remember that he just bought two pretty good slaves from Paradise a while ago. Is he back for more already?” One of Eagle’s friends mentioned.

Most of them brought their own slaves to the cruise.

However, Paradise also provided the option of buying and selling slaves. Nobody really knew what happened to such slaves eventually — even if they died, no one bothered.

Eagle stroked the chin of his slave and ordered her to get on her knees and act as a stool for himself. Once he was comfortable sitting on her back, he said, “I was around the last time Li Feng came to buy the two slaves. Back then, he seemed unsatisfied with them, saying that… they looked too scrawny, their skin tone didn’t seem healthy enough, their muscles were not toned and that they probably wouldn’t hold it out for even two weeks. True enough, it hasn’t even been two weeks yet and he’s back.”

His friends around couldn’t help but feel a chill.

Someone even whispered, “This First Young Master Li is way too cruel.”

Someone shook his head. “His criteria for a slave seems to be modeled after a person…”

Everyone kept quiet. This was actually a secret that had been going around — the slaves who had been tortured to death by Li Feng resembled his brother Li Lei in some way. Some even said that Li Feng hated his brother to the core, while some said… he was simply perverse.

Nobody knew the actual truth.

And nobody had the courage to ask Li Feng in person.

Once, someone had asked out of curiosity, and the following day his corpse was hanging on the entrance.

“Let’s not talk about this. Next topic.” Eagle found it disturbing to be having a conversation about this man.

His friends shared his sentiments and hurriedly moved on to another conversation topic. Only then did the odd feeling of heaviness and suppression dissipate.

Xia Ling led Li Lei along as they walked about on the cruise. There was a lot going on there, with various venues for specific activities — watching special performances, trading slaves, wine-tasting, and gambling of sorts.

All Xia Ling wanted was to find Shaohui.

Yet, with eyes all around her, she couldn’t appear too anxious. All she could do was to act like she was strolling leisurely, and at times she even made an effort to greet the other members briefly.

Finally, they’d walked on every space a member was allowed access to.

Nothing, there was nothing at all.

They hardly even saw children around, not to mention Shaohui.

Xia Ling was getting frustrated and decided to walk to a secluded corner on the third floor for a breather.

“Don’t be too anxious.” Li Lei knew she wasn’t feeling too good. “We’re already here, we’ll definitely find him. He’s probably in the hands of an employee here, maybe we could try asking about buying slaves.”

Xia Ling nodded, knowing she had no better option.

They were still talking when Eagle suddenly arrived on the same corridor with his slave. Seeing that it was Xia Ling and her slave, he approached them. With a smile, he greeted once again, “Hi, what a coincidence. We meet again.”