Su Qingluan watched Mu Xingzhi pick off a thin layer of something unknown and put it into the basin in front of him. After repeating the same action two or three times, Su Qingluan was surprised to find that the angle of the nose where Mu Xingzhi had picked off the layers of film had subtly changed compared to before.
Although she had never seen what it was used for, in her previous life, in order to pass the time, she had read some time-travel novels of various themes, and had seen the black technology popular in novels with various ancient costume backgrounds - disguise.
There are different ways of disguise. There is the "detailed" type that Su Qingluan is seeing now, where things made of various materials are attached to the face layer by layer like clay to change the facial features; there is also a rough version, which is to directly put on a human skin mask to become another person; there are also more fantastical ones, such as meeting a certain miracle doctor or drinking a certain potion to change one's appearance.
Compared with the last type, Su Qingluan felt that Mu Xingzhi's "fine-tuning" type of disguise was relatively feasible in theory.
Su Qingluan's mind was filled with a mess of random thoughts. She listened to the voices outside, which were gradually fading away but still lingering. She tugged at Mu Xingzhi's sleeve and whispered, "There are other people outside. What if they get drunk and barge in? Will it be okay for them to see you like this?"
Mu Xingzhi slowly picked up another piece of "film" and put it into the water. He turned to look at Su Qingluan and said, "You don't seem surprised?"
Su Qingluan wanted to say, "I noticed a long time ago that your eyes are not in harmony with your other facial features." But when she saw Mu Xingzhi's sideways face, she couldn't help but gasp.
Although the "makeup removal" has not been completed yet, Mu Xingzhi's face now looks much better than the gentle and handsome face of "Mu Xingzhi" that Su Qingluan saw at the beginning!
In fact, strictly speaking, Mu Xingzhi's current appearance is still 70% to 80% similar to the beginning, but as the disguise that covered his face was slowly removed, Mu Xingzhi's true face was revealed. Su Qingluan discovered that this person's facial contours were actually very smooth and deeper than expected.
However, Mu Xingzhi's "disguise" did not completely change his appearance, but filled in appropriate places to make the more advantageous parts of his facial features dim. For example, his tall and round nose was slightly filled and became a little flat, while the upturned tails of his eyes were covered and turned into the somewhat ordinary, most common spindle-shaped eyes.
"You... turn away first..." Su Qingluan moved her eyes away unnaturally. She felt as if her face was a little hot.
Mu Xingzhi looked at Su Qingluan with great interest. She had just looked nonchalant, but now her face was shy. He raised his eyebrows and teased, "Why are you shy now? I thought you would be surprised."
"Because you have a different face now..." Su Qingluan murmured softly, "I'm used to seeing the face of 'Mu Xingzhi', so I can naturally treat it normally. But the way you look now is like a strange man standing in front of me. Seeing a handsome...handsome guy, isn't it normal to be nervous?"
After a pause, she added: "But in this state, why do I feel like I'm having a tryst with another strange man on my wedding night, leaving the groom alone in the empty room?" It was really exciting to think so, and because of the strangeness brought by Mu Xingzhi's current face, she really had this illusion.
Mu Xingzhi obviously didn't expect Su Qingluan's imagination to go in this direction. His hands, which were originally removing the disguise, paused, and then he laughed so hard that his whole body shook.
The corner of Su Qingluan's mouth twitched: "...Is it so funny?" However, considering that Mu Xingzhi's original face was really "pleasing to the eye", Su Qingluan decided to forgive him - hey, beauty is beauty, it is always easy to gain forgiveness, especially since Su Qingluan is a face control.
Mu Xingzhi stopped and started again, but the smile on his face did not disappear: "It's just that Qingluan's words are always beyond my expectations."
"I'm really sorry." After all, there was a huge gap in time between them, so it was natural that her ideas would seem strange to the people here. "...So is it really okay to remove the disguise like this?" After all, a drunkard could do anything, and Su Qingluan was not sure that the other party would be "obedient".
...You can't kill him just because the other party discovered Mu Xingzhi's true identity, right?
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan realized belatedly: she, too, had been forced to learn Mu Xingzhi's true appearance! Was she going to die here today? Although she knew rationally that this possibility was very small, after all, if the other party was deliberately covering up, she would definitely not pursue it to the end. This matter would become like so many things before, a tacit agreement between the two of them that "cannot be said."
However, all the imaginative novels from her past life were still whispering in her ears like little devils: "What if? What if? The more you know, the faster you die!"
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan simply asked, "Is it okay now that I know your true appearance?"
Mu Xingzhi is a smart man, and he has known Su Qingluan for quite a long time. As long as he sees the expression of the girl opposite him, he can guess what Su Qingluan is worried about.
He didn't explain much, but a mischievous smile flashed in his eyes, and then he adjusted his expression, looking at Su Qingluan with an indifferent and cold look. When the other party became more and more uneasy, he smiled lightly: "Qingluan is afraid?"
Su Qingluan was just imagining eighteen ways of her own death. When she saw Mu Xingzhi's expression, she came to her senses and realized that the other party was playing a joke on her.
"I'm talking to you...!" Su Qingluan was about to explode, but she remembered that she couldn't shout too loudly in case someone outside heard her and rushed in. So she could only hold back the second half of the sentence, and her face turned even redder. She was just angry out of anger.
There was no way. She wanted to get angry but couldn't. Su Qingluan could only turn her head and wait angrily for Mu Xingzhi's face, which gradually removed more of his disguise and became more and more handsome... or rather, charming.
How hateful... Su Qingluan thought angrily in her heart: How could the owner of such a face that could bring disaster to the country and the people have such a hateful personality?
In fact, Mu Xingzhi's real appearance - if he had not changed his appearance a second time - is still about 50% similar to the previous gentle face of "Mu Xingzhi". Because Mu Xingzhi's method of disguise is to "eliminate the advantages of the original face" rather than "completely change the facial contours", the degree of change will be more natural.
However, Mu Xingzhi's true appearance had deeper and more beautiful features than his original disguise, his skin was more delicate, and he even had a bit of the ivory white complexion of an alien, making him look a bit like a mixed-race person.
Mu Xingzhi saw that Su Qingluan looked angry, so he smiled and waved to let her come over. Su Qingluan pouted and didn't want to pay attention to him.
Mu Xingzhi sighed, pushed the wheelchair over, and gently pulled Su Qingluan's fingers.
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