Chapter 35: Changing Face



"Miss Luo, you have been working on my face for so long, you must not ruin my good looks."

This is Nangong Yu's voice. Everyone in Jingzhou knows that Nangong Yu, the son of an imperial merchant, cares most about his good looks.

So, even though he would be mobbed every time he went out, he still wanted to show off by attracting attention wherever he went.

Fang Jinyu described Nangong Yu as a peacock seeking a mate, and this metaphor was very vivid. At this moment, under Luo Xuening's skillful transformation, this peacock seeking a mate, no, Nangong Yu, had changed his appearance.

Luo Xue Ning's white hands lightly touched and directly painted Nangong Yu's upturned eyes into drooping eyes, which were delicate and elegant, unlike the evil charm just now. And the charming nose, under the shaping of Luo Xue Ning's white hands, formed high and low shadows, making Nangong Yu look more like a handsome young man.

"Nangong Yu, you should thank Miss Luo. Under her skillful hands, you didn't become uglier, but younger."

At this time, Fang Jinyu had already changed his face under Luo Xue Ning's skillful hands. He still had handsome eyebrows and eyes, and his original delicate facial features could be vaguely seen. However, Luo Xue Ning used her exquisite makeup skills to cover up Fang Jinyu's very distinctive facial features.

Therefore, Fang Jinyu and Nangong Yu now have a different look. Nangong Yu raised his eyebrows and glanced at Fang Jinyu, then turned around, took out the bronze mirror, and faced this unfamiliar face. Nangong Yu was very satisfied.

Finally, he can go out on the street with this look on his face.

"Well, not bad. I didn't expect that you, Luo Xue Ning, are quite good at makeup. In view of your good makeup skills, today, I will invite you two to have dinner at Shengshi Restaurant and check out your makeup results."

"Don't misunderstand, Master Nangong. Yiyi and I invited Master Fang because we admire the detective. As for putting on makeup for you, it's just because we don't want your crowd of fans to bother us."

Luo Xue Ning's slap in the face came too quickly, and Nangong Yu's mysterious self-confidence was torn to pieces by Luo Xue Ning's own hands.

Nangong Yu's face turned gloomy. He looked up and saw that Huang Yiyi and Fang Jinyu had smiles on their faces. They were clearly mocking him for eating for free.

"Don't worry, as long as your makeup skills are good enough, I won't be recognized by others. Besides, I don't know what you guys are talking about with this blockhead. Without me, this blockhead will definitely only teach you how to solve a case and then scare you away."

Nangong Yu said all this because he had a criminal record. Remember, it was widely rumored in the capital that Fang Jinyu told his fiancée about the case and directly scared the girl away.

From then on, she dared not to set foot in Fang's house again, and later, the marriage was called off.

As a fan of Fang Jinyu, Huang Yiyi had naturally heard this story, and was very kind to tell Luo Xuening about this legend, adding some extra details to it. However, Luo Xuening had a different opinion on this.

"I think that Master Fang's method of breaking off the engagement is first-rate. If Master Nangong accidentally gets into trouble with a romantic relationship, you might as well ask Master Fang to design a big case for you."

"......"

Fang Jinyu, who was seen through, smiled awkwardly and pointed at the carriage in front and said, "Miss Luo, you are really wise. From now on, Jinyu will not dare to act smart in front of you."

"With Mr. Fang's wisdom, why would you need to play tricks?"

Luo Xuening's cunning eyes flashed, and when she looked at Fang Jinyu, there was mutual admiration between strong men. The four of them divided into two carriages and returned to the street.

At this time, many people on the street had gone home because they had been waiting for Master Fang and Master Nangong to come out. The street was not as crowded as before, but it could not be ruled out that there were still a few determined girls who were still eagerly waiting for the people in the tavern to come out.

Little did they know that the person they were waiting for had already dressed up and reappeared under their noses.

Luo Xuening and Huang Yiyi rode in the same carriage and got off first in front of the Shengshi Restaurant, while Fang Jinyu and Nangong Yu followed them out.

However, as soon as the two got off the carriage, they saw a woman who looked like a daughter of an official family walking towards them. Fang Jinyu narrowed her eyes slightly. They were made up like this, could this woman still recognize them?

The woman just glanced at Fang Jinyu with a hint of doubt in her eyes, then she relaxed her brows and spoke softly, a little embarrassedly.

"My friends are inside, but it is not convenient for me to go in now. If you can see my friends, could you let them know for me?"

Nangong Yu and Fang Jinyu smiled at each other. It seemed that Luo Xuening's makeup skills were really not exaggerated. No one could recognize them.

"Okay, tell me, who is your friend?"

"It's Mr. Fang."

The woman had a happy look on her face, but she didn't know that the two strangers in front of her were the people they were looking for.

"And Master Nangong, they are in the Tianzi Room."

"Okay, I will definitely tell you two."

At this point, Nangong Yu couldn't hold back his laughter any longer. He smiled charmingly at the two women, but was simply ignored by them.

Nangong Yu pouted with disdain, you deserve to wait, I was right in front of you and you didn’t even recognize me.

Just like that, the group of four entered the Shengshi Restaurant so openly.

This Shengshi Restaurant is the most high-end restaurant in the capital. Why is it the most high-end? Because it only serves the nobility. Anyone who enters the Shengshi Restaurant must first pay a deposit of one or two taels of silver.

In Nanshao, the conversion of silver taels was similar to that in ancient China, except that the value of silver taels was materialized in Nanshao at that time. One tael of silver was equivalent to one Guan of money, which was one thousand copper coins. One tael of gold could be exchanged for ten taels of silver.

After people enter the restaurant, the silver deposit can be used as a financial deduction for their consumption in the restaurant.

If people's consumption in the restaurant exceeds the deposit, they only need to pay the part beyond the deposit. If people's consumption in the restaurant is less than the deposit, the deposit will not be refunded.

This is a bit like the current minimum consumption. Even so, Shengshi Restaurant's business is still booming.

This is why most people are waiting outside Shengshi Restaurant, simply because they have no money.

"Luo Xue Ning, in view of your good performance today, this meal will be treated by me. Please feel free to order as you please."

After sitting down, Nangong Yu leaned back on the armchair and started to act arrogantly towards Luo Xuening and Huang Yiyi.

On one side of the room where they were, a man in black clothes and black hair was holding a wine glass. Hearing the familiar name, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and then a familiar voice was heard.

"Since Master Nangong and Master Fang have invited us so kindly, Yiyi, we must not be polite."

Young Master Nangong and Young Master Fang, this title is enough to confirm the identities of these people.

In another private room, Long Lingyan, dressed in black, raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the man in black in front of him: "It seems that the detective and the royal businessman are next door.

Long Moyan naturally recognized Luo Xuening's voice, and naturally guessed which two people Luo Xuening was with at this moment. He felt inexplicably annoyed, and glanced impatiently at Long Lingyan, who had come uninvited, with a very disgusted tone.

"You seem to know them well. If you want to eat for free, I don't mind you going. After all, I'm not very hospitable here."

Long Ling was embarrassed. He seemed like the kind of person who would just go there to eat for free.

Suddenly, there was a noise coming from the private room next door. Nangong Yu grabbed a man with his backhand, and that man was immediately unable to move.

"What's wrong?"

Fang Jinyu and Luo Xuening were originally waiting in the private room, but were called out by Nangong Yude's voice outside the door.

"This person stole my things."

Nangong Yu glanced at Fang Jinyu, then grabbed the thief's hand and opened it. However, Nangong Yu was stunned because there was nothing in the thief's hand.

"Look, I didn't steal anything from you, let me go."

The thief angrily shook off Nangong Yu's hand. Naturally, their quarrel attracted a lot of people to watch.

"No, the thing must be on you. You stole it. Come, search me."

Nangong Yu's face showed a rare anxious look. It was obvious that Nangong Yu was very concerned about the stolen item.

Fang Jinyu glanced at the thief, then he walked straight up to him and took the thief's hand.

"Don't hide it, you stole it."

"Didn't I tell you?" The thief was getting anxious. He glanced at Fang Jinyu provocatively, then took off his coat and shook it.

"Look for yourself, I have nothing on me."

Fang Jinyu said nothing, but twisted the thief's hand around, and found some fabric between the thief's fingers.

This was because most of the people who could enter Shengshi Restaurant were either rich or noble, so the thief's attire was naturally not bad. He was wearing a floral satin robe that looked quite valuable.

On the other hand, Nangong Yu's bright red Yunlingjin was also pleasing to the eye.

Fang Jinyu pulled out a red silk thread from the thief's hand and held it in front of everyone. Upon closer inspection, it was indeed clear that this was the Yunlingjin fabric on Nangong Yu's body.

"Now, admit it, do you want to hand over the things yourself, or do you want us to send you to the authorities?"


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