Chapter 24 Stunning
According to the plot of the book, Wei Yuan had other important matters today and therefore could not attend Yu Yao's birthday party. However, in order to make her presence felt, Yu Zhi still edited a message with some expectations and sent it to Wei Yuan.
After receiving the message from Wei Yuan that he could not come, she pretended to express her understanding as if her expectations were dashed, which made Wei Yuan's heart soften.
As soon as the message was sent, Yu Yao rushed over excitedly.
"Zhizhi, you--" He originally planned to come and see if there was any problem with his sister, and bring her some of the hotel's signature snacks, but he stopped talking the moment he saw Yu Zhi.
Even though he had gradually gotten used to his sister's looks over the past few days, he was still stunned when he saw Yu Zhi dressed up.
The girl was wearing a brocade pearl white fishtail skirt that was tailored to fit her perfectly, showing off her curvy waist. Her hair, neck, and wrists were adorned with sets of pearl jewelry, and even a few small pearls were stuck to the corners of her eyes.
——It looks like a perfect work of art that has walked out of an oil painting.
As soon as she raised her eyes, the arrogance that only a girl from an aristocratic family could show, and she called out affectionately, "Brother."
Yu Yao stuttered for the first time, forgetting to put down the plate of snacks in his hand, and praised directly: "Zhi... Zhizhi, you... you are so beautiful."
Yu Zhi smiled, and the tiny beads at the corners of her eyes looked like beautiful and dreamy mermaid tears, so beautiful that it made people's heart tremble.
The makeup artist and stylist nearby echoed, "Ms. Yu is so beautiful. That's why we were inspired to successfully complete this perfect design today."
Now the facial makeup and clothing have been done, and only the assistant is still diligently painting Yu Zhi with matching pearlescent white nail polish.
The styling team themselves couldn't have imagined that the final effect would be so good. Once Yu Zhi appears at the birthday party today, they can look forward to being "upgraded" and having their prices raised.
After everything was done, it was already past four o'clock.
Because it was only Yu Yao's 22nd birthday, which was not an important integer, the attendees were mainly his classmates in the military academy and friends in the aristocratic family circle, so the time and arrangements were relatively casual.
A garden party-like activity was arranged on the hotel's outdoor lawn, with interactive booths, dessert tables, champagne towers, etc. Guests had already arrived and were visiting and having fun.
Yu Zhi looked down from the second floor of the hotel and quickly caught sight of the other two male protagonists in the book who came to the banquet - Qiao Zhiyu and Sheng Jiayi.
Qiao Zhiyu and Sheng Jiayi are both from the empire. Qiao Zhiyu is the crown prince of the empire, and his spirit form is the white tiger, one of the four sacred beasts inherited by the Qiao family. Sheng Jiayi is the only son of the Sheng family, and his spirit form is the red bird, one of the four sacred beasts.
"Zhizhi, do you want to go down with me?" Yu Yao asked, "Xiaoyi is already well."
"Okay." Yu Zhi answered softly, and it was time for her to appear.
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Yu Yu chose a pure and fairy-like look today. She wore a light green gradient long skirt with draped gauze embroidery and layers of butterfly patterns embroidered on the skirt. Her eye makeup was also smeared with fine light green gold powder.
Her outfit was a clever choice, and it matched the garden scene perfectly. She was as lively and beautiful as the elves in The Wizard of Oz.
Yu Yu looked at herself in the mirror with satisfaction, and in a very good mood she gave a red envelope to the styling team, which made her stylist and makeup artist praise her for her beauty and kindness.
"Then I'll go down first," Yu Yi said with a faint smile, "Thank you all for your hard work today."
After putting on enough effort to save face, she slowly stood up and walked out of the lounge, dragging her long skirt.
As soon as the door opened, Yu Yu's pupils shrank and her face turned pale and blue, which matched the color of her makeup.
No wonder Yu Yao didn’t show much surprise on his face when he came to see her just now. It turned out that Yu Zhi was already surprised!
She naturally knew that Yu Zhi's appearance had inexplicably become more and more beautiful day by day since she was hospitalized, so she spent more time and effort on her look today, and even got the set of precious emerald jewelry she was wearing from Li Shurong.
But now Yu Yu had to admit that all these external factors were of no use at all under the absolute crushing of appearance.
Not to mention that Yu Zhi was also dressed up today. She could easily become the focus just by standing there and doing nothing.
Yu Yu's nails had intricate designs on them, and now the raised nail ornaments were pressing firmly into the tender flesh of her palms. Only the physical pain could barely suppress the uneasiness and anxiety in her heart.
She couldn't just give up like that.
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Except for Yu Yao, Yu Zhi and Yu Yu both went downstairs together with their own "ulterior motives".
One was thinking about what character to play today, while the other was thinking about how to make the former look bad in public again.
As soon as the three protagonists of the Yu family left the stage, the guests naturally cast their eyes over to them. There was a suffocating silence for a moment, and then there were continuous sounds of surprised and puzzled discussions.
"Who is that?"
"Yu Yao's girlfriend? I've never seen her."
"...Could it be Yu Zhi?"
"How is that possible? I saw Yu Zhi last time, and she looked very strange, completely different from her."
Yu Yao naturally heard it as well. His face darkened and he felt a little regretful that he forgot to greet his friends in advance.
The main reason is that although Zhizhi's changes in recent times have been rapid, they have happened naturally, making him subconsciously forget what she looked like before.
But this was no solution now, so he could only clear his throat and introduce everyone: "This is my sister, Yu Zhi."
A second later, an even louder discussion broke out. This news was like a thunderclap exploding before everyone's eyes.
Qiao Sheng and the others naturally also saw the situation here.
Qiao Zhiyu fixed his gaze on the girl, and there seemed to be emotions floating in his eyes.
Sheng Jiayi raised his eyebrows and looked over in disbelief: "Could this be Yu Zhi?!"
He always hated Yu Zhi. She was obviously an ugly girl wandering around, but after being found by the Yu family, she bullied the simple and kind Xiao Yi unscrupulously.
He had seen Yu Yu being wronged six or seven times.
In order to help Yu Yi, Sheng Jiayi embarrassed "Yu Zhi" in public several times.
But "Yu Zhi" at that time looked as ugly and disgusting as her heart, so how did she become like this now?
"I heard that he was put in solitary confinement by the Yu family before?" A discussion came from the side. "I think Yu Yao's attitude towards Yu Zhi has changed a lot."
Sheng Jiayi snorted coldly: "Even if she looks better now...it can't change her despicable nature."
It happened that Yu Zhi was traveling alone in their direction, and Sheng Jiayi had an idea and took the initiative to meet her.
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