Chapter 98: A Woman Adorns Herself for the One Who Pleases Her

June 29, 2018, 16:02 PM.

Bai Zhi returned home as usual, took a carton of yogurt from the refrigerator, held it in her palm, walked to the stair railing, called out to the upstairs, "Mom, I'm home," and sat on the sofa, tearing open the yogurt while watching commercials on TV.

The carton of yogurt was finished quickly, but there was still no sign of her mother.

Bai Zhi tried sending her mother a few messages, but after waiting a few minutes, not even a "read" receipt appeared. She tried calling, but it still didn't connect.

Sensing something was wrong, Bai Zhi ran to the laundry room and found the housekeeper who was ironing clothes: "Auntie Liu, do you know where my mom went?"

"She's upstairs." The housekeeper looked puzzled: "After the Madam finished lunch, she went out once, but hurried back not long after. Then she stayed in her room and hasn't come out since. Even when Little Chen cut up fruit and called for her, there was no response."

"I see..." Bai Zhi left the laundry room dejectedly, trotted back to the living room, went upstairs, and arrived at the door of Feng Yushu's room.

Knock, knock, knock—Bai Zhi knocked on the door, but no one answered from inside.

Knock, knock, knock—she knocked again, still no response.

Starting to worry, Bai Zhi pushed the door open directly and ran into the bedroom without even changing her shoes.

As soon as she entered, she saw a noblewoman wearing a deep purple lace-trimmed corset gown sitting in front of the vanity, carefully adjusting the upward angle of her eyelashes with a mascara brush. Bottles and jars of strange cosmetics were spread across the entire table. Feng Yushu's focused expression was so intense that she didn't even notice her phone vibrating continuously.

How strange, Mom actually knows how to put on makeup? Bai Zhi remembered that Feng Yushu usually went bare-faced. If she had to go out, she would at most apply a light makeup that was no different from being bare-faced. From childhood to adulthood, she had never seen her mother so seriously applying powder and paint to her face, not even once.

"Is there any important public occasion to attend today?" Bai Zhi walked to her mother's side, leaned down, looked at the beautiful face in the mirror that was as delicate as a lotus flower emerging from water, and asked softly.

"Ah!... A-Zhi? When did you get back?" Feng Yushu was startled.

"Today is Friday, there were no classes after three in the afternoon." Bai Zhi said, looking at the time displayed on her phone screen: "I waited at school for over an hour, but you didn't come to pick me up. I called Dad's driver to have him pick me up and bring me home."

"Sor, sorry... Mom forgot. I didn't even know today was Friday." A smile of apology appeared on Feng Yushu's face: "I'm sorry, will you forgive Mom? I'm going to the mall in a while. Is there anything you want? Mom will buy it for you and bring it back."

She knew her daughter didn't like going out; apart from going to school, she basically never left her room.

"No." Bai Zhi shook her head and asked curiously: "Why do you need to wear such heavy makeup just to go to the mall?"

Someone who didn't know might think Feng Yushu was going to attend some high-end social occasion.

"Th, this, well..." Feng Yushu lowered her head slightly, and a shy blush appeared on her fair face: "Actually, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe and I agreed to meet at the mall today."

"Oh..." Bai Zhi nodded thoughtfully.

"Th, then, Mom is leaving?" Feng Yushu tidied up her makeup and jewelry, stood up from the vanity, picked up a carefully selected purple bag that matched today's outfit, and prepared to leave.

"Help me buy some stationery and bring it back." Bai Zhi suddenly said. "Stationery, is it? Understood."

Feng Yushu left excitedly. Bai Zhi returned to her room, sat on the bed, looked up at the starry ceiling, not knowing what she was thinking.

Suddenly, her eyes went black, her body went limp, and she collapsed onto the bed.

"Again..."

Five o'clock in the afternoon, Feng Yushu arrived at the 'Patra' Shopping Center located in the center of Yun City. It was a very foreign-sounding name, a remnant of the mainland's blind Westernization in the early years. Now, the people of Yun City were more accustomed to calling this disc-shaped landmark building in the city center the 'Cornucopia'.

The bottom of the Cornucopia was a parking lot, the first floor was a super-large farmers' market, a distribution center for various fresh vegetables, meat, and other food products. The floors from the second level up were divided into different business areas, and the top floor was an open-air park that looked like a hanging garden.

The place where she agreed to meet Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe was in the open-air park at the top of the Cornucopia.

"The closer to home, the more timid one feels, afraid to ask the newcomer." Feng Yushu now felt an emotion similar to this homesickness. The closer she got to the meeting place, the more uneasy and anxious she felt in her heart. From time to time, she would take out a small mirror to check if she needed to touch up her makeup, or sit restlessly and tug at her collar to make her already deep cleavage more visible, or tidy up the lace tassels on her waist to further highlight her already exaggerated waist-to-hip ratio.

Feng Yushu herself didn't know what was wrong with her. The heart pounding in her chest went from being impatient and wanting to see him immediately at the beginning to now being anxious and sitting on pins and needles. She only hoped he would come later, even later, so she would have more time to prepare.

No, no, no, being too late wouldn't do either. If she were late, she would worry if he had stood her up, or if he had encountered some accident...

"What are you thinking about?" Just as she was struggling, a hand gently patted Feng Yushu's left shoulder.

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She turned around and saw that familiar face she had already dreamed of countless times. Thus, all the complex emotions melted away like ice and snow in early spring, turning into a soft: "You're here?"

"I've been here for a while." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe sat down on the bench behind Feng Yushu, watching a child feeding popcorn to the pigeons on the roof: "I saw you looking around nervously, and I thought someone was following you, so I circled the area a few times before daring to show myself."

"Ah... no, no, no one is following me. I came alone, and I didn't even bring the driver." As if to prove something, Feng Yushu opened her bag and showed it to Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe: "I didn't even bring my phone. I don't have any electronic products on me. You can search me..."

"It's fine, I believe you." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe didn't seem to care.

Even if he didn't believe Feng Yushu, he had to believe in the fairness and absoluteness of the Thought Steel Seal as a rule.

"Thank you..." Feng Yushu lowered her head, her burning gaze passing through the thin veil in front of her forehead, quietly sizing up his profile.

"What are you looking at me for? Did you finish the task I gave you before?" Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe supported his forehead with one hand: "I didn't ask you to come here to stare at me blankly."

"Do, done, done." Feng Yushu woke up as if from a dream and nodded repeatedly: "The personal items of the security guard named Tian Chengyun who was interviewed by the TV station in the Bishui Bay Villa that you asked me to find before—his SIM card, ID card, and work badge—I have already obtained them."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe didn't ask how she obtained them. Holding Ye Yao's rule, it was not difficult to take something from a heavily guarded evidence room.

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