Gu Pinting felt a secret sense of alarm.
Why is the dress her aunt lent her today a bit ill-fitting? The waist is too tight, the hips as well, arms, shoulders, armpits... everywhere feels constricted!
The cocktail party hasn’t officially started yet, but later she’ll have to perform the opening dance. Wearing such a tight gown—won’t it damage her leading lady image?
Ah, ah, ah, her aunt isn’t here. Otherwise, with her aunt’s skills, she might have adjusted the dress’s waistline on the spot, letting out a centimeter or two.
Although Gu Shiyin’s recent revelation startled her, leaving her a bit upset and confused, still, thinking about how good Gu Shiyin has been to her, generously rewarding the Silver Alliance Hierarch willingly, she can’t help but miss Gu Shiyin’s presence.
At least, with her aunt around, she’d have someone to help solve problems anytime.
Gu Pinting pursed her lips, discreetly covering her belly, and said to the socialites, "I’m going to the restroom. Let’s chat about the crew’s gossip when I return."
She needed to quickly let the Medical Beauty Bracelet make her look better!
On the way stumbling to the restroom, the socialites behind her were puzzled:
"Am I seeing things, or does it seem like Pinting’s butt is... a bit plump?"
"Oh dear, now that you mention it, it does seem so, her shoulders appear quite rounded too."
"Rounded? More like broad and burly—a shape that’s quite difficult to dress nicely."
"How strange, why did I praise her figure earlier? Was I out of my mind?"
"Perhaps Shiyin Aunt’s antics left us all bewildered."
"Oh dear, with Pinting being so plump... not that I’m biased against larger people, but how could someone like that play Nuwa and exude that ethereal presence?"
The chatter reached Xi Rubao’s ears.
She exclaimed to Xi Zuzi, "Sis, you predicted it perfectly. Could the cost of Gu Pinting’s mischief really be sudden weight gain?"
"Uh-huh, excessive action leads to a fallback. But, gaining weight is just the beginning..." Xi Zuzi lazily squinted and smiled slightly, "When blessings can’t support forcibly obtained things, the consequences will be retaliated even more severely."
If the evil technique of becoming beautiful by spilling some blood were truly effective, this world wouldn’t need kindness and hard work.
Think about it, is taking shortcuts even possible? Would the ancestors allow it?
Xi Rubao nodded, half understanding.
She wasn’t sure about other things, but she wasn’t superstitious about her Jinli fortune. She strives to achieve the best through hard work, insists on doing three good deeds daily, and as a result, feels everything is genuinely in her control, without any fear of losing.
Gu Pinting locked the door, propped herself on the sink, and looked tremblingly at the mirror reflection.
That’s not her. That’s a... fat lady!
At least twenty pounds heavier than her!
"This mirror is broken. It must be broken. This cannot be me, it can’t..."
Gu Pinting tried to smash the mirror with her fist, but it remained unaffected.
She burst into tears, "I can’t be this ugly!"
The fat lady in the mirror cried along with her.
Gu Pinting grew more frantic.
She suddenly brought her wrist to her mouth, bit down, immediately breaking the capillaries, letting beads of blood seep out.
She quickly dripped it onto the bracelet. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩~𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖~𝙣𝙚𝙩
This time, Gu Pinting dripped blood for a long time without any reaction.
The Medical Beauty Bracelet seemed like it was hibernating, playing dead.
What more is needed to let the bracelet beautify me again? For beauty, must she dig out her heart to offer to the bracelet?
Gu Pinting was too fat to leave the restroom, terrified of anyone discovering her frightening weight gain.
But she couldn’t stay hidden in the toilet forever.
Finally, she gritted her teeth and dialed a call, "Aunt, the bracelet you gave me isn’t working anymore sob sob..."