Chapter 47: Beauty Chapter 47: Beauty Wen Zhi didn’t speak, silently turning around to open the bag.
It was a wine-red halter dress, purely handmade. There were no visible seams or extra embellishments because the color red was striking enough on its own.
Bei Sheng walked over to the bed, sat down, stretched her arm and tilted her upper body, and raised her face to ask, “Do you like it? I picked it out for you myself.”
Wen Zhi nodded her head, saying she liked it, but “Red is too flamboyant.”
“Flamboyant is good! You’re young, and vibrant colors make you look beautiful and radiant! Look at the clothes you normally wear, they make you look old before your time, not fitting for your age at all,” Bei Sheng asserted categorically.
Wen Zhi hesitated slightly.
She hadn’t worn such vivid colors for a long time.
Bei Sheng bluntly asked, “You’re clearly beautiful, why do you hide your real face?”
Wen Zhi’s expression froze, and she raised her hand to touch her bangs and glasses.
She had no glasses; they were left in Donglou, she had forgotten.
Bei Sheng couldn’t help but laugh, “No need to hide anymore, I’ve already seen your true face.”
Under Wen Zhi’s shocked gaze, Bei Sheng seemed even more nonchalant as she tossed her words, “When I examined you.”
A fleeting glimpse.
Bei Sheng had to admit she was dazzled by Wen Zhi, so she didn’t skimp on her praise, “You’re very beautiful, more beautiful than any of the female celebrities I’ve met, oh no, to be more precise, you are more beautiful than them.”
She had seen myriad beauties.
There were those with elongated eyes and striking features, those with big eyes and high noses with bold faces, and those with a natural, understated beauty—many, many types, but few could make her single them out for praise.
Wen Zhi was a classic beauty of Bai City, born with an oval face, upturned lips, a delicate and refined nose, and almond-shaped eyes that fit her face just perfectly, along with a rare beauty mark.
Putting it simply, head shape combined with facial structure and features = extremely striking.
Then, something seemed to occur to Bei Sheng as she remarked, “Right, I heard your father was quite a heartthrob in his youth in Bai City, and considering most daughters inherit their looks from their fathers, it’s not surprising that you turned out this way.”
Wen Zhi then asked, “Have you seen him?”
Bei Sheng instinctively countered, “Him? Who?”
It took her a couple of seconds to realize. She rarely encountered someone referring to their father as ‘he’, hence her delayed reaction.
Immediately, Bei Sheng shook her head, “I haven’t seen him, but I believe the rumors are true.”
After all, if Wen Zhi could look like this, her father must indeed be quite extraordinary.
“You still haven’t answered me, why do you hide your appearance while living in the Shang family?” Bei Sheng then asked.
Wen Zhi’s explanation was pure, “When living under others’ roof, it’s not suitable to be too conspicuous.”
Bei Sheng could understand, “True, the Shang family has several men who really aren’t good news, like the one who just got locked up.”
Shang Mingshu was indeed not a good man.
Wen Zhi sensed the implication in Bei Sheng’s words. She remembered something Shang Jing had mentioned casually in front of her, where he said he believed his uncle was framed.
Now seeing Bei Sheng’s attitude.
Every member of the Shang family carried their own mysteries.
“I’ll head down first, I’m in for a treat today, I heard Chen Zhu ordered food from Baiwei Pavilion, it should have already arrived,” Bei Sheng said.
After speaking, Bei Sheng stood up and urged Wen Zhi, “Hurry up and change into the dress.
Wen Zhi nodded.
Once Bei Sheng left, Wen Zhi stared at the red dress on the bed, perplexed.
Should she really wear this red dress?
If not, she had nothing else to wear; her original clothes were wrinkled and unsightly, and her trousers had some water stains, not very noticeable, but definitely not suitable to wear outside.
After hesitating for a moment, Wen Zhi still changed into the red dress.
Upon looking in the mirror, she herself was stunned.