Chapter 25: Do You Need Me to Buy You a Copy of the Criminal Code?

So, Du Haili was forced to find the merits of Lu Beichen—career growth, handsomeness, and so on.

Du Haili looked at Mu Ruo, who was simply wearing a plain white mulberry silk dress, with her long hair flowing down her back and no makeup on, and was a bit surprised: “Ruo Ruo, it’s such an important occasion and you’re not wearing any makeup?”

Zhou·Straight-Man·Jian couldn’t really tell whether Mu Ruo was wearing makeup or not; to him, it was just a matter of slightly redder lips and a bit of powder.

But Mu Ruo’s beauty was undeniable; her bone structure was exceptional, and her pale white skin didn’t rely much on makeup. Even with a bare face, she was still stunning.

A woman who could play the role of the white moonlight female lead in a CEO romance novel certainly had beauty as a powerful asset. Even if she lacked other qualities, beauty alone was enough.

After a while, Du Haili whispered to Mu Ruo: “I now understand why you did this.”

The Fu family didn’t have a housekeeper or cook, and the villa was too far away for Mu Ruo to order hot takeout, so she had to cook herself.

Having eaten her own cooking and then tasted the desserts and drinks ordered from a five-star hotel at Lu Beichen’s party, Mu Ruo had developed quite an appetite and was now focused solely on eating.

Suddenly hearing Du Haili’s words, Mu Ruo was curious: “Why?”

She was just lazy and thought there was no need to put on makeup for a scumbag like Lu Beichen.

Du Haili clenched her fist: “You want to prove that you are naturally beautiful and that even without makeup, just standing here, you can outshine the meticulously dressed Xia Wanwan, showing that you are the genuine article and Xia Wanwan is the counterfeit.”

Mu Ruo was stunned.

… Does it have this deeper meaning?

Du Haili, who had recently read some novels, spoke with relevant words: “By doing nothing, just standing here, you have already outdone Xia Wanwan.”

Mu Ruo took another bite of her banana pudding.

She wanted to eat as much as possible before joining the crew.

If the director noticed her and asked her to gain or lose weight for a role, she might not get to enjoy these desserts again.

As it turned out, Du Haili’s words were accurate.

From the moment Lu Beichen arrived, his gaze involuntarily fell on Mu Ruo, who was not far away.

Mu Ruo, in her light-colored dress, with her black hair naturally cascading over her shoulders and an unadorned face, resembled a blooming white epiphyllum. She seemed to glow, attracting the attention of many men.

Many high school classmates had also come along today.

Mu Ruo was the white moonlight and cherished memory of many male classmates, their high school goddess, and it was hard not to notice their stares.

Xia Wanwan was also somewhat stiff.

These days she thought Mu Ruo must be hiding some big trick, so she was always on guard.

To stun everyone at Lu Beichen’s birthday party, Xia Wanwan had borrowed expensive jewelry from a wealthy friend, secretly bought a luxurious dress similar to Mu Ruo’s graduation gown with Lu Beichen’s card, and spent over three hours getting her makeup done.

She had even taken a high school photo of Mu Ruo to the makeup artist, asking them to recreate Mu Ruo’s look from back then, hoping to look more like the former Mu Ruo than the current one.

But today’s Mu Ruo was actually not wearing makeup, with no jewelry, just a simple light-colored dress and her black hair flowing over her shoulders, her every smile and frown captivating.

In this world, the one who looked most like the old Mu Ruo was still the current Mu Ruo.

In comparison,

Now Xia Wanwan looked like she was wearing C-grade clothes trying to compete with the former Mu Ruo.