As for the problem with the whites of her eyes, Zhao Mingyue pondered for a moment before pulling a pair of sunglasses out of her cabinet. Since it couldn’t be solved, she would just cover them up. If anyone asked, she’d just say they were colored contacts.
She placed the sunglasses on Bai Yu’s face, examined her from left to right, and nodded with satisfaction.
Once she fixed her hairstyle, it would be perfect.
Regarding the hairstyle, Zhao Mingyue hesitated for a long time. She tried a bun, but wasn’t satisfied. She tried a fishtail braid, and wasn’t satisfied either. After experimenting with four or five different styles, she still felt the initial low pigtails were the best-looking and best suited the outfit.
Having been dressed up like a life-sized doll for over two hours, Bai Yu could finally be freed.
She put on the small leather shoes Zhao Mingyue had prepared for her and stood before the large floor mirror attached to the wardrobe in the bedroom. Looking at her reflection, she felt a sense of daze.
The person in the mirror didn’t look like a ghost at all; she was clearly a living, breathing human being.
Moreover, she was a beautiful maiden who, from her figure to her face to her attire, resembled a life-sized porcelain doll.
What she found slightly hard to accept was that this life-sized porcelain doll in the mirror was herself.
Once, she had been powerful, able to flip a bus with one hand with ease. While not a muscle-bound brute, her body had at least been lean and defined, like a cheetah’s.
Back then, she always wore a long leather jacket, combat boots, and a long saber at her waist—all about being clean and efficient.
And now, look at her: a layered blue and white dress, two small white butterfly hair clips in her hair, a four-leaf clover hair clip on her bangs, and below—white stockings and those little leather shoes.
It wasn’t that it didn’t look good, but this outfit was entirely unsuited for combat.
She felt strangely empty below and rather insecure. Moving around wasn’t very convenient either, though she’d been wearing that white dress for so long that she was used to the feeling.
As for the white stockings, they gave her an indescribable sensation. Not exactly unpleasant, but rather quite comfortable. They hugged her legs while also offering a silky, cool feeling.
“Hehehe, pretty good, right? Trust my taste.” Zhao Mingyue circled Bai Yu, constantly sizing her up. She was supremely satisfied, her eyes full of little stars.
Just as she had said, Bai Yu’s appearance and figure were perfect, lacking only proper dressing up.
Click, click, click, click!
The flash of a mobile phone went off continuously as Zhao Mingyue circled Bai Yu, snapping photos nonstop.
She was worried that if she didn’t take pictures today or tomorrow, she might never get another chance.
After finishing, her gaze swept past the rabbit doll on the dressing table. She suddenly wondered: was this what Bai Yu looked like when she was alive?
Without the sickly pale skin, without those terrifying black vein lines, everything about her body just like any ordinary person. Not having to soak in coldness every day, nor having to hide from the sun or living people.
What girl wouldn’t like being dressed up beautifully?
Bai Yu was no exception.
Despite her fierceness, always threatening to kill other ghosts and people, her heart also had a soft side. To put it simply, only her body had become a ghostly monster; her mind had not.
While Zhao Mingyue was lost in thought, her phone suddenly rang.
[Do you have time tomorrow, Mingyue?]
The sender was Lu Liangting. That lotus profile picture of his was truly unconventional.
“Lu Liangting?”
She only just remembered that when she’d gone to the mission location the night before, she hadn’t let Lu Liangting see her. He still didn’t know she had visited Thirteenth High School.
When she’d seen the police arriving last night, she’d just waited for the mission to end and left, not bothering with his affairs.
[I have to go out to run some errands tomorrow, so I won’t have much time (smile).]
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Mingyue replied.
She indeed had no time tomorrow. She had to go shopping to buy clothes for Bai Yu, then visit a grave, and perhaps do some other fun things. In short, having finally gotten a chance to go out and play with Bai Yu tomorrow, she naturally wanted to enjoy it to the fullest.
[Alright, if you don’t have time, forget it. I was originally planning to invite you out for a walk around the streets, and help you find a place to live. You shouldn’t stay at the Sunshine Apartment anymore.]
Since he hadn’t found Xiao Lian’s son this time, Lu Liangting planned to try his luck again tonight, and then look for the murderer who killed Chen Yun.
[No need, this place is pretty good. I’m not scared of that female ghost on the fifth floor.]
[This isn’t a game. It could really be dangerous.]
[I know. I wouldn’t joke with my life.]
[Hmm, we’ll discuss it another time then.]
Ending the chat, Zhao Mingyue put away her phone, sighing inwardly. Lu Liangting was truly a good person.
She was certain that Lu Liangting wasn’t motivated by romantic feelings for her. Even if there were any, it was only a very, very tiny part. The vast majority of it was his sense of justice.
“Lu Liangting wants to meet up with me, to find me another apartment.”
“He can look for one, but I don’t advise you to get too close to him,” Bai Yu said, glancing sideways.
“I know, I understand. I don’t like owing people things, because the more you owe, the harder it is to pay back.” Zhao Mingyue shrugged, then pulled the black phone out of her pocket.
“Oh right, I still have one lottery chance here I haven’t used yet. Want to give it a try?”
She opened the black phone’s screen and tapped the spinning wheel app.
[Quest Complete, Lottery Chances +1]
[Quest Complete, Strength +1]
[Quest Complete, Eyesight +1]
This was what Zhao Mingyue saw. In Bai Yu’s eyes, however, it was a completely different scene.
On the screen of the black phone, blood-red subtitles appeared.
[Congratulations. You successfully helped No. 652 retrieve her memories.]
[He forced me to eat my mother’s eyeballs. Grabbing me by the hair, he made me kneel naked before him and answer a question: Which tastes better, eyeballs or heart?]
[I killed him. I ripped out his heart. I also wanted him to answer my question: Do you regret it?]
[You have successfully completed the Quest: Weak Maiden]
[You have received an Identity Reward: Redemption Executor]
[Every piece of human scum has a past they don’t wish to recall. Once you possess this identity, you will be able to designate special locations to trigger Redemption Tasks.]
[Doctor, have you ever truly thought about treating a patient?]
[Once the number of patients you have cured meets the requirements, you will receive a special reward.]
[Special Reward: Evil God’s Twin Pupils]
[Before being chosen as the Divine Maiden and tied to the sacrificial altar, I was always a loyal follower of the Lord Deity. As the Divine Maiden, I should have offered my body to the Lord Deity. But, it wasn’t until I saw the Lord Deity’s eyes that I began to regret it…]
[I suddenly realized, the Lord Deity who had always protected me… should have been a rabbit.]
