Yi Fan walked towards Zhuang Hao and said with some ridicule, "Young Master Zhuang, you're still as popular as always!"
Zhuang Hao looked at Yi Fan and said, "Really? Well it's too bad I'm not that popular with Qi Shaorong!"
"Young Master's standards are very high, although Young Master Zhuang is excellent, you're still far from meeting the standards of the Young Master." Yi Fan said.
Zhuang Hao: "…"
"Your Young Master will never be able to get married if he always has such high standards, you know?" Chen Yuan came over and said.
Yi Fan glanced at Chen Yuan and said, "Young Master Chen, you should worry about yourself a little more, when are you going to get married? You don't need to worry about my Young Master, my Young Master's love life is thriving. Anyway, there are more important matters to attend to."
Chen Yuan, "What is it!"
Yi Fan opened the box that he had brought with him and said, "Look and choose one."
Chen Yuan looked at the contents in the box and his mouth twitched, "Human face masks, they seem to be very ugly human face masks."
Yi Fan nodded and said, "Yes, we need to get to Li Country as soon as possible, but Zhuang Hao's ability to attract unwanted attention is too great, at this rate it'll slow us down by a lot."
Chen Yuan looked at the human face masks in the box and said, "A-Hao! Hurry up and choose one, if you become ugly, then when we go out to pick up girls, I won't have to be a foil for you anymore, and maybe those beauties will like me better." Chen Yuan thought to himself: It looks like Yi Fan, this guy, is also capable of doing some good things occasionally! How unexpected! He actually thought of such a good idea.
Zhuang Hao looked at Yi Fan and said seriously, "I can't make myself look too ugly!"
"Why not?" Yi Fan asked. "Young Master Zhuang Hao, do you care a lot about your appearance? Young Master Zhuang, you should know that your physical looks are nothing more than skin, it's not that serious. You shouldn't be so superficial, you need to have some depth to your character."
"Shaorong likes beauty, if I make myself too ugly, it'll leave a bad impression on him." Zhuang Hao said seriously.
"Who told you this?" Yi Fan said.
"Shaorong said it when he was disguised as the Ghost Doctor." Zhuang Hao said.
Yi Fan: "…"
"You got it wrong, Young Master likes people who are uglier than him. Whenever there's someone who's better-looking than he is, it makes him jealous and unhappy!" Yi Fan said.
Zhuang Hao said doubtfully, "Is that true?"
Yi Fan nodded and said, "Of course, I've known Qi Shaorong for many years, I definitely have a better understanding of Qi Shaorong than you do."
Zhuang Hao stared at Yi Fan and said, "Just because you've known someone for a long time, doesn't necessarily mean that you'll understand them that well…"
Yi Fan nodded and said, "Of course, truly being able to understand someone depends a lot on chance, just like how after spending so much time with the Ghost Doctor, Young Master Zhuang, you still didn't know that he was actually the person whom you had rejected in the past."
Zhuang Hao: "…"
Chen Yuan: "…"
Chen Yuan looked at Yi Fan and thought: Yi Fan this guy sure is something! Provoking Zhuang Hao like this, didn't he know! People who had unfulfilled wishes and desires were the scariest kind of people, and Zhuang Hao's looking pretty scary right now.
"Are you sure Qi Shaorong likes ugly people?" Zhuang Hao said, looked at Yi Fan suspiciously.
Yi Fan looked at Zhuang Hao and said, "Young Master Zhuang, why don't you just try it out, it's not like Young Master is that attracted to the current you either."
Zhuang Hao: "…"
"I'll trust you this one time." Zhuang Hao said.
Yi Fan smiled and said, "Zhuang Hao, you should learn how to trust others. If you had listened to me earlier, you wouldn't have fallen to this point now. Don't you remember, back then I told you that you'd regret breaking off the engagement one day."
Zhuang Hao's face twisted for a moment. Both Yi Fan and Bi Liuyun had told him that he'd regret it, but no matter if it was Yi Fan or Bi Liuyun, they only told him that he'd regret it, neither of them told him why he'd regret it one day! These two people, rather than warning him, it's more like they just wanted to see him make a fool of himself, and after the truth was revealed, they're now showing off how their so-called prediction came true.
"What are you doing?" Qi Shaorong walked over.
"You… Zhuang Hao?" Qi Shaorong said uncertainly, looking at Zhuang Hao who was wearing a human face mask.
Zhuang Hao nodded.
Qi Shaorong raised his eyebrows and laughed, "Zhuang Hao! Haha… Zhuang Hao, you're so ugly now! Who would've ever thought that you could become so ugly, you're really too ugly."
Zhuang Hao saw Qi Shaorong's reaction and his face filled with black lines. What a stupid idea from Yi Fan.
Zhuang Hao reached up and wanted to remove the mask from his face, but he was stopped by Qi Shaorong, "There's no need, it's pretty good like this."
"A-Fan, you should also wear one." Qi Shaorong said.
Yi Fan froze and said, "Ah! Me?"
Qi Shaorong nodded and said, "Yeah."
Yi Fan frowned and said, "I don't need it, I'm not even that good-looking in the first place."
Qi Shaorong looked at Yi Fan and said, "What do you mean? You also have a pretty nice appearance, otherwise back then, why did Mu Xuelan, one of the three beauties of the Imperial Capital, pick you and not anyone else? Isn't it because you're handsome!"
Yi Fan: "…"
Chen Yuan's mouth twitched and he thought: Mu Xuelan choosing Yi Fan was just a coincidence, it probably wasn't because of his good looks. Actually, Yi Fan this guy really is quite handsome, but in the past he was only a waste, so even if he was good-looking, no one liked him.
"Hurry up and just pick one." Qi Shaorong urged.
"The masks here are too ugly." Yi Fan said.
Zhuang Hao glanced at Yi Fan and thought: Oh, so you guys also know that these masks are ugly, I was even starting to think that maybe you didn't know.
Qi Shaorong looked at Yi Fan and said, "Ugly is good, no one will come bother us if we're ugly!"
Yi Fan took a deep breath and said, "Young Master, you still have let me save some face in front of Tingxuan . "
Qi Shaorong looked at Yi Fan and said, " Ting Xuan likes ugly people."
Zhuang Hao thought to himself: Retribution! People's fortunes really do rise and fall! Previously, Yi Fan said that Qi Shaorong likes ugly people, and now Qi Shaorong's the one saying that Mu Tingxuan likes ugly people.
Zhuang Hao patted Yi Fan on the shoulder and said [1], "Young Master Yi, do you care a lot about your appearance? Young Master Yi, you should know that your physical looks are nothing more than skin, it's not that serious. You shouldn't be so superficial, you need to have some depth to your character"
Chen Yuan's lips twitched, Zhuang Hao managed to return these words back to the original source so quickly.
Yi Fan looked at Qi Shaorong and said, "Young Master, are you sure."
"Shaorong is right, and besides, with just one glance at Mu Tingxuan, I can tell that he likes ugly people." Zhuang Hao said sincerely.
Yi Fan stared at Zhuang Hao, his eyes showing some displeasure.
Zhuang Hao smiled and said, "I'm telling the truth, your words may be true a lot of the times, but the things I say are usually true too."
Yi Fan, "Young Master Zhuang Hao, back when you cancelled the engagement, I remember hearing you say that your heart's like iron and stone, and that you'd never regret it."
Zhuang Hao: "…" Just how many times was Yi Fan going to bring up those annoying things from the past!
In any case, Yi Fan listened to Qi Shaorong's orders and picked a mask.
Chen Yuan blinked and asked Qi Shaorong, "Should I also wear one?"
"You?" Qi Shaorong looked at Chen Yuan and said, "Young Master Chen, you don't need to, your appearance is only so-so, it hasn't reached the level of being able to attract admirers wherever you go."
Chen Yuan: "…" Qi Shaorong, this guy, was always looking down on others, Qi Shaorong's looks… Ok fine, his looks really were handsome.
"Young Master Qi, I may not have reached that level, but you have! How about you wear one." Chen Yuan said.
Qi Shaorong waved his hand and said, "Me? I don't need it."
Chen Yuan was puzzled and said, "Why don't you need it!"
Qi Shaorong said unconcernedly, "I'm so powerful, no matter how many people I attract, I can deal with them."
Chen Yuan: "…"
"Tingxuan."
Hearing Yi Fan's voice, Mu Tingxuan turned around. When he saw what Yi Fan looked like, Mu Ting Xuan couldn't help but feel stunned.
"Why do you look like this?" Mu Tingxuan asked.
Yi Fan spread his hands and said, "Shaorong made me do this, he said I'll be more low-key this way."
Mu Tingxuan nodded and said, "Young Master is right, your original appearance was a little too eye-catching, it's easy to attract unwanted attention that way."
Yi Fan looked at Mu Tingxuan with surprise and said, "Tingxuan, you thought my original appearance was a little eye-catching?"
Mu Tingxuan nodded and said, "Yeah!"
"Then do you think I'm handsome?" Yi Fan asked cautiously.
Mu Tingxuan nodded and said, "Yes! You've always been very handsome."
Yi Fan lowered his head in embarrassment, his mask hiding the blush-red color of Yi Fan's face.
Zhuang Hao looked at Yi Fan's eyes, which were filled with unconcealable joy, and he couldn't help but feel a little dejected.
Yi Fan, this guy, sure has good luck! Although, what's wrong with Mu Tingxuan's eyesight! Someone like Yi Fan could be considered handsome? Someone like himself should be considered handsome instead, right.
"Gongzi." The girl who had been rescued by Zhuang Hao rushed over.
Zhuang Hao turned around, and the girl was immediately startled and took several steps back, "Gongzi, how did you become like this?"
"He actually looked like this originally, but then he changed his appearance, so he became very handsome." Yi Fan put his hand on Zhuang Hao's shoulder and said.
"So he changed his appearance before, why isn't it like that anymore?" The girl asked doubtfully.
Yi Fan smiled and said, "Because the human face mask he had used before to change his appearance broke, so he's stopped wearing it now."
The girl looked at Zhuang Hao, some panic flashing through her eyes, and she said, "I… I'll leave first."
Yi Fan started laughing and said, "This girl is too simple-minded! It was so easy to trick her, I'd originally thought it would be more difficult."
Zhuang Hao looked at Yi Fan and said, "Where's your mask?"
"There aren't many people here, so I won't wear it for the time being. I'll put it back on when we hit the road later." Yi Fan said.
Zhuang Hao nodded and said, "So it's like that! It's not because you're afraid that Mu Tingxuan will dislike you for being too ugly?"
Yi Fan: "…"
Yi Fan looked at Zhuang Hao and said with a fake smile, "Young Master Zhuang, just look at how you scared that girl off, it was probably the first time someone has run away from you in disgust, right."
Zhuang Hao: "…"
"Not everyone in this world will care about what you're like on the inside, you should protect your looks well, make sure you don't ruin your face." Yi Fan smiled and walked away.
Zhuang Hao looked at Yi Fan and thought: Why was there such a hindrance like Yi Fan by Qi Shaorong's side?
Zhuang Hao glanced in Chen Yuan's direction. When Chen Yuan saw Zhuang Hao looking at him, he gave him a stupid smile [2]. Zhuang Hao sighed and thought to himself: The people around Qi Shaorong weren't very helpful, but the people around him were even worse.
"Okay, now that those people are gone [3], let's quickly leave." Qi Shaorong said.
Yi Fan looked at Qi Shaorong and said, "Young Master, do you need to be so anxious?"
"That girl just received a shock and was scared away, but she'll probably come back to her senses soon. When she does, it'll be too late for us to leave then." Qi Shaorong said.
Zhuang Hao nodded and said, "Shaorong's words are reasonable, let's go."
Footnotes:
Said: Here a saying was used to describe how Zhuang Hao says this sentence, "with arrogance on account of one's seniority" or "showing the self-importance of the aged" (but it's probably not meant to be taken literally). It can also mean to be proud of one's age and experience.
Stupid smile: Can also mean a "smirk".
People: Originally QSR calls them "dragging oil bottles", it's used to describe the children of a woman from a previous marriage, when she brings them with her into a second marriage, it means like an unwanted hindrance or something.