My daily mountain driving, I met a fox at the beginning and got married

"What's wrong, Mr. Zhang? Is my face ugly? Or have you noticed something wrong?" Xiao Xiao asked anxiously.

“Your appearance is very beautiful. However, from what I observe, there is a dark aura gathered between your three facial sections and five eyes. Have you been in contact with anything strange recently? This dark aura is clinging to your face and will cause irreversible damage to your soul.”

Zhang Hao gently touched her brow, his two fingers tracing the brow bone to probe her soul state. Xiao Xiao instinctively wanted to pull away, but Li Zixuan explained that this was a necessary step in the examination.

Although she was dissatisfied, she could only suppress it.

Hearing this, Xiaoxiao became even more displeased, and at the same time felt a little guilty: "Aren't you a health expert? Why are you acting like a feudal superstition charlatan?"

Zhang Hao continued to examine her soul more closely, while Li Zixuan smoothed things over, saying, "It can't all be called superstition. My friend is quite knowledgeable in this area and is very skilled in feng shui and physiognomy."

"These are all feudal remnants, completely devoid of scientific basis. How can you still believe in these things? Even a normally educated person wouldn't believe them, would they?" Xiao Xiao had already sensed something was wrong, and leaned back slightly, trying to keep her distance from them.

"Scientific basis? Can science explain everything? There are many phenomena that science cannot explain, aren't there? For example, can science explain your sudden increase in beauty?"

Li Zixuan smiled and asked in return.

Xiao Xiao's expression changed drastically, and her tone turned cold: "What do you mean by that? Is it abnormal for me to become more beautiful? What's wrong with me becoming more beautiful? Is it a crime? Besides, this is a normal change during the treatment process. How can you say that there is no scientific basis for it?"

Xiaoxiao became particularly agitated when the topic of changes in her appearance came up. Clearly, she was exceptionally sensitive to this issue.

If one becomes more beautiful through normal means, an ordinary person shouldn't have such a strong reaction.

This reaction itself speaks volumes.

After completing the examination, Zhang Hao looked at her with a serious expression.

"You should know perfectly well why you've become more beautiful, right?"

Xiao Xiao's expression changed several times; she felt immense pressure facing the stranger's questioning.

Zhang Hao wanted to communicate properly, but the woman's reaction was too extreme, so he had to be direct.

"I already said it was just a coincidence. Besides, this is how I was supposed to look. You invited me out just to talk about this? How boring! Forget it, I'm never going out to eat with you guys again, it's really pointless."

Xiao Xiao got up, pushed the chair away, and was about to leave.

Li Zixuan received the hint and quickly stepped forward to press her back into her seat.

"Don't rush off, at least finish your coffee."

Xiao Xiao glared angrily: "What do you mean?"

"We don't mean anything special, we just want to explore the truth behind your transformation. Judging from your expression, you should know how you became beautiful. Now we're giving you one last chance to be honest, otherwise your life may be in danger."

Zhang Hao seemed to be simply stating facts, but his words sent chills down Xiaoxiao's spine.

"I don't understand what you're saying. Let me go, I want to leave."

She struggled slightly, clearly not wanting to attract the attention of other guests.

Their movements were very quiet, and their voices were very low. Other guests couldn't hear what they were saying and assumed it was just a normal argument, so they didn't pay much attention.

“You are missing one of your three souls and seven spirits. Did you come into contact with a faceless monster? He promised to help you become beautiful, and you agreed to sell one of your souls to him, right?”

Zhang Hao's determined gaze and confident tone put immense pressure on Xiao Xiao.

She rolled her eyes guiltily, gritting her teeth and refusing to admit it: "I don't know what you're talking about! Let me go, I want to leave here!" Seeing that she was stubborn, Zhang Hao used a freezing talisman to fix her in her seat.

Xiao Xiao suddenly became unable to move and immediately panicked.

"What did you do to me? Let me go!"

Zhang Hao used a soundproofing spell to ensure that their conversation would not be heard by other guests.

"Tell me, how did Faceless find you in the first place? And how did he persuade you to sell your soul?"

Xiao Xiao gritted her teeth and refused to confess.

Li Zixuan rolled his eyes: "I advise you to stop pretending. We are exorcists who specialize in slaying demons and monsters. The guy who made you beautiful is an evil spirit we need to eliminate. Ordinary people who sell their souls will soon have problems, such as losing most of their lifespan or their beautiful face aging rapidly. Can you bear these consequences?"

The reason why the cold umbrella could remain normal was because she had practiced a martial arts technique, which allowed her to barely maintain it.

If an ordinary person is missing one of the three souls and seven spirits, they will definitely not live long.

"I don't understand what you're talking about. Are you playing a prank? Please don't do this." Her little eyes flickered, and her words were ambiguous.

Zhang Hao said bluntly, "We're not going to bother with you anymore. We'll let you go, but don't blame us if you become ugly. Even if you beg us for help then, we won't lift a finger. Are you sure you want this?"

She swallowed hard.

She was struggling internally, unsure whether to believe what the person in front of her was saying.

"I'll count to three. If you still refuse to confess, we'll let you go. But we've already advised you, but good advice is hard to persuade a damn fool. Don't blame us for not helping you later."

Zhang Hao pointed to a point in the air, and Xiao Xiao, who had been completely imprisoned, suddenly felt free again.

However, after regaining her freedom, Xiao Xiao did not immediately get up and leave.

Her face showed struggle, and after a few seconds of silence, she asked uncertainly, "Is what you're saying... all true?"

Li Zixuan couldn't bear to see his boss being doubted, even if the other party was a beautiful woman: "Of course it's true! If you don't believe us, you can verify it for yourself. But let's be clear first, we can't help you then."

Xiao Xiao bit her lip, hesitated for a moment, and finally clenched her fist and said, "Okay... I'll tell you..."

Xiaoxiao recounted her journey to becoming beautiful and the reason she encountered the faceless creature. Simply put, because of her ugly appearance, Xiaoxiao suffered discrimination and contempt from a young age. She dreamed of becoming beautiful, so she prayed every day that God would grant her a change.

Perhaps heaven heard her prayers, for she did indeed encounter a monster that could make her beautiful.

The monster was a face; it said it could make her beautiful, but she would have to sell her soul.

In order to become beautiful, she agreed to the evil spirit's conditions, and then she really began to gradually become beautiful.

After becoming beautiful, the attitudes of those around her completely changed. However, she remained anxious, fearing that one day she would lose her looks, and thus lived in constant fear.

But beauty can be intoxicating, especially the adulation from those around her, which makes it hard for her to extricate herself.

This is an extremely contradictory state of mind.

Xiao Xiao knew this wasn't good, but the friendliness she received after becoming beautiful made her unable to accept the consequence of becoming ugly again.

"...Do you think I'll really become ugly? I don't want to...Is there any way for me to stay the way I am now? I really don't want to go back to how I was before..." (End of Chapter)