Age of Heroes, 10-game winning streak

The short-haired working girl clasped her hands together and said, "How could there be such an idiot in this world... ahem, a good guy? What's he trying to achieve?"

"Well, I don't know either," the receptionist said with a smile. "I've also heard from friends that the Alchemist Association seems to be promoting the unlocking of some elixir recipes, gradually relaxing the patent monopoly, and providing some convenience to ordinary consumers in the market and ordinary people like us."

"Wow, doesn't that mean we can buy lower-priced and more affordable pills in the future?"

"Of course, that's in the future, but things will probably get better and better in the future," said the receptionist.

The long-haired girl, Lili, muttered to herself, "The idol effect... when one person stands out, they attract a lot of responses."

She asked, “Can I see a photo or video of that Danshi?”

"Wait a minute, I'll send it to you."

Just as the two girls were about to open the video footage from the scene to see what was going on, a figure approached. The long-haired girl immediately turned around and distanced herself, saying cautiously, "Please respect yourself. This is a formal occasion!"

The visitor raised his hand: "I'm not trying to take advantage, please don't misunderstand me."

He pointed to his phone and said, "I'm very interested in the video you just watched. Can you lend it to me?"

The young man introduced himself: "Um... my name is Ren Nanbei."

Chapter 466 Thrush

Ruyi Pavilion, Dragon and Phoenix Hall.

Bai Yu and the other two were the first to arrive. This box was quite spacious.

There is a sofa and a coffee table, and next to it is a round dining table that can accommodate fifteen people.

The interior decoration style is that of the last century, which is more Chinese in style, low-key and elegant, without any jewels or gems. The lighting is also soft antique lamps.

After entering, the temperature is also within the appropriate range.

At this time, Bai Yu had just sat down, and his eyes fell on Su Ruoli's face, who finally put down the fan.

The two of them were sitting relatively close to each other.

This was the first time Bai Yu had noticed the difference between Su Ruoli after she left the beauty salon and after she had gone. Previously, due to the dim streetlights and her attempts to hide her appearance, she hadn't noticed. But now, after a closer look, she could clearly see the difference between her childhood sweetheart's makeup and hairstyle after the salon's meticulous care...

Not pretty.

No, that's a bit too absolute.

It should be said that she made the same mistake as Mu Yaoxi, but Mu Yaoxi at least matched her clothes to a set, but Su Ruoli's makeup was really too cold.

She usually only wears light makeup at most. The makeup in a beauty salon usually requires several beauticians to work together, taking two or three hours to go through more than a dozen steps and twenty kinds of cosmetics in turn.

The beauty salon must have been trying to style Su Ruoli as a cold beauty, and with her white and green cheongsam, she looked like a white rose under the moon.

But she is an iconic Jiangnan beauty. Even though she is tall, when she stays with him, her eyes are full of tenderness. There is no trace of nobility and coldness. She is not a white rose, but a white moonlight.

Who says moonlight has to be cold?

Bai Yu sighed.

Su Ruoli nervously grabbed the corner of her clothes. She was obviously aware of this problem. After the makeup was completed, she was not satisfied with it. It really did not match her style. It was not that it was not good-looking, but that it was not perfect. Good makeup can make her temperament shine to the greatest extent, instead of having to do something ridiculous like adding ice cubes to cream.

But time is tight and there is no time to remove makeup or make changes.

So I kept it hidden before, not wanting to be seen.

"That beauty salon isn't good." Bai Yu said directly, "Don't go there next time."

She dressed up from a 97-point girl to a 93-point girl. What a bad taste.

"That place has a long queue, it's quite famous in Beijing." Mu Yaoxi opened the makeup mirror: "I also got a VIP card."

"You can give this card to someone you don't like."

"Good idea!"

Su Ruoli stood up and said, "I'm going to take off my makeup."

"Don't worry." Bai Yu grabbed her wrist and pushed her back onto the sofa: "Actually, it can still be salvaged."

"How to remedy it?"

"Take out your makeup bag first."

Su Ruoli sat down obediently. She was not a woman who loved beauty, but women dress up to please themselves.

Bai Yu opened her makeup bag and began, "You guys wear makeup all the time, so your skills must be better than mine. I'm not going to argue with that. I don't know how to put on makeup, but I do understand aesthetics."

"Although there are many problems with this makeup, fortunately the overall structure is unified. It is impossible to completely change it, so I can only modify one part."

"right here."

He stretched out his finger, dipped it in makeup remover and gently brushed the girl's eyebrows.

"Eyebrows?" Mu Yaoxi bent over and looked at them: "Are these eyebrows inappropriate?"

"An extremely important step in makeup is drawing eyebrows. If you've watched cartoons, you'll know that the angle of the eyebrows can directly affect the overall expression of a face. You can tell whether a person is a master or a comedian from their eyebrows. The ancients also mentioned idioms such as 'eyebrows flying with joy' and 'eyebrows conveying emotions' because eyebrows play a key role in expressing emotions. The shape and length of eyebrows also directly affect the style of a face. A poet once said, 'Eyebrows are fixed and static, but when they move, they are more charming than eyes.'"

Bai Yu spoke freely about his understanding, "The beauty salon used a cool, bluish-gray color for Ruoli's eyebrows, which isn't really suitable for Daxia skin. Although they used makeup to make her skin look very white, like blue and white porcelain, they were too focused on looking cool. They used willow-shaped eyebrows and a cool, forest-themed color scheme. They were so focused on the technique that it felt like a show of skill, without considering the customer's needs. There's really no need to go to this kind of beauty salon again."

Mu Yaoxi held the cosmetics in her arms, like an operating table assistant waiting to be fed medical supplies. "I understand what you're trying to say. What's important isn't the technique, but the thought... But they only treat us as customers, so how could they consider the thought? Showing off your technique, making them look ever-changing and stunning, that's what a beauty salon should do."

Bai Yu didn't refute it. He just said, "My daughter was dressed up like this by them, and I can't say a few words of disrespect?"

Mu Yaoxi was speechless for a moment, and replied in a muffled voice: "You are right."

Su Ruoli chuckled.

Bai Yu spread out his hands and said, "Bring me a pen."

"what colour?"

"Let me think..." Bai Yu said after thinking for a moment, "Dark coffee color."

After taking the eyebrow pencil, he gestured at several points on Su Ruoli's face. There is a technique to drawing eyebrows, a simple three-point positioning method.

Drawing eyebrows only requires a few quick strokes, but outlining them takes more time. Bai Yu's hand speed is fast enough. He concentrates his mental power and begins to outline and think about matching various eyebrow shapes on Su Ruoli's face.

At this time, Su Ruoli stared at Bai Yu's expression closely, and noticed that his brows were slightly furrowed because of serious thinking, and she couldn't help but smile.

In fact, she had been given a cold-toned makeup look when she went to a beauty salon before, partly because her expression was too stiff. It was her first time having her face manipulated by a group of people, and her muscles couldn't relax.

But in front of him, the girl relaxed completely, and the lines and facial contours she had drawn suddenly softened, making it the perfect time to draw her eyebrows.

Bai Yu also noticed this, his brows relaxed, and his gaze met Su Ruoli's. Their eyes locked... This was exactly what childhood sweethearts who had known each other for more than ten years rarely did.

Looking into someone's eyes is an offense, and adults will subconsciously avoid the other person's gaze and instead stare at the other person's shoulders or other places to conceal their own thoughts and emotions.

Bai Yu didn't remind her, but picked up the eyebrow pencil and began to outline carefully, with gentle movements, deliberately slow, steady hands, and full concentration.

Su Ruoli felt her face was itchy, which was different from the last time she was in the beauty salon. At that time, she felt that the fingers of the other party were cold and she was not used to it. But now it felt like the wind was blowing across her cheeks, and there were leaves rustling. The itchy feeling was very comfortable, making her feel like a lazy cat having its head rubbed by warm fingers.

She was reluctant to close her eyes, wanting to keep watching the other person's movements, and her heartbeat became clearly audible.

Mu Yaoxi unconsciously took two steps away. She felt that it would be better for her not to appear next to the two of them to avoid disturbing them.

Since ancient times, it has been a very private matter for a man to draw a woman's eyebrows. It is something that can only be done between husband and wife, and it is also a story worth passing on.

During the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han in ancient times, a man named Zhang Chang had a childhood sweetheart. When they were playing as children, he accidentally broke the face of a girl from the same village as his neighbor by throwing a stone, leaving a scar on her eyebrow. Later, when he grew up and became an official and returned home in glory, he saw the scar on the girl's eyebrow and took the initiative to propose marriage to her. They got married.

Zhang Chang would get up early every morning and draw his wife's eyebrows. This matter was spread out, and Zhang Chang's political enemies in the court used this to attack him. When faced with the emperor's inquiry, Zhang Chang frankly replied, "There are joys in the boudoir that are even greater than drawing eyebrows." After this retort, Zhang Chang served as the Jingzhao Yin for ten years, and never ranked among the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers in his entire life.

Later, the story of Zhang Chang painting his wife's eyebrows spread, and people began to follow his example.

This is the eternal story of Zhang Chang painting eyebrows.

Therefore, for women, eyebrow drawing is a matter of great importance. The depth, shallowness, length, shape and geometry of the eyebrows are all carefully considered. Every frown, smile, stroke and stroke expresses emotion.

Looking at eyebrows, one can see all kinds of charm. But painting eyebrows, one can see lingering affection.

Lifting the chin, she carefully outlined her eyebrows with a pencil, gently drawing them with a gentle and affectionate gesture.

The more attentive Bai Yu was, the more it proved his true feelings for Su Ruoli.

As Mu Yaoxi watched, she felt as if a stone was pressing on her heart. Who wouldn't envy such a beautiful relationship between childhood sweethearts? Regardless of gender, who wouldn't want it?

She thought silently, how wonderful it would be if there was a man like this who was willing to draw her eyebrows.

No, she thought immediately afterwards, it’s not about finding someone who is willing to draw her eyebrows, but about finding someone who is willing to have her eyebrows drawn.

Some things cannot be suppressed, like the green leaves growing on the treetops, which will not fall down no matter how windy, rainy or shaking they are. But at the right time, they will suddenly fall down and land on the umbrella passing by under the tree.

This is fate.

Looking at the scenery of the thrush, she felt her heart beating fast.

Bai Yu loosened his fingers and put down his eyebrow pencil: "I'm done."

He picked up the mirror and turned it sideways: "How about taking a look?"

Su Ruoli looked at the mirror, her eyes moving and she smiled sweetly. What was reflected in the mirror was no longer the cold and arrogant fairy Chang'e and the snow-capped plum blossoms on the lonely peak, but a touch of white moonlight falling in her palm.

She was very satisfied with this eyebrow drawing.

She is also very grateful to the beauty salon for the special assistance they gave her.

She didn't want to say thank you for Bai Yu's efforts.

(Jade branches and trees are not willing to give in to each other. Thin cloud clothes, slender willow waist. The general makeup is all kinds of delicate. Eyebrows and eyes are fine, as if painted. The east wind shakes the grass and flowers. I have no idea what to do, I climb the green branches. The night starts, and the two men sing and drink. The man is not drunk yet, he has a golden sable)

(Zhang Xian's "Drunk in Red Makeup (Zhonglü Tune)")

……

Outside the half-open window of the Dragon and Phoenix Hall, Ren Nanbei stood silently in the corridor and raised his hand to ask the other party to postpone the serving of the dishes for ten minutes.

He is not a man who does not understand romance. Although cultivation and killing are everything to him, beautiful things will always make people happy and smile.

Ren Nanbei recalled the videos and photos from the Danshi Association that he had seen before, and looked at the young man who was seriously drawing Qingmei's eyebrows.

“There’s no better way to be a winner in life than this.”

"I'm jealous, I'm jealous."

He muttered a few words to himself and was about to leave when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Mu Yaoxi walking out of the door. She was staring at the courtyard alone, looking quite distraught.

Ren Nanbei's heart skipped a beat. He turned around and pressed his hand between his eyebrows: "What a sin!"

Chapter 467 High-End Game

It doesn't take much time to draw the thrush of white elm.

It actually only took about five minutes.

After he withdrew his hand, he held Su Ruoli's chin and looked at her carefully for a few seconds, then nodded with satisfaction, very satisfied with his work: "It's okay, it looks good."

Su Ruoli smiled and said, "Shouldn't I be the one saying this?"

"If I say yes, it's yes." Bai Yu encouraged: "Trust my aesthetic."

"How domineering." Miss Su blinked: "But I'm very happy~"

She grabbed the corner of Bai Yu's clothes and said, "But I want you to promise me one thing - from now on you can only draw eyebrows for me."

When Bai Yu heard this line, he immediately felt like he had become Zhang Wuji.

Shouldn't there be a Zhou Zhiruo outside the window at this moment?

dong dong dong——!

There was really a knock on the door. Bai Yu's heart skipped a beat and he turned around, fearing that Tao Rusu or Amemiya Mahiru would walk in.

Fortunately, it was Ren Nanbei who walked in. He knocked on the door and said, "Um, I hope I didn't interrupt your emotional exchange."

Bai Yu stood up and saluted: "Brother Ren."

"That's too formal. Just call me Nanbei." Ren Nanbei said with a smile, "I didn't expect that in less than half a day, you'd made big news again, Junior Brother Bai. After this, I'm afraid the entire alchemy world will be grateful to you. In another ten years, your name will be in textbooks, and the Alchemist Association will have a plaque of honor for you."

Bai Yu smiled and said, "Senior Ren is well-informed. I'm just doing some small things within my ability."

"You're quite modest." Ren Nanbei stroked his chin and said, "Or do you really regard it as a trivial matter?"

Bai Yu smiled but said nothing, neither agreeing nor making any comment.

Ren Nanbei sighed, "I can't see through you... You can choose a seat and take a seat first. Others will be here soon."

After Bai Yu took his seat, Su Ruoli and Mu Yaoxi, who had just returned from the restroom, began to ask, "What did you do at the Alchemist Association?"

"Didn't you say you were going to take the test?"