Hu Yan's ice-blue eyes lingered on the door for a moment before he answered, "Mm."
Lang Qiu looked at him. "What are you thinking?"
Hu Yan lowered his gaze, his thoughts hidden. After a long moment, he said, "It needs to be verified."
Hearing this, Lang Qiu didn't press the matter further. Hu Yan was the most intelligent among them. Since he said it needed to be verified, they just had to wait for the results.
After Bai Zhi locked the door, her heart was still pounding. Only after she was certain they wouldn't come in did it finally start to calm down a few moments later.
She went into the bathroom. Just as she was about to wash up, she suddenly saw a very plain and unfamiliar face in the mirror.
Startled, Bai Zhi took a few steps back. She glanced around; she was the only one in the bathroom. That meant the person in the mirror... was her.
She stepped back in front of the mirror. The face looking back at her bore some resemblance to her face from her modern life, but the skin was rough and dull, and her cheeks were covered in freckles.
Bai Zhi: "..."
'It would be pretty upsetting to be stuck with this face.'
She suddenly remembered the Beauty Enhancement Pill the system had rewarded her with. 'As expected, the system never gives out a reward for no reason!'
She took out the Beauty Enhancement Pill and swallowed it. A few minutes passed, but there was no change in her face.
Bai Zhi couldn't help but summon the system. "Is this Beauty Enhancement Pill a fake? Why isn't it working?"
[Host, the Beauty Enhancement Pill requires a certain amount of time to clear out impurities after being consumed. The effects are not immediate. Things with immediate effects are called makeup or Photoshop!]
Bai Zhi: "Oh..."
After getting the system's answer, she put the matter to the back of her mind, finished washing up, and went to bed.
「The next morning.」
Hu Yan was in the living room drinking a glass of water when he heard the door to Bai Zhi's room open. He turned his head, and upon seeing her, he froze for a moment, then composed himself and said, "Your face..."
Bai Zhi hadn't yet processed the fact that she had transmigrated into a book yesterday. Hearing someone else in the house, she froze for a second before her mind cleared. Then, thinking of what Hu Yan had said, she asked with a blank expression, "What's wrong with my face?"
The moment the words left her mouth, she suddenly remembered taking the Beauty Enhancement Pill last night. She spun around and rushed back into her room.
When she got a clear look at the face in the mirror, she let out a sharp scream. "AHH—"
'I can't believe the Beauty Enhancement Pill is this effective!'
'This is a completely different face from the one I saw last night!'
'It's starting to look a bit like my old self.'
Yan Yichen had been sound asleep. Thinking a beast was attacking, he shot up from his bed and rushed to Bai Zhi's room.
Yue Junxiao, his fluffy white hair a messy tangle, struck a fighting pose. "Did a beast break in?"
Bai Zhi turned her head, blinking with a blank, innocent expression.
Yue Junxiao was baffled. "???"
Then, his expression turned to one of horror. "Who are you?! What are you doing in our house?"
Hearing Yue Junxiao's voice, the others started to arrive one after another.
When they got a clear look at Bai Zhi's face, they were all stunned.
"Y-your face..."
"How did it change so much?"
Bai Zhi wondered how on earth she was going to explain this. Her face had changed so drastically overnight it was like she was a different person. Not only had it become fairer, but all the blemishes and pimples had vanished. Her skin was now as smooth and tender as a peeled egg, fair with a subtle, rosy glow.
Bai Zhi's round eyes darted around. "Ahem... I bought some skincare products yesterday."
Yan Yichen and Yue Junxiao didn't doubt her in the slightest. They nodded in sudden understanding. 'So that was why our wife's skin was so dark before—she just didn't have the money for good skincare products.'
Seeing that her lie had worked, Bai Zhi had just breathed a sigh of relief when she turned and met Hu Yan's all-knowing, pale blue eyes. Her heart skipped a beat.
'I forgot Hu Yan isn't as gullible as Yan Yichen and Yue Junxiao.'
Bai Zhi pressed her lips together and pretended not to notice his suspicion. 'As long as I deny it to the death, he can't do anything to me without proof.'
Just then.
[System Daily Mission: Please spend 1,000,000.00 Star Coins on your five Beast Husbands within two hours.]
[Mission Reward: 1,000,000.00 Star Coins and one top-grade protective suit.]
Hearing the mission issued by the system, Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow at the perfect timing.
'This mission came at just the right time.' She had been worried about what to do if things got violent at the birthday banquet, and now, here was a protective suit!
'Judging by the effect of the Beauty Enhancement Pill the system gave me, this top-grade protective suit must be something special, too.'
At this thought, Bai Zhi's mood brightened considerably. She announced, "Get ready. I'm taking you all to buy formal wear for the banquet."
There weren't many places on Blue Star that sold formal attire for banquets. The original owner of this body had never attended a banquet and thus owned no formal wear. As for her Beast Husbands, they barely had clothes to wear, let alone formal suits.
Right before they were about to leave, Yan Yichen appeared at the door with a sour look on his face. Surprised, Bai Zhi glanced behind him but saw no one. She then asked, "Where are the others?"
Yan Yichen pressed his perfectly proportioned lips together. "They're busy. I'll go with you."
None of them had wanted to go, but he lost at rock-paper-scissors, so he was the one sent to accompany Bai Zhi to buy the outfits.
It was only a million Star Coins. Bai Zhi bought a few formal outfits, some accessories, a little fruit, and some snacks, and quickly spent the entire million.
[Congratulations, Host. Mission complete. 1,000,000.00 Star Coins have been successfully issued. The top-grade protective suit has been successfully placed in the Host's inventory. Please check for it.]
'With this top-grade protective suit, I can go to the birthday banquet without any fear!'