Chapter 6: Is There Something Wrong with the Original Owner’s Brain?

Alright, Ling Xiaoli had now learned the truth behind yet another scandal involving the original owner.

In the original story, the original owner had announced in her livestream that she was going to further her vocal studies, after which she disappeared for two months.

Later, someone exposed the fact that she had never attended any vocal training at all. Some people even claimed that she had spent those two months giving birth to the company president’s child.

Tsk.

So the reason she had disappeared was because she had undergone plastic surgery.

Just how ugly had the original owner been?

Ugly enough that the company had forced her to get plastic surgery?

Ling Xiaoli watched Wang Yun leave, listening to the click-clack, click-clack of her eight-centimeter high heels fading into the distance.

Then she immediately wanted to rush off and remove her makeup.

But at that moment, her phone vibrated several times in quick succession. Ling Xiaoli had no choice but to pick it up.

She discovered several WeChat messages from someone whose nickname was Keke.

—Keke: Xiaoli, I just heard from A-Wei. You’ve been drinking! Drinking! You used to never touch alcohol! [Angry cat meme]

—Keke: Oh, right, that’s not the main point. A-Wei said you agreed to let that damn company make you undergo plastic surgery! [Shocked cat meme]

—Keke: Ahhh! Why didn’t you show your face during livestreams in the first place? If you didn’t want to show it, you should have kept it that way! Fine, you’re doing all kinds of performances now, but you’re even going to get plastic surgery! [Furious.jpg]

—Keke: Oh my god! Oh my god! If you dare to get plastic surgery, I’m cutting ties with you! [Forty-meter-long blade meme]

—Keke: I mean it!

Ling Xiaoli stared at her phone with the expression of an elderly person looking at a smartphone on the subway.

Her fingers flew across the screen.

—Ling Xiaoli: I’m going to remove my makeup first. We’ll talk later.

Original owner, what on earth did you look like?!

Ling Xiaoli tossed the phone aside, sprang to her feet, and dashed into the bathroom.

“Makeup remover, makeup remover! My precious makeup remover, where are you~”

“This isn’t it. Not this one either. Ah, here it is!”

After an enormous amount of effort, Ling Xiaoli finally managed to remove everything from her face.

And it wasn’t just makeup.

There was also the silver wig, colored contact lenses, a nose shaper, skin wax, and a whole pile of miscellaneous items.

The moment she removed every last thing, she felt as though she could finally breathe freely.

Ling Xiaoli raised her head.

All she could see was the black-haired, black-eyed woman in the mirror, water dripping from her chin.

“Holy crap! Who is this seductive vixen?!”

The woman in the mirror had luminous, creamy skin.

Her peach blossom eyes shimmered with watery light, hazy and alluring. The slight fullness beneath each eye added even more charm.

A high nose bridge, a pointed chin, and finally, full, rosy lips that looked as though they were about to drip with sweetness.

When she finally saw her real face, Ling Xiaoli drew in a sharp breath.

Hiss—

Was there something wrong with the original owner’s brain?!

Was there something wrong with everyone in her company?!

Her bare face was already almost as beautiful as Su Daji. What more did they want her to turn into?!

Ling Xiaoli repeatedly kneaded and pinched her face, confirming that what she was seeing was real.

So the original owner had known that she was beautiful, which was why she didn’t want plastic surgery?

What about the company?

The company definitely knew what she really looked like too. So why had they forced her to undergo surgery?!

Perhaps it was for the sake of her…

Persona?

For the sake of a cute goddess persona that the company had already managed to promote to the level of a near-top-tier internet celebrity, they were willing to destroy the original owner’s Su Daji-like face?

Hmm…

She could completely imagine it.

Starting over would require more than just money. There was no guarantee that they could even regain her current status.

In this era, there were countless beautiful people, but only a tiny fraction of them became famous.

The moment there was even the slightest risk, the company would never agree.

But thinking about the messages Keke had just sent, Ling Xiaoli guessed that the original owner had probably been led into this situation step by step.

First, she had signed an ordinary contract and fallen into the trap.

Later, she had been deceived into signing a contract with a sky-high termination fee.

She had gone from never showing her face to appearing on camera.

From never drinking alcohol to frequently getting blackout drunk.

And finally, she had even lost control over her own face…