The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man-Chapter 116 - 115: Am I Beautiful?

"Yun Hao, why are you suddenly asking me this? You haven’t offended me!"

Li Hongmei looked at Yun Hao, a hurt expression on her face.

Yun Hao shuddered under her gaze.

That look... if it were Gu Jiaojiao or Xu Wenwan, it would have been absolutely enchanting. But coming from Li Hongmei, who now looked like a lump of coal, it was simply a disaster.

Yun Hao suppressed his intense discomfort.

"If I haven’t offended you, then why did you bring up Gu Jiaojiao in front of Wen Wan?"

Li Hongmei had tried to stir up trouble, and her failure had already left her annoyed.

And now, with Yun Hao questioning her like this, Li Hongmei felt even more aggrieved.

"I was just happy for you. If Gu Jiaojiao and Leng Yuan live a good life together and never bother you again, isn’t that a good thing?"

Her question left Yun Hao speechless.

It was as if the darkest part of his heart had been pried open.

His expression changed, and he spoke to Li Hongmei in an icy tone.

"Li Zhiqing, my affairs are none of your concern. Especially bringing up Gu Jiaojiao in front of Wen Wan. I don’t want her to get the wrong idea."

After speaking, he left without another moment’s delay.

Seeing Yun Hao avoid her like the plague, Li Hongmei stomped her foot in anger.

’How am I any worse than Xu Wenwan?’

She returned to her room in a huff.

The room was empty. The others were probably still on the mountain picking wild vegetables and hadn’t returned.

She sat there, thinking of Gu Jiaojiao’s mockery and Yun Hao’s disdain, and couldn’t help but touch her face.

Her skin was rough to the touch.

’Am I really that dark?’

Li Hongmei stood up. She knew Chen Ruoyu had a mirror.

’Since Chen Ruoyu isn’t here, it won’t matter if I use it for a bit.’

She got up, walked over to Chen Ruoyu’s desk, and took a mirror out of the drawer.

The back of the mirror featured two beautiful Shanghai women. It was the kind you could hang on a wall, a highly sought-after item at the time.

She held up the mirror and looked at the person in it.

When she saw the skin as dark as a lump of coal, Li Hongmei let out a "WAHH!" and burst into tears, frightened by her own reflection.

These past few days had been busy with trips up the mountain, on top of the continuous Qiushou.

She was dead tired every day and had no energy to think about her face.

As a result, she hadn’t looked in a mirror for a month.

Her originally wheat-colored skin had now truly turned to charcoal.

Staring at this dusky face and the large patch of sunspots under the corner of her eye, Li Hongmei simply couldn’t believe it.

"How did this happen? My face..."

’Now that I look like this, how am I supposed to seduce Yun Hao?’

Li Hongmei collapsed onto her bed and began to cry.

When Chen Ruoyu and the other female educated youths returned, they saw her like this and exchanged bewildered glances, not knowing what to do.

In the end, it was Chen Ruoyu who stepped forward to ask.

"Hong Mei, what’s wrong?"

Li Hongmei looked up with her red, swollen eyes, grabbed Chen Ruoyu’s hand, and said with a solemn expression.

"Ruoyu, tell me, am I beautiful?"

Chen Ruoyu: "..."

"Hong Mei, don’t put me in a difficult position."

Hearing Chen Ruoyu’s answer, Li Hongmei cried even harder.

WAHHH!

Chen Ruoyu was speechless.

After the Qiushou, everyone had gotten several shades darker. No one was much better off.

Li Hongmei never used to care much about her face, so why was she crying about it now? 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

She thought for a moment and couldn’t help but suggest, "They say if you cover up more, you can lighten your skin."

Hearing this, Li Hongmei immediately scrambled up, opened her suitcase, took out clothes, and wrapped herself up completely, leaving only her face exposed.

Then she looked at Chen Ruoyu.

"Ruoyu, will this work?"

Chen Ruoyu was at a loss for words. She wanted to tell the truth but was afraid Li Hongmei would start crying again, so she could only offer a tactful reminder.

"Hong Mei, getting fairer doesn’t happen overnight. You have to be persistent."

She meant for Li Hongmei to wear a little less, that a token effort would be enough.

But Li Hongmei looked at Chen Ruoyu with immense gratitude, her eyes brimming with tears.

"Ruoyu, you’re the best! Don’t worry, I’ll stick with it. I definitely won’t give up halfway."

Chen Ruoyu was conflicted.

’Should I warn her again? Dressed like that, Li Hongmei looks like a gorilla that just ran down from the mountain!’