The Two Sisters Who Deliberately Made Themselves Look Ugly

After Zhou Yao finished washing the dishes, he returned to the twin sisters, looked at them, and asked, "Can you walk now?"

One of the twins replied cautiously, "Husband, we can walk."

"Good. Then come with me."

With that, Zhou Yao turned and walked away. The twins slowly got to their feet and followed him, at a loss for what to do and terribly nervous.

Zhou Yao stopped and turned to the twins. "Go on in! I heated a big tub of water for you two. Give yourselves a good wash from head to toe."

"I imagine it's been a long time since you two had a proper bath. There are toiletries and clothes inside. Go on in and wash up!"

Hearing Zhou Yao's words, which brooked no argument, the twins replied, "All right... Thank you, husband."

The sisters bowed to Zhou Yao, then turned and went inside to bathe.

When they entered the bathing room and saw the big tub filled to the brim with water, their eyes filled with shock. It had been a very, very, very long time since either of them had bathed.

By now, they no longer even knew what a bath felt like. Because of what they had been through, the sisters had kept their faces smeared black, making themselves look unkempt as a disguise so that men would not covet their beautiful faces.

Now that both sisters had married Zhou Yao and been spared from going to that hell on earth, they were grateful to him from the bottom of their hearts, so they decided they no longer needed to keep up the disguise.

The sisters would show their original appearances and let their husband, Zhou Yao, see their true faces. They would be living with him from now on, so there was no need to pretend anymore.

The twins felt happy and a sweet warmth in their hearts that their husband had heated such a full tub of water for them to bathe in.

They slowly took off their clothes and began washing their hair and bathing. They spent about two hours washing every part of their bodies until they were spotless.

Then they put on the clothes Zhou Yao had prepared for them. Everything fit just right and was very comfortable.

Once both sisters had finished washing and dressing, they slowly came out and walked to the center of the main room. Seeing Zhou Yao sitting there drinking tea, the twins knelt before him.

"Thank you, husband, for choosing us sisters as your wives," they said. "Otherwise, we would have been sent straight to the military camp as military prostitutes and abused to death."

"We have no way to repay you. From now on, we'll serve you to the best of our ability and fulfill our duties as wives to repay your kindness."

With that, the twins kowtowed to Zhou Yao three times.

Looking at the twins kowtowing before him, Zhou Yao was truly stunned by their beauty. Beautiful—they were truly so beautiful, like fairies from the heavens.

Honestly, how was it that no man had chosen such beautiful women as wives? Were those men blind, or had the twins disguised themselves too well?

As far as Zhou Yao was concerned, he had stumbled upon a treasure, and he was absolutely delighted.

"You two, get up! Then sit down and let's talk."

"Yes, husband."

Once the sisters had sat down, Zhou Yao said slowly, "I really didn't expect you twins to be so beautiful. I think if you two hadn't deliberately made yourselves look ugly, you might have married long ago, right?"