The next day, early morning.
A little after five, Jiang Qiuran set an alarm, got up, and started doing her makeup.
Makeup was an essential skill for every girl in the arts department. The gap in makeup skills between girls could be even greater than the gap in their looks.
Jiang Qiuran had learned her makeup techniques from her mother. She had started experimenting a little in middle school, browsing posts on Little Red Book whenever she had time. Gradually, she mastered it and developed her own style.
She fussed over it from after five until seven.
Only then did she finally manage to finish.
She also had to wash and blow-dry her hair. To avoid waking her roommates, Jiang Qiuran could only go to the shared washroom on the floor and slowly dry it with the hair dryer on its lowest setting.
Her appearance was extremely important for today's outing.
She had to draw Su Bai's attention away from Chen Yusheng.
The thought seemed a little wicked, but Jiang Qiuran was serious. The backup she had kept around for so many years had suddenly been won over by someone else. Jiang Qiuran was utterly dejected, and even felt hostility toward Chen Yusheng, one of the people involved.
Meanwhile, Chen Yusheng slept peacefully until seven thirty. She stretched lazily in bed, turned her head, and saw Jiang Qiuran, fully dressed and made up, looking in the mirror.
She froze at once.
"Y-You're awake?"
Jiang Qiuran noticed Chen Yusheng's gaze through the mirror's reflection and immediately felt a little awkward.
Girls always found it embarrassing to dress up so meticulously in the dorm, because their roommates would inevitably get curious. Why were they dressing up so beautifully? Where were they going?
Obviously, they had an important man to see.
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