Inside the changing room behind the screen.
Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling were quietly hiding there.
The changing room was spacious enough that they did not need to squeeze together, but Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, the pair of close friends, still linked arms and huddled close together.
Mainly because, in this enclosed space without Ye Qifeng present, they could not help feeling a little pressured facing Qian Renxue alone, and their nerves showed plainly.
In such a tense atmosphere, people instinctively drew close to whatever made them feel safe.
Thus, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who were usually close enough to share the same dress, naturally gravitated toward their best friend and sought comfort in each other's company.
It had been fine outside, since Ye Qifeng had been there and made them feel safe. Though they still felt nervous around Qian Renxue, they had not lacked a sense of security as they did now.
Qian Renxue, on the other hand, felt neither nervous nor insecure. She was currently smiling as she watched Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling huddled together, their little faces full of anxiety, and found it rather amusing.
Of course, there was not the slightest malice in it.
Standing at a full one hundred eighty centimeters tall, Qian Renxue was unquestionably a crane among chickens among the three of them.
Perhaps because she had already tasted the forbidden fruit and been nourished by love, Qian Renxue's facial features had softened considerably. She had lost some of her cold, sharp edge, yet looked even more breathtaking and perfect, brimming with mature charm.
Her beauty and bearing rivaled those of her mother—ah, her older sister, Bibi Dong.
Before such a peerless beauty, even Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, whose looks were equally remarkable, could not help seeming