Blood-red firelight flickered across everyone's faces. Aside from Liang Ying, several of the prettier actresses present all had dark shadows on their faces.
The shadows followed the contours of their facial bones, twitching faintly from time to time, as though adjusting their facial muscles and skin to present them in their most perfect state.
Looking closely, these actresses really were beautiful, with absolutely no signs of cosmetic surgery on their faces. They were standard natural beauties.
Li Fan had occasionally seen these people on television. He knew that aside from Liang Ying's explosive rise to fame, the other supporting actresses had also seen their popularity soar.
Their selling point seemed to be natural beauty.
And they did indeed look beautiful.
Interesting...
Liang Ying continued telling her story, her voice mournful. Paired with her stunning face, she looked so pitiful that one could not help but feel sorry for her.
But under the blood-red firelight, all Li Fan saw was black shadows writhing across her face, making her look like a ghost.
...Liang Ying's parents had simply vanished.
When she heard that her parents had gone to welcome the Lord of Unity, eighteen-year-old Liang Ying had even been happy.
She had been proud of them.
But as her fame grew and her status within the organization rose, Liang Ying gradually came to understand that her parents had been sacrificed during a ritual to the Lord of Unity.
She was lost, terrified, and utterly helpless.
Yet under the relentless brainwashing of the other Unity Society members every day, she gradually accepted it. Then, under the Unity Society's arrangements, she came to Central Province to further her career.
During that time, they hired a professional management team for her.
Every member of the team believed in the Lord of Unity. Even her manager,