"What? Huh?" Shen Fangli looked up blankly, not knowing what Yan Xianjue was talking about.
Yan Xianjue had turned around too quickly. She had not even had time to check whether her foundation had rubbed off on his suit jacket.
Yan Xianjue clicked his tongue, reached out to pinch her cheeks, and applied slight pressure, forcing Shen Fangli to raise her head and meet his eyes.
"I'm talking about you. You've been distracted all day. What's going on?"
"Don't you usually love gossip the most?"
"Not in the mood today?"
That shouldn't be it. She was perfectly fine when she was practicing driving before.
Shen Fangli tugged at the corners of her mouth and put on a smile. "It's nothing..."
But then, from the corner of her eye, she caught sight of her stiff smile reflected in the window behind Yan Xianjue.
In the end, she shrugged helplessly. "Ah, was it really that obvious?"
Yan Xianjue raised another hand and smoothed away the upward curve of her lips. "If you don't want to smile, then don't. It doesn't look good at all."
After he said that, Shen Fangli burst out laughing.
She snorted. "You're the only one who talks so unpleasantly. How could I not look good? My dad said I've been beautiful since I was little."
She raised her chin, looking proud and self-assured. "When I grow up, I'll definitely be a stunning beauty capable of toppling cities and kingdoms."
Well... that isn't wrong. As the female lead of a redemption story, Su Su naturally had that gentle, girl-next-door kind of beauty. Otherwise, how could she attract a wealthy young master who had seen countless beauties since childhood?
And for a vicious supporting female character, dazzling beauty and an aggressively striking appearance were practically standard, weren't they?
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