The men who had been arguing so heatedly fell silent at the sight. They gathered around him to see exactly what he was going to do.
As they watched, each looked utterly stunned, their mouths hanging open wide enough to fit a duck egg.
They watched Shen Shixu dip a brush into cosmetic powder and paint a few strokes here, dab a little there on his face. His once breathtaking looks immediately became utterly unremarkable.
It was clearly still the same face, yet the impression it gave was completely different.
Shen Shixu had possessed picturesque features, a high nose bridge, and exceptionally fine bone structure, with flesh and bone in perfect harmony. His large, fluttering eyes in particular could make anyone swoon.
Now, however, those large, fluttering eyes looked less lively than before, and his bone structure no longer seemed so perfect. His cheeks appeared slightly sunken.
His fair skin had turned pallid, making him look like a sickly man—albeit a wealthy sickly man, since he had not changed his clothes.
Seeing their shocked expressions, Shen Shixu said with a touch of smugness, "Well? If I go in looking like this, no one will try to take advantage of me, right?"
Even after hearing that, Xiao Jinyi still felt uneasy about letting him go. But he also knew that Shen Shixu had gone to all this trouble precisely so he could investigate the place himself.
No amount of arguing would stop him. They might as well go along.
"That works, but we're coming with you. Do our makeup too."
Bai Lixi and the others immediately crowded closer. They had already found it fascinating to watch, and getting to experience it themselves was even better.
Shen Shixu spent more than an hour applying makeup to each of them to disguise their