CHAPTER 173: CHAPTER 173: MASTERFUL SKILLS

"Clever!" Rong Qingqing praised the young nurse, "You really are wasting your talents as a nurse."

Rong Qingqing rummaged through the makeup bag, then took the palest shade of cushion foundation and gently applied a thin layer on her face. She then picked another shade and lightly covered her lips with it.

Originally rosy, her complexion turned pale in an instant.

Even her lips were ashen.

Rong Qingqing also made subtle adjustments to her eyebrows and eyeliner.

Then, looking up again, her originally striking beauty transformed into the frail elegance of a sickly beauty like Lin Daiyu.

This face, without a magnifying glass, you couldn’t tell she was wearing makeup.

At first glance, she was still Rong Qingqing, but the impression she gave was completely transformed.

Lin Bufan was awestruck, "Miss Qingqing, your skills are superb, truly impressive."

"Of course not?" Rong Qingqing closed the makeup bag, her tone very proud.

Then she tilted her head back and thanked the young nurse, "Please help me put this back, I’ll buy you something delicious when I return."

Rong Qingqing went out in the wheelchair again, and only then did Shen Qiao come downstairs, just in time to hear the words "something delicious."

"Is Sister Qingqing going to get me something delicious?" Shen Qiao asked Lin Bufan happily.

"Ah~ in your dreams," Lin Bufan patted Shen Qiao’s head. "Have you finished your homework? You really don’t need my help?"

Shen Qiao hesitated for a few seconds, then seriously shook his head, "No need, I promised my Sister Qingqing that I would study hard. Since she’s going to get me something tasty, I mustn’t let her down!"

After speaking, Shen Qiao waved his hand, "I’m heading back upstairs. When Sister Qingqing returns, remember to call me!"

Shen Qiao happily went back upstairs to continue with his homework.

After Shen Qiao returned to his room, Shen Jue finally played the recording that Rong Qingqing had just sent him.

The recording was lengthy, taking Shen Jue over three minutes to listen through.

Throughout the recording, only Shen Xingwei’s voice could be heard. Shen Jue stood by the floor-to-ceiling window watching, while Rong Qingqing had replied to Shen Xingwei, she had not recorded her own voice.

Shen Jue curled his lips, guessing that Rong Qingqing had employed a clever maneuver by putting on makeup without even entering the door, intending to make a complaint. She wisely refrained from recording her own voice, likely because her responses to Shen Xingwei weren’t pleasant.

Lin Bufan stood by, having listened for a long time and was quite stupefied.

"Boss, the second branch truly exceeds my expectations with their brazen shamelessness," Lin Bufan clicked his tongue three times, "once again I’m in awe."

"She’s not dumb," Shen Jue’s gaze followed Rong Qingqing, who had left some time ago.

She wasn’t moving quickly, and her small figure was still visible.

"Shen Xingwei might genuinely want to reconcile with Miss Qingqing, but the second branch only intends to use her from start to finish,

not to mention that Miss Qingqing has deeply offended Liao Yamei. Liao Yamei simply can’t accept Rong Qingqing,

there’s the collaboration between the second branch and the main branch of the Rong Family. Even if Shen Xingwei could avoid marrying Rong Jiaojiao in the end, he definitely wouldn’t have any chance with Rong Qingqing."

Lin Bufan said, "Or rather, once Shen Xingwei compromised and agreed to give up on Rong Qingqing and get engaged to Rong Jiaojiao, the fate between him and Rong Qingqing was completely severed."

The Rong Family isn’t some small household; they won’t allow Shen Xingwei to disrespect the daughters of the Rong family like this.