The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 117 Xu Hongdou Unsealed
When Yang Zixi came out with her new hairstyle, she stunned everyone in the bar.

Including Yang Muye, the "instigator".

Du Qiong followed behind Yang Zixi, her gaze towards Yang Muye carrying a hint of smugness.

The expression seemed to say:

My cooking skills are alright, right?

Yang Muye is actually fine, because the current Yang Zixi is the Yang Zixi he knew in his previous life.

Unlike Cheng Feng, Wu Di, Xu Kaiyang, and Zhang Kai, whose eyes were glued to the screen.

Chen Nanxing was the girl who reacted the most.

After Yang Zixi walked over, Chen Nanxing stood up with an incredulous look on his face, took Yang Zixi's hand and looked her up and down.

"Zixi, your middle-part hairstyle looks so good! You look like a Korean female celebrity, but I can't remember her name right now. I think it's something like Hyun."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Qing's voice rang out.

"Is that Lee Jung-hyun, the one who does the fan dance?"

"Yep."

Chen Nanxing nodded vigorously.

"Zixi, which beautiful stylist designed this hairstyle for you?" Xia Qing asked curiously.

Yang Zixi had just sat down, ready to tell her roommates about her recent haircut experience, when a voice suddenly came from the side.

"I designed it."

Yang Muyi walked over and looked down at Yang Zixi's new hairstyle again, finally nodding in satisfaction.

Okay.

She definitely has that "bad girl with big, wavy hair" vibe.

"Xu Hongdou, what do you think of Yang Zixi's new hairstyle?"

His tone carried a hint of showing off.

It's quite annoying.

Xu Hongdou frowned and replied calmly:

"Quite good looking."

"I think so too."

Everything seemed normal one second, but the next second it almost broke Yang Zixi's defenses.

"Yang Zixi, when you still had your bangs, I wanted to ask you, your hairline looks a bit receding. Do you have any elders in your family who are bald?"

Yang Zixi was so angry she almost fainted.

"Where is my hairline high? It's clearly because my bangs were cut that my hairline looks higher."

Yang Muye smiled.

"Look, you're in a hurry again. I'm just trying to be helpful. If you have any faults, correct them; if not, keep up the good work. Remember to eat more black sesame seeds."

"And you, Xu Hongdou, stop laughing all the time. A beautiful woman needs to manage her expressions. Don't show your teeth when you smile. Remember that."

"roll!"

Xu Hongdou and Yang Zixi said in unison.

Yang Muyi immediately turned around, not forgetting to glance at Xu Hongdou before leaving.

"Let's go, you're next."

Before Xu Hongdou could even agree to go, Chen Nanxing had already given her a cheering emoji.

Xia Qing and Yang Zixi both looked on with anticipation.

They were also very curious to see what Xu Hongdou would look like after cutting her bangs.

Under the expectant and encouraging gazes of her three roommates, Xu Hongdou had no choice but to stand up and follow Yang Muye toward Du Qiong.

Yang Muye introduced Du Qiong as follows:
"Teacher Du, this is your next work, Xu Hongdou."

Du Qiong laughed when she heard the word "teacher".

"You're so materialistic! Before the haircut, you were all saying 'yours,' but after the haircut, you're acting like a teacher?"

"Sister Ling told me that you're only eighteen years old this year, too young. Any normal person would be a little worried. It's like you finally managed to get into a really good hospital through connections, but on the operating table, the doctor tells you that he also got in through connections. Wouldn't you be scared?"

Du Qiong's pretty face froze.

What kind of hellish joke is this?

Only Xu Hongdou understood the implication in Yang Muye's words, and her gaze shifted as she watched Du Qiong's expression change.

It seems that this "Teacher Du" is someone of considerable importance.

Yang Muye's voice rang out again.

"Just kidding. You're not used to being called Teacher Du, and to be honest, I'm not really used to it either. How about I call you Little Teacher Du instead?"

It was a very polite inquiry, and the words themselves seemed perfectly normal, but when they came out of Yang Muye's mouth, something just felt off.

"Don't call me Teacher Du anymore. I'll be nineteen next month, so I'm definitely older than you. Let's just call me Teacher Du, okay, Xiao Yang?"

Seeing Du Qiong wink playfully at him, Yang Muye couldn't help but chuckle.

You're only nineteen, while I'm already fifty-nine!

But whatever, it's Xiao Yang.

Since we have both an understanding of youth and youth itself, we must always pay a price.

Du Qiong called Xu Hongdou to go to the backstage dressing room together, but after taking a few steps, she realized that Yang Muye had not followed.

"What, did I make you angry, Xiao Yang?"

"I need someone's help right now, how could I dare?"

Yang Muye's gaze was open and honest; he wasn't being sarcastic or sarcastic.

"Aren't you going to give your opinion on how to style Xu's hair?" Du Qiong asked again.

"Like a lotus emerging from clear water, naturally beautiful without artifice, I think all we need to do is remove that fringe that isn't naturally growing. You two can discuss and decide on the rest."

Yang Muye answered very seriously.

Upon arriving at the dressing room, Du Qiong took two hair clips and first used them to clip up Xu Hongdou's bangs as she sat in front of the mirror.

I have to say, it immediately made people feel... much more natural.

Unfortunately, Xu Hongdou's face looks best in its natural state.

As Du Qiong looked at Xu Hongdou in the mirror, she thought to herself that Yang Muye was indeed something special.

At least those two lines of ancient poetry are quite accurate.

Just before she was about to start pruning, Du Qiong suddenly spoke up:
"Red Bean, may I ask you a question?"

Xu Hongdou turned around, her tone slightly helpless.

"Yang Muyi and I are really just ordinary friends."

Ok.

Du Qiong shrugged and stopped gossiping.

Anyone with eyes can see that Yang Muye treats Xu Hongdou differently from other girls.

The most obvious point is that when Yang Zixi got her hair cut, Yang Muye didn't even ask for her opinion; he just told her how he wanted it cut.

When it comes to Xu Hongdou, it becomes "like a lotus emerging from clear water, naturally beautiful without any artifice."

Could this be just a normal friendship?

While fiddling with Xu Hongdou's hair, Du Qiong chatted with Xu Hongdou with a hint of envy in her voice.

"Your face would look especially beautiful in period costume. To be honest, I'm even thinking of asking you to be my model."

"model?"

“I’ve been researching ancient makeup recipes lately, which are basically the rouge and face powder used by noble ladies in ancient times. I’m also learning how to do antique-style makeup. I used to practice on myself, but now I’ve finally found someone more suitable than me.”

"I think you have a classic beauty. I don't know much about traditional costumes, but I'm sure you would look very beautiful in a cheongsam."

Du Qiong was about to praise Xu Hongdou for being even more beautiful, hoping to persuade Xu Hongdou to agree to be her model.

To be precise, it's a practice tool.

Just then, Hu Ling's voice suddenly rang out. "This is the first time I've ever seen two stunning beauties complimenting each other like business partners. It's truly an eye-opener."

"Sister Ling, you don't believe me, do you?"

Du Qiong picked up the scissors and looked at Xu Hongdou in the mirror.

"Leave the rest to me. I guarantee that with this new hairstyle, everyone who sees you will praise you as an angel descended from heaven."

Xu Hongdou glanced at the confident Du Qiong in the mirror.

If I were a celestial being, then Du Qiong would be a flower of earthly riches and honor.

However, after Du Qiong said that, Xu Hongdou became more excited about her new hairstyle after cutting off her bangs.

As Du Qiong began to work, the song "Want to See the Sea" was being rehearsed on the stage in front of her.

Neither Du Qiong nor Xu Hongdou found the song annoying on their second listen.

In this performance, Yang Muyi clearly brought more emotion to the song.

When the first line of lyrics, "Waiting for a naturally sunny day," is sung, the carefree attitude disguised by the light melody immediately comes to the fore.

When the song reaches the line "the time we left behind," the sense of regret in the song's mood begins to emerge.

Finally, the song abruptly ended with the lyrics, "Waiting for a naturally sunny day, I want to take you to the beach."

It felt like the end of a regret, yet also a period of growth through pain.

As Xu Hongdou listened to the song, she looked at the hair that had been cut off and was falling in front of her, and her feelings inexplicably resonated with the song.

Du Qiong's voice rang in my ears at just the right moment.

"Red Bean, when I first met you, I really thought this song was about the story between the two of you."

"How could that be? I only met him when school started. This song must have been written by him for some unknown girl."

"Maybe so. I always felt that his experiences were very simple, but he seemed to have a lot of stories to tell."

"That feeling of returning as a youth after seeing countless sails, right?"

"Yep."

Du Qiong looked intently at Xu Hongdou in the mirror: "I feel that you two are really in sync. Anyway, I believe that some people are born with soulmates. Whether as friends or lovers, you will feel very comfortable together."

Is Yang Muye that kind of person?
Maybe.

As Xu Hongdou was thinking this, she heard Du Qiong say something.

"All right."

Du Qiong stood behind Xu Hongdou and let her hair fall loosely over her shoulders, but unlike Yang Zixi, she didn't let most of it fall to the front.

The distribution is relatively even, highlighting a natural state.

Xu Hongdou looked at her slightly unfamiliar hairstyle in the mirror. Her bangs had accompanied her throughout high school, and she felt a little uncomfortable without them.

On the contrary, I don't have a particularly intuitive feeling about the improvement in my appearance.

After all, it's just a change of hairstyle, not a change of face.

But that's not how others see it.

After admiring Xu Hongdou's new hairstyle, Hu Ling had already accepted the description of her as a "celestial beauty".

Xu Hongdou's current appearance is already 90 points or higher.

She outshines over 95% of the female celebrities in the entertainment industry that Hu Ling knows.

Even so, Hu Ling still felt that this was only the upper limit of the center-parted long black straight hairstyle in front of her, rather than the upper limit of Xu Hongdou herself.

Du Qiong crossed her arms and examined the object carefully for a moment.

"Sister Ling, don't you think Hongdou is still lacking something?"

Before Hu Ling could speak, Du Qiong seemed to suddenly remember something.

He turned his head and quickly exchanged a glance with Hu Ling.

Big, wavy hair that scumbags love!
"Hongdou, you've had your hair straightened, haven't you?" Du Qiong asked.

"Yes, the hairdresser said that straight bangs are the best style to straighten your hair."

"So your hair used to have a natural curl, right?"

To better express her thoughts, Du Qiong raised her hand and drew a wavy line on the glass.

It doesn't have the same arc as the one Yang Muyi drew before.

Xu Hongdou nodded. In junior high school, she wore her hair in a ponytail, and the curl of her hair was about the same.

Du Qiong picked up the curling iron.

"Okay, let's give it a try."

Soon, a strand of freshly permed hair was in Du Qiong's hand.

"Red Bean, was your hair like this before, naturally?"

"It's not that curly, but I think the curl you've created looks quite natural, especially as your hair grows longer, it will look even better."

Out of professional sensitivity and her consistently sharp aesthetic sense, Du Qiong immediately pictured Xu Hongdou's hair, which was straight at the top and curved at the bottom, falling naturally.

Du Qiong already knew what to do next.

Meanwhile, some people in the bar couldn't wait any longer.

"Why don't you come out?"

Zhang Kai craned his neck for what felt like the umpteenth time, peering towards the entrance of the backstage dressing room.

Xu Kaiyang sat to the side, playing a stacking box game on his phone.

"What's the rush? Girls measure their hair in hours. Do you think it's like you going to get a haircut, where you just wash, cut, and blow-dry for half an hour?"

Both of them skipped class today to come and see what was going on.

Although hearing the songs "Little Apple" and "Want to Go to the Beach" was already "worth the price of admission".

But Yang Zixi's new hairstyle was so stunning that Xu Kaiyang suddenly had a whimsical idea and decided to create a betting pool for fun.

All nine girls will have their looks redone today. It's not about which girl is the prettiest, but about which girl has the biggest and most stunning transformation.

The odds for other female contestants are all in the 1s, and even the most popular ones like Xu Hongdou and Yang Zixi have odds as low as 1.1 or 1.2.

When it came to Zheng Wei, Xu Kaiyang surprisingly offered odds of 2.3.

Enraged, Zheng Wei pulled Ruan Wan to sit at the next table.

Xu Kaiyang was just doing it for fun. He declared beforehand that he would use all the money he made from betting to treat everyone to a meal, and he would pay for the losses himself.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Feng immediately took out 9000 yuan and gave each girl 1000 yuan, aiming to ensure everyone received their due.

Wu Di also spent 500 yuan to vote for Yang Zixi. The boys present all understood his intentions without saying a word.

Zhang Kai was single-mindedly focused on getting gold coins from Xu Kaiyang, so he bet all 300 yuan on Xu Hongdou.

Xiao He and Xie Hongzu each donated 500 yuan to Zhu Suosuo under the guise of supporting their fellow villager.

The other boys treated it as a game, and each of them threw in a hundred or two.

Yang Muyi was the only one who didn't vote.

Xu Kaiyang immediately asked Yang Muyi to be the referee, preventing him from throwing.

Zhang Kai waited anxiously for over half an hour before Xu Hongdou finally appeared.

Upon seeing that face that looked like that of an angel, the entire bar suddenly fell silent.

As I opened my mouth wide, my first thought was that I was at a huge loss.

He should have given Xu Hongdou his entire week's... no, his entire semester's living expenses.

Xu Hongdou had often been the center of attention before, but never before had she been stared at by everyone like this.

I feel very uncomfortable.

Even Xu Hongdou wondered if something was wrong, which explained the expressions on everyone's faces.

Until he saw Yang Muye with his arms crossed, looking at him with pure admiration.

I don't know why, but I feel inexplicably at ease.

Only at this moment did Xu Hongdou realize...

My new hairstyle looks really good.

(End of this chapter)