[Phantom of the Opera] Devil's Beauty

There are still two hours before the opening of the concert, but Odell has already had her second glass of wine.Ballet girls have the habit of drinking strong alcohol before performances, but sopranos do not. They should try to drink as little as possible to keep their voices clear and mellow.However, at this moment, Odell couldn't control so much—she was too nervous, so nervous that only by drinking non-stop could she relieve her rapid heartbeat.

Tonight will be a turning point in her life, and she will make Bai Lanzhi never recover.

As for Eric's sincerity, she is bound to win.At first, she was a little worried about whether he could be captured. After all, he looked so indifferent in the salon before, almost to the point of being unfeminine. Fortunately, she recently discovered another usage of the new function of the system - except Being able to fine-tune her own looks, but also for others to use!

After discovering this, she was not worried at all.People with normal or even upright appearance cannot refuse the possibility of becoming beautiful, let alone a person with a deformed face.As long as she throws him the bait that will make him a normal person, he will be irresistible.When the time comes, it will only be a matter of time before she becomes her servant.

Thinking of this, Odell chuckled happily, and the tension about going on stage dissipated a lot.She was about to pour another glass of wine for a drink, when there was a knock on the door outside, and a maid's voice came: "Master, Miss Kidd is here."

Odell quickly put down the wine glass, took a sip of the mint water and spat it out: "Bring her in quickly."

Miss Kidder is the authoress.She criticized Blanche at length in the newspaper, not on a whim, but at the behest of Audrey.She had no friendship with Odell, but one day, she suddenly received a letter from her.Odell, who claimed to be her loyal reader, pointed out several logical errors in her novel, and then attached a piece of advice from a strange angle.Miss Kidd doesn't really like readers to judge her, but Audrey's point of view is so novel that she can't help being attracted.The two exchanged letters for a few days and became close pen pals.Then, Odell confides her grudge with Bai Lanzhi pretending to be distressed.Without even thinking about it, Miss Kidder promised to help her out.

Two minutes later, the maid led Miss Kidd into the room.She was wearing a light blue silk dress and a white gauze wide-brimmed hat, her lips were light in color, and her whole demeanor was gentle and intellectual, not as harsh and sharp as her writing style.Seeing Odell, she pursed her thin lips slightly, showing a ladylike smile: "Honey, I finally saw you in person. You are much more beautiful than the portraits in the newspapers!"

Odell held her hands affectionately: "I don't look as good as you."

Miss Kidd was indeed not bad looking. Hearing this, she lowered her eyelashes and raised her chin in a self-conscious manner.

The two sat down and exchanged pleasantries for a while.Miss Kidd took off the lace gloves and gently fiddled with the pearls on them: "Will Blanche come today?"

"I sent her an invitation."

"It is rumored that she is as beautiful as an elf. I don't know if she is half as beautiful as the rumors." Speaking of the rumors, Miss Kidd sounded a little contemptuous. Obviously, she was quite conceited about her appearance and did not believe that Blanche was really as beautiful as the legends said. .

Odell smiled very reluctantly, turned her head subconsciously, and looked at herself in the glasses.If Bai Lanzhi doesn't come, she can belittle her appearance with Miss Jide as much as she wants, but the problem is that Bai Lanzhi will come, and she is really beautiful, so beautiful that no one can ignore it, so beautiful... Even if she has a system, she can't modify that beauty - if she agrees with Miss Jide now, when Bai Lanzhi arrives, both of them will be slapped in the face.Therefore, facing this topic, she could only tell the truth with a wry smile: "The description of elf is not accurate, her beauty can only be compared by Venus."

Venus is the goddess of love and beauty in mythology. Throughout the ages, countless artists have been trying to restore her beautiful face.Hearing this, Miss Kidd was silent for a moment, and asked in a murmur, "Is it too exaggerated?"

"No exaggeration." Audrey shook her head, "But she is not as talented as you, nor as connotative as you, you can rest assured. She is the daughter of the Duke's pet, her thinking is as stupid as a peasant woman in the field, only superficial Only people who are good will think her beauty is precious."

Miss Jide believed it, and breathed a sigh of relief: "If women are too beautiful, they will always neglect to cultivate their own connotations. This is their common problem."

While talking, it was time for the concert to start.Odell put on a long silver dress, the skirt was covered with a layer of pure white gauze, under the gauze were scattered diamonds, and the starlight of the chandelier flowed.She coiled her hair on top of her head, and inserted an exquisitely shaped diamond hairpin. The bright diamonds reflected her fair skin, and her vermilion lips had an indescribable charm.

No matter how connotative women are, they will secretly compare their looks, just like men can't help but compete for power and status.Odell's beauty made Miss Kidd stunned for a moment, but she thought that her appearance was comparable to Audrey's, so she quickly adjusted her mentality and praised with a smile: "You must be the most shining one tonight." A star, Blanche will be dimmed by you."

Odell laughed a few times, but didn't answer. When Miss Kidd saw Blanche, she would know how exaggerated her compliment was.

Forget it, apart from being pretty, Bai Lanzhi has no other advantages.Let her taste the sweetness of the much-anticipated first.Anyway, after tonight, everyone will know what a hypocritical and disgusting woman she is.

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There was light snow in the sky.

Snowflakes were flying, the air was cold and humid, and the night was dark purple velvet, soaked with layers of blue-black gouache paint.It may be that the light snow fell too gently, and the luxurious and magnificent Paris Opera House looked as dreamy as a fairytale castle.

The carriage stopped outside the opera house like a long queue.The waiters in red uniforms and white gloves stood in a row, politely taking the slender hands extended by the ladies.Beth raised the curtain and stepped out of the carriage.Her appearance silenced the noisy crowd for a second.Many people looked at her quietly from the corner of their eyes, and some asked softly which noble lady this was.Hearing their discussion, Beth felt a little complacent, but thinking that these eyes would be taken away by Blanche in a while, she pouted unhappily again.

Sure enough, when Bai Lanzhi got off the carriage holding her skirt, the crowd in a radius of ten meters was silent for at least a minute, and a few gracefully dressed gentlemen were even fascinated by it, and almost bumped into the Roman pillars at the gate of the opera house .

Bai Lanzhi ignored those gazes.She lowered her eyes, put on white velvet gloves slowly, took Beth's arm, and walked towards the gate of the opera house.

I still remember the last time she attended Audelle’s salon, she was very afraid that people around her would only pay attention to her appearance and ignore her interior and speech, so she only dared to wear nun-colored dresses that day, not even hair accessories Wear.Unexpectedly, even so, people paid more attention to her appearance than her words, and they didn't stop discussing because she deliberately vilified herself.

Then she understood: even if she dedicated herself to God and became a real nun, people would still talk about her appearance, talk about her past, and even get more excited because of her forbidden new identity.No matter who she becomes or how she dresses up, in their eyes, she is always a talking point, an object that can be evaluated and examined at will.

Not why, just because she is a woman, and women are always being judged.

So this time she indulged herself, wearing the most colorful and gorgeous long dress, the skirt was inlaid with radiant gold and silver threads, inlaid with rose-red gemstones the size of pigeon eggs, revealing her white, tender and round shoulders, and her thin and dark hair. The collarbone is sunken, and a drop-shaped ruby ​​hangs around the neck, the tip of which is hidden in the imaginative square collar.There are two long chain earrings on her earlobes, which sway gently with the footsteps, and no one can take their eyes off her pink and full earlobes.Her eyelashes are two thick and slender fans, between her raised eyes and lowered eyebrows, she is beautiful and refined, like an angel accidentally left in the mortal world.

No matter male or female, no one can avoid seeing her.Nor is she afraid of anyone watching.

Thirty meters away, under the ivory sculpture of an angel, a man in a black cloak stood there.His collar and cuffs were trimmed with gold thread, and he wore woolen gloves. There was wet snow on his head and shoulders, and he looked at Bai Lanzhi not far away with complicated eyes.

The servant behind him looked at his pocket watch and cautiously reminded: "Your Highness, the concert is about to start...you promised Ms. Odell..."

Duke Clayton raised two fingers, and the servant immediately closed his mouth knowingly and stepped aside.The Duke squinted, his eyes were almost glued to Bai Lanzhi's body, until she stepped on the red carpet and walked into the gate of the opera house, he reluctantly looked away.

He grew up watching Bai Lanzhi, and he knew the most beautiful angle of her better than anyone else.But her beauty tonight was beyond his imagination.She quietly scatter leaves where he can't see, and opened the fresh and full flower buds overnight.Her contours, eyebrows, eyelashes, and even the curves from her neck to her legs were all so beautiful that it made his mouth dry and his heart beat faster.Who would have thought that after being driven out of the manor, she would become even more beautiful... For a moment, he regretted driving her away.

If he was a superficial person, maybe he would immediately order to take Bai Lanzhi back to the manor, and give her back the honor of being a duke's lover.But it's a pity that he is a man who pays attention to the inner nature of women, and he still prefers a woman who is knowledgeable and talented like Odell to her flashy appearance.Thinking so in his heart, he kept replaying Bai Lanzhi's stunning side profile, casually looking back, and the two thin and delicate butterfly bones on his back in his mind, and he sighed regretfully.