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The crooked, ugly scar lay across my face like a centipede, coiling around my features.
It had been ten years.
It reminded me constantly of who I was and what I had endured.
Ironically, I used concealer day after day to hide it, trying to play the part of the perfect “Su Yan.”
Just then—
Buzz.
My phone vibrated in my pocket.
I numbly pulled it out.
On the screen, a notification popped up from “XX International Aesthetic Center.”
The very institution that had been “maintaining” my appearance for years.
I clicked it open.
A line of cold text pierced my eyes like a poisoned needle—
“Dear Ms. Su Yan: A gentle reminder that your ‘Su Qing Perfect Facial Maintenance Package’ has been successfully renewed for ten years. This payment has been made by Mr. Lu Chen Zhou. We wish you an enjoyable experience, living as ‘her’ most beautiful self!”
Renewed… for ten years?
A gift from Mr. Lu Chen Zhou?
Living as ‘her’ most beautiful self?
Every word struck me like a heavy hammer, pounding relentlessly on my heart!
It turned out that even the "shelf life" of this face was predetermined by him!
Ten years, and then another ten!
How long does he intend to keep me trapped in this shadow?!
I stared at the scar in the mirror, recalling the strange flower that perfectly matched his cuff.
A colder, more brutal thought slithered into my mind like a venomous snake.
That accident, that scar...
Was it really an accident?
The words on my phone screen burned into my fingertips like a red-hot branding iron.
"Su Qing's perfect facial maintenance package... successfully renewed for ten years... paid by Mr. Lu Chen Zhou... living as 'her' in the most beautiful way..."
Ten years.
Another decade.
He had even planned out my next ten years of "shelf life" in advance!
What am I?
An item that can be casually renewed, polished at will, and discarded when used up?
Living as the most beautiful version of "her"?
Su Qing?
No, what he wanted was not Su Qing at all.
He only desired a perfect substitute, one that would never defy him and would always be under his control!
The cold touch of the twin flower cufflink seemed to linger on my skin.
That "accident," that scar...
Was it really an accident?
Lu Chen Zhou, what exactly do you take me for?!
A mix of icy despair and searing anger surged within me, crashing and erupting like a volcano in my chest!
This cannot go on!
Absolutely not!
I suddenly stood up from the ground, and due to the haste, darkness swam before my eyes.
Gripping the cold edge of the sink, I stared intently at the face in the mirror.
That face, meticulously sculpted and deliberately imitated.
And the gruesome scar at the corner of my left eye.
It silently mocked my weakness and foolishness.
A mad thought struck me like lightning, slicing through the chaos of my mind.
Live streaming.
I want to go live.
To lay bare this face, this scar, and the absurdity of the past ten years before everyone!
I don’t know what consequences this will bring.
Perhaps disgrace, or maybe even more insane revenge from Lu Chen Zhou.
But I no longer care!
I have nothing left, except for this manipulated shell and a heart that has been trampled repeatedly.
Let everything be destroyed!
I rushed back to the living room, dusting off the neglected live streaming stand, my hands trembling as I secured my phone in place.
I opened that long-unused Bilibili account, “A Deer’s Grace Among the Trees.”
Ironically, this name was given to me by Lu Chen Zhou back in the day.
He said, “The character ‘Yan’ is beautiful, just like Su Qing—radiant.”
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