356. The Whole World is Persecuting Me【16/99】
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Honestly, if we set aside the dressing-up aspect, Lin Qi’s looks are quite decent among males—not too shabby, really. Perhaps you could even say he’s a bit charming.
Due to his pleasantly rounded facial features, he had an edge with cross-dressing compared to most guys.
But once he slipped into that maid outfit, it was still a serious eye-sore.
Especially those calves peek-a-booing below the skirt, covered in a tangle of leg hair that could leave anyone thinking they were about to go blind from the shock.
His face was a greasy mess from spending years glued to a computer, with stubble around the lips, messy eyebrows, and a wild mop of hair on his head—he was definitely a sight.
Arguably, he was like some overly refined cross-dressing eggplant?
It’s true that most adult males need makeup to pull off cross-dressing; otherwise, it’s just plain bizarre, not comic relief.
Just look at Xu Zhilei next door, who’s all dolled up.
Lin Qi’s cheeks were a tad rosy as he awkwardly stood at the bedroom door with his heart racing, daring not to look in the mirror while dressed as a maid.
He still had that usual laid-back demeanor, leaning against the wall with a slight hunch, one foot shaking nervously, trying to ease his tense feelings.
Li Na saw this and couldn’t help shaking her head in disappointment, while Chen Yao sighed, imagining if they recorded this and uploaded it online, he would definitely be tagged as a weirdo.
Lin Nan had low expectations for Lin Qi in women’s clothing; she mostly hoped to see her cousin blush and shy away, but now it seemed he was just a tiny bit flushed—definitely not hitting the mark she was aiming for.
Noticing the collective disappointed gazes from the three of them, Lin Qi felt a twinge of annoyance.
His thick skin, honed from being scolded in the countryside for being lazy, finally came in handy. After a brief moment of awkwardness, he boldly proclaimed, “Wasn’t it you guys who made me wear this? Now you’re complaining about how I look?”
“Don’t be in a rush, I’ll help you with makeup,” Li Na said with a grin. “When Lilith brings the wig and stockings, you should look way better!”
“Don’t be in a rush? I never wanted to wear girl’s clothes; it’s not about how they look!” Lin Qi slouched on a small stool, legs crossed. “I just came to find Lin Nan, so how did I end up in a maid outfit?”
“Not my fault; she made me do it!” Lin Nan immediately threw Li Na under the bus.
“Also not my fault. Lilith’s idea, and you agreed,” Li Na shot back, turning her head. “I’m just enjoying the show.”
Chen Yao nodded in agreement. “Yeah, totally Lilith’s fault.”
With a united effort to throw Lilith under the bus, Lin Nan added, “Well, you’re already in it, so it’s not like anyone outside is watching.”
Besides, everyone else is an outsider to me, okay?
Finally, Lin Qi decided to just roll with the absurdity. Once you’re in a girl’s outfit, what’s the point of complaining anymore?
Just then, Lilith returned to the room, holding a bag that not only contained a wig and stockings from Liu Xuefei but also a whole arsenal of cosmetics.
“Why do you look so bad? Come on! Let me do your makeup! I promise you’ll look gorgeous.” Lilith, blissfully ignorant of the blame being directed her way, held out a wig in one hand and stockings in the other, looking all friendly as she approached Lin Qi. “Hey! Do you want this brown curly wig or this short black one?”
“How would I know?”
“Then I’ll pick for you! You’re an adult; just give it a try!”
Li Na joined in, ready to turn Lin Qi into a beauty.
Lin Qi stared in confusion at the stockings pressed into his hands, then back at Lilith as she emerged from Lin Nan’s room with an eyebrow razor and a razor for shaving, while Li Na picked up a makeup kit. The two girls eyed him giddily as if they were butchers ready to plunge the kn*fe, and it sent a chill down his spine.
“Lin Nan……”
He looked nervously toward her.
But she had already raised her phone, and the recording was on.
“Bro! They’re both really good at this, don’t worry,” Lin Nan flashed a supportive smile. “And hey, since you’re already dressed up as a girl, might as well enjoy the makeup and wig experience, right?”
Remembering his first awkward experience in a maid outfit, Lin Nan couldn’t help but smirk, thinking about her cousin’s embarrassing moments with skirts…
Though that’s what she said, why did she look so pleased while her cousin was suffering?
“Bro, sit up straight, otherwise you’ll look bad in that outfit,” Lin Nan kindly suggested. “And don’t shake your legs! You’ll be laughed at when you go outside.”
“Outside?” Lin Qi was more confused than ever.
“Outside?!” Lilith’s excitement peaked.
He shook his head vigorously. “No way! I’m definitely not going outside!”
As he shook, he felt Lilith putting his hair into a neat bun, and before he knew it, a hairnet was snugly placed over his head—he looked like a bald guy in a black socket.
Li Na bent down with a focused expression, wielding the eyebrow razor to tidy up his utterly unkempt brows, while also threatening him with a tone that said, “Don’t move, or else you’ll poke your eye out.”
At this point, Lin Qi was absolutely frozen, terrified that he might turn into a one-eyed freak, closing his eyes tight while his face paled.
All he wanted was to find his cousin…
But now his cousin was in a dress, and somehow he got roped into one too?
This felt a bit fantastical, like something a novel wouldn’t dare write.
Indeed, reality was even crazier than fiction.
He could suddenly imagine what had happened to Lin Nan over this past year to end up like this; with such a bunch of weirdo friends around, it was no wonder things were getting weirder.
Li Na trimmed his brows a bit more, then grabbed Chen Yao’s razor to obliterate the stubble around his lips and then picked up a beauty sponge to apply a nice layer of powder.
Lin Qi had worked as an internet café manager for years and spent countless nights up late, though his skin was fair, it had its share of problems.
“I’m gonna need to layer on the powder quite a bit for this skin of yours,” Li Na murmured. “Even though I don’t really know how to do makeup.”
“Should we call Liu Xuefei over?” Lin Nan suggested.
Lin Qi realized he had blundered into an entire den of wolves.
But with the girl’s outfit already on and the wig strapped in place, while still holding the stockings… maybe he had crossed the point of no return? He surprisingly felt a bit excited to see how he’d look after the makeup.
Had he watched too much Bilibili?
Li Na clearly had no clue about makeup, but after living in the same dormitory as Liu Xuefei for ages and seeing her practice, she had picked up some theoretical basics, and today was her first shot at trying it out.
So, Lin Qi’s face ended up with a thick layer of powder—he looked like a ghost.
She didn’t feel a hint of surprise. “You’d better go wash your face with makeup remover in the bathroom; when you come back, I’ll do your makeup again. This time I’ll have more experience! I promise you’ll look great!”
“Oh, and don’t forget to put on the stockings,” Lilith added.
“Bro, after you’re all dolled up, we have to take pics. If you spill my secrets, I’ll show your photos and videos to the relatives.” Lin Nan cheerfully shook her phone. “I’m recording it all.”
“Should I call you Uncle now?” Chen Yao scratched his head. “By the way, can you help me with a game later? Thanks.”
Lin Qi realized the entire world was conspiring against him.
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Six updates, where are the tickets?
