She Came to Heal, Stayed to Conquer

Han Lei knew what he was about to say, chuckled lightly, and interrupted him. Then she supported herself on the carriage board, leaped gently, and jumped off the carriage, the disguise of the little chubby boy made her movements awkward.

Her disguise was indeed ingenious, with thickened shoulders, a padded waist and abdomen, and even her fingers had been treated to appear thicker.

Han Lei secretly rejoiced over the high quality of the special effect makeup materials provided by the system, otherwise, in this scorching summer, it might have melted and fallen off long ago.

𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

She pointed to herself and said, "Look at my current wealthy attire, who would do me harm? Besides, you know my skills; having four brothers from the literacy team accompanying is more than enough. You can rest assured and go back!"

"Hehe, the Princess Consort indeed has extraordinary skills."

In this regard, Xiao Zhenfei had to admit, "Alright, then we’ll return to Beiguan after a rest. Take care, Princess Consort."

"You all be more careful on the road as well."

Han Lei nodded, then said no more, turned around, and walked toward the stream. She bought a piece of cake from the system and ate it while walking.

After all, Xiao Zhengfei and the others were all men, so Han Lei decided to walk a bit farther away.

After rounding a mountain bend and ensuring she was out of sight of the official road, Han Lei let out a long sigh of relief.

The stream was clear to the bottom, and several small fish leisurely swam past the pebbles. She looked around, besides a few startled ducks flying up, there was no other living thing.

"This should be safe." Han Lei muttered to herself, beginning to undo her hair.

The black, over-the-shoulder locks fell like a waterfall, forming a bizarre contrast with the plump "little chubby" face.

Han Lei’s special effect makeup wasn’t just on her face; it included her neck, shoulders, arms, all of which she had meticulously transformed.

So she had to wash all of these together.

After surveying the area around the mountain bay and seeing that it was deserted, she removed her clothes and shook off the padding inside.

She took out a strappy dress from the space and changed into it before entering the stream to wash.

She carefully lifted the edge of the skin wax from her elbow, peeling off pieces of fake skin to reveal her originally fair and delicate skin.

She absentmindedly threw the peeled-off skin wax into the stream and picked up a towel to start washing her arms.

As the cool stream water splashed on her face, Han Lei sighed comfortably.

The skin wax used for special effect makeup could maintain its shape without softening and dissolving for one to two hours in cold water below forty degrees.

The pieces of skin wax Han Lei discarded maintained their shape and were flushed downstream by the stream.

What Han Lei didn’t know was that the small stream meandered, twisting and turning. At the next bend, because of the heat, a man was also bathing in the downstream creek.

The man seemed to be about thirty-five or thirty-six, very tall, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist.

He was soaking his bare upper body in the stream, beads of water sliding down his firm chest, making an old scar on his chest appear even more menacing.

He was resting with his eyes closed when he suddenly felt something brush against his arm. Opening his eyes, he found a strange flesh-colored substance in his palm.

"What is this?"

The man picked up the flesh-colored substance, curiously squeezing and kneading it, finding it soft yet resilient.

The texture felt somewhat like a part of a woman’s body, with a slight greasy touch.

Just as he was puzzled, several more similar substances floated downstream.

The man furrowed his brows. With his experience, he had seen numerous rare treasures, but he had never come across this.

Driven by curiosity, he got up and headed upstream along the stream. He wanted to see what this thing was and where it came from.

The man walked forward for a while, turned past a bend overgrown with reeds, and the scene before him took his breath away —

A woman in red was standing in the stream with her back to him, her black hair cascading over her shoulders, and her exposed skin as fair as jade under the sunlight.

What was most shocking was that her clothing consisted only of two thin straps hanging over her shoulders, with most of her snow-white back exposed, and the hem of her dress barely reaching her knees, revealing slender and well-proportioned legs.

In the sunlight, the red dress appeared even more dazzling and bright.

In this era, people were all conservative and traditional; no woman would dress so revealingly.

Moreover, how could such a stunning woman appear in the wilderness?

Could it be, a celestial fairy falling to the mortal world?

"Fairy..."

Thinking of a celestial fairy, the man unconsciously muttered in a low voice.

Han Lei was bending down to splash water on her face when she suddenly felt something was amiss behind her.

Han Lei’s pupils shrank; she spun around abruptly, her wet hair drawing an arc of water in the air, her right hand already reaching for the dagger in her space.

"Who?!"

Han Lei turned, meeting the man’s eyes, and at that moment, time seemed to stand still.