Lowering her head, Xiaolan asked with some confusion.
"Hualien can identify women who may become more beautiful than herself. Because the appearance of such a woman can make all the achievements she has achieved so far fall apart in an instant. So this ability is for her in the beauty pageant world.
To survive, everyone has something like instinct."
Meimei couldn't help but explain.
"That means Hua Lian recognizes Xiaolan's beauty?"
Yuanzi said with a smile, looking very happy.
"Well, this is a rare thing. As a sister, I know this best. Hualian is afraid of your beauty. However, such people who have appeared before have been used by Hualian.
We used all possible means to defeat them all."
"ah?"
Xiaolan and Yuanzi both showed surprised expressions when they heard this.
"Like those people just now?"
Yuanzi asked.
"kindness."
Meimei couldn't help but nodded.
"So, there are many people who have a grudge against Miss Hualien?"
Sonoko frowned and asked.
"Well. Among the people who are going to appear today, there are also many people who have been teased by Hua Lian in various ways before. They all hate Hua Lian very much and even want her to die!"
Meimei said with some worry.
"Go to hell?"
Xiaolan repeated the word in surprise, and then Meimei couldn't help but continue:
"Yes. However, this also shows that everyone recognizes Hualien's strength. In this world, the only ones on Hualien's side are me and my mother. Competition for beauty will naturally lead to envy, jealousy and resentment.
But Hua Lian is a person who will never be scared like the two girls just because of fear. Instead, she turns all these into motivation and smiles in front of the audience."
"It's amazing..."
Xiaolan and Yuanzi felt a sense of admiration after hearing Meimei's words.
"Okay, it's done. With today's lighting, I think this glossy lipstick is most suitable for you. I used a noble dark color for the eye shadow, and I also drew full eyeliner for you, so that the eye makeup is perfect. Like this
You will definitely be very conspicuous on the stage. You will become Hualien’s strong enemy!”
With that said, Meimei put down the makeup box in her hand, put her hand on Xiaolan's shoulder, looked at Xiaolan in the mirror with a smile and said.
"Xiaolan, you are so beautiful now!"
Yuanzi saw Xiaolan beside him changing so much, and couldn't help but said in a daze.
"Thanks."
Xiaolan looked at the drastically changed version of herself reflected in the mirror, and couldn't help but nod and thank Meimei.
"If Shinichi doesn't come, it will definitely be his loss!"
Yuanzi couldn't help but add with a smile.
"Garden..."
Facing the teasing Yuanzi, Xiaolan couldn't help but lower her head shyly.
At this moment, Hualian poked her head out from the side room as if peeking at Xiaolan. After seeing Xiaolan's makeup at the moment, she couldn't help but say:
"Sister, you don't need to put makeup on her, they will be eliminated soon anyway. You too, what are you showing off there? You just need to concentrate on being my bodyguard!"
Hualian said angrily.
"Yes, I'm sorry..."
Hearing what Hualian said, Xiaolan lowered her head in shame.
In response to this, Hualian looked a little cold. After saying this, she was about to turn around and go back to her room.
Then at this moment, there was a knock on the door of the suite.
In response, Meiling, who had already helped Hualian put on her makeup, couldn't help but step forward and open the door.
——"Xiaolan, you don't need to apologize. What, that kind of attitude! Xiaolan, you are much prettier than this kind of woman!"
While everyone was paying attention to the knock on the door, Yuanzi, who was sitting next to Xiaolan, crumpled up the tissue paper on which the lipstick had been wiped into a ball very angrily and threw it into the trash can. He was very disappointed with the attitude of Xiaolan just now.
Said dissatisfiedly.
Just as she was talking, Mei Ling had already walked to the door of the suite and shouted towards the door:
"coming."
Then he opened the door——
"Huh? What's wrong?"
Opening the door, Mei Ling saw Dr. Ali standing in front of the door and couldn't help but asked in surprise.
"No, it's nothing..."
Dr. A Li said a little embarrassed:
"It's just that after I praised your daughter's delicious cake to my friend, she said she really wanted to know the recipe, so she came to ask."
As he spoke, Dr. Agasa couldn't help but turn his gaze to Shiho, who was standing behind him and trying to avoid other people's eyes as much as possible.
In response, Shiho had no choice but to stand up a little, bowed to Misuzu and asked:
"Can you tell me the recipe?"
After saying this, Mei Ling, who was still smiling, could not help but be stunned for a moment after seeing Shiho's face, and then showed a surprised expression and couldn't help but ask:
"Excuse me...are you also a contestant in this beauty pageant?"
"no."
Shiho shook his head lightly.
In response to this, Mei Ling couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, and then replied:
"Oh... I'm so sorry. Only Hua Lian knows the recipe of that cake. Moreover, it will be sold in Yamate's pastry shop under the name of Hua Lian in the near future. Because of the agreement, I can't tell anyone the recipe."
"ah……"
Dr. Ali was a little stunned when he heard what Mei Ling said, and then said tentatively:
"Please no matter what..."
"No, it's impossible. I'm sorry."
Mei Ling smiled at Dr. Ali, and then closed the door coldly.
"It's really difficult to handle. It seems we have to give up."
Facing the current situation, Shiho couldn't help but said calmly.
"In this case……"
Dr. Ali couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and then seemed to remember something, and couldn't help but said to Shiho:
"By the way! You can ask the pastry chef in this hotel! I remember Hua Lian's mother once said that Hua Lian asked the pastry chef here to make this cake."
"Hmm...it seems like that's the case."
Regarding Dr. Agasa's statement, Shiho also nodded and affirmed.
So Dr. Agasa immediately ran towards the elevator, and Shiho had no choice but to follow him.
When Shiho followed her and ran to the elevator, Dr. Ari was already waiting for her in the elevator with the door open. As Shiho walked into the elevator, the elevator began to descend at a rapid speed again——
"By the way, doctor, where did you and Kudo go just now? Where did he get those clothes?"
In the elevator, Shiho couldn't help but ask when he thought about the situation where the shrunken Takato had no suitable clothes and could only hide in the cabinet of the "women's locker room".
"Oh...it's on the B3 floor. There is a laundry room that collects dirty clothes from each room."
Dr. Ali didn't think much and gave the answer quickly.
In response, Shiho nodded slightly, remembered the B3 floor, and then continued to follow Dr. Agasa as if nothing had happened, and first went to help Kudo Shinichi inquire about the cake recipe.
…
At the same time, Shinichi had already arrived at the 20th floor and was inspecting the fire stairs by the dim emergency lights.
"This is the twentieth floor. Even if the prisoner attacks Miss Hualian, if he wants to escape from here, he can still have the security guard ambush him below before he reaches the downstairs..."
Shinichi leaned against the handrail of the stairs, leaned out and looked down. He could only see the safety ladder extending all the way down.
"Then..."
Shinichi opened the emergency exit door and walked into the corridor. His eyes immediately noticed the fire hydrant embedded in the wall.
"In this position, even if the prisoner sets a fire, it can be put out quickly..."
After confirming the distance between Hualien's room and the fire hydrant, Shinichi nodded with satisfaction.
"It seems that the only place where the prisoner could attack Miss Hualien is in that venue."
Shinichi murmured to himself as he walked towards the elevator and pressed the button to go downstairs.
Then the elevator quickly rose up from below.
Opening the door, Shinichi walked into the elevator and pressed the button indicating the banquet hall floor.
The elevator moved quickly and soon reached the floor where the banquet hall was...