MMB Chapter 225 The Most Beautiful Eyes in the World
Chapter 225 The Most Beautiful Eyes in the World
Chen Yuxi was confused.
She didn't understand what Jin Meiting was rambling about.
But those words, as if possessed by magic, lingered in my mind and I couldn't shake them off.
When she saw Jin Meiting off at the hospital, she couldn't help but ask:
"What urban legends?"
Jin Meiting grasped at a straw as if it were her lifeline:
On rainy days in the suburbs of the South China Sea, an antique shop will appear.
That antique shop can satisfy all human desires!
An antique shop can definitely save my face!
Looking at the face that had been burned beyond recognition, Chen Yuxi had only one thought in her mind:
She's gone mad. Utterly mad.
Chen Yuxi is a person who loves beauty to an incurable degree.
She always believed that appearance is a woman's best weapon, more effective than education, more effective than ability, more effective than anything else.
She has secured numerous opportunities in society simply because of her face.
Those nouveau riche and those officials, who didn't treat her with utmost courtesy and hospitality?
Society is quite tolerant of beautiful women.
She is obsessed with plastic surgery in order to become more beautiful.
As she became more and more beautiful, her career flourished.
Every day after get off work, all sorts of luxury cars would park in front of the hospital. Whether they were nouveau riche or rich kids, everyone wanted to treat her to a meal.
If an antique shop can make Kim Mi-jung beautiful and fix her face, then what's the point of having a plastic surgery clinic?
Isn't it a joke that I've spent hundreds of thousands on my face?
Chen Yuxi firmly believes that Jin Meiting is insane.
But what happened next shattered her worldview.
.......
To be honest, Chen Yuxi is already very satisfied with her face.
The only thing I'm not satisfied with is the eyes.
Not big enough, not bright enough, not the kind of big, captivating eyes that can make a man fall in love at first sight.
This little bit of "ordinariness" was like a flaw in her eyes, like a fly dropping on a piece of white rice, disgusting no matter how she looked at it.
It was this thought that prompted her to consider getting her eyes completely closed.
Unexpectedly, it failed.
Post-operative infection has left one eye unable to open to this day; the eyelid droops, like a dead butterfly.
When she looks in the mirror, she always feels that the person in the mirror is staring at her coldly with one eye.
That one eye that couldn't open was like an ugly patch, ruining the balance of the whole face.
She made a scene at the hospital, and it went on for a long time.
The hospital paid her a large sum of money and then terminated her employment contract.
Although there is more money in my pocket, what does money mean to a disfigured face?
It's nothing at all!
No more luxury cars waiting for her downstairs, no more bosses spending lavishly to please her, and her dream of opening a beauty salon has been shattered into dust.
When Chen Yuxi was feeling disheartened, she went to a bar called "Twilight" to drown her sorrows.
Why go to Twilight?
Because it's a mask-themed bar.
Everyone was wearing masks, and no one could see her disabled eye.
She slumped drunkenly on the bar, her hazy gaze sweeping through the crowd, and then—
He froze, as if struck by lightning.
Jin Meiting.
That face, it's clearly impossible to restore it 100%.
Burn scars can proliferate, and skin grafts can result in color differences. Even the most skilled plastic surgeons cannot handle severe burns.
But Jin Meiting's face was not only repaired, it became countless times more beautiful than before.
That's something plastic surgery can't achieve.
It's like... a completely different face.
Chen Yuxi wanted to chase after her, but Jin Meiting had already disappeared into the crowd on the dance floor.
She pushed aside one person after another, broke the heels of her high heels, and frantically searched the bar barefoot.
But in the vast sea of people, I couldn't even catch a glimpse of them.
From then on, Chen Yuxi became obsessed, frantically searching for that antique shop in the suburbs of Nanhai.
Zero Antique Shop was the thirteenth one she visited.
.....
Chen Yuxi took off her sunglasses.
Jiang Chaosheng's eye twitched slightly.
This face is beautiful—at least it used to be.
But now, those eyes look like two insect eggs, lying in the very center of a beautiful piece of jade, making anyone who looks at them feel uncomfortable.
One eye was barely open, while the other eyelid drooped down, like a roller shutter that could never be pulled up.
"Could you...give me a pair of beautiful eyes?"
Chen Yuxi's voice trembled, and her single eye was filled with pleading:
"I can pay any amount."
Jiang Chaosheng did not answer.
He turned and walked toward the back room, his footsteps echoing in the empty antique shop like some kind of ancient timer.
Chen Yuxi stood there, waiting anxiously.
Her palms were sweaty, and her heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out of her throat.
About five minutes later, Jiang Chaosheng returned carrying a box.
Chen Yuxi stared intently at the box with her single eye.
Her intuition told her that what was inside was what she desired.
Jiang Chaosheng placed the box on the counter, gently resting one hand on it without opening it.
"Your money means nothing to me."
Chen Yuxi was stunned for a moment, then understood.
Yes, this antique shop owner is a supernatural being, a living urban legend.
How could money possibly pique his interest?
She bit her lip, her pretty face slightly flushed.
"If you don't mind, I can..."
"I'm not interested in you either," Jiang Chaosheng interrupted her without any politeness.
Chen Yuxi's eyes darkened.
She looks disgusting even to herself.
Jiang Chaosheng then spoke up: "Forty."
Chen Yuxi was taken aback: "What?"
"Forty years of lifespan. This thing is yours."
He tapped the lid of the box lightly with his finger:
"I will reclaim it after you die."
Forty years...
life?!
Chen Yuxi stared at him in disbelief, a deep fear slowly welling up in her pupils.
This man... wants to live longer.
Is this a demon?
Jiang Chaosheng frowned, seemingly impatient with her hesitation:
"I'm very busy."
He reached out to take the box.
Chen Yuxi's heart clenched suddenly.
Forty years of lifespan!
She's twenty-six this year. If forty years are taken away, she might not have many years left to live.
but--
Would it be better to live for forty years in this ugly body, or to become a beauty and live a carefree life for a few years?
She chose the latter.
Because the first way of living is more terrifying than death.
That's not living, that's serving time.
It's the torture of slowly rotting away in front of your reflection in the mirror every day.
"I do! I do!" she almost shouted.
Jiang Chaosheng paused for a moment, then withdrew his hand and pushed the box back in front of her.
"And—" He pursed his lips:
"Compared to a lifespan of forty years, this stuff has far more serious side effects."
Chen Yuxi blinked her one eye:
"What?"
"You will hurt anyone who loves you."
After hearing this, Chen Yuxi breathed a sigh of relief.
What kind of side effect is this?
Up until now, I've been hurting those who like her.
Those nouveau riche and rich kids, which one of them wasn't completely fooled by me?
Is this what you call being fickle and promiscuous?
No, this is called a beautiful woman being passionate!
"It seems this thing belongs to you."
Jiang Chaosheng chuckled, turned and left the counter, heading towards the back room.
Just like he said, he's very busy.
He was packing his things—the Grim Reaper's scythe, the flintlock pistol, he was taking them all.
Then go visit the Evil Qilin.
Chen Yuxi stared blankly at the small box in front of her.
She carefully extended her trembling fingertips, placed them on the lid of the box, and gently opened it.
She wanted to see what it was that she had spent forty years of her life to buy.
A pair of eyes lay inside the box.
His heterochromatic eyes, a deep blue, resembled two meticulously cut gemstones.
That blue wasn't the blue of the sky, nor the blue of the sea—it was something deeper and more profound.
It's as if the entire night sky has been condensed into two teardrops.
Even the Heart of the Ocean, which sank with the Titanic into the deep sea, probably couldn't compare to this beauty.
What's most unsettling is... those eyes seem to be looking at her with deep affection.
Even if she were a woman, she would be captivated by his alluring gaze.
Chen Yuxi swallowed hard, reached out to grab the two eyes, and wanted to take a closer look.
The next second, something unexpected happened.
Two beams of light shot out from her palms and pierced straight into her eye sockets.
"ah--!"
Chen Yuxi screamed in surprise, and her vision was instantly plunged into darkness:
"What is this thing?!"
In the darkness, the man's voice came from afar:
"Number 0-39, Medusa's Eye".
The light is slowly returning.
Blurry, swaying, like looking at the world through a curtain of water.
She saw the man's tall, imposing figure and heard his voice continue:
Poseidon fell in love with Medusa's eyes and took her... .
Athena, Poseidon's niece, believed that Medusa, a mere mortal, had committed blasphemy by having relations with a god.
To punish Medusa, she transformed her into a Gorgon with snakes for hair.
My vision finally cleared completely.
Chen Yuxi trembled as she pulled out a small mirror she always carried and held it up to her face—
She was completely mesmerized.
The heterochromatic eyes in the mirror were so beautiful they seemed to possess a magical quality.
Deep within the azure iris, it seems as if an entire starry sky is hidden, so captivating that one glance draws you in, never to rise again.
She turned to look at Jiang Chaosheng, her voice trembling:
"These are... Medusa's eyes?"
Her brows slowly furrowed; she suddenly remembered something:
"By the gods" How could it be Medusa's fault?
Clearly, she was somewhat fascinated by Jiang Chaosheng's story and was even feeling indignant on behalf of that poor woman.
Jiang Chaosheng did not stop:
The story is not over yet.
Athena believed that Poseidon fell in love with Medusa because of her eyes.
Therefore... any mortal being who glances at the gods is committing blasphemy.
Athena, disdaining to gouge out Medusa's eyes, instead cast a curse upon them.
He paused:
"Any mortal creature that looks into Medusa's eyes will be condemned to blasphemy and turned to stone."
Therefore, Medusa was described by Western bards as a "grotesque monster."
Chen Yuxi's brows furrowed more and more tightly.
On what grounds?
Just because they were defiled by the gods, do they deserve this kind of torment?
Her heterochromatic blue eyes were filled with resentment: "Aren't those gods a bit too arrogant?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Chaosheng lowered his eyes and murmured softly:
"Hmm, that's a bit too arrogant."
Chen Yuxi suddenly thought of something:
"And when others look into my eyes, is it also...?"
Jiang Chaosheng had already put on his trench coat and started packing his things.
"You are just a mortal, and you haven't even opened your spiritual aperture."
Therefore, those eyes don't possess that much supernatural power in you.
However, the curse remains.
Although those who look into your eyes won't turn to stone, anyone who falls in love with you will.
Enjoy these most beautiful eyes in the world.
Chen Yuxi understood that this was a way of telling her to leave, so she nodded slightly: "Okay, thank you."
"Your time is running out," Jiang Chaosheng said quietly.
Chen Yuxi's heart tightened.
Forty years of life. Her time is indeed running out.
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