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Chapter 438 The Secret Cake Recipe

"why……"

With her head lowered, Xiaolan asked a little puzzled.

"Hua Lian can identify women who may become more beautiful than herself. Because the appearance of such a woman can shatter all the achievements she has achieved so far in an instant. So this ability is for the beauty pageant industry. To survive, everyone has something like an instinct."

Meimei couldn't help explaining.

"So that means, Hualian recognized Xiaolan's beauty?"

Sonoko said with a smile, looking very happy.

"Well, this is a rare thing. As a sister, I know this best. Hua Lian is afraid of your beauty. However, people like this who have appeared before have been used by Hua Lian Defeat them all by all means.”

"what?"

Xiaolan and Yuanzi both showed surprised expressions when they heard this.

"Like those people just now?"

Sonoko asked.

"kindness."

Meimei nodded involuntarily.

"So, there are many people who hold grudges against Miss Hualian?"

Sonoko asked, frowning.

"Well. Among the people who will 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.

"To die?"

Xiaolan repeated the word in surprise, and then Meimei couldn't help but continued:

"Yes. However, this also shows that everyone recognizes Hualian's strength. In this world, only my mother and I are on Hualian's side. The competition for beauty will always attract envy, jealousy and resentment Things. But Hua Lian is a person who will never be scared like those two girls just because of fear, instead she turns all these into motivation and smiles in front of the audience."

"It's amazing..."

After hearing Meimei's words, Xiaolan and Yuanzi felt reverence spontaneously.

"Okay, it's done. With today's lighting, I think this glossy lipstick is the most suitable for you. I used a noble dark eyeshadow, and I also helped you draw a full eyeliner, so that the eye makeup is perfect. Like this You will definitely stand out on stage. You will become a strong enemy of Hualian!"

Saying that, Meimei put down the makeup box in her hand, put her arms around Xiaolan's shoulders, smiled and looked at Xiaolan in the mirror and said.

"Xiaolan, you are really beautiful now!"

Seeing that Xiaolan around him had changed so much, Yuanzi couldn't help saying in a daze.

"Thank you."

Xiaolan looked at the changed self reflected in the mirror, and couldn't help but nodded to Meimei to thank her.

"It's definitely his loss if Xinyi doesn't come!"

Sonoko could not help but add with a smile.

"The garden..."

Facing the teasing Yuanzi, Xiaolan couldn't help lowering her head shyly.

At this moment, Hua Lian poked her head out from the next room as if peeking at Xiaolan. After seeing Xiaolan's makeup at the moment, she couldn't help saying:

"Sister, you don't need to put makeup on her, anyway, they will be eliminated soon. You too, what are you showing off there? You just need to concentrate on being my bodyguard!"

Hualian said a little angrily.

"Yes, sorry..."

Hearing what Hualian said, Xiaolan lowered her head in shame.

Regarding this, Hua Lian's expression was 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 this regard, Meiling, who had already helped Hualian put on her makeup, couldn't help but went to open the door.

—— "Xiao Lan, you don't need to apologize. What, that kind of attitude! Xiao Lan, you are much more beautiful than this kind of woman!"

While everyone was focusing on the knock on the door, Yuanzi sitting next to Xiaolan angrily crumpled up the tissue paper that had been wiped off her lipstick and threw it into the trash can, feeling sorry for Hualian's attitude just now Said dissatisfied.

And just as she was talking, Mei Ling had already walked to the door of the suite, and shouted outside:
"coming."

Then the door opened—

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Pushing open the door, Mei Ling saw Dr. A Li standing in front of the door, and asked in surprise.

"No, nothing..."

Dr. Ali said with some embarrassment:

"It's just that after I praised your daughter's delicious cake to my friend, she said that she really wanted to know the recipe, so she came to ask."

As he said that, Dr. Agasa couldn't help turning his gaze to Shiho who was standing behind him, trying to avoid the sight of others as much as possible.

In this regard, Zhibao had no choice but to stand up a little bit, bowed to Meiling and begged:
"Can you tell me the recipe?"

After saying this, Meiling, who was still smiling, couldn't help being stunned for a moment when she saw Shiho's face, and then she showed a surprised expression, and couldn't help asking:
"Excuse me... are you also a contestant in this beauty pageant?"

"No."

Shiho shook his head lightly.

In this regard, Mei Ling couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and then replied:

"Oh... I'm really sorry. Only Hua Lian knows the recipe of that cake. Moreover, it will be sold in the pastry shop in Yamate under Hua Lian's name in the near future. Because of the signing of the agreement, the recipe cannot be told to anyone."

"what……"

Dr. A Li couldn't help being a little stunned when he heard what Mei Ling said, and then tentatively said:

"Please no matter what..."

"No, it's impossible. I'm sorry."

Mei Ling smiled at Dr. Ali, then closed the door coldly.

"It's really difficult, it seems that I can only give up."

Facing the current situation, Zhibao couldn't help but said calmly.

"In this case……"

Dr. Ali couldn't help being a little embarrassed, and then seemed to remember something, and couldn't help saying to Shiho:

"That's right! You can ask the pastry chef of 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 to be the case."

Regarding what Dr. Ali said, Shiho also nodded in affirmation.

So, Dr. Ali immediately ran towards the elevator, and Shiho had no choice but to follow.

By the time Shiho followed her to the elevator, Dr. Ali was already waiting for her in the elevator with the door open.As Shiho walked into the elevator, the elevator began to descend again at a rapid speed——

"By the way, doctor, where did you and Kudo go just now? Where did you get his clothes?"

In the elevator, Zhibao couldn't help asking when he thought of the situation that Gaoyuan, who had shrunk down, had no clothes that fit him and could only hide in the cabinet in the "women's changing room".

"Oh...it's on the B3 floor, there is a laundry room for collecting dirty clothes from each room."

Dr. A Li didn't think too much, and quickly gave the answer.

Regarding this, Shiho nodded slightly, remembered the floor B3, and then continued to follow Dr. Ali as if nothing had happened, and first went to ask Kudo Shinichi about the cake recipe.

……

At the same time, Shinichi had already reached the 20th floor, and was inspecting the fire stairs by the dim light of the emergency lights.

"This is the twentieth floor. Even if the criminal attacked Miss Hua Lian, if he wanted to escape from here, he could let the security guards lie in ambush below before he reached the downstairs..."

Shinichi leaned against the handrail of the stairs, leaned out and looked down, only the safety ladder stretched all the way down.

"Next is..."

Opening the door of the emergency exit, Shinichi came to the corridor, and immediately noticed the fire hydrant embedded in the wall.

"In this position, even if the prisoner sets the fire, it can be extinguished quickly..."

After confirming the distance between Hualian's room and the fire hydrant, Shinichi nodded with satisfaction.

"It seems that the place where the criminals can attack Miss Hualien is only in that venue."

While muttering to himself, Shinichi walked towards the elevator and pressed the button to go downstairs.

Then the elevator quickly came up from below.

Opening the door, Shinichi stepped into the elevator and pressed the button indicating the floor of the banquet hall.

The elevator moved quickly, and soon reached the floor where the banquet hall was located...

(End of this chapter)