[ZHUILING] More Than Enough

Chapter 30

A handful of white powder was spilt all over the wooden table. Small drops of rouge accompanied the lone face whitening material, with eyeliners stacked underneath the brushes. A tiny mirror reflected a slim face with a vermillion mark burning in the centre of the forehead.

"Today is Young Master Jin's biggest day!" Shao Qing congratulated. She took a brush and dipped it into the container of white powder. Carefully evenly distributing the amount of powder on the brush, she held Jin Ling by the chin and applied the makeup. Thinning her eyes, she couldn't help but inwardly squeal for her Young Master.

It was November 23, her Young Master's birthday. He turned eighteen-years-old, and became the new Lanling Jin's Sect leader. Of course, the ceremony was to be held a few minutes into the afternoon.

Shao Qing remembered the face of Jin Ling when he asked for her help in applying makeup. Clearly, he was too amateurish to not understand that face whitening powder was for the face, not the lips, and to not understand that lipstick was for the lips, not as an eyeshadow. "Does Young Master Jin want a light layer or heavy?" Shao Qing asked.

Jin Ling puffed out his cheeks. It was simple to decide. "Light."

Shao Qing understood. A boy's taste was simple to decipher. Nobody out there would want so much makeup that they'd cough and sneeze for ages.

After she was done with the face whitening powder, she set aside the brush and carefully examined Jin Ling. He was already pretty in appearance without makeup. Shao Qing smiled proudly. The rays of the sunlight leaked into the room throughout the flowing curtain, spilling over the two people's faces.

Jin Ling shrunk backwards. "What are you smiling for? Disgusting."

Shao Qing couldn't help but smile brighter. The Young Master truly only had bad words in his vocabulary.

"I'll go get Young Master Jin his attire and accessories." She chirped before racing out of the room. Jin Ling sighed when the sound of the maidservant's footsteps went silent. He turned around to face the open window. The lukewarm sun sat lazily on the horizon, extending its beams of warmth towards Jin Ling. The new Lanling Jin Sect Leader gulped nervously. For some odd reason, the sun made him sweat.

Turning away from the sun, he began playing with the makeup materials.

When Shao Qing came back, she found Jin Ling balancing a brush on his nose, while the face whitening powder was spilt all over his face. A shriek spilled out from her mouth.

"Young Master Jin! What are you doing?"

Immediately, Jin Ling could sense that something was amiss. "I'm..." as if he just broke out from the possession of a ghost, he stiffened. "I have makeup all over me..." His yellow robes were stained with rouge and whitening powder, making him appear as if he'd just exited out from a blizzard.

"Yes, yes you do!" Shao Qing was panicking too much to say the Young Master's initial honorific. "Ohh... I need to wash the rouge out from your hair... and since you're changing into new clothes, I suppose your robes can suffice..."

And so, the preparation for Jin Ling's attire (which was supposed to take half an hour) took two more hours to be ready.

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"Today's the ceremony of Jin Ling becoming the new Sect Leader."

"Jin who?"

"Jin Ling! The son of Jin Zixuan and Jiang Yanli!"

"Woah! Calm down!"