Chapter 20 Make-up Make-up
Eric was in a low mood. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Not because of the badge and the Pelos thing. In Eric's dictionary, there is no difficulty that cannot be solved. Even if there is, we can't lose the heart to solve the problem.
However, his distress at this time comes from Miss Jasmine's ridiculous words: "If you want to stay in the Red Oriole Circus, you have to dress up as a woman." ”
This is definitely the biggest dilemma Eric has ever faced.
According to Jasmine, their leader, Iyeta, hated men so much that she made it a rule that circus members were only allowed to be women. As a result, there was not a single man in sight in the huge circus. From the head of the regiment to the members of the group, clowns, acrobats, animal trainers...... Even the handymen who carry large props are a group of old ladies who are showy.
Woman, woman, woman.
There are only women in the Red Warbler Circus!
By the way, there was another person in the circus who knew of Eric's existence. She is Connie, the deputy head of the circus. Jasmine didn't want to worry her good sister if she could, but Eric was too heavy for Jasmine to move him alone. I had to find someone to help. During the performance, Jasmine tied him to the bed. During the circus journey, she tied Eric and wrapped him in a thick quilt, while Connie assisted her in stuffing Eric into a box with ventilation holes and loading him onto the wagon.
The suspected murderer is another man. Jasmine had hesitated when she found him, she was afraid of the wicked and the ban of the regimental commander, but she really couldn't ignore a person covered in blood.
Connie, who knows the inside story, told Jasmine: "My good sister, you must be careful. Ita's rules are not unreasonable, men are one of the most terrifying creatures in the world. Listen, hand him over to the local police officer when he gets to the next town. ”
That is, until now, no one else knew that there were men in the circus. Can be dressed as a woman......
What made Eric unbearable the most was that Jasmine actually praised him for being like a woman. Indeed, Eric had a fair complexion, large eyes with long eyelashes above and below, and curly blonde hair long enough to make him feel like he was fake. The problem was in his voice, and Eric couldn't make a woman's voice. Jasmine suggests that he play dumb to get by, and boasts that she will use makeup to solve all other problems.
Eric's dignity says no to this. If others knew that he had once dressed as a woman, his reputation would be over.
In the end, Eric was persuaded by Jasmine's words: "What use can a detective who can't stay at the scene of the crime be?"
Well, for the sake of the future, everything is easy to say. Jasmine also gave Eric a new name. Tomorrow, the identity of the little detective will be Jasmine's assistant Ellie.
During this time, Jasmine used water to remove the clown's thick makeup, revealing the natural white skin on her face. The young girl blinked her eyes, her eyes rolling, and Eric was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that there was such a delicate face under the clown mask. If you want to describe it as a flower, then her face is like a blooming cosmos.
Eric couldn't fall asleep with the question, "Why are you pretending to be a clown?"
Jasmine played with her long, messy red, yellow, blue, and green hair, and it seemed that she didn't want to clean them: "Only women's circuses invite hordes of hooligans, and I'm just a means of protection." Ugly-looking clowns, they can't be interested. ”
She hugged her pillow and went to rest with her good sister Connie. In her words, it was too dangerous to spend the night with a man in a tent.
So that night, Eric had to sleep alone in this tent. Until Eric fell asleep, he was thinking about Jasmine, why this girl had a beautiful face and was deliberately ugly.
As far as Eric knows, circus clowns generally do their job by pretending to be crazy and stupid to please their guests. This does not correspond to Jasmine's temperament. He was eager to see what Jasmine was like at work.
Nothing was said all night.
The next day, the circus members are ready to leave for their next show, Luketown. This time, Eric didn't have to stay in the box anymore. But he has something else to pay.
Before dawn, Jasmine and Connie arrived at Eric's tent.
"Good morning, Mr. Detective. "Connie, the deputy head of the group, is a mature woman who is gentle and elegant, plump and wears a black gauze dress. She said she wanted to talk to Mr. Detective.
"I think I need more clarification. ”
Obviously, Jasmine had already told the deputy head of the regiment about the cause and effect. But Connie, who is still not reassured, still wants to ask Eric in person, she wants to determine if he is really a detective.
Connie's unbridled attitude impressed Eric with the lieutenant, and he gave her a detailed account of his work at Conced, and attributed his appearance to a crash by the tracks.
Eric pleads with Connie to leave behind the family crest to find her friend and Jasmine's missing jewelry.
Jasmine also pleaded together.
"Okay. You can stay, but only on the condition that the regimental commander never know about it. Three days, I'll give you only three days! When the time is up, I'll ask you to leave the red warbler. And you Jasmine, take care of him. In the end, Connie left a warning and a reminder, and stuffed Jasmine with three glass vials before leaving.
Three days was plenty of time for Eric.
Waiting for Connie to leave, Eric asked Jasmine, "Why can't you let your captain know, if I can get the captain's cooperation, I won't have to pretend to be a woman." ”
Jasmine replied, "Because the head of the regiment is not as reasonable as Connie." Besides, if you don't have papers, she will definitely not allow a man to run around in the circus. This answer extinguished the last trace of luck in Eric's mentality. Eric sighed.
"Don't be discouraged, in order to make you play a woman better. I begged Connie yesterday to make you two potions of special effects. They make your voice thinner. Connick is the pharmacist in our circus. Everyone comes to her when they have any injuries or illnesses, and her medicine is almost omnipotent. Jasmine complimented.
Eric had never heard of a pharmacist who could concoct such a magical potion, but he knew he shouldn't ask. Before everyone gets up, Jasmine has to finish her makeup on Eric. She pulled out a standing mirror from an inconspicuous corner behind the hanger and placed it in front of Eric.
First, she dressed Eric in another clown suit, which was necessary to cover Eric's figure. But in order to make it clear that he is a woman, Jasmine decides to make him look more feminine instead of painting Eric's face as a clown. She pulled out another small stool for him to sit down and began to make a fuss in Eric's face. She didn't hesitate to apply the cream of foundation to Eric's face.
Eric's face is slightly wider, and Jasmine has applied dark powder with a powder brush to shade the sides of his cheeks to make his facial contour look smaller, and has done subtle treatments on his face with varying degrees of glitter. Eric's feminine characteristics that he didn't have were gradually outlined.
Finally, Jasmine sprinkled a pinch of perfume powder on Eric's hair. A scarf was tied around Eric's neck to block his Adam's apple.
"Okay, my work is done. Jasmine patted Eric and motioned for him to open his eyes.
In the mirror, a young girl with gauze tied to her right eye is looking at Eric. The bright white forehead under the blonde hair, the dripping blue eyes, the cheeks are flushed, and the pink lips look full of elastic texture.
"It's... Is it?" Eric waved his hand at the person in the mirror, noticing that they had done the same.
"Of course. You'd better get used to it quickly. Don't let people see the flaws. Drink the voice-changing potion, you're about to make your debut. Jasmine said.
Eric unscrewed a vial and poured the potion into his mouth. Frankly, Eric had never drunk such a bad potion in his life. It tasted like sea water after being hungry for bird droppings.
Of course, Eric had never eaten bird droppings.
Jasmine, on the side, crossed her hands over her chest and looked at her masterpiece with satisfaction. Dressing up a man as a beautiful girl is a self-evident sense of accomplishment. Moreover, the square gauze of Eric's right eye made him even more endearing, which Jasmine had not expected.
"Let's go. Jasmine poked Eric, who was still looking at herself.
The moment he stepped out of the tent, Eric felt uncomfortable. He felt that the eyes of countless people were focused on one place and stabbed at him, stabbing him painfully.
Jasmine patted him and gave him encouragement.
It's also Eric's heart. Looking around, people dressed up, put away their tents, and loaded their belongings into the wagons. No one noticed here at all.
"You're here to help, too. Jasmine beckoned Eric to carry his things. But Eric's movements were noticeably stiffer, and he even walked a lot slower.
The handyman lady in the tent next door was the first to discover the new world, and came over and asked, "Who is this? She looks so beautiful. ”
"The girl from the village, she wants to join our circus. Jasmine replied with a smile.
"Hmm," the old lady nodded, looking up and down at the motionless Ellie, "It looks like a restrained child." ”