Chapter 703: Fear of being close to home

Most of the people in the group were practitioners, and they were not easy to mess with at first glance, so the journey was uneventful.

Half a month later, seeing that he was about to arrive in the capital, Qiao Dajiang felt a little timid about being close to home.

In the carriage, Qiao Dajiang asked his daughter to take out the mirror, touch his face and look at his hair, and asked his daughter uneasily:

"Ran Ran, dad is really not that much older, right? He's not ugly, right? Your mother won't dislike me, right?"

Qiao Ran was amused by her father's three consecutive questions. She chuckled and quickly suppressed her laughter.

After coughing lightly, she shook her head seriously and tried to reassure her father:

"Dad, you are not old or ugly. You are younger and more handsome than an eighteen-year-old boy! My mother will definitely not dislike you."

Her words made Qiao Dajiang feel a little more at ease.

He was really afraid that he would grow old and ugly and his wife would dislike him.

Although he knew that Hui Niang was not the kind of person to judge people by their appearance, he was afraid that he would feel inferior when he saw a young and beautiful woman.

Bama on the side also touched his face, looked at his charcoal-like skin, and said weakly:

"Master, young lady, um, if I look so ugly, will it scare the old lady, madam, and young gentlemen?"

In the past, on Agate Island, although everyone's skin was almost dark, everyone often laughed at him, and he also knew that he looked ugly.

When he came to Dai Viet, he realized more deeply how ugly and scary he looked.

When he was at the beach, he followed the eldest lady to catch the sea.

The children of the fishermen all like to be around the eldest lady, and even Mu Er and the other guards are surrounded by children.

He was the only one who always followed the eldest daughter alone, and other children did not dare to approach him when they saw him.

Although he knew that those children had no ill intentions and were just afraid of his appearance, he still felt a little sad.

On the way back to the capital, he learned to ride a horse and drive a carriage with the guards, and he also received a lot of attention and courtesy along the way.

The passers-by looked at him as if he were a monster, pointing and talking at him, but no one dared to approach him, which made this big boy who was originally cheerful and optimistic start to become autistic.

When passing through a crowded town, in order to avoid causing a commotion, Mo Beihan asked the guards to drive the carriage and asked Bama to hide in the carriage.

Qiao Ran glanced at the aggrieved Bama and really didn't know how to comfort him.

He could only say dryly:

"Bama, a person's appearance is innate and cannot be changed. Don't worry, my family and the whole village are very kind, and no one will look down on you. Maybe you will be a little a little bit confused when you first see your appearance. If you’re not used to it, you’ll get used to it over time, so don’t worry!”

Bama was not comforted by these words. He still frowned sadly, looking at the eldest lady with resentful eyes like a little old man.

Qiao Dajiang couldn't bear it anymore and asked: "Ranran, don't you have those whitening pills? Why don't daddy buy one from you, and you can give it to Bama to see if it can make you whiter!"

Qiao Ran looked at her father speechlessly:

"Dad, this whitening pill of mine is only effective if it is taken by yellow-skinned people like us. Bama is a black race and has his own genes. How can he take the pill to become white? If it was useful, I would have given it to him a long time ago. After eating, why are you so polite to me?"

Qiao Dajiang smiled sarcastically and looked at his servant helplessly.

Seeing Bama looking like he was about to cry, Qiao Ran could only say:

"Well, when you get to the capital, I will get you a human skin mask to wear. It will look similar to us Dai Viet people. But the weather is hot now. Although my mask is more breathable, it will definitely still be a little hot. You You have to be able to bear it. You must take off the mask when no one is around or at night, otherwise your face will not be able to bear it.”

When Bama heard this, he was happy at first, and then a little scared:

"Human, human skin mask? Is it made of human skin?"

He looked at the eldest lady in confusion. He didn't expect that the eldest lady, who was beautiful and kind-hearted, would actually skin people to make masks.

Could it be that the mask was made by peeling off the skin from a person's face and using potion?

That’s too scary! How can I put someone else's face on my own face? Will your hair stand on end just thinking about it?

Seeing Bama's frightened look, Qiao Ran explained in a dumbfounded way:

"How could it be made of human skin? A human skin mask means a mask that is as natural as human skin. It is made of animal skins such as pig skin and cowhide. Do you think your eldest lady would skin a human? ?”

Bama misunderstood the eldest lady and apologized embarrassedly:

"I'm sorry, Miss! It's Bama who is stupid and misunderstood you! Miss is a kind-hearted person, so naturally she would not do such a cruel thing."

Qiao Ran didn't take it seriously and waved her hand:

"Okay, it's settled. I'll get the human skin mask and put it on for you, so that you won't have any inconvenience living here in the future, and I won't bother to explain your identity to anyone."

Although there is no shortage of guests from various foreign countries in the capital, there are so many people with different skin colors and strange clothes that everyone is not surprised.

But if she or her father were accompanied by such a black-headed outsider, it would definitely attract a lot of attention and questions, and Qiao Ran didn't want to cause such trouble.

When they arrived at the gate of the capital, Mo Beihan asked Mu Yi to lead the other guards back to the city, while he stayed with Mu Er.

Qiao Ran looked at him puzzled: "Why don't you go home?"

Mo Beihan looked at the two carriages and excused himself:

"Mu Er and I will stay here to help you drive the carriage."