Since no one was around, Chen Ke entered the men's restroom without saying anything. He was merely curious about the urinals on the wall, asking if they were for rinsing mouths.
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I used my phone to find a photo and showed it to Chen Ke. "Ke, can you style my hair to look like this person?"
Chen Ke's eyes widened. "Are you crazy!"
"This is the only way to get the crowd to leave."
"But your body shape isn't like his!"
"The body shape is easy!" I asked Chen Ke to take off his inner shirt and ball it up into a flat, round shape, stuffing it into my down jacket. It was just for the belly. As for my lower body, I was already wearing dress pants and leather shoes. The dress pants were a bit flared, making me look even more like that guy!
"I'll try it. I've never done this hairstyle before. You hold the phone." Chen Ke took out his needle bag.
I held the phone while Chen Ke worked behind me, looking at the phone and adjusting the needles. I felt the muscles in my face loosen, then tighten, then ache, then go numb. It took a full five minutes to finish. I looked in the mirror, and it was truly miraculous. I looked so much like him, only the hairstyle was missing. This hairstyle required a lot of hairspray. I couldn't leave the restroom now; the tourists outside would see me. I called Lin Xi. First, for her to bring a bottle of hairspray, and second, for her to gather the uniformed staff within the scenic area to pretend to be a group of elite bodyguards and wait at the restroom entrance, forming two lines to greet me!
Before long, Lin Xi arrived with the hairspray and styled me to look exactly like that guy.
"Do you two speak the Cao County dialect?" I asked them.
Lin Xi, fluent in many languages, knew it and taught me a sentence to greet the crowd.
Once I learned it, the two rows of bodyguards outside were in position. I took a deep breath, swaggered with wide steps, hands behind my back, and walked out of the restroom, heading towards the entrance of the scenic area. As I walked, I waved to the audience outside with a smile.
They might have been a bit disbelieving at first, but soon someone cheered, and others asked each other if it was real.
I walked back to the previous platform and, with the help of the bodyguards, climbed onto it with some effort. I greeted everyone in the Cao County dialect.
This place was very close to a neighboring country, and there were some Cao County cities and districts nearby. I was confident there would be people from the Cao County ethnic group in the crowd. As expected, many people responded enthusiastically when I greeted them and told those around them, "Yes, it's real, exactly like on TV."
At this point, the scenic area's leadership, opportune, came out and sincerely apologized to everyone, saying that a foreign leader was visiting and they didn't want to disturb anyone, but due to security concerns and the fact that the foreign young man had many fans, they feared accidents, so the scenic area had to clear the area. They earnestly requested everyone not to take photos, not to leak any information, and to cooperate.
The matter was immediately elevated to a question of diplomatic protocol between two countries. The patriotic fervor of the crowd surged, and they expressed their willingness to cooperate with the nation and the scenic area in hosting this foreign guest. They dispersed reluctantly, especially since this foreign guest was very polite, apologizing to the vast Yan Xia populace through a "translator," and expressing his willingness to stand there and watch everyone leave, bowing frequently to show his regret.
The kindhearted people, perhaps worried that I, their "friendly neighbor," couldn't endure it, quickened their pace. In about seven or eight minutes, the square outside the scenic area was completely empty. Only a few people who were hiding in their cars in the distance were still peeking, but under the persuasion of the outer scenic area staff, they also drove down the mountain.
The scenic area's management staff were all dumbfounded. Those who believed I was the real deal were explained by Lin Xi. Due to the special nature of Changbai Mountain, where unusual creatures like demons frequently appeared, the employees here were quite familiar with organizations like Shakespeare's. In fact, they found seeing "me" more bizarre and strange than seeing a demon!
While Lin Xi went to explain, I went back into the restroom and Chen Ke styled me back into the likeness of Gu Tianle.
After cleaning up the loose ends, the Mercedes could finally drive in, and we continued our journey up the mountain by car.