In the distance, a group of people were walking up the hill. Leading the way, Lisa called out, "Xi, come out."
If someone else had called her, Xi would not have come out, but Lisa was the exception. The only person in Xi's life who did not mock, hit, or scold her for her appearance, even tried to cure and beautify her.
Xi's right hand had been broken. As a child, someone had kicked her, and she blocked it, breaking her wrist. Without money for treatment, her wrist had healed crookedly.
After arriving in Goddess of Beauty City, Lisa broke Xi's wrist again to re-treat it, finally fixing her crooked right hand.
Lisa tried to beautify her too, but the omnipotent Face Purification Technique had no effect on Xi. Instead, it seemed to make her even uglier.
At the time, a pharmacist named Sava had said, "Your ugliness is congenital. The more you try to treat it, the worse it gets. You can only maintain your current appearance now."
Xi nodded, no longer having any other thoughts.
