Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot by Beautiful Crescent

Chapter 265: 187 Come back home with me, Fourth Master has turned into a scumbag [Prize Quiz]

The bedroom door was gently closed, and Jiangjiang could no longer hear any conversation outside, feeling both anxious and angry.

Surely it was that jerk of a dad up to no good behind the scenes. Otherwise, why would Mom suddenly leave him? What could be going on between the two of them at this late hour?

He strained his ears, but the silence outside was so profound that not a sound could be heard.

Time passed without any movement, and eventually, he couldn’t bear it any longer. His eyelids drooped, and he soon fell asleep.

Meanwhile, in the apartment’s living room

When Shen Zhixian came out, Jiang Yanting was reclining on the sofa with a laptop on his knees, wearing a Bluetooth headset, apparently working, “Come here.”

The computer screen light fell on his face, highlighting the sharp angles of his profile, transporting her back to their school days when he would write papers and she would watch intently from the side.

Jiang Yanting noticed her out of the corner of his eye and gestured to the space beside him.

Whenever Shen Zhixian was nervous, her palms would sweat easily. She wiped her sweaty palms discreetly along the seam of her trousers and sat down beside him, still keeping a distance between them, “Where is it?”

“Move closer.”

so far apart? They had been more intimate than this in the past; why the

“This is fine.”

inevitably made interactions feel estranged, as if harking back to when they first met

Yanting chuckled softly, “Then

Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the

then he had

already sitting close to the edge, when he moved closer, their clothes

computer, you can’t see

Zhixian, her palms starting

caught a glimpse of his hand reaching out

likely also cautious not to wake the

the headphones, which seemed to still hold his warmth, and when it touched her ears, it

a pair of headphones, with her complaining about his taste in obscure music and him saying her preferred

soon a clear melody played, pulling her thoughts back

the computer screen, a series of photographs began to appear rapidly, an electronic album accompanied by a soothing, soft female voice, documenting

album was paired with a segment of

time rolling over, first time standing up, the first time he fell down and cried loudly, even his reluctance to enter kindergarten while clinging to the gate, and his demeanor

a little suit, singing in kindergarten; lying on a heavy motorcycle, laughing with his teeth showing; a Jiang family photo, dressed in a little red jacket, sitting on the elderly lady’s lap, smiling with

yet each seemed to remind Shen Zhixian just how

likes him. I edited this video, but the music in the background was recorded by my mother when he was three,” Jiang Yanting