Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot by Beautiful Crescent

Chapter 418: 268 saccharine: never-ending cheesy talk, sprinkling sweet nothings left and right

"I’ll go get the camera," Tang Wan said with a smile as she ran toward the East Courtyard. "I bought an SLR a while ago, but I haven’t used it for some time."

There was good lighting in the courtyard, so everyone moved four chairs outside for the four elders. The two children stood in front, and the rest stood behind.

"Who’s going to take the picture?" Tang Wan asked, holding the SLR, as she looked at the people in the courtyard.

"It has to be Xie Duo, of course. Among our big family, he’s the only outsider," Jiang Chengsi teased.

Xie Duo felt like he was having a terrible day, but still, he took the camera from Tang Wan with a smile. While the three families were arranging themselves, he adjusted the lens.

Shen Zhixian originally stood on the edge. It was embarrassing for anyone to squeeze into the center spot for the photo, so he was keeping an eye on the two children. Having played together, the siblings were already getting along well, when suddenly he felt a tight grip on his wrist.

Someone was holding it in the palm of their hand.

He barely lifted his gaze when he saw Jiang Yanting standing beside him. Today’s festivities had everyone buzzing; Jiang Jinsang had been recuperating, abstaining from alcohol, whereas as the elder brother in the Jiang family, Jiang Yanting naturally drank his fair share.

With everyone present, it wouldn’t be right for Shen Zhixian to jerk away abruptly.

His hand didn’t show signs of drunkenness, but his palm was hotter than the scorching summer sun by several degrees.

Gripping her wrist tightly, the force felt like it was going to burn her skin and melt into her bones.

Xie Duo was adjusting the camera and choosing angles facing the group of people, so of course, he noticed every bit of their interaction.

Jiang Yanting, what are you doing, getting handsy like that?

He didn’t say anything and pulled Shen Zhixian next to his parents. When Shen Zhixian tried to pull away slightly, Jiang Yanting leaned in and whispered, "Is it bad to stand by me?"

His breath was hot and his voice deep.

It was noon in Pingjiang, with warm and gentle sunlight. However, Shen Zhixian was prone to sweating, and with their arms slightly touching, the provocative breath made her feel inexplicably hot and damp.

And his words left her unable to respond. She just stiffened up, not saying a word.

Then, his grip loosened, and Shen Zhixian’s tightly wound heart relaxed a little, thinking he was about to let her go, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next second...

He laughed softly at her. Perhaps it was

breath really

"Are you very nervous?"

Zhixian sweats when nervous—it’s an instinctive bodily response

that you’re nervous," he

glance at the four elders seated in

Yanting, just shut

edged closer, nearly touching her ear,

"Right... Xianxian."

with the sharpness of alcohol, infiltrated her every pore. Shen Zhixian was rigid, pushing against his chest with her arm to get him to be

did he always turn out like this when

Nothing but sweet nothings!

the whole family inevitably stood close together. Jiang Yanting’s intermittent words reached the ears of the four elders in front, Old Tang and

this really her

losing it: Jiang Yanting! Your grandma, your parents, so many elders are present, and you two are "whispering" behind their backs? Have you no

to flirt, can’t

Tang Wan by the hand, had already walked to the other side of Jiang Zhenhuan and his wife. Unlike the other

and Xie Duo adjusted the camera

one is good," the old lady was quite satisfied. "Since everyone is here, let’s take a few

...

family photos for the three families, but each family also wanted individual shots. Jiang Jinsang then said he wanted to take a couple of photos with Tang Wan alone, and Jiangjiang

much time, but finding the right angles and striking poses

Jinsang and Tang Wan were taking photos, the elders were sitting in the corridor, teasing birds and

to another pose, please? Don’t just stand there stiffly," Xie Duo’s arms were getting sore. He had come to enjoy the

like taking photos, and with a bunch of

out his arm around her shoulder, pulling her into his embrace, holding hands, hugging and whatnot these had become basic moves for them. But with the elders watching, Tang Wan, caught off guard

the old lady laughed out

would have guessed that her Jinsang was

Wan wished she could just hide in his embrace; his steady heartbeat hit her ears, causing her heart to flutter restlessly, as if it was being tightly clasped in a

you show your face, please?"

reached out to smooth