Chapter 122: Cute God Photo Album

“Ah? The packaging is so pretty, wouldn’t it be a bit of a waste to just throw it away directly?”

Auntie Cheng, caught off guard, took this photo album, feeling that although the greeting card was indeed written rather flashily and a bit undignified, the item itself was packaged with quite some care.

Xueyan stared eagerly at Auntie Cheng, clearly still wanting to see the photos inside.

Therefore, without waiting for Xueyan and his dad to speak, Auntie Cheng helped to persuade them to keep it:

“But Chairman, for something like a photo album, it’s best to burn the photos inside first before throwing it away, right?”

“Otherwise, if the photos inside are picked up by outsiders, wouldn’t that be even more inauspicious?”

Auntie Cheng’s older-generation mindset actually instantly silenced the father and son duo, Lu Ting and Lu Huai.

That was indeed true. If this photo album actually contained some messy photos of the sweet cub, it would be even worse if they were thrown away and picked up by someone.

“Open it and let’s see.”

Therefore, Lu Ting stared at this photo album quite vigilantly.

As a result, flipping to the first page, it was that heavily promoted poster selected by Masis this time. [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] It made Lu Ting, an Alpha who usually never paid attention to these so-called fashion circles when buying bags, freeze for a moment.

“Oh my, couldn’t this be our Young Master Xueyan!?”

Auntie Cheng was even dazzled by its prettiness.

To be honest, the little guy was already incredibly pretty, but this photographer clearly had a lot of skill. He forcibly captured the most perfect moment, indeed much more professional than what the family took.

“This is me and Charlie, Papa, I want to see the next one!”

Xueyan stood on tiptoe to look at the photo album, sharing happily with his papa, not expecting Uncle Simmons to actually develop the photos this quickly.

It was just that Xueyan had already seen this one, so the cub tried to reach out and flip to the second page.

As a result, the full-face photo on the second page was even more of a critical strike.

Holding Charlie, Xueyan slightly raised his head, trying to reach out his little hand to catch a sparkling, about-to-fall crystal raindrop right in the center of the hood. Even the bottom of his eyes reflected countless tiny, fine glints of little crystals, making his eyelashes look long and thick.

That little face under the raincoat hood was even more indescribably beautiful.

The clever lighting in the photography studio even added an indescribable divinity to this photo, just like a newborn little angel learning to open its eyes for the first time and seeing raindrops falling in the natural world.

Originally, this was the one Simmons was most satisfied with. Unfortunately, no amount of throwing tantrums and making a scene could make Lu Xun and the others yield even a fraction, making Simmons so angry he almost tore the cameraman apart.

Since it can’t be published, why did he have to take such a perfect photo!

Of course, Assistant Steve also disagreed with using this photo as the heavily promoted poster.

Because although this photo was excellent, the audience’s gaze would clearly all fall on Xueyan’s face. Who on earth would still pay attention to what haute couture the cub was wearing!?

Looking at it for dozens of seconds, one might not even notice the haute couture raincoat on him.

From a brand marketing perspective, this photo is pure disaster!

Therefore, Steve, who hit it off instantly with Lu Xun and the others, ultimately crushed Simmons’s “Xueyan Promotion” plan right on the beach.

Auntie Cheng looked up at Chairman Lu Ting, thinking, Should this still be thrown away?

And Lu Ting was already lowering his head, staring intently at the photo, not speaking for a long while.

“Old Dad, don’t stop, let’s see the next one!”

The first two photos had already successfully made Lu Huai’s mouth open into the shape of a TYPE-C port, causing Lu Huai to have completely thrown the matter of throwing away the photo album to the back of his mind by this time.

From this moment on, in this house, even if I throw myself away, it is impossible to throw away this sacred photo album of Xueyan—!

The key point was, having seen too many of the pile of “ugly photos” taken by his dad and eldest brother before, Lu Huai simply couldn’t imagine that photos could actually be taken like this!

Therefore, the highly interested Xueyan was also hugged and sat in front of the photo album, flipping through the entire selected photo album together.

From a cute little chestnut wearing light chestnut autumn clothes, to a small handful of snowballs wearing a milky-white cashmere coat in winter. Every photo full of childlike charm was paired with Charlie the cat wearing a matching outfit.

From the perspective of a clothing advertisement shoot, this photo album could be said to look less and less like one towards the end, completely turning into a cub photo album of Xueyan.

The clothes on him purely played the role of icing on the cake, the camera practically didn’t stop shooting at his face, and it was visibly obvious that the photographer was led astray by the cub playing with the little cat in front of the lens.

“Oh my, tsk tsk tsk, this photo album is shot so beautifully, how nice would it be to shoot one once a year in the future? How commemorative it would be to keep at home!”

Even Auntie Cheng, standing nearby, watched in amazement, even thinking that Eldest Young Master and the others had taken Xueyan to shoot a photo album.

Professional matters really must be left to professionals to handle!

She had never even seen such beautiful photos online before.

“…Hehe, it must be a problem with the camera, the camera in their photography studio is relatively expensive. Tomorrow Papa will just buy a new one, how about it, sweet cub?”

Dad, shot in the knee, remained silent for a long time, finally uttering his first evaluation with a strained tone.

It must be a problem with the equipment, not my photography skills!

Hearing this, Xueyan looked at his papa, blinked his eyes and smiled:

“The ones Papa takes are pretty too!”

One of them from the kindergarten performance was even placed by the bedside to be looked at every day.

“Haha, that’s exactly the logic right!? It’s still our sweet cub understands Papa the best!”

This instantly made Lu Ting, whose self-esteem had been severely damaged, bloom with joy again. Lu Huai could only sneer twice at this, suspecting Xueyan purely saw through their dad’s shattered middle-aged Alpha heart:

“Dad, don’t press on it, let me see again! I want to set it as my phone wallpaper!!”

“There is a USB flash drive in here, it should be the electronic files.”

Auntie Cheng actually found that a USB flash drive was also thoughtfully placed in the gift box. A handmade small umbrella pendant matching the crystal raindrops was even attached to the flash drive. Although there wasn’t time to rush out a few more sets of clothes for sale outside of the ten sets, it didn’t prevent Simmons from simply liking to waste a lot of time putting in sufficient effort on these ingenious little details to please the cub.

“It’s a little umbrella?”

Sure enough, the moment Xueyan saw this little pendant, he had already slightly widened his eyes, reaching out to touch it with curiosity and fondness. Charlie nearby also stared fixedly, his paw itching to reach out and bat at it a couple of times.

“This umbrella is only the size of a palm, yet it can actually open and close.”

Dad was about to untie the little pendant and hand it to Xueyan to play with when he discovered this thing was truly made like a piece of art, even having mechanisms. [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] Moreover, as if knowing cubs were easily injured, the sharp places at the top of the umbrella were all replaced with snow-white fluffy balls.

“He doesn’t feel like a bad person, Chairman. How could a bad person make things so meticulously, wouldn’t it be a pity to throw it away?”

Auntie Cheng discovered the intention within at a glance, and instantly her favorable impression multiplied, explaining with a smile.

This made Lu Huai and Dad exchange a glance with each other, their mouths as if glued shut.

Ultimately, they looked together at that USB flash drive.

After plugging it into the computer, besides the original photo files inside, there was also a carefully produced VLOG-like video. It was a compilation of many shooting clips from the day they picked up the clothes, including Charlie licking Xueyan’s fur, and the scene of Simmons’s unbridled loud laughter:

【How about it!? [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] Still in a hurry to go back for a meeting now? This busy great CEO? Hahahaha—】

Busy great CEO?

When this sentence came out of the computer, realizing what it meant, Dad’s expression finally slowly darkened.

No way, how could this kid Eldest Son be this deviously bad!?

The most basic trust between father and son is completely gone!

This quarter’s attendance bonus must absolutely all be deducted—

Therefore, Lu Xun, who was suddenly called by his dad asking for his whereabouts at the airport, actually raised an eyebrow slightly, not expecting it to be discovered this quickly?

【Lu Xun: So film properly for tomorrow’s competition, stop obsessing over taking photos, Dad.】

With video, at least you can take nice screenshots from inside to save, but with photos, there’s no saving it.

Not to mention, he couldn’t personally go to the venue to watch because of this business trip, which was already giving his dad a lot of face.

Otherwise, how many of these matters were originally supposed to be handled by Dad himself?

Lu Jing’s expression nearby wasn’t good either.

Originally, she could have also gone to watch Xueyan’s competition. It was just that to “interface” with some professional matters on Philenster’s side, Eldest Brother forcibly dragged her along too.

This time I have to properly swing the hoe. Lu Jing felt that only then could it make up for the regrets of this business trip.

【Lu Ting: …Brat!】

Lu Ting absolutely did not expect Eldest Son to not have a shred of shame, but instead make a false counter charge against his photography skills.

Lowering his head to look in bewilderment at his own beautiful sweet cub again, Lu Ting felt this was something that couldn’t possibly be photographed ugly no matter how you shot it.

So, it must be a problem with the equipment!

“Then this photo album…”

Auntie Cheng asked hesitantly.

“Put this photo album in my room first tonight, I will carefully study and see if there are any good things inside, cough. Then sweet cub also come over, sleep together with Papa tonight.”

Coughing once, Lu Ting, taking advantage of the rare opportunity he as the dad had to personally co-sleep tonight, pressed down Old Fourth who was eager for action nearby. Then he easily scooped the tiny Xueyan into his arms in one motion, incidentally taking that photo album.

The tall and sturdy Alpha instantly returned fully loaded, immensely smug.

Xueyan could only lay obediently in his papa’s arms, looking at Fourth Brother.

Brother, goodnight?

“Old Dad is simply too much, you can’t be like this as a person…”

Lu Huai was so angry he wanted to rush forward, but was grabbed by the shoulder by Lu Li, who had been watching from behind for a long time and only spoke up now.

“Tomorrow we’re all going to the school for the competition.”

You’ve taken the biggest advantage, is there a need to insist on clashing with Dad? What benefit could there possibly be.

Lu Li was subtly speechless.

“Humph. Only this kind of meticulous calculation is true love for Xueyan!”

If you want to snatch, then you must go snatch immediately! I just can’t stand Dad’s appearance of taking advantage of his seniority!

Lu Huai looked at Lu Li disdainfully and arrogantly.

“…Forget it, then go ahead.”

Rendered speechless, Lu Li instantly let go.

Unexpectedly, Lu Huai instead smoothly clasped his two hands behind his head, and chuckled:

“But let’s let Dad off the hook first today.”

After all, I’m starting a business now, and I still plan to fleece some investment from Dad. Only by making more money can I raise Xueyan—

Sooner or later, I will earn much, much more than Eldest Brother, and make Xueyan worshipfully say Fourth Brother is the most amazing brother hahaha!

The more Lu Huai thought about it, the better he felt, his whole person becoming joyful.

“…”

Lu Li was very speechless.

It can’t be that Xueyan just likes people with bad brains, right?

And although Xueyan said he wasn’t nervous, on this night on the eve of the competition, he was still a little bit nervous. He laid in front of his papa for a long time and couldn’t fall asleep, occasionally wanting to turn his head to look at Charlie outside.

“What’s wrong? Want to drink water? Or go to the washroom? Papa will take our sweet cub there.”

Lu Ting, perceiving this soft little guy beside him moving around in a way he thought was imperceptible, couldn’t resist reaching out, picking up his sweet cub, and holding him in front of him.

He didn’t even realize the corners of his mouth were about to turn up to the base of his ears.

No wonder ever since Eldest Son started co-sleeping, he absolutely never works overtime and stays the night at the company whenever it’s his turn to co-sleep. This softness simply makes the family wish they could hug him to sleep.

“What if tomorrow at the competition, my big tiger doesn’t win an award, Papa…”

Xueyan laid by his papa’s pillow and asked softly.

Would that mean I am not a very outstanding little friend? Failing to help the kindergarten bring back a trophy, I wouldn’t be considered a very amazing little class monitor either.

“How could that be? Whether our sweet cub wins an award or not, you are the most amazing sweet cub in your parents’ hearts.”

At this moment, Lu Ting, perceiving the cub’s nervous emotions, even planned to investigate the organizers of this competition. If there was no award, he would forcibly smash money to create one.

“Moreover, how lacking in taste and vision must those judges be to not give our sweet cub a gold award? Our sweet cub is so amazing, his voice when reading stories is so nice, his little brain is also incredibly smart…”

Lu Ting rattled off over a dozen of his sweet cub’s merits in one breath without any intention of stopping. Instead, Xueyan blushed hearing his papa praise him.

“This little friend Papa is talking about, is so amazing it doesn’t seem like me.”

Xueyan leaned close to his papa, trying to stop his papa from continuing, feeling it would be too embarrassing if overheard by others.

“In Papa’s heart, our Xueyan is just this amazing! If you’re really nervous, how about we practice performing the little tiger pouncing on people again?”

Taking the opportunity, Lu Ting hugged Xueyan and tossed him up and down to play with the little guy.

It’s on the bed anyway, so he won’t fall and get hurt.

Instantly making Xueyan nervously yet novelly play with his papa.

It was just that compared to Lu Ting, this energetic and domineering big tiger, Xueyan, this little white tiger, had much less energy. After just playing back and forth with his papa two or three times, his back was already sweating a bit, feeling tired and a bit sleepy.

The benefit was that he didn’t even have the energy to think about his originally nervous emotions.

Xueyan only felt his papa acted out the big tiger truly so lifelike, if only I could be as amazing as Papa when I grow up…

Lu Ting looked at the sweet cub in his arms who was gradually closing his eyes to sleep. He still couldn’t resist reaching out to use his fingertips to touch the cub’s long eyelashes, and rubbed his warm cheek again.

From the moment he was able to be smoothly born in the incubation pod, the me who waited for so many years has long been fully satisfied.

Where is there any need to take any trophy.

Rather, if this trophy can make the sweet cub happy, I, Lu Ting, also wouldn’t mind sponsoring over a dozen competitions, making them take the initiative to line up and award the sweet cub one by one.

And early the next morning, the staff of the entire styling team that Lu Li brought over from the original company also arrived early.

“Sister Chen, do you know what we’re here for today? Did Brother Lu Li get a big commercial deal again?”

A young girl carrying things asked softly.

Recently, the outside world has been incredibly curious about Lu Li’s movements after terminating his contract. Everyone is super expectant that Lu Li can amaze the world with a single brilliant feat, directly slapping the face of his old agency, which has been constantly making petty moves recently.

When doing styling at Chasing Light before, I really hated Fu Yao and those guys who always nitpicked.

Doesn’t makeup depend on the foundation? Lu Li’s face is completely different from those three’s faces, how is it possible to achieve the same makeup effect?

They even complained to the company that we were deliberately suppressing their makeup while doing styling properly, it was simply infuriating.

“Don’t inquire about things that haven’t been mentioned. Lu Li naturally has his own arrangements.”

To this, Chen Lan replied in a low voice, and that young sister also instantly and obediently shut her mouth.

This styling team, which previously had a quite good relationship with Lu Li, was picked up at the gate, entered the garden, and drove for a long time before finally stopping at the mansion’s foyer. For a long time, they were also speechless.

No way, so those scenes in Lu Li’s live stream were actually 1:1 reproductions!?

The mansion of the Lu family in front of them looked even hundreds of times more shocking to the naked eye than the background in the live stream.

Looking up at that spectacular giant double-height crystal chandelier almost made everyone feel their necks weren’t enough. The air itself seemed to smell of money.

Young Master! Just what exactly were you aiming for by running off to work in the entertainment circle, may I ask? Does your family still lack assistants? If we had known, we could have all just run over to work for Lu Li directly.

“But today you are not doing styling for me, you are doing styling for my younger brother, for the kindergarten little host competition.”

It was just that when Lu Li finally appeared and said this sentence with a breezy tone, everyone was stunned again.

No way, Young Master, so these past few days you disappeared, it was to prepare for your younger brother’s kindergarten little host competition!?

And to think the outside world spent ages speculating, yet the person himself was actually this relaxed.

But then again, if anyone was born living in this kind of giant HOUSE, they would be even more relaxed than Lu Li.

Everyone carefully looked around and thought silently in their hearts.

“Eh…”

Younger brother!? Then wouldn’t that be Little Pear? Heavens, we can actually see the real person. However, when Chen Lan saw Xueyan sitting obediently in the room waiting for makeup and styling, she suddenly realized that this “younger brother” of Lu Li’s was clearly the Little Pear the outside world was super curious about!

Today, Little Pear was actually wearing a fluffy little tiger performance costume, simply making people too charmed for words.

Growing up to be such a beautiful little cub, would he truly have any worries in his life?

“Hello, older sisters?”

After Xueyan curiously and softly greeted them, Chen Lan immediately responded with an excited smile:

“Hello too, Little Pear. Wait, today it should be little tiger, right?”

“Mm! Today is a little tiger.”

Xueyan was still very happy to be called “little tiger.”

“Oh right, Dad, and Lu Huai, you few should also get a styling done along the way.”

And Lu Li, watching Xueyan being taken to get his makeup done, actually also looked at Dad and the others sitting on the sofa.

“Ah? What makeup does Dad need… I’m not putting it on, not putting it on!”

As soon as Lu Ting saw the bottles and jars in those boxes, he instinctively resisted very much, feeling how could a grown man like him apply these things.

It’s not like I need it for my career like Old Third, doing all that flashy stuff. How weird would it be if my subordinates in the company saw it.

It damages prestige.

“I’m not putting it on either, isn’t my face handsome enough!”

Lu Huai instinctively was also very unaccustomed. He previously thought it was already bizarre enough that Wei Zhili actually applied some face cream when going on a date with his girlfriend.

I even mocked him for displaying his plumage like a peacock back then…

“If Xueyan wins an award, the parent representative will also be interviewed and give an acceptance speech. Do you guys plan to not appear in front of the camera with the best parent image?”

Lu Li’s breezy sentence instantly silenced the entire venue.

The next second, Lu Ting stood up without a word and was the first to sit over.

This made the styling team behind, who were originally a bit scared, quietly surface a few hints of smiles in their hearts. They no longer had the apprehension and nervousness they initially had when locking eyes with these Alphas with astonishing auras.

It’s just a pity that we don’t seem to see that ‘Lu Li’s eldest brother’ who also became wildly popular back then.

But the others are also so handsome…!

In fact, half an hour later, when Xueyan, led by makeup artist Sister Chen Lan, came out, he happened to bump into the parents who had also finished their styling.

The little guy instantly widened his beautiful eyes.

Even Chen Lan nearby was stunned.

This didn’t look like a parent group accompanying a competition at all. If you said the whole family was going to walk the red carpet the next second, people would believe it!