Chapter 133: Xueyan Is Aggrieved But Won’t Say It

Lu Huai was truly furious to the extreme. Why was it that in the whole family, only this guy Lu Li had so many fancy tricks?

First a concert, now a magazine shoot. Doesn’t this mean that very soon, he’ll be the only one in the entire family who can appear in the same magazine as Xueyan?

Hehe, and then the whole world will know he is this official brother of Xueyan, right?

“If Old Fourth isn’t coming down, let’s just leave directly. Don’t wait for him.”

Lu Jing, who was just waiting to go upstairs and check on Old Third, directly instructed the driver, which successfully caused Lu Huai to do a carp kip-up and firmly cling onto the car door.

“Who said I’m not leaving! Let’s go! Today I absolutely have to see just how good this guy can look taking a photo.”

Lu Huai felt this world simply had no eye for talent. Why hadn’t anyone invited him to shoot a magazine with Xueyan?

However, the only thing Lu Huai found strange was that Dad, Eldest Brother, and the others all seemed a bit absent-minded today, as if they were pondering over something.

Except for Lu Jing, whose movements were as dashing as ever.

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Meanwhile upstairs, after Xueyan, who had finished his styling, was personally led out by his brother, all the staff members couldn’t help but freeze.

The scene was a bit quiet for a time.

Xueyan looked down at his clothes, then looked up at the adults staring at him around him, and somewhat shyly hid behind his brother’s legs.

Noticing the touch on his calf, Lu Li smiled, lowered his head, and reached out to hold Xueyan, attempting to make Xueyan stand out a little:

“If you hide behind Brother’s legs, everyone won’t be able to see you, Xueyan.”

“But… does wearing black clothes really look good on me, Brother?”

Xueyan popped his little head out, quietly asking a sentence, completely unaware that smiles had surfaced across the entire venue.

Previously, the family always liked to prepare light-colored clothing for Xueyan, so almost the entire wardrobe consisted of pale and bright color palettes.

This was still Xueyan’s first time wearing a dark-colored little formal suit.

Unexpectedly, Xueyan wearing the dark formal suit, because his skin was overly pale, actually appeared dazzlingly white, just like a bright and clear full moon in the night sky, soft and luminous.

“Good-looking, it’s more than just good-looking—this is simply perfect!!”

Simmons, raising his hands wide open and shouting, roared, wishing he could snatch the photographer’s equipment nearby and personally carry the heavy cameras to take eight hundred shots himself!

Scaring Xueyan into immediately being hugged into his brother’s arms, feeling that Uncle Pastel had suddenly turned into a big dinosaur.

And Lu Li, being accompanied by Xueyan for a shoot for the first time, also felt very wonderful in his heart.

If in the past during group shoots, it was mostly a routine matter, and outside of shooting, it was just watching Fu Yao and the others discussing their respective on-camera styling and layout sizes.

Then with Xueyan by his side, Lu Li was more like patiently accompanying Xueyan to unlock a new life experience.

He would teach Xueyan how to pose during shooting breaks, or how standing in a suitable lighted area would yield better shooting results.

For example, many times if you offended the lighting engineer, the other party could actually quietly make the model’s on-camera effect worse.

Xueyan also listened with his eyes wide, just looking at his brother with those pretty big eyes wide open, unexpectedly finding that one could also learn so much knowledge outside of kindergarten.

Brother is really amazing.

Stared at by Xueyan with this adoring little gaze, the gentle smile between Lu Li’s brows and eyes was obvious. He reached out and pinched Xueyan’s cheek, as if no matter how much he touched, it wasn’t enough.

“Director Simmons, won’t this be a bit inappropriate? Need to remind Lu Li a bit?”

Seeing this, Simmons’s assistant on the side finally couldn’t help but softly raise a question.

Everyone in the venue could notice that during the shoot, even if Lu Li was looking at the camera or the designated direction the second before, his gaze would involuntarily land on Xueyan the next second when the shot ended. This seemed to be a bit too focused on the little guy, right?

“Remind? Hurry up and shut your mouth for me! Not a single word is allowed to be said!”

Hearing this, Simmons directly and fearfully reached out to cover the other party’s mouth.

In fact, from beginning to end, Simmons only captured the scenes of Lu Li’s instantaneous expression shifts after ending each set of shoots. It was just that Simmons deliberately didn’t tell Lu Li exactly how much film he had wasted.

Because the emotional tension naturally revealed in that instant, in Simmons’s eyes, was the real final feature!

It was like an indescribable mysterious existence in the night finally stripping away all disguise, revealing a soft emotion belonging to humans, silently gazing at a little rose that quietly extended from the garden into his palm under the moonlight.

And in this photo, Xueyan, sitting in his brother’s arms, revealing half his side profile looking behind, his soft and pale cheeks highlighted by the light and shadow; the slightly cool and delicate touch seemed able to directly surface on the viewer’s fingertips.

The cub’s head of soft white hair became the sole splash of bright color in the arms of Lu Li, who was clad in a full black haute couture formal suit.

Whether it was the visually distinctive hierarchy of lines or the mysterious texture created by the light and shadows, the image left an impressive impact to the extreme.

“And this skin condition is really too good, it doesn’t even need retouching!”

The photographer on the side also started sighing with emotion.

This kind of blockbuster always liked to retain the native texture of the model’s skin, thereby making the image’s texture more prominent, the downside was that it would expose all skin flaws.

As a result, whether it was Lu Li or Xueyan in his arms, it was simply as if they naturally came with a filter effect, making the shooter somewhat unable to look away after looking for a long time.

“Looking at what? So engrossed.”

Lu Li, who had finished the first stage of shooting on the side, also noticed Simmons’s abnormality and subconsciously wanted to walk over to also look at the photos on the screen.

Actually, Lu Li was also very curious about what his and Xueyan’s joint photo would look like.

“NO NO NO, you cannot look right now! [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] Once you look, the flavor of the upcoming shots will be completely wrong!”

“Listen up, no one on the scene is allowed to let Lu Li see the photos! Whoever lets him see a single one is fired on the spot—”

As a result, Simmons covered the screen with one hand, and even directly warned everyone on the scene loudly not to let Lu Li see the proofs.

Lu Li: …

Is there a need to be this serious?

Lu Li intuited that Simmons hadn’t done anything good, but he also couldn’t guess exactly what Simmons had done.

On the contrary, Xueyan suddenly nervously held onto his brother, not allowing his brother to go sneakily peek at the photos.

“What if a brother or sister loses their job?”

If adults had no jobs, they would go hungry. Just like if kids didn’t go to kindergarten, they would turn into little dummies.

The little guy’s worried look of taking it as truth actually made Simmons on the side rarely feel his face sting under the public’s condemning gazes.

No, in his own muse’s eyes, was he exactly this kind of image that would randomly fire employees?

It was just a tiny little joke.

“Very good, then let’s start the second set of shooting—everyone get ready!”

As the person in charge clapped to signal the entire venue to prepare for the second shoot, Lu Li subtly hesitated a bit. That guy was coming out…

Looking down at Xueyan, Lu Li didn’t even know whether he should continue holding Xueyan. After all, if they switched immediately, wouldn’t it become the other guy holding him?

And could that guy meticulously and patiently take Xueyan to change clothes? He wouldn’t just casually throw the clothes on the ground when the time came, acting recklessly and directly disappearing?

In an instant, a thousand thoughts surfaced in his mind. Lu Li, looking at Xueyan obediently standing in front of his brother, was just about to open his mouth to instruct, when the next second his expression changed accordingly.

“…Brother?”

Xueyan subconsciously reached out to support his brother, only to be grabbed by the little hand by his brother.

“Lu Li” sneered subtly in his heart, thinking what kind of things were being worried about here.

How could he possibly not know how to help change clothes!?

“Let’s go, how about going to change your clothes first.”

“Lu Li” asked out loud.

Xueyan blinked his eyes looking at his brother, then took a look at the stylist Sister Chen Lan behind him; the other party also obviously looked at Lu Li with a bit of confusion.

She felt Lu Li’s aura suddenly changed, no, but then again it didn’t change, wasn’t this just taking Xueyan to go change clothes?

Lu Li’s brother-con attribute was simply as if carved into his bones.

Before seeing Xueyan with her own eyes, Chen Lan truly found it hard to imagine that Lu Li, who previously was always faint as if separated from this world by a layer of film, could actually also have this much vitality.

Compared to the current Lu Li, that kind of gentle politeness from the past was rather a sense of alienation floating on the ice surface.

“That works, first changing Xueyan’s clothes and getting the new styling is not bad either.”

So, Chen Lan nodded, and watched Lu Li composedly lead Xueyan to the dressing room.

Simmons stroked his chin watching this scene, nodding “Uh-huh”, feeling that he indeed hadn’t guessed wrong.

It was just that when Lu Li calmly and collectedly took Xueyan’s next set of clothes into the dressing room, he then realized that things seemed far from as simple as he imagined.

What kind of stuff was this formal suit designed by Simmons? It was messily cumbersome and complex; a chain here, a bow tie there, and the colors were all white. Looking for a long time almost turned him colorblind.

“Lu Li” gradually frowned tightly, trying to distinguish which part of this entire set of clothes went where.

And Xueyan had already super obediently taken off the previous formal suit by himself, folded it, and placed it aside. At this moment, he was only wearing a pure cotton little inner robe, obediently resting his chin on his hands, watching the night-time forest brother clumsily making the formal suit more and more complicated.

Is Brother redesigning this piece of clothing?

Xueyan blinked, patiently and trustingly staring at his brother, not realizing in the slightest that “Lu Li” was actually about to run out of ideas, and couldn’t even revert it back to its original state.

“Achoo…”

It wasn’t until Xueyan, who hadn’t been able to put on his new clothes all along, couldn’t hold back a soft sneeze, that “Lu Li’s” movements instantly stopped.

“Caught a chill? Or got a cold and fever?”

Lu Li, whose heartbeat missed half a beat scared by this single sneeze, directly threw the clothes to the side, taking the lead to reach out and check the temperature on Xueyan’s forehead.

Lu Li was truly afraid of the accident from that night in Brisbane repeating itself all over again back in the country.

As soon as Xueyan sneezed, Lu Li could recall that night, the feverish little guy snuggled in his arms, softly calling his brother for water with a crying tone.

It made one’s heart ache and swell; no matter what, it couldn’t happen again.

Fortunately, this time Xueyan shook his little head with an “Un~”, indicating to his brother that he didn’t catch a cold.

Lu Li directly wrapped his own cloak from just now tightly around Xueyan, so Xueyan turned into a fluffball wrapped in black velvet.

And the staff outside who had waited for a long time also felt something wasn’t right.

Changing a set of clothes shouldn’t take this long, right?

Moreover, with Lu Li, the biological brother, taking care of him, shouldn’t the movements be more agile, the cub more cooperative, and the speed faster?

“Hey, Lu Li, are you alright?”

Simmons’s expression also grew a bit tense, confirming as he stood outside the dressing room door.

He actually forgot one thing; apart from being alone with himself being very dangerous, staying together with this black-colored Lu Li might also be equally dangerous!

“…Almost, it’ll be done right away.”

Lu Li responded rather in distress, and looked again at Xueyan on the side who was staring at him with extreme trust. [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] Steeling his heart, he began to forcefully match the pieces.

It was just like buying a super complex designer doll outfit and biting the bullet to change the doll’s clothes.

No matter what part, as long as it could be put on, it counted as a victory!

And Xueyan also went from being super cooperative at the beginning, wearing whatever his brother slipped on him, to gradually becoming a bit hesitant.

Especially after his brother pinned the belt into his hair as a ribbon, Xueyan finally couldn’t help but ask softly with grievance:

“Brother, this doesn’t seem to be a headband…?”

“Um… is it not? Isn’t it very fitting worn like this?”

Lu Li was also a bit doubtful, feeling that after tying it on Xueyan’s head, it obviously looked quite nice.

Seeing his brother so certain, Xueyan didn’t say anything more.

In fact, when Lu Li, breathing a sigh of relief a few minutes later, finally led out a slightly aggrieved and unconfident Xueyan, the entire venue once again fell silent.

It was just that this time the silence wasn’t purely amazement, but rather heads full of big question marks on top of the amazement.

This formal suit designed by Simmons could actually still be worn like this!?

“No, why do you have to treat my design like this? Lu Li, where did I offend you!?”

Seeing his own great art being worn so mismatched, Simmons’s hidden OCD was about to trigger an attack on the spot.

The level of horror was no less than seeing someone using his toothbrush to scrub the toilet.

How can you tie a belt as a hair ribbon, and wear a brooch as a cufflink!?? And that little vest is even worn backwards—!

“Wore it wrong? [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] But doesn’t this look very nice?”

Lu Li also noticed Simmons’s epic-level massive breakdown, and subconsciously frowned again, sizing up the pretty Xueyan for a long time.

It obviously looks incredibly nice, doesn’t it?

“Oh, heavens, my God, Lu Li can you wake up!?? This is because my muse’s little face is supremely pretty, that’s why your messy matching can still be presentable, okay—do you still have any reason and self-awareness left!?”

Simmons was so angry he was about to murder this fashion black hole Lu Li.

It seems the previous one was better; quickly drag this chunk of rigid black wood away to be burned!

And the commotion of Simmons’s panicked screaming was so loud that the whole floor heard it, not knowing what exactly happened to make Simmons break down like this.

The elevator doors had just opened, and Lu Ting and the others stepping out from inside instantly frowned after hearing this strange yet familiar commotion, suspiciously starting to look for the source of the noise.

Until with a “Bang—”, pushing open the main doors, they saw Simmons flustered and exasperatedly trying to snatch the brooch held in Xueyan’s hands?

A trace of imperceptible little grievance was still hanging on Xueyan’s little face.

Upon suddenly seeing his parents arrive, he instantly turned his head and looked eagerly at Dad, wanting to take off the messily worn little clothes on his body.

“You, a grown man, are snatching the toy from our sweet cub’s hands?”

Lu Ting fell silent for a long time, inquiring with a stern and cold tone.

Lu Jing and the others who followed in didn’t say anything, but the surrounding danger level had already almost burst the meter.

“Wait, this isn’t what you imagine!”

Only then did Simmons realize that his action of trying to set things right seemed a bit off, hurriedly and brokenly starting to explain.

How did Lu Li’s blame fly onto his own head? He was wronged—