Chapter 180: “This is just for taking photos, don’t get your wires crossed!”
Bai Feng looked at the small face of Yu Yao, who was puffed up with pride, and couldn’t help but say, “Forget whether your method is good or bad, you know this only works as a temporary cover-up, right?”
“Temporary cover is enough!” Yu Yao thought more and more that her plan was feasible. “As long as I survive these few days, once I get back to Heavenly Sword Sect, I won’t have to suffer through my mom and everyone’s constant nagging!”
“I still think it’s unreliable,” Bai Feng shook his head. “Besides, it’s not like anyone’s birthday celebration involves bringing photos as gifts.”
“It’s still better than you coming with me to wish the old master a happy birthday!” Yu Yao pulled out an Image Retainer. “And we’re just snapping a few close-up photos—that’s all on us how to interpret them!”
Then she begged Bai Feng, “Senior Sister, please! This is the only request in my life!”
“A one-time request in your life, huh?” Bai Feng couldn’t help teasing her.
“How about this!” Yu Yao seemed to have made a firm decision. “I’ll be your personal maid for a day. Just one day, and we’ll take one photo together. Deal?”
“You really have the guts to say that!” Bai Feng saw that Yu Yao was definitely about to be driven crazy by her family, and quickly waved his hands. “Forget personal maid, Senior Sister, just tell me how we’re going to sh**t this?”
“Little Junior Brother, I knew you’d agree, Senior Sister’s wishes are so reasonable!”
Yu Yao was first touched, pretending to wipe away nonexistent tears in her eyes, then quickly turned her face into a smile. She moved the stone stool next to Bai Feng, sat down, looked up at him, then quietly pulled the stool back.
“Should I get a taller chair from inside?” Bai Feng said with a smile.
“No need, I have a better idea.” Yu Yao approached Bai Feng with a serious face, “Little Junior Brother, I’m sorry!”
Without warning, she sat on his lap, still talking to Bai Feng: “This is just for taking photos, don’t get your wires crossed!”
Bai Feng nodded. “Yeah, if you hadn’t said, I’d think you changed your mind and wanted to act adorable like my daughter!”
“Shut up!” Yu Yao poked him in the stomach with her elbow, then took a deep breath, raised one arm, and hugged his neck. “I’m about to take the picture.”
“Okay.”
Bai Feng looked down at Yu Yao sitting on his lap and instinctively reached out to gently pat her head.
“Don’t touch my head!”
Yu Yao swatted his hand away. Maintaining her composure was already tough enough—if he kept touching her, she might lose her cool entirely.
“Don’t stay dazed, I really am going to take the photo now.”
She picked up the Image Retainer, leaned her head against Bai Feng’s body, then pressed the shutter button.
Afterwards, she quickly got up from Bai Feng’s lap, retrieved the just-taken photo, and looked at it.
“How is it?”
Bai Feng leaned over to take a look. In the photo, he had a neutral expression, and Yu Yao had a small pout, eyes fixed ahead, looking serious—like she was ready for battle. Unless you looked at how she was posed, no one could tell they were close friends.
“No way, this would definitely get exposed at a glance.”
Yu Yao was naturally dissatisfied. She reached up and massaged her slightly tense face—was her expression too stiff just now?
“Let’s switch methods,” she suggested.
“No, let’s do it again!” Yu Yao shook her head. She took another deep breath, sat back on Bai Feng’s lap, and tried to relax her expression a little. “Um, I’m starting now.”
“Hmm.”
Bai Feng nodded, leaning slightly closer to Yu Yao and wrapping his arms around her.
“Eek!!”
As he placed his hand on her, Yu Yao suddenly squealed, nearly losing grip on the Image Retainer.
“Why did you suddenly take your hand away?” she covered her rapidly pounding heart. She had been trying to keep her expression, and Bai Feng pulling his hand away just gave her a fright.
“Sorry!” Bai Feng raised his hands. “I thought that might make the effect better.”
“No, little Junior Brother, you’re right,” Yu Yao hurriedly shook her head, then softly whispered while rubbing her reddening cheeks, “I meant to say, when you do things like this, please tell me beforehand so I can prepare myself mentally.”
“So… shall we redo it?”
“Yes! Let’s do it again! This time, I’m sure it’ll work!”
Yu Yao picked up the Image Retainer again. At this moment, Bai Feng had one hand on her waist, holding her, while she leaned into him. She didn’t need to force a smile—no, she had to control the width of her smile instead.
Click!
Yu Yao took back the device, looked at the photo, and finally relaxed a little: “Little Junior Brother, does this one look okay?”
Bai Feng took the Retainer, glanced at the photo—all he saw was Yu Yao happily leaning against his chest, her face bright with joy. Honestly, he didn’t think it looked like a couple’s photo but more like two siblings with a good relationship. When asked why not a father-daughter shot, he thought, because I’m not that old.
Of course, he wouldn’t say that aloud. He nodded in admiration. “Not bad, Senior Sister, you really hit the mark on the second try.”
“Hahaha…” Yu Yao awkwardly chuckled. She hadn’t exactly captured some secret technique; she just pulled back a little.
“Can we call it good now?” Bai Feng returned the Retainer to her. “I feel like a few more tries would all look about the same.”
“Yeah, let’s wrap it up.” Yu Yao got up from his lap. “Next, we’ll take a few more casual daily life photos.”
“Huh? More pictures?”
“Of course! One isn’t enough!” Yu Yao arms crossed, speaking matter-of-factly. “My mom and the others aren’t fools—they’ll figure out we’re faking if we only do one. So we gotta sh**t several!”
“Alright, Senior Sister, how do you want to do it?” Bai Feng sighed. They’d already shot one, so they might as well keep going. Hopefully, this method can really fool Yu Yao’s family.
“Heh heh, it’s simple!” Yu Yao seemed to have a plan from the start. “We can’t make it look too staged, so we focus on small daily details. And avoid like the first photo—use subtle hints through little movements, like when I’m eating snacks, you show a hand—then it looks like I’m sitting in your arms eating treats.”
“Should we start now?”
“Not yet. This courtyard scenery has been used before. Let’s switch locations!” Yu Yao pulled Bai Feng inside. “By the way, what about Bai Yu Mo? Tell her first, or else they might misunderstand.”
“She’s still cultivating. Probably won’t come out until dinnertime.”
“Then I won’t call her. I need to think about the next shot… Oh! Little Junior Brother, can I borrow your clothes? I want to fake remodel my outfit, and you can take off your long robe, only wear the inner clothes, and sit on the sofa as the background.”
