"Ranran, how about we pretend to be a couple?" Su Qinian asked her with a faint smile. But then he blinked innocently and said, "We've spent an hour here. We can't let all this go to waste just because of this. Anyway, it's just pretend."
A smug smile flashed across his beautiful phoenix eyes.
This... Lin Jinran couldn't help covering her blushing face. Suddenly, she remembered that she was wearing makeup. What if she smudged it by covering her face like this?
She quickly let go of her hands, turned her head to glance at the scene design, bit her lip, and reluctantly said a "yes".
The photographer began to instruct them on the poses. He told Lin Jinran to sit on a small stool in front of the antique screen, holding a prop round fan in her hand. Su Qinian was to stand beside her, holding a folding fan.
The ruffled skirt fluttered and reached the ground. The photographer stepped forward and placed all the luxurious artificial flowers around them.
The dim yellow light slanted down on them.
"Okay, good. Smile, smile." The photographer stared at the camera and shouted.
Lin Jinran kept smiling and didn't move.
She was secretly relieved. Although it was a couple's photo shoot, it wasn't too bad. There was no physical contact, so it wasn't awkward.
The first photo was taken. The photographer directed them to another pose. He stroked his chin and looked at Su Qinian, asking him to turn sideways and lower his head slightly.
Then he told Lin Jinran to get closer to Su Qinian, put her hand on the boy's arm, and look into the distance.
The boy's warm breath hit her face. Through the thin fabric of his clothes, Lin Jinran's skin couldn't help but tremble.
So close. So close that she seemed to be able to hear Su Qinian's beating heart.
She deliberately ignored Su Qinian's face that was so close and focused on a point behind him.
She regretted it. She should have known better than to do this in the first place. It was definitely possible to take photos by themselves.
Lin Jinran was regretting how she would face Su Qinian after the photo shoot.
The photographer took this photo and kept shouting "good". Then he arranged the next pose.
The next pose was... Lin Jinran sat cross - legged on the ground, and Su Qinian leaned his head back on her lap, holding a bunch of pear blossoms in his hand, looking at Lin Jinran as if he was about to hand them to her.
They looked like lovers snuggling up to each other, extremely beautiful.
Fortunately, the warm air - conditioner was on, so it wasn't cold in the room.
Lin Jinran became more and more familiar with the poses from being stiff at first.
She lowered her head slightly, looking lovingly at the pear blossoms Su Qinian was holding out, and said in a soft and cheesy voice, "My husband, it's so beautiful. You're more charming than the flowers."
Su Qinian twitched the corner of his mouth.
She was starting to flirt with him.
He counterattacked, "My wife is as beautiful as a flower. Marrying you is the greatest fortune of my life."
Lin Jinran continued to be cheesy, "Do you know? I just kissed a puff of warm air. It will float to your face soon."
Su Qinian chuckled softly, "Why are you talking to me like this? Is it because you love me too much?"
Lin Jinran gritted her teeth, "You're not even nearsighted. How can you not tell that I like you?"
Su Qinian winked playfully, "Look up at the bright moon, then look down and kiss me."
Lin Jinran felt disgusted, "Guess why I like you? It's because I've been conquered by you!"
Su Qinian tried hard not to laugh, "I've been feeling sleepy lately. You must think I've been staying up late, but actually I'm sleepy because of you."
The photographer, who was waiting for them to pose, was completely at a loss in this small world. His weak, helpless, and pitiful heart was hit countless times.
Weren't they supposed to not be a couple?
Why did they seem more like a real couple than real couples?
Another wave of cheesy and nauseating words floated into his ears. The photographer couldn't take it anymore and shouted angrily, "Stop! Are you still going to take the photos? Stop hurting this poor single dog!"
Woo - hoo, he was so aggrieved, being tortured by these two people.
Lin Jinran and Su Qinian quickly glanced at each other and said in unison, "Yes!"
The following process went very smoothly. After the group photos of the two of them were taken, the photographer also took a lot of individual photos of them.
An hour later, the photographer finished his work satisfactorily and casually asked, "Dear guests, you bought the 298 - yuan package. There is no professional photo retouching."
"How much is it for one retouched photo?" Su Qinian asked.
The photographer showed an evil smile, "It's 20 yuan per photo. Only when you have at least ten photos retouched in our store will we give you all the original photos for free."
Lin Jinran: "..."
Isn't it a matter of course to give the original photos to the guests?
She finally understood why the 298 - yuan couple's photo shoot package was so cheap. The catch was here.
Lin Jinran was so angry that her teeth were itching. She leaned over to Su Qinian and whispered, "We should have taken the photos by ourselves. If we don't know how to retouch, we can find someone online. It will be cheaper than this."
Su Qinian replied innocently, "It's my first time here too. It's really a rip - off. But it doesn't matter. Let's choose ten photos for him to retouch first, and we'll find someone online for the rest."
So Su Qinian and Lin Jinran chose ten photos that needed retouching. After adding contact information and paying the money, they went to change clothes and remove their makeup.
Half an hour later, they returned to the bustling commercial street in their regular clothes.
"Let's go have a meal first. Your train leaves at eight o'clock tonight. It's already after four o'clock. You'll be on the train for three hours. You must be hungry. What would you like to eat?" Su Qinian asked.
Lin Jinran scanned the area and noticed a stinky tofu shop hidden behind many stalls. She pulled him towards it, paid ten yuan, and asked for medium - spicy.
"Little girl, the medium - spicy is really spicy. Are you sure?" the boss said with a smile.
How spicy was medium - spicy? Lin Jinran looked at Su Qinian doubtfully.
Su Qinian explained beside her, "The medium - spicy is really spicy. I suggest you... choose mild - spicy."
"Just medium - spicy then." Lin Jinran refused to be persuaded and excitedly ordered medium - spicy.
There were many other snack shops nearby. Su Qinian asked about Lin Jinran's taste and bought two servings of rice noodle rolls, a serving of spicy hot pot, and two cups of milk tea.
Lin Jinran ate to her heart's content, but her eyes were stung by the medium - spicy stinky tofu and tears welled up.
She quickly took a big sip of milk tea, regained her composure, and said aggrievedly, "Is this really medium - spicy? It should be called extra - spicy."
There was a glistening tear in the corner of her eye.
Su Qinian's heart skipped a beat. He couldn't hear Lin Jinran's complaints. His eyes and heart were completely attracted by the tear in the corner of her eye.
He slowly held his breath and couldn't help reaching out to gently touch the corner of the girl's eye.
Lin Jinran was slightly stunned, with a look of surprise and confusion in her eyes.
She maintained her current pose and stared blankly at the person in front of her.
With a gentle wipe, the tear was gone.
Su Qinian quickly withdrew his hand and lowered his eyes, saying, "I saw there was a tear in the corner of your eye, so I wiped it off for you."
Then why didn't you just remind me?
Lin Jinran's face turned bright red.