Chapter 77
Shen Jinfeng’s light, glass-like eyes flashed with a hint of speechlessness. He sat down and casually threw a piece of fruit into his mouth.
“You two cousins are really interesting. You both think the other is a fool.”
Others might not understand the expression that Ye Jiabao occasionally revealed, but Shen Jinfeng understood it very well.
He just didn’t expect that Shen Tiantian also didn’t see his cousin as a person with normal intelligence.
“No wonder you two can be cousins,” Shen Jinfeng sighed.
Shen Tiantian was not happy to hear this. His mother had told him before to be more tolerant of his silly cousin.
This was also the reason why Shen Tiantian didn’t dislike his cousin for being foolish and would often play with him.
“Cousin is already silly and pitiful enough. If I don’t play with him, he can only drool and be in a daze by himself.”
Shen Jinfeng: “…Is it that funny… no, pitiful?”
Shen Tiantian nodded seriously, his expression a little solemn as he hummed twice.
“Yes. Before, when we lived with Grandma, cousin would often lock himself in his room and not even come out for meals. When I went to call him, I saw him laughing and crying, with tears and drool streaming down his face.”
With that, Shen Tiantian couldn’t help but sigh. “He was so hungry, but cousin still said he wasn’t hungry and wouldn’t eat.”
So silly he doesn’t even know how to eat!
At that time, Ye Jiabao had just been reborn. Overjoyed and overwhelmed, he couldn’t help but hide in his room every day to cry and laugh, suppressing the excitement in his heart.
He hadn’t expected to be seen by Shen Tiantian and to have caused a misunderstanding.
Shen Jinfeng rubbed his chin, a hint of interest in his eyes. The corners of his peach blossom-colored eyes lifted as he asked:
“What did he say?”
Shen Tiantian was not good at anything else, but he had an incredibly detailed observation of people’s expressions.
After a brief recollection, Shen Tiantian’s expression changed. His eyes were pained and crazy, yet full of ecstasy. He waved his short little arms, wishing he could jump down from upstairs to prove that he was still alive.
“Hahaha, I’m back~”
Seeing this scene at the time had scared Shen Tiantian quite a bit.
Shen Tiantian had immediately run to find his grandma on his short little legs, shouting in fear, “Grandma, Grandma! Cousin is silly!”
But Shen Jinfeng, who was watching Shen Tiantian’s performance, had a completely different thought.
He even had an unrealistic guess—
Could it be that Ye Jiabao had died and then come back to life?
Shen Jinfeng’s expression became solemn, but he didn’t show much. He turned his head to look at Shen Tiantian, who was still performing a great joy and sorrow, and smiled helplessly.
The little one was crying and laughing, his little voice strained, his fair and soft little face tense, and he even managed to squeeze out two drops of cat’s tears from his eye sockets.
Shen Jinfeng shook his head to stop him. “Alright, stop acting.”
Only then did Shen Tiantian stop. He took a deep breath, cleared his mind, and pulled himself out of that excited and ecstatic mood.
But Shen Tiantian was an experiential actor and was still somewhat affected by the emotions.
So much so that during dinner, Shen Tiantian couldn’t help but stand up and dance with joy.
He was muttering something, and his emotions were clearly more volatile than usual.
This really has a bit of Ye Jiabao’s shadow, Shen Jinfeng thought.
Ye Jiabao was like this, easily angered and irritable, and his joys and sorrows were expressed in a very grand manner. Even if he had to temporarily endure it, one could easily see the emotional changes on his face.
Shen Jinfeng couldn’t help but ponder. Shen Tiantian seemed to have a particular talent for acting.
Although he was silly and often couldn’t even figure out arithmetic problems, when asked about things related to emotions, he could still recall things from more than half a year ago with about seventy to eighty percent accuracy.
Of course, it was also possible that this scene had appeared too many times and was too explosive, so Shen Tiantian had a deeper impression of it.
On the day of the promotion event, the sky was clear and cloudless.
The climate in this area was dry, and it snowed less in winter. Most of it was dry and cold.
Shen Tiantian was wrapped in a thick cotton-padded jacket. Because he was going to attend an event today, he had specially hung a fluffy little accessory on his cotton-padded jacket, and with a scarf and hat of the same color, he looked like a moving little round ball.
Shen Tiantian waved goodbye to Auntie Mu and followed his brother to the promotion event.
To take care of Shen Tiantian, Shen Jinfeng was carrying a single-shoulder bag.
The bag was filled with wet wipes, tissues, a water bottle, moisturizer, motion sickness medicine, and a series of other items. It looked bulging, and it was indeed not light.
“I’ve become your nanny. You’re out for an event, and I have to follow you around and take care of you,” Shen Jinfeng couldn’t help but tap Shen Tiantian’s head.
Hearing his brother’s complaint, Tiantian giggled and instantly became a sticky little gummy candy.
“Big brother is the best big brother in the world. Other little friends must be super envious of me~”
Although he knew that the little one was deliberately praising him, Shen Jinfeng’s heart was still filled with a jar of honey, so sweet that it was irresistible.
“You little tyke.”
Shen Jinfeng just said with a smile, shook his head, and didn’t say anything else.
The first stop of the promotion event was in the city next door. The distance was not far, and they arrived in about two hours.
The event rented the central exhibition stand of a certain shopping mall. This place had a large flow of people and was a must-choose venue for many endorsement promotions or TV promotions.
As soon as Shen Tiantian entered, he saw the huge background curtain hanging on the exhibition stand.
The curtain was an enlarged poster of the main actors made by the film crew. Because he was the little protagonist, Shen Tiantian even saw himself in a corner of the curtain.
He was wearing a black ancient costume, his round eyes were bright and shining, and his expression was lively and cute.
“Wow, it’s me!”
Shen Tiantian couldn’t wait to run over, touched the little himself on the poster, and had a very strange feeling.
Shen Jinfeng had specially brought a camera and took a few pictures of the little one.
It’s his first time participating in a platform promotion event. It’s good to take a few more pictures to commemorate it.
Shen Tiantian couldn’t get enough of this poster. After admiring it for a while, he turned his head and saw his big brother Lu Wei, who was in the center of the poster.
This drama was a historical male lead drama. Lu Wei’s huge face was displayed on it, gentle and with a hidden murderous intent, his hands behind his back, his posture relaxed.
Shen Tiantian pressed his lips together and looked for a while, then couldn’t help but shake his head.
Lu Wei, who had arrived early, silently appeared behind Shen Tiantian. Hearing the little one comment that he looked ugly on the poster, he immediately let out a “heh heh.”
“I caught you!”
Lu Wei giggled, not caring at all about Shen Tiantian’s evaluation of him. Instead, he directly lifted Shen Tiantian up and rubbed his soft little face.
It was slippery and soft, even softer than a smooth and round dough.
As soon as Shen Tiantian saw the real Lu Wei, he frantically kicked his short little legs in struggle, and one hand directly slapped his big face.
As a result, he directly knocked off the natural-looking false eyelashes that Lu Wei had just put on.
Something flashed in front of Lu Wei’s eyes. By the time he reacted, his body had gone stiff.
His manager, on the side, took a sharp breath and shouted:
“Lu Wei! Put Tiantian down and come over here right now!”
A bunch of passersby and fans on the side had already started to take pictures with their phones.
Last time, it was because Lu Wei had gone with Shen Tiantian to play the claw machine that he had gotten on the trending topics and was teased by his fans as a funny man.
If this continued, this conspicuous-person persona would really be hard to shake off!
Lu Wei shrank his neck, like a duck whose neck was being held, and walked over with his head down, calling out “Sister Yan” in a low voice.
“I was wrong. I’ll go and touch up my makeup now!”
And Shen Tiantian, who had finally been put down, also had a layer of foundation on his little face from Lu Wei’s rubbing.
Lu Wei’s skin tone was a shade darker than Shen Tiantian’s, which resulted in the left side of Shen Tiantian’s face, which was covered in foundation, being much darker than the right side.
There was also a hint of light red blush mixed in with the foundation, which looked strange and inexplicably cute.
He himself was still unaware. He stood on his tiptoes, giggled, and tucked his hands in, watching as his big brother Lu Wei was taken away.
Seeing this, Shen Jinfeng lowered his head to suppress a laugh. Without saying much, he directly took a few pictures of Shen Tiantian.
Before he could wipe it off for Shen Tiantian, Director Lin Chen’an came out and quickly called everyone to the stage.
Under the exhibition stand, a large group of fans and passersby had already gathered, all holding up their cameras or phones, waiting for them to appear.
Shen Tiantian was not a main actor. He was like a little tail, following behind the main group, and came out bouncing.
On the stage, the media brothers and sisters in the front row were holding their long guns and short cannons, and the photos they took were like countless flashes of light.
Several activities were arranged on site, but Shen Tiantian, as a side-lined main actor, only had to be a little mascot and sit obediently.
But during the Q&A session, a media person, flipping through the real-time trending topics, asked with a suppressed smile:
“Lu Wei, did you know that your foundation color is darker than Tiantian’s own skin?”
Hearing this, Lu Wei was confused. Then his gaze passed through the several actors and landed on Shen Tiantian’s face.
Holy crap?!
Lu Wei’s heart sank.
Shen Tiantian was also very confused by this question. Is foundation the white stuff that was put on my face before? he thought.
He scratched his face in confusion, and as a result, his small hand was stained a grayish-white color.
Shen Tiantian: Ah?
“Why am I fading?!” Shen Tiantian said in terror.
Hu Ran, the fourth female lead who was standing next to him, was laughing so hard that tears were about to come out. She took out the wet wipes she carried with her and helped Shen Tiantian wipe off the foundation.
Looking at the pile of strange colors wiped off by the wet wipes, Shen Tiantian stood there in a daze, his eyes wide.
“What is this?”
How could so many messy colors come off his face?
Lu Wei, who had come over, felt a little guilty at these words. He giggled twice and said in a fawning manner:
“Tiantian can’t be angry with big brother. How about I treat Tiantian to a seafood feast later?”
Tiantian frowned in confusion, feeling that his big brother Lu Wei’s smile was very cunning.
“Big brother Lu Wei, stop smiling.” It’s so ugly.
In front of the media, Lu Wei was really too embarrassed to continue to beg the little one. After being warned by Director Lin, he could only retreat resentfully.
He held the microphone, laughed awkwardly, and tried to save the skin color difference between him and Tiantian.
“Actually, it looks like I’m a little darker than Tiantian, but in reality…”
“Two shades darker.”
Lin Chen’an, on the side, chimed in at the right time, leaving Lu Wei speechless.
