Du Xi didn't let her. He pressed Jiang Ju down and pointed at the people around her. "Look, a few adults are playing with you. Don't be shy. Sit for another round. I was so focused on you just now that I forgot to take a few photos for you."
That's right, a few young ladies in their twenties had just sat on the carousel. At this moment, their faces were filled with smiles as they asked their boyfriends or best friends beside them to take photos for them. When she saw their relaxed expressions, the blush on Jiang Ju's face finally faded a little, but she still refused to sit again.
"I'm a little tired. Let's sit at the side for a while." There was an artificial lake beside the carousel and there were a few rows of wooden stools by the lake. Jiang Ju tugged at Du Xi's sleeve. If she didn't take the initiative to say that she wanted to rest for a while, who knew what else he would make her play? Instead of being bossed around, it was better to take the initiative to arrange things herself.
If it wasn't for the fact that he wanted to accompany Jiang Ju, Du Xi probably wouldn't have come to a boring place like the amusement park in his life. There was nothing he was interested in here, so he naturally agreed to Jiang Ju's suggestion to rest. There were some colorful light balls hanging on the trees by the lake, and the lights were relatively dim. There were no entertainment facilities, so the children didn't like to play there. This place was relatively quieter than other places.
Several wooden bridges crossed the artificial lake, and a few small pavilions were scattered in the middle of the lake. When they walked along the small bridge, they could see one or two couples sitting in the pavilion.
Jiang Ju quickened her pace and didn't dare to take another look. She quickly walked past them and walked to an empty pavilion while looking straight ahead. Du Xi followed behind her calmly and his footsteps were not fast as he maintained a distance of about half a meter from her.
Every time they passed by a pavilion with a young couple snuggling inside, Jiang Ju would hurriedly lower her head and rush past. Du Xi smiled in amusement. Just seeing the young couples leaning against each other made her react so intensely. If she encountered people kissing, wouldn't she be so frightened that she went home?
Jiang Ju couldn't be bothered to guess Du Xi's thoughts. She walked faster and faster, and in the end, she couldn't help but start to jog. It was only when she ran into the pavilion that she stopped and panted heavily. Du Xi slowly followed behind. When she sat down, he leaned against the pillar with a lazy expression. Seeing that Jiang Ju was sitting there obediently without saying a word, he took out his phone and turned on the camera to take photos of her.
The sound of the shutter wasn't turned off, and the flash was bright, so Jiang Ju looked up, and her tense expression conveyed his current emotions very well. After Du Xi walked forward, he bent down and shone the light on his face, then he said slowly in a magnetic voice, "Child, help me take a look. Do I have wrinkles on my face?"
Jiang Ju looked at his face seriously. A few seconds later, she shook his head. "No!"
"Since there are no wrinkles, what was that woman thinking just now? Why did she treat me as your father? Do I look very old?"
Jiang Ju didn't expect him to still be brooding over the blunder just now. She looked at his face seriously, then quickly lowered her head and pursed her lips without saying anything. She was too embarrassed to say her true thoughts. His skin was dark, and he was tall and burly. In addition, he looked very intimidating when he didn't smile, so it wasn't surprising that he was seen as her father.
Silence meant tacit agreement. Du Xi clicked his tongue and thought to himself, "This won't do. Although he was ten years older than her, he was only in his early thirties now. If he was treated as her father on the road, wouldn't people say that he was her grandfather in another ten to twenty years?"
Although he, a man, didn't know how to put on makeup, he should probably buy a jar of moisturizing cream. In the future, he would apply a thick layer of cream on his face every day. Perhaps his skin would become smoother. He was thinking about how he should take good care of himself from now on when he heard the child's gentle voice. He froze for a moment, then he couldn't help but laugh arrogantly. "You have good taste. Other than being slightly tan, I really can't find any other flaws on my face."
Since the child thought he was handsome, there was no need for him to take care of himself anymore. In any case, he didn't need to show off to others.
Jiang Ju was speechless. She said that she wasn't ugly, but she didn't say that she was handsome to the point of perfection.
Du Xi assumed that when Jiang Ju said that he wasn't ugly, she was praising him for being handsome, so Jiang Ju shut her mouth since she couldn't be bothered to argue with him. She didn't speak, and Du Xi didn't force her. He sat beside her as he flipped through the previous photos and sent the one he thought was the best to her WeChat.
"If there's a chance, put up a photo of me in your home. That way, even if a thief comes in, he will be frightened away when he sees my figure."