After Being Hopeless at Singing and Dancing, I Exploded in Popularity Due to My Appetite (GL) - Chapter 5
Lin Qianman told Huang Li that she understood the terror of being held in the mouth of a massive taotie, feeling like she would be devoured any second.
It was true.
That year, she was severely wounded and ended up in Qingnan Mountain, where Feng Jun lived in seclusion. At that time, she truly had no other path, only hoping in Feng Jun. If Feng Jun allowed her to stay for a while, she could recover. She never expected that as soon as she arrived at Qingnan Mountain, she would be directly knocked down by a divine beast twice her size. Before she could even steady herself or see what had hit her, that divine beast pinned her to the ground, opening its mouth and seizing her horn.
Its teeth were so sharp; Lin Qianman genuinely thought she was going to die on Qingnan Mountain that day.
Unbelievably, three hundred years had passed, and she was still being held by the horn by the same taotie.
The PD (Production Director) and the show’s director, who were following them, were already trying to pull Tao Nian away, but Lin Qianman was a step ahead, pressing the talisman Feng Jun had given her.
The moment Tao Nian bit down, she felt a force pry open her jaw, even flicking her teeth.
Master?!
Tao Nian immediately stepped back slightly, looking up with tear-filled eyes.
But she didn’t see Master; she only saw the person she had been holding.
When she first saw her, she had seen her true original form through this human guise—a qilin.
But now, so close, with that face right in front of her, Tao Nian could only see a pair of apprehensive eyes, dark and mysterious with a hint of blue, like a starless night on a cloudy day tens of thousands of years ago.
A little higher up were thick, dark eyebrows, perfectly arched. Above that, on the forehead, was the mark she had made with her first bite—oh, no, she seemed to have bitten her then, so this shouldn’t be called a mark, but a scar. On this tooth-shaped scar, there were still the lipstick and saliva marks from her recent bite…
Recently, she had been reading news on her phone, which all said biting people was bad. Many people said “bear kids” who randomly bit others weren’t properly taught by their parents and should be hung up and beaten.
I don’t just bite people randomly, I was hungry.
Tao Nian thought this, but felt a vague, inexplicable embarrassment. But it was just a tiny bit; she was truly very hungry. So she looked at Lin Qianman, eager to move, even uncontrollably wanting to show her fangs. The qilin was in human form now; she could swallow her whole in her original form.
Because of the commotion in the corridor, the contestants in the training rooms on both sides couldn’t sit still and curiously pushed open their doors to take a look.
Just that one glance, and they saw a person facing everyone.
Lin Qianman?!
Most of the contestants who came to the show also knew how obscure it was. The previous Huang Li was already the most popular person on the entire show. But then Huang Li withdrew due to injury. Everyone was prepared for the entire show to go unnoticed, and certainly didn’t expect any powerful mentors.
They had no expectations, but unexpectedly, the production team actually invited someone they wouldn’t even dare to dream of!
Some contestants started to uncontrollably shriek, calling Lin Qianman’s name.
Others, more composed, had already observed the current scene—is that lipstick on Sister Lin’s eyebrow? Is it? Is Sister Lin being hugged? Is the person hugging Sister Lin wearing a trainee uniform? Is it? Is it?
So what exactly is going on?!
I want to hug Sister Lin too!
The production team failed to pull Tao Nian away, but the contestants, eager to see their idol, quickly swarmed forward. Several hands grabbed Tao Nian, quickly pulling her away.
Lin Qianman hadn’t even had time to be happy that Tao Nian had let go when she was immediately surrounded again. She could only manage an awkward smile.
Tao Nian, squeezed out of the crowd, still looked longingly at the fragrant person in the crowd.
However, after stepping back a bit, she noticed that the saliva and lipstick marks on that person’s eyebrow were very obvious. They seemed completely out of place on her… That bit of red looked just like chili powder sprinkled on a grilled sausage.
It looked so fragrant and mouth-watering.
Gulp~
Tao Nian hesitated, wanting to go forward and take another bite. Although with Master around, she probably couldn’t eat her, she should be able to lick her, right? As Tao Nian was still thinking, the contestants who had reacted behind her had already rushed forward en masse to express their adoration for Lin Qianman.
Dozens of people suddenly enveloped Lin Qianman, pushing Tao Nian to the very outside. Tao Nian stretched her arms, but she couldn’t reach the surrounded person.
Hmm, so many people surrounding her, but she’s still so fragrant.
Tao Nian was watching that person in the crowd and swallowing saliva when Zhang Jingyue walked up to her, her voice faint: “Did you know beforehand that Goddess Lin was coming? Why didn’t you tell me?!”
The usually elegant person was now frantically grabbing Tao Nian’s shoulders and shaking her: “You didn’t tell me?! I love Sister Lin too, I want to hug her, wuwuwu…”
Tao Nian was already hungry, and now being shaken like this made her even hungrier.
She asked, completely baffled: “Are Goddess Lin and Sister Lin the same person? Who is she?”
Zhang Jingyue shook her harder: “Why are you pretending to be confused? The person you just hugged is Sister Lin! I want to hug her too, I really love her movies, she’s so beautiful!”
Tao Nian, being shaken, tried hard to nod: “Yes, she’s also so fragrant.”
The group of people expressing their admiration to Lin Qianman had already changed shifts. Zhang Jingyue finally calmed down a little, but was still resentful: “How did you know Sister Lin was coming?”
“I didn’t know.”
Tao Nian looked at the person called Sister Lin, secretly swallowing a mouthful of saliva. So hungry.
“Then why did you come out so early and even hug her?”
Zhang Jingyue clearly didn’t believe her and looked at Tao Nian with great suspicion.
Tao Nian spoke honestly: “She smells so good! I just followed the scent!”
“Smells good?”
Zhang Jingyue wrinkled her nose and sniffed. She didn’t smell any distinct fragrance, let alone smelling it through a door. She started to think Tao Nian was lying to her: “How does that smell good? Who would spray perfume that strong?”
“It’s not perfume!”
Tao Nian had smelled the perfume Zhang Jingyue used, and it wasn’t very pleasant, completely different from what was on Sister Lin. She thought about it and told Zhang Jingyue: “It’s like… like grilled sausage, fragrant.”
But in reality, it was much more fragrant than grilled sausage; it was a non-greasy, sweet, and very enticing fragrance. She wanted to eat it.
Zhang Jingyue’s entire demeanor turned cold: “What brand would make grilled sausage-scented perfume? Or are you trying to say Sister Lin ate grilled sausage and came to record the show smelling like it?”
Whether it was an illusion or not, Zhang Jingyue felt that Sister Lin heard her and Tao Nian talking.
Because she noticed Lin Qianman glancing in their direction, and in her eyes… there was great terror.
Zhang Jingyue didn’t take it seriously, thinking she had imagined it. Besides, with so many people in between, how could Goddess Lin possibly hear her and Tao Nian’s whispers? Even if she did, what would she be terrified of? Did she really eat grilled sausage before coming to record the show, and discovered that Zhang Jingyue knew her secret, worried about her idol image?
But that shouldn’t be the case.
Zhang Jingyue thought calmly.
Even if she had indeed eaten grilled sausage before coming, she was still the most beautiful one in the crowd!
Meanwhile, Tao Nian was still quietly telling Zhang Jingyue about Lin Qianman as she saw her.
Her desire for food seemed to have existed since she first gained consciousness. When she was on Qingnan Mountain, she ate everything. It took her master a very long time to teach her not to eat everything. She also learned for a long time, but whenever she saw something she hadn’t seen before, her first reaction was still to put it in her mouth and take a bite. That seemed to be her body’s most direct reaction, unrelated to her thoughts.
Her body just wanted her to keep eating, to eat everything she saw. This wasn’t really enjoyment, so her taste buds weren’t particularly diverse.
She had lived on Qingnan Mountain since she was little. Qingnan Mountain had its own system; there were no humans, everyone was a demon, and no one else needed to eat except her. Since they didn’t need to, they wouldn’t try to make delicious food.
It was only after she came down the mountain that Tao Nian realized food wasn’t just simply sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy. Humans could apparently combine different ingredients to make a single dish, and make it so delicious!
So now, Tao Nian was salivating as she spoke to Zhang Jingyue: “It’s that cumin lamb flavor! It smells so fragrant and chewy. And that loofah with scrambled egg, it’s slippery! And it’s like popcorn, so sweet!”
After all, she had only been down the mountain for less than a month and hadn’t eaten many things, so she racked her brain trying to list all the foods she had eaten and liked.
Zhang Jingyue listened, growing increasingly cold: “Are you talking about my Sister Lin? Are you talking about the back kitchen of Orange Entertainment?”
The impassive Zhang Jingyue didn’t see the increasingly terrified Lin Qianman.
However, Lin Qianman wasn’t terrified for long, because after all, it was during the show. The recording continued.
The other two mentors also began to appear, briefly introducing the show with Lin Qianman and meeting the contestants.
Tao Nian was already very hungry, and after waiting such a long time without eating, she simply couldn’t control her hunger. When she followed her group to the large conference room to meet the mentors, she even wanted to eat the enormous white table in the room.
Lin Qianman, having lived on Qingnan Mountain for a while, recognized Tao Nian’s behavior and knew she was hungry.
But…
If you’re hungry, why are you only looking at me? With so many people in the room, why are you only looking at me?!