After Being Hopeless at Singing and Dancing, I Exploded in Popularity Due to My Appetite (GL) - Chapter 8
Why does Lin Qianman know this person so well?
Why is Lin Qianman so attentive to this person?
Why is it that the person I thought had improper intentions towards Lin Qianman doesn’t even glance at her, only caring about food?
Why am I so insensitive? Did I miss some important information?
Why does the name Tao Nian suddenly sound familiar?
Fang Wen racked her brain, searching for all information related to Tao Nian.
Finally, one thing came to mind.
Oh~
Half a month ago, Boss Lin decided to be a mentor on this obscure little show. She specifically went to Orange Entertainment Company and looked at all the contestants’ information. She even asked for one contestant’s contract.
That day, Lin Qianman went with her studio’s manager. Fang Wen didn’t know much about it; she only asked when she heard someone say the studio seemed to be signing someone new.
Unexpectedly, it was her?!
Fang Wen was a little incredulous.
So, the situation now is not that this contestant had improper thoughts about her boss, but rather that her boss went to great lengths to acquire this contestant, even lowering her status to be a mentor on this terrible show, and even wanted to use her power to force the contestant to yield?
Fang Wen gasped, clearing her mind of all those messy thoughts.
No, no, my Boss Lin is not that kind of person.
Besides, what is there about this contestant that would make Boss Lin covet her?
Fang Wen glanced at Tao Nian again.
Tao Nian was already on her fourth bowl of rice. With her head bowed, she held chopsticks in one hand and a spoon in the other. She scooped a bit of rice with the spoon, added a piece of meat to it, placed a green vegetable leaf on top of the meat, and then stuffed this large mouthful directly into her mouth.
There was too much food; she kept her mouth tightly shut, cheeks puffed out, chewing rapidly. Her nose had some brownish-yellow sauce on it. Her eyes were bright, still scanning the dishes on the table.
Fang Wen, who didn’t know how ferocious Tao Nian was, was stunned.
She was actually very beautiful.
And a bit lively, a bit spirited, a bit cute, a bit playful, a bit adorably naive…
But why… could she eat so much?!
Fang Wen glanced at Lin Qianman in a daze, only to see Lin Qianman intently watching Tao Nian, her eyes full of satisfaction and happiness.
How to put it.
It was like a feeder watching her piglet eat feed, her eyes full of hope for a good life.
Fang Wen felt even more dazed.
Four people at one table, three of them lost in their own thoughts.
Only Tao Nian’s hands and mouth were ceaseless, constantly eating.
Zhang Jingyue thought she had already witnessed Tao Nian’s appetite, but today, watching Tao Nian eat two tables’ worth of dishes plus so much rice without batting an eye, she was still astonished.
She wanted to interrupt Tao Nian countless times, but she looked at Lin Qianman, and since Lin Qianman didn’t speak, she didn’t either.
After eating, Tao Nian remembered that “Sister Lin” had said she wanted to see the things her master had prepared for her.
So, she excitedly pulled out her little basket and went to find Lin Qianman again.
Zhang Jingyue looked at her retreating figure, thought for a moment, and found a sheet of digestive tablets for her.
The items Feng Jun prepared for Tao Nian were all very useful.
Like a phone, an ID card, and a jade pendant to prevent Tao Nian from losing her mind and biting people.
But Tao Nian clearly didn’t know how useful these two things were. The jade pendant was wrapped in a bag and not worn, and as for the others…
Lin Qianman looked at the teeth marks on Tao Nian’s ID card, then thought of the teeth marks on her phone, and earnestly advised: “You can’t eat these.”
“I know!”
Tao Nian nodded: “They don’t taste good!”
That bigger phone wasn’t just expensive; it also shed crumbs when bitten, almost cutting her tongue.
Lin Qianman was silent for a moment, then handed the items back to Tao Nian: “You should keep them for now.”
After thinking, she told Tao Nian: “Feng Jun asked me to look after you. Do you have…”
She subconsciously wanted to ask “Do you have any wishes?”
But she knew without thinking that most of Tao Nian’s wishes would be related to eating, and perhaps a high probability of wanting to eat herself.
So Lin Qianman very shrewdly swallowed that question and instead asked: “Do you have any wishes for coming here? I can help you get votes, which might help you debut as a group.”
Tao Nian, who still didn’t understand what “debuting as a group” meant, blinked, automatically ignoring the second sentence she didn’t comprehend, only understanding the part she wanted to understand, and asked, very moved: “You can?”
Helping her fulfill her wish… wouldn’t that mean she’d have delicious food every day?!
Tao Nian looked at Lin Qianman with adoration.
Although she was still very afraid of the little taotie looking at her with such deep eyes, Lin Qianman noticed that this time, the little taotie’s eyes clearly showed adoration. She felt a little proud and nodded to Tao Nian: “Leave it to me. You’ll sign a contract and be under my studio.”
This fragrant qilin is such a good person!
Tao Nian was deeply moved and remembered what her master had said: “You must be grateful and repay kindness. If someone helps you, you must help them back when they are in need.”
She asked: “Is there anything you need my help with?”
Lin Qianman glanced at Tao Nian, not daring to move.
But Tao Nian was well-intentioned, so she said: “Feng Jun took me in for a while back then. Now that you need help, I cannot refuse.”
It’s just that back then, when she took me in, I was constantly terrified, always worrying about being eaten by that ferocious taotie. How is it that now, repaying kindness, I’m the host, and I still have to constantly worry about being eaten?
Tao Nian showed Lin Qianman her ID card, and they agreed that she would sign under Lin Qianman’s studio.
Tao Nian didn’t know what this meant, but with a full stomach and having smelled the fragrant scent for so long, she was happy, so she cheerfully went back with her little basket.
On her bedside, she found the digestive tablets Zhang Jingyue had left.
Small, triangular, hawthorn-red tablets.
Tao Nian popped one out and ate it.
Sour and sweet, it was actually a little tasty!
She ate an entire sheet in one go, happily washed up, and went to sleep.
She had no worries whatsoever about the public performance the next day.
Even though she knew nothing, she had a good attitude!
So, after the show aired and trended because a contestant “attacked” a mentor, a large wave of angry fans, plus an even larger wave of Lin Qianman’s casual fans who “didn’t understand but were greatly shocked,” rushed to watch the show.
The first ten minutes: Lin Qianman appeared. The comments were uniformly: “Big beauty!”
The second ten minutes: An unknown contestant rushed up and bit Lin Qianman. Previously, casual viewers who saw a snippet on the hot search might have questioned it, saying it was out of context, perhaps there was a reason. Now, after seeing the full episode, all that was left was a “??.” It really was out of context and without reason; one second Lin Qianman was shyly smiling in the hallway, the next the door was pushed open, and someone lunged forward and bit her. The comments exploded.
Then followed a long period of chaos.
The director team went up to intervene. Contestants who heard the commotion came out and started screaming when they saw Lin Qianman.
A black screen.
The third ten minutes: It suddenly cut to interviews, asking contestants what their first reaction was to seeing the mentor.
Four or five contestants with exaggerated expressions: “Lin Qianman! I really love her!”
The interviews sped up, with heart stickers and effects added in post-production, making it look like a typical fan confession.
Then the atmosphere suddenly grew heavy. The contestant who had bitten someone earlier sat on a high chair for the interview, looking listless and fidgety.
The host asked: “What was your first reaction when you saw our mentor today?”
The contestant’s expression was innocently blank, even with a hint of grievance: “Ah… I’m so hungry.”
The host also started to look confused: “What?”
Tao Nian repeated: “She’s very fragrant, and I’m very hungry.”
“?”
The host repeated: “You’re very hungry… so how do you explain your actions?”
Tao Nian, who had been hungry for a long time and was still salivating at the thought of Lin Qianman, was also puzzled: “What?”
Then she scratched her head and said: “She smells so good.”