After Being Hopeless at Singing and Dancing, I Exploded in Popularity Due to My Appetite - Chapter 12

Upon receiving Lin Qianman’s answer, Tao Nian happily returned to her seat and extended her hand towards Lin Qianman.

It was an utterly natural gesture, as if she expected candy.

Lin Qianman actually didn’t want to give Tao Nian digestive tablets; she wished Tao Nian would never be hungry.

The last time she gave Tao Nian some, it was Zhang Jingyue who had given them to her to pass on to Tao Nian.

But having already agreed in front of so many people, she could only whisper: “Wait a moment, I don’t have any right now.”

Those watching the livestream still couldn’t hear what Lin Qianman and Tao Nian were saying. They could only watch as the two of them started whispering to each other the moment Tao Nian sat down.

Then Tao Nian ate fruit, then more fruit, then pastries, and drank milk. Then she tilted her head and said something to Lin Qianman.

Lin Qianman again looked at Tao Nian with that helpless yet doting gaze, then beckoned.

Fang Wen scurried over, crouching.

Lin Qianman said something to Fang Wen. Fang Wen glanced at Tao Nian, nodded, and left again.

Ten minutes later, Fang Wen returned to the conference room, quietly and very indifferently placing a large bag of beef jerky on Tao Nian’s table. It was truly a huge bag, almost as big as the chair back when placed on the chair.

Comments: “??? I thought you went to get digestive tablets, I can’t believe you actually!”

“I don’t know why, but Assistant Wen seems to be very used to this…”

“Silently covering my face, I want to ship them.”

But most people were still: “?? I don’t believe you can finish that too!”

So for the remaining half an hour, everyone watched as Tao Nian, with her head bowed, very devoutly, finished that bag of beef jerky.

Perhaps because she ate with such gusto, another contestant glanced over and said something to her in a low voice.

Tao Nian looked at this contestant, then at the beef jerky, and continued chewing.

Over there, Lin Qianman said something to Tao Nian with even more helplessness, then quickly picked up the bag of beef jerky, and the contestant smiled slightly and took a piece.

Tao Nian took a big bite of beef jerky, her eyes darkly watching that piece of beef jerky.

“Food guarding…”

“Angry…”

“So cute…”

“No, no, no, she’s a ‘green tea’ girl,  we’re here to scold her! She’s stingy! She won’t even share a piece of beef jerky with a teammate!”

Lin Qianman looked back at Tao Nian’s expression, feeling a little chill down her spine, afraid of retaliation because she underestimated Tao Nian’s food-guarding tendencies. She quickly offered a few words of comfort and made many assurances.

The comments section was in chaos.

Some remembered their initial reason for watching the livestream and called Tao Nian a stingy person.

Some said that Tao Nian, looking like that, was like a big cat guarding its food, exceptionally cute.

Some bit their handkerchiefs and said they wanted to ship them.

And then there were others, watching the beautiful girl in the far corner eating beef jerky.

She took a bite, but couldn’t bite through.

She bit hard, still couldn’t break it.

She shifted her position, used her canines to grind it, and tore off a small strip along the grain of the beef. Then, with great effort, she chewed this small strip. She repeated the process, eating it strip by small strip.

“Hahahahahaha, the girl looked at Tao Nian and thought: ‘Are we eating the same thing?'”

“Hahahaha, the girl’s entire face was straining to eat the beef jerky.”

“She’s making memes.”

“Hahaha, why does Tao Nian eat so effortlessly?”

Yes, over there, Tao Nian was holding the beef jerky, biting off half of it in one go, chewing, chewing, chewing, and swallowing.

…

“Someone definitely got a fake piece of jerky.”

Everyone happily watched Tao Nian finish all the jerky, and finally poured the grapes she hadn’t eaten from the fruit platters into one pile, three large fruit platters full, piled up like a small mountain, with a pointed top.

Tao Nian popped them into her mouth one by one, swallowing them skin and seeds and all, eating with great relish.

When the livestream ended, everyone was in a daze.

At first, when the show premiered, Lin Qianman as a mentor, the contestant attacking the mentor, and the contestant’s interview hadn’t dropped from the trending topics. Then #LinQianmanStartsLivestream climbed up again, followed closely by #TaoNian’sAppetite.

People who hadn’t watched the livestream were puzzled by this trending topic. Without even looking, they commented: “Who wants to know her appetite? Ordinary people, don’t give her attention, okay? Just let this kind of person who piggybacks on Sister Lin’s popularity without limits fade away!”

Someone below told them to look at the GIF: “Why don’t you look at the content first? I really want to know her appetite, she can really eat. Sister Lin is also really doting, I can’t control myself anymore, I want to ship them.”

Some people also watched the GIF and said: “Isn’t it just a fruit platter, beef jerky, and milk? These aren’t filling, so she can indeed eat a lot.”

“This is just a GIF. Actually, she ate countless fruit platters, countless bottles of milk, and an entire bag of beef jerky.”

“It’s true she can eat a lot, but eating that much is a bit ridiculous.”

Someone even zoomed in the video countless times, showing a comparison of Tao Nian eating beef jerky versus other contestants eating beef jerky. The sight of that other contestant trying to bite off a piece countless times but failing, then looking at Tao Nian, who ate a whole piece at once, with horror, attracted countless more laughs.

People who hadn’t watched the livestream were very confused: “Didn’t everyone decide to scold her? How come now everyone is getting distracted?”

“Wanting to know her appetite and scolding her are not in conflict (shrugs).”

“Wanting to ship them and scolding her are not in conflict (shrugs).”

“Finding her cute and scolding her are not in conflict (shrugs).”

“Although I think I’ll be scolded, finding her very simple and scolding her are not in conflict (shrugs).”

Author’s Note:

Actually, the livestream plot wasn’t much; it should have been finished yesterday. But because I lost the manuscript yesterday without saving, and today I was busy getting vaccinated, I wrote a bit less and it dragged on until today.

Well, that’s it then. Thank you to all the dear readers who made it this far (bows with tears).