After Being Hopeless at Singing and Dancing, I Exploded in Popularity Due to My Appetite - Chapter 23

What? Even if she was making a move on him, there’s no need to hit a girl so hard her tooth falls out, is there? If you don’t want to, you can educate her verbally, or call the police, no need for such violence, right?

This is the most popular person on our show apart from the mentors. If you damage her, the show is over!

The producer looked at Wu Xuan with a deep, somewhat reproachful gaze.

But she found that Wu Xuan showed no anger at all. He supported Tao Nian, frantically waving to his driver.

After a chaotic flurry, everyone gathered at the hospital. A crowd swarmed around Tao Nian to register and then to the dental consultation room to see a doctor.

Finally, everyone sat in a row, watching through the transparent glass as Tao Nian opened her mouth wide for the dentist to fill her tooth.

Wu Xuan watched from the side, so anxious he was sweating.

The producer couldn’t help but ask: “This… what happened?”

Wu Xuan’s expression was awkward. Hearing the question, he glanced at Tao Nian, wiped a bead of sweat, and said: “My fault, my fault.”

Oh no! I caused trouble!

He had only heard before that Feng Jun on Qingnan Mountain had taken in and raised a Taotie, but he had never seen her.

Two months ago, he received another letter from Feng Jun, saying that the Taotie had come down the mountain and hoped he could provide some assistance. However, he was busy at the time and hadn’t been able to visit. He heard that the Taotie was participating in a talent show, and the Qilin (Lin Qianman) had also gone. He was too busy to spare time, so he could only offer some financial support, planning to visit when he had free time.

Today, Boss Zhang approached him, saying he wanted to visit the show’s production team. He happened to have some time, so he came.

He had never met Tao Nian before, and all his memories of the Taotie clan were still of Tao Nian’s father. That Taotie mostly soaked himself in food, had no reason, and didn’t see outsiders. But everyone said that when the Heavenly Dao collapsed, it was this Taotie who used the clan’s legacy to buy so much breathing room for survival for all the divine beasts.

He might not have intended it, but Wu Xuan indeed benefited from it.

So he felt a great sense of respect and awe towards Tao Nian. Moreover, Tao Nian was raised by Feng Jun on Qingnan Mountain, so his reverence for Tao Nian was doubled.

He didn’t expect that upon meeting her, Tao Nian would be so unlucky as to crash into his back, and her tooth would be directly knocked out by the Xuanwu’s (his divine beast form) hard shell.

It’s over. If Feng Jun finds out, will she burn me to death and then use my shell to stew my own flesh to nourish Tao Nian?

Wu Xuan, who had never experienced such things, looked at Tao Nian getting her tooth filled and couldn’t help but send a message to Lin Qianman.

Lin Qianman hadn’t found Tao Nian during dinner tonight.

At that time, she was actually a little scared.

Scared that Tao Nian wouldn’t eat dinner, and then, under the pressure of the mentors and the production team, she would practice until midnight, get confused from hunger, and then go to Lin Qianman’s room to bite her.

And then blood would flow like a river, the talent show would turn into a cautionary tale, her colorful movie would become black and white, the announcements from her studio would become obituaries, and the jade pendant Tao Nian wore would become silver handcuffs…

Just thinking about it was frightening.

She could only search everywhere. If she truly couldn’t find her, she would ask Fang Wen to inquire with the production team.

Fang Wen, seeing her so anxious about Tao Nian, clicked her tongue in amazement. Although she didn’t dare to tease her out loud, she secretly sighed, So, my boss likes Tao Nian this much!

She gets anxious if she doesn’t see her for a day!

Upon asking, she found out that an investor had arrived, and Tao Nian had gone with Zhang Jingyue.

Lin Qianman knew Wu Xuan, and when she heard this news, she felt relieved.

There was also a faint hint of schadenfreude.

Wu Xuan hadn’t met Tao Nian yet. It was time for him to experience the fear of being bitten by a Taotie!

Lin Qianman was nervously anticipating it while despising herself for even anticipating such a thing. In this complex state of mind, finally, she received a message from Wu Xuan!

Wu Xuan’s first message to her was a crying emoji!

Lin Qianman felt guilty for not having warned him in advance and was about to comfort him.

Then she saw his next message: “It’s over. My back was too hard and knocked out Tao Nian’s tooth.”

Lin Qianman: “…”

???

Wu Xuan sent another crying emoji: “What do I do? How do I explain?”

Lin Qianman: “…”

Wu Xuan saw that Lin Qianman kept silent, only sending ellipses. The usually honest man grew increasingly nervous: “Why aren’t you speaking? Will Feng Jun come down the mountain tonight and kill me for Tao Nian’s revenge? How exactly should I explain?”

Lin Qianman: “…Probably not.”

While worrying about the toothless Tao Nian and the terribly nervous Wu Xuan, she also felt a little hopeful.

Since Tao Nian lost a tooth from biting, will she develop a psychological trauma about biting, and then no longer think about eating me?

Or perhaps if I just try harder, I can make my horns as hard as Xuanwu’s back.

Lin Qianman couldn’t help but reflect on herself.

Why can Xuanwu do it, and you can’t?

Both were bitten by the Taotie, so why aren’t your horns hard enough? Not only did they not break a tooth, but you were also bitten and injured?

You need to stand up! You can’t be oppressed like this anymore!

Regardless of what Lin Qianman and Wu Xuan were thinking, the dentist who was filling Tao Nian’s tooth in the hospital was very puzzled: “Your teeth are very healthy. What exactly did you bite to chip a tooth?”

Tao Nian opened her mouth wide and couldn’t speak at all. Hearing the doctor’s question, tears were about to fall.

Zhang Jingyue stood by Tao Nian’s side and had long noticed a tooth mark on Wu Xuan’s black suit shoulder. Now, hearing the doctor’s question, she didn’t know whether to feel relieved or frustrated. She slapped Tao Nian’s hand hard again and wiped away her tears.

How could she have mistakenly thought she was that kind of person?

In her heart, there was clearly only food!

Other people see others as men, women, rich, or poor.

Tao Nian sees people as: can I take a bite?

No, why does this child always want to bite people when she sees them?

Today was destined to be a night full of confusion.

Tao Nian didn’t understand why her tooth fell out before she even tasted that fragrant person.

Wu Xuan didn’t understand why his back chipped Tao Nian’s tooth.

Lin Qianman didn’t understand why her horns were so fragile.

Zhang Jingyue didn’t understand why Tao Nian had such a strange and, in some ways, terrifying interest.

The producer and the doctor didn’t understand how Tao Nian’s tooth chipped.

Outside the hospital, a paparazzi who had followed the group to the hospital watched the video he had taken and also didn’t understand what had happened.

The paparazzi had originally gone to that restaurant to stake out another celebrity, but for some reason, that celebrity didn’t show up, and he saw Tao Nian instead.

Although Tao Nian’s fame wasn’t as great as the celebrity he intended to photograph, it was better than nothing. So the paparazzi turned to photograph Tao Nian.

It was only a few minutes in the parking lot, and there were many people… it didn’t seem like there would be much to talk about.

The paparazzi repeatedly watched the video segment, stroked his chin, and then had an idea.

Cut off the beginning and end, take out of context, guide the narrative with the caption, add fuel to the fire.

Perfect!

@FirstPaparazzi: Popular young starlet secretly meets a new magnate late at night. Is it the oppression of capital or the temptation of beauty?!

In the blurry video below, Tao Nian stands behind a man, hesitantly reaching out, slowly moving closer. The man takes a small step back, Tao Nian leans back, then buries her head in the man’s shoulder. Two seconds later, Tao Nian suddenly steps back, covering her mouth as if surprised. Then the man quickly turns and holds Tao Nian in his arms.

Author’s Note:

Lin Qianman (biting a handkerchief): Xuanwu must be humblebragging!!