After Being Hopeless at Singing and Dancing, I Exploded in Popularity Due to My Appetite - Chapter 37

Because there were genuinely many paparazzi squatting outside, they indeed captured some photos. Coupled with the fact that the ninth episode of the show had already aired, and everyone knew Huang Li was a guest performer, there was widespread dissatisfaction about Huang Li’s dog biting someone. The production team simply edited the footage from that day into a vlog.

It was posted on Huang Li’s account.

The vlog began with a direct shot of Huang Li. Huang Li first apologized to Tao Nian and everyone, then addressed the incident of Maomao biting, telling everyone that dog owners must leash their dogs and use muzzles, and then explained what to do after being bitten by a dog.

“Learn from your mistakes. From now on, whether for yourself or for others, make sure to properly leash your dog and put on a muzzle!”

However, there was a small group of people whose attention wasn’t on Huang Li in the center, but on the two people sitting closely behind her.

“Tao Nian is the injured party, Huang Li’s dog bit Tao Nian, so what was Sister Lin doing there?!”

“Sister Lin is the life mentor, responsible for various miscellaneous tasks. Last time, when a contestant had a fever in the middle of the night, wasn’t it Sister Lin who took her to the hospital?”

“Wuwu, I’m so envious of people cared for by Sister Lin.”

“Who isn’t envious?”

“That being said, can someone tell me what Tao Nian is doing?”

“This sentence structure feels a bit familiar.”

It was still remembered that when the show first aired, Tao Nian was lambasted, and the production team went live to respond to the controversy, with Tao Nian eating throughout.

This time seemed similar.

But this time, Tao Nian wasn’t eating.

She and Lin Qianman were sitting close together. Tao Nian held up her bitten right arm, pointed to the bite marks, then opened her mouth wide to show Lin Qianman her teeth.

Lin Qianman seemed to say something.

Tao Nian was very agitated, waving her arm in rebuttal. Then she quickly calmed down and took a bite out of her own right arm next to the dog’s bite marks.

Maomao was a really big dog, with astonishing biting power. When he bit Tao Nian, he really opened his mouth wide and bit hard. The Taotie’s skill points were all allocated to her appetite, and as a fierce beast, she was already naturally “squishy” and unlucky. Now, having transformed into a human, although she was a bit tougher than a normal person, she was also somewhat sealed by the jade pendant given by Feng Jun.

Although that jade pendant helped block the bite, even so, Maomao still left two rows of marks and four bloody holes on Tao Nian’s arm, exactly two on the inner side and two on the outer side.

Tao Nian was now human, and even though her arm was thin, her small face didn’t have such a large mouth. Even if she tried hard to open it wide enough to deform her entire face, she still couldn’t make a very large wound.

She took a bite, then shoved her arm in front of Lin Qianman, comparing the size of the two wounds as she spoke to Lin Qianman.

Lin Qianman looked helpless and reached out to push her arm down.

Even after being pushed down, Tao Nian continued to mumble to herself, then touched her right arm and showed Lin Qianman a size the equivalent of a small fingernail.

At this point, it was impossible not to figure out what Tao Nian was doing.

“…”

“I can’t believe even this needs to be competed over. The ‘involution’ (intense internal competition) is serious to this extent now.”

“Dog: You humans, don’t involve me in your internal competition. I can only bite this much.”

Everyone in the vlog’s comments section was laughing out loud. Those who hadn’t noticed Tao Nian’s actions earlier saw the comments, dragged the progress bar back to rewatch, and joined in the laughter.

But actually, Tao Nian was just whining to Lin Qianman about her arm hurting. Lin Qianman initially coaxed her patiently. After a long time, Tao Nian was still whining, so Lin Qianman, a little helpless, whispered about empathy, asking her why she didn’t consider how much it hurt others when she used to bite them.

Tao Nian’s bitten arm genuinely hurt. Her upper arm, where she had been vaccinated yesterday, had just stopped hurting, and now she had to get another vaccine shot today. She empathized a bit and felt she had been a bit excessive before.

But she was too embarrassed to admit she was wrong, so she could only stammer that her bites definitely didn’t hurt as much.

Lin Qianman insisted they did.

Tao Nian then showed her her teeth, trying to prove that her bites wouldn’t hurt now.

Lin Qianman then said her teeth were sharp and her bites hurt a lot.

Tao Nian refused to believe it. She simply bit her own arm and gestured, telling her: “Look, I can only bite this much, but the dog bit this much. I definitely don’t hurt as much as its bite.”

Lin Qianman helplessly: “Have you forgotten what you used to be like? You were much bigger than a dog back then.”

Tao Nian: “…”

Tao Nian had nothing to say and could only grudgingly accept it. But she was still unhappy and kept gesturing on her arm.

Just as everyone was laughing, Huang Li’s dog training class ended.

The next scene was a large sign for the vaccination clinic, then a long shot of Tao Nian standing in the center, accompanied by Huang Li and Lin Qianman, queuing up for her vaccine.

Queuing, seeing the children around getting free hepatitis B, tuberculosis, and hand-foot-and-mouth disease vaccines, praising the strength and beauty of their motherland—the comments section was once again filled with emotion and pride.

Then the few of them returned to the car, and Huang Li announced the end of the vlog.

On the comments section: “Look at the progress bar!”

The progress bar clearly showed about two minutes left.

About a second of black screen, then “Main Feature Starts!”

It showed Tao Nian coming out of the injection room after her vaccine. The sleeve of her loose black half-sleeve, which cost twenty-nine ninety and came with free shipping, was pulled up to her shoulder. Tao Nian held the cotton swab with her left hand, walking dejectedly, her face full of grievance.

It should have been a very heartwarming scene, but because the post-production added very funny and lively background music, the contrast was huge, and the comments section was already filled with anticipation.

Tao Nian sat on the chair, holding the cotton swab, lost in thought.

It was at this moment that the little girl appeared.

A two or three-year-old human cub, wearing a pink and blue dress with white polka dots, with chubby and adorable arms and legs. Since she was an ordinary child, the post-production added a chibi princess sticker to her face, making her look soft and sweet.

The little girl stood next to Tao Nian, gnawing on her finger and wiggling. When Tao Nian glanced at her, she unleashed her ultimate move: “Auntie, you’re so big, and you still have to get shots?”

“Hahahahaha, I’m laughing so hard I’m crawling on the floor, what a perfect ‘Auntie, you’re so big, and you still have to get shots?'”

“Little girl: This auntie is quite big, and she still needs shots!”

“Little girl: Does she still have to be held down by her mom to get shots when she’s grown up?! Mom clearly said I wouldn’t need shots when I grew up!”

“Wait! Isn’t Tao Nian only eighteen? She’s already being called ‘auntie’ at this age?! I’m twenty and shivering.”

Lin Qianman gently explained, then the little girl wiggled again and again, and after a long time, asked Tao Nian: “Does it hurt?”

“Look at Auntie’s expression, does it look like it doesn’t hurt?!”

Tao Nian opened her mouth to speak, but Lin Qianman pressed it shut again. Lin Qianman continued to explain gently.

Tao Nian, whose mouth was covered by Lin Qianman, burst into tears.

“I’m dying of laughter hahahahahahaha, it’s too amazing, too hilarious.”

“Little girl: ? Auntie, if you’re kidnapped, just blink.”

“Little girl: Exactly like me being held down by my mom and not allowed to cry.”

“Hahaha, it’s just over, how is Tao Nian so funny, help.”

A very playful transition, and the last scene was the little girl crying and running away, saying shots hurt and she didn’t want shots.

“Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, I’m laughing so hard I lost my voice.”

“Child’s mom: ????”

This video directly solidified Tao Nian’s image as a comedian.

Although some people questioned whether it was immoral for Tao Nian to make the child cry, arguing that teasing a child this way would traumatize them and make them reluctant to get injections in the future, causing more trouble for the child’s parents, most people were still just laughing.

Some also posted comparative screenshots.

Lin Qianman (loving mother): “Shots don’t hurt. You’ll only grow up healthy and strong if you get your shots now, baby. Be brave and get your shots.”

Tao Nian (simpleminded auntie): “A fierce woman’s tears, self-explanatory. The pain is all in the tears.”

“I’m going back and forth hahahahaha, laughing on the bed like a caterpillar crawling around.”

“Loving mother I understand, but what even is a simpleminded auntie, SOS?”

“Hahaha, probably just a silly auntie, I’m dying of laughter. Auntie Tao Nian is only eighteen, eighteen!”

“Someone still thinks Tao Nian was intentionally making the child cry, I’m dying of laughter. Shots really do hurt, that’s right, but Tao Nian’s reaction is just too funny.”

“Yeah, why argue about this? If you make a child think it won’t hurt, they’ll happily go for the shot, then discover it hurts a lot, won’t the trauma be even greater?”

And some people’s focus was quite unique.

“Sister Lin covered Tao Nian’s mouth! Rounding up, that’s intimate contact!”

“Marry them! A good woman must take responsibility! If you touch someone’s mouth, you must take responsibility!”

“Wuwuwu, gentle big sister and simpleminded auntie, I’m totally shipping them.”

The “QianNian” CP fans in Huang Li’s vlog let out a satisfied burp.

They were well-fed with “candy” in someone else’s vlog!