Chapter 42 - Won’t Be Ugly (2/2)
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Wu Tong left the track to do her stretches. She was suppressing the desire to roll her eyes into her head.
At 9 o’clock in the morning, Wu Tong sent a large chain of information with a cringey title ‘Sports Nutrition and Diet Guidance for Patients with Severe Obesity’, followed by a section she especially attached titled ‘Regarding sports for severe obesity: Scientific Training Guide for Fat Loss and Weight Reduction.’
Even without looking at the content, one could lose two pounds just by reading the title.
Although there was enough scientific guidance in the program that came with his running shoes, Meng Fan still read through the articles, in case Wu Tong asked about it.
As for food, Meng Fan was willing to follow the guidance of his black magic running shoes, which stated to eat a normal diet with less oil and salt.
This seemed easy enough, and it suited him.
When it comes to exercise, running came first. Giving people thumbs up came second.
At 9:30, he had the course ‘Law of animation and movement’. Normally, Meng Fan could skip this class, but now… he was too scared to escape. He obediently arrived on time. He picked a seat farther away from the front. He took out his notebook, pencils, and drawing paper. Regardless of what the lecture content was, all he needed to do was look up at the professor every two minutes, then continue drawing with his head down.
Through the duration of one class, Meng Fan noticed the teacher had looked at him more than ten times, the kind of look that lingered for several seconds. Thankfully, this wasn’t high school, otherwise, Meng Fan would think he was about to be called to answer a question, maybe even three.
By the end of class, Meng Fan had completed 260 drawings for the task [Illustrator]. He was closing the gap to complete task phase 3.
After drawing so many, Meng Fan had felt his drawing skills ‘naturally improve’ under such a short duration, the System attributes aside.
As soon as class ended, Meng Fan headed for Song Cheng. Since he had already decided to furiously collect validation points, he had to go to the best place for it.
Once he arrived, he headed out to find food. He had food in one hand and a thumbs up in the other. He strolled around passing blessings to tourists. After he ate, he began gesturing with both of his hands.
“Look look, the little fatty is back again!”
“Did you know, I saw a video of our chubby brother dancing on the city gate on Tik Tok yesterday; it had over a million likes!”
“I saw it too, but I didn’t expect for it to be posted by a tourist.”
“Do you guys want to find a way to hit him with a silk ball so he can come up again?”
“Are you sure he’d be willing to dance again?”
“You didn’t see him giving everyone the thumbs up? Of course, he’ll be willing to! Why else would he come here today! Maybe this chubby man is trying to get famous!”
The actor playing the minister, technically speaking, did not like having Meng Fan on his stage as he couldn’t control the dynamic. But after weighing the pros and cons, he decided that he could afford to lose control just this once. He smacked the table. “I think it’s doable! Xiao Chun, it’s all you.”
The actress playing Miss. Wang nodded with confidence. She had been tossing silk balls for three years, so she was completely confident she could hit anyone she wanted to. Not to mention the fat guy was a looming target amidst the crowd.
Whoosh.
The silk ball traversed a beautiful arc towards Meng Fan.
Meng Fan had noticed the silk ball long before and had been conjuring a way to attain it. He didn’t expect the ball to come flying towards him. Immediately, he thrust open his arms and created a two-meter range of empty space around him.
‘Got it!’
Didn’t they avoid him after his spectacle yesterday? Why were they so supportive today? Did the actress for Miss. Wang had a change of heart?
No need to press for answers. Meng Fan strutted forward on his own.
The crowd was bigger today than it had been. He had to distribute at least a hundred ‘blessings’.
They were all points!