Chapter 52 - Average Drawing Skills (1/2)

Look Look, he’s amazing, it sounds like Meng boss and the pretty lady have some history!”

“Is the miss blaming Meng Boss for not having good intentions, she obviously came to support him.”

“What do you mean support, she’s obviously here for a good time hahaha!”

“Phew, finally we don’t have to listen to Meng fatty and tell those stupid jokes. Now that was awkward!”

“Yeah! It’s more comfortable to watch him draw!”

“There are so many awkward streamers, but Meng Fan is the only one with god-like hand speed. Meng host, you just obediently be an honest and quiet host!”

“It’s good if you don’t talk because I came across all those jokes when I was browsing the promotional ads for Weibo, they almost made me barf! Who knew I’d hear them again?!”

“Finally, we can see Meng boss’s hand speed again, now that’s comfortable!”

“Look, another pretty girl!”

“Does this one know Meng Fan too?”

“She’s asking Meng boss if it’s really free, so probably not.”

After Ma Xiao Chun sat down on the stool in front of Meng Fan, the pedestrians nearby became more interested, slowly filling up the area surrounding him.

Meng Fan’s validation and hefty load were there. He had always been an attention grabber, since he’d been sitting here in the last fifteen or so minutes, so it was evident from the amount of viewers he’d ‘gained’. He couldn’t say 100% of the pedestrians would look over, but at least half was definitely plausible.

Only, most of the people in Hua Xia were introverted, and many deployed the virtue from Lu Xun’s ‘Han Fei Zi.’ It preached to “not be the first”, and not only to “not be the instigator” but also “not to be present at the beginning of a disaster” or the “first to receive a blessing”.

Everyone had seen Meng Fan’s ‘free’ sign, and several were eager to try it as well. Only, nobody wanted to be the first person to eat the crab; they wanted crab and knew it was safe to eat, but they didn’t want to break the shell.

Presently, Ma Xiao Chun was already sitting in front of Meng Fan, patiently having her portrait done. The people deemed her to be the one who peeled the hard shell, so naturally, seeing the ‘shell’ open, even just a little bit had shown them the fresh tender crab meat hiding inside.

“What a great drawing!”

Everyone could see Meng Fan’s ‘poster’ of the characters from that hit drama. But nobody believed that Meng Fan could actually draw like that, and wouldn’t until they saw with their own eyes.

Now that they’d seen it for themselves, they realized that not only was he good, but he was fast too.

Most of the Hua Xia people followed the ‘not-first’ mentality, but as soon as someone started it, then everyone deployed the second most common mentality of Hua Xia people; that is to join crowds and watch the crowds.

A girl who’s appearances rivaled that of Ma Xiao Chun asked Meng Fan if his portraitures were actually free and then lined up behind Ma Xiao Chun, waiting for her turn.

Not long after, there was a line of people behind Ma Xiao Chun.

Some of them loved to watch the bustle but were too embarrassed to join the crowd all circled around Meng Fan to watch him draw.

“Uhm, sorry. I’m streaming here, could you guys step back again, you’re covering the camera.”

He had placed the phone in front of the easel to see more easily the live comments—also for easier operation—occasionally interacting with the netizens. Seeing that the stream had been covered, he politely asked the auntie that had been standing in front of it.

The lady was a bit displeased by his comment and shifted over a bit, but didn’t show it. It would seem too uncivilized, so she turned to the spectators next to her and said: “Don’t push.”

Who’s pushing?!

The people next to here were baffled.