Chapter 226 - First Day 34,000 (1/2)

Chapter 226: First Day 34,000

Since her first day of class, Wu Tong had already gained the title “Chinese painting beauty”. Over the next few years, this title wasn’t stripped away from her as she grew more and more beautiful and became a top of the class student. She was also a graceful athlete and was very well known even at the National Art Academy.

If the National Art Academy had a pageant, Wu Tong would place first, no doubt.

Meng Fan thought about the ‘famous figure’ that had overtaken the National Art Academy during these last few months. From tackling the lovesick couple to sitting on the bus thief, to streaming his mini-marathon, donating, running from Hangzhou to Shanghai, his poisonous concert experience… and then to the school sports meet, basketball tournament, breaking the world record, and his dreamlike performance at the 11/11 gala and shocking basketball scoring, the singing, and the flirting… There wasn’t another person there close to this level of fame.

Originally they were two people who had nothing to do with each other but met during their morning runs. They had a lot of supporters from the start, and now there were people who had gotten used to seeing the two together and forgot about the legendary figure, Hu Ting Song, who supposedly had the best chance of dating Wu Tong.

But the school had several issues regarding whether they were actually together or not… No one could be certain.

Hence, after hearing Qin Jiao’s question, everyone present in the studio collectively gazed at Meng Fan; their eyes filled with curiosity and the desire for gossip.

Meng Fan smiled awkwardly but admitted honestly, “Da Qiang just said it randomly. Wu Tong and I aren’t a couple. If we were together, don’t you think I’d broadcast it for the world to know?!”

“True.” Qin Jiao smiled. “That sentence just now was pretty manly of you.”

He didn’t give anyone a chance to form suspicions or doubts. He had voiced his interest in Wu Tong loud and clear, so Qin Jiao and the others believed he would make a very suitable boyfriend.

Meng Fan followed this news and did a search. It turned out that long before the article had been released, Wu Tong had blown up on Weibo. The #PalaceMuseumsBeautifulArtRestorer had gone viral, and some people had even found or photoshopped photos of Wu Tong at the national academy. She was beautiful in all of them.

Aside from this, there were others who had posted some of Wu Tong’s artwork, which started another wave of discussion.

Afterward, people had uploaded several articles related to Wu Tong. For example, photos of her exercising, which were all very elegant and positive. Her popularity was growing by the minute.

One could say that she had become instantly famous!

At around 9:00 pm, Wu Tong sent a WeChat message consisting of emojis covering their faces.

“The woes of fame?”

At this time, Meng Fan had already jogged home from Da Mei studio and had begun to draw.

“When I left the Palace Museum, I got surrounded by a hoard of journalists. One company even asked if I was looking to debut! They even called my mom.”

Wu Tong’s mother was part of the Shanghai theatre association and could count as an entertainment personnel.

“Everything else is okay, but it just feels like they’re disrupting my daily life.”

Wu Tong had grown up under the eyes of the public. Everywhere she went, she would attract attention, but this time, it was way more excessive.