Chapter 91: That Smile Is Poison
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Bai Zhi was very attractive in the first place, but after being dolled up in high heels, she looked even more stunning walking towards Meng Fan than she had during the day.
Although he had already taken a photo with Bai Zhi to collect her experience, this didn’t stop Meng Fan from taking another one.
“Bai Zhi!”
Meng Fan had just took a photo when a person trotted over calling her name.
Meng Fan recognized the man. Of course, it was the guy that had been rumored to have a relations.h.i.+p with Bai Zhi a while ago.
Wasn’t it all gossip, but by the way he’s calling her name so warmly, could it be true?
Meng Fan who had been eagerly spectating became excited.
Only, Bai Zhi’s words dulled his excitement immediately.
“Stay away from me!”
She held her ground, refusing to continue forward. She just happened to be standing in a blind spot for the cameras, and regardless of the media outside or the press and staff inside, she did not want to share a second more of screentime with the man approaching her.
“Zhu Yu, this isn’t the first time you’re trying to get close to me to start gossip, the company won’t let me pursue it and blow it up, but that doesn’t mean I condone this kind of behavior. I’m warning you one last time and if you try this again, I will personally destroy you!”
Bai Zhi coldly warned him, pointing at Zhu Yu a few times before strutting off in her high heels towards the center.
“Wench!”
Zhu Yu waited for Bai Zhi to walk out of earshot and silently cursed under his breath. He wanted to catch up to her but controlled himself. He was truly very afraid of Bai Zhi tearing him apart, for her fame was blatant. Of course, if it hadn’t been for his own lack of fame, then he wouldn’t be trying to stir up gossip with her in the first place.
He waited for Bai Zhi to walk a distance before following her into the venue.
Bang!
Zhu Yu suddenly fell over his feet, stumbling into the venue and knocking down several standing signs.
It was a big clamor, and there was a big volume of people in the venue, most of them looking over to see what the commotion was.
There was a staff present along the red carpet that helped Zhu Yu up. Several people saw blood dropped from his nose from the fall.
Zhu Yu’s expression was one of pain and embarra.s.sment, but looking down he was even more embarra.s.sed. His shoe had disappeared!
Where did it go?
Meng Fan had kicked it out of the way.
As Zhu Yu entered the venue just now, Meng Fan had stepped on the heel of one of Zhu Yu’s shoes, causing him to fall. At the same time, the shoe had been tugged off. Meng Fan then graciously kicked his shoe into a corner.
Zhu Yu had caused quite a commotion, so n.o.body heard the sound of his shoe landing.
Bai Zhi was Meng Cai Wei’s close girlfriend, and she treated Meng Fan well too. Meng Fan tolerated this dumba.s.s’s rudeness, for it was already polite enough of him to spare Zhu Yu from being sat on.
Meng Fan recorded the conversation between Bai Zhi and Zhu Yu just now, including the curse Zhu Yu said in the end. If he had the opportunity, or if Bai Zhi wanted to ruin Zhu Yu, he would hand it over to her using whatever means.
After the small episode, he continued to take photos.
“Big Yao!”
“Fluffy White Yang!”
“WuJin w.a.n.g Jia Yu!”
Meng Fan saw several champion athletes appearing on the carpet, feeling overly happy and excited. The sense of accomplishment he felt from taking group photos with them was way better than what he felt with actors, singers, and fas.h.i.+on celebrities.
“Third uncle!”
“Ma Qin w.a.n.g! Auspicious Royal!”
Meng Fan excitedly recognized two authors. He had seen the reports about the previous two fas.h.i.+on nights mentioning the attendance of some authors. Their appearance was related to the adaptation of their works into television dramas and films. After all, the UP group was a television and film-related company.
Meng Fan had recognized several writers aside from these two. A few of the writers even came as a group. The Qidian website’s CEO showed up alongside seven famous authors.
“Holy s.h.i.+*t… Is that Mr. Sleepy?”
Meng Fan had seen leaked photos of Mr. Sleepy and was able to recognize him if he looked closely. Speaking of which, he looked better in photos.
Meng Fan suppressed the urge to hand knife blades to him in person, proceeding with the group photo. Meng Fan was surprised to find that all eight of these people including the big boss had provided him with a point of experience.
It made sense. All seven of them were well-known web novel writers, so their reader and fan bases were all quite large.
When he pa.s.sed, Meng Fan sent Mr. Sleepy a prank message on WeChat. “I have time now, want to meet?”
Naturally, Mr. Sleepy wouldn’t have time to meet during such an event. However, Meng Fan did not think that once seated, Mr. Sleepy had taken a panoramic video of his surroundings before opening the message. He scratched his head, pausing for a moment. He couldn’t remember who Meng Fan was!
When did he add a random fan, or did they find each other through the shake feature?
Mr. Sleepy thought about it before quickly forgetting. He continued panning around on his phone for more celebrities to take selfies with.
Meng Fan would have to take off his hat before Mr.Sleepy thinks of him again.
“Ding!”
In an hour or so, Meng Fan had acc.u.mulated all the experience needed for [Group Photo G.o.d].
“Ding! You’ve taken 100 photos with different public figures, completing the task [Group Photo G.o.d]. Reward: Achievement points +1000.”
“Ding! You’ve accomplished the task [Group Photo G.o.d], earning the t.i.tle [Group Photo G.o.d] (Photogenic +5, smile appeal +3, validation +2)”
After finding a suitable solution, the task vanished fast.
“Hehehe.”
Meng Fan couldn’t resist but laugh.
The laughter startled two female celebrities who had just been walking by.
“Who was that?”
“Um ~ This person looks pretty good when he smiles!”
“Hey ~ What’s this person doing here?”
“Ah~ Was someone just here?!”
“Hey ~ What am I doing standing here?!”
Meng Fan happily left this holy land of experience. He did not head inside the venue towards the event, as he harbored no interest. Walking outside, he was most interested in experiencing the effects of +5 photogenic appeal and +3 smile appeal.
He took a selfie.
“Holy cow, he was photogenic!”
Of course, he couldn’t be sure how much of this positive response came from his own confidence.
He grinned and took another selfie.
Meng Fan seemed to be less susceptible to being affected by his own smile.
“Hey, handsome.”
Meng Fan went behind the spectators and removed his hat.
Without waiting for Meng Fan to call out, this handsome man had already turned around and clutched his chest. “What’s up, you scared me.”
Meng Fan turned to the very average, even below average looking ‘handsome man’ and revealed his most vibrant smile. “Do you think I look good when I smile?”
“Are you psychotic…? It seems to be pretty good looking.” The handsome man, who had originally been unhappy because of the disturbance suddenly felt an urge to smile as well, feeling inexplicably happy from seeing Meng Fan.
Meng Fan was in an even better mood, not only because his smile appeal made himself more attractive, but it also was able to brighten other people’s moods.
This reminded him of a video he had watched before, where one person was happily laughing on the subway caused the people sitting on the side to begin laughing inexplicably as well.
Laughter was contagious already in its ability to make others happy, only his appeal was extraordinarily strong.
It was like the increase in his smile appeal had also stirred some metaphysical property, even making his smile poisonous!
“Hehehehehe.”
Meng Fan changed positions and smiled at a girl. She was dumbfounded. “Heh. Is this guy dumb?”
Snap snap snap.
Meng Fan suddenly realized a cameraman had been pointing a camera at himself. He didn’t press much, but it was enough for Meng Fan to notice with his +1 observational skills.
It wasn’t just his f*cking smile appeal that made people notice him. The metaphysical power of his existence had also been exposed after he removed his hat.
His validation was already at +9, and with the +2 just now, it would be strange if he wasn’t noticed by others.
He put on his hat and quickly slipped out.
After walking a distance, he took off his hat and called a cab back to Meng Cai Wei’s residence.
“Where did you go? Bai Zhi said you left the stadium early! I called you and you didn’t answer, are you itching to get beat?!” Meng Cai Wei met Meng Fan at the door with a bowl of cup noodles in her hands and began scolding him immediately.
Meng Fan couldn’t explain and faced her with a stupid smile.
“What are you laughing at, are you dumb? Is this the aftermath of meeting Qing Cen or did you find money on the ground? Stop laughing haha are you crazy, hahaha you’re poisonous ~~!”
Meng Cai Wei was contaminated with Meng Fan’s smile and laughed. She was in a great mood, and ate another half bucket of instant noodles.