Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Under competitive circumstances, the ten-kiloter run had consud a large amount of physical energy. Even though ng Fan had consud four or five energy chews before and after the process, it was difficult for it to recover fully, not to ntion the labor it involved.
Therefore, once ng Fan returned to the dorm and showered, he could not get out of bed once he laid down.
“Still didn’t eat yet? Are you waiting for ?”
Zhang Zhou Wei, still bearing a gut full of grief and anger, returned to the dorm. Seeing the unopened takeout containers from the waterfront campus restaurant sitting on the table, he felt touched, lting away half of his anger and grief.
When Xing Ta Ge saw Zhang Zhou Wei whose head had been suffocated to the point of growing ticks from his helt, and then looked at himself who had been enjoying the A/C in a car during the entire process, he didn’t have the heart to trigger him more by telling him that the food was actually ng Fan’s. He had bought take out for himself and fell asleep before eating it. Xing Ta Ge forced a small nod and responded, “ng Fan said to wait until you’re back to eat it, but he waited and waited and fell asleep.”
After that, he continued to read ‘Dong Xuan Zi’. The book had emphasized adjusting a bedroom’s atmosphere using Qi Gong, which Xing Ta Ge thought to be bullsh*t, but the descriptions of the postures and thods still made him believe that these ancestors knew how to have a good ti.
In ‘Dong Xuan Zi’, the “nine shapes” and “six potentials” combine “ten fixes” and “eight movents” from ‘He Yin Yang’, the “Eight ways” from ‘The World of Tao’, the tension and pitch from the ‘Su Nu scripture’, and the eight events from ‘Before The Inflection’. Xing Ta Ge could basically imagine the richness and diversity that was imbued in the night lives of his ancestors during ancient tis.
Listen to the nas of these poses; backflip butterfly, backward flying dragonfly, cockroach pine, lintan bamboo, flying seagull, wild horse leap, white tiger tassel, floating silkworm… So elegant!
Newly learned postures must be practiced.
When Xing Ta Ge saw ng Fan refuse to wake up, he helped Zhang Zhou Wei finish the food and headed out to go on a date.
Zhang Zhou Wei was also quickly drawn out of the dorm to the library by Wang Ya Nan. Postgraduate exams had been forced onto his agenda.
Buzz buzz buzz.
ng Fan woke to the sound of his phone. It was a call from the witch Qin Jiao, so he answered it imdiately.
“Xiao Ti’s new novel’s illustrated version is on the market, and a copy has been sent to you. Co grab it now, it’s in my office.”
Qin Jiao said and hung up.
ng Fan rubbed his eyes and looked at the ti. It was almost five o’clock.
He didn’t know if it had been his depleted physical energy that had given himself a reason to sleep until the sun was down.
Ti to get up.
Five minutes later, ng Fan left the dorm with his drawing tube in tow.
Along the way, all the unfamiliar students and teachers that he ran into had turned to ng Fan and gave him a big thumbs up.
This was… returning all the thumbs up he had given to them before?
Apparently not.
So people who recognized him not only gave him a thumbs up but also chided along the lines of ‘Wow! You can actually run a mini-marathon. How impressive’.
At least it let ng Fan know the reason behind the thumbs up. After all, his validation was there, and there were viewers from the school that watched his stream. Most of the school had also known about his mini-marathon.
“Five volus, all autographed.”
She pointed at the books on her desk and then at the chair across from it, indicating for ng Fan to sit. “Let’s hear it. What’s up with you lately?”
“What do you an?”
There were no other professors in the office, but ng Fan was still cautious.
“Streaming, running, thumbs up dances, catching thieves, and your increased drawing skill.” Qin Jiao gave ng Fan the ‘I’ve seen through you’ look. “When you’re streaming, your drawing skills have increased a lot, but the speed at which it’s going up is a bit too fast… I took your one-month duration and compared it back and forth and found a few problems.”
“God took pity on and gave a legendary exterior shell; letting stream, run, dance, catch thieves, and then rewarded by increasing my drawing skill.” ng Fan threw out his standard response, at the sa ti giving Qin Jiao a questionable look.
‘How are you this bored?’
“You’re not gonna tell the truth?”
If she actually believed him, then she would be a ghost. She smiled. “It’s fine if you don’t want to tell . I’ll tell your sister about you trying to pursue Wu Tong. She will definitely be very happy and will give you nonstop advice and pointers. Oh right, I think I have Wu Tong’s photo as well, I’ll send it over to professor. She’s so pretty, professor will like her for sure.”
“Who says I like Wu Tong!?”
ng Fan wouldn’t admit even if it killed him. If his sister and his mom found out, he would have to turn off his phone for the next few days and maybe even pretend to lose contact.
“You don’t?” Qin Jiao smiled. “Then I’m going to tell this to them anyway, and they can decide if it’s their business that you’re chasing Wu Tong or not.”
“Professor, if you do this, you will lose a motivated student with good grades!” ng Fan regretted fearing the smog and not going to The Central Academy of Fine arts instead, but Qin Jiao’s existence was way more dangerous than so smog.
“Okay, what do you want to do!?”
ng Fan knew that Qin Jiao must be surprised knowing all this information and not being able to tell his mom and his sister.
At this ti, hehe… his stomach gurgled in protest.
“Hungry?”
Qin Jiao, who was just about to speak, almost laughed out loud. She stood up and said, “I’m hungry too. Let’s find sowhere to eat and talk.”
“Let’s agree first. Don’t invite out and make pay like last ti!”
“Does a hero who donates ten thousand dollars so easily have to be so stingy towards his professor?”
“Yes, he does!”
ng Fan called Zhang Zhou Wei over to pick up his books. Zhang Zhou Wei was ready to leave the library to take a breath from Wang Ya Nan’s pressure and gladly ran over. Seeing it was Xiao Ti’s new book and autographed, he imdiately broke into a smile. If Qin Jiao hadn’t been nearby, he would have jumped ng Fan and hugged him for a while.
“It’s still about the historical costuming.”
They went to the waterfront restaurant outside of the campus and sat down, ordering their dishes. Qin Jiao began to talk about business. “I have a student from before who’s recently preparing to produce a manga. She needs a large number of ancient costu samples. They don’t need to be very sophisticated or historically accurate, as long as it’s before the Ming dynasty and aligns with the traditional aesthetic of China. Yesterday, she asked to chat, and when this ca up, I thought of you. You’re familiar with this stuff, plus you’re fast.”
He should be thanking Qin Jiao for this, but why did he still feel like she was ‘threatening’ him?
“And?”
Qin Jiao gave ng Fan a bottle of iced cola and smiled. “And, she will pay you the art supply cost at most.”
ng Fan froze for a mont. “Free labor?!”
“She’s asking for a lot, and the required drawings are very demanding of the artist of their profession. Plus, she has certain requirents for drawing skills.” Qin Jiao handed a straw to ng Fan and continued, “In our academy, you’re the only person who is most familiar with this aspect. Plus, I showed her your howork assignnt from last ti, and she really liked it. She wants to pay you based on these standards. Since you’re already illustrating for Xiao Ti, your price is already set high. She really can’t afford it.”
“Am I this badass already? You can’t think about trapping to do free labor.” ng Fan took a sip of the iced cola, feeling pleasant in his heart.
“Why would I trick you!? I just want to direct your graduation thesis towards this aspect and organize it in advance. By then you just need to arrange a graduating exhibition.” Qin Jiao continued, “Just treat it like you’re doing your big sister a favor. Of course, she says she will thank you in the future.”
ng Fan couldn’t eat this kind of treatnt, but he was still curious. “What does this person have to do with you? You even pulled out the ‘big sister’ card.”
“Just between teacher and student, but we have a good relationship, just like and Wang Ya Nan and the other girls. If Wang Ya Nan asked us to help, I’d have to help her out; don’t you think?”
Qin Jiao had always treated the students she favored with the utmost focus, always willing to give them opportunities. She was also eager to help them create opportunities and help them solve problems or find other people to help solve their problems.
“You speak of it so lightly, but the person who gets trolled ends up being another student.”
ng Fan knew how much attention Qin Jiao gave to the students she helped. He had been one of them after all. Even if he disregarded their special relationship, he knew that Qin Jiao would help him as well. He only just wanted to diss her a bit. Seeing Qin Jiao half angry and half pleading, he imdiately surrendered. “I’ll do it. I’ll draw it.”
Ding!
An alert sounded in his ‘mind’, signaling that he had unlocked a new task.
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