Chapter 402: After Losing Weight, You All Love Me (14)

Chapter 402: After Losing Weight, Everyone Loves Me (14)

"How could I have opened it myself..."

"I got a friend to help."

Unexpectedly, Qin Zizhen became interested in the friend Zhao Ru mentioned. "Who is it?"

Though she was usually carefree, Zhao Ru suddenly grew wary at this moment!

The answer was on the tip of her tongue, but she held it back!

"Not telling you~"

"That's an extra charge!"

Hearing this, Qin Zizhen simply hung up the phone.

The "beep-beep-beep" sound echoed, and Zhao Ru grumbled to herself, "Hmph!"

"Sooner or later..."

When Qin Zizhen finds out that the one cracking the golden eggs was Tang Qing, whom he kicked out, his jaw will hit the floor!

Just imagining such a scene made Zhao Ru feel...

Amused all over again!

...

Over half a month had passed, and every day, countless players of "Shanhe Tu" clicked into Little Fatty Fingers' livestream room!

Each time, it was never live!

Their mission was still incomplete, and this person was actually focusing on losing weight!

Every time they thought about it, these players were itching with frustration!

"Streamer! I’d still love you even if you gained 20 more pounds! Instead of spending time losing weight, why not crack a few more golden eggs for us!"

"I subscribed to your livestream just for the golden eggs, yet you’re busy trying to make your 'big brother' like you. I advise you to think carefully—aren’t you being a bit greedy?"

"Streamer, Bu Yunxu said she asked someone to help smash the second rabbit. Was it you sneaking around behind our backs?"

...

Amid the barrage of comments, only Tang Qing remained steadfast, going to the gym day after day.

With a large starting weight, she dropped weight quickly.

In just over half a month, she had already lost around seven or eight pounds.

Most of the time, Tang Qing would bump into Xing Zhe.

Xing Zhe’s face was strikingly handsome, and with his toned, athletic build, his boyish charm was mixed with rugged masculinity.

Even though Xing Zhe had a terrible temper, countless girls still threw themselves at him.

In just a few days, Xing Zhe had already made three girls cry!

The gym was uncharacteristically quiet that day.

As Tang Qing passed by Xing Zhe, she noticed him repeatedly modifying his design sketches on his computer.

"He's rushing his graduation project. His architectural model just won't come together," the system explained quietly to Tang Qing.

She’d almost forgotten—Xing Zhe’s undergraduate major was architectural design.

With graduation season in full swing, C University’s grad design show was happening soon...

Xing Zhe’s design happened to incorporate traditional dougong elements, a type of architectural structure she was all too familiar with.

And...

In the previous world, Yan Ningcheng had also excelled at reinterpreting traditional architecture like this.

With just one glance at Xing Zhe’s design, Tang Qing quickly spotted what was wrong.

She stopped a step away, deliberately made a small noise on purpose, which indeed caught Xing Zhe’s attention!

The irritable young man immediately turned around.

"What are you looking at?"

The moment Tang Qing appeared, he saw her reflection on his computer screen.

Annoyed and distracted, Xing Zhe had no intention of engaging with the chubby girl behind him...

Unexpectedly, she wasn’t leaving!

As if startled by Xing Zhe’s reaction, Tang Qing stood still, her face still glistening with sweat and radiating heat from her recent workout.

With her plump little hand, she pointed to a specific part of the design on the screen and said softly, "There..."

"It’s wrong."

Without bothering to explain, Xing Zhe had no intention of accepting Tang Qing’s advice. "What’s it to you?"

"Do you even understand any of this?"

Tang Qing answered honestly, "Most of it, no."

Such blunt honesty.

Xing Zhe was momentarily speechless!

"Just that part I understand..."

Still pointing at the same spot, Tang Qing said seriously, "I’ve lived in a house with this kind of dougong structure. With your design, the roof won’t hold."

Xing Zhe was stunned!

She was actually right!

At this stage of his graduation project, the model just wouldn’t come together no matter what he tried.

The harsh words on the tip of his tongue faltered. Xing Zhe first glanced skeptically at the chubby girl in front of him, then asked, "Are you studying design?"

Tang Qing spoke, "No."

It's just that I've had dealings with architects before...

"If it's convenient for you... could you show me the drawing from earlier again?"

The pink-haired guy hesitated for a moment but then stepped aside to give Tang Qing space to get a clearer look at the sketch.

"It's here."

"The structure of the bracket set is quite complex. The sequence here is wrong. Above the central pillar, there should be an additional layer of the melon arch."

Xing Zhe repeated, "Melon arch?"

"Is that also a type of arched structure?"

Tang Qing nodded. Having just exercised, her fingertips were sticky with sweat, so she deliberately kept some distance from Xing Zhe's computer screen. "That's what we call it back home."

"It dips in the center..."

She gestured vaguely, but Xing Zhe still didn't quite understand...

He handed Tang Qing a pen. For once, the cranky guy was being polite as he said, "Ahem—"

"If it's convenient for you... you could also draw it..."

He rarely asked for help, and it showed; every word he spoke felt unnatural.

"Uh..."

Tang Qing deliberately stepped back, suddenly putting on a somewhat flustered expression. She quickly said, "I can't."

"I'm all sweaty..."

"Back then... you really disliked me for that..."

Her voice grew softer and softer, and Xing Zhe suddenly remembered the first time he saw Tang Qing...

It was this overweight girl, sweat stains on the elliptical machine handles.

At the time, he had been somewhat disgusted and deliberately reminded her to call the cleaning lady to wipe it off.

That incident.

Looking back now, it really was quite tacky of him.

After a long pause, Xing Zhe reluctantly said, "I..."

"Sorry."

"Even if I have a bad temper..."

His apology came out haltingly.

Xing Zhe, who had always been so high and mighty, with his usually bold pink hair, now seemed to droop, completely deflated.

It was like the fiercest, most ill-tempered junkyard dog had to temporarily put away its bared teeth and fierce look because of a meaty bone.

Tang Qing looked even more flustered, waving her hands repeatedly. "Ah... no need to apologize..."

This wary demeanor came naturally to Tang Qing, as she then said, "Actually, I was the one who took your spot back then."

"As long as you don't mind."

No longer dwelling on her sweaty palms, Tang Qing finally took the pen from Xing Zhe.

"It's roughly like this."

With just a few simple strokes, Tang Qing had sketched out the basic shape of the *dougong* (a traditional Chinese architectural bracket).

It was done quickly and without needing any corrections.

Xing Zhe glanced at the drawing Tang Qing had just made, surprised, and couldn't help but ask, "Did you study art?"

"Yeah, I learned traditional Chinese painting for a while."

Her voice still a bit subdued, Tang Qing added, "I hope this helps you..."

Who would have thought?

The problem that had stumped him for days was actually solved just by this chubby person at the gym!

Xing Zhe couldn't help but take another look at Tang Qing, and before he knew it, the words slipped out: "You've lost weight?"