Volume 3 Chapter 70: There’s a Small Problem with Nutrition Distribution
After thinking for a moment, Gao Liang finally nodded and said to Lin Lin,
“Overall, you’re doing pretty well. There are still some things you need to improve. For example, sometimes your movements are not well balanced, your actions are too big, your center of gravity is not stable, and when you punch, there isn’t much power… Uh, Lin Lin, don’t lower your head. Wait, let me finish!”
“Ugh… maybe I should just find a place and bury myself.”
Lin Lin lowered her head in frustration. She was even ready to take out her phone and imagine choosing a grave for herself. On it would be written:
【Lin Lin: A small Vtuber. Went to challenge others to help her younger brother get revenge. Got beaten up and left this beautiful world on the spot.】
And next to it, another tombstone:
【Gao Liang: The rival of a small Vtuber. Went along just to watch his rival embarrass herself. Sadly got dragged down by a useless teammate and died together.】
“……”
Wait a second.
Isn’t that a shared grave?
What is this?!
Lin Lin shook her head and pulled herself together again. In order not to be buried together with her rival, she had to learn real martial arts today. Skills that could use softness to defeat strength, fight one against ten, and turn her into a superhero of the VUP world!
“Lin Lin, don’t feel discouraged. How about—”
“Enough talk, Mr. Gao. Please give your orders!”
She waved her hand, stood up straight, and put on a serious face like a determined special forces soldier. She shouted at Gao Liang,
“I request extreme training!”
“Uh… that’s not really necessary…”
Gao Liang wiped his sweat and thought that Lin Lin always switched between being socially anxious and acting dramatic.
Forget it. He would just go along with her.
“Alright. Come here, stand next to me.”
He signaled her to come closer. At first, she hesitated. But since she had just asked for extreme training, she decided to listen.
She moved closer. Gao Liang nodded with satisfaction and made a turning gesture with his hand.
“Turn around. Face away from me, Lin Lin.”
“Huh? Ah… um…”
At this point, Lin Lin understood what he wanted to do. He probably planned to stand behind her, hold her arms, and guide her movements.
Ah…
Wouldn’t that feel a bit too… good—no, too awkward. She had experienced something similar before in the art studio, when Gao Liang held her hand to guide her drawing.
That definitely wasn’t a very comfortable feeling.
But she had already said all those bold words earlier.
So…
She had no choice. She nodded and obediently turned around.
As expected, Gao Liang explained from behind her, “I’m going to guide your movements by holding you. I’ll hold your arm like this. For the leg movement, I’ll use my knee to tap your lower leg to show you a front kick. Understand?”
“Mm… more or less.”
Lin Lin’s face turned red with embarrassment. Soon, Gao Liang held her from behind. Luckily, this time he kept some distance so she had space to move. It was different from last time when they were pressed close together while drawing.
At least they weren’t that close.
Lin Lin relaxed a little.
So… she didn’t need to feel embarrassed… right?
“First, the punch. Your angle is still a bit off. It should be like this!”
Gao Liang held her arm and was about to guide her into a strong punch. But suddenly, as her arm swung forward, his hand followed the motion and lightly bumped into a soft part on her upper body.
“Ahem… sorry, Lin Lin. I—I’ll be more careful.”
Lin Lin gritted her teeth. But since Gao Liang apologized, she couldn’t really say much. She could only puff up her cheeks and complain,
“Be careful! Let’s do it again!”
“Okay! One more time… ahem…”
Gao Liang let go of her, adjusted the distance and angle, then held her arm again and tried to guide her punch once more…
“Pa—!”
It hit again.
And this time it even bounced a little. Lin Lin’s face turned bright red. She quickly pulled away, turned around, hugged her chest, and shouted with a flushed face,
“You… you did that on purpose, didn’t you?!”
“Ahem, no, no! Lin Lin, I… I didn’t expect this to be so difficult. I’m sorry, sorry, I, I…”
Seeing that she was really a bit angry, Gao Liang quickly put his hands together and said sincerely,
“I didn’t think it through! I’m sorry, Lin Lin!”
Uh…
With him apologizing so seriously, Lin Lin didn’t know how to react.
This guy…
Did he do it on purpose or not?
If he did, he gave up way too fast.
If he didn’t… then maybe she was overthinking it?
Seeing how serious he looked, her anger slowly faded.
It probably didn’t count as harassment. After all, he was only holding her arm. No one trying to be inappropriate would do something like that from such a distance.
But…
Lin Lin still pouted, feeling unhappy.
Forget it. I’ll scare him a little first!
Thinking that, she suddenly said,
“You… I think you did it on purpose. Hmph… You didn’t get to touch that night, so now you regret it, right?”
“Ahem, really not.” Gao Liang shook his head awkwardly and said, “I’m not that kind of person! That night, I behaved like a true gentleman. And besides… this isn’t completely my fault. Maybe… your nutrition hasn’t been distributed very well lately?”
“Nu… nutrition…”
Lin Lin was speechless.
This guy just mocked two of her traits at once.
How annoying.
It was true that recently, because of that system which gave her a permanent charm boost, her appearance had improved a lot.
Her skin was fairer, her facial features looked sharper, and even her figure seemed to have developed more.
But…
Her height hadn’t changed much at all!
What did that mean? Did the system think her height was already perfect?
Ahhh—
Lin Lin felt unwilling to accept it. And being described by her rival as developing like some kind of charming demon girl made her even more embarrassed and angry.
She frowned and slowly turned her sharp gaze toward Gao Liang. He couldn’t help but shiver.
“Ahem… you… you really look nice lately, Lin Lin. You’ve become even prettier. Haha… very cute…”
“Heh… heh… is that so?”
Lin Lin gave a scary smile and stared at him so intensely that he started to feel nervous.
After staring at each other for a while, Gao Liang finally gave in and tried to comfort her again.
“Lin Lin, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have joked about your body.”
“Emmm…”