Chapter 31
The one who said he wanted to train together was Qi Xiu.
The first one to retreat after hearing they had to get up early was also Qi Xiu.
Shen Jinfeng raised his brows at him, his tone incredulous. “You’re a senior high school student, and you still aren’t awake by six?”
“How can you sleep? At your age, you can still fall asleep?”
The corner of Qi Xiu’s mouth twitched.
Gu Shengsheng, who also remembered himself as a senior high school student, was caught in the crossfire too.
“Huh?” His gaze was blank. “Why wouldn’t I be able to sleep at my age?”
He Erwang, a 5G internet surfer who instantly got the meme, could not hold back his laughter. “Hahahahahahaha.”
“Exactly. Have a little ambition, will you?”
[Pfft hahaha. Damn it, out of nowhere, even us postgraduate entrance exam people got kicked. But I get up at six every day! Proudly puffs out chest!]
[Sob sob, isn’t it just getting up? I’ll get up right now and angrily finish a whole set of questions!]
[Silence. I’m a middle school student and I get up at six every day. It’s summer vacation now, and I’ve already finished breakfast and taken one online class! Qi Xiu said that even in senior year, he never got up at six, and he still got into Peking University?!]
[Wait, person in front, that’s fake. It’s the production team’s character setting. But in the real world, someone checked, and Qi Xiu really did get into a very good 985 university…]
[I got up at five every day in high school… I’m going to make a fuss, I’m really going to make a fuss! Under the lemon tree, the lemon fruit—I’m so sour I’m deforming!]
[Huh? Getting up at five every day? I remember the earliest I ever got up in high school was five-forty, and when I reached the teaching building, it was six. It was winter then, and there wasn’t even a ghost in the building. Cold winds kept blowing through, scared me to death. After that, I never dared to get up that early again.]
[What? Which province are you from, person in front? So happy? Wasn’t the whole school already doing morning runs together at six?]
[What is a morning run? Our school didn’t have morning runs…]
[Our school did morning runs after one morning class, around eight-forty or fifty, then came back and continued class after nine. I used to complain that running at that time was crazy, the sun was huge and scorching… But now that I have a comparison, other schools ran at six, or even went running after five? Okay, I’m happy now hahahaha.]
[So all of you got up after five? Dazed. Everyone was that competitive? I want to transmigrate back and wake my high school self up at five to study!]
[No, Big Shot Shen, don’t let Qi Xiu back down! Exactly, how can someone his age still fall asleep? You must drag him up to exercise!]
Qin Ye glanced at Shen Jinfeng and had already nodded from the side. “I have no problem.”
He Erwang arrogantly brushed aside the strand of purple hair that had fallen down and blocked his eyes. “I have no problem either.”
Mo Fan did not care whether he got up early or not, but if everyone else was getting up early, he would not fall behind.
“I’ll train with Boss.”
Gu Shengsheng said, “I can too.”
Everyone’s gazes turned toward Qi Xiu together, carrying a bit of teasing as they watched the show.
Qi Xiu’s face flushed red. “I never said I wasn’t willing!”
Shen Jinfeng withdrew his gaze in satisfaction. “I’ll wake everyone up tomorrow.”
Qi Xiu still struggled a little. “But none of us have phones to check the time.”
He glanced around. “And no one brought a watch.”
No one had brought a watch because the theme of this season of Being a Person was wilderness survival.
As for the watches belonging to He Erwang, Qin Ye, and the others—those were so expensive that even if Sun Xinping sold himself, he could not afford to compensate them. He truly did not dare let them bring those.
Shen Jinfeng looked at him lightly and said calmly, “It’s fine. By looking at the sky, I can tell roughly. We’ll get up around the mao hour. The error won’t exceed one hour.”
Qi Xiu: “…”
The mao hour was from five to seven. If the error exceeded by one hour, were you planning to wake me up after four?
But seeing that getting up was definitely unavoidable, it was better to agree happily and leave Boss with a good impression than to agree with a worried face.
He forced out a smile and tried to present the vigorous, upward spirit of a young man. “Boss, you’re right! A strong youth makes a strong nation. I must get up early and strive to become a successor of the motherland!”
Everyone else: “…”
“Hahahahahahaha.”
They really could not help laughing.
Shen Jinfeng patted his shoulder, lazily looping an arm around his neck as they walked inside. “All right. Train with me for a few days. Aren’t you starting military training when school begins? I’ll make you the most dazzling kid in military training.”
!
Qi Xiu was tempted. “Really?”
Shen Jinfeng nodded. “Have you turned eighteen yet?”
Huh?
Before Qi Xiu could answer, Sun Xinping’s sensitive nerves immediately flared up.
“He’s not eighteen yet? Impossible, right? Didn’t we sign a contract?” The hairs on his body stood up.
What kind of joke was this? Signing a contract with a minor was illegal!
The other staff members quickly and nervously went to flip through the contract. “That shouldn’t be possible, right? We definitely checked his ID when signing the contract. If he wasn’t eighteen, we wouldn’t have signed.”
Unexpectedly, Qi Xiu shook his head. “Boss, I just turned eighteen last month.”
“But my master said that when he registered my household back then, the staff accidentally wrote me as one year older, so I usually tell others I’m nineteen this year, hehe.”
Sun Xinping: “!”
Why didn’t you mention something this important?
He looked at the date the contract had been signed.
It happened to be the twenty-seventh of last month.
So at that time, had Qi Xiu already become an adult?
He wished he could pause the livestream right now, drag Qi Xiu out, and ask him clearly!
Xiao Li advised him from the side, “The show airs this month, so it should be fine, right? Once Qi Xiu comes out, let’s align our story with him. Or sign the contract again?”
Sun Xinping calmed down. “Mm.”
The main thing he feared was that Being a Person was too popular and drew too much attention. If the slightest handle was caught by competitors and reported, it would become a huge problem.
Fortunately, the bullet comments had not yet raised doubts about this point.
Because Shen Jinfeng was actually saying, “Mm. Aren’t you still dissatisfied with your height? Train with me for a while, and you might still grow another two centimeters.”
He had touched Qi Xiu’s bones and discovered they had not stopped growing yet.
Logically speaking, if stimulated a little more, there was still room to grow taller.
“Then train yourself a good body. Finding a boyfriend in university will be effortless, hm?” he teased Qi Xiu.
Qi Xiu’s eyes instantly lit up.
He could still grow taller!
And train a good body, then find a boyfriend!
“Boss, you don’t need to say anything else!” He waved his hand righteously, his momentum magnificent. “I’m voluntarily training with you! No one can stop me from getting up early to exercise!”
Qi Xiu was not the only one whose eyes lit up.
Actually, none of the others in the team were short. Not one was below 1.8 meters. But for men, the pursuit of height was endless unless one had grown over two meters.
Growing another two centimeters would not be bad!
But the ones going even crazier were the livestream viewers.
The bullet comments visibly went mad.
[Can still grow taller! Is that true or not??? Did Big Shot Shen make that up to coax Qi Xiu into exercising, or is it real?]
[If you say it can make me taller, I’ll believe it!!! No one can stop me from getting up to exercise tomorrow!]
[Sob sob sob, I’m 158 cm. I’m only two centimeters away from 160! Those two centimeters are the pain of my life!]
[Who says otherwise… I’m 178 cm and when I go on blind dates, to make it sound better, I say 181. I’m dating now, but I’m so scared this lie will be exposed one day!]
[How long do we have to practice? Don’t say more. No matter how long, even if it’s an hour, I, an office worker, will crawl out of bed and persist!]
[Can someone practice along first? I’ll wait to hear your feedback. If it works, I’ll immediately follow.]
[But didn’t Big Shot Shen ask earlier whether Qi Xiu was under eighteen? Those of you who are already adults, already working, or even old enough to go on blind dates… will practicing still help?]
[Person in front, what do you mean? Big Shot Shen didn’t say it wouldn’t work, so why are you saying on his behalf that it won’t?]
[What the hell, are you crazy? I’m only giving a reminder. Big Shot Shen didn’t say it would work either. If you practice with high expectations and don’t grow taller, are you going to blame Big Shot Shen?]
[Actually, no… An obsession with height becomes an obsession precisely because it really can’t be solved. If it can be solved, that’s a surprise. If it can’t, that’s normal… But as long as there’s even a thread of hope! I’ll try!]
The bullet comments went crazy. After this clip was edited and uploaded online, it hit the trending searches, and passersby went crazy too.
Many parents passing by who did not watch the livestream immediately expressed: Is it useful?
If it’s really useful, I’ll stop my child’s basketball lessons and use that time to train along!
Is it really useful? If it’s useful, my child won’t have to keep drinking Chinese medicine… We’ve spent tens of thousands on that medicine, and my child still hasn’t grown taller. I’m worried sick.
At this moment, Shen Jinfeng did not know that because of one casual sentence he used to coax Qi Xiu,
his tomorrow morning exercise session, before it had even begun, had already been reserved by countless viewers.
In fact, the exercise set Shen Jinfeng planned to teach the others in the team counted as a rather basic set of techniques in the martial arts world.
However, for ordinary people to practice, it was more than enough and would produce immediate results.
Whether one could grow taller still depended on whether the individual’s bones had stopped growing.
But it did have some other benefits for the body, such as clearing the mind and brightening the eyes, lightening the body, relieving fatigue, and improving physical constitution.
Thus, a real group of people started training with Shen Jinfeng from the next day onward.
After some time, feedback sprung up one after another like bamboo shoots after rain, and praise poured in.
[My god, I think I really grew taller! Yesterday, I measured my height and grew 0.7 centimeters. Let me practice for a few more months and see! If I don’t grow two centimeters, I won’t be surnamed Gao anymore!]
[I don’t know whether I grew taller or not. I originally just wanted to exercise and hadn’t found a follow-along video yet. When I saw Big Shot Shen “opening a class,” I followed along. But after practicing for a while, the acne on my face that had grown for years and hadn’t been cured after countless hospital visits disappeared! Who understands? Family, my acne disappeared. I practically cried with joy!]
[High school student here. I already got up after five, but recently after getting up, I first train with Big Shot Shen. I don’t know if it’s my imagination, but I feel like I solve questions faster, and my thinking is clearer? Studying twelve hours a day feels refreshing. We were all taking the same online class, but Mom, I’ve made something of myself! I actually solved a question our class top student couldn’t solve!]
[Cough cough, saying this anonymously because it’s embarrassing. After practicing with Big Shot Shen for more than half a month, my time in bed increased to five minutes.]
[Hm? What the hell, only five minutes? Brother, what are you bragging about? How long were you before? Male leads in novels are perpetual motion machines that can last all night!]
[The younger sister upstairs doesn’t understand. Still in school, right? You’re comparing ordinary men with novel male leads? Laugh. That brother already posted anonymously, yet you still caught him and picked apart the details hahaha. Since he said that, he was probably two minutes at most before.]
[I also practiced meticulously along with him, but my body was already pretty good usually, so I can’t feel much for now. It’s just that I really do feel more energetic every day. I fall asleep super quickly, sleep a standard seven hours, and then don’t feel sleepy all day!]
[Why is no one talking about the weight-loss effect? I started with a high weight, and in less than a month, I’ve already lost eight jin. But I haven’t controlled my diet at all! You have to know, I tried dance workouts to lose weight before… But generally speaking, exercising without dieting is basically useless. At most, it stops you from continuing to gain weight.]
[Now that you mention it, I went to weigh myself and I gained weight! I’m extremely thin, the type who can’t gain weight no matter how much I eat. Recently, I actually gained three jin! I’m so happy! I’m going to keep practicing!]
…
There was too much praise, and the netizens’ feedback sounded almost miraculous.
The netizens who had not trained along were confused. Was it true or not?
It should be meaningless to hire bots to hype something like this, right?
Was it really that magical?
With a doubtful attitude, more and more people started following the trend and practicing together, or were dragged into the pit by people around them.
They began the road of early morning exercise with Shen Jinfeng, rain or shine.
Then, as long as they persisted and trained along, once they practiced, they would discover—eh-heh, it really did seem a little magical!
Thus, this group of people also began giving feedback.
Praise surged like a tide, forming a positive, frenzied cycle.
More and more people fell into the pit.
The result was that the Being a Person livestream room, which should have been sluggish every morning, unexpectedly jumped to the highest traffic peak of the day.
When the production team did not take it seriously, made no preparations, and Goat had not prepared technical support, the livestream room even froze into a black screen and crashed several times.
Shen Jinfeng’s “daily exercise routine” soon became popular nationwide, forming a wave of fitness.
What troubled people was that while training, he would also adjust the movements of Qi Xiu and the others one by one and tell them targeted key points. The viewers in the livestream did not have that treatment.
Every time this happened, the viewers following the livestream or practicing on their own would grit their teeth, sour as lemons.
[I also want to be personally taught by Big Shot Shen!]
[Kneeling and begging Big Shot Shen to open a daily livestream class after leaving the show! Best if he can video-call a few lucky viewers every day, sob sob.]
Shen Jinfeng’s daily training videos were edited and uploaded to C Station. By the end of the show, their views had already surpassed one hundred million.
His Weibo following, originally a mere twenty million, also rapidly climbed to more than sixty million.
The General Administration of Sport also noticed this matter. It was too popular, so ignoring it was impossible.
They arranged a large group of follow-along participants to collect samples, then invited professionals to evaluate it. Afterward, they discovered that the value of this exercise set was truly better than expected!
So later, this exercise set was even incorporated into university physical education courses and became a required item for final exams.
When Season Three of What Kind of Person Are You? concluded, Shen Jinfeng had just finished teaching the first volume to his team members and told them that if they were interested afterward, he could also teach them the advanced second volume.
Thus, when Shen Jinfeng came out of the show,
he was surrounded by people from the General Administration of Sport. The staff sincerely hoped he could teach and authorize the second volume to the administration and film videos to support national fitness.
There were also some people claiming to come from Shaolin Temple, Mount Emei, Mount Wudang, and similar sects, saying they had received orders from their masters and wanted to invite him back for mutual exchange and sparring.
Only later did Shen Jinfeng learn that every movement he had made since transmigrating into this world had been livestreamed.
“…”
Numb.
He felt trouble was about to come knocking one after another.
Of course, at that moment, Shen Jinfeng, who had only acted on a whim and casually said it, did not take such a small matter to heart at all.
The group ate a rather light breakfast.
They boiled mushroom soup using the mushrooms Shen Jinfeng had brought back from the woods yesterday.
The mushroom soup and wild vegetables were cooked together until soft and tender. Its appearance was not like black truffle cream mushroom soup or mushroom corn soup from restaurants, thick and elegant.
However, judging only from the eating manners of He Erwang, Qin Ye, and the others, it was enough to show how fresh and delicious it was.
Gu Shengsheng sipped in small mouthfuls and actually asked for three bowls.
His fans were somewhat surprised, because he had once said in interviews that he did not value the texture of food much. Because he had controlled his diet for a long time, now even when he ate extremely delicious food, he felt it was average.
He Erwang ate heartily, looking as if he wanted to swallow his own tongue.
Mo Fan silently stood up and went to process a new batch of ingredients. It looked like he was preparing to cook another pot.
Qi Xiu drank while giving a thumbs-up. “Boss, with your cooking skills, if you opened a restaurant after getting out, I’d definitely visit every day.”
The kind of visit where he would spend every last bit of money on food.
Qin Ye watched Shen Jinfeng’s movements, occasionally asking about seasoning ratios and the scientific names of wild vegetables. He said, “Once I learn it, I can make it for you after we get out too.”
There was a widely known truth: to capture a man’s heart, one must first capture his stomach.
He felt he could not let Shen Jinfeng keep giving one-sidedly.
Since he had already decided to try getting along with Shen Jinfeng, he also needed to give a response.
Therefore, when he said this, he was rather embarrassed, but his thick, dark brows and eyes were unusually serious.
Qin Ye felt that Shen Jinfeng would definitely understand his response.
Shen Jinfeng glanced at him and indeed understood.
The secret admirer did not know how to cook, but was willing to learn. This was indeed a plus.
Tsk. He really knew how to perform.
He had to tell him while learning.
Shen Jinfeng lazily stretched and replied, “No need to wait until after we get out. You can cook tomorrow.”
He might as well give the secret admirer a chance to perform.
As for after they got out?
888 had told him that his identity in this world was wealthy, so wealthy he could not spend it all even in his next life.
And Qin Ye did not look like he lacked money either.
Why cook after getting out?
Shen Jinfeng patted Qin Ye’s shoulder. “After we get out, cooking occasionally is fine. Usually, just hire a chef.”
After getting out, he was going to spend heavily to hire top chefs skilled in every cuisine! He would eat every kind of delicacy from all over the country!
He was going to enjoy life! How could he still cook for himself after getting out?
But he watched Qin Ye freeze for a moment, not knowing what he thought of, and his ears actually turned red.
After a few seconds, Qin Ye finally responded in a low voice, “Okay.”
But the eyes looking at him were black and bright.
Shen Jinfeng silently turned his head back.
All right, he understood. The secret admirer had once again started imagining something unknown.
The others watching this scene felt something inexplicably off. They could not say exactly what was off, but it felt strange.
“Boss, if Brother Ye wants to cook, let him cook,” Gu Shengsheng said while drinking mushroom soup. “Some people don’t find cooking tiring. Instead, it’s a way to relax. I feel like after watching you cook these past few days, Brother Ye might have awakened and fallen in love with this activity too.”
He analyzed very seriously.
Qin Ye glanced at him and did not refute.
But his hand silently tugged on Shen Jinfeng’s sleeve. His dark eyes openly wrote the word “no.”
Because the two were sitting close, and the firewood blocked the view, the others did not see his movement.
Shen Jinfeng sat upright as if he had been electrocuted.
My god, the secret admirer had even learned how to “act spoiled”!
He hesitated for a moment, then nodded toward Qin Ye.
Only the livestream viewers, thanks to the camera with no blind spots, saw this scene.
[Can someone tell me what riddle these two were playing just now?]
[Hm? What happened? Did Ye God and Big Shot Shen develop some unknown tacit understanding without us knowing?]
[Ahhhhh! I twist, writhe, crawl—I tasted sugar! Qin Ye, you’ve made progress. You actually dared to use your hands!!!]
[Sister in front, your wording and context… It was just tugging a sleeve. Those who know understand it was using hands. Those who don’t would think it was going to bed. —bushi—]
[Confused face. Could it be that Qin Ye agreed with what Gu Shengsheng said, and Shen Jinfeng was saying, “I know”?]
[Don’t concern yourself with little couples’ matters! This part is clearly Ye God refuting Gu Shengsheng’s words, but he’s too embarrassed to say it directly. And because of some hidden feelings, he doesn’t want Big Shot Shen to misunderstand.]
[Huh? What would Big Shot Shen misunderstand?]
[So simple! He’s saying, “I only want to cook because I want to cook for you!!!” Hehe, hihi, sisters, wait for me! I’m going to write a little daily-life piece about the couple cooking together after marriage!]
…
At the scene, after Gu Shengsheng’s analysis, the others also felt it made sense.
Qi Xiu asked with a flattering face, “Boss, after we get out, I’m still your little brother!”
“Can I come find you to freeload food?”
Shen Jinfeng and Qin Ye answered at the same time, “Yes.”
Qi Xiu: “?”
He had not asked Qin Ye.
But, all right. Qin Ye also treated him as a friend and was so enthusiastic. It would be bad to refuse, hehe.
Wonderful. If after getting out, he was influenced by the old man and became poor again, he would still have a place to eat.
“Thank you, Brother Ye,” he said happily.
Qin Ye, who realized he had answered out of turn: “…You’re welcome.”
He Erwang also joined the battle. “Boss, where do you live?”
“After we get out, I’ll buy a house next door to you. From now on, we can often eat together.”
Qin Ye fell silent.
The bullet comments also fell silent.
[What niche words is He Erwang saying again?]
[Just so they can eat together, he wants to buy a house?]
[I’ll say it again. There are so many rich people. Why can’t there be one more me!]
Of course, they did not expect that an even more outrageous conversation had not officially begun yet.
Shen Jinfeng thought about it seriously and replied, “I should have quite a few houses. After getting out, I’ll have to see which one I like best before living there long-term.”
“However, I kind of want to build one myself.”
The living environment was also very important.
No matter how well someone else built it, it could not perfectly match his preferences.
In the past, in ancient worlds, he had supervised house construction for emperors. In modern worlds, he had also been a renowned architect.
After getting out, he would find a piece of land, demolish what was there, and build a new one himself.
Wonderful.
Qin Ye nodded from the side. “I can introduce a reliable construction team to you.”
He himself also needed to build one beside him.
He Erwang also became interested. “Then it’s fine. Houses hold value. I’ll buy a few more.”
“Boss, where do you want to build? I trust your taste. Can I build one next door to you following your design?”
Gu Shengsheng, listening from the side, was equally eager. “I want to as well.”
But when he thought of what Qi Xiu had calculated, that his family might go bankrupt, he hesitated and added, “If I have money.”
[How can your thirty-seven-degree mouths say such irritating words?]
[Are rich people nowadays already this insane?!]
[No, I’m unbalanced. Old Dog Sun, I order you! You must make them live miserable lives on the show!]
