Lin Nan didn't have a big stomach. After all, his living expenses had always been limited, so he usually scrimp and saved when it came to food.
So after just half an hour at the buffet, Lin Nan couldn't eat anymore and became Chen Yao and Tu Junhui's exclusive chef, only responsible for grilling meat, not eating it.
The next day, Lin Nan went to distribute flyers again, just like before National Day.
After entering October, the temperature was still as hot as summer. Lin Nan had thought he would be the only one working this flyer distribution job again, but when he arrived at the supermarket and met the supervisor, he discovered there was already a short girl who had put on the mascot costume and was listening to the supervisor explain some precautions.
"You promised to come during National Day," the supervisor, a middle-aged man, complained unhappily when he saw Lin Nan. "You made us have no one to distribute flyers during our National Day event."
"You could have just had any employee stand at the door and hand them out," Lin Nan said. He'd met this middle-aged man several times and had become fairly familiar with him.
This supervisor was called Liu Yi, probably around thirty years old, in his prime. He wore a suit that looked like an insurance salesman's, stood straight, and seemed to have been a soldier before.
Although Liu Yi was over thirty, his square face didn't look old at all. Combined with his military bearing, people unconsciously felt extra trust and security around him, which made Lin Nan unconsciously feel closer to him.
"That definitely wouldn't have the same effect as you wearing this outfit," Liu Yi didn't mind much and pointed to the girl beside him. "Your colleague. She says if she can handle it today, she'll come every weekend from now on. As a man, take good care of her."
Hearing the four words "as a man," Lin Nan immediately felt satisfied and nodded without hesitation.
"Wait." However, the girl disagreed, looking at Lin Nan's face and asking incredulously, "A man?"
"Is there a problem!" Lin Nan put his hands on his hips righteously. "I'm Lin Nan. Just call me Brother Lin."
The girl hesitated for a moment. No matter how she looked at that feminine face, she couldn't bring herself to say "Brother." Finally, she could only introduce herself: "Li Sisi, freshman, here to earn some living expenses..."
Lin Nan glanced at her. Since she was already fully dressed in the mascot costume, he couldn't tell whether this girl was here to experience life or was truly as poor as him and nearly unable to afford food. But he didn't pay much attention and boldly patted his chest saying: "If anything comes up, just find me. If I can't solve it, I'll find the supervisor."
Mm, a bit soft—couldn't produce that impressive thumping sound.
Liu Yi was too lazy to listen to him ramble and glared at him, scolding: "Go change clothes quickly! Finish distributing the flyers early so you can go home early. It's not safe at night."
"Yes, yes, yes."
At first, Lin Nan had felt intimidated by Liu Yi's scolding, but now he looked completely indifferent, laughing it off as he walked into the changing room.
Putting on the mascot costume was quite troublesome, but Lin Nan had done it many times and was now skilled at it. In just a few minutes, he had the Kumamon mascot costume on, put on the head, and then somewhat clumsily moved out of the changing room.
Liu Yi glanced over, then took a stack of flyers from a nearby table, roughly divided them into two portions, and handed them to Lin Nan and the girl named Li Sisi.
He had other things to do. After briefly explaining the precautions for distributing flyers, he left directly, leaving Li Sisi standing there bewildered, holding the flyers and not knowing what to do.
This short girl was quite pretty, without makeup, and would be at least average level walking down the street. However, her thin face with high cheekbones made her look somewhat harsh. Seeing her expression, Lin Nan immediately felt his protective instincts surge. He straightened his back and walked forward with the demeanor of a big man.
"Just follow me. Let's go buy some Huoxiang Zhengqi Water first so you don't get heatstroke."
Lin Nan didn't risk heatstroke, but wearing the mascot costume made walking a bit strenuous. Once he found a good spot with high foot traffic, he could just stand there or even sit and distribute flyers.
Li Sisi behind him wasn't quite on the same wavelength as Lin Nan and instead asked: "Are you really male?"
Since the last time he crossdressed for a whole day and unlocked magic again, the rigid lines of Lin Nan's facial features had gradually become more and more gentle. Combined with his facial fat becoming more evenly distributed, although you could still barely tell he was male from his alert eyes and short hair, most people would probably mistake him for a girl.
Lin Nan was used to it and casually explained: "Just relatively handsome."
Li Sisi let out a long sigh. She wasn't the type to fangirl over Korean pop stars, and Lin Nan's appearance really went against her aesthetic preferences. She was just a bit jealous that a boy's skin was so much better than hers.
After buying a box of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water at the pharmacy, Lin Nan scanned the street and pointed to a mall entrance in the distance: "That mall has high foot traffic. You can distribute flyers there."
Li Sisi wasn't stupid. She paused and questioned suspiciously: "Won't their security guards beat me up?"
Isn't that exactly why I'm sending you there?
"No, I've been there several times," Lin Nan said with a completely honest face. "That's the place with the highest foot traffic. You'll definitely distribute flyers quickly, so you can go home early. I'll just find a random intersection."
"Is that so..."
This girl was only a freshman, inexperienced in the world. Although she was suspicious of Lin Nan's words, she still hesitantly walked toward the mall entrance.
"If you feel signs of heatstroke, take off the mascot costume and find a place to rest," Lin Nan hurriedly instructed.
"I know."
Watching Li Sisi's departing figure, Lin Nan felt completely refreshed physically and mentally. Since encountering Lilith, he hadn't had this feeling of being a big man protecting a girl for a long time.
Although this mindset was somewhat rejected deep in his heart, he was nevertheless delighted.
I really am a big man!
He muttered to himself, then took the flyers and walked toward the nearby intersection.
Although wearing the mascot costume in the hot weather for the first time had indeed been unbearable for Lin Nan, fortunately with the magic enhancement, aside from standing being tiring, he had no other complaints about distributing flyers now. Moreover, standing for long periods could make the fat in his thighs slightly firmer, making his legs look more proportioned and full, preventing his thigh meat from spreading when sitting down.
Though this probably had nothing to do with distributing flyers, since even when he persisted in running before, his body hadn't become any healthier.
Yawning, he arrived under the familiar traffic controller's sunshade umbrella. The traffic controller glanced at him, didn't pay much attention, and silently stepped aside a bit.
Lin Nan, as usual, handed flyers to pedestrians he saw while saying the content he'd just read from the flyers: "Mengniu milk is 20% off today. Miss, won't you buy some milk?"
"Yonghui Supermarket has a lottery for purchases over 200 yuan, with a maximum cash prize of 1,000 yuan~"