Reborn: I'll Never Fail My Childhood Sweetheart Again-Chapter 305 - 129: Encountering Nanaz at the Baseball Field—Time to Fulfill the Promise!
College campus.
Early evening, East District’s second cafeteria.
While finishing their meal, 302 specifically found two tables by the entrance, occupying the strategic position.
Then as they ate dinner, they commented on and critiqued the passing girls in the cafeteria, playing the role of connoisseurs.
"Wow, look at that girl, her figure is amazing!"
"Spot on, her temperament isn’t bad either, she’s my type!"
"Haha, I still think popcorn is better."
"..."
Before they knew it, a month had passed since they started school.
After Qingming Festival, the weather was getting warmer.
The six gangsters suddenly noticed that the girls at college were becoming more pleasing to the eye.
It’s no wonder, during the cold weather, the girls were all bundled up in thick down coats, looking like big rice dumplings, with tanks and models looking indistinguishable, no way any eye candy there.
With the arrival of spring, the girls couldn’t wait to change into newly bought spring outfits, dressing up again and becoming a beautiful scenery on campus.
Everyone else thought the girl who just passed by had a nice figure, but Zeng Kaiping looked dismissive.
"What’s so good about girls that skinny like a rack of ribs?!"
Zeng Kaiping criticized like an expert, suddenly his eyes lit up, as if he found something, pointing in a direction, "Look at that one, top-notch, simply unbeatable!"
Everyone followed his gaze, almost fainted.
The chest and butt were truly unbeatable, less than 1.6 meters tall, at least 130 pounds, yet extremely confident, wearing tight-fitting spring clothes swaying, posing like an old hen.
Identified at first glance as—a fat and round tacky!
"Ugh!"
Hu Xu felt his stomach turn, almost vomiting the few bites of dinner he just had.
"Ah Ping, what kind of eyes do you have, can this be considered a good figure?"
"Ah Xu, you’re still a novice, you don’t understand the wonders of this type of woman!"
Zeng Kaiping sounded like an old-timer.
He thought Hu Xu had only seen pigs walk, never eaten pork, unlike himself who had eaten pork and many times, having more say on women’s figures.
Perhaps due to driving tanks too much, his aesthetics subtly changed, and he no longer fancied slim girls.
Even when Hed was demolished in later years, and Zeng Kaiping became a wealthy landlord, he still had to specifically choose plus-sized models.
His taste resembled that of future NBA star Uchiha Harden, the beard who remained focused on tanks for ten thousand years, often mocked by fans for his moving aesthetics.
The rest of 302 expressed concern, feeling that Ah Ping’s mind was somewhat warped after being trounced by "One Leaf Autumn", and later "Phantom Ink Like Smoke", "Sun and Moon Over the City", and "Flowers Fall Never End" were of the same type.
Just like his online name suggested, addicted to tanks, not only affecting his aesthetics but indirectly influencing his diet.
Zeng Kaiping needed to have Dongpo Pork, pork belly, or braised pork for every meal, couldn’t enjoy a meal without fatty meat, yet never got tired of it.
Seeing everyone’s reluctant agreement, the spirited guy attributed it to their lack of sophistication, confidently suggesting, "Why don’t we ask San Ge to judge and see what type of girl he prefers!"
All eyes turned to Su Zelin in unison, thinking there’s no need for judgment, it’s clear that Lao San has good taste, looking at the girls he’s more in contact with, be it Ah Xi or Nanaz, they are all fair-skinned, beautiful, and long-legged.
Su Zelin cleared his throat and slowly began: "Actually, from a physiological point of view, fuller women are indeed healthier, more capable, and more fertile."
"Ancient people regarded fat as beautiful, for example, Yang Guifei, recognized as the most beautiful woman of the Tang Dynasty, was like this."
"According to unofficial history, Yang Guifei stood at 1.64 meters and weighed 138 pounds, the origin of the idiom ’Ring Fat, Swallow Thin’ is said to come from Yang Guifei!"
"Furthermore, Liu Houzhu had an extremely favored consort nicknamed ’Charming Pig’, you can imagine what she looked like, undoubtedly surpassing Yang Guifei. After Liu Houzhu brought her into the harem, there was an additional program called ’Supporting Charming Pig Patrol’."
"So, girls shouldn’t be too skinny!"
Having said this, Su Zelin added in his heart.
Someone like Ah Xi or Nanaz would be just right.
Of course, his taste was absolutely different from Zeng Kaiping’s.
While ancient people indeed had a saying to appreciate fat as beautiful, it was mainly prevalent during the Tang Dynasty.
Before Tang, almost all dynasties preferred thinness as beauty.
For instance, the famous beauty of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Feiyan, is the other person in ’Ring Fat, Swallow Thin’, with a light body dancing on the palm, a bit exaggerated, but reflects how slim she was.
Further back, it’s recorded in "Han Feizi·Two Handles", "King of Chu liked thin waists, causing many deaths from starvation in the palace".
Legend has it that King Ling of Chu liked thin waists, Chu Region women considered thin waists beautiful, later even referring to a woman’s slender waist as "Chu Waist".
Therefore, since the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, kings preferred slim women, and a king’s preference would largely become a trend among the commoners.
So Emperor Xuanzong of Tang chose Yang Guifei, and other ministers and ordinary civilians followed suit.
The supernatural novel "Record of the Wonderful Tales" also has a rumor, saying Emperor Wu of Han liked thin beauties, and the favored little palace maid named Lijuan was delicate and weak, the Emperor hid her in a glass chamber, wrapped her in a brocade quilt and tied with a belt, afraid she’d be blown away by the wind.
