358: While you're chasing foreign girls, I'm just dawdling at work.

Li Qinghe noticed that the number of followers on his Kuaishou account had skyrocketed from 2.6 million, which he saw after the last upgrade, to 3.1 million.

The most liked video was the one he posted last time, showing him and Lilia touring Little India.

This was another hugely popular video, following the previous one about the Indian fleet riding the breakwater.

It had 800,000 likes and over 70,000 comments.

Among the fan comments, the most liked one was this:

"You're dating foreign girls abroad, I'm slacking off at home. We're both 'foreign' generation, and we both have a bright future."

Many other netizens imitated his comment below.

"You're dating foreign girls abroad, I'm eating potatoes at home. We're both consuming 'foreign' things, and we're both eating very well."

"You're dating foreign girls abroad, I'm making a fool of myself at home. We'll both be full of spirit."

"You're dating foreign girls abroad, I'm watching 'Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf' at home. We'll both be laughing."

... Regardless of whether they rhymed or not, this comment was pushed to the top, almost sparking a nationwide creative craze.

Other comments also received many likes.

"Good heavens, you're traveling the world, and I haven't even left my neighborhood. Even the delivery driver thinks my address is too familiar."

"I'm battling wits with customer service here, and you're romancing foreign girls there. We're both promoting Sino-foreign cultural exchange simultaneously."

"When you're flirting in fluent English, I'm ordering bubble tea in broken English: 'this, this, and this, no ice for pearls, thank you!'"

"Seeing this foreign girl's appearance, I already feel a strong sense of immersion. Now I'm hugging my pillow, ready to sleep, because I have material for dreams."

... Li Qinghe truly hadn't expected Lilia, with her high nose and deep-set eyes, to once again ignite his comment section.

From the comments, it was clear that many domestic netizens highly praised Li Qinghe's actions for bringing glory to the country.

Li Qinghe discovered that anything related to India seemed to easily ignite people's sense of honor.

No wonder many foreigners came to Dragon Country to capitalize on this wave of patriotism.

The Dragon Country People had truly awakened; everyone yearned to restore the glory of the han and tang dynasties and reclaim the pride of being the Celestial Empire.

In fact, people weren't relying on the approval of a few foreigners to regain this pride.

Instead, in their monotonous and boring lives, they would simply like a few foreigners saying auspicious words.

Because the pride of the Dragon Country People had slowly been cultivated through the navy's warships, which were being launched like dumplings, and the globally leading 6th-generation aircraft.

Not to mention the heavy combined arms units that the Dragon Country People always felt were too few.

Each unit, when deployed, had the power to annihilate a nation.

In fact, foreigners who capitalized on patriotism existed in various countries, including Vietnam, Singapore, and India.

To varying degrees, foreigners would come and say, "I love [country name]," and then receive a massive number of likes from the citizens of that country.

This was simply human nature.

However, Li Qinghe's situation was relatively different because he himself was a pure-blooded Dragon Country Person.

And what his videos showcased was the superior life of Dragon Country People abroad.

This gave many domestic fans a very deep sense of immersion.

In fact, most of the popular online influencers today

are able to help fans achieve something they haven't, or fulfill a certain desire, in a particular field or at a specific point.

And if what they achieve and fulfill is needed by the majority, then that influencer's follower count will become astonishing.

What Li Qinghe was doing now was exactly that; fans were seeing things through his eyes and lens that didn't exist or were rarely seen in their own lives.

And gender relations are an indispensable part of human nature.

Previously, when interacting with Nguyen Thi Linh and Chau Pham Thuy Anh, girls who looked no different from Dragon Country People,

while it met everyone's aesthetic and gave them a sense of immersion, it lacked a certain novelty.

After all, one might encounter a few such beautiful girls in their daily lives; Nguyen Thi Linh and the others were like ethnic minority girls speaking a dialect, and after seeing them too much, the initial surprise faded.

But Lilia was completely different; although she was a Dragon-Elephant hybrid, her appearance leaned more towards Indian.

Plus, her full figure was very attractive.

Dragon Country People disliked India because they disliked the actions of their country and certain negative traits of some ethnic groups in that country.

Moreover, the aesthetic standard in Dragon Country has always favored fair skin.

Most dark-skinned Indian people did not fit the aesthetic standards of Dragon Country People.

However, the beauties of India's Kshatriya and Brahmin classes were completely different; they had fair and delicate skin, and features like high noses and deep-set eyes.

Their eyes were several times larger than those of ordinary people.

Throughout China's five millennia of history, except for the past 100-plus years of humiliation, Dragon Country men have always displayed heroic and spirited demeanor.

A beauty like Lilia, with such exotic charm, would attract a lot of attention and curiosity.

In the context of the Han and Tang ambition that many were now recovering, such exotic beauties were rightfully ours to enjoy.

This naturally gave rise to the view that Li Qinghe was bringing glory to the country.

This was also the real reason why Li Qinghe's followers surged by 500,000.

Li Qinghe then checked his accounts on foreign platforms like TikTok and YouTube.

Because many videos hadn't been posted to his foreign accounts recently, the lack of updates directly led to a slower growth in his foreign follower count.

On TikTok, many foreign fans were urging Li Qinghe to update his fitness videos.

Perhaps influenced by Westerners, they had a high acceptance of influencers who exuded this kind of powerful beauty.

Moreover, Li Qinghe noticed that the number of comments from Korean girls under those fitness videos had increased significantly.

He thought of the Koreans' anxiety about body shape and appearance, and how Korean girls, regardless of their own height, always demanded a partner who was 185 cm tall, and still 185 cm when standing up.

And the powerful Li Qinghe in the videos perfectly matched their aesthetic and demands.

Having just finished his personal matters, Li Qinghe was bored staying alone in the villa.

He remembered the Korean girl he met by chance in Hoi An; although they might not meet again in this life, she still had a unique charm.

So, he decided to give a little treat to his female fans on foreign platforms.

After some thought, he simply put on a pair of swimming briefs, jumped into the pool for a few laps, and then, without wiping off the water droplets from his body, he went to the villa's gym, still dripping wet.

Leveraging his in-depth understanding of photography, Li Qinghe quickly set up the appropriate lighting in the gym.

With a future camera, taking selfies was now incredibly convenient.

It was like having an entire photography team following him around.

The lighting Li Qinghe set up concealed his entire face in darkness.

However, his distinct facial contours were still visible at the edges.

In this semi-dark lighting, Li Qinghe, covered in water droplets, was performing standard squats with a 300-kilogram dumbbell.

Water droplets continuously rolled down Li Qinghe's smooth muscle lines, creating a picture of immense powerful beauty.