Ever since Tang Yuanyuan’s heart-to-heart talk with Mrs. Tang, she worked extra hard to lose weight.
Soon, winter break had come to an end. Before heading back to school, Tang Yuanyuan weighed herself. She was slightly disappointed to realize that she only lost around six pounds.
“Mom, why did I only lose six pounds?”
She held her head in frustration.
“You’ve only started to lose weight not long ago. It’s considered great that you lost so much. Do you think it’s easy to lose six pounds?”
Mrs. Tang pinched her cheeks and said gently, “Losing weight is a whole process by itself. You should not rush it, or else you might end up hurting yourself, understand?”
“Okay.”
Tang Yuanyuan could only nod her head.
“Well, when you head back to school, you have to stick to your current routine. You must remember to not starve yourself. Just remember to avoid high-calorie foods and sugary drinks.”
“Okay.”
Tang Yuanyuan was aware of all these, as they were the main things that she was supposed to avoid during her diet. Sugary foods were not only high in calories, but they also did not contain any nutritional value. Most importantly, too much sugar would lead to diabetes.
In Tang Yuanyuan’s diet plan, she had planned to avoid all kinds of junk food and sugary drinks.
During the winter break, she had completely cut down on chocolates and cotton candy, and she was craving for them so badly. She really wanted to have them, but she couldn’t.
She had decided to take her diet plan seriously.
When school started, Yuchi Yishu and Zhong Chufeng came to pick Tang Yuanyuan up.
They were both stunned when they saw her, and the light in Zhong Chufeng’s eyes dimmed.
Tang Yuanyuan had lost weight. Needless to say, that trip had hurt her deeply.
From Tang Yuanyuan’s appearance, it was hard to tell that she had lost six pounds. But it had been a while since they last met her, so it was obvious that she had lost some weight, especially on her face.
However, there seemed to be silent understanding between them, and everyone was extremely quiet the entire way to school.
Furthermore, when Zhong Chufeng went to carry Tang Yuanyuan’s luggage for her, he realized that it was empty; it was no longer filled with junk food.
As Yuchi Yishu and Zhong Chufeng dropped Tang Yuanyuan off, Zhong Chufeng couldn’t help but ask, “Yuanyuan, why didn’t you bring any junk food this time? Did you forget to? Do you want me to go to the supermarket to get some for you? ”
After holding himself back the whole journey, he couldn’t help but ask her.
As Zhong Chufeng noted on Yuchi Yishu’s quietness, he thought to himself, Haven’t you realized that she has lost weight? Why aren’t you saying anything?
Tang Yuanyuan smiled awkwardly. “It’s alright, Chufeng. I plan to cut down on junk food.”
Tang Yuanyuan paused for a moment and glanced at Yuchi Yishu. “Eating too much junk food is bad for health.”
Zhong Chufeng’s lips twitched; he was at a loss for words.
Meanwhile, Yuchi Yishu took Tang Yuanyuan’s luggage out of the car and reached out to pat her head. “It’s good to cut down on junk food, but you can still have it once in a while to satisfy your cravings. Just try to eat wholesome food more often.”
What he said made sense, and Zhong Chufeng would have agreed with him.
However, since the trip to Snow Town, Zhong Chufeng felt like things weren’t right. After they returned, he had texted Tang Yuanyuan multiple times wanting to ask her out, but every time he tried to do so, Tang Yuanyuan would reject his invitation by saying that she wanted to stay at home.
Now that they finally met, he was quite upset to see that she has lost so much weight.
A young lady like her should be enjoying her life.
After cleaning up her dormitory for her, Zhong Chufeng didn’t say anything else. He only brought it up when he and Yuchi Yishu were on their way home.
“Don’t you think Tang Yuanyuan has lost weight?”
Yuchi Yishu remained calm. “And?”
“She…”
Zhong Chufeng left his words hanging. He had no idea how to phrase his thoughts.
“Zhong Chufeng.” Seeing how upset he was, Yuchi Yishu remained silent for a long time before he spoke. “She’s going to be an adult soon.”
“So?”
“She has her own opinions now. No matter what she’s trying to do, I believe she must have thought it through. Don’t worry too much about it. Also, don’t interfere so much with what she’s doing.”
Zhong Chufeng thought to himself, That’s because you don’t know what happened in Snow Town. I highly doubt you would still remain this calm after knowing what took place.
Although Yuchi Yishu hadn’t known what happened exactly back in Snow Town, he could roughly guess by the atmosphere.
However, Tang Yuanyuan had made it very clear that she didn’t want him to pursue the matter. Although Yuchi Yishu couldn’t bear seeing her being wronged, since it was Tang Yuanyuan herself who made the request, he certainly had no reason to disagree with her.
Only on the condition that she had settled the matter herself, and that would be the end of it.
Meanwhile, Meng Kefei was a little surprised when she met Tang Yuanyuan.
“Yuanyuan, have you lost weight?”
Tang Yuanyuan was shocked as she touched her face. “Is it that obvious?”
Meng Kefei nodded. “Of course. Your face is much smaller now. How much did you lose?”
“Around five to six pounds?”
“How did you manage that?” Meng Kefei was dumbfounded. After all, having known Tang Yuanyuan for so many years, Meng Kefei had never thought that there would be a day where Tang Yuanyuan would lose weight.
“Erm… All I did was control my food intake, and did some exercise.”
Her words surprised Meng Kefei even more.
“Y-You’re trying to lose weight?”
Tang Yuanyuan was suddenly shy, and she nodded in embarrassment.
“Well, I am trying to.”
“Why would you suddenly think of losing weight?” After all, throughout these years, Tang Yuanyuan had always loved eating, and nothing could ever stop her from eating. But all of a sudden, she was trying to lose weight.
Tang Yuanyuan blushed. However, she had always thought of Meng Kefei as her close friend, so Tang Yuanyuan leaned in and whispered something in her ear.
Meng Kefei initially had shock written all over her face, but after hearing Tang Yuanyuan’s whisper, her face turned pale. It was hard for Meng Kefei to believe what she had just heard.
“Y-You mean…”
“Fei, this is a secret between you, my mom and I. You can’t tell anyone about this.”
Tang Yuanyuan reached out to grab Meng Kefei’s arm and smiled. “I will definitely work harder to lose weight.”
A chill went down Meng Kefei’s spine as she lowered her head to look at Tang Yuanyuan, who trusted her completely. It was the first time she felt this upset.
Meng Kefei had put so much effort into her studies that she almost camped out in the library. She even spent most of her time studying at home during the winter break, and for what?
Now that she saw Tang Yuanyuan working so hard to lose weight, she really did not expect them to have the same goal.
Meng Kefei bit her lower lip and smiled. “Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone else about this.”
Although they had the same goal, they were still close friends. After all, they had been friends for such a long time, and Tang Yuanyuan had always treated her well. In fact, Meng Kefei had already suspected that Tang Yuanyuan might have a crush on Yuchi Yishu, but back then, Tang Yuanyuan still had no idea about her own feelings for him, so Meng Kefei didn’t dwell on it too much.
But now, Tang Yuanyuan had already started to lose weight just to achieve her goal.
As Meng Kefei thought of this, she couldn’t help but ask, “Yuanyuan, are you sure about your feelings?”
Tang Yuanyuan was confused.
“After all, he is your childhood friend, so it’s natural for you to feel dependent on him. What I’m trying to say is, maybe you’re just used to being dependent on him, and don’t see him as a crush?”
