Chapter 311: Urban Card Drawing System (17)

Led by a young novice monk, the three of them first went to the dining hall to eat a vegetarian meal: one serving of vegetarian noodles mixed with yellow chives and dried bean curd per person, followed by a few plates of vegetarian dishes and soy products.

Even Chen Jiani, who did not particularly like vegetarian food and had rarely touched carbohydrates like noodles since she started dieting, fell in love with the vegetarian meal at Yunqi Temple.

The hardship and fatigue of the climb up the mountain were swept away in this moment.

After finishing the meal, the two of them went to the main hall and each donated 100,000 in incense money.

Xie Yang also ordered a batch of rice, flour, grain, oil, and quite a few non-perishable dry goods, which would be delivered to her door tomorrow or the day after.

Since cars could not drive up, the merchants would normally only deliver to the foot of the mountain at most, but because Xie Yang bought in large quantities and did not haggle over the price, still paying the retail price, the merchants were happy to hire a few porters to help deliver it to her door.

After climbing the mountain, eating a vegetarian meal, donating incense money and supplies, and even kneeling on a meditation cushion in the main hall to listen to the abbot lecture on scriptures in an immersive way... Xie Yang felt that today had been very fulfilling.

Chen Jiani also felt it was very fulfilling; it was her first time donating money to a temple in her own name! Previously, it was always her father who came forward to donate.

If it weren't for the fact that this mountain was quite tiring to climb, she would have wanted to come over and climb it every day just to admire her name in front of the Merit Stele.

"My dad has donated over a million at Wufu Temple, and he's still only ranked over a thousandth; I donated 100,000 here and actually made it into the top ten, hehe."

Xie Yang: "..."

After descending the mountain, the two parted ways at the parking lot.

It wasn't that they didn't want to have dinner together, it was just that Chen Jiani felt she was covered in sweat, sticky and a bit smelly, and wanted to hurry home to take a bath.

Xie Yang also happened to receive a call from her father, saying he was free tonight and to come home to eat.

Thus, the two of them each returned to their own homes.

As soon as Chen Jiani arrived home, she headed straight to her bedroom.

Chen's mother, who was preparing dinner with the cook, thought something had happened and hurried upstairs to ask about the situation.

It turned out that after hearing her daughter say she was covered in smelly sweat from climbing the mountain and wanted to take a soak,

Chen's mother couldn't help but laugh and cry, and brought a bath towel and bathrobe in for her daughter.

Chen Jiani scrubbed the stickiness off her body, changed into loungewear, and went downstairs while drying her hair.

Chen's father had also arrived home and was sitting at the dining table scrolling on his pad. Seeing his daughter come down, he asked with a smile: "Did you go out to play with Xie Yang today? I heard from your mother that you went mountain climbing? Exercise is good; you look a bit thinner, and your complexion is better than it was a few days ago."

Chen's mother came out with a dish and, upon hearing this, looked her daughter over: "I wouldn't have noticed if your father hadn't said anything; you really do seem thinner. You didn't skip lunch, did you?"

Chen Jiani felt speechless: "We ate vegetarian food at the temple on the mountaintop at noon, and even if I skipped a meal, it's impossible to lose weight. Don't try to comfort me."

She truly thought her parents were comforting her.

When she was younger, she might have felt upset about why others had results from dieting while she couldn't lose weight no matter how hard she tried.

Now she had come to terms with it; if she was fat, she was fat. Being fat wasn't against the law. As long as she didn't get a serious illness and didn't make her parents worry, there was nothing wrong with being fat.

Perhaps because the amount of exercise today was relatively large, she slept extremely soundly that night.

Over the next few days, Xie Yang carried a flask of Physical Fitness Potion diluted with water every day and asked Chen Jiani out to play. Sometimes they climbed mountains, sometimes they went to amusement parks, sometimes they visited exhibitions or museums, and once they even drove over 100 kilometers into the mountains to soak in a hot spring... the intensity of the activities was not small.

Even though Chen's father and mother saw their daughter every day, they both felt she had lost weight.

Especially on the day they returned from soaking in the hot spring in the mountains, not only Chen's mother but even Chen Jiani's nutritionist confirmed that she had lost weight.

"How about we weigh yourself and see?"

Chen Jiani used to be afraid to step on the scale, but today, while applying skincare oil in front of the vanity mirror, she discovered that she really seemed to have lost weight:

Her arms weren't as thick, her shoulders weren't as broad, her belly wasn't as big, and it wasn't as difficult to keep her thighs together...

She gathered her courage and stepped onto the fat-loss scale she had hidden in the corner of the walk-in closet.

When the screen displayed her various body data, especially her weight and BMI index, Chen Jiani rushed out of the bedroom in surprise: "Dad! Mom! I'm 65! I'm only 65! I've really lost weight!"

The last time she weighed herself was when her mother dragged her to the hospital for a check-up before the New Year last year; she was 75 kilograms then.

This was even after the nutritionist had taken over her diet; before that, she had reached 85 kilograms at her heaviest.

Xie Yang received Chen Jiani's tearful call of gratitude and was also very moved: "Nini, don't worry, I'll take you mountain climbing every week from now on. You should also exercise more at home; you will definitely be able to lose weight to a standard weight."

In fact, once the toxins in the body are cleared and the metabolic function reaches its peak, as long as the dietary intake does not exceed the limit, one will gradually lose weight to the healthiest state even without exercise.

But Chen Jiani didn't know that; she was 160 cm tall, and to reach a standard weight, she needed to lose at least another 10 kilograms.

Hearing Xie Yang say this, she blew a snot bubble and said through tears and laughter: "I'd be very satisfied just to maintain my current weight and not have a Rebound; I never even thought about a standard weight..."

"Then start thinking about it from now on."

"..."

The next day, Chen's father and mother took their daughter for a full-body check-up and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with her body; it was just simple weight loss.

In fact, not only was there nothing wrong, but all indicators were within the normal range, much healthier than the check-up before the New Year, and the couple wept with joy.

Seeing that after her daughter went out to play with Xie Yang, she not only became cheerful and lively but her obesity was also cured, they simply regarded Xie Yang as the great benefactor of the whole family.

After leaving the hospital, the family went to a membership-based shopping mall, carefully selected gifts, and made a special trip to the Xie Family to express their thanks.

Chen Jiani stuffed a heavy velvet gift box into Xie Yang's arms like she was presenting a treasure and urged her to open it and take a look.

Xie Yang opened it curiously.

"..."

Good heavens!

It was actually a tycoon-level gold bracelet, and it was probably two centimeters wide.

"My mom originally wanted to pick a limited-edition bag for you, but I know you don't like buying bags anymore and love gold. This is a ten-thousand-fine gold intangible cultural heritage filigree bracelet that my mom and I picked out for you together. It's the most popular style this summer. Do you like it?"

Xie Yang: "..."

Of course, the Chen Family didn't just send this gold bracelet worth 99,000; there were also fine wines and good teas for Xie's father, as well as premium-grade Nanyang Bird's Nest and Ginseng, with a total value of no less than 500,000.

But the Chen family was very happy to give it; 500,000 to buy their daughter a healthy body was not too expensive at all!

Having accepted the gifts, Xie Yang naturally accompanied her little friend in losing weight even more attentively.

Seeing that the two of them were always spinning around in Jiangcheng City, either climbing mountains, shopping, visiting parks, or going to museums to see exhibitions, and at most going to the Hot Spring Villa in the distant suburbs to soak in a hot spring... Xie's father asked his daughter if she wanted to go out to sea for a few days.

"Your Uncle Song bought a yacht and has always wanted to invite you to play. You and Jiani can go together for a few days. If you like it, we'll buy one for our family later."

Of course, Xie Yang thought it was great, but she didn't have time recently; she had to fly to Licheng next week to watch a concert, then return to school for her thesis defense, and then it would be the graduation ceremony.

The class group chat seemed to still be discussing the graduation dinner; although she didn't care where they held it, as a member of the class, it wouldn't be right not to attend.

"How about we set it for around July 10th?" Xie Yang thought for a moment and said, "After half a month of traveling, it still won't be August yet."

There are many typhoons in August, so it's safer to stay at home.

Father Xie clearly thought of this point too, and said with a smile, "Fine, I'll have a word with your Uncle Song and let him help you arrange it."