Chapter 4: Upgrade Gift Package
Blindly pursuing weight loss might make it seem like the weight has dropped, but in reality it does nothing to help reduce body fat percentage.
It seemed that to complete this task, he would still have to seek help from professionals.
However…
Zhang Yang looked at this task. Even if he managed to reduce his body fat below the system's requirement and maintain it long term, it would only guarantee five experience points per month at most.
Distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. This little bit of experience was far from enough.
While concentrating, Zhang Yang noticed a prompt from the system.
'Please continue your efforts. Actively seek advice from netizens. The system will selectively adopt reasonable suggestions and release tasks.'
"So that's how it is." The fog cleared and the moon appeared. Zhang Yang suddenly understood everything.
The key to everything was still that unintentional action from before. He immediately opened RedNote and looked at the countless comment replies, casually clicking them open.
'No follow-up?'
'Where's the guy's determination? It's been so long-any progress?'
'I thought we could play a character-raising game, but it looks like another one died…'
'If you don't think about changing, then stay mediocre forever. Goodbye!!!'
Zhang Yang snapped the reply page shut and directly ignored a number of malicious attacks hidden among polite private messages, updating his post instead.
[After listening to everyone's advice, I lost ten kgs this month. Please take a look and feel free to give more suggestions.]
Then he uploaded his latest current state.
Compared with a month ago, his body had shrunk by a full circle. His face showed no looseness caused by weight loss. At a glance, he now looked like a person with a well-proportioned, ordinary physique. In short, he didn't look unpleasant anymore, and the word 'fat' no longer fit him at all.
Zhang Yang wasn't some popular blogger, and no one was waiting all day to see his updates.
So after this update was posted, there were naturally no replies in the short term. Zhang Yang wasn't in a hurry. Right now he was still immersed in the joy of earning ten thousand a day. The leap from an ordinary worker to someone earning ten thousand daily was something that would take quite a while for him to digest.
After washing up, he lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
Early the next morning, the five o'clock alarm rang as usual. Zhang Yang opened his eyes, got up, and immediately checked his account balance.
Sure enough, at midnight every day, the system returned ten thousand.
Instantly, joy surged through him.
After washing up and changing clothes, he began his usual morning routine of climbing stairs on an empty stomach.
From the initial month of pushing himself just to complete the task, to now turning discipline into persistence and habit, every step beneath his feet felt more solid.
A burst of enthusiasm alone could not last long unless it became part of daily life.
After the morning fast, he soaked oatmeal, boiled eggs, added a carton of milk and plenty of fruits and vegetables. A nutritionally balanced breakfast sat on the table.
"I'm earning ten thousand a day now. There's no need to suffer like this. Later I'll replace the fruits with blueberries and the healthy fats with nuts." Zhang Yang muttered to himself while eating boiled broccoli.
Wouldn't cod or salmon taste better than replacing chicken breast?
Before, he could only afford frozen chicken breast. Now that he had this level of income, it was time to improve his quality of life.
After breakfast, Zhang Yang called the Porsche center designated by the system to check in advance whether there was a car in stock.
After giving his information, the dealership quickly gave a positive reply.
"Black Jade color, right? Alright, I'll make an appointment for tomorrow." Zhang Yang scheduled the time. Today was Friday, so he would go Saturday morning.
As for the color? Black Jade was a classic color for the Cayenne, very premium and perfectly suited to the car. He naturally had no complaints.
After eight in the morning, the company was filled with the cheerful atmosphere of the approaching weekend.
"Zhang Yang, did you get a facelift or something?" As soon as Xiang Youde saw him, his eyes widened and he said it bluntly.
Zhang Yang laughed it off.
Strictly speaking, this really was similar to a facelift. But the system was incredibly powerful. The disappearance of his loose skin was completely natural. Those medical beauty facelift procedures couldn't even compare to one ten-thousandth of the system.
"Yesterday I thought losing weight made you look older overall. Looks like I spoke too soon." Xiang Youde said sourly.
In his eyes now, Zhang Yang no longer looked like before. He clearly looked like a young man full of energy, with a well-proportioned body. Maybe not handsome, but at least he definitely didn't look bad.
"Forget it. Honestly, eating whatever you want isn't so bad." Zhang Yang glanced at the breakfast on Xiang Youde's desk-fried dough sticks, steamed buns, and a soda just taken out of the fridge. Pure carbohydrate happiness.
Xiang Youde stared at Zhang Yang for quite a while before silently returning to his work.
During a break from work, Zhang Yang got up to go to the restroom and happened to glimpse Xiang Youde's browsing page while he was slacking off. Taking a closer look, titles like 'Hundred-Day Fat Loss Plan' and 'Carb Cycling Diet Method' appeared on the screen.
He quietly returned to his seat.
"Going downstairs for lunch?" Zhang Yang asked.
"No. I ordered takeout." Xiang Youde replied without looking up, sounding a little depressed.
"From where?" Zhang Yang asked.
"Supermodel Kitchen… ugh…" Xiang Youde suddenly clutched his stomach and got up to go to the restroom. Perhaps something he ate earlier had upset his stomach.
Not far away, Sister Liu and Bei Wei were chatting and laughing quietly.
"These past few days, every time I take the elevator I run into that handsome guy. The tall and handsome one. He wouldn't be here for you, would he?" Sister Liu asked.
"Don't ask me. How would I know?" Bei Wei lowered her voice.
"Well, you don't have a bad impression of him, right? By the way, I heard he drives a Volvo. Xiao Song said it costs around five hundred thousand after everything. A young guy driving that kind of car must come from a pretty good family." Sister Liu leaned closer and said.
"Forget it. I still want to find someone who can give me a sense of security-someone steady and reliable." Bei Wei said.
"Someone secure and reliable? We have those right here in the company. Aren't Zhang Yang and Xiang Youde exactly like that? No need to look far." Sister Liu immediately joked.
"Oh come on, Sister Liu. How can you joke about Brother Zhang and them…" Bei Wei laughed and quickly tugged at Sister Liu's sleeve.
Listening to the laughter nearby, Zhang Yang blinked.
So not being handsome meant being 'secure', and working hard like a regular office worker meant being 'reliable', right?
Of course he knew they were joking. And why did they joke like that? Because everyone knew he was the most impossible option.
Forget it. He was already used to jokes like this.
"I had a huge one." Xiang Youde limped back over. "Cold drinks really can't be trusted."
He sat down and typed on the keyboard for a while before suddenly clutching his stomach again and standing up.
"Zhang Yang, send this file for me. I'm going to the restroom again."
Zhang Yang sat at Xiang Youde's desk and accidentally opened his browser page.
"Does going to the bathroom reduce several kilogram of weight each time? Good grief…"
The last day of the week felt especially long.
As evening approached, Wang Shijie came over to arrange the staff for Saturday duty.