Chapter 76: Weight Loss Success!
Ye Xiansheng called him a crybaby, but Su Tang felt he wasn’t delicate at all.
To prove this point, during the latter half of the Alpha using the fascia gun to massage his muscles, the little guy gritted his teeth and didn’t make a sound.
Of course, if his hand hadn’t been gripping the Alpha’s arm so hard that his knuckles turned white, it might have been more convincing.
Ye Chiyu didn’t expose Su Tang’s pretense. He single-mindedly helped Su Tang relax his entire body’s muscles before tucking the aching Omega back into the soft quilt.
Su Tang wasn’t someone who loved exercise to begin with, and the intensity of today’s workout had reached the limit. He sank into the soft bed. Even though it was the middle of the day, as soon as his spirit relaxed, he quickly closed his eyes and fell asleep.
When he woke up again, it was already evening. Ye Chiyu was sitting beside him holding a laptop, dealing with official business. The focused Alpha was quite charming.
Noticing the movement of the person beside him waking up, Ye Chiyu stopped his work and scooped the newly awakened little guy from the bed into his arms. His long fingers helped Su Tang brush the somewhat long bangs on his forehead to both sides, revealing a fair forehead.
He couldn’t resist playing with the little guy’s long, curled eyelashes, making Su Tang’s eyelids itch.
“Mm, Ye Xiansheng, it itches.”
The Omega laughed and buried his head in the Alpha’s chest to protect his eyelashes. Ye Chiyu then began to play with Su Tang’s hair.
The little fellow’s hair was very soft, and its natural slight curl added a touch of casual and lazy air to him. Those amber eyes were also extremely beautiful.
The stars in the sky must have been unable to resist moving in there; otherwise, why would the little guy’s eyes always be sparkling?
Ye Chiyu was thinking absentmindedly when Su Tang, clutching his growling stomach, popped out of his arms again, staring at him pitifully and shouting that he was hungry.
Knowing Su Tang had a stomach ailment, Ye Chiyu didn’t dare delay. He immediately carried the sore little Omega downstairs and heated up the dinner the fitness coach had already prepared in the microwave.
Su Tang sat at the dining table, staring at his dinner for several minutes.
One boiled egg, seared beef, a few shrimp, and some boiled broccoli that looked like it would taste terrible.
“Sigh…”
Weight loss is not easy; Su Tang sighed.
“This looks too unappetizing. There’s no flavor at all…”
The miserable Su Tang’s fork almost tore the half-boiled egg to pieces. Ye Chiyu worried Su Tang’s stomach wouldn’t take it and hurried to coax him to at least eat a little to pad his stomach.
Considering Su Tang naturally had the kind of constitution that didn’t get fat no matter what he ate, the portion of the weight-loss meal was sufficient; it only reduced the intake of oil, salt, sugar, and carbohydrates.
For someone like Su Tang, who loved sweets and spicy food, it was simply an act of tyranny.
But what choice was there? He had already accepted the script, and the movie filming had been put on his formal schedule. He had to do what he promised the director.
So even though he was incredibly unwilling, he still wore a face like a bitter melon and finished everything. He wanted a post-meal drink but could only get a glass of plain water from the Alpha.
That night, Su Tang lay in bed. Although his stomach was filled to the brim, his heart was incomparably empty. After communicating with Jiang Cha, he pulled out his phone and proactively logged into his main Weibo account to post a message.
[@Su Tang: The first day of weight loss. I am a human bitter melon.]
The accompanying picture was of the weight-loss meals he ate this morning and tonight, as well as a photo Ye Xiansheng took of him holding a glass of plain water with a miserable expression.
As soon as this Weibo post went out, it immediately received many replies from fans. Su Tang lay on the bed swinging his legs, passing the rare leisure time.
[@SweetSugarDoesntEatFish: Front row! Seeing Xiao Tang’s beauty but can’t think of any witty words, urgent!]
[@DontKnowAA: Seeing these things, ah, a nightmare for people losing weight!]
[@IsLowercaseYa: Good heavens, why does Xiao Tang look so good even with a scrunched-up face? Wuwuwu, today is another day of being sleepless over Xiao Tang’s beauty!]
[@StrandsOfSunlight: Handsome guy, post more selfies! (ps: Sisters, do you think the angle of this photo was taken by Xiao Tang’s Alpha? /evil)]
Then a bunch of people under this comment echoed the sentiment, stating it was definitely Su Tang’s mysterious Alpha, no doubt about it.
[@ScallionGingerWater: Xiao Tang is already so thin. Why does he still need to lose weight?]
Someone immediately replied downstairs: [If someone with such a perfect body is still losing weight, I boldly guess he must be preparing to film a new movie!]
There were even design masters who immediately photoshopped his face onto a bitter melon, with the words “Human Little Bitter Melon” below it. The comedic effect was off the charts, making Su Tang exclaim that this generation of fans was too talented.
He scrolled through everyone’s comments one by one. Thinking that the casting lineup for An Yong would be officially announced soon anyway, he replied to a comment with the highest number of votes guessing if he was going to perform in a new project.
[Yes, preparing for a new movie~]
After replying to this sentence, he directly went offline. He was mainly afraid he wouldn’t be able to handle the fans’ frantic questions and might accidentally spill the beans, which would be a breach of contract.
The fitness coach still arrived at 9 o’clock the next morning. This time Su Tang didn’t dare to sleep in. Dragging his sore and heavy body, he crawled out of bed himself, honestly ate a breakfast that still left him without an appetite, and went back to the gym downstairs to begin the devil training.
Ye Chiyu was originally supposed to go to the company in the morning. Considering the second day is the most painful moment after intense exercise, he skipped half a day of work to go to the company in the afternoon. He accompanied Su Tang in the gym for another three hours of sore exercise.
He himself also had a habit of working out. Seeing Su Tang slowly getting on the right track under the fitness coach’s guidance—and this coach was very professional, protecting him well through every movement.
Ye Chiyu looked at the equipment around him, went to his most frequent shoulder press trainer, and began pressing.
Su Tang was over there sweating like rain and gasping for breath, while his Alpha was on the side composed and expressionless while pressing. After training his shoulders, he began to train his chest muscles, and finally his waist and thighs.
Unfortunately, the miserably tortured Su Tang truly didn’t have any extra energy to pay attention to what the person beside him was doing. Otherwise, if he saw Ye Xiansheng’s workout, which was simply too easy compared to his, he would definitely have vomited blood from anger.
At noon, Ye Chiyu led by example and also began eating the weight-loss meal, finally bringing some balance to Su Tang’s heart.
The coach was right. After persisting in exercising through the lactic acid produced by muscle metabolism on the second day, the soreness in his body disappeared a lot. Su Tang gradually got used to such high-intensity training and a high-protein, low-salt, low-fat diet. In less than half a month, his weight dropped directly below 110 pounds (50kg).
Due to the increase in muscle proportion, although the number on the scale hadn’t decreased by a full 10 pounds, he looked very thin visually. His whole being was so weak and thin it seemed a puff of wind could knock him over.
He reported his fitness and weight-loss progress to Hu Baobao and Jiang Cha every day. This day, Jiang Cha came to Jiangting once. Seeing Su Tang’s small frame, which was as thin as a hemp stalk, his pupils experienced a shock, and he immediately took photos and videos of Su Tang to send to Chu Xiaoyun.
Looking at the video of Su Tang, Chu Xiaoyun replied— [Xiao Su’s weight-loss speed is fast enough. He doesn’t need to lose any more. The visual effect on camera is sufficient. Let him rest well for the remaining week or so, digest the script, and try to get a tan. We’ll take the character posters then.]
Jiang Cha made a “pause” gesture to Su Tang and began to reply to Chu Xiaoyun— [Director Chu, I’m really sorry. This kid of ours just won’t tan. He even tanned until his skin peeled a while ago, but after the skin peeled off, he became even fairer. Look?]
These words weren’t a lie. To make himself a bit darker, Su Tang had been sunbathing on the balcony every day after finishing his workout—the kind where he tanned his front and then his back. Then he successfully made his skin peel. It was a stinging pain, and the Alpha had heart-wrenchingly applied ice packs to him all night before it got a bit better.
Three or four days had passed, and Su Tang had been looking forward to successfully turning dark. As a result, the place where the skin peeled was even fairer, leaving him stunned.
It was truly a case of “speechless’s mother opening the door for speechless—speechless has arrived home.”
Learning that he finally didn’t have to lose any more weight, Su Tang happily gave his 1.8-meter-tall muscular coach a hug. He watched the coach leave with a smile and went home to look in the mirror.
During this period of weight loss, this was the first time he had formally studied himself.
Actually, it was mainly because he was very tired every day and simply hadn’t been in the mood.
There wasn’t much flesh left on his originally fleshy little face, and his already superior jawline was even more distinct. Su Tang stroked it and chuckled.
He had finally shed some of his childishness.
After looking at his face, he lifted his shirt again, the smile on his face deepening.
Ah! Finally! He has abs! And the mermaid line is also faint!
Although it couldn’t compare to Ye Xiansheng’s muscles, which were so beautiful and firm, for a “weak chicken” like Su Tang, who never worked out, it was already an immense surprise.
When Ye Chiyu returned home from work that evening, Su Tang formally announced that he didn’t need to lose weight anymore. He even triumphantly showed off his abs and mermaid line to the Alpha.
Ye Chiyu reached out and poked. “Mm, feels good.”
Unfortunately, the person was too thin. His weight, which was originally just right, had dropped by this much. When he held the little fellow in his arms at night, the bones even felt a bit uncomfortable.
He had no other choice besides feeling heart-wrenched. He knew very well that his little fellow was very passionate about acting. For a qualified actor to make some sacrifices for a role was only natural.
To celebrate finally escaping the sea of bitterness, Su Tang fiercely ate two large bowls of rice that evening. After eating, he felt a bit of a guilty conscience. In the middle of the night, he went to the treadmill downstairs and ran ten kilometers before returning home with a clear conscience to bathe and crawl into the Alpha’s arms.
The scent of whiskey pheromones was faint. Su Tang’s body was enveloped in the Alpha’s pheromones, letting out a comfortable moan.
Without any warning, the Alpha pressed him down. Su Tang was already prepared to lie flat and be played with, but he waited a long time without seeing Ye Chiyu’s next move.
“Ye Xiansheng?” Su Tang’s large eyes were filled with confusion.
“Tangtang.”
“Mm?”
“You went down to run, leaving me to keep watch in an empty room alone. Isn’t that a bit excessive?” The Alpha’s tone was incredibly aggrieved.
Su Tang stifled a laugh. “So?”
Ye Chiyu spoke calmly: “You tell me.”
Hearing this, the Omega proactively hooked his arms around the Alpha’s neck, and the gland on the back of his neck obediently opened for the Alpha.
“Then, Chiyu Gege, come and try my fitness results.”
Translator’s Note: “Salted fish” (咸鱼 – xiányú) is slang for someone with no ambitions, but here Su Tang is just exhausted! And “Speechless’s mother opening the door…” is a funny Chinese internet slang way of saying someone is beyond speechless. It’s great to see Su Tang’s hard work paying off!
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