Mr. Zhou Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore!

The secret of the tortoises longevity tells us that…

Zhou Chenxi woke up early the next day.

It was simply unprecedented.

He didn’t know why, but he slept extremely well last night.

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He and Lu Ji had gone back to their respective rooms after chatting, as did the other four after finishing their work.

Probably because the small village had abundant oxygen* and fresh air, Zhou Chenxi felt refreshed after waking up, with no sense of fatigue or sleepiness like when he first arrived yesterday. 

*altitude wise

When he went home before, his brother had booked him a round of medical examinations, saying that he was afraid that he had damaged his body by spending two years outside and wanted to make sure he was healthy.

As a result, as soon as the physical examination procedures were completed, the doctor said that he was weak and thin, and thus needed more exercise. Zhou Chenxi suspected that the doctor actually had nothing to say, but that Zhou Mingxuan forced him to find a few problems.

After the doctor finished speaking, Zhou Mingxuan took it very seriously, and formulated a detailed exercise plan for him so that he couldn’t forget. But Zhou Chenxi felt that he had no real problems and was just lazy.

The love from his brother–it was why Zhou Chenxi’s suitcase was so heavy.

Zhou Mingxuan carefully selected a few sports gadgets that wouldn’t occupy space, including skipping ropes, resistance bands, and ankle weights.

The ankle weights were too heavy, Zhou Mingxuan wanted to put four pounders, but Zhou Chenxi insisted on only two.

This was the result of Zhou Chenxi and Zhou Mingxuan compromising. At the beginning, there were dumbbells, a portable treadmill, and an ab wheel all stuffed in his suitcase. But his brother at least considered the practicality of it, and that Chenxi would be unable to carry it on his own, saying that he could send a helicopter to take his luggage.

Zhou Chenxi almost fainted.

Zhou Mingxuan was like this, if it was related to his baby brother, he would muster large forces to carry out any necessary task.

Fortunately, Zhou Chenxi was sensible.

Zhou Chenxi felt that one reasonable person in a family could help maintain harmony in the house. For example, Zhou Mingxuan was young but was like a parent who loved to forward health rumors in WeChat groups*, if Zhou Chenxi did not stop him in time, it would make this worrying family worse. 

*there’s always one family member that does this lol. If I were working on homework until 3AM for days straight, my aunt would forward news of a student dying from over-studying in the family WeChat hahaha

Anyway, if his elder brother wasn’t there, Zhou Chenxi could be lazy. The macho-style fitness equipment was definitely not suitable for him, but he could at least get up early for health. 

So Zhou Chenxi took advantage of the fresh air in the morning while everyone was still asleep, and soaked himself in a pot of hot water in the basement.

He remembered seeing a jar of wolfberries in the kitchen the day before, probably used by the show crew for cooking. Zhou Chenxi found the jar, opened it, poured out a handful, and threw it into the thermos cup he brought specially.

After taking a sip of wolfberry tea, Zhou Chenxi sighed with satisfaction.

Steeping wolfberries* in a vacuum flask was simply the highest level of preserving one’s health! 

*Chinese wolfberries are Goji Berries in english

Zhou Chenxi also planned to go outside and walk around.

He knew that his brother would definitely watch the show after it broadcasted. If he didn’t exercise at all, it would definitely not fly. He would be called lazy by his brother.

Zhou Chenxi looked around. A photographer saw that he was going out and quietly carried the camera to follow him. Zhou Chenxi excitedly waved and greeted him enthusiastically, “Big brother, come and get some exercise with me!”

The photographer wiped his invisible sweat at the invite.

Brother, I tried my best.

Zhou Chenxi thought to himself. As to whether the filming of him would be broadcast, it depends on whether the program group would cut it or not.

The two walked out of the inn together along the winding ancient village trails. On the way there were villagers who hurried to work, and the elderly who took their children out for a walk. 

Regardless of the village size, everyone was full of energy with smiles on their faces. It could be guessed that their lives were extraordinarily abundant.

Seeing them, Zhou Chenxi felt that his mood had become better.

As he was walking on the road, Zhou Chenxi saw an old man in front of him, shaking his hands and walking leisurely. He thought this was a good idea, especially for health preservation, so he followed behind him and slowly shook his hands as well.

Filming member, “…” Fortunately, he didn’t go for a run. He let out a sigh of relief.

“Huh, Xiao* Zhou?” A middle-aged aunt approached him, carrying a hoe in her hand.

*term of endearment

Zhou Chenxi recognized her as a villager who came to the dinner yesterday, and hurriedly said, “Aunt Liu is going to work?”

Aunt Liu nodded, “Putting up a shed for the farmland plants, seeing that it might rain later today.”

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Zhou Chenxi looked up, the sun was shining. There was no sign of rain at all.

“Then you must be busy!” Zhou Chenxi said with a smile, “I will continue to exercise!”

“Oh, you are exercising early ah?” Aunt Liu couldn’t help laughing.

Zhou Chenxi: “…” Why did he feel like he was being mocked??

The photographer next to him chuckled and his shoulders shook, almost shaking Zhou Chenxi out of the frame.

Zhou Chenxi was a little embarrassed, and haha’ed, “Well, it’s hot, and if you go for a walk, you can call it exercise, ah hahaha…”

He looked up and found that the old man in front of him was already far away. Zhou Chenxi hurried, “Aunt Liu I won’t keep you busy any longer ba.”

“Don’t worry,” Aunt Liu said with a smile, “I saw Xiao Lu heading towards the arch bridge just now, he was running in the same direction as you. He was running pretty fast, and was exercising early. Seeing you haven’t responded for a while, were you going to catch up with him? It’s a little too late. He already passed.”

Xiao Lu?

Zhou Chenxi realized that it was Lu Ji, and waved his hand, “Thank you Aunt Liu, well then, I will leave first.”

“Jiayou*, Xiao Zhou!” Aunt Liu yelled enthusiastically as she strode away. 

*good luck basically

Zhou Chenxi had no plans to catch up with Lu Ji.

The arch bridge was said to be a monument of the small village. It had been built hundreds of years ago. Zhou Chenxi originally wanted to go there to see it, but he temporarily changed his course of action and turned a corner on the side road.

He thought that he had lost the uncle who was shaking his hands, but he was lucky to run into him again. He saw a row of public fitness equipment at the door of the elderly activity place in the small village. The uncle was standing on a waist twister, twisting away.

Zhou Chenxi knew this machine. The residents of the area he rented in his previous life had it downstairs. There were often elderly people and children playing nearby, so Zhou Chenxi had never tried it.

Zhou Chenxi slowly put the thermos aside and stood on the waist twister like an old man.

This fitness equipment was different. There were instructions for use next to them. Zhou Chenxi took a closer look, it is called a “space flight instrument” and was very tall.

Zhou Chenxi imagined that he was in space and happily twisted his waist to fly away.

After a while, he noticed a person running on the trail not far away.

The man was tall, wearing a snow-white sweatshirt, a forehead band, with matching wrist guards on his hands. He looked young and handsome, just like a model on a sports brand poster in a shopping mall.

Zhou Chenxi was wondering who the handsome brother was, but when he took a closer look, he found that it was actually Lu Ji.

Probably due to work, Lu Ji always wore business attire. Today, however, he suddenly changed into sportswear, and Zhou Chenxi was unable to look away.

Wasn’t he too handsome?

Zhou Chenxi opened his mouth in awe for a while, and suddenly realized that he was about to be exposed. If he didn’t leave, he might get a bunch of ridicules like Aunt Liu’s from Lu Ji. He quickly got off the waist-twisting machine and picked up his thermos cup, hurriedly bowed his head and left, when he heard Lu Ji call him, “Zhou Chenxi?”

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Zhou Chenxi went stiff and turned around.

Lu Ji approached him with his glowing body, “What are you doing here?”

He looked at the pile of old fitness equipment behind Zhou Chenxi and the thermos cup in his hand.

“I’m just… here,” Zhou Chenxi said pretentiously, holding his thermos cup, “The secret of a tortoise’s longevity tells us that the key to life lies in being still.”

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