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Chapter 33: Chapter 033 Start Exercising
The person who understands her daughter the best is none other than her mother. Sheng Tang is a girl with no literary talent and doesn’t really like to read.
She chose the humanities track because her grades were poor, and she was even worse at science.
"Yes, maybe it was just a lucky moment," Sheng Tang said. "I wrote it pretty well, didn’t I?"
She didn’t forget to praise "Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again" because, after all, it was Xu Zhimo’s great work that she plagiarized. She profited from it and naturally couldn’t degrade someone else’s hard work by belittling it.
"Not just pretty well," her father’s eyes crinkled with a smile. "It’s absolutely perfect!"
As a science student himself, he read it a few times and thought the poem was beautifully profound.
He didn’t know much about literary appreciation, he just knew that what moved him was good.
"We have a brilliant daughter in our family!" her father laughed. "That’s so rare!"
Her brother took the trophy and placed it in the living room cabinet.
He had won many awards, but his sister hadn’t. He felt a little embarrassed. This time, his trophy could be placed next to his sister’s!
He puffed up his small chest, beaming with pride.
Grandma also admired the trophy, "Let’s add two more dishes tonight, everyone should have a drink; this is a rare happy occasion."
Her mother smiled helplessly, "Let’s not get too complacent, otherwise where’s the room for progress?"
Grandma ignored her, swiftly changing clothes and going downstairs to order a couple of dishes from the restaurant near the neighborhood entrance.
Her old legs were faster than many young people who didn’t exercise.
At dinner, there were drinks and beverages.
Sheng Tang didn’t dare drink cola, so she poured herself a glass of pure milk.
"Mom, and there’s the thirty thousand yuan prize," Sheng Tang reminded her mother.
Her mother asked, "This is your money, you can keep it yourself."
"It’s too much for her to handle," Grandma said. "You manage it for her."
Her mother looked at Sheng Tang again.
Sheng Tang hesitated for a few seconds and then voiced her own thoughts.
A family needs communication.
"Mom, I want to get a gym membership and buy a few personal training sessions," Sheng Tang said. "I want to lose weight."
Both her parents looked at her.
To be honest, this decisiveness and clear expression were indeed unlike their daughter.
Sheng Tang’s change was complete.
"That’s great!" Grandma was the first to respond. "Aunt Hu’s daughter also hired a personal trainer. I heard it’s over three hundred per session. She’s lost a lot of weight."
Grandma, who spent her days chatting with a group of elderly ladies, wasn’t any less open-minded than young people.
Sheng Tang smiled, "Yeah. Mainly, I’m too overweight, and it’s putting too much strain on my body. Running would damage my knee joints. The anaerobic exercises at the gym are better for losing fat."
"Right, right, doing things scientifically is the way to go," Grandma said. "Sign up! If your money isn’t enough, Grandma will cover it for you."
"Mom, you’ve already said so much; we can’t get a word in," her mother said.
Her father laughed, "Mom has more experience than we do; she knows things. Scientific weight loss is indeed more reliable than those girls who starve themselves all day."
"Right, the other day, a female student fainted in the library from low blood sugar. I heard she hadn’t eaten for several days to lose weight. Her body will collapse sooner or later," her mother said.
This topic became lively at the dinner table.
Sheng Tang’s parents were not lacking in money to hire a personal trainer for their daughter. It’s just that the old Sheng Tang was resistant to losing weight, so the family didn’t dare bring it up.
Now that she mentioned it and even earned the money herself, her parents had no reason to stop her.
