Chapter 363: – Exercise Exercise
Lin Jin had a bit of a headache. She had already changed into a set of workout clothes and was now standing bored in the hallway of her rental apartment, waiting for her mom to finish changing.
Although she knew exercise was vital for health, Lin Jin felt that for a salted fish like herself, not exercising was still better. It was too tiring, right?
While she knew that the exercises during these days were for making her periods less painful… but she felt that it wasn’t too big of a deal if it hurt, right? The last time she had a period wasn’t too bad!
Lin Jin had experienced a period before. At that time, it just so happened that when Lin Jin was transformed into a girl by the black cat, her period had also come. The period that time had revealed Lin Jin’s “identity” to her two roommates and the neighbor next door, making her miserable for days. But it seemed bearable!
Thinking this, Lin Jin suddenly felt that, as a strong willed person, she shouldn’t fear her period and shouldn’t be shrouded by its dread!
Just as she turned around and was about to head back to her room, her mom happened to just finish changing walked out.
“What are you doing? Are you planning to die from pain in a few days?” Her mom looked at her with a cold expression and huffed “You say that because you haven't experienced it. At that time, you’ll definitely regret it.”
Who says I haven’t experienced it?
Lin Jin softly snorted. Besides, she still had her transformation card item. If the pain became unbearable, just transform, turn herself into a man and it would be fine!
Or that was what she thought. But under her mom’s stern gaze, Lin Jin reluctantly chose to exercise.
Pulled along by her mom, the two of them reached the street outside the rental building. Her mom seemed to have already scouted out the nearby routes. She pulled out her phone, opened an exercise app, and said to Lin Jin: "We'll speed walk for an hour. Following this road and go back and forth. I've walked it once before, there’s hardly anyone on the road so you won’t be embarrassed."
"Why not just go to the school and use the track??" Lin Jin looked confused.
"The sun is too harsh over at the school track. If we walk by the street, the trees will provide some shade." It was clear her mom had checked out many places for Lin Jin before deciding on this route. "The end of the road leads to a tunnel still under construction. It’s about two kilometers to there."
"Oh." Lin Jin nodded without much interest.
"Alright! Let’s go then!"
Her mom, in high spirits, grabbed Lin Jin’s hand and started walking.
Her mom’s pace was incredibly fast, almost like a race. Lin Jin’s eyes widened as she tried to keep up, but found that for her who hadn’t exercised for a long time, she could only jog to keep up with her mom’s pace.
"Mom! Too fast!" Lin Jin struggled to keep up and was basically just being dragged along.
"You never exercise, right?" her mom continued effortlessly dragging her along while chattering nonstop, "Even if you’re a girl, you still need to exercise. Don’t worry about getting too muscular or anything, it’s hard for girls to build up that much muscle when exercising. If you exercised a bit more usually, you wouldn't be struggling like this now."
"But you’re supposed to do it gradually! Mom!" Lin Jin’s face was full of despair. It had only been a few hundred meters and she already felt out of breath.
"Is that so?" her mom thought about it for a bit and then slightly slowed down the pace.
Finally, Lin Jin changed from a slow jog to a brisk walk, but this didn’t make it that much easier for her. She still continued heavily panting for air as her mom pulled her along.
After ten or so minutes of speed walking, Lin Jin was drenched in sweat and so exhausted she could barely keep moving.
Although Lin Jin had exercised before, it was the type where she would fish for three days then dry the fishing nets for two. Also, at that time, she never engaged in such high intensity speed walking, okay?
Even though it was just speed walking, it was already considered high intensity for Lin Jin.
"Maybe we rest a bit?" Seeing Lin Jin struggling to breathe, her mom stopped and asked, "Or should we go a bit slower?"
"Okay."
After stopping to catch her breath for a couple of minutes, her mom took Lin Jin and continued again. Who knew how her mom usually exercised. Anyways, Lin Jin saw that her mom didn’t even have any drops of sweat on her forehead while Lin Jin's bangs were already soaked with sweat. The sweat on her face was even dripping into her eyes.
Lin Jin had to use her hands to wipe the edge of her eyes every few steps, otherwise the sweat would blur her vision.
The hour of power walking finally ended when Lin Jin was almost fainting from fatigue. Gasping for air, she nearly collapsed onto the ground when her mom announced the end of their exercise.
"Your physical fitness is really too poor, you should exercise more regularly."
Lin Jin’s mom sighed, letting Lin Jin sit on a large rock by the side of the road. She then squatted down, placing Lin Jin's calves on her own legs, and gently massaged them: "After exercising, massage your legs a bit. Otherwise they’ll become bulky."
"Really?" Lin Jin looked down at her calves exposed to the air. She imagined her fair, slender legs turning into thick ones and immediately felt a shiver down her spine. "Then mom, go for it!"
"Once I leave, you'll have to take care of yourself" her mom seemed a bit down. After a pause, she continued, "Lin Chen has been living alone for a while now, I plan to go back tomorrow."
"Yeah, go back and take care of my younger brother. Also, you’ll need to take care of the business back home too" Lin Jin sensibly nodded. "I can normally take care of myself anyway."
"I’ll find you a bigger place tomorrow, this way it’ll be a bit more comfortable. I'm leaving in the evening, the ticket is already booked." Lin Jin’s mom gently massaged her legs and softly said "I'll help you find a place with a kitchen. In the future when you’re not in a rush, you can cook for yourself. It's cheaper to cook yourself. Also it’s safer, not like outside with all the messy additives and MSG."
"See how you feel during summer break. If you want, you can go see your dad. The best would be to come to Guangdong. Mom will treat you to good food and take you out to have fun for a few months." her mom lightly sighed, feeling a little reluctant to part with Lin Jin. She stretched out her hand and patted Lin Jin's head with a smile, "Don't wrong yourself when you live on your own."
"I know, when have I ever wronged myself?" Lin Jin responded confidently.
"Back when you lived with your dad, didn’t you wrong yourself every day?" her mom was slightly dissatisfied with Lin Jin and gave her a stern look "Your dad is hopeless. Even though he stopped gambling, he still does nothing all day."
"Okay, okay, you're right" Lin Jin shrugged.
Mom was leaving tomorrow...
Lin Jin's spirits began to drop. Although her mom was right there in front of her, massaging her legs, a strong sense of loss still enveloped her.