Mo Jingchun, who was running while listening to music with headphones on, hadnât run for long before his right side started to hurt badly, possibly because he hadnât run in a while.
"Zero, why is my right side hurting?"
As soon as Mo Jingchun finished speaking, Zero said through the Bluetooth headset:
"Boss, I advise you not to talk while running, or else the pain in your side will worsen."
"Experts explain that pain in your side while running is related to spasms of the respiratory muscles.
The diaphragm and intercostal muscles are two types of respiratory muscles. If the diaphragm spasms, it can cause pain in the upper abdomen or the left/right upper abdomen.
While exercising, the uneven and arrhythmic breathing during running lowers the bodyâs oxygen intake, causing a lack of oxygen within the body. As a result, the respiratory muscles fatigue, and the diaphragmâs fatigue reduces its massaging effect on the liver, causing liver congestion and swelling, leading to abdominal pain. Thatâs why I recommend you not to talk while running.
Talking while running disrupts the breathing rhythm."
At this moment, Zero reminded again: "Boss, your heart rate is a bit fast, slow down your steps."
"Think about how it felt running at school and imagine someone in front of you."
Ten minutes later.
"Boss, thatâs enough, letâs call it a day."
"If you keep running, itâs not just going to be leg soreness."
Mo Jingchun suddenly stopped, while Xiaofeixia, who was running behind, looked puzzled.
Is that it for running?
I havenât even finished warming up, how is it over already?
When the boss entered the villa, Xiaofeixia looked at the brothers and smiled mischievously.
"I havenât even finished warming up, and itâs over already."
Zhang Yuanqi, fiddling with a knife, suddenly looked up and chuckled, "Why didnât you say that in front of the boss just now?"
"Iâm not stupid; I donât want to invite trouble, do I?"
"Anyway, no matter how much the boss trains, I doubt heâd outrun me."
The quiet Wild Wolf spoke up, "Why would the boss want to outrun you?"
"The boss uses his brains to make a living, unlike us brutes who rely entirely on physical strength."
Inside, Zhou Yaling, with tousled hair and in her pajamas, had just come out of the elevator to make breakfast, only to find her big brother calmly sitting on the sofa drinking tea.
Zhou Yaling was full of questions.
"Big bro, did you have insomnia last night?"
"What makes you say that?" Mo Jingchun glanced over and calmly took a sip of health tea.
Honestly, this health tea didnât taste great, but Zero kept talking about its health benefits.
"If you didnât have insomnia, why are you up so early, big bro?"
"Early? I went out for a run at six."
Blowing on the steam from his thermos cup, Mo Jingchun earnestly said, "Young people should be energetic; donât you know that the best time of the day is in the morning?"
"Such a wonderful time, yet you donât know to exercise."
"Young people these days." Mo Jingchun shook his head with endless emotion.
Zhou Yaling: ????
Zhou Yaling approached and touched her big brotherâs forehead, but he swatted her hand away.
"No fever, why are you talking nonsense today?"
"Hmm? Why are there goji berries in your thermos?!"
Something feels off, very off.
Suddenly, Zhou Yaling clapped her hands in realization, "I get it, youâre getting old, big bro."
Mo Jingchun was speechless, "Shoo, do you even know how to talk?"
"Youâre upset, so I mustâve hit the mark."
"Otherwise, why would you soak goji berries in your thermos like Dad?"
"Hahaha, middle age forces you to soak goji berries in your thermos."
Under Mo Jingchunâs indignant gaze, Zhou Yaling laughed heartily and went to the kitchen to make breakfast.
"Hang in there, breakfast isnât ready yet."
Slurp~ Mmm~
Taking a slow sip of the health tea, Mo Jingchun thought it might not be that bad after all.
In the following days, Mo Jingchunâs life was nearly the same every day.
Get up for a run in the morning, spend the day in the lab inputting data.
The data on space fighter jets were overwhelming, to the point where it gave Mo Jingchun a headache.
Such work would probably last another half month.
Mo Jingchun constantly thought of how nice it would be if brain-machine interface technology existed, so he could upload the knowledge in his mind directly to the database, making the process exponentially efficient.
On the other hand, Zero was getting more excited as the days went by, though Mo couldnât figure out why Zero was excited, either.
For days on end, getting up early for a morning run every day genuinely surprised Zhou Yaling.
Not just Zhou Yaling, even Wild Wolf and the others were astonished.
Because they noticed that the time and distance the boss spent on his morning run were increasing every day.
Considering that the boss was always wearing Bluetooth headphones, it was easy to deduce that the AI, Zero, was continuously monitoring the bossâs physical data.
During this time, Mo Jingchun tried persuading Zhou Yaling to join him running, but unfortunately, she didnât even consider it and flatly refused.
According to Zhou Yaling, why bother running when eating and sleeping are much more enjoyable?
After all, running requires a shower, and breakfast still needs to be made.
Mo Jingchun felt she had a point, especially since Zhou Yaling was rightâbreakfast couldnât be skipped.
On Zhou Yalingâs birthday, while sitting in the car on the way to the company, Mo Jingchun said, "Iâve had Xia book a dinner at the countyâs five-star hotel. Tell Uncle, Aunt, and Grandpa to join us for dinner."
"Hehe, thanks, big bro."
"Mwah~"
Itâs rare for someone to celebrate her birthday, so Zhou Yaling was very happy.
The last time she had her birthday cake was when she turned twelve.
That year it wasnât just the cake; there was a red umbrella, a red bottle, and red socks too.
Since then, her birthdays were mostly spent at school.
Plain and uneventful.
In college, Dad and big bro would at least send a red envelope each year on her birthday.
When it was time to leave work in the afternoon, Mo Jingchun, keeping his sisterâs reminder in mind, stalled their plans to allow her time to pick flowers.
In the parkâs greenbelt area, Candy and Feiyan were busy picking bouquets of flowers, and Candy, being well-prepared, had brought two scissors from home.
While going to kindergarten in the morning, they were detected by the machine, and at the teacherâs insistence, Candy had to give the scissors to Feiyan for safekeeping temporarily.
When Feiyan received the scissors from Candy, she was completely baffled.
Can someone explain why Candy had two scissors in her bag? It was too dangerous.
Not until school ended did Feiyan understand why.
Standing in the flower patch, Feiyan was holding a handful of assorted bouquets.
"Candy, isnât this enough? We have a lot already."
"Alright then."
"Sis, do you know how to wrap flowers?"
"Iâve brought newspaper and string~"
"Let me give it a try."
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