It was six in the morning.
At this moment, Gao Jun had already gotten up and started on his new set of ab crunches for the day.
After doing five sets of crunches the night before bedtime, he had felt a fiery tearing sensation in his abdomen.
But what surprised him was, this morning when he got up.
Gao Jun suddenly found his morning erection was much firmer than usual.
The increased firmness made him realize that the additional point he added to his Endurance Value had brought about such a noticeable improvement.
"It seems my body has gained quite a bit of capability."
After completing three sets of crunches continuously, Gao Jun headed to the bathroom.
In front of the mirror, he checked his abdomen.
As of now, there weren't any signs of abs.
"Time is running out, only 12 days left, I must be relentless."
Then, he called Yingying to get up.
The six-year-old child was full of energy as soon as she woke up.
Chattering nonstop.
Gao Jun didn't find it bothersome, instead, he listened to her talk with a sense of relief.
Soon, he dropped off Yingying at the kindergarten.
After spending time together the previous night, Gao Jun and Jiang Yilan were meeting again, feeling slightly less unfamiliar.
Gao Jun smiled and greeted, "Good morning, Miss Jiang."
"Good morning, Yingying's Dad~" Jiang Yilan turned around upon hearing the voice and looked towards the father and daughter.
Then, she bent down, touched Yingying's head, and said, "Yingying, good morning~"
"Good morning, Miss Jiang!~" Yingying grinned and said.
"Bye, Dad~"
"Alright, bye Yingying."
Soon, Gao Jun left the kindergarten.
Although this time the main task had changed from running to ab exercises, Gao Jun still kept up his daily habit of running from the kindergarten to the courier station.
Once back at the courier station, he sorted the parcels and then began his delivery work for the day.
The delivery route Gao Jun was responsible for only covered a few areas.
Originally, he planned to visit the Aida Gym suggested by Jiang Yilan after work.
Unexpectedly, one of today's delivery addresses was in the same building as the Aida Gym.
So Gao Jun decided to check it out when he passed by later.
Aside from the past few days' expenses, he now had about thirty-seven thousand in savings.
From the perspective of a normal person, spending money on a gym membership with such little savings would seem insane.
But Gao Jun was different now.
If he could successfully develop four packs of abs within half a month and then get a stock that would hit the daily limit five times,
the money spent on the gym would be a drop in the bucket.
Carrying the parcels, he approached the building entrance, paused, and was about to call the recipient.
But he was bumped from behind.
Gao Jun turned around and saw a woman dressed in a tight black sports top and deep blue leggings frowning and complaining, "Hey, dude, watch where you're going."
As she spoke, she looked up at Gao Jun and, seeing that he was holding a parcel, walked past him into the building.
Facing such a disrespectful woman, Gao Jun glanced at her and continued waiting for the call to be answered.
"Hello."
"Hello, you have a parcel here, should I leave it at the reception?"
"That's fine."
Saying this, Gao Jun carried the parcel to the reception desk and set it down.
Then he asked the receptionist, "Could you tell me which floor the Aida Gym is on?"
"Third floor."
"Thank you."
Gao Jun took the elevator to the third floor.
On the other side, Shu Aili was in the Aida Gym gasping for breath.
She massaged her foot and said sitting at the reception, "I was almost late."
"Haha, why did you get up so late?" Fan Ziyu teased with a laugh, "What's wrong with your foot?"
"Don't even mention it, I just got stepped on by a delivery guy downstairs, it hurt like hell." Shu Aili said exasperatedly.
Fan Ziyu chimed in with her good friend, "These days, delivery people are all like that, no manners at all, no money, no education, only able to do the hard labor."
"Exactly."
As they were talking, Shu Aili looked towards the entrance of the gym and saw the very delivery guy who had bumped into her coming in.
"Seriously, I can't believe I'm seeing him again. Did anyone order something online? Why would it be delivered here?" The unpleasant start to her day made Shu Aili complain a bit more.
Fan Ziyu observed Gao Jun looking around by the door, initially about to simply tell him to leave the delivery aside, but noticing that he wasn't holding anything, she questioned as a qualified fitness coach and sales rep, "Hello? Can we help you with anything?"
Gao Jun explained, "No worries, I'm just looking around."
Hearing this, Fan Ziyu turned to look at Shu Aili.
At that moment, Shu Aili was busy sending a WeChat message to one of her clients.
[Zhou, what time are we setting for today's session?]
This was one of her VIP clients.
He had signed up for fitness personal training sessions worth tens of thousands.
If all those sessions were completed, she could directly make a commission of over five thousand yuan.
With such clients, naturally, she needed to maintain a good relationship.
While waiting for a response, Fan Ziyu came over and asked, "Hey Aili, he's not here to deliver a package, right? He couldn't possibly be here to sign up for a class, could he?"
"How could that be, I just saw him downstairs standing next to the delivery van, one hand holding a package, the other waving someone down to pick it up." Shu Aili said, still visibly annoyed, "I didn't even settle the score with him; he wouldn't be trying to scam me, would he? Claiming I bumped into him?!"
"Calm down, calm down. Since he's not here to deliver anything, just think of him as a potential client. According to the rotation, this client would be yours, do you want him?" Fan Ziyu asked.
Shu Aili firmly shook her head: "A delivery guy, signing up for fitness classes? Are you kidding? If he really intends to sign up, I'll run laps naked."
"Hey hey, Xinyi is here, why don't you give him to her?" Fan Ziyu suggested with a raised eyebrow, pointing at the recently out-of-the-changing-room He Xinyi.
Upon hearing this, Shu Aili nodded happily and then motioned with her hand, "Xinyi~"
He Xinyi tied her ponytail and heard Shu Aili calling her.
As a new coworker at the gym, having graduated not long ago and been on the job for less than two months,
everyone appeared nice to her, but whenever high-quality clients were involved, they tended to monopolize them.
In the field of gym coaching, one must rely on commissions to make money, and she had already been drawing just the base salary for two consecutive months.
She was aware that sometimes her colleagues would even go so far as to sell their looks, like car rides for half a day, to maintain high-quality clients.
But she always adhered to her principles, refusing to stoop so low.
Clients come here to work out, and helping them manage their body shape is the proper need to fulfill,
not using the gym as an excuse to make improper advances or request other services.
Thus, sometimes He Xinyi would hear some female colleagues teasing her as "pretentiously virtuous" or "thinking too highly of herself."
He Xinyi walked over and inquired, "Li, what's up?"
"Xinyi, don't say I don't look after you. Our gym got its first customer today, and Ziyu and I have agreed to give this customer to you. You'll have to treat us to milk tea, ha!" Shu Aili then pointed at the not-far-away Gao Jun.
He Xinyi looked in the direction she pointed and saw a young man observing the gym equipment, seemingly not a regular.
Although she wasn't sure if this client would sign up, or why Shu Aili and Fan Ziyu were suddenly so kind-hearted, He Xinyi still nodded and said, "Thank you, Li, thank you, Yu."
"Go on then~ don't keep the customer waiting," urged Fan Ziyu.
With that, He Xinyi took a deep breath, smiled, and walked towards Gao Jun.
Meanwhile, Shu Aili and Fan Ziyu snickered behind her, curious about the scene that would unfold.
"Hello~ is there anything I can help you with?"
At that moment, Gao Jun was examining the fitness equipment in front of him, and it must be said, compared to doing crunches at home, the gym's professional equipment was much more helpful.
He turned around upon hearing the voice.
A pretty girl with a high ponytail stood before him.
Her face was delicate with little makeup.
She wore a light green sports top, paired with gray leggings that perfectly outlined her figure.
The top's V-neck design not only showcased her neck line but also emphasized the necessary areas.
The high-waisted leggings made her waist appear finer, and one could easily see the enviable waist-to-hip ratio.
Gao Jun then answered, "Hello, 12 days' time, working on a six-pack, can you make it happen here?"
He Xinyi initially thought Gao Jun would refuse the personal training services, or that he wouldn't care much about her question.
But unexpectedly, he had asked about this.
"Um... sir, may I take a look at your abdomen?" Though He Xinyi had been at the job for two months, she still sounded somewhat shy asking this.
"Sure."
Gao Jun was straightforward and lifted his shirt a bit.