Hearing Jean's voice outside, Jay snapped back to reality and answered.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Just wait a minute, I'll be out soon."
Although curious about what Jay is doing, Jean went back to the sofa to watch the tv.
Back in the bathroom, Jay is still looking at himself with astonishment.
"Is this the real effect of the Cleansing Capsule? This is incredible!"
"Almost didn't recognize myself because of the changes it brought to me!"
Jay said as he looked at his own body.
In the past, Jay's body can't be said to be fat, but it is without a doubt that some flabs have already started to appear.
His skin has also been damaged a lot because of long exposure to the sun and doing all sorts of jobs.
But right now, all of that has been cleared.
And his skin started looking like a baby's skin, soft and supple!
His muscles that've been hidden by the fat brought by an unhealthy diet have shown themselves once again!
Jay's happiness couldn't be hidden at this moment.
"Haha, that Cleansing Capsule is so amazing!"
While still feeling impressed, Jay went out of the bathroom and Jean turned her head to look at him.
Immediately, she was stunned.
"Brother, what happened to you?"
She asked with an incredulous look on her face.
Seeing her reaction, Jay smiled calmly and said, "What? What do you mean?"
Jean sorted out her thoughts for a bit, but in the end, all she could say was,
"You… How did you become so handsome?"
To that, Jay just raised an eyebrow with a smug smile on his lips.
"What do you mean? I have always been handsome."
Jean rolled her eyes at him and stopped talking.
She knows that if she keeps on talking to Jay, he'll just act annoying like that.
So, it's much better to just ignore him.
Seeing that she stopped asking questions, Jay smiled knowingly.
He knows that the changes that happened to him while he was in the bathroom were quite drastic.
That's why, Jay can only act like this to avoid questions that'll be thrown at him.
So, when Jean stopped, he silently heaved a sigh of relief.
Not long later, Jay's mother and father came back from the neighbors.
"Ah, Mom, Dad, you guys should prepare already. We will get going once you guys are all ready."
"Are we going to leave now? Okay, okay, just wait a bit." Jay's mom said.
Then she dragged Jay's father and the two of them started getting ready.
Thankfully, the two of them didn't seem to notice much about Jay's sudden change.
…
After a while, the husband and wife came out all dressed up.
Jay's dad wore a simple combination of white shirt and jeans while his mom wore a casual dress which she rarely uses.
Jay looked at the two of them and smiled, "It's been a while since I last saw the two of you not wearing your work uniforms."
His words somehow made the two smile as well.
With all of them ready, the family of four left their home.
Since it's already noon at this time, Jay plans to first go to the mall and see where they can eat.
Riding a jeepney, a public transportation, the four of them headed to the mall.
Because this is a city, a lot of places could be found in convenient locations.
Thanks to that, in just 10 minutes, the family arrived at a well-known mall all over Pearl Country.
MS Mall.
Getting off the jeep, Jay's eyes were all on the mall.
Honestly, it's been such a long time since Jay even went to a mall.
Because his life revolved around school and work, the time for Jay to hang out in malls was nonexistent.
"There's a lot of people."
He said, watching as people enter and exit the MS Mall.
Be it weekends or weekdays, MS Mall is usually packed with people all day long.
Maybe this is part of the culture of the people here. But when they want to hang out, malls are their first destination.
Anyway, along with his parents and sister, Jay went inside the mall and the cold breeze of the air condition cooled down his body that's been under the sun this whole time.
"Ahh, the cold air feels so good. I wish we had an air-con in our house as well." Jean said on the side.
When he heard that, Jay suddenly thought about it in his mind.
'It's been getting really hot lately. I even saw in the news that the number of people experiencing heat stroke is getting higher.'
'Maybe it's really time for me to buy an air conditioner for our house.'
Jay can't help but silently glance at his mother and father who has now grown older.
Silently making up his mind, Jay continued leading the way.
After walking and asking his family what they prefer to eat, the group finally stopped in front of a restaurant called 'Barry's Kusina'.
It is a restaurant that serves all kinds of dishes from fried, soup, grilled, etc.
Because of this, the restaurant is popular everyday.
"Let's just eat here."
Jay led the way and entered the restaurant.
Immediately, an attendant came towards them and greeted, "Good afternoon, sir and madams."
"How many are they?"
"Just the four of us."
"Okay, please follow me."
Walking inside the restaurant, the attendant brought them to an empty table for four people before handing them the menu.
"Please call me when you're ready to order. I will just be right over there."
Saying that, the attendant left and gave them privacy as they chose what they wanted to eat.
Jay took a glance at the menu on his hands before handing over to his parents.
"You guys pick whatever you want to eat. Don't worry about anything, just choose what you want."
The first to react to his words was Jean.
"Really, brother?!"
"Yeah, just choose comfortably."
On the other hand, his parents looked at each other with worried faces before turning their heads towards him.