Su Zhen slowly started running on the treadmill by himself. After a while, he began to pant slightly, and his forehead began to sweat.
After Su Zhen ran for ten minutes, the fitness coach came over under the leadership of the receptionist.
"Mr. Su, this is your fitness coach."
The receptionist introduced a tall and muscular man to Su Zhen. This person seemed to be in his early 30s, he was wearing black sportswear. His facial features were rather ordinary, but his clean face and upright body were his unique points.
"Hello, Mr. Su, I am called Hou Junyan, since we will meet each other often, you can call me Brother Yan in the future. Also, thank you for choosing me as your fitness coach."
Hou Junyan looked at Su Zhen in front of him and stretched out his hand with a slight smile.
Seeing that the other party took the initiative to extend his hand, Su Zhen also reached out and shook it, and said warmly, "Hello, Brother Yan, I'm Su Zhen, you can call me Little Zhen. I'll have to ask you to take care of me for a while." After speaking, he released his hand.
"Mr. Su, then I'll go first. Brother Yan will guide you next." The receptionist gestured to Su Zhen and left. He still had more work to do at the front desk.
"Little Zhen, I have to tell you first, a session is only one hour long." Hou Junyan looked at Su Zhen and said euphemistically.
Hearing what Hou Junyan said, Su Zhen immediately nodded, "I understand. You can help me improve my physique. As long as it goes well, I will extend the course." With his daily income alone, he could buy as many as 250 courses without a care in the world. How could he about it?
Hearing what Su Zhen said, Hou Junyan smiled. He heard from the receptionist that Su Zhen only bought a regular monthly membership card, but he paid 4,000 yuan for ten courses without batting an eye. Now that he heard this from Su Zhen, he was even happier.
"Then Little Zhen, let's just start with this treadmill." Hou Junyan pointed to the treadmill.
"Okay, let's get started."
In this way, with Hou Junyan by his side, Su Zhen exercised earnestly and tried several kinds of sports equipment.
Two hours later, Su Zhen had not reached his limit yet, he was panting slightly, sweating richly, and a bit…exhausted.
Hou Junyan was a bit dumbfounded. This guy was actually better than he thought.
If Su Zhen heard his thought, he would laugh humbly. What a joke, he had been exercising five hours per day for the past several days nonstop. How could he reach his limit here?
But after all was said and done, the way Hou Junyan taught him to exercise really drained his energy much faster.
Su Zhen stopped by himself, wiped his sweat on his forehead with a towel, and said to Hou Junyan, "Brother Yan, I think we can stop here today. By the way, do you have any suggestions regarding what I should eat?"
Hou Junyan handed a bottle of mineral water to Su Zhen and answered, "Good. If you want to recover your muscles and replace their glycogen stores, eat a meal that contains both carbohydrates and protein, such as yogurt and fruit, peanut butter sandwiches, low-fat chocolate milk, and post-workout recovery juice. Drink a lot of fluids, but instead of drinking a lot at a time, drink a little at a time but often. It's important to stay well hydrated for exercise…"
Hou Junyan talked for a while and Su Zhen listened patiently. He also noted down all the important points. What to eat, what to avoid, and so on.
When Hou Junyan finished with his detailed explanation, Su Zhen thanked him and said, "Then Brother Yan, I'll come over at ten tomorrow morning."
"Okay, see you tomorrow."
After leaving the gym, Su Zhen found a big mart and entered it. He bought quite a lot of things according to what Hou Junyan had told him.
When he came out of the mart, he suddenly remembered that he rode a motorcycle, so it was quite troublesome to carry these bags.
When he got home, Su Zhen took a good bath and cooked lunch. His lunch today was a bit different from usual. It had no meat, only fish and vegetables. After the main food, it came the fruits mixed with yogurt.
Lele had just finished eating. Now, he was laying inside his little fluffy bed lazily.
When Su Zhen walked to the one-person couch, he couldn't help rubbing the little guy softly.
Su Zhen sat on the couch and scrolled through Weibo. He suddenly came to a headline. "9, orphan, was abused by adopted mother on a daily basis."
Su Zhen was interested and clicked to read further.
"An adopted child was abused at the hands of his adopted mother regularly, according to an indictment in Minhou County."
"Lian Feiting and her 29-year-old biological son, Hao Pingman appeared in court on Tuesday. They face felony charges after an investigation into allegations of child abuse…"
"A professional psychologist interviewed the 9-year-old victim, Xuan Nanling, and got an answer – I only want to go back to the orphanage, the world is scary."
"Following that, a formal procedure was done by the court to comply with the child's wish…"
Su Zhen suddenly thought of the orphanage that had accommodated him in the past. His parents were natives of Putian, a prefecture-level city in eastern Fujian province, and about an hour's drive from Fuzhou to there. The orphanage he had stayed at was also in Putian.
Every New Year, he would visit the orphanage once to donate funds and necessary items for the orphans there.
Seeing the news now, he suddenly missed his orphanage and the dean. Now that he had money, he had to help the orphanage generously.
The orphanage that the child victim stayed at was in Minhou County, which was very near to Fuzhou City, therefore, its economic situation should be not too bad. So, Su Zhen put down the thought of helping the child in the subject.
Su Zhen quickly found the account number of Hope Social Welfare Institute of Putian and sent 500,000 yuan generously.
A few minutes later, a familiar number called Su Zhen.
"Little Zhen, why did you send so much money?" An old and kind voice was heard via the speaker.
"It's nothing Grandpa Jian, I made a fortune recently."
"You child, the orphanage is doing fine, you can rest assured and don't have to send so much next time. Well, how have you been?" The old man sighed and asked caringly.
He also wisely didn't ask how Su Zhen earned so much money. He trusted Su Zhen's character unconditionally.
"I'm very healthy. You know it, I was rarely sick even in the past." Su Zhen also understood the old man well and answered unhurriedly.
"That's good, that's good. By the way, just yesterday, your aunt and cousin came to inquire about you, but this old man shooed them away. You don't blame me, do you?"
"How could it be? It's good that you've done so. I don't want to have any contact with them at all."
Su Zhen thought of the time when they took his parents' money ruthlessly and threw the young him to the orphanage.
Anyhow, it was also fortunate that he didn't get to stay with them, the orphanage was a better choice, and he didn't want to be a victim of child abuse.
"I'm relieved, then. Oh, it's time to teach the kids, I have to go, and don't forget to come for a visit." The old man reminded Su Zhen.
"Yes, yes, I've remembered. You go busy."
After the phone was hung up, Su Zhen got up from the couch and went to put the dirty clothes in the washing machine. His clothes were mostly soaked in sweat, so it would be better to wash with cold water them as soon as possible, or they would be spoiled otherwise.
The time passed without stopping, and before Su Zhen knew it, the sun was already set on the horizon.
Today, Su Zhen felt like eating out instead of cooking on his own or ordering takeaways.
After making a decision, he changed his clothes and left the apartment with his Ducati.
His destination was a restaurant called Spring Assembly Garden Hotel and Restaurant, a five-star and well-known time-honored brand in Fuzhou City.