Starting from a Magical Girl, Dominating Eternity-Chapter 91 - 37: 5-Person Team Battle (5000)

Some girls who came to the gym also tried to strike up a conversation, after all, this place had unknowingly become the center of the gym, and those with sensitivity could sense it.

However, Puppet Zi Yuan ignored them all.

Her gaze remained fixed on Jiang Si, which inadvertently drew some others’ attention to the young man who was still adding weight to the barbell over there.

"What is he up to?"

"Playing a construction game?"

"How many plates is that already?"

It wasn’t until both sides of the barbell were stacked to the point where it couldn’t take more that Jiang Si stopped. He then tried lifting it and indeed felt the heaviness.

"What’s he doing, does he really think he can lift that?"

"This is absurd..."

The next second, Jiang Si, without any standard weightlifting process, lifted the heavily bent barbell as easily as picking up a stick.

The gym fell into a brief silence.

Ignoring everyone else, Jiang Si pulled over another barbell and began adding more plates.

The men who originally intended to chat with Puppet Zi Yuan were immediately wide-eyed. Except for a couple of persistent young men, the others moved away from Zi Yuan and gathered around Jiang Si.

A group of burly men surrounded Jiang Si, not as subtly as when they approached Zi Yuan, asked eagerly:

"How do you train, brother? Could you teach us?"

"Why isn’t your muscle definition obvious, buddy, you’re just too strong."

"Oh my, you must’ve broken records, big guy. Have you considered going professional?"

Jiang Si remained silent, continuing to lift weights.

...

Susan and Peony followed along.

Watching Zi Yuan and Jiang Si order a couple’s meal at the fast-food restaurant, Susan’s face darkened, her whole body trembling slightly, after a long pause, she finally whispered in a sinister, low tone, "They even ordered a couple’s meal."

"Looks like they really are out on a date." Peony said worriedly beside her, "Are we going to disturb Zi Yuan? It’s not easy for her to go on a date with her boyfriend and find folks from the Disaster Strategy Bureau watching..."

"As long as we don’t show up, it’s fine." Susan replied nonchalantly, having no mood left to find excuses, "Also, we haven’t confirmed that Jiang Si is her boyfriend yet."

"Doesn’t it seem pretty obvious though..."

"Ordinary friends can hang out together too, have a meal together." Susan insisted firmly, "Nothing strange about it."

"Then what about the couple’s meal..."

"That cheapskate Jiang Si, unwilling to spend money, he ordered the cheaper option. His family is struggling financially, it’s quite reasonable."

"Then the holding hands..."

"With so many people around, it’s easy to get lost, holding hands isn’t anything strange. Didn’t we used to hold hands while shopping?"

Peony was rendered speechless for a moment.

They were both girls, but linking arms between female friends and doing so between men and women is quite different, isn’t it?

No matter how opposed to Jiang Si, going to such lengths seems excessive, doesn’t it?

Peony knew Susan was not fond of Jiang Si, always looking like she wanted to arrest him.

If it were confirmed that Jiang Si was Zi Yuan’s boyfriend, they’d have a hard time bothering him in the future, which is why Susan was trying so hard to refute the couple’s relationship now.

It wasn’t until Jiang Si and Zi Yuan began feeding each other that Susan fiercely bit down on her thumb, to the point where she ripped off the nail.

Now, it truly seems undeniable.

Yet, Peony did not ask, as she sensed that if she did, this old friend of hers would just find another excuse...

"This Jiang Si eats most of the couple’s meal himself, Zi Yuan barely got a bite and he packed it up, even with the drink, Zi Yuan had only a sip before he packed it away, what a stingy guy?"

Susan muttered with resentment, "Zi Yuan picking a boyfriend like this really blinded her. Can’t even treat his date without being so miserly, afraid Zi Yuan would eat too much of his stuff."

"I thought Zi Yuan would be the type to split bills equally on outings." Peony casually remarked, "Didn’t expect Jiang Si to pay, that’s a bit surprising."

"Someone like Jiang Si, just being able to sit next to Zi Yuan is his lucky strike, how dare he suggest splitting the bill, making him pay is too much for him?"

"That’s not what I meant." Peony laughed helplessly, "No matter how pretty and awesome someone is, a relationship should be equal, right? Otherwise, how could they date? Even if Jiang Si isn’t great, if Zi Yuan likes him, splitting the bill is normal, there’s no notion of who’s losing out or being wronged."

"Hmph, you always have all these lectures." Susan glanced at her, "You obviously haven’t even been in a relationship."

"It’s not like you have either, work is so busy..."

As they quietly bantered, Susan saw the pair come out of the fast-food place, immediately interrupting Peony, "Let’s go, follow them."

"I say, maybe we shouldn’t, if Zi Yuan gets mad, we’ll be in trouble..."

"If you don’t want to, then forget it, I’ll go myself."

"You can’t transform anymore." Peony sighed and chased after Susan, "Wait for me."

Maintaining a distance—though with Zi Yuan present, it was hard to say if keeping a distance would even matter.

They followed all the way to the gym, both looking on in astonishment as Jiang Si led Zi Yuan inside. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Exchanging a look, they saw the confusion in each other’s eyes.

"What’s going on?"

"A date at the gym?"

Peony pondered, "Exercise after a meal?"

"Heading to the gym for post-meal exercise, aren’t they worried about throwing up?"

Just as they were about to go up, three more people came running from another cold drink shop to the entrance of the gym.