Chapter 160
It was a very ordinary evening.
Zhou Ziyou was sitting on the sofa in the living room, practicing calligraphy, while Gray Tail sat on the living room floor playing a mobile game on his phone.
The time had already reached ten o'clock, almost time for both of them to return to their rooms.
Suddenly, Zhou Ziyou slammed the table and stood up abruptly, "I've made a decision!"
The tall and slender young man who was sitting on the floor immediately became alert, getting up swiftly. Zhou Ziyou felt a blur before her eyes, and Gray Tail was already standing in front of her.
With a sharp gaze, those gray eyes stared directly at her, "What's wrong?"
"Ah?" Zhou Ziyou was startled by him, speechless, "What... what are you doing?"
A hint of confusion flashed in Gray Tail's gray eyes as he looked around. The house was quiet and safe, he didn't sense any danger.
Pausing for a moment, he muttered, "Nothing."
This woman was always so jumpy, he thought for a moment that something had happened to her...
"Gray Tail, do you think something is wrong with me?" Zhou Ziyou regained her composure, with a smile in her voice, "Come on, nothing can happen in my house."
"But, I have an important announcement!" She furrowed her brows, her usually cute round face now serious.
Gray Tail pursed his lips, staring at her, looking like he was ready to listen seriously.
Zhou Ziyou took a deep breath and exclaimed, "I've decided, I'm going to wake up early tomorrow and go for a run on an empty stomach. Starting tomorrow, I'm going to lose weight!"
"..."
Gray Tail: "Is that the big news?"
"In our peaceful life, of course, it's big news!" Zhou Ziyou replied.
Gray Tail fell silent for a moment, glanced at her, then fell silent again before asking, "Why do you want to lose weight?"
"Why ask such an obvious question!" Zhou Ziyou pulled her chubby cheeks, her tone muffled, "Look at this round face."
Gray Tail gazed at her for a while, then looked away, "So?"
He actually found her quite cute...
"My face is big! Isn't that reason enough!" Zhou Ziyou looked at her thickening thighs and belly, sighed, "Gray Tail, you're so thin, I'll give you twenty pounds of meat."
Gray Tail frowned, rejecting seriously, "I don't eat pure human meat."
He definitely wouldn't eat hers, even if he starved to death, he thought to himself...
Zhou Ziyou: "..."
Her silence was deafening.
She sighed deeply, "Gray Tail, we really have a generation gap."
"Are you free tomorrow? Accompany me for a run, let's leave at six in the morning! I feel a bit awkward running outside alone, haha, maybe it's because I've been indoors for too long..." she chuckled, but seeing Gray Tail staring at her in silence, her laughter faded, she cleared her throat and composed herself, "Anyway, just accompany me."
Gray Tail wanted to say something, but ended up saying nothing, just grunting in agreement.
"Thanks, Gray Tail."
"Go to bed early, we have to wake up early tomorrow," Zhou Ziyou said, then slowly returned to her room.
The next day.
Six o'clock in the morning.
Just as dawn broke, Gray Tail appeared in the living room dressed in black and white casual sportswear.
As expected, the woman who said she would go for a run at six yesterday was still asleep.
He stood still for a moment, then went to the balcony to water the flowers and plants, standing on the balcony, breathing in the fresh air.
Still no sign of movement...
Six thirty.
Zhou Ziyou rushed out of the room in a flurry: "Ah, I overslept, I overslept!!"
Gray Tail sat cross-legged on the living room floor, silently watching her.
"How long have you been up? Sorry, sorry, I set eight alarms..." Zhou Ziyou hurriedly tied up her hair, dressed in a loose pink tracksuit, looking even paler.
"Wow, you look cool in that outfit, Gray Tail." She complimented, then headed towards the door. "Let's go, let's go."
Gray Tail silently stood up from the floor and followed. It must be said, he was tall with long legs, spiked hair, and wearing a tracksuit made him look much more handsome and upright.
The two of them left together.
At six thirty, the streets were already bustling.
There was a park along the river in front of the neighborhood where Zhou Ziyou was going for a run.
"On the first day, let's run for half an hour." Zhou Ziyou stretched her body, bending over to stretch her legs. "Don't underestimate me, I still have some athletic ability."
Zhou Ziyou would always talk about losing weight every year, and there would always be a period of exercise, so she thought her stamina was still pretty good.
Gray Tail stood by silently, listening.
No intention of stretching.
Zhou Ziyou moved her arms, glanced at him, "You should stretch too, it's good for increasing muscle flexibility and elasticity, it's beneficial."
Gray Tail was silent for a second, thinking he probably... didn't need to.
Just run for half an hour, it was no different from taking a walk with Zhou Ziyou's pace.
But seeing the urging look in Zhou Ziyou's eyes, he didn't say anything and just followed suit.
"Alright, let's start running!" Zhou Ziyou began to step forward, feeling much more awake after stretching.
Gray Tail also tried to run slowly, accompanying her, adjusting for a while before lowering his speed to match hers.
However, after a while, he heard Zhou Ziyou panting, using a somewhat proud tone to say, "How about that, I can still keep up with your pace, right?"
Gray Tail's lips slightly parted, his expression clearly stunned for a moment, but in the end, he just nodded.
Thirteen minutes later...
Zhou Ziyou was actually exhausted, Gray Tail was tall with long legs, 1.89 meters, while she was 1.6 meters, you can imagine, and she hadn't moved in a long time, plus she was running on an empty stomach.
She had been trying to keep up with Gray Tail's pace, challenging herself, her face getting redder, her breath getting more and more rapid, "Hoo... hoo..."
Gray Tail turned to look at her silently, his breathing unchanged, he just felt like this woman was about to collapse at any moment.
"Do you... need to rest?"
Was she that tired? At this speed...
He was somewhat puzzled.
But when Zhou Ziyou heard his words, she gritted her teeth, "Rest? It's not that bad, it's nothing."
Gray Tail pursed his lips, "I see."
Zhou Ziyou unzipped her tracksuit, wiped away the sweat, and casually said, "I'm just a little hot, that's all."
Her fair face was already flushed, her bangs were sweaty, and her ponytail kept swaying.
Gray Tail glanced at her, paused, then looked away.
After a while, he glanced back at her, his ears slightly red this time.
His attention was gradually drawn to her ponytail, perhaps because she had hurriedly tied it up after oversleeping, and it wasn't tightly secured. Under her smooth straight hair, the black hair tie was slowly slipping down.
Zhou Ziyou hadn't noticed, she was running out of breath.
"It..." Gray Tail opened his mouth.
"It's coming loose..."
"What?" Zhou Ziyou turned to look at him, and as she did, the hair tie finally slipped off.
Instinctively, Gray Tail reached out and pulled Zhou Ziyou back to catch the hair tie.
After catching the hair tie, he froze, slowly lowering his gaze. In his arms, Zhou Ziyou's smooth straight hair draped over her, breathing heavily, raising her head, staring at him in astonishment.
The morning sunlight fell diagonally on her face, her fair complexion tinged with red, every tiny hair visible.
"You rascal! Why were you running around like that!" Zhou Ziyou clearly wasn't bothered by anything, she playfully slapped him on the chest and took a few steps back. "You scared me."
Although Gray Tail wasn't tired, his heart was now beating rapidly. He slowly opened his clenched hand, revealing the black hair tie. "Because... it was coming loose."
"So, you were just 'saving' my hair tie?" Zhou Ziyou chuckled. "Thank you on its behalf."
She took the hair tie and laughed, "Haha, you're really strange. I thank you for it."
She tossed her long hair and tried to fan herself, "Wow! I'm so hot."
Gray Tail glanced at her, his gray eyes flickering slightly, then lowered his head, took a step forward, his voice more subdued, "Let's keep running."
The sunlight shone on his flushed ears.
His heart was pounding hard, and he felt, perhaps, he was tired too.
Hmm.
That's right.
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The current plot progress is before the blind date between Ziyou and Gray Tail, and currently Gray Tail doesn't really like Ziyou yet.