8 p.m.
China Resources City; Runxi Phase One.
Xu Qing and Jiang You Rong walked into the elevator side by side, the two of them still chattering as they reviewed the seafood buffet they had just had that evening, counting on their fingers as they analyzed how they could eat their money's worth the next time they came.
With a "ding," the elevator stopped steadily on the 52nd floor.
The two of them walked out of the elevator, talking and laughing, then opened the door and entered the apartment.
At the entrance hall, Jiang You Rong bent down to change her shoes, her fingertips subconsciously rubbing her overstuffed stomach as she said casually, "Qing Qing, I'm going to work out in the living room later. Want to join me?"
"No, no, I'm too full. I need to go collapse on the bed for a while." Xu Qing waved her hand, her whole body giving off an overfed laziness. "All right, it's not like you're fat anyway." Jiang You Rong reached out enviously and pinched her slender waist, sighing inwardly.
Youth really was nice. You could stuff yourself silly and not have to worry about gaining weight.
Before she turned thirty, her metabolism had been high too, and she had never needed to worry so much.
It was only in the past two or three years, with the pressure of work, plus the three meals a day from the university cafeteria and the desserts and drinks she could not quit using to keep herself alive.
She had forced herself from an "intellectual goddess" into her current slightly chubby figure.
After saying good night to each other in the living room, the two parted ways.
Xu Qing stuck out her little belly and wobbled her way toward the master bedroom.
She pushed