Can following the rules be called rebirth?

Chapter 177, Section 175: Eat Well, Live Seriously

Peranakan cuisine, a classic Southeast Asian dish, doesn't typically feature large portions.

Curry chicken bread, Thai-style braised eggplant, pineapple fried rice, mixed tofu, plus a serving of prawns.

Zhou Mingyuan and Zhong Yujun developed a deep friendship while dining in the cafeteria and gained a thorough understanding of each other's appetites.

This time, however, the girl with the ponytail put down her chopsticks much earlier.

"Why don't you eat?"

Zhou Mingyuan, who was enjoying his meal alone, noticed something subtle happening across from him out of the corner of his eye.

"Yeah, who told you to order so much food? I'm full."

Zhong Yujun grabbed a tissue and gently wiped her mouth.

"Impossible. I know you well enough to know that this is not your usual amount of food."

"I'm on a diet."

The girl lowered her head and spoke in a low voice.

"No. Why are you trying to lose weight? You're not fat."

Zhou Mingyuan sat up straight and responded seriously.

"You do not understand."

Zhong Yujun pouted, then started talking.

"Nobody eats as much as I do!"

"I'm just trying to be like most people, eating as little as possible, controlling my weight, and wanting to become more beautiful."

"Be more confident, okay? Following the crowd doesn't make much sense."

Zhou Mingyuan cleared his throat and began to speak.

He could easily understand Zhong Yujun's thoughts.

Compared to her outstanding looks in high school, there are indeed many self-disciplined and stunning beauties in college who can rival Zhong Yujun.

Although beauty is in the eye of the beholder and is entirely subjective.

However, among young people, the overall direction will not change much.

While youth may not be a factor, the aesthetic of being fair-skinned, slender, and refined is very clear.

In this atmosphere of "everyone being the same," girls are easily assimilated and unconsciously place themselves in a position to be evaluated.

Despite being beautiful since childhood, Zhong Yujun is still influenced by this trend.

Since successfully hosting the welcome party and joining the student union of Nanhu University, Zhong Yujun has met more and more senior students and has also started to lose weight quietly.

She is 1.72 meters tall and weighs 110 kilograms.

Actually, Zhong Yujun didn't think her weight was fat before.

But when she saw Du Jianuo in the fitting room, who was only two centimeters shorter than her but weighed ten pounds less and had a perfect figure with a curvy figure, she was overwhelmed.

Anxiety will inevitably arise out of nowhere.

In addition, I saw many hardworking and beautiful girls in the student union, and the senior girls I met were all typical Jiangnan girls, slim and delicate.

For the first time, Zhong Yujun felt that her figure was not good enough. She looked a bit bloated when she looked in the mirror and began to feel anxious about her body shape.

Her anxiety returned due to a chance encounter.

As a model of innovation and entrepreneurship, Jieyou Media needs to cooperate with the school to further explore and promote it.

The article had been prepared in advance, but the school felt that the original reporter was not good-looking enough and did not perform well enough in shooting.

Immediately afterwards, some well-meaning people recommended Zhong Yujun, a rather outstanding new female host at the welcome party.

He did a great job in the audition.

So, Zhong Yujun transformed into a reporter, holding a microphone and manuscript, followed by a filming team, and walked into Jieyou Media located in Nanhu Industrial Park.

This truly broadened her horizons.

Jieyou Media is just like the celebrity studios we remember, surrounded by beautiful internet celebrities.

The entire building is filled with all sorts of eye-catching sights, it's simply dazzling.

When Zhong Yujun first stepped into Jieyou Media, she was stunned for a long time.

It took her several minutes to convince herself to accept reality and to accept that Zhou Mingyuan had built Jieyou Media from a small storefront into a large and powerful company in just a few months, to the point where it had reached this level.

Watching the beautiful girls passing by, with their exquisite makeup and fragrant scents, I wish I could be beautiful down to the last hair.

Leaving aside Du Jianuo, the queen of relieving worries, even the newcomers signed by the company are all more dazzling than the last. The interview was conducted in stages, and I went several times in total.

The girl whom everyone affectionately called "Peach" left an extremely deep impression on Zhong Yujun.

Zhong Yujun arrived very early that day. In the office area, only Taozi was there, carefully curling her eyelashes in front of a small mirror.

On the table is a glass of iced Americano, a transparent lunchbox containing half an apple, a small piece of pumpkin, and half a chicken breast.

Zhong Yujun is a girl from the North, and she has always been a very outgoing person. She greeted Taozi in a very familiar way.

"Hi~ Is this all you eat for breakfast?"

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To everyone's surprise, Peach blinked, slowly took out the apple, and ate it in small bites.

Then he told Zhong Yujun that breakfast was apples.

"Of course not, how can you eat so much for breakfast?"

What remained was lunch.

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Zhong Yujun's mouth formed an "O" shape; she was completely stunned.

At lunchtime that day, I saw Taozi and several other anchors again in the dining area of ​​Jieyou Media.

The food from several people wasn't enough to make a single salad.

Looking at Taozi's incredibly good figure from head to toe, Zhong Yujun felt her worldview collapse and be reshaped on the spot.

While thinking about it, he realized that it was no wonder Zhou Mingyuan had said early on that he couldn't do this job.

On the one hand, I wondered, if everyone else only eats so little, is it really okay for me to eat like this?
As November approached, she finally made up her mind to lose weight.

He eats bland food, climbs hills every day, drinks iced Americano early in the morning, and asks livestreamers for makeup tips every now and then.

A week later, Zhong Yujun had lost three or four pounds.

"Don't you think I'd be prettier if I lost weight?"

Not eating is one thing, but not being able to eat your fill is another.

Even though Zhong Yujun had put down her chopsticks, the aroma of the food still wafted into her nostrils.

"What kind of taste do you have?!"

Zhou Mingyuan couldn't help but chuckle, and reached out his left hand to gently hold Zhong Yujun's exposed wrist.

"You're already skinny enough, please, do you have to be as thin as a bamboo pole?"

"I don't even want to look at those skinny girls with no breasts or butts."

"Eat more. You're not even full. Why are you deliberately disciplining yourself?"

"no."

Rough words are not rough.

Although Zhou Mingyuan's words were a bit rude, Zhong Yujun bit her lip, unable to think of a rebuttal for a moment.

Does he not like thinner girls?

"Don't listen to those toxic motivational quotes; losing weight is a lifelong pursuit for women."

Zhou Mingyuan sat up straight, his expression serious, and continued.

That's not the case at all.

"For ordinary girls, being pretty can indeed bring some preferential treatment and convenience, and some small favors, but these petty benefits are not worth spending so much energy, so much money, or even forcing yourself to do it as a daily task."

"Celebrities, internet celebrities, and those who need to make a living by their looks can get their rewards from this."

"When you spend a lot of energy pursuing physical appearance and focusing on the vague opinions of others, instead of trying to discover your true interests and potential, it will be difficult to truly find yourself."

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Zhong Yujun pursed her lips, her eyes shining brightly.

"I think the best figure for a girl is one that looks slim in clothes but has curves when undressed. You're already perfect enough, so you don't need to work out at all."

Zhou Mingyuan reached out again and put the chopsticks he had just put down back into Zhong Yujun's right hand.

Eat well and live life to the fullest.

"If you're going to play games, please prioritize exploring the world and playing games in places that are truly valuable and rewarding."

(End of this chapter)