Divine Lucky Star

Chapter 196: Chapter 196: Going to the Gym with a Big Star

In the following days, everything was smooth sailing, and the film crew’s progress was rapid and unstoppable.

“The Fallen Flowers Know Much” was also written out from the beginning, and overall everything was on the right track.

This morning, Wang Hao got up, checked his phone for messages, casually scanning through them, when suddenly the sound of a WeChat notification made him chuckle.

The big star! Finally getting in touch with me again!

Heart as Cold as Ice: “Stinker, are you there?”

Wang Ritian: “Right here, right here. What’s up, superstar? What made you think to reach out to me?”

Heart as Cold as Ice: “Just bored.”

Wang Ritian: “Well, that’s easy. Speaking of which, I was just about to give you a surprise!”

Heart as Cold as Ice: “What kind of surprise?”

Wang Ritian: “I’ve got the beginning of my new book ‘Devouring the Stars’ ready, want to see?” How aptly the word ‘got’ fits here…

Heart as Cold as Ice: “You wrote another one? Can you handle the workload?”

Wang Ritian: “Heh heh, don’t I know who I am? Would Brother Ritian have an undeserved reputation?”

Heart as Cold as Ice: “Alright, let me see!” Bai Yaning had already seen and really liked the outline for “Devouring the Stars,” so she was quite happy to hear that Wang Hao wanted to show it to her.

Wang Ritian: “Okay, I’ll send it to you now.”

The file was quickly sent over, and Bai Yaning started reading right away.

The opening of “Devouring the Stars” was not as gripping as “Breakthrough” from the very beginning, but it won her over with its plain language narrating the story. Bai Yaning felt the first chapter was so-so, the second chapter was quite good, and by the time she finished the first three chapters, she was captivated. Once she started, she couldn’t stop and read all fifty thousand words of the manuscript in one go!

Heart as Cold as Ice: “It’s so good! It’s really very good! I’m truly curious about what your brain is made of, where do all these amazing ideas come from? You write great lyrics and also great novels, I always feel like I can’t get enough.”

Heh heh, my brain is a concentration of two thousand years of entertainment wisdom from Earth, you see?

Wang Ritian: “Glad you like it! By the way, what have you been up to these past two days?”

Heart as Cold as Ice: “Went to the Ancient Tomb for a night and didn’t go home, which scared my parents to death. They grounded me and told me not to go out these two days.”

Wang Ritian: “That’s pitiful… But no need to be grounded, right?”

Heart as Cold as Ice: “They’re worried about my safety, so I didn’t have a choice.”

Wang Ritian: “How about we go to the gym and work out together?”

Heart as Cold as Ice: “Gym? That’s actually a good suggestion, hold on a moment, I’ll ask if they’ll let me out.”

Bai Yaning put down her phone, then walked to the study door and knocked, “Dad, I want to go out.”

“Ah? You want to go out?” Bai Haochen walked out of the room and asked, “Where to?”

Bai Yaning replied, “To the gym.”

Bai Haochen thought for a moment, then helplessly shook his head and said, “Alright, staying at home all the time isn’t great either, but remember to come back early to avoid worrying your mom and me.”

“I know.” Her father agreed, and Bai Yaning immediately picked up her phone to text Wang Hao: “My dad agreed. Where are you? I’ll come to you.”

…

Half an hour later.

Wang Hao, dressed in sportswear, and Bai Yaning walked into the Zhuoyue Fitness Club located on the South Third Ring Road.

This was the best club near Wang Hao’s house, with nearly a hundred kinds of fitness equipment available; you could say that almost all internationally advanced fitness equipment could be found here.

Generally, a professional fitness center like this would have professional coaches, so as soon as Wang Hao and Bai Yaning entered, a muscular coach came up to greet them, asking, “Hello there, are you two here to work out?”

“Yes,” Wang Hao looked around, indeed it was a large fitness center, quite crowded. Wang Hao asked, “How do you charge here?”

The fitness coach sized up Wang Hao and then said, “If you’re working out by yourself, it’s eighteen hundred yuan for an annual fee. If you want systematic, scientific training, I recommend hiring a professional fitness coach to guide you, which costs three thousand six hundred yuan a year.”

The price is so-so, Wang Hao looked at Bai Yaning and then asked the fitness coach, “Can I try it out first? I don’t know if I should hire a professional coach; I’ve never worked out before, heh heh.”

“If you’ve never worked out before, I really recommend getting a coach,” the fitness coach began to sell himself: “I’ve been here for seven years, I have a professional certification, and I’ve taught many students, very experienced, I can guarantee you both will be satisfied.”

It would be pretty awkward to just refuse him outright after that, right?

Wang Hao nodded, “Alright, then, can I try?”

“Sure,” the fitness coach led them to a treadmill and said, “When starting out with fitness, the best way is to start slowly, not to rush, you can start with a jog, doing five minutes of aerobic exercise, it’s very good for your body.”

“Five minutes?” Wang Hao exchanged a glance with Bai Yaning; after all, Bai Yaning comes from a big family and had previous professional fitness experience, so she simply bypassed this step and smiled, “You try running first?”

Wang Hao gritted his teeth, “Run then run!”

“Sir, please wear this first,” the fitness coach handed Wang Hao a watch: “This can record detailed body indices like your blood pressure, heart rate, etc., so we can make adjustments according to your indices anytime.”

After saying that, the coach added, “We are very professional, so you can work out in peace, without worrying about any physical discomfort.”

It did sound quite professional…

Wang Hao nodded, “Alright, then I’ll just run for five minutes!”

Five minutes later.

Wang Hao stepped off the treadmill, not a hint of redness on his face or shortness of breath, and extended his hand: “Let’s see how the indices look!”

“Let me see,” the fitness coach first glanced at the watch, clearly not able to react right away, then took another look, and with a loud exclamation, “Holy cow, what’s going on here?!”

To be honest, as a fitness coach for seven years, Hu Bo had taught not a thousand students then at least eight hundred, but he had never seen a situation like today’s!

“Heart rate 75?! What’s going on?!” Hu Bo stared dead at the watch on Wang Hao’s wrist, eyes wide as saucers: “No, no, something’s not right here, there must be a problem, don’t worry, just don’t panic, let me check again, maybe there’s something wrong with this watch.”

No wonder he was so surprised.

Although there are significant individual differences in the resting heart rate of normal adults, the average is around 75 beats per minute, which is between 60 and 100 beats per minute. Heart rates can vary with age, gender, and other physiological factors, but they typically fluctuate within this range.

After exercise, the heart rate often increases significantly; for example, a heart rate of 120-140 while jogging is normal.

But this young man had a slow run for five minutes, and the result was still a heart rate of 75…

“Don’t panic, take a deep breath,” Hu Bo said anxiously, “Try to feel if there is any discomfort in your body? Your arms, legs, especially if you feel symptoms of hypoxia, you must tell me immediately.”

Wang Hao was puzzled, “Ah, alright…”

Bro, didn’t feel anything uncomfortable with my body at all, in fact, I felt pretty invigorated after the run…

After all, since the Dust Bead transformed my physique, it seems to be really powerful!

After resting for about five minutes, Hu Bo wore the watch himself and checked his heart rate: “72, normal.” He ran for two minutes, then looked again: “116, no problem.”

Seeing is believing, after personally testing it, there shouldn’t be any problem.

This time he was more careful, first checked Wang Hao’s pulse, then nodded, “Alright, your heartbeat is very strong, this time it should be accurate.”

“Oh…” Wang Hao put on the watch again, and then asked, “So, should I start running again?”

“Yeah, you’re good to go,” Hu Bo said with a smile, “There should be no problem this time, but remember, if you feel any discomfort, let me know immediately.”

“Understood!”

Five minutes later.

Wang Hao stepped off the treadmill again, his face not red, not out of breath, and extended his hand: “Let’s see how it is this time.”

“Let’s see…” Hu Bo took a deep breath, then took a glance.

Hu Bo: “…”

Wang Hao: “…”

Bai Yaning: “…”

“Unbelievable!” Hu Bo grumbled as he swallowed, “The heart rate’s still 75?! What the heck is going on today?!”