Chapter 166: Eriri Needs to Lose Weight
After returning from grocery shopping, Eriri was already awake. After brushing her teeth and washing her face, she was sitting on the living room sofa, staring blankly.
After putting away the groceries, Kaede said with a smile, "Eriri, don't zone out. What do you want for breakfast?"
"Ugh… whatever, something simple is fine."
"How about I make a sandwich?"
"Okay~~~"
After a lazy reply, Eriri picked up the remote control, turned on the TV, and started watching.
Then, she happened to see a sports program.
After staring blankly for a few seconds, Eriri snapped out of it, jumped up from the sofa, and retrieved something from the corner of the living room.
An electronic scale.
Eriri had brought this item from home when they first moved in, but she hadn't used it these past few days and had almost forgotten about it.
As soon as she saw the TV program, Eriri instantly remembered the matter of her weight and became nervous.
At first, she hadn't thought much about it, but upon carefully recalling the past few days since moving in, she had eaten with great appetite at every meal, an appetite far better than usual.
Her weight… surely nothing went wrong, right?
With nervous anticipation, Eriri carefully stepped onto the scale.
The digital screen began to flash, and after three seconds, a number appeared.
"…Ah!!! Kaede-kun!!!!!"
Kaede, who was frying eggs, jumped, almost poking through the yolk. He looked at the running Eriri and asked, "What's wrong?"
"My weight, my weight!"
Seeing Eriri looking almost on the verge of tears, Kaede cautiously asked, "How much is it now?"
"It's 45…"
"Only 45 kilograms? You're not fat at all, Eriri. For your height, that weight is already considered slender, no need to worry."
Kaede scanned Eriri's figure up and down. Beneath her hot pants and T-shirt were arms and legs with not an ounce of extra fat. Where was she fat?
However, girls will not give an inch on the issue of weight. No matter how much they weigh, they always wish to be a little lighter. She immediately retorted loudly, "What do you mean 'only 45'? 45 kilograms is already very heavy, okay? No, I'm going to lose weight!"
With that, she went to the treadmill, turned on the machine, and started jogging slowly.
"...Are you serious?"
Eriri, with her back to Kaede, nodded fiercely.
Kaede was unconcerned. He didn't think Eriri could really stick to losing weight.
Soon, breakfast was ready: two steaming, sliced egg and bacon sandwiches, and milk.
"Eriri, breakfast is ready. Stop for now."
Eriri did stop, but she didn't choose to eat breakfast.
"I'm not eating. I'm going to lose weight!"
"..."
Kaede looked at Eriri speechlessly and said, "Starving yourself isn't the right way to lose weight. It'll only ruin your body. Be good, come and eat breakfast quickly. After you eat, I'll give you a proper weight loss plan."
Eriri heard him, rubbed her stomach—she was actually quite hungry—"Really?"
Of course, it was fake.
But on the surface, Kaede still nodded and said, "Of course, losing weight requires science; you can't just diet haphazardly. Healthy eating is the most important thing. Alright, come and eat breakfast first. Speaking of breakfast, today's sandwich, besides bacon and egg, I also added fresh lettuce and tomato, and the bread is whole wheat bread, which is healthier than regular bread!"
Only then did Eriri hesitantly come over and sit in front of Kaede.
She said she didn't want to eat breakfast and wanted to lose weight, but after seeing Kaede eat with relish, Eriri could no longer resist picking up a sandwich and taking a bite.
"Delicious~~~"
With a happy smile, Eriri sped up.
Having run for a rare while just now, Eriri truly felt quite tired, and her appetite seemed to have grown even larger.
While eating, Kaede said, "That's right. For something like losing weight, especially if you want to exercise, how can you have the strength to exercise and lose weight if you don't eat enough?"
"..."
Her hand holding the sandwich paused. Eriri felt like something was off, but the rich taste of the sandwich in her mouth made Eriri instantly forget her previous thought and concentrate on eating.
Then, at noon, Kaede stewed a pork rib and winter melon soup, which once again directly broke Eriri's determination to lose weight. She happily drank three bowls of soup.
Eriri's weight loss plan 1.0 officially declared failure, coming and going quickly.
After lunch, the two didn't immediately start working in the afternoon. Eriri played games on her NS in the living room, while Kaede took out tea leaves and brewed tea.
In the afternoon, a guest was coming.
"Ding-dong~~~"
At half past one, the guest arrived on time. After opening the door, Eriri saw the manga Editor Izumi Kaori standing at the entrance.
"Good afternoon, Sister Kaori! Please come in."
"Excuse me, Eriri."
Izumi Kaori smiled as she walked in, looking at the house and saying, "I was a bit incredulous when you told me you two had moved to a new place, but it turned out to be true."
"Hehe, it's for the serialization. Because once school starts, we won't have as much time, and we can't waste it on the time it takes for us to meet up."
Having had previous experiences, Eriri explained fluently and without shyness.
Although this reason was quite good, Izumi Kaori, looking at Eriri's cool attire at home and Kaede bringing over brewed tea, knew without a doubt that things were not simple, not to mention she already knew that the two had started dating.
Youth is truly wonderful.
After a sigh of emotion, Izumi Kaori greeted Kaede and sat down in the living room.
Kaede went to the studio to get the printed manga manuscript, while Eriri chatted with her editor about the manga.
Besides picking up the manuscript today, Izumi Kaori had another task. After checking the manga manuscript and confirming there were no issues, she brought it up.
"It's like this: although you two are newcomers to Jump, you are not unknown figures in the doujin and light novel circles. This time, you've started a serialization in Jump, and the manga's quality is excellent, with strong momentum. Therefore, many readers have sent letters wanting to see an interview with you. After discussion, the editorial department thought it was feasible, so they sent me to discuss it with you. What are your thoughts? Of course, it's just a text interview, not a video."
Interview?
Neither of them expected such a thing to happen to two newcomers who had just started serializing. But on second thought, it was a good topic that Jump was unlikely to let go of.
And since it was just a text interview, there was no problem.