Chapter 71 - The Empress Has Gained Weight

Nighttime.

Inside the bathroom, a hot, hazy steam filled the air. The floor and walls were covered in warm water droplets, and even the mirror was fogged over.

Long Yue stood in the hazy steam, drying her body with a towel as usual. Afterwards, she took a purple bra from the clothing rack to put on.

When she reached her hands behind her back to clasp the bra, she found it was much more difficult to fasten than before.

Has the distance between the hook and the eye gotten a little longer than before?

Long Yue frowned, sucked in her torso, and with a great deal of effort, finally managed to clasp the bra.

Although the bra was on, it felt a bit tight around her chest.

Recently, I've been feeling that this bra and my other clothes all seem to be getting a little tighter. What's going on...?

“Demon Sovereign, do mortal clothes shrink the more you wash them?”

After getting dressed, Long Yue walked out of the bathroom and asked Lin Fan with a puzzled look.

“The material of some clothes can indeed shrink with washing, but most clothes don't. Why do you ask?”

“This Empress feels like all my clothes have gotten a little tighter…”

Long Yue tugged at her clothes and voiced the question on her mind.

These were all clothes she had bought the first time she went to the mall with Lin Fan. They had fit perfectly when she first bought them, but now, only a little over two months later, they felt like they had gotten tighter.

“Hmm…”

Lin Fan's eyes seriously examined the clothes on Long Yue, then he sized up her figure. He became pensive and said cautiously:

“Empress, is there a possibility—just a possibility, mind you—that it's not your clothes that have gotten tighter…”

“Hmm? If it's not that This Empress's clothes have gotten tighter, then what else could it be?”

Long Yue had a puzzled look on her face.

Lin Fan hesitated for a moment, then raised a hand and pointed at her, saying bluntly:

“Perhaps… you've gained some weight, Empress…?”

Ever since coming to this world, Long Yue had not been eating small portions. Her glorious battle record from the buffet a couple of days ago, where she alone ate several dozen jin of food, was still fresh in his mind.

[N: 1 jin = 0.5 Kg]

And in the days since, because she had a salary, her quality of life had improved. Every meal of every day consisted of rich dishes, and she ate four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a late-night snack.

Even when she just had a bowl of noodles, she would add two extra eggs and two sausages, and then use the air fryer to make some fried chicken on the side, with a whole packet of pickled mustard greens as a side dish—it could be called the height of luxury.

Add to that all the various snacks, milk tea, and soda every day; eating like this, it would be difficult for her not to gain weight.

Compared to her previous majestic figure as the Empress on the Immortal-Demon Continent, her face was now visibly a bit rounder…

Long Yue stood frozen on the spot, stunned, her cheeks flushing red as if her temperature were rising.

“Demon Sovereign! What nonsense are you saying?! How could This Empress possibly gain weight! Absolutely impossible!”

“You're trying to humiliate This Empress, aren't you!”

“This Sovereign is just stating a reasonable inference,” Lin Fan said helplessly.

It seems that whether it's an Empress from the Immortal Realm or a mortal woman, weight is forever a sore spot that must not be touched…

“Impossible! Absolutely impossible! It's impossible for This Empress to gain weight!”

Long Yue refused to believe it, refuting Lin Fan's slanderous speculation in a sharp voice.

Lin Fan didn't say much, but silently pulled an electronic scale out from a corner.

Looking at the electronic scale in his hands, Long Yue instantly looked as if she were facing a great enemy, as if it were some kind of magical treasure filled with a deadly threat.

As soon as she stood on that thing, it would be clear at a glance whether or not she had gained weight…

But could she really face such a result?!

“Empress, want to give it a try~?”

Lin Fan waggled the electronic scale in his hand and said with a teasing laugh.

He was certain the Empress had definitely gained weight; he could feel it every time he picked her up.

However, he was also quite curious just how much the Empress weighed now.

The weight of the Empress of the Immortal Realm... there's probably no one who wouldn't be interested, right?

Long Yue looked conflicted, caught in a dilemma.

That despicable Demon Sovereign, to think he would use such a vile method to shatter her Dao heart!

But if she backed down now, wouldn't she be laughed at by the Demon Sovereign!

More importantly, she herself was also very curious about her current weight...

“Hmph! If you want me to try, I'll try!”

“As if This Empress is afraid of you!”

After a period of internal conflict, Long Yue grit her teeth and snatched the electronic scale from Lin Fan's hands.

She switched it on, placed the scale on the floor, and with an apprehensive heart, placed one foot on it.

Like a ghost, Lin Fan had appeared behind her at some point. He sneakily peeked his head out from behind her, his eyes glued to the numbers on the scale, not forgetting to remind her:

“Empress, it won't weigh you unless you put both feet on it.”

“This Empress knows! I don't need you to remind me!”

Long Yue shot Lin Fan a coquettish glare, turned around in a huff to block his view, and then lightly placed her other foot on it.

The moment her foot landed, a pair of clear numbers instantly flashed on the scale's screen:

68KG!

Thump!

Long Yue collapsed powerlessly onto the floor, her face ashen.

How could this be…

She had weighed herself in the Immortal Realm before. At that time, her figure was lithe and graceful, and she weighed less than 60KG. But now, in just a little over two months, she had actually gained a full sixteen jin!!

Unbelievable! Unacceptable!

Have I really been eating too much recently? I don't feel like I've eaten that much…

“68 kilograms. That's fine, it's not very heavy.”

Lin Fan crouched down and patted her shoulder comfortingly.

To be honest, this number was quite a bit lower than he had imagined.

Given the amount and frequency of her daily food intake, the fact that she didn't even weigh 140 jin was already a miracle

Besides, her height was the same as his, over 170 centimeters, so this weight was completely within the normal range.

However, Long Yue herself didn't think so.

“It's not fine at all!”

Long Yue stood up from the floor, her expression grave, and immediately declared:

“Demon Sovereign! This Empress has decided! Starting from today, I will lose weight!!”

“From now on, This Empress will never eat any more snacks, and I will only ensure the minimum amount of food intake every day!”

“Empress, are you serious?”

Lin Fan asked curiously.

Long Yue frowned and shot him an irritated glance.

“Of course! This Empress is a woman of her word!”

With that, she sat straight back down at her computer desk and skillfully began typing on the keyboard, searching in her browser:

“How to lose weight fast…”

As the Empress of the Immortal Realm, her personal image was also extremely important. It concerned not only her personal dignity as the Empress, but the reputation of the entire Immortal Realm!

She had to maintain the most perfect state at all times, so as not to disgrace the Empress's honor!

Lin Fan stood behind her, silently watching her burn with fighting spirit, and couldn't help but wonder to himself:

If it were the Empress at her full power, he believed that losing weight would be no problem at all. Just by relying on the spiritual power in her body, she could easily maintain her weight at any number she desired.

But right now, she had lost all her spiritual power and cultivation. To lose weight, she would have to rely on willpower through exercise and dieting, just like everyone else.

So the question is, for the Empress who now loves to eat snacks every day... can she really stick with it...?

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