When Yan Jien returned to the city, it was still not yet five o'clock. The rental company had not opened yet, so he found a place to park and headed back to his rented apartment.
Upon reaching West Lake Street and stepping into his territory, Yan Jien immediately focused his attention on sensing his markers. "The sensing range has increased significantly!" Yan Jien exclaimed in surprise. He could sense markers along the entire West Lake Street near the west gate of West Lake Park, as well as more than half of the markers on Dongxin Street.
In terms of range, it had expanded at least five times compared to before, and the closed markers could almost encompass the entire wooden house. However, one strange thing was that although the sensing distance had increased, the mental map formed in his mind did not expand accordingly; it remained the same size as before.
It was still dark, and there were not many pedestrians on the street, so Yan Jien tried to re-mark the sensed markers and found that the mental map instantly enlarged, encompassing the entire wooden house. However, because the two northernmost sensed markers were too far away, most of the northern part of this mental map remained very blurry—the further away from the markers, the blurrier it became.
By the time he finished marking, it was already bright outside, and more pedestrians began to appear on the street. He hurried back, planning to take a shower before returning the truck.
On his way back, Yan Jien continuously focused his attention to "observe" the mental map in his mind, trying to see what exactly it could do. His initial guess was that he could sense everything within the range of the map—people and animals (through sound or smell), just like in a game map. However, no matter how hard he tried, he did not achieve the desired results. "Looks like I can only wait for the next evolution," Yan Jien sighed.
After taking a shower, Yan Jien rushed to work. When all his colleagues had arrived, he began to use his hearing. "As long as it's within ten meters, I can lock onto one voice even in a noisy environment and clearly hear what they are saying," Yan Jien assessed.
Next came an experiment with his sense of smell. Taking a risk of losing composure, Yan Jien tried to track a specific scent among a mix of odors. Soon enough, he caught a whiff of something that excited him. "This smell... seems similar to that white-cut black from last time," Yan Jien said eagerly.
Following this scent trail, Yan Jien tracked it down quickly. "Is it... her?" Yan Jien froze in place. The source of this scent turned out to be emanating from Tong Liya!
She seems to be in her ovulation period today! Fortunately, Yan Jien had already tensed up his nerves in advance. He immediately held his breath and silently returned to his seat.
Tong Liya hadn't spoken to Yan Jien for several days, nor had she sent a single message. It was hard for her to endure, but with only two days left until the deadline set by Ma Yun, she planned to hold on a little longer. "Hmph, just wait until tomorrow; you'll see how I deal with you!" Tong Liya thought.
Yan Jien was under a lot of pressure and had no time to pay attention to Tong Liya's unusual behavior. Just a moment ago, Manager Feng had been going around each department, calling in designers for meetings to ask about their performance. The performance target he set at the beginning of the year—4.5 million—was currently less than half completed.
To achieve the target or even surpass it, one must complete two-thirds of it in the first half of the year because it's nearly impossible to get work done in the last two months of the year. Although Yan Jien wasn't particularly ambitious, failing to meet his own target would look somewhat bad.
For the past few days, he had been focused on mutations. This time, after consuming a blue Tang pig, he should be able to hold out for a few more days; he needed to put some effort into signing contracts.
So after returning the truck in the morning, Yan Jien spent the entire day following up with old clients to see if they had friends looking to renovate. Alternatively, he contacted clients who had already signed contracts to find ways to start work as soon as possible.
In short, today was a fulfilling day. By the time Yan Jien finished visiting clients and returned to his rental apartment, it was already past eight in the evening. It was then that he remembered Yan Weila.
"I promised to pack food for her. I kept thinking about losing control yesterday and got so busy today that I completely forgot about it," Yan Jien frowned.
Although Yan Jien didn't have any particular feelings for Yan Weila, he didn't want her to think of him as an untrustworthy man. He stood in front of Yan Weila's door, intending to knock and explain himself, but upon hearing her live streaming, he decided against it.
"She must be chatting with her brother; I'll explain it to her another day," Yan Jien thought.
Putting Yan Weila's matter aside, Yan Jien left the rental apartment and headed towards West Lake Park. Across from the west gate of West Lake Park was a shopping mall where he had gone with Tong Liya a few times to watch movies at the cinema nearby. Next to the cinema was a gym—Power Fitness Club.
With nothing else to do in the evening, Yan Jien wanted to test his current strength. As soon as he walked into Power Fitness Club, a well-built fitness consultant approached him and immediately recommended signing up for a membership upon learning that he had never been there before.
"I might need to test my strength again in the future; rotating between two gyms should attract less attention," he thought as he decided to sign up for a membership.
After finishing his registration, the beautiful consultant continued to approach him, saying she wanted to introduce him to a professional trainer, but he politely declined. The consultant noticed that he didn't want to be disturbed, and seeing his tall and fit physique, she wisely decided to leave him alone.
After warming up for a while, Yan Jien headed straight for the squat rack. His previous personal best for squats at the gym across from his office was 200 kilograms. After his recent evolution, both his physical strength and power had significantly increased. Therefore, he decided to challenge himself with 200 kilograms again. He found it quite easy to lift and set it down without even breaking a sweat.
"I added 200 kilograms, making the total weight 400 kilograms, and it still feels light," he said.
"Then let's increase it to 250 kilograms!" Yan Jien challenged himself once more. This time, he felt a bit of strain but was still able to complete the lift.
"Let's try 300 kilograms!" Yan Jien took a deep breath.
"One!" Yan Jien exerted himself.
"Up!" Yan Jien successfully stood up from the squat.
"It seems my squat limit is 300 kilograms!" Yan Jien concluded.
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