Qiao Liang had originally planned to confidently slack off for the day, but AEEIS directly refuted him.

It knew his muscles were indeed sore, so today’s schedule focused entirely on parts he hadn’t worked much yesterday—what could he say to that?

Qiao Liang’s mouth twitched slightly: “But I’m not in good condition today. I’m a bit tired.”

Although this statement was half-true and half-lie, he figured it should be enough to fool this artificial idiot.

However, after a moment of silence, AEEIS said: “A writer who loves long-distance running once said: ‘I don’t feel like running today, which is exactly why I go running—that’s the mindset of a long-distance runner.'”

“Similarly, not wanting to work out today is precisely why you should work out—that’s the mindset someone needs to stick with fitness and change themselves.”

“Always finding various excuses to avoid working out will likely lead to giving up halfway and being unable to persist.”

“If discomfort occurs during training, the equipment will detect it through metrics like force and heart rate, and immediately stop the training. If this hasn’t happened but you still don’t want to exercise, it’s mostly a mentality issue.”

“With correct posture and appropriate weights, you can get a very thorough workout in just half an hour. If you can’t even be bothered to move for half an hour…”

“Ultimately, you’re just a lazy dog.”

“Continuing to be this lazy, the equipment you spent thousands on will mostly gather dust. You might as well hurry up and request a refund or hang clothes on it, so I can at least serve some other functions.”

Qiao Liang: “…”

This artificial idiot’s reasoning was so sound that he was momentarily speechless.

And that emotionless voice carried a hint of faint mockery, yet the mocking words made perfect sense…

Qiao Liang sighed helplessly: “Fine, I’ll work out, okay…”

Half an hour later, Qiao Liang collapsed on the sofa with sore legs, his lower body nearly useless.

“I can’t believe I fell for this…”

Qiao Liang felt he’d been thoroughly duped. He couldn’t handle AEEIS’s slight provocation and thought he could still push through, completing today’s training plan.

Starting with squats and going through the entire routine had left him feeling like he was caught between heaven and hell.

However, seeing the calorie coins he’d earned through his hard work, Qiao Liang felt it was worth it.

Although he had been resistant before exercising, the various stimulations and feedback during the workout, plus the good rewards afterward, had kept him going.

Qiao Liang didn’t immediately spend all these calorie coins. For him, they were truly “blood and sweat money,” which needed to be carefully budgeted.

Especially with the lucky draw system, he needed to consider his options more carefully.

The lucky draw system allowed for unconditional refunds once within three days. If he didn’t get what he wanted, he could request a refund and use calorie coins to buy items directly; if he did get what he wanted, he could use calorie coins to buy other things.

With such a refund policy, he wouldn’t feel like he’d lost out each time.

Qiao Liang opened the mall interface and browsed through it: “I won’t add too much, just about 200 yuan should be enough.”

“I should keep some in reserve. What if there are other items I want later?”

When it came to spending money, Qiao Liang always had his principles.

For games with one-time purchases, as long as they had decent reviews, he generally bought them right away.

Of course, if he could catch a discount, that would be even better.

For games with in-app purchases, Qiao Liang would carefully calculate and choose the most appropriate amount to spend at the most cost-effective time.

For instance, with “Fitness Battle,” if it were a proper one-time purchase game, Qiao Liang thought a price of 200-300 yuan would be completely normal.

If it were on some foreign gaming console platforms where games are relatively expensive, 400-500 yuan would still be within the normal range.

So, he decided to first add about 200 yuan based on this price point.

The lucky draw events in “Fitness Battle” were relatively affordable—10 yuan per draw, with 200 yuan allowing exactly two sets of ten draws. For Qiao Liang, this was just enough to satisfy his urge without trying to max out the game.

Those people online who max out games are either so wealthy that they don’t care about spending tens of thousands of yuan, or they’ve accepted sponsorships from game companies and can earn back whatever they spend.

Qiao Liang was neither, so he was naturally more restrained with his spending.

He went to the bathroom, washed his face, then very devoutly pressed the button for a ten-draw.

The animation for the ten-draw was as plain and simple as the lucky draw interface.

Soon, ten items appeared on the screen.

Qiao Liang’s eyes scanned across, immediately revealing a delighted expression.

There were good items!

The item quality was similar to other games, with white, blue, purple, and orange tiers.

“Fitness Battle” had very consumer-friendly pricing, following the same pricing strategy as GOG skins.

Although there might be slight variations in prices among items of the same quality, they could be roughly estimated as: white at 5 yuan, blue at 8 yuan, purple at 20 yuan, and orange at 50 yuan.

According to the lucky draw instructions, getting 80 yuan worth of items for 100 yuan spent would be breaking even.

Looking carefully at these ten items, Qiao Liang discovered there was actually one orange and two purples, only one white, and the rest were all blue!

Moreover, the orange item was a costume for one of the game characters, and among the two purple items, one was a particularly nice training scene.

“What a steal!”

“I never imagined I’d have a day as a ‘European Emperor’!”

Qiao Liang was almost moved to tears.

“While my luck is good, let’s draw again!”

Qiao Liang pressed the ten-draw button again.

This time, however, the goddess of fortune did not favor him. Blue icons were interspersed with white ones, the standard “blue sky and white clouds.”

“Damn it!”

Qiao Liang nearly passed out.

One could only say that life’s extreme ups and downs were truly exciting.

After finishing the draws, the first thing he did wasn’t to check how the costumes looked when worn, but to calculate whether he had gained or lost.

The first draw was equivalent to getting 151 yuan worth of items, while the second was equivalent to getting 68 yuan worth.

Although he lost on the second draw, overall he still came out ahead.

But the second draw had definitely made Qiao Liang feel terrible.

He wanted to keep the items from the first draw but get a refund for the money from the second.

Suddenly, an idea struck him.

“I wonder if the refunds can be processed separately?”

Qiao Liang immediately opened the refund interface and found that it displayed all order information from the past twenty-four hours, allowing him to select any one or more orders for a refund.

“Isn’t that even more consumer-friendly?!”

Qiao Liang was shocked.

If the refund policy only allowed refunding all charges within 24 hours together, Qiao Liang probably wouldn’t have asked for a refund, and Tenda would have earned more.

But now he could target a specific order for refund, didn’t this mean players could try infinitely?

For example, charging 1,000 yuan split into ten times, making ten sets of ten draws, then keeping the satisfactory ones and requesting refunds for all the unsatisfactory ones.

Although there was a three-day “cooling-off period,” these items would be enough to enjoy for three days, and after that, he could draw again.

For the first time, Qiao Liang felt this game was incredibly consumer-friendly—so much so that as a player, he was a bit worried about whether the game company might go bankrupt from losses.

After pressing the refund button, there were no additional prompts or manual review processes. The corresponding items were automatically deducted, and the refund was completed!

The entire process was as smooth as silk. Qiao Liang even felt it was too fast and too convenient—he wasn’t used to it.

There wasn’t even a secondary confirmation box. It was too late to regret it, as the refund was efficiently completed.

It was as if the game was saying to him: Take your filthy money back!

This way, Qiao Liang effectively spent 100 yuan and got 151 yuan worth of items—too good a deal!

Unfortunately, the beautiful little skirt he had drawn couldn’t yet be worn by the girl in the game.

Because she still needed to continue losing weight.

However, he could preview how the girl would look wearing the little skirt after losing weight, and it looked really good.

This gave Qiao Liang much more motivation to continue exercising.

After the draws, the game’s charging system entered a three-day “cooling-off period,” and Qiao Liang indeed cooled down, contentedly closing the game.

Afterward, he realized he was already starving.

Fortunately, Slackin’ takeout was about to deliver food to his door on schedule, so Qiao Liang waited for his meal while scrolling through his phone to check online news.

“Hmm? Finger Company and Longyu Group have launched a lucky draw event?”

“It looks quite worthwhile!”