"Useless? I didn't expect you still have some skills, then I'll have to ask my old man to possess me!
Monsters and ghosts, leave quickly, monsters and ghosts, leave quickly—"
Facing Bai Bufan's antics, Lin Li looked up at him and said nothing.
But silence is more eloquent than words.
Bai Bufan understood the meaning of that look—where's this silly boy from, don't want to admit I know you.
Doing this in the canteen is indeed a bit embarrassing, feeling the surrounding gazes as if looking at a foolish child, Bai Bufan sat down sheepishly, and then asked with interest:
"So what's really up with you, did something trigger you?
Did Chen Yu Ying tell you if you rank in the top hundred of your grade you can confess to her? Or did your relatives mock you as a loser, prompting you to set a three-week goal to make them see you in a new light?"
Chen Yu Ying is the class president of Class Four, already considered the best-looking girl in the class, plus she knows how to dress up, so her looks are top-notch in Class Four.
——Nansang doesn't allow makeup, dressing up means managing a hairstyle that suits oneself, paired with small accessories like hair clips, wristbands, necklaces, and slightly adjusting the loose school uniform and other methods.
Lin Li has a good impression of her, but it's out of an appreciation for beauty, frankly, it can even be understood as attraction, a kind of liking all boys have for pretty girls.
As for liking or even loving to that extent, absolutely not.
Of course, if Chen Yu Ying were to confess to him, Lin Li thinks he'd be happy to accept—though it's daydreaming, but teenage boys mostly hold such little fantasies.
As for why Bai Bufan brought this up, it's purely because Lin Li helped Chen Yu Ying bring breakfast a few times, under these circumstances, even if friends know the inside story, they would deliberately tease.
"Bufan, your top priority now is to uninstall Qidian Reading, you're a good kid, why did your brain get silly from reading novels?" Lin Li sipped some soup and said somewhat regretfully, skipping Chen Yu Ying.
"Hehe~" Bai Bufan scratched his head, then realized: "So you're purely suddenly wanting to study hard? Just like I planned to quit indulgences before?"
"You can interpret it that way, I feel guilty if I don't study hard, I need to strive. But, please don't equate it with your quitting indulgences." Lin Li warned very formally.
At the time, Bai Bufan quit indulgences for a week, during those seven days:
Day one of quitting indulgences.
Day one of quitting indulgences.
Day two of quitting indulgences.
Day one of quitting indulgences.
Day two of quitting indulgences.
Day three of quitting indulgences.
Minus two days of quitting indulgences.
The reason it was minus two days by the seventh day was because that day he went to a temple for practice as revenge, the frequency was too much, one day was better than three.
"Haha, don't speak too soon." Bai Bufan responded, "I don't think you'll last long."
"...Maybe not." Lin Li didn't refute Bai Bufan because he thought, after completing this mission, it might be challenging to maintain such high-intensity focused studying, no need to boast.
Moreover, Lin Li discovered a point he couldn't help but criticize about the system.
In the morning, he had five periods: Chinese, English, Physics, General Technical, Mathematics.
For English class, regardless of how seriously Lin Li studied, the progress bar didn't increase at all.
That low-functioning system doesn't recognize English as a subject, though if you forcefully try to understand, it's not impossible—after all, in the Cultivation Realm, English is probably considered a useless foreign language.
You say: "How are you?"
Expert: "What gibberish are you speaking? Not speaking human language, die!"
This system has its own personal preferences.
However, Lin Li's English performance was average, and his speaking was a disaster, so he agreed with the system.
Keep in mind, the first word in the English college entrance exam 3500-word dictionary is 'abandon', give up.
But after improving memory, English grades will naturally rise, English once you have the vocabulary, and once you can understand the content, it's actually really quite simple.
Also, Lin Li tried, after class, even if he engaged in serious focused preview and review segments, it still didn't affect the progress bar.
You can only say this system remains extremely old-fashioned, saying it must fulfill the prior condition of having a master teaching within the sect to be acknowledged.
It seems he's destined to get involved in the system.
After lunch, Lin Li went to the convenience store to buy some snacks, mainly because when focused, people quickly become fatigued and need to supplement some nutrients.
These days, he must have some on hand.
...
When the evening self-study dismissal bell rang, Lin Li dashed out of the classroom just like yesterday.
"Lin Li must have someone outside keeping him company behind my back." Bai Bufan looked at Lin Li's back and commented with deep meaning.
"Think positively, maybe it's not a person, but a Komodo dragon." Bai Bufan's roommate Zhou Baowei came to console him.
"As long as it's not a girl, it's fine." Bai Bufan said.
"You really like guys? Damn, are you still wearing white socks! You're not allowed to sit on my bed in the future!" Zhou Baowei covered his butt and retreated.
"Silly boy, I'm genuinely afraid Lin Li might find a girl outside," Bai Bufan scratched his hair, a bit frustrated, "if my brother lives well, that'd hurt me more than being killed! I'm willing to trade half my single life for Lin Li's lifelong singleness."
"Extreme one-to-one trade, your brotherhood is acknowledged." Zhou Baowei raised his thumb, "Lucky I'm not close to you."
"Who do you think I would use the rest of my half-life to trade for lifelong singleness?" Bai Bufan looked up at Zhou Baowei.
"..."
Zhou Baowei: "Damn you——"
...
Lin Li didn't know he was already being cursed.
He had already cycled to the location of mission two, the chicken farm.
However, he didn't rush inside. Instead, he cycled opposite and took out his phone, pretending to make a call while walking back and forth across the street.
In reality, he was surveying the enemy situation.
This kind of chicken farm should have a bit of vigilance, if he stared at the shop without any covering from the outside, he might unconsciously be marked.
Going in would definitely get more information, but Lin Li wasn't planning to do that.
It would easily alert the enemy, and the group buying app showed the lowest exploration cost starting at 99.
Student IDs couldn't get discounts, very frustrating.
He couldn't just go in, ask a bunch of questions, then leave directly, that would easily leave troubles for when he really immerses himself later.
Lin Li 'called' for about half an hour.
During that half an hour, only one group of customers went in, they should be coming for legitimate services—because there was a girl among them inside.
At least it wasn't worthless, got one piece of information, this store doesn't check IDs.
The customers didn't voluntarily show them, and the front desk didn't even mention it.
Think of it, it's a place hiding chickens in the back, how could it care about these things.
Even regular places, the age limits for this aren't strict.
Moreover, Xiling Town isn't a big place.
Most internet cafes here don't strictly conduct one-by-one ID and face verification either.
Just bring an adult ID, and you can open a machine—but not excessively, like using grandparents' IDs, those internet cafes really can't turn a blind eye.
Sixty-nine-year-old grandma online at the internet café shooting on the battlefield, if checks come, the boss can't easily avoid responsibility.
Though today only got this one message, it's still a harvest, and certainly good news for Lin Li, helping him dive in deeper.
After only observing for half an hour, Lin Li continued to bike home.
Wasting any more time, completing the wake-up task tomorrow would grow exponentially in difficulty.
Sleeping early and waking early, delightful!
Sleeping late and waking early, deadly!
Luckily, there's still an English class tomorrow, sorry, English teacher.
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