Chapter 236: Chapter 196 Now that I’ve watched this, what do I watch during the Spring Festival Gala?_2
"Friendly reminder, Lin Li, my blood pressure is skyrocketing, consider yourself warned. I don’t know what overly extreme thing I might do next."
"So the blood pressure is currently in junior high? What school? How’s its grades? I have some connections in Xiling, I can help it get into a good high school." Lin Li immediately took on the demeanor of an elder, prying into every detail.
Bai Bufan: "?"
You motherfucker.
Sensing that his phone might take flight within three seconds, Lin Li smiled, tucked it back into his pocket, walked to Bai Bufan’s side, swatted away a few mosquitoes, and looked at the back mountain outside the balcony:
"Chat! Let’s chat! What else can we talk about? Life, dreams, love."
Bai Bufan cracked his knuckles: "My life is eating, sleeping, and jerking off. My love is jerking off. My dream is that I could also jerk off during the time for eating and sleeping. Alright, I’m done, now it’s your turn, Lin Li."
Lin Li: "..."
What a speedy version.
"You truly have an insightful mind." Lin Li gave a thumbs up and casually squashed a moth.
Animals that can think with their lower body all have insightful minds.
"Since you came over yourself, Lin Li, let me ask you, what’s the deal between you and the class monitor? Don’t give me that money-for-breakfast business you mentioned before, I don’t buy it."
Bai Bufan looked up at the third floor, then lowered his voice a bit as he teased with his eyes.
Lin Li chuckled, looked up at the sky, and under Bai Bufan’s expectant gaze, spoke: "Wow, Bufan, look at that cloud, it looks like cotton candy."
Bai Bufan: "?"
"Your topic shifts are still at an elementary level, aren’t they? How did your language skills improve this time? Did you cheat or something?"
"Forget it, if you don’t want to talk, let’s just leave it. I get it, I never tell anyone about my ex either." Bai Bufan laughed, leaned over the railing, his flip-flop tip tapping the ground, looking a bit nostalgic.
Lin Li: "?"
When did this kid already betray his class?
"What the hell? You had an ex? Why didn’t you ever say anything, what happened?" Lin Li asked, shocked and curious.
"Because she doesn’t exist, I can’t say anything."
Lin Li: "..."
You motherfucker.
"If I had one, I would have said so already, I wouldn’t be like some people." Bai Bufan sneered, pointing at the sky, imitating someone’s tone just now:
"Wow, Lin Li, look at that cloud, it looks like a Lin Li who’s repeatedly executed with castration for not sincerely exchanging true feelings with his brother."
"You’re fucked."
"How am I repeatedly castrated, am I not the immortal bird or what?"
Amused by Bai Bufan’s backhanded comment, Lin Li waved his hand:
"For the past month, the relationship between the class monitor and me went from classmates to friends, and maybe just friends if I could brag more. Other than that, there’s nothing else. Most of our private contact involves me asking her questions, and she helps me out. So what you’re asking doesn’t exist, I have nothing to say."
"Really?"
Bai Bufan reached for Lin Li’s phone, and seeing Lin Li didn’t stop him, he swiftly scrolled through the chat logs between Lin Li and Chen Yu Ying, finding nothing indecent, he widened his eyes:
"So you’re using the class monitor as a study aid?"
"Indeed, I’m pretty utilitarian." Lin Li smiled and nodded.
Most of my behavior that seemed to ’forcefully get close’ in other boys’ eyes was actually tasks from the system.
The master really put me through a tough spot.
"Only utilitarian? I don’t believe you." Handing the phone back to Lin Li, Bai Bufan expressed his doubt, lowering his voice again: "No way, you’ve been moving so deliberately today, and you say it’s just utilitarian? The class monitor didn’t even get mad, I even feel like you two are a thing."
"Just being a jerk, after all, I’m a pervert, not thinking as far as you do." Lin Li tapped the railing with his fingertips.
"But habits should be verbal habits... Yet the class monitor didn’t scold you after, nor was she particularly upset."
Lin Li frowned slightly.
"Forget it, I don’t get it either, but I think when you say it’s just utilitarian, you’re fooling yourself." Bai Bufan shook his head, as a complete outsider, better not to instruct Lin Li, an amateur.
"No kidding, who wouldn’t like a good-looking, cute, and rich girl with a great personality? But liking someone and liking someone is different. I think I’m still the former, plus, even if it’s the kind that leads to something more, it has to be mutual. I’m not confident that the class monitor has the same feelings, she’s nice to everyone, just the other boys in the class aren’t as shameless as I am to try and play with her.
So no matter what, it’s best to keep things as they are, why seek discomfort. But now that you mention it, I realize I’m a bit too comfortable."
Looking towards the back mountain while swatting insects, Lin Li spoke slowly.
Bai Bufan looked at Lin Li, shook his head bewildered:
"Lin Li, what’s this inferiority complex of yours? I don’t know what you’ve been up to this past month, but the change is truly unbeatable. It’s incredible you managed to hold on. If I looked like you do now, I’d have caught an STD and died by now."
[During this team training session, you’ve earned the genuine recognition and praise from other team members (2/4).]
Lin Li: "..."
This compliment is quite something.
Even if personal image charm increased by 20%, accounting for changes brought by exercise, it shouldn’t be to the extent Bai Bufan described.
Yet is this really genuine recognition?
Bufan’s rose-colored glasses for his brother seem a bit too strong, but this progress on the small task was a pleasant surprise.
Wait a sec.
"I’m a light sleeper, if you come back from gaming to do something to me, you’re dead." Lin Li took a half step back, said cautiously.
Bai Bufan: "?"
"Dumbass."
"But being cautious is good too, after all, besides me, you have no rivals in the class, there’s plenty of time." Bai Bufan nodded.
Lin Li: "Ugh—"
Bai Bufan: "?"
"Sorry, I just remembered your fart from last night and felt a bit nauseous, carry on, don’t mind me." Lin Li waved his hand to indicate he was fine.
Bai Bufan: "?"
"You’re hideously ugly, Lin Li."
"Hmm, see."
"You’re disgustingly gross, Lin Li."
"Hmm, again."
"May your confession end up like my friend’s last one."
"Hmm? Details please."
"I said I liked you. She said thank you."
"I said I really like you. She said I really thank you."
"I said I really, really like you. She said sorry, the recipient is no longer your friend, message failed to send."
"This friend of yours..."
"It’s not me, I’m telling you, it’s truly a friend."
"Alright."
"But, Bufan."
"Hmm?"
"Had I known your life was this entertaining, I’d have saved it for New Year’s Gala."
"I told you, it’s not me, it’s my friend."
"Hmm."
"Say ’hmm’ one more time and see what happens? I’m getting mad."
"Oh."
"No."
...
Once the conversation started, it flowed naturally, they chatted from the gossip Bai Bufan heard from fellow boarders to global affairs, ending up worrying about the nation and its people.
[Task three is complete.]
[Whether to...]
[You have chosen to forfeit.]
Completing this task was never difficult, it was finished halfway through the chat.
Continuing on was simply because they had more to talk about.
[You have received a reward: Title: Demon Breath; Physical Improvement: Spiritual Qi absorption speed increased by 100%; System Currency *50.]
Honestly, Lin Li was quite curious how things would turn out if the title were doubled, but he didn’t gamble on it.
Lin Li also tried out the title, it indeed allowed him to perceive these creatures like [Lightning Attractor], but perhaps being considered the same kind, wearing it made him feel these insects were approaching him, so Lin Li immediately took it off after testing, switching back to [Blood Crow Assassin].
"Damn, it’s almost midnight." Chatting until his throat was dry, Lin Li checked his phone and exclaimed in surprise.
Time to sleep.
"I’ll ask Ding Sihan to open the door, let’s head back."
"Alright." Bai Bufan nodded.
The night talk was pleasant, later it seemed all the mosquitoes disappeared for some reason, staying there felt really comfortable.
Lin Li typed on his phone.
Then he laughed.
"Bufan, Ding Sihan won’t come, she told us to sleep on the balcony."
Bai Bufan: "?"