CHAPTER 444: CHAPTER 282: FROM NOW ON, BAI BUFAN IS NO LONGER BAI BUFAN_3

"So it turns out there’s a traitor in our house. No wonder you guys snuck in. Damn, it’s hard to guard against family thieves." Lin Li sighed.

That explains why yesterday, during my usual weekend call with Wu Min, she insisted that I clean up the house thoroughly.

The reason was that it was time for a cleaning, but since she couldn’t come back, she wanted me to do it.

She even emphasized it early this morning.

Now it seems obvious that it was to avoid making a mess at home and leaving a bad impression on the four people who were about to arrive.

"Did you just say a week ago? You’ve been preparing for this long?" But then Lin Li caught onto another key point.

"Hehe," Qu Wanqiu seemed a bit smug, and then deliberately mimicked Lin Li’s voice coarsely:

"Bro, everyone, I’ve just set up a fantastic four-person group chat. All the key players in this group will be present, but, hey, guess who didn’t get invited?"

"Lin Li, did you forget what I told you when you mocked me earlier?"

Lin Li has a good memory now; it was when I said ’Isolate Qu Wanqiu’ in the group chat, and back then:

"Qu Wanqiu: We set up a four-person group without you during National Day, hehe."

"Ding Sihan: Don’t say it out loud @Qu Wanqiu."

Then I questioned the three people who came if they really made a group, but none of them responded to me.

It turns out—

"You guys made a group behind my back during National Day?" Lin Li concluded.

"You’re not dumb." Qu Wanqiu nodded, "When we went out during National Day and you mentioned your birthday, we started planning."

"First, thank you for your preparations. Second, you’re wrong; I’m very dumb. I just got called an idiot several times today." Lin Li shook his head at Qu Wanqiu’s compliment.

"Who? I’ll help you curse them back."

Chen Yu Ying glared at Lin Li and placed a fist on her knee, motioning slightly towards him.

Don’t continue on this path.

"It’s fine, the other party is also an idiot in my eyes, you don’t need to curse them for me." Lin Li smiled and changed the subject, then confirmed: "Is this what you prepared for today, is it at noon? Or in the afternoon?"

"At noon, Si Han, Wanqiu, and Bai Bufan gave up their lunch break to set up the scene." Chen Yu Ying, who was called an idiot, explained with a light hum.

"So why didn’t the class monitor come to set up? They’re good, you’re bad." Lin Li sharply commented.

"If I came, you’d have found out." Chen Yu Ying wrinkled her nose and frowned.

Also makes sense.

Don’t underestimate the ties of the midday trio.

If the class monitor didn’t come at noon, Lin Li and Wang Yuezhi would definitely find a chance to ask about it.

If Lin Li didn’t come at noon, Chen Yu Ying would definitely also find a chance to ask about it.

If Wang Yuezhi didn’t come at noon, then it just means he didn’t come.

Lin Li looked at Bai Bufan.

So being caught at noon by Lin Lin was purely a trick.

"No wonder you kept asking me at noon and in the afternoon if I was going to eat in the cafeteria; you were worried I’d go home to eat. Did you direct Wang Ze to pull me aside with questions?" Lin Li asked.

"That’s right, we couldn’t let you get home before us, or it would all be for nothing. So I entrusted him to delay you by five minutes." Bai Bufan nodded as a mastermind would:

"My alleged stomachache was a top-notch performance. Otherwise, I was afraid you’d see me rushing to meet them at the school gate and catch on to something."

Case solved, no wonder Wang Ze immediately asked about advanced questions.

This guy wasn’t really aiming to study.

"Did you guys take a taxi here? How did you leave the school, could you get permission for this leave?" Lin Li was left with only this confusion.

"Teacher Xue brought us over." Chen Yu Ying smiled, her eyes reflecting the candlelight with pride.

Lin Li stood straight, looking cautiously around.

Then he checked behind the sofa, confirmed that Xue Jian wasn’t there.

"Don’t worry, Old Jian didn’t come up. After the class monitor explained our plan to him, he agreed, but said to ensure safety and control, he had to pick us up and drop us off.

We did ask if he wanted to come up just now, but he said his presence would make us uncomfortable, so he didn’t come up.

Old Jian is waiting at the community entrance for us to finish here. He’ll take us back to school afterward."

Bai Bufan saw through Lin Li’s thoughts and explained.

"Old Jian is the best class monitor in the world. I won’t cause any trouble for him today." Lin Li felt a bit touched.

"Just today? Then you’re a very considerate student today." Bai Bufan gave Lin Li a thumbs-up.

"But seriously, you guys are awesome. Thanks so much, I’m really moved." The whole picture was clear now, and Lin Li sighed with emotion.

He turned and patted Bai Bufan on the shoulder:

"Especially you, managing to spend an entire noon alone with these two folks."

As it’s known, Bai Bufan is not good at interacting with peers, especially familiar girls.

Lin Li thought his decision to stay in his room for the second surprise was partly due to his personality and partly to avoid feeling awkward sitting with girls in the living room.

That’s what buds are for!

"Every victory comes at a cost, some sacrifices have to be made." Bai Bufan nodded, waving off the praise with modesty.

Ding Sihan, Qu Wanqiu: "?"

"Bai Bufan, you dare nod, come here, let me pat your dog head!" Ding Sihan got up and pretended to approach.

"Don’t come over!" Bai Bufan reacted immediately, scrambling over to the other side of Lin Li to keep distance from them, remaining alert.

"Alright, alright, don’t forget the main purpose, we are here to celebrate Lin Li’s birthday. Our time is limited, and Teacher Xue is still waiting for us."

Chen Yu Ying clapped her hands together, smiled, and said.

"Exactly, then Lin Li, let’s get on with it, blow the candles and make a wish!" Ding Sihan immediately followed, stepping over to the living room switch to turn off the lights, leaving only the faint candlelight on the coffee table.

Chen Yu Ying placed a paper-crafted birthday crown on Lin Li’s head.

Qu Wanqiu brought over a cake and handed it to Lin Li: "Lin Li, think of your wish first."

And Bai Bufan got up and went to Lin Li’s kitchen, taking out another item from the fridge.

Just as Lin Li reached for the cake, he saw Bai Bufan’s actions and the other thing in his hand...another cake?

With a hint of confusion, he asked, "Bufan, what are you holding?"

"A cake."

"Yeah, I can see that, but why buy two? The one I have is quite large, isn’t it?"

Lin Li looked down, the cake in his hands was at least ten inches, if not eight. None of them were very hungry, and with three girls present, they probably wouldn’t finish it.

"The one in your hands has a cake base, while the one I’m holding is pure cream, with no cake at all."

Bai Bufan opened the cake cover, showing it to Lin Li and explaining.

"But this cake also has a lot of cream," Lin Li glanced down at his cake, looking up even more puzzled:

"Why buy another one to eat? Even if you girls don’t mind it affecting your figure, too much will surely be overwhelming, right?"

This is already a deadly amount of cream, and even Zhou Baowei... eh, maybe he could eat it all without getting sick.

But if the people here eat too much, they’d surely get sick of it.

"Don’t worry," Bai Bufan was already cutting the pure cream cake and serving it, smiling brightly to reassure Lin Li: "Who said this cake is for eating?"

Lin Li paused at the words, then fell silent, blinking.

If the cream cake isn’t for eating, what’s it for?

Eh?

Bu Hao!