CHAPTER 47: CHAPTER 47: LIN LI, A SHY, INTROVERTED, AND BASHFUL YOUNG MAN

How should I put it, maybe this question is indeed part of what the geography course should cover, but... isn’t it a bit too basic?

Besides, wouldn’t humans be unable to ask such a question?

Lin Li, have you been replaced by an alien without us knowing?

Are you even human?

It’s terrifying if you think about it—Lin Li has never appeared at the same time as an alien.

Has "Men in Black 5" already happened in reality?

"Lin Li, I’m going to the nurse’s office right away, hang in there," said Chen Yu Ying, slightly worried, immediately standing up—this illness can’t be dragged out.

"No, no, no—" Lin Li quickly pinched the sleeve of Chen Yu Ying’s short sleeve with his thumb and forefinger, pulling her back to her seat.

The pulling was a bit uneven, and Chen Yu Ying let out a small cry as she sat back down, nearly falling toward Lin Li, causing him to look at her with a bit of resentment.

Several people in the classroom who were watching the "monkey show" turned their gaze to the scene following her cry.

Wang Yuezhi was twisting gloomily, Ding Sihan was sneakily peeking, and Wang Ze also... hey, wait, why are you sneaking a look at Wang Yuezhi?

"Don’t pull on my clothes like that." Chen Yu Ying adjusted the slightly skewed collar of her uniform—it was only slightly off, and to pull the uniform off a shoulder, she would have to leave the front buttons unfastened and use all her strength.

Not pulling your clothes is more appropriate than pulling your pants, isn’t it?

Of course, Lin Li didn’t say this out loud; that would be too perverted.

"Do you want me to have just held your hand and then take several seconds to react before we quickly let go, our faces turning red as monkey butts and not daring to look at each other, then eventually falling into the Love River?" Lin Li asked something potentially useful instead.

Chen Yu Ying: "..."

"Lin Li, your primary task right now is to stop watching anime," said Chen Yu Ying helplessly. Whatever the atmosphere was, it vanished after that long sentence was spoken.

Lin Li chuckled, put his hands together seriously, and said:

"Class president, first of all, I’m really not sick, secondly, I’m really not sick, lastly, I’m really not sick; I genuinely want to ask you this question. What exactly is the name of the planet we’re on?"

Chen Yu Ying thought for a moment and shook her head, "Yesterday you also insisted at first that you’re not a pervert, but you ended up admitting it, so this time I think you still have something wrong."

It’s logical and convincing.

System, see what you’ve done.

A shy, timid, socially anxious person who wouldn’t dare pinch a stranger’s butt because of you ended up with this sort of image in other people’s eyes.

What happened to my brightness and grandeur?

"Either you’re intentionally messing with me, which would make me a little angry," Chen Yu Ying paused, then added, looking at Lin Li seriously.

Lin Li raised his evaluation of Chen Yu Ying—girls who express their anger are truly great!

Those girls who get mad but don’t say anything and even worse, those who go home and make their boyfriends guess why they’re angry because of others, are truly horrible.

From now on, he would absolutely not charge the class president a single cent for breakfast.

However, Lin Li’s ability to come up with temporary excuses has always been good, so he promptly said seriously:

"Class president, I’m not messing with you; I’m seriously asking you this question.

I do know the answer to this question, but I still have a reason to ask it this way.

Class president, do you remember yesterday when I was going to tell you about the case I helped solve, I opened with something that’s highly relevant yet irrelevant about gender differences?

This has to do with the memory techniques I’ve been practicing recently, class president; have you ever seen a Hong Kong drama from over ten years ago called ’The Mind Reader,’ where one of the cases involves a memory palace murderer, and what I’ve been practicing recently is similar."

"Are you also practicing murder?" Chen Yu Ying asked dumbfoundedly.

"...?"

"Class president, what kind of image do I have in your mind?"

"I’m practicing a memory palace!"

Lin Li blinked, beginning to suspect there might be some inflation in the class president’s high grades.

Binbin, take a look at the comprehension skills of the students you’re teaching.

"Oh, oh, go ahead," Chen Yu Ying said, a bit embarrassed, realizing that sometimes her brain really doesn’t catch up when dealing with Lin Li.

If Lin Li admitted he was practicing murder... Chen Yu Ying would consider it seriously.

"I need to engrave those basic pieces of knowledge into the palace first, then on this foundation, start to extend and build my memory palace, accumulating difficulty bit by bit, and forming a progressive thread, like adding bookmarks to memory.

And now, in the subject of geography, I suspect I’ve memorized the wrong knowledge, so I’m formatting this part of the palace and need to refill it..."

Lin Li spoke at length.

Of course, it was all nonsense.

But it worked; by continually referencing "insights" and some high-level terms he either heard somewhere or made up, he managed to fool Chen Yu Ying.

Lin Li now seemed like an all-knowing internet expert; when you listen to him talk about things you’re unfamiliar with, it seems like he has extensive knowledge, but once he touches on a subject you know well, you’d realize he’s a complete idiot.

"So please, class president, just pretend I’m a traveler from another world, knowing nothing and trying to learn about this world, okay?" Lin Li, in a sense, laid it all out directly.

"As long as the class president can tell me, I’ll do anything, I’ll agree to anything," Lin Li transformed into a submissive character, practically sticking his tongue out and rolling his eyes.

A strange request indeed, Chen Yu Ying scratched her head, but facing Lin Li’s hopeful gaze, it didn’t seem like he was messing with her, so she eventually nodded, "...okay."

"Thank you, class president; right now I really want to pretend to be excited and deliberately grab your hand and rub it hundreds of times to show my gratitude." Lin Li breathed a sigh of relief.

Knowing it was a joke and having confirmed Lin Li is indeed a pervert, Chen Yu Ying didn’t feel embarrassed; she thought for a moment and said:

"Although I’m still somewhat skeptical, I can accompany you through role-playing to help build this palace, but later on, I have a few questions that you need to answer for me, okay?"

"Class president, you want to ask me questions?" Lin Li blinked.

The class president is an all-around person, while he is more of an anti-all-around person.

Probably the only subject where he might stand a chance, without gender considerations, would be P.E.—but not guaranteed a win.

Wait a minute.

"Class president, you’re not going to ask me something perverted, are you?" Lin Li asked tentatively.

The one area where Chen Yu Ying might be curious and he might be able to provide guidance.

Sure enough, Chen Yu Ying nodded slightly, "Some questions I’m indeed quite curious about."

No problem.

After yesterday’s conversation, Chen Yu Ying didn’t find Lin Li’s perverted actions odd, and Lin Li didn’t find Chen Yu Ying’s curiosity about perverted things odd.

The odd couple was growing.

"No problem, but class president, please don’t ask anything too perverted; I might not be able to answer those either." Lin Li responded carelessly.

"You’re being modest," Chen Yu Ying shook her head.

Lin Li: "?"

System, give me back my good reputation.

"Shall we start building my palace first?"

"Okay."

"Let’s begin then, class president. The planet I’ve arrived on now..."

Having agreed, Chen Yu Ying took on a serious face and began, "Let me think about Geography 101, otherworld traveler Lin Li, the planet we’re on is called Earth; about 29% of its surface is land and 71% is water..."

Genius!

Watching as the progress bar starts to shoot up, Lin Li reaffirmed that he was indeed an undeniable genius.