CHAPTER 470: CHAPTER 291: ZHOU BAOWEI, HIS MAJESTY IS PEERLESS IN THE HUMAN WORLD

The task deadline, much like a Mediterranean hairstyle, isn’t exactly short, but it’s not really long either.

Two months.

The tricky part is, just like the previous chicken farm cleanup mission, there won’t be any system prompt when the task targets are nearby.

If only there was a target radar, it would make things way easier.

Last time, I finished quickly thanks to the assistance of Song Luping, the noble helper.

Sigh.

Thinking of this, Lin Li fell into contemplation.

Can I use Brother Ping again this time? Go for an autumn outing again?

— Knowledge reinforcement: Spring outing is for enjoying nature, so autumn outing is for... um, something else.

Even though Xiling Chicken Farm faced a disaster in September, chicken farms, like the protagonists in passionate anime, never truly fall. They shout about love and bonds and rise up again.

As long as cows haven’t gone extinct, chicks will never disappear.

It’s impossible for them to be defeated completely.

And since Song Luping has been out for a month now, based on what I know about him, unless he’s been caught again or left Xiling, he might have already figured out a new Xiling Chicken Farm map.

Send him back in for another fifteen days?

Lin Li took out his phone and switched to a smaller account.

In the friend request list, there’s a seven-day-old request from "Preven."—Over the past month, he occasionally sent friend requests.

Because Lin Li hasn’t changed the nickname and avatar of his small account, Song Luping probably still hopes Lin Li didn’t intentionally decline his request.

But for now, he hasn’t clicked to accept.

Lin Li looked at the task.

The task preamble mentioned a line: "The good deeds you can do are not limited to uprooting the Hehuan Demon."

In theory, with this line, the autumn outing shouldn’t be included within the limited scope.

But after all, it wasn’t explicitly stated in the task.

Lin Li thought about it and decided to leave this plan on hold for now, as he hadn’t figured out what to say to contact Song Luping yet, and there’s no rush.

If no other way to complete the task is found within half a month, he might give it a try, like a last resort.

The girls came back too, and the five of them took a cab back to the library to continue studying.

...

Nansang Library, actually, was quite a disappointment to Xiling’s prodigy Lin Li.

A whole day, and not a single criminal involved in murder, assault, arson, shooting, or smuggling showed up, let alone gave Lin Li a chance to deliver justice.

And yet it brags about being one of the top libraries in Pingjiang City?

What a mediocre library, nothing spectacular.

Like last time, everyone studied until after 8 o’clock, when the library was about to close.

"Shall we four continue tomorrow?" Lin Li asked the "three" across the table while standing up to the closing music.

"Sure, but why four? Is someone not coming?" Ding Sihan nodded but seemed a bit puzzled.

"Bufan, you see, not that he’s coming to study tomorrow, I doubt he’ll even be awake," Lin Li gestured towards Bai Bufan with a nod.

Faced with everyone’s gaze, Bai Bufan nodded, "I’ve burned out and am left with only ashes. I can’t keep studying; I need to unwind."

Suppressing the urge to use a Flame Fist on Bai Bufan, Lin Li nudged him and casually asked,

"Bufan, are you going to hang out at my place later, or should I get a spot for you at the internet cafe?"

"Internet cafe, I’m noisy when I play games, and your computer is in your room. I don’t sleep early, but you need to get up early tomorrow, so I won’t disturb you." Bai Bufan shook his head, saying.

"But my place is quite big, you can check it out," Lin Li suddenly bent his tone.

This is a good dog’s reward.

"The hell I’m not going then," Bai Bufan exclaimed in shock, afraid of losing his innocence by staying in the same house with Lin Li.

"Heh— Seriously, are you coming or not? I can sleep in the master bedroom, so compared to going to the internet cafe, you’ll at least have a bed to sleep on when you’re tired, instead of waiting for the school gate to open." Lin Li offered.

There’s no turning back from an all-nighter; while the Nansang campus wall does have a few spots you could climb, the dormitory building’s front door is locked, so if Bai Bufan goes to an internet cafe, he can’t return to the dorm until at least 5 or 6 in the morning.

"Still the internet cafe, it has the vibe, and as for fatigue, you underestimate me." Bai Bufan declared with confidence.

"All right then." Lin Li had no objections.

The five of them headed downstairs, and as expected, Chen Zhongping was still waiting, glaring, to take Chen Yu Ying away.

"See you tomorrow then."

"Bye-bye."

"Hey, aren’t you two going to the internet cafe? Why are you heading towards school too?"

After waving goodbye to Ding Sihan, Qu Wanqiu looked confusedly at Lin Li and Bai Bufan, who were walking with her.

"He needs to drop off his backpack and stuff at school first. He can’t take a pile of textbooks to the internet cafe, right?" Lin Li replied, looking ahead, then turned to Qu Wanqiu:

"Also, regardless, it’s night now, and it’s not safe for a girl to walk back alone at night. What if you run into murderers, assaultists, arsonists, shooters, or smugglers?"

"How unlucky would I have to be to encounter those criminals in Xiling! I don’t have any grudges; why would they target me!"

"Maybe it’s a random killer."

Qu Wanqiu opened her mouth and closed it again, her brow furrowing, as she looked at Lin Li and somewhat hesitantly confirmed, "Lin Li, why do you seem like you’re looking forward to it?"

"Haha, is it that obvious? My bad." Lin Li apologized.

"You even admitted it!? What’s with the ’haha’! It’s just because I gave you those black stockings! Do you really hate me that much!"