CHAPTER 56: CHAPTER 56: ONE DAY AS OXER, A LIFETIME AS OXER

"Let’s exchange WeChat contacts so I can send you the document later," Song Luping said to Lin Li.

"Sure, brother." Lin Li nodded, took out his phone, and displayed his QR code.

Lin Li has two phone numbers, one for keeping the number active and one mainly for using data, so he also has two WeChat accounts.

The one he’s showing now is his secondary WeChat. Although it has a Moments feature, it has no personal information, so Song Luping wouldn’t suspect he’s not Bai Bufan.

"[Def.] requests to add you as a friend."

Whoa, it’s a single-character ID with a black and white anime male avatar. Could it be that Brother Ping is also an online God?

"Uh... Bufan, is this ’Tutor Randomly Checks My Thesis and Gets Shocked’ you?" Song Luping frowned, sensing something was amiss.

"Yes, Brother Ping, that’s me." Lin Li was using his secondary account to adopt such a nickname.

Song Luping looked at the smitten Patrick Star profile picture and twitched his mouth slightly.

Did he really find someone suitable to inherit his mantle?

Suddenly, Song Luping felt less confident.

...

After they added each other, they continued eating barbecue and chatting, pouring out their hearts, though half-true and half-false.

——Everything Lin Li said was fake, while everything Song Luping said was true.

Not sure if Song Luping is a lightweight, Lin Li always feels like they’ve only drunk one bottle, yet the other party was already getting tipsy, pulling him and saying a lot of things he would only say at a table with kids.

Things like his first love, his first time, etc., etc.

Today’s boxers are red—Song Luping even told Lin Li that.

The other party was so sincere, and thinking about the contents he shared, none of which were true, Lin Li felt a bit guilty.

Lin Li originally planned to reciprocate.

Song Luping gave him a map, he would give him something in return.

It was reasonable.

But now, that thought had slightly changed.

Maybe he could try hard to guide him back to the right path? Make it a Happy Ending?

They just ordered seventy yuan worth of food, and before realizing it, they finished eating quickly.

There was no further intention to order more, and Lin Li called the server to settle the bill.

"Bufan, how can I let you treat? I was just kidding. As the elder brother, I’ll pay for it!" The slightly tipsy Song Luping squinted and said loudly.

Lin Li smiled while showing his QR code to let the shop scan it.

Damn you.

If you wanted to pay, you should’ve gotten up.

You’re sitting at the farthest spot and only said it after I took out my phone, and you had no intention to stop me at all. Isn’t that a bit too much?

Not even willing to argue about it with me?

Maybe Song Luping was afraid that Lin Li didn’t know social etiquette and would really make him pay.

Damn adults.

Lin Li retracted his earlier thoughts, he should still ’send’ Song Luping in.

Once a prankster, always a prankster; turning over a new leaf is impossible!

"Brother Ping, so that’s it, I’m heading back?" As the two walked shoulder to shoulder out of the barbecue shop, Lin Li, unlocking his bike, said to Song Luping.

"Alright, Bufan, be careful on your way back, I’ll start organizing things when I get back." Song Luping nodded.

"Brother, you should be the one being careful." Watching the slightly swaying Song Luping, Lin Li said weakly.

Before you send me the Xiling Town chicken farm map, you have to stay alive.

If you’re going to die, at least do it afterward.

"No worries, my home is not far, right over there." Song Luping waved his hand and pointed in a direction.

Lin Li looked at the direction Song Luping pointed—at the barbecue shop—and fell silent.

Is it your home, really?

Sighing, Lin Li ultimately half accompanied, escorting Song Luping to the building of his residence before biking back home.

Got an address, now the reference materials for sending him to the Demon Suppression Bureau are even richer.

...

At home.

Lin Li was in a good mood.

The most troublesome problem was finally resolved.

Now he just had to wait for Song Luping to send him the chicken farm’s Book of Life and Death, so he could randomly select a lucky one to raid.

This weekend should be the time to act—even if Song Luping doesn’t send the document before that.

Because in the subsequent conversations, Song Luping mentioned that Lin Li remembered a chicken farm that met his requirements, although the location was remote and not the best option.

But there was a target, and if Song Luping didn’t send the document, he’d just investigate and raid it.

Yangliang would be so happy, as he would bring them more achievements.

Xiling Town’s Yellow Heaven would be eradicated by his hands.

"Buzz—buzz—"

Just as he sat on the sofa enjoying thoughts of the future, Lin Li noticed his phone on the coffee table starting to vibrate continuously.

"Did you organize so quickly?" With this thought, Lin Li unlocked his phone.

Message after message popped up crazily on the lock screen, and he barely saw one before the next one crowded it out.

Was he being bombarded with texts?

Lin Li unlocked his phone and clicked on one message:

"Wang Yuezhi engages in solicitation and doesn’t pay! Wang Yuezhi engages in solicitation and doesn’t pay! Wang Yuezhi engages in solicitation and doesn’t pay!"

Lin Li: "?"

Is this for real? So there’s an expert around me. Wow, Wang Yuezhi, with your prominent appearance, I really couldn’t tell, huh? If you said earlier, I’d have become your buddy right away! I was already bored with Bai Bufan’s group!

Next message.

"Last night, Wang Yuezhi checked into a hotel behind his wife’s back! Such wild play! Click the link to watch the video!"

Lin Li: "??"

Huh?

"Wang Yuezhi posing as a loli luring Hawking to Loli Island..."

"Wang Yuezhi tricking students with an absentee list as an attendance list..."

"Wang Yuezhi giving the Japanese a nuclear bomb, claiming it’s a hand warmer..."

Lin Li checked these messages and realized they were all attacking Wang Yuezhi. He deduced they were probably not true, just deliberate slandering.

"It’s quite rhyming."

But what happened? Why are these messages sent to his phone? And the sending numbers are different; it’s not the same number continuously sending them.

WeChat messages popped up, but it wasn’t from Song Luping.

"Bai Bufan: Did something happen?"

Great, no need to deduce, the culprit returns to the crime scene, the mastermind was found.

"Lin Li: ’Screenshot’."

"Bai Bufan: Hahaha."

"Lin Li: Was it you? What’s going on?"

"Bai Bufan: No, I was still looking for our target tonight, but then ran into a sister who wanted to have a nude chat with me."

"Lin Li: Go on."

Lin Li waited for Bai Bufan to continue explaining.

Bai Bufan shouldn’t be foolish enough to believe in such things, and the fact that the messages targeted Wang Yuezhi already explained a lot.

"Bai Bufan: There’ve been so many anti-fraud campaigns; hearing isn’t as good as experiencing. So I decided to test it out.

So I became Wang Yuezhi. The sister asked about my preferences and likes, saying she liked mine too, claiming we were a match made in heaven, and started inviting me for a nude chat.

I had my philosophical mask ready, but she insisted we do it on the software she sent over.

I suspected a virus, so I used a virtual machine to download it.

Turns out the software wasn’t really a virus, but once launched, requested an update, which turned out to be asking for information access permission to fetch phone information.

According to my predictions, I just made up a phone contact list on the virtual machine, with only your information being real."

Lin Li: "..."

"Bai Bufan: Then we started the video chat. Lin Li, you wouldn’t believe it; whether it was AI or a prerecorded video, it looked pretty real.

Seeing me wearing a mask, she initially tried convincing me gently, but when I refused to reveal my face no matter what, she suddenly turned sour and started arguing. We ended up with six of us hurling insults at her, and even made her cry."

Lin Li blinked.

Damn.

"Bai Bufan: She just messaged us asking for 600 yuan, what a clown."

"Lin Li: The most humane thing you did in all this was not using my name."

"Bai Bufan: We’re bros at heart."

"Lin Li: I feel kinda guilty now. If I knew earlier, I wouldn’t have teamed up with Chen Yu Ying during lunch."

"Bai Bufan: "Voice Message" 60s·"