"Oh no!" Lin Li stopped in his tracks and turned around.

"Oof..." Chen Yuying, who was walking behind him, didn't anticipate the sudden stop and bumped right into him, stumbling.

Lin Li quickly grabbed Chen Yuying's shoulders to prevent her from falling.

"What's wrong, Lin Li? Did you forget something?" Chen Yuying took a step back to steady herself, rubbing her head before looking up to ask with concern.

"Class President, this is actually your fault. You didn't remind me to go get my Warrior's Medal," Lin Li scrutinized Chen Yuying with a smile in his eyes.

"Ah!" Chen Yuying pressed her fingers to her lips, her face redder than the evening clouds.

Now that Lin Li mentioned it, she remembered that was a thing.

"I'm sorry... I completely forgot..." Chen Yuying said, extremely apologetic.

Both the long wait for the Ferris wheel and the happiness of ending the day with that ride had exceeded her expectations, so she had accidentally forgotten about Lin Li's 'request'.

"It's fine, the park isn't closed yet. Class President, could you hold my backpack for me? I'll run over and get it now." Lin Li's blame was obviously a joke. He took out his phone to check the location of the medal collection office and said to Chen Yuying.

"Okay, give it to me." Chen Yuying nodded, took Lin Li's backpack, and held it in her arms. "Should we wait for you here?"

"Is that thing really worth getting? I've seen pictures, it's not some exquisite little gift, just a very ordinary medal, the kind you can buy a whole bag of for a few dozen yuan. If you forgot it, just let it go," Ding Sihan said from the side, crossing her arms.

"Even if it costs a few yuan to make, I still want it. This is a symbol of my honor!" Lin Li put his hands on his hips and laughed dramatically at Ding Sihan, then looked at Chen Yuying. "It's fine, you guys can go back to the bus first. I'll run over and find you later."

He was already here, he'd already done the rides, it was a special occasion, and Lin Li was still just a kid.

With all those buffs stacked, he had to get it.

"It's okay, we'll wait for you here. We can take some more pictures while we wait," Chen Yuying shook her head.

"Alright, I'll be right back!" Freed from the restraint of his backpack, Lin Li glanced at his phone one more time to memorize the route, then waved to the three of them, turned, and ran at full speed towards the medal collection point.

The wind was at his feet, the sunset clouds his backdrop.

"Lin Li runs so fast," Ding Sihan said with some surprise, watching Lin Li's rapidly receding back.

"He really does," Qu Wanqiu also remarked with feeling.

It wasn't the kind of run that slowed down quickly after a hundred meters; Lin Li even seemed to be getting faster and faster.

During physical fitness tests, boys and girls usually had their tests in the same class period. Sometimes, to save time, the boys' and girls' start times were only a few dozen seconds apart, running on the same track simultaneously.

Therefore, in some extreme cases, some of the slower boys would face the embarrassing situation of being overtaken by the fastest group of girls who still had energy to spare in the latter half of the 1000-meter race.

Unfortunately for the old Lin Li, he was one of the boys who occasionally encountered this situation.

The girls would naturally notice this. Although no one would openly joke about it, it was still not a glorious thing and would occasionally be teased about in private.

"Lin Li has been training so seriously, it's only right that his fitness has improved," Chen Yuying said happily, looking at the corner where Lin Li had disappeared.

"So he really gets up at five every day to train like he did today? That's... so extreme. Why did he suddenly start doing that?" Ding Sihan asked curiously.

"I think..." Qu Wanqiu's tone shifted to a teasing one as she looked at Chen Yuying, "it's to make himself worthy of someone better."

"Ooh—" Ding Sihan immediately started hooting.

Chen Yuying bit her lower lip with her upper teeth, then slowly released it, explaining for Lin Li with a hint of shy annoyance, "He's doing it for the Party, the country, and the people!"

Ding Sihan, Qu Wanqiu: "..."

So you've learned it too.

Hanging out with Lin Li really does corrupt you.

...

"I'm back, let's go!" Lin Li shouted from a distance as he jogged back and saw Chen Yuying and the others.

He was a bit out of breath and his steps were a bit tired, but considering he had been running the whole time, Lin Li felt he had done quite well.

In a fantasy novel, his current self would at least be at the peak of the first layer of the quasi-sports-student realm.

"Where's your medal, did you get it?" Chen Yuying asked when Lin Li ran closer.

Lin Li patted his chest, where the medal was already pinned.

"It looks so cheap. And Lin Li, you look so proud, like a primary schooler," Ding Sihan laughed after getting a clear look.

Her earlier guess of a few yuan per piece now seemed too extravagant. After seeing the real thing, Ding Sihan felt it was a few cents at most.

Even the Pingjiang Amusement Park logo on it was a bit blurry, and the workmanship was quite crude.

"You uncultured woman, I won't stoop to your level. But you'd better sleep with one eye open tonight, or you might wake up on the tracks with four other Ding Sihans," Lin Li threatened with a cold laugh.

Ding Sihan: "?"

"Is the railway track thing not over yet?! And you'd sneak into our room in the middle of the night just to tie me up?"

Ding Sihan picked up a small stone from the ground and threw it at Lin Li, annoyed.

"I didn't say I'd only tie you up. Tying you up wouldn't take a whole night. As for the rest of it, you're not allowed to listen without an adult present. Come ask me again in two and a half years."

Lin Li dodged Ding Sihan's attack, then dodged her flailing arms and said to the class president with a smile, "Class President, tell them loudly, what kind of person am I!"

"...A self-disciplined, good pervert," Chen Yuying, not expecting to be cued, said quietly and helplessly.

Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu looked at the proud-looking Lin Li: "?"

What's there to be proud of! Being so happy after being scolded, are you an M, Lin Li?

Chen Yuying returned Lin Li's bag to him.

After taking it, Lin Li didn't put it on immediately. Instead, he stroked it like a pet, took a crazy sniff, and even chuckled, "So fragrant, I'm never washing this backpack in my life, hehe~"

That "hehe," learned from Bai Bufan, was the masterstroke.

"Don't be like that!" Chen Yuying's face turned red again.

This was too perverted!

"I'm gonna sniff it, I'm gonna sniff it!"

Watching the two of them fool around, Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu exchanged a look and nodded in resignation. "He really is a pervert."

...

By the time they reached the main entrance of Pingjiang Amusement Park, the buses from Nansang High School were already waiting outside. Xue Jian was also walking around outside the bus, counting students.

"Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Wang," Lin Li said in greeting when he passed by Class 17's bus and saw Wang Ziyan.

Seeing it was Lin Li, Wang Ziyan managed a smile. "Lin Li, don't let me see you again. There are some things I don't want to remember."

"Understood," Lin Li nodded sincerely.

Lin Li boarded the bus. About two-thirds of the class was already seated. At this moment, Lin Li was like an old general on a stage, strutting arrogantly, pointing at the medal on his chest, and challenging all the heroes under the heavens: "Who else is a Pingjiang Warrior!"

No one paid him any attention.

"It seems that besides me, Class 4 is full of cowards." But Lin Li was very satisfied with this result.

No, someone was hiding their achievements!

Lin Li's sharp eyes immediately spotted another warrior. In the side pocket of Wang Yuezhi's backpack, there was a Pingjiang Warrior medal!

"So you are also a warrior, Wang Yuezhi." Considering it wasn't noon, Lin Li's tone was rather calm. "Of all the heroes in the world, there are only you and I."

Wang Yuezhi gave Lin Li a bored look and continued to stare mournfully at the back of the seat in front of him.

"Yuezhi rode the Giant Pendulum seven times this afternoon. He's truly brave," Zhuo Yongfei, who was sitting next to Wang Yuezhi, added.

What, seven times in one afternoon? Including the queue time, wasn't he just riding it constantly? This was a true master.

If Lin Li were asked to ride the Giant Pendulum again now, he wouldn't dare.

The shadow of the bubble gum belonged to Wang Ziyan, but also to Lin Li.

"I was indeed too arrogant. I stand corrected, Wang Yuezhi." There are always people better than you. Lin Li returned to his humble nature and went back to his seat.

Wang Yuezhi simply closed his eyes in pain.

"Wang Yuezhi."

Not long after, someone called Wang Yuezhi's name again.

But Wang Yuezhi immediately opened his eyes, looking at the person beside him in disbelief to confirm.

The person who called his name was actually Chen Yuying.

"Wh-what is it, Class President," Wang Yuezhi said, suppressing his excitement.

"Is this clown nose yours? It fell next to your seat," Chen Yuying bent down, picked up the little red ball from the floor, and asked Wang Yuezhi curiously.

Wang Yuezhi: "..."

A repeat performance.

But the person in front of him was Chen Yuying, not some strange girl.

He still wanted to keep talking to Chen Yuying.

Therefore, Wang Yuezhi couldn't swear. Instead, he forced a smile that was uglier than crying and nodded miserably, "Yes, Class President, it's mine!"

"Oh, here you go then. What a cute little nose," Chen Yuying nodded, squeezed the clown nose, and handed it to Wang Yuezhi.

"Thank you, Chen Yuying," Wang Yuezhi said, taking the nose with a smile.

"You're welcome~" Chen Yuying waved her hand and walked towards the back of the bus with Ding Sihan.

Zhuo Yongfei looked at Wang Yuezhi beside him.

He saw him looking down, staring at the clown nose in his hand, lost in thought. The corners of his mouth even curled up, and he even let out a low chuckle.

Zhuo Yongfei swallowed. It was a bit scary.

Then he saw Wang Yuezhi slowly raise his hand and finally press the little red ball onto his own nose, smiling foolishly. He then turned to Zhuo Yongfei, pointed at his face, or rather his nose, and asked expectantly:

"Yongfei, is it really... cute?"

Zhuo Yongfei: "?"

Damn.

No, bro.

Damn.

Damn, damn, damn.

"It... it suits you."

In the choice between yes or no, Zhuo Yongfei chose 'or'.

He wouldn't comment on whether it was cute, but at least it was suitable. That way, he was at least telling the truth.

Zhuo Yongfei sincerely believed that after Wang Yuezhi completely digested the Diviner potion, he could prepare to directly advance to Magician.

"You think so too? That's great." Wang Yuezhi nodded even more happily upon hearing this, then carefully took off the nose, dusted off the non-existent dust, and carefully placed it in his backpack.

Watching this scene, Zhuo Yongfei maintained an awkward but polite smile.

And so, both of them were smiling.

(End of Chapter)