The bus returned to the vicinity of the base, and they walked back.

As usual, after arriving, Chen Tianming ran off by himself. Having held hands for 0.65 seconds, he was like someone who had fallen head over heels in love.

Bai Bufan and Zhou Baowei couldn't match Chen Tianming's excitement and energy; they collapsed onto their beds.

Playing all day was actually really tiring, walking around everywhere.

"Baowei, why does it feel like something is poking my butt?" Lying on the bed, Bai Bufan, who had his eyes closed, frowned, feeling something was not right.

"It's the remote control," Zhou Baowei moved his body comfortably behind Bai Bufan. "I'm behind you, what are you afraid of?"

"It's because you're behind m—huh? Why is it actually the remote control?" Bai Bufan sat up, then held the remote control with a lack of interest.

"What are you being disappointed about? I'm going to take a shower first," Lin Li laughed and cursed.

The part of the day where he sweated the most was when he was sparring with the thunder path grandmaster. His body still felt a bit uncomfortable now.

Coming out of the shower, Bai Bufan was brushing his teeth.

"Lin Li, why do you think the water around the toothpaste gets pushed away?" Bai Bufan asked while brushing his teeth, staring at the sink.

"Do you know about surface tension?" Lin Li asked upon hearing this.

"Your second uncle?" Bai Bufan turned his head to look at Lin Li with disdain.

It's hard to fool someone who surfs the internet too much, but this time, Bai Bufan was met with Lin Li's sneer:

"Actually, no. Toothpaste contains ingredients that can reduce the surface tension of water, causing the liquid film where the toothpaste and water meet to become thinner, thus being pulled thin by the surrounding water, creating a repulsive phenomenon. In addition, the air pressure caused by volatile substances also plays a certain role. Furthermore, the ingredients in the foaming agent in the toothpaste..."

Foam dripped from the corner of his mouth as Bai Bufan stared blankly at the eloquently speaking Lin Li.

What was Lin Li mumbling about? He didn't take the opportunity to curse him a few times in there, did he?

The Lin Li before him felt unfamiliar and disgusting to Bai Bufan.

"By the way, do you know Zhi Ju?" After his introduction, Lin Li asked.

"I don't know," Bai Bufan, feeling like he was in class and in a state of chaos, shook his head.

"This one is actually my second uncle."

"F*ck!!"

The map of the State of Yan was so long. No matter how much you surf the internet, you'd still fall for it!

However, it's best not to 'f*ck' anywhere you please, especially when your mouth is full of foam. Lin Li's face was now covered in bad luck.

"So you were just making all that up?" Bai Bufan asked after rinsing his mouth.

"No, the first part was all true. I was curious before, so I searched it up and remembered," Lin Li shook his head.

"It's fine if you didn't understand. It's normal for rotten wood to be uncarvable," seeing Bai Bufan's confusion, Lin Li patted his shoulder and laughed.

So this is what it feels like for a smart person to look down on a moron. It feels so good.

Returning to the room, Zhou Baowei was also gone. He probably had an agreement with Bai Bufan that Bai Bufan would shower first, so he went to another dorm to play cards.

It's time for me to go too... no, I can't!

I can't repeat yesterday's mistake of playing cards.

Absolutely not.

Mainly because 【Enhanced Memory】 could only be accumulated up to three times. It would be a waste not to use it. So Lin Li activated the ability and started studying on his phone.

Not long after, Bai Bufan came out of the shower. Seeing Lin Li still in the dorm, frowning at his phone, he narrowed his eyes, "Lin Li, you're not studying again, are you? Why don't you go play next door?"

"Not studying. I don't want to go out after showering. Just scrolling through some short videos for entertainment," Lin Li shook his head.

Bai Bufan immediately walked over quickly. He only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that Lin Li was indeed scrolling through entertainment short videos.

Then, Bai Bufan, who was about to put on his pants and go next door, walked out of the door and suddenly came back to Lin Li's side.

Looking at Lin Li who was still watching the same short video, he said coldly, "Why are you still watching this one?"

"A classic is meant to be savored repeatedly. Just like a good manga, would you only use it to 'relieve yourself' once?"

"Let me see your background apps."

Lin Li smiled.

Then he shook his head:

"That's my privacy."

His right to privacy was trampled. The phone was snatched away by Bai Bufan, and so he found the "History Compulsory 3 Must-Memorize Exam Points" interface as the first thing in the background.

"Brother's heart is connected to yours, yet you play mind games with your brother. Lin Li, oh Lin Li, you've even resorted to using diversionary tactics?" Bai Bufan's heart was in so much pain at this moment.

"How else can I get into the top hundred? Are you going to watch me call Wang Yuezhi 'Dad'?" Lin Li questioned.

"Mhm."

Facing Lin Li's agitated emotions, Bai Bufan just calmly nodded again:

"Go ahead and call him."

Lin Li: "..."

"My dignity is not as cheap as yours!"

"Then I'll go over and call him for you in advance. Can you stop studying?" Bai Bufan changed his strategy.

"...That's not okay either."

"Lin Li, you can study when you get home, I can't control you then. But when I'm having fun, please don't study within a one-kilometer radius of me!" Bai Bufan pleaded sincerely.

Among the students who got into a key high school like Nansang, there were basically none who didn't study. Bai Bufan's grades were similar to the old Lin Li's, belonging to the type with passable grades but not very serious.

He had ambition, but not much.

Students like this would feel a strong sense of guilt after playing for a whole period during evening self-study.

But this sense of guilt would be greatly diminished upon discovering that his several bros hadn't studied much either.

Reading a novel for half a period to the climax + looking up to find your bro sleeping = continuing to read the novel with a clear conscience.

Reading a novel for half a period to the climax + looking up to find your bro studying seriously = continuing to read the novel with a burst of guilt.

And ever since Lin Li was 'possessed' last week, Bai Bufan no longer needed to turn his head in this situation, because he was definitely studying.

Because of this, Bai Bufan, who couldn't stand the guilt, had been much more serious in the past two weeks, whether in class or during evening self-study, than in the previous semester.

Except for English class—English class was the class where Lin Li acted most like a human.

He no longer slept in class or during evening self-study. Damn it, with the sound of Lin Li flipping through his book next to him, who the f*ck could sleep?

The barking of friends playing games, even the roar of Baowei starting a tractor, were like lullabies that could put Bai Bufan to sleep. But the light sound of flipping pages was deafening, enough to make Bai Bufan toss and turn.

Not just Bai Bufan, the few bros in the back row had all become much more serious recently due to this person-to-person transmission.

Damn it, the rat race has begun.

The involution was caused by beasts like Lin Li.

"I'm sorry, I'll start playing games now! TIMI!" Lin Li deeply realized his mistake, took off his headphones, and turned his phone sideways.

Bai Bufan leaned over for a look.

The floating window of "History Compulsory 3 Must-Memorize Exam Points" hadn't been closed in time.

"Your wings have grown. I can't handle you alone anymore," Bai Bufan said with a cold face, leaving the room without even putting on his pants.

Lin Li's expression changed drastically. He quickly put on his pants, preparing to run.

...

"Yongfei, close the door. What are they shouting about so late at night? That group of people is really like a bunch of lunatics. What was the point of bringing them on the autumn trip? Your and Chen Yuying's decision was a huge mistake."

Listening to the screams and pleas for mercy coming from the corridor, Wang Yuezhi, who was watching "100 Small Details to Make Girls Like You," felt annoyed.

He was even more annoyed when the screams and pleas for mercy were all coming from Lin Li.

Zhuo Yongfei closed the door without making much of a comment.

After finishing the video, Wang Yuezhi remembered something and opened his social media feed.

「Wang Yuezhi: Everyone, please help me get a like ↓↓↓.」

He deleted this post.

He had blocked Chen Yuying from seeing this post.

This way, if she found out about this from other classmates, wouldn't she be even more moved?

Hmph, just imagining it himself made him feel incredibly moved.

His phone suddenly vibrated, and a message popped up.

「Your starred friend 「Chen Yuying」 has updated her Moments. Go check it out.」

He hurriedly exited his personal interface and refreshed his Moments.

Chen Yuying had posted a nine-square grid of photos containing dozens of pictures—some squares were completely occupied by a single photo, while the rest, when clicked, were long, stitched-together collages.

Wang Yuezhi had actually already clicked the three dots, but his finger hesitated before "Like."

Because he saw that in the very center of the nine-square grid was a large group photo of four people at the amusement park. Lin Li's face was at the very front of the camera, making a funny face.

Extremely ugly.

He kind of didn't want to like it...

No, I can't. Chen Yuying must have noticed too. I'm always the first one to like her posts. If I suddenly don't like it this time, she might worry and feel insecure. How can I let her feel that way?

It's Lin Li's fault. It shouldn't be a reason for me not to like it.

He had figured it out.

Like!

「Chen Yuying, Zhuo Yongfei, Rainy Day」

Rainy Day was him. Wang Yuezhi suddenly turned his head to look at Zhuo Yongfei beside him.

So it was you, you brat, who made it so that I couldn't even be with Chen Yuying in the like section! Dammit!

Wang Yuezhi knew that Chen Yuying always liked her own posts first to avoid a second notification, which was why he always tried so hard to be the first.

"What's wrong?" Suddenly feeling the room temperature drop a little, Zhuo Yongfei, who was about to grab the air conditioner remote, was startled by the gaze.

"...Nothing."

Forget it.

He was probably just scrolling through his Moments. It's fine, he's not an enemy.

Then Wang Yuezhi began to seriously admire each photo. Because Chen Yuying's Moments were only visible for three months and would disappear after that, he would also save the beautiful portrait photos one by one.

Seeing the parts of the pictures with Lin Li in them, he was troubled again.

Forget it, I'll save them anyway. I can just mosaic out the unclean parts afterward.

Wang Yuezhi suddenly smiled.

He saw that in one of Chen Yuying's photos, the clown doll he had seen today was in the background.

Could it be... that when Chen Yuying saw this photo herself, she would also think of him?

Wang Yuezhi showed a motherly smile.

Isn't this a two-way street? He and Chen Yuying were really a good ship. Those who don't understand are in trouble.

It took him a full ten-plus minutes to finish looking at the nine-square grid. He clicked the three dots again, chose to comment, and then typed, deleted, typed, deleted in the chat box, hesitating for a long, long time. A large chunk of text was deleted before Wang Yuezhi finally typed two words: "Looks good."

Mhm, simplicity is truth. Witty without being fawning.

Send.

Then Wang Yuezhi began to refresh his Moments nervously and excitedly, more nervous than waiting for exam results.

Every time a "1" appeared on his Moments, it was a test.

Can't WeChat cancel the notification for mutual friends' likes? It's so annoying!

Wang Yuezhi even waited until Lin Li's like and comment.

And that disgusting humanoid creature actually commented, "That guy is so handsome. Class President, can you help me get his WeChat? Thank you [Heart][Heart]"

Isn't that disgusting?

A greasy, narcissistic, creepy guy.

There was no response for a long time. Wang Yuezhi became an anxious king. The excitement was gone, only nervousness remained.

Fortunately, Chen Yuying hadn't responded to Lin Li either. It seemed she hadn't seen the replies on her Moments yet.

「One notification」

Finally! It was a notification with Chen Yuying's profile picture.

Taking a deep breath, Wang Yuezhi clicked on it:

「Thanks!」

There was even an exclamation mark more than her previous replies! This was perhaps a symbol of the progress in their relationship!

Screenshot, save.

"Yeah—!!" Wang Yuezhi cheered excitedly.

Zhuo Yongfei was startled again by Wang Yuezhi, who suddenly clenched his fist and cheered himself on. What was wrong with this kid, so jumpy? Did they win the Olympic bid?

Wang Yuezhi calmed down. He hadn't completely won yet.

He continued to refresh his Moments. A full three minutes passed. Watching Chen Yuying reply to the comments one by one, he finally confirmed one thing—Chen Yuying had not replied to Lin Li's disgusting comment!

Not only did she not reply, but Ding Sihan, as Chen Yuying's best friend, even cursed Lin Li in the comments, "So disgusting."

She was Wang Yuezhi's mouthpiece, no doubt.

Win, win, win!

Chen Yuying replied to Wang Yuezhi's message but not Lin Li's. This was one victory.

Wang Yuezhi had one victory, Lin Li had zero. This was a second victory.

Wang Yuezhi had two victories, Lin Li had zero. This was a third victory.

"..."

Wang Yuezhi had ninety-nine victories, Lin Li had zero. This was a hundredth victory.

Victorious in a hundred battles, how could it be just a hundred victories? Victory after victory, nourishing victory with victory, the victories were endless.

What did Lin Li have to compare with him? Wang Yuezhi felt like the First Emperor touching an electric wire—he had won so much he was numb.

...

「Chen Yuying: [Contact Card Share]」

「Chen Yuying: @Lin Li, here's the handsome guy's WeChat you wanted.」

「Lin Li: Thanks, Class President, but why can't I add him?」

「Chen Yuying: I don't know either~ [Sticking Tongue Out]」

「Lin Li: I understand. Kings do not meet. Two people who are too outstanding can only exist in their own worlds, unable to intersect. It is fated that he and I are not meant to be, but I truly envy you all for being able to make such a good friend.」

「Chen Yuying: [Bear Thomas Roundhouse Kick Sticker]」

「Chen Yuying: Hmph.」

「Ding Sihan: I often see dogs chasing their own tails and spinning in circles in my hometown, so you guys can intersect. Just try a little harder. @Lin Li」

「Lin Li: Ding Sihan, don't go too far. I've been tolerating you for a long time.」

「Ding Sihan: So what?」

「Lin Li: Adaxi, my friend, don't play with fire anymore. My style is for all to see, and you know my methods best.」

「Ding Sihan: What methods could you possibly have?」

「Lin Li: Hanging myself at your room door.」

「Ding Sihan: 6」

「Qu Wanqiu: [Like][Like][Like] You really do have your methods.」

「Ding Sihan: Go like both of our Moments. @Lin Li.」

(End of Chapter)