"Are you f*cking telling me how to take a picture or how to commit suicide?" Bai Bufan gritted his teeth.

If he died like this, even Conan wouldn't be able to find the murderer. Who says there's no such thing as a perfect crime?

"You're being ignorant. I was just playing around with the class president and Ding Sihan, so I took fake photos, tourist photos with no artistic sense.

What's our relationship? I'm planning to take a picture of a 'Flying Bai Bufan' for you. I'm planning to submit it for this year's Pulitzer Prize. Trust me, bro, flip over, hurry up. Would I really harm you?"

Lin Li frowned. He didn't like this feeling of not being trusted. Then he added a question:

"By the way, your phone payment password hasn't changed, right? If it has, let me know. This is very important."

Bai Bufan: "..."

"Bro, just play fake with me too. I want to take tourist photos, I don't want art," Bai Bufan pleaded.

So vulgar, no ambition.

Lin Li was very disappointed that his deskmate and brother was such a person, but since Bai Bufan insisted, he had no choice but to give up.

Bai Bufan didn't really have a need for photos, just to keep a record. He probably wouldn't post them on his social media either.

It didn't take much time. After the four of them took a group photo, they picked up their holy swords again and started climbing the mountain.

They hadn't walked a few steps when they saw Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan let out a small cry and walk to the side of the road.

It turned out there was an orange cat, a super fat cat, semi-trailer level. I wonder if it has full insurance.

It wasn't afraid of strangers at all. Seeing the two of them come over, it even meowed a few times.

What a clingy cat, not as good as my own clinginess—Lin Li.

The orange cat also had a collar around its neck. It was probably a free-range cat from the temple, and then it was fed to this fat state by passing tourists.

Right now, Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan were discussing whether to go to the small shop next to them to buy it a sausage while taking pictures.

It is suggested to strictly investigate the orange cat, suspecting it to be the madam of the small shop, with a conflict of interest.

Looking at such a fat orange cat, Lin Li felt a little pity that Baowei wasn't here, otherwise he would have eighteen ways to attack him by taking this opportunity.

He turned to look at Bai Bufan, and Bai Bufan happened to be looking at him too.

"Thinking of Baowei," they said in unison.

Then the two of them smiled warmly.

...

Zhou Baowei, who was already at the museum at the top of the mountain, sneezed, suspecting that some idiot was cursing him.

He looked down and saw 'thinking of you' messages from both Lin Li and Bai Bufan in his phone. He sneered.

"It really is these two dog-like things."

So he replied directly with curses.

...

"Lin Li, can you help me buy a sausage? I'll transfer the money to you later," Chen Yuying looked up and asked.

"Of course," Lin Li had no objection. He bought one and handed it to her, then stood by and watched the two of them feed the cat.

After feeding the cat, the two of them petted it for a while before reluctantly getting up to leave.

"Sorry to keep you two waiting," Chen Yuying said.

Not bad, the class president didn't say sorry to me this time. There's progress.

"It's a small matter. Bai Bufan and I also like small animals very much," Lin Li waved his hand indifferently.

"Yeah, we have to have them every meal. Last time I saw a super cute rabbit, I immediately saved half a jin of it," before Chen Yuying could even ask, Bai Bufan nodded in agreement and chimed in.

"Only saved half a jin? Is that what you call liking small animals? I'd at least save half a rabbit," Lin Li expressed his disdain.

"It's too expensive. A jin is 500 grams here. I can't afford to save any more," Bai Bufan shook his head.

Chen Yuying: "..."

The conversation between the two of them made thirteen billion small animals cry.

It also blocked all the words Chen Yuying was about to say.

You guys...

"I won't allow you to call this kind of behavior liking small animals!" Ding Sihan was fuming.

"Little Dingding, only when it's in your stomach can it be considered in your heart. Your liking is superficial, our liking comes from the heart. So ours is the real liking, the real love!" Lin Li's rebuttal was very reasonable.

"You, you—"

Ding Sihan couldn't out-argue Lin Li, so she reached out to snatch the holy sword from his hand, seemingly wanting to kill Lin Li with his own weapon.

But how could a warrior lose his gun? Not only did Lin Li hold on to it firmly, but he also drew it back and swung it at Ding Sihan, of course, holding back his strength.

Ding Sihan is really an M. She's already starting to pursue me like this. It seems she really likes small animals. Love me, love my dog. She also likes boys who like small animals.

But Lin Li felt that he was not a frivolous person. He wouldn't agree to just any girl who pursued him.

He had to test Ding Sihan's sincerity properly.

You see, she only pursued him for thirty seconds and then gave up.

Lin Li was going to post a Zhihu topic later, "Why do some girls give up halfway through the pursuit? Is love so unable to withstand a test?"

"Lin Li, you stand right there!" Ding Sihan was out of breath.

"Ding Sihan, you can do it! If you catch me, I'll hold a 'caught me' party for you!" Now, Lin Li was laughing maniacally as he ran.

Ding Sihan gritted her teeth and gave up the chase.

Lin Li was no longer the weakling he was last semester. She really couldn't catch up at all.

So Ding Sihan used her gaze as a knife and killed Lin Li a hundred times.

"You'd better not come back!"

Lin Li naturally wouldn't be so bored as to keep his distance from the three of them. He slowly returned to their side and obediently let Ding Sihan hit him.

Lin Li explained again, "I was just kidding."

"Hehe, that's right, small animals are so..." Ding Sihan was easy to coax. She smiled upon hearing this.

"Bufan and I are staunch vegetarians at the end of the month. We don't have small animals every meal. Saying we have them every meal is purely for show, to act cool a little. I'm sorry," before Ding Sihan could finish, Lin Li said apologetically.

Bai Bufan, upon hearing this, nodded with a solemn expression and bowed ninety degrees in apology, looking like a Shiba Inu.

Ding Sihan, who was halfway through her laugh: "..."

"I won't allow—"

Seeing that Ding Sihan wanted to hit him with her own stick again, Lin Li sneered, "You'd better not eat later, Ding Sihan. I'll be watching you at noon. You'd better not have any designs on the small animals!"

The stick immediately returned to his hand obediently.

"...That's a separate matter."

The four of them continued to walk slowly up the mountain. Before they knew it, they had already walked most of the way, and the sun was gradually moving towards the middle of the sky.

Climbing the mountain didn't seem to be that tiring, even with the weight of four people on him, Lin Li thought.

Of course, it might also have something to do with the people he was climbing with.

A beautiful girl, a die-hard brother, and a person.

This configuration was perfect.

"Lin Li, there's a situation!" Bai Bufan spoke up again.

"What situation!" Lin Li immediately became alert.

"Persimmon tree, what do you say?" Bai Bufan pointed ahead. There was a wild persimmon tree that should have grown on the mountainside, with many orange persimmons hanging on it, their color quite tempting.

"Let's go!"

After a simple conversation, the two of them jogged over.

After confirming that it was indeed a wild persimmon tree and not a cultivated one, the two of them jumped up and down under the tree with their holy swords, while Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan, who had followed them, watched from the side.

"It's too high, you can't reach it," Chen Yuying said with a smile.

Although this persimmon tree grew on the mountainside, it was still too high from the ground. Lin Li could only hit the lowest branches when he jumped, and couldn't reach the fruits higher up at all.

Bai Bufan was even worse.

Climbing this tree was too dangerous, but Lin Li always had a way.

"It's time to let the persimmon tree feel our passionate combined ultimate technique," Lin Li looked at Bai Bufan.

"OK, you go up or I go up," Bai Bufan immediately understood the meaning.

"I'll go. My physique is better than yours now, and the class president said I'm a good person," Lin Li squatted down.

Chen Yuying didn't understand why Lin Li suddenly had to mention that she said he was a good person. She tilted her head in confusion.

Bai Bufan, on the other hand, understood in a second.

—Because a good person should be held at gunpoint.

So he held back his laughter, secretly pulled up his underwear first, and then sat on him.

Lin Li slowly stood up, "Class President, Ding Sihan, after Bufan knocks down the fruits, you guys try to catch them as much as possible. It's not convenient for me."

"Okay."

The persimmons on the persimmon tree watched as Lin Li and Bai Bufan shouted about friendship and bonds, and then charged up with their sticks, and so they all fell.

Four fruits, no more, no less. After washing them at the sink by the roadside, Lin Li, who was a little thirsty, peeled off the skin and took a bite.

"Not bad. Although it's not as sweet as the ones sold in fruit stores, it's still quite delicious. It's not as bitter and astringent as I imagined," after carefully tasting it, Lin Li nodded, took another bite, and gave his approval.

The three of them, upon hearing this, also put the persimmons into their mouths.

Three seconds later, all four of them started spitting.

Astringent, so astringent, and not even 'tree' (sweet). Not delicious at all.

Chen Yuying's facial features were scrunched up. She looked up and saw Lin Li's face, who was also spitting, but with a look of a successful prank.

She, who had wanted to glare at Lin Li, laughed instead.

"Lin Li, you're not a f*cking human!" Bai Bufan said angrily while spitting.

He had tricked Zhou Baowei like this yesterday, so he should have been wary. But Lin Li also gave the persimmons to Ding Sihan and Chen Yuying. This action made Bai Bufan completely relax his guard—he had thought Lin Li wouldn't trick girls.

Now it seems he had underestimated the extent of Lin Li's beastliness.

This dog-like thing even tricked girls! He even tricked Chen Yuying! He really doesn't look like a human, does he?

"Lin Li!!"

It wasn't just Bai Bufan who was angry. Ding Sihan picked up her stick and started hitting him.

"I accidentally became a black person too. I get a free draw every day just by signing in," Lin Li leisurely took the hits and said at the same time.

After throwing the four persimmons into the trash can by the roadside, Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan were about to continue climbing the last section of the road, but they found that Lin Li and Bai Bufan had returned to the persimmon tree and had combined again.

This time it was Lin Li's turn to be on top.

"Class President, Ding Sihan, help us catch them again!" Lin Li shouted to them.

"Why are you still picking them if they're not delicious?" Chen Yuying walked over and asked curiously.

Lin Li waved the wooden stick in his hand.

"This one is for Baowei!"

"This one is for Wang Ze!"

"This one is for Tianming!"

"This one is for..."

How could you not think of your bros when you have something good?

Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan silently caught the fruits.

You boys are really...

(End of Chapter)