"Here, here's the skewer for you, Wanqiu. I, haha, support you in stabbing him to death!" Ding Sihan, who was the only one besides Lin Li and Qu Wanqiu to hear the conversation, handed the skewer to Qu Wanqiu while holding back her laughter. She even specifically chose an iron one, fearing that Lin Li might have a chance of survival.

"You... second sister, don't laugh at big sister," upon hearing this, Lin Li first looked her up and down, then sneered.

Ding Sihan stopped giggling and immediately started a cooperative hunt.

...

This time, two holes were really poked in Lin Li's 1800-yuan clothes. But for making such a crude joke, not having his head actually fall off was a great victory!

Win!

Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu weren't really angry either. Firstly, everyone had become much more familiar with each other. Secondly, Lin Li's teasing was done in private.

"Yes, yes, you two are young and have a bright future. I'm an old thing, I don't understand."

Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu brought out the same hope theory as Chen Tianming. Lin Li, an old thing who was about to turn eighteen, could only agree.

When he came back, Chen Yuying had also finished her work and handed a steaming meat skewer to Lin Li.

"My hands are all greasy, and my forehead is sweaty! Do you need me to wipe your sweat for you, Class President!" Lin Li said with a smile as he took it.

"No need," Chen Yuying only found it funny that Lin Li was so obsessed with wiping her sweat.

"Lin Li, you want a girl to wipe your sweat so badly, I'll wipe it for you," Ding Sihan said.

Lin Li turned his head, about to say that people are different, when he was stunned to find that Ding Sihan was holding a steel wool ball in her hand.

There really is a difference between humans and humanoids.

"Thank you, but no need," he hadn't reached the point where he needed to train this yet. Lin Li calmly refused.

The barbecue in his hand entered his mouth.

Who said that the fruits of one's own labor don't taste particularly delicious? Lin Li was going to refute this point.

"Delicious!" In Chen Yuying's slightly expectant eyes, Lin Li gave a thumbs-up.

"Tch—perfunctory!" Emperor Chen wasn't anxious, but Eunuch Ding, who was holding the steel wool ball, was anxious first.

"It's so delicious that if I become a monkey in a zoo in my next life and happen to see it, even if I get a hundred slaps from the zookeeper, I'll snatch it from the tourists and devour it," so Lin Li changed his words.

Ding Sihan: "..."

The imagery was there. This time, it was indeed sincere.

After eating, Lin Li returned to his own barbecue grill.

It was now Zhou Baowei's turn to grill. The ones Bai Bufan had grilled were probably already divided between the two of them.

Sighing at their disloyalty, unfilial piety, and injustice, Lin Li stood by and drank his bone ash soup with a straw.

"F*ck!" Zhou Baowei suddenly roared.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan both laughed.

How did Zhou Baowei manage to always be in the downwind of the barbecue smoke?

When he was on the left, the wind blew to the left. When he moved to the right, the wind blew to the right.

"By the way, where are mine and Baowei's?"

After laughing, Bai Bufan saw Lin Li drinking lotus root starch and extended his hand.

Oh, did they ask me to bring some for them too?

Because Lin Li had been sucking continuously, the straw made an intermittent sound of sucking air. After a while, he turned to look at Bai Bufan and smiled gently and sincerely:

"I swear on my little bull, I really intended to bring a cup for you two at the beginning. I even already got you a cup."

Bai Bufan: "..."

"You intended to at the beginning, what about in the middle and at the end?" he asked with a smile.

"I forgot in the middle, and I forgot at the end."

...

With barbecue, it's actually hard to tell if you're full or not when you're grilling it yourself. Paired with drinks, it feels easier to get full from drinking.

More than an hour passed, and everyone gradually left the barbecue area.

Until only Zhou Baowei was left fighting alone in the barbecue area. With him in Class 4, there was really no need to worry about food being wasted.

Some people chose to pay to play some of the activities at the base, while others chose to go to the lawn to share snacks and chat.

After all, it was still summer. The sun was high in the sky at noon. Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan were not very interested in outdoor activities. So after taking group photos and individual photos, they not only reapplied a layer of sunscreen but also returned to the mat in the shade to sit.

"I'm putting on some music, okay?" Qu Wanqiu asked.

No one had any objections.

Qu Wanqiu took out a mini speaker that was only the size of her palm. After operating her phone for a while, music with not-so-good sound quality came out of the speaker.

But they weren't pursuing the quality of the music itself, but rather the atmosphere it brought.

A clamor that overpowered the music came from not far away.

It was Lin Li and the others.

They weren't playing any paid activities, but they weren't resting either.

Now a group of people were chasing Lin Li and Bai Bufan again. This time it wasn't because of the persimmons, but because they had their eyes on the wooden sticks in their hands.

Lin Li hadn't lied to them. This stick actually had such a terrifying charm for these boys that it could make them drop everything to chase after it—except for Zhou Baowei who was eating barbecue.

But then it seemed they had made some kind of agreement, and a group of them started to have a cockfight on the lawn—hopping on one foot while bumping each other with the knee of the other leg.

It looked quite interesting. If they were a little closer, it wouldn't be impossible to cheer for them.

The boys seemed to be deciding the ownership of the wooden sticks in this way. Lin Li and Wang Ze seemed to have become the two cock-kings of this group of chickens, each holding a wooden stick arrogantly.

No one else was unwilling—except for Bai Bufan.

Lin Li walked under the shade of the tree, picked up his bag, twisted open the cap of the refilled water bottle, and drank it in big gulps. His Adam's apple moved up and down with the clear sound of swallowing.

"Whose playlist is this? It has such good taste," listening to the music in his ears, Lin Li nodded in approval.

"That's right!" Qu Wanqiu replied.

After moistening his throat with water, Lin Li began to sing along with the song loudly.

Chen Yuying found it unexpectedly pleasant to listen to.

"Can you turn off the original singer? He's so noisy," after singing a line, Lin Li said with disgust.

Chen Yuying found it expectedly shameless.

"You want to sing? Then I'll play the instrumental for you," Qu Wanqiu was very interested upon hearing this and immediately nodded and said.

"Just connect to mine," Lin Li was not polite at all, pushing his luck.

After discovering that Lin Li was going to sing, Bai Bufan, Wang Ze, and the others immediately ran over and spontaneously sat or stood around Lin Li.

"Oh oh! Brother Lin Li! Onii-chan! I'm crazy for you! I'm wild for you! I'll bang my head against the wall for you!" Bai Bufan instantly became a fan, just a little intellectually challenged.

Wang Ze and the others also joined in the hooting, each one regressing and making gorilla sounds.

Lin Li, who was beating time, swayed his body gently. When the notes fell, he began to sing:

"At this time, the orioles are flying and the grass is long~ The one I love is on the way~"

"I know he travels through wind and rain~ Passing by the sunset without admiring it~"

Bai Bufan gradually stopped giggling, his expression becoming solemn.

As a comrade-in-arms who had worked hard to sing together for countless morning readings, Bai Bufan knew Lin Li's singing level very well. It was good, but it shouldn't be this good.

Did he practice behind my back? Did he secretly attend other morning reading classes?

You dog-like thing.

Noticing Bai Bufan's gaze and his expression as if he had eaten a fly, Lin Li was secretly overjoyed.

This was the most useful time for the system.

Bai Bufan was suspected to be the biggest victim after he obtained the system.

After singing "The World's Beauty is Intertwined with You," both boys and girls were applauding Lin Li.

But Lin Li, who was operating his phone, the instrumental music continued almost without a pause. This time, more people immediately recognized the song as "Old Boy."

"That's the person I miss day and night and love deeply—"

Lin Li sang half of it himself. When the second half began, he suddenly waved the wooden stick in his hand and pointed it at Bai Bufan.

"Me? How should I express it, will she accept me~"

Bai Bufan didn't react at first, but he quickly caught on to the rhythm and sang along with the second line.

Bai Bufan's singing was also quite good.

The two of them sang a duet, one line after another. The teenagers around them swayed slightly to the rhythm.

"Dreams are always out of reach—" Lin Li waved the wooden stick again, which was now like a conductor's baton, and pointed it in a circle towards Wang Ze and the others.

"Should we!! Give up!" Wang Ze and the others immediately sang loudly.

Because there were many people, their voices were high and low. Plus, Wang Ze, who had the loudest voice, went from the first ring road to the eighteenth ring road in one sentence, making it sound very chaotic and unpleasant.

At a glance, they were people who hadn't worked hard during morning reading.

But Lin Li gave Wang Ze and the others a thumbs-up.

"The flowers bloom and fall, another season passes—" This time, the wooden stick in Lin Li's hand, which was now like a conductor's baton, suddenly turned and waved towards the girls under the shade of the tree.

Chen Yuying didn't remember "Old Boy" very well and hesitated with her mouth slightly open, but Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu beside her had already started singing.

"Spring, where are you!"

"Strong! Much better than me!" During the short interlude, Wang Ze stood up and applauded.

"They won't be happy even if you praise them like that..." Lin Li said with disdain. "Just like if I said you're more handsome than Bai Bufan, would you be happy, Wang Ze?"

"F*ck! Indeed not! Your example is too dirty," Wang Ze understood this time.

"Lin Li, you mother—"

"Zhou Baowei!" Lin Li suddenly shouted towards the barbecue area.

"Huh?" Zhou Baowei, who was still eating skewers, turned his head.

Lin Li took a deep breath, waited for the rhythm of the music, and then—

"Youth is like a rushing river! Catch!"

Because he used too much force, this line was a little off-key.

"Goes! By! And! Never! Returns! No! Time! To! Say! Goodbye!" But even the off-key Lin Li was too weak compared to the power contained in Zhou Baowei.

The food Zhou Baowei ate, besides being used for pooping, finally had some other use.

However, although there was power, it was terribly unpleasant to listen to. It seemed he hadn't even finished chewing the food in his mouth.

"Good!" But after he finished roaring, everyone applauded vigorously, and Zhou Baowei also waved his barbecue skewer to his fans.

Everyone laughed.

"Let's sing together now!" Conductor Lin Li ordered again.

"Look at the flowers fluttering in the sky, withering at their most beautiful moment..."

Finding the lyrics on her phone, Chen Yuying swayed to the rhythm of the surrounding voices and sang along softly.

...

Xue Jian listened to the chorus of his class's students from a distance, a gentle smile on his face that Lin Li rarely saw.

A song about the regret of youth passing by was sung by them with a feeling of youthful exuberance.

But that was also true.

They were in their youth.

...

After singing "Old Boy," Lin Li changed the song again. This time it was the even more familiar Phoenix Legend.

He very simply divided the interested people present into male and female vocal parts, and stood in the middle, pointing (physically).

Perhaps knowing that some people would be too shy to sing without the original singer, Lin Li would always provide a guiding voice at the right time.

The atmosphere on the lawn gradually became lively.

Even the most shy and introverted Yu Yu, Chen Yuying could hear her singing along with everyone.

And Wen Shuyang, who loved to sing the most in the dorm, even took the initiative to ask Lin Li to play a few songs for her to lead the singing.

Chen Yuying sometimes looked at the lyrics on her phone, and sometimes looked at the sparkling Lin Li under the sun. Occasionally, she could see a few drops of sweat filled with vigorous vitality falling.

Lin Li bathed in the gentle breeze, his spirits high. The action of him constantly and forcefully waving the conductor's baton in his hand was full of youthful spirit.

...

Another new prelude began to play.

When the dazed Chen Yuying came back to her senses, she suddenly realized that this was the prelude to Su Yunying's "Wild Child."

And the first line of this song was...

Chen Yuying looked up, and Lin Li also turned to look at her. The straight conductor's baton cut through the air, connecting their gazes.

"Why does the stronger the wind, the more my heart sways—"

The heavens and earth seemed to respond to Lin Li's will. The conductor's baton in his hand turned into Harry Potter's magic wand.

The wind started to blow.

A sudden gust of wind blew on everyone present. It rolled up the corners of the picnic mat, blew away someone's hat, and brought someone's exclamation.

Chen Yuying pressed down on the corners of her skirt with both hands to prevent the hem from flying up.

But because of this, her waterfall-like hair was unrestrained and swayed freely with the wind.

Many, many strands of hair covered her face.

But through the gaps, Chen Yuying could still catch Lin Li's brilliant smile.

Then, could Lin Li see her smile through them?

The wind was still getting stronger.

"Why does the stronger the wind, the more my heart sways—"

...

Why does the stronger the wind, the more my heart sways?

(End of Chapter)