Chapter 1257 - 554: Some Words Are Hard to Say Face-to-Face_2

Chapter 1257: Chapter 554: Some Words Are Hard to Say Face-to-Face_2

Looking at the phone Lin Li handed over, Ding Sihan raised an eyebrow and asked with a faint smile.

Chen Yu Ying and Qu Wanqiu leaned in to take a look, and then Chen Yu Ying grabbed Lin Li’s hand while Qu Wanqiu blocked his retreat. Pretty in sync.

"Reporting to Your Ladyship," Lin Li actually hadn’t planned to run. After turning his hand to clasp Chen Yu Ying’s, he explained respectfully:

"I’ve realized that angle is really important when taking photos. The right angle can bring out the greatest beauty. Like, some people’s front view is average but their profile is stunning; some people’s profile is average but their front view is killer;"

"Your Ladyship, your situation is similar. Your profile is average, the fireworks are stunning!"

"So I specifically set the focus on the fireworks that were right next to you just now and lowered the brightness to reduce exposure. That way the dreamy feel of the fireworks is fully unleashed, while your face just melts like cream and perfectly blends into the darkness created by the contrast. If I post this photo on Moments, it’ll definitely achieve the realm of the ’great master hidden in the city.’"

"Not bad, not bad, Xiaolinzi, go to the purification chamber and collect your reward." Ding Sihan read the line flatly.

"Your Ladyship, I’ve already been purified once, no need, right? How about just drag me out and behead me instead."

"How could that be, repeated purification is good for your health. Hurry up, go!"

"Your Ladyship, I’ve been wronged! Your Ladyship, I’ve been wronged!! Let me make amends! Although your profile is average, actually the negative impact is caused only by a local area dragging you down. This humble servant has a plan: just use your hand to cover and adjust that spot a bit, it’ll immediately look better, just as stunning as the fireworks!"

Seeing that Ding Sihan was already looking at him like a dead man, Lin Li immediately raised his hand to signal.

Ding Sihan felt she really was asking for it. At this moment she was one hundred percent sure Lin Li would not speak human language, but that shameless mouth of hers couldn’t help it and she asked with a squinty smile: "Oh? Cover where?"

"The eyes."

"The eyes—my eyes aren’t good-looking?" Ding Sihan narrowed her eyes.

Lin Li laughed: "No, it’s covering my eyes."

"Pa pa pa pa pa." Ding Sihan clapped as she laughed. "Haha, as you wish."

"Baby, if I become blind will you still love me?" Hearing this, Lin Li pondered for a moment, then turned his head and asked Chen Yu Ying, who was still stopping him from running: "Would you be my eyes?"

"Nope." Chen Yu Ying shook her head without even the slightest hesitation.

"Then I’ll like Bufan even more. I asked him the same question before, and he agreed without hesitation to be my guide dog."

"Congratulations, congratulations." Chen Yu Ying offered blessings to the happy couple.

Tragic. Abandoned, Lin Li felt like a little dog drenched in the rain.

He was actually lying to Chen Yu Ying.

Bai Bufan hadn’t agreed.

Because the requirements for guide dogs are actually very strict. Bai Bufan didn’t even pass the background check. During testing they discovered that when he saw poop on the road he couldn’t help but lead the blind person over to pick it up and feed it to him, so he absolutely wasn’t qualified.

Sigh, a benevolent lie.

"Is it that God drew a curtain before my eyes~ and forgot to lift it~"

Rubbing the long-lost footprint on his butt, Lin Li hummed sadly as he continued to watch the purely ornamental fireworks with the "three people" and take serious photos.

...

"Boom—"

A comparatively sharp cracking explosion sounded, drawing the four of them’s attention. They looked over at Bai Bufan squatting not far away.

"Bufan, what are you playing with?" Lin Li asked casually.

"Oh, I just took the gunpowder out of a few firecrackers and piled it together, then arranged the other firecrackers in a circle around the gunpowder. That sound just now is actually a composite of a lot of firecrackers. I set off a whole pack at once. Awesome."

Bai Bufan turned his head and explained.

When we were kids, you only played like this either when it was the end and your family was urging you to go home so you had to finish the leftovers in one go, or if you were filthy rich.

"Tasteful." Lin Li gave a thumbs-up in approval. "Once I finish setting off this one, I’ll come over and play with you."

"OK, OK. Isn’t there a river nearby or something? We can go by the river later—blowing up mud and water is both fun."

Coming back to his side, Lin Li placed the firework with its fuse already lit on the ground. Since it wasn’t dangerous, he only stepped back about a meter and waited quietly for it to blossom into its own brilliance.

The "three people" were waiting too.

"..."

The outer fuse had completely burned away, but the firework still hadn’t gone off.

"Is it broken?" Ding Sihan asked doubtfully, holding up her phone.

Although his physical body was completely unafraid, for the sake of "safety" in front of everyone, Lin Li still poked the firework a few times with a branch from the ground.

After sensing it with Divine Sense, he nodded: "Mm, looks like a dud."

The failure rate of fireworks themselves is much higher than other products, and Lin Li had bought a mixed bag of all kinds, cheap and expensive, so a dud popping up wasn’t all that unexpected.

And it wasn’t enough to affect anything.

Just as Lin Li was about to dissect this firework to see if he could take out some "components" to study and play with together with Bufan later, his phone vibrated in his pocket.

He fished it out and saw someone was calling him.

Looking at the screen, Lin Li answered the call and put it to his ear: "Hello?"

"Hello, is this Mr. Lin Li?" A woman’s voice came from the other end of the line, and it sounded pretty nice.

"Yes, this is he. Hello, what’s up?"

Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu saw Lin Li making a phone call, and both quieted down.

"Ah, hello sir, this is the National Anti-Scam Center’s anti-scam warning hotline. Our side has just checked via satellite and detected that you may currently be facing the risk of a dud-firecracker scam. Please stay calm and do not trust any unfamiliar calls or on-site promotions..."

"..."

"...The National Anti-Scam Center solemnly reminds you: dud firecrackers may be small, but fraud is serious. All citizens, please remember the spirit of science, stay away from dud-firecracker traps, and let’s work together to protect the peaceful New Year atmosphere.

Anti-scam for the people, we’ll be by your side 24 hours a day~"

The person on the other end rambled on for quite a while. Lin Li wasn’t impatient at all; he listened very seriously, nodding from time to time and responding with little "mm-hmm" sounds.

You can only blame the other person’s voice for being too pleasant.

What a pity she works as a staffer at the Anti-Scam Center.

Lin Li felt that this operator really ought to be a scammer instead.

Anyway, he didn’t care about other people, but if someone used that voice to scam him, Lin Li felt there’s no way he could ever resist:

Jiejie, jiejie, my bank card PIN is 258085...

My phone unlock code is 031628...

All my game accounts and passwords are tianxianniuniu18...

My mobile payment password is 778899...

And the secondary password for my Naruto game is—sorry! That one I really can’t tell you!!

Whoosh—

Immersed in the gentle land of her voice, Lin Li suddenly snapped back to his senses.

Good thing he possesses the Will of Fire.

At this moment, the words on the other end were also wrapping up: "Alright, thank you for taking the call, so... wish you a pleasant life?"

"You too, have a pleasant life, happy New Year’s Eve, remember to stay with the person you like."

"Mm-hmm, thank you for your blessings, Mr. Lin, same to you, happy New Year’s Eve."

"Oh, right, you just said you’d be by my side 24 hours a day, is that true?"

"Just a bit of exaggeration in the wording."

"That’s so evil, deceiving the public. I’m going to file a complaint against you guys."

"Beep beep—"

Finally, the call, which wasn’t long but wasn’t exactly short either, was hung up.

Lin Li reluctantly took the phone away from his ear, then remembered where he was. He looked over at Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu standing together not far away, and Bai Bufan, who had stopped playing with firecrackers, and pointed at his phone to explain to them:

"It was a call from the Anti-Scam Center."

"The person was really nice, just a bit mean—they hung up on me at the end."

Ding Sihan, Qu Wanqiu, Bai Bufan: "..."

"The Anti-Scam Center is amazing nowadays. I just got tricked by a dud firecracker and the call came through right away to warn me, that’s great." Lin Li tilted his head up to look at the pitch-black night. "Satellite tech is seriously impressive..."

Ding Sihan, Qu Wanqiu, Bai Bufan: "..."

(•́へ•́╬)!!!

You...

I...

Sigh...

The expressions of the two people and one dog were endlessly complicated.

No, not two people and one dog.

Three dogs.

"Can we bury those two, one in the South Pole and one in the North Pole... I’m done, this is pure lemon I’m eating..." Finally, it was Bai Bufan—his face basically welded with the mask of pain—who broke first and complained:

"What brand is this dog food, huh? I’m not picky about anything, and I’ve eaten tons of dog food, but this is the first time it’s made me feel this miserable."

"Damn, this phone call made my neck itch like crazy. Is there a roof beam anywhere? I need to use a beam to scratch my neck."

Bro, you’re literally getting pissed into a laugh.

Even though Lin Li hadn’t put the call on speaker at all, Bai Bufan knew every word of that phone conversation just now.

Ha, ha—wanna know why?

Of course it’s not just because a dog’s hearing is six times better than a human’s, but because—

That Anti-Scam Center staffer was standing right next to Lin Li, okay ☉_☉!!!

Heh, at this very moment—

A certain staff member who’s pretty nice but also pretty bad, because she was being stared at with strange looks by three roadside lemon spirits, felt too embarrassed to handle it and chose to hide in her boyfriend’s arms, not daring to meet the lemon spirits’ gazes and keeping absolutely quiet.