Chapter 241 : Unwilling to A and Unwilling to B, I Won't Play with You Anymore

It's over, Lin Li really struck it rich.

Bai Bufan was genuinely happy for Lin Li (50 cents per post, remember to delete the content in parentheses).

"Not forgetting your brothers after striking it rich, you finally look somewhat human," Bai Bufan sighed in the cafeteria.

Although he didn't know the whole picture, he had accepted this fact.

He had no choice but to accept it.

"Are you kidding? Even with money, one shouldn't forget their roots. Brothers are always the most important. You will always be my first choice," Lin Li waved his hand and said firmly.

"Hehe," Bai Bufan couldn't be bothered to show any emotion.

Bai Bufan would never forget Baowei's "corpse without organs that had a ghost marriage to ward off bad luck."

"You don't believe me," Lin Li, feeling questioned, got angry. "Let me put it this way: in a toilet without paper, if I only had your photo and a 1.8 million yuan check in my hand, I would choose you without hesitation.

"This is because you will always be my first choice."

Lin Li spoke emotionally, his voice sincere.

Bai Bufan: "?"

You're making me the first choice in this fucking scenario!?

That is indeed without hesitation.

Bai Bufan believed him.

Because if he were in this scenario, his first choice would also be Lin Li. Rounding it up, it could be considered a mutual affection.

"Why don't you say your longing for me is turning yellow?" Bai Bufan sneered.

"Eh? That works too. Yours is more literary, very Korean. I'll tell Baowei next time." This phrasing had its own merits compared to his. Lin Li thought about it, compared them, and then gave a thumbs up.

Then, Lin Li suddenly fell into philosophical contemplation: "But, Bufan, sometimes, after wiping ten times with your photo and finding it's still not clean, I always wonder, could humans actually be a crayon? Will there never be a day when we wipe clean?"

Bai Bufan almost spat out a mouthful of saliva.

"Can you first take my photo out of this scenario setting? And don't say this kind of bastard talk while I'm fucking eating chicken curry!"

"I wouldn't have said it if you weren't eating that. By the way, mine had this exact color and texture back then."

"Fuck!! So you're just pure evil!"

After eating, on the way back to the classroom.

"But things are looking up for us too. Others worry about how to make money, while we now worry about how to spend money." Bai Bufan adjusted his mood quickly and said cheerfully.

"What does this have to do with you?" At this time, Lin Li had to make a righteous separation.

"I'm the same. How do I make two hundred yuan last until next month?" Bai Bufan looked at Lin Li, his expression slightly miserable: "Doesn't this count as 'worrying about how to spend money'?"

"Now I understand," Lin Li nodded.

"By the way, Lin Li, why don't you buy my life?" Bai Bufan said expectantly:

"Ahem, my place of origin is overseas (outside Shanghai). I've only lived for nearly sixteen years and don't have many signs of use. My brain has hardly been used at all; it's very smooth with no scratches or wear. My body hasn't been used much either; I usually hate going out and just stay at home.

"My personality has a bit of a yandere feel, which is rare and highly priced in reality. However, this part has a slight flaw; currently, it only has the 'sick' feel.

"I possess the good character of forgetting to eat and sleep to achieve my goals. However, this cannot be settled in a lump sum; it requires installments. It will be delivered in four phases: forgetting, eating, sleeping, and goals.

"In addition, I have great appreciation potential. Because I live paycheck to paycheck (yue guang zu), if you buy me and brush on some white paint, I'll be a white moonlight (bai yue guang), making many people unable to forget me."

Bai Bufan finished his chant and looked at Lin Li expectantly.

"I don't really care about these things," Lin Li shook his head, seemingly really considering buying Bai Bufan's life: "I can consider buying you, but I need to confirm other conditions."

"What?"

"Do you shed?" Lin Li asked.

Bai Bufan: "?"

"Can you use the toilet at a designated spot? Oh, oh, you probably can, I already saw that during the National Day holiday. Then another question: do you bite? Can you resist the urge to eat shit? Can you—"

Bai Bufan: "..."

You motherfucker.

"You actually got it right, I do bite!" Bai Bufan jumped the wall in a hurry.

After messing around for a while, Lin Li asked:

"So are you sure you're going or not?"

"Since you really have money and aren't just puffing yourself up to look fat like Baowei, I'm definitely staying at school to go. Why wouldn't I take a chance to free-ride?" Bai Bufan nodded, then asked, "So is it just the two of us, the 'one dog' combo?

"Last time during the National Day holiday, the Class Rep paid for the bulk of the accommodation. If you're treating this time, I feel it's more appropriate to at least ask her."

"I haven't asked the 'three people' yet. I feel like even if I treat, they wouldn't be interested in traveling a long way and spending a whole day just to shoot guns. But I'll ask them tomorrow at noon," Lin Li nodded.

...

"So, going to experience live-fire shooting this weekend?"

The next day at noon, after hearing Lin Li's idea, Chen Yuying looked slightly surprised.

"Yes, Class Rep, interested?" Lin Li nodded.

"Why did you suddenly have this idea?"

"No boy can refuse guns, just like no boy can refuse white silk and black silk."

"You mean specifically you, right?" Hearing Lin Li somehow connect this to those things, Chen Yuying rubbed her forehead helplessly, then asked with concern:

"I can be interested, but are you really going to treat? This must cost a lot, a lot of money, right?"

"Class Rep, you know me. I never force myself, much less hold on just for face. Don't worry, I can only say that for this single experience, including you guys and me, the cost is just a drop in the bucket for me.

"So you guys absolutely don't need to have any psychological burden. Just enjoy the experience when the time comes, shoot however you want."

Lin Li's voice was bold.

He indeed had the confidence to say so.

He had already cashed in a portion of the gold last night. It wasn't "much," but Lin Li's card now had an additional sixty thousand yuan.

A mere hundred grams of gold, indeed not much.

Lin Li had divided this hundred grams among several shops that had gold recycling businesses. When the amount was small, the shop owners wouldn't ask for proof of the gold's origin at all, and the payment was swift.

One shop even said they didn't even need Lin Li's ID information, but the recycling price would be a full fifty yuan less per gram.

Fuck that. Lin Li suspected the other party thought he was a thief. But what thief could make money at his speed? So Lin Li righteously refused.

If he agreed, wouldn't that be clearly telling the other party that there was a problem with his gold?

Lin Li wouldn't do something like plugging his ears while stealing a bell.

As for the remaining million yuan worth of gold, Lin Li didn't plan to cash it in for the time being.

Even if he continued to recycle it separately, Xiling was a small place after all. Suddenly having so much extra gold all at once would inevitably make people suspicious.

He would wait until the money in his card was used up.

"So much? Where did you embezzle this money from?"

Chen Yuying naturally trusted Lin Li, but she still couldn't imagine how Lin Li did it, so she asked curiously.

"Of course it's the money I saved by withholding the wages of the migrant workers under me," Lin Li replied.

Chen Yuying burst into laughter, her eyes curving like crescent moons. Then she nodded and didn't press further:

"Since you want to be the big spender, then I won't be polite. I shouldn't have anything going on this weekend, so there's a 90% chance I can go. I'll give you a confirmed answer after I tell my family on Friday night."

"Why is there still a 10% chance you won't go? Here's what you do, Class Rep, tell your family my name! Say it's an acquaintance, don't worry!" Lin Li patted his chest.

"Sorry, I misspoke. There's about a 10% chance I can go." Chen Yuying always listened to Lin Li's words. After nodding, she corrected herself.

Lin Li: "?"

"Class Rep, your words are so hurtful."

"Bleh~ As for Wanqiu and Sihan, I'll ask them in the afternoon," Chen Yuying said with a smile.

"OK."

They chatted for a while longer, and when the lunch break bell rang, the two began to study.

In the classroom, the eternal second-seed runner for the 3000 meters in Class 4, Wang Yuezhi, still couldn't bring himself to write for a long time even after the classroom quieted down.

He couldn't believe what he had just heard from the two people behind him.

What "weekend," "go out," "shoot handguns," "shoot shoot shoot"?

What are they going to do?

This is fucking involving pornography, right?

No!!!

...

"Yo, what a coincidence, just finished eating?"

In the afternoon, when Lin Li came to the water dispenser with his cup to get water, he happened to see Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu coming out of the restroom.

And so, because of one sentence, the 1,800 yuan school pants gained an extra shoe print from a side kick.

"Did the Class Rep tell you two? Are you guys going?" Lin Li didn't mind and asked.

His gaze was fixed on the water dispenser, which couldn't stop gurgling water after he gently touched it. Hehe, what a sensitive little brat.

Pure slut.

"I'm about the same as Yingbao, I should be able to go. I'll give you a confirmed answer after I tell my family this weekend," Ding Sihan nodded upon hearing this.

"I won't be going," Qu Wanqiu shook her head.

"Why aren't you going? Isolating the four of us by yourself? Trying to be special and bullying us? Hehe, Qu Wanqiu, I've decided, I will petition the higher-ups to kick you out of the group chat." Lin Li glared coldly at Qu Wanqiu.

Qu Wanqiu: "..."

"I didn't bring my phone, so I don't want to stay at school," Qu Wanqiu explained.

Lin Li suddenly understood.

This was truly understandable. Bai Bufan always brought his phone, so apart from not being able to play PC games after staying at school, there wasn't much difference between staying at school for the weekend and going home. Therefore, he didn't care at all about staying at school and was indeed a frequent stayer.

After all, a round trip of an hour and a half was sometimes indeed a waste.

Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan were originally from Xiling, so even if they went, they could go home normally on the weekend.

Qu Wanqiu, who didn't bring her phone and whose home wasn't in Xiling, was in a relatively awkward position.

It wasn't exam week, and they were going out to play. If they made Qu Wanqiu go back on Friday and come back on Saturday, it would indeed be a bit difficult for her; if she didn't go home and stayed at school to wait for Saturday, she wouldn't have a phone to play with, and the weekend would feel like a waste, plus the time at school would be quite boring.

"I have a backup phone at home, I can lend it to you," Lin Li thought for a moment and still said. "Besides being a bit laggy, having poor screen contact, charging for two hours but only having five minutes of standby time, occasionally shutting down automatically, and frequently having these occasional minor issues, there are no other major problems."

Qu Wanqiu: "..."

"You call these minor issues?! It's basically a brick!"

"Find me a brick that can turn on a flashlight?" Lin Li frowned, defending his backup phone.

Qu Wanqiu: "..."

"Oh, right, I remember my mom retired a factory iPhone 16 at home. Qu Wanqiu, if you don't mind using an iPhone, you can use it."

Lin Li snapped his fingers, suddenly remembering this, and said excitedly.

"Ah? I'm an iPhone user anyway," Qu Wanqiu looked surprised, but the point of surprise wasn't the iPhone:

"The iPhone 16 has already been retired? I'm still using a 14 myself. Did your mom change it immediately after the Pro came out? So extravagant. Now I believe it, Lin Li, you're also a hidden little rich woman."

"You're the little rich woman, your whole family is little rich women."

Qu Wanqiu said, moved: "Thank you for your blessing."

"But it's not as extravagant as you say. I just mentioned the reason for retiring it: because that iPhone 16 is from the factory," Lin Li explained.

"From the factory?" Qu Wanqiu asked in confusion. "Was it made in an Indian factory and has quality issues?"

Apple has different factories around the world, and the quality of the products manufactured by different factories varies. The most inferior one is naturally that Eastern powerhouse with a population of over a billion.

Reflect on this.

However, Lin Li shook his head and denied it: "It's not that factory either."

"Then what is it?" Qu Wanqiu was completely confused.

"It's the factory of 16."

"Ah? I don't get it. What do you mean by the factory of 16?" Qu Wanqiu still didn't understand.

"It means, that, factory, is on top of the number 16," Lin Li had to explain in more detail.

"..."

"..."

Qu Wanqiu, Ding Sihan: "?"

Wait.

This factory (厂)...

(Translator's Note: The Chinese character for factory "厂" looks like the radical symbol "√").

"Lin Li, that's fucking called a square root! Why didn't you just fucking say it's an iPhone 4! Square root of 16 is square root of 16, what do you mean by a factory iPhone 16!!" Qu Wanqiu really couldn't hold back this time, raising her volume by eight octaves to complain.

"Oh, oh, right, right, right, that's called a square root, I remember now," Lin Li 'suddenly realized'.

Qu Wanqiu: "..."

You better have just remembered it.

Only Lin Li could describe an iPhone 4 like this.

And so, the 1,800 yuan pants gained a second shoe print from a side kick.

Well deserved.

"Forget it, forget it. The iPhone 4 is only a few years younger than me, I won't use it. Plus, I'm not too interested in live-fire shooting, I'm really not going," Qu Wanqiu shook her head and said.

"Alright, then you can only miss this chance to free-ride," Lin Li nodded. There was nothing to force anyway.

"It's fine," Qu Wanqiu shook her head. "Lin Li, when the time comes, just calculate how much each person spent on average, and then just transfer the money for treating me directly to me. It's the thought that counts, whether I go or not isn't important."

Hearing this, Lin Li chuckled: "Qu Wanqiu, what kind of skincare products do you usually use to maintain such thick skin?"

"Bleh bleh—"

"Although I don't know why you want to treat, since you're actively volunteering to be this sucker, I won't be polite either." Before returning to the classroom, Ding Sihan patted Lin Li's shoulder. "Lin Li, work hard. Strive for us to use the AB system whenever we go out to play in the future. You A the money, and I'll shamelessly bring my B face to play with you."

Lin Li's eyes originally widened, but after realizing that what Ding Sihan said wasn't the same thing he was thinking, he breathed a sigh of relief and blinked with a strange expression.

Haha, so you meant the AB system. I thought you meant the AB system.

"What's with that expression?" Ding Sihan said in confusion.

"Nothing," Lin Li quickly shook his head. "AB system it is, AB system is fine, AB system is no problem."

Ding Sihan frowned, then her eyes suddenly widened.

Remember, don't think that only boys have minds full of dirty thoughts. Most girls are not inferior to men in this regard.

"Lin Li! You pervert! You super invincible big pervert! What the hell is going through your mind!?" Ding Sihan, having realized, shouted with a blushing face.

Lin Li, who was being punched and kicked: "?"

"No, Little BB," Lin Li was truly feeling a bit wronged this time. Seventeen is the age where one cannot suffer grievances, so Lin Li fiercely sulked:

"I didn't say anything. I was just honestly standing here getting water, playing with this sensitive slut that gushes water as soon as you touch it. Is that perverted too?"

Only those who slandered Lin Li knew how wronged Lin Li was. As for who the pervert was, Lin Li didn't want to say more.

Even calling someone a pervert has to follow basic logic, right?

Ding Sihan: "?"

"Who's Little BB? I'm Little Ding di—No!! Who the fuck told you to keep calling me that!! Call me Ding Sihan! It's Ding Sihan!"

While refuting, Ding Sihan froze for a moment and almost choked herself to death.

Lin Li clicked his tongue.

Women are truly unreasonable. Just now Qu Wanqiu yelled at him, and now Ding Sihan was yelling at him.

Seeing the absent-minded Lin Li, Ding Sihan stopped talking and just blindly punched and kicked.

Qu Wanqiu thought it was fun, so she also stopped talking and blindly aided the tyrant.

At birth, human nature is inherently evil. Three minutes later, looking at his pants, which looked like they had been in a stampede even though he was just getting water, Lin Li sighed helplessly.

Oh vast Nansang, why are you so cruel to me?

...

"Jia Bao meets Lin Dai, Xue Bao dismantles."

(Translator's Note: A pun on Dream of the Red Chamber characters Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai).

"Chen Guan sucks Zhang Bai's juice, Xie Ting goes crazy."

(Translator's Note: A pun on Edison Chen, Cecilia Cheung, and Nicholas Tse, referencing their photo scandal).

While the boys were studying Chinese couplets by the lockers in the back row, Wang Ze rushed in:

"Everyone, the situation is bad. The draw results just came out. Our opponent this afternoon is Class 9, that Baowei class from yesterday."

"Who drew the unlucky lot?" Chen Tianming's eyes widened. "I'm going to kill him. Wang Ze, it wasn't you, was it?"

Class 17 also advanced. Chen Tianming was still waiting for a beautiful development to leave behind a wonderful story.

As long as they faced Class 17, losing is winning; winning is also winning!

"It wasn't me, I'm not that unlucky. He drew it." Wang Ze waved his left hand, then started slapping his right hand.

"Don't bully sister-in-law, it hasn't been easy for her to jerk you off so many times over the years," Bai Bufan immediately stepped forward to mediate their marital relationship upon seeing this, then stroked his chin. "It seems we must use unorthodox methods later to have a fighting chance."

"Tianming, as the number one person in Class 4, do you... have the resolve?" Bai Bufan, Wang Ze, and the others all looked at Chen Tianming at this moment.

"Which class is Class 17 pulling against?" Chen Tianming asked first.

"Class 20. According to my combat power analysis, they shouldn't have any problem advancing to the top five," Wang Ze replied.

Hearing this, Chen Tianming swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Plan B was a plan prepared very early on.

But as a price, he might forever lose some things...

But...

If Class 17 could win...

Carrying the promise of meeting Class 17! He had a reason he absolutely couldn't lose!

"I've had this resolve for a long time." Thinking of this, Chen Tianming nodded.

...

Basketball court.

After the afternoon classes ended, the people from Class 4 came here.

Class 9 also arrived one after another.

When two Zhou Baoweis and one Zhou Baowei Plus walked towards the tug-of-war rope together, strong tremors were felt in many parts of the basketball court.

Even Lin Li didn't snort powder this time. He began to meticulously apply anti-slip powder and warm up.

Lin Li's own strength was undoubtedly greater than anyone on the opposite side, even Baowei Plus wasn't enough to look at.

But from a collective perspective, even Lin Li didn't have the confidence to win for sure.

"Both sides get ready, take your positions." The referee redrew the line again, pressed the red line in the middle, and said to the two classes.

"Chen Tianming, why are you wearing a mask?"

Zhuo Yongfei, who was on the front line of the tug-of-war team with Chen Tianming, came to his position and asked in confusion when he noticed Chen Tianming behind him wearing a mask.

Chen Tianming didn't speak, just meticulously rubbed powder on his hands.

Zhuo Yongfei raised an eyebrow, thinking Chen Tianming didn't want to talk to him, and didn't press the issue, beginning to adjust his posture.

"Zhuo Yongfei, no matter what happens later, look forward, don't look back," Chen Tianming's faint voice floated over.

Zhuo Yongfei subconsciously turned his head, but Chen Tianming's hand stopped him: "Don't look back!"

"Listen to me, look forward, pull hard, don't rest, and don't look back."

Zhuo Yongfei: "?"

Are you fucking playing the role of Fatty from "The Lost Tomb" here?

"Everyone ready!" After the referee finished speaking, he had already put the whistle in his mouth.

Then Zhuo Yongfei heard Chen Tianming's roar from behind: "Nansang High School Freshman Class 9! Sixteen weaklings! Who dares to look straight at me! Fire at me! Fire at me!"

"Fuck!"

The vanguard of Class 9 opposite them stumbled and almost fell. The referee, who was already prepared to blow the whistle, pulled his collar to cover his nose and the lower half of his face, turned around, his body trembling.

A huge wave of sound erupted from the spectator stands. The Class 9 team swayed visibly to the naked eye. Several girls bit their lips desperately, their shoulders shaking like a sieve.

When you notice everyone's gaze looking next to you, who the fuck could resist looking?

Chen Tianming, what exactly did you do!

Zhuo Yongfei chose to look back.

Fuck, it's the Qing Dynasty's second-best killer!

Knowledge point consolidation: The Qing Dynasty's number one killer was Lin Li with makeup on the autumn outing bus.

This makeup was fucking drawn by Lin Li, right?

It's one thing to draw sausage lips, but what's with sticking green onions in your nostrils?

(End of Chapter)