Chapter 158

Actually, theoretically, there is an optimal solution: just absorb these sleepiness feelings from whoever they came from and return them back.

The sleepiness returns to its respective homes and finds its respective mothers; nothing happens to anyone.

Although it looks like nothing was done, the task progress bar will definitely go up.

But the reason Lin Li didn't do this was mainly because his strength didn't allow it. Such delicate operations—not to mention whether Lin Li could control the amount of desire—the mental consumption was even more enormous; he definitely wouldn't be able to handle it.

The bell for the end of morning self-study rang, and there were five minutes left before the first class started.

"Holy crap, I'm so sleepy today. How could this be? Are you guys sleepy?" Bai Bufan, who had been caught sleeping during morning reading by Li Binbin and had to stand in the back, yawned and returned to his seat, asking.

Zhou Baowei: "I'm not sleepy at all today."

Chen Tianming: "Don't know why, not sleepy at all."

Qin Zeyu: "Indeed, energetic as hell."

Bai Bufan: "..."

The guys in the back row didn't seem to be lying to him, because after Bai Bufan looked over, he found that they were truly more energetic than the next, eyes wide as copper bells, playing and messing around.

Bai Bufan could only look at his only partner in misery, Lin Li, who was equally listless.

After sitting down and draping his arm over Lin Li's shoulder, Bai Bufan lamented: "So it turns out only the two of us are this sleepy today. Why? Lin Li, do you have any clues?"

Lin Li: "..."

"Me? Ah? I don't know? What clues could I have?" Lin Li waved his hands quickly.

"Crap, feels like some idiot transferred all their sleepiness onto us. Damn them," Bai Bufan let go, laid down, and cursed while planning to use these short five minutes to catch up on sleep.

Lin Li: "..."

Haha.

It's not really at the level of deserving to die, right?

Lin Li looked at the "Bottle of Stored Emotions and Desires" in his drawer; it was full again.

Should he send it to Bai Bufan again? Lin Li turned his head to look at Bai Bufan, who was already snoring, and Lin Li was truly worried he might sleep himself to death.

Lin Li had no choice but to look at the other guys who were now full of energy.

For a moment, he didn't know who to harm. After thinking about it, Lin Li took out paper and pen and wrote down today's execution list:

1. Wang Yuezhi; 2. Zhou Baowei; 3. Chen Tianming; 4. Wang Ze; 5. Bai Bufan; 6. Lin Li.

Then Lin Li took out a die.

Who the victim of this bottle of sleepiness would be, let heaven decide. Adding his own name was to show that he was in it together with everyone; after all, they were brothers.

The die was thrown high, landed, spun, and stabilized under Lin Li's expectant gaze.

6.

Great! It's actually 1+1+1+1+1+1! He could give Wang Yuezhi six bottles of sleepiness! Lin Li clenched his fist and raised his arm, showing he was very satisfied with this result!

Die boss, fun to play, nice!

Since it was heaven's will, Lin Li had no way to refuse.

"So, Yuezhi, for this problem, as long as we open the parentheses for the left term, can we proceed to the next step?" Li Ke, who was asking Wang Yuezhi a question, calculated it after burying his head and said excitedly.

Seeing Wang Yuezhi didn't respond, he raised his head in confusion.

He saw Wang Yuezhi, who had been standing just a moment ago, now with his face pressed against his test paper, suspected saliva flowing from the corner of his mouth, while his lower body remained standing, causing his butt to be stuck high in the air.

Li Ke: "?"

Is it this sudden?

"Wait, my test paper!"

Chinese class.

"Yuezhi, stop sleeping. You've almost slept through the whole class." When Li Binbin walked to Wang Yuezhi's side, he tapped the desk with the back of his hand and said.

"Sorry teacher, I don't know why either, I'm so sleepy today." Wang Yuezhi woke up with a start, then said apologetically.

"Just go to bed earlier from now on."

Chinese class was already a major class for sleeping, and Li Binbin was an easy-going teacher, so he wouldn't cause a stir over this and continued the lecture without much concern.

"Yuezhi, what time did you actually go to sleep last night?" Li Ke asked suspiciously, "I remember you went to sleep quite early last night, right?"

"Yeah, I went to sleep after eleven last night, but today I'm just inexplicably sleepy. I don't know why either." Wang Yuezhi shook his head in distress.

But the second period was chemistry class.

"Wang Yuezhi, don't think that just because your chemistry grades are good, you can sleep in class. We are covering new knowledge points for the monthly exam now. Go stand in the back for class!"

The chemistry teacher was relatively strict. After discovering Wang Yuezhi was sleeping, he didn't give any "good student" treatment.

Wang Yuezhi stood in the back row with an annoyed face.

"Teacher, I'm sleepy too. I request to stand in the back as well!" Lin Li raised his hand.

"Hmm? Okay, go ahead. Good attitude. If anyone else is sleepy, feel free to stand in the back for class." Hearing this, the chemistry teacher actually gave Lin Li a smile.

Facing Wang Yuezhi's gaze full of confusion and hostility, Lin Li gave a warm look: "I feel uneasy in my conscience if only you are standing."

Actually, Lin Li wasn't sleepy, but his spirit was indeed a bit listless, related to the side effects of using the "Bottle of Stored Emotions and Desires."

Wang Yuezhi: "?"

What an idiot.

The class continued. For the sake of the monthly exam ranking, Lin Li stood in the back and listened carefully, until a piece of chalk was thrown over.

Not knowing if it was the ability to catch a blade with bare hands, Lin Li caught it steadily, then looked at the chemistry teacher with some confusion.

"Sorry, threw it wrong." The chemistry teacher had already walked down from the podium. After saying this to Lin Li, his voice immediately carried thick anger: "Wang Yuezhi, you're already standing in the back, and you can still stand there sleeping?"

Lin Li turned his head and only then discovered that Wang Yuezhi's head had tilted at some point, his book had dropped, and he had fallen asleep again.

The posture and movement were a bit difficult; an average person couldn't do it at all.

Woken up by the roar, Wang Yuezhi opened his eyes, realized what had happened, and lowered his head.

How could Lin Li watch Wang Yuezhi get scolded? After all, his sleepiness was because of him, so he quickly materialized the "Bottle of Stored Emotions and Desires" in his pocket and aimed it at the chemistry teacher, attempting to absorb his anger.

It succeeded.

Wang Yuezhi, who was gritting his teeth preparing to face a storm, discovered that the figure standing in front of him said nothing. A few seconds later, he only said: "Sigh, as long as you're awake, that's fine. Let's leave it at that, continue with the class."

Then he prepared to leave.

Rubbing his throbbing head, his body was already unable to handle the use of the "Bottle of Stored Emotions and Desires," but seeing this result, Lin Li let out a long sigh of relief.

Protecting Wang Yuezhi made his own guilt feel a little less.

Wang Yuezhi, no need to thank me, this is all what I should do...

Wang Yuezhi raised his head abruptly, shouting hoarsely: "Teacher, don't give up on me!"

Chemistry teacher, Lin Li: "?"

"I, I didn't give up on you?" The chemistry teacher stopped and turned around, pointing at himself, then at Wang Yuezhi, full of confusion.

"Then why didn't you scold me?" Wang Yuezhi pressed.

"Ah? I just suddenly felt there was no need to be angry over this, and nothing to scold you for," the chemistry teacher explained.

"I did such an excessive thing, and it's not even worth your anger? Doesn't that mean you've given up on me?"

Listening to the two's conversation, Lin Li's brain crashed slightly.

Don't argue, let me think.

Lin Li looked at Wang Yuezhi, who looked uncomfortable and panicked, and felt like scolding someone.

So that's how you want to play, huh.

Lin Li gritted his teeth, endured the headache, and returned all the anger from the "Bottle of Stored Emotions and Desires" back to the chemistry teacher.

"Hah! I've never seen a student who comes up to be scolded like you. Wang Yuezhi, you want to be scolded, right? Then I'll give you a good talking-to. Do you think that if you don't listen in class, you can..." The angry chemistry teacher immediately began his output.

Wang Yuezhi revealed a satisfied smile.

That's right, that's it.

Lin Li also smiled.

Crap.

The chemistry teacher had a good time scolding, Wang Yuezhi had a good time being scolded, and Lin Li had a good time venting.

Then they continued the class.

Lin Li, in the gaps between knowledge points, pulled up the system interface and frowned slightly.

After absorbing the chemistry teacher's anger just now, the progress bar's speed was much faster than absorbing sleepiness at other times in the morning.

Higher efficiency.

It seems that just as he guessed, the system also has its own judgment system for the value of negative emotions?

Now his head was throbbing, and the task progress bar hadn't even reached one-tenth. If he wanted to complete this task quickly, he would inevitably have to try absorbing other negative emotions of higher value.

"Don't worry, Wang Yuezhi, you shouldn't be sleepy anymore," Lin Li whispered to Wang Yuezhi.

Wang Yuezhi ignored Lin Li.

Sarcastic and mocking, this Lin Li is truly a villain!

Twenty minutes later, the bell for the end of class rang. Because it was a long break for exercises, the chemistry teacher didn't drag the class out, left homework, and left directly.

Lin Li was just preparing to return to his seat to sleep for a while to relieve the mental pressure when he heard Chen Yuying calling his name.

"Lin Li."

"What's wrong, Class Monitor?" Lin Li raised his head and asked.

The back row was also brightened up because of Chen Yuying.

"Are you very sleepy today?" Chen Yuying asked.

"Pretty much, a little," Lin Li nodded.

"Then this box of mints is for you. They're very refreshing; having one should help you wake up a bit."

Chen Yuying extended her hand, revealing the small metal box in her palm, and said with a smile.

Because Lin Li often used his brain before, he needed to replenish sugar, so the two had agreed that Lin Li would bring breakfast for free, and Chen Yuying would give him some candies.

With this precedent, Lin Li naturally didn't refuse and nodded as he took it.

"Thanks, Class Monitor." Lin Li opened the tin box, tossed a candy high up, and opened his mouth.

Then he didn't catch it.

"Class Monitor, just pretend you didn't see that," Lin Li chewed the air, speaking earnestly.

"No, I saw it."

Chen Yuying walked away with a smile.

After Chen Yuying walked away, Wang Yuezhi's gaze became very piercing.

Straightforward.

Intense.

Lin Li thought for a moment, took a candy from the tin box, and handed it to Wang Yuezhi: "Want one?"

Wang Yuezhi's eyes widened, his face perhaps slightly red from shyness.

Brain, let's make one last charge!

Lin Li took out the "Bottle of Stored Emotions and Desires" with his other hand, aimed it quietly at Wang Yuezhi, and thought: resentment, jealousy, anger, hatred—I don't care what you are, absorb for me!

"..."

Absorption successful!

Continue absorbing!

Still absorbing?

Holy crap, why can't I absorb it all?

(End of chapter)