Chapter 161: Haha, Lin Li, that clown!

"Pst-pst—pst-pst—"

The sound that suddenly appeared at close range startled Chen Yu slightly. Her body jerked to the left, away from the aisle. As she tilted her head to look at the source of the sound, she covered her lips with the back of her left hand.

Upon seeing clearly that it was Lin Li crouching in the aisle, the emotion in her lively eyes shifted from shock to helplessness and amusement.

"Don't do that. It's very scary."

"If it weren't scary, I wouldn't do it. I walked over in stealth mode specifically for this."

Chen Yu: "..."

This is very Lin Li.

Lin Li pointed his thumb toward the corner where his seat was located, continuing to make the "pst-pst" whispering sound with his mouth.

Chen Yu turned around to look and, upon discovering that Bai Bufan, who had originally snatched her seat, was gone, she understood what Lin Li meant. She nodded, capped her pen, and began organizing the homework and textbooks she needed to write and read at noon.

Afterward, she stood up clutching her textbooks and followed Lin Li toward the back row.

"Did Bai Bufan leave?" Chen Yu asked curiously after sitting in her limited-time noon seat.

Upon hearing this, Lin Li immediately covered his mouth with his hand, began to tremble while taking deep breaths, nodded with difficulty, and said heavily, "Class Monitor, so you already know?"

"Huh?" Chen Yu was even more confused.

Lin Li stood up, lowered his head, folded his hands in front of him, and began to chant heavily:

"Our dear classmate Bai Bufan unfortunately passed away at noon on the 18th of this month, at the age of 15.5. According to the coroner, the cause of death was dissection.

His passing has brought us immense grief, and we express our deepest condolences and remembrance for his departure.

Bai Bufan was once our classmate; he was excellent in his studies, upright in character, and had actively participated in academic activities and social practice. His sudden departure has shocked us, and we will forever cherish the beautiful memories and precious friendship he brought us.

Here, we extend our sincerest condolences to his family, wishing that they can feel our support and companionship during this difficult time, and we will also do our utmost to help them through this difficult period..."

Chen Yu was stunned.

She hadn't looked at the back row for only a few minutes; how did Bai Bufan's obituary already come out?

Was it that sudden? She hadn't even had the chance to see him off for the last time.

And why are you so practiced at this, Lin Li? Exactly how many times have you rehearsed this script in your head?

"That's not the 'left' I was asking about! I was asking if he had left!" Chen Yu was both annoyed and amused.

"Didn't I just say? Yes, he has left forever. Our dear classmate Bai Bufan, on..."

Seeing that Lin Li seemed to intend to chant it again, Chen Yu pursed her lips, bumped the side of Lin Li's shoe with the tip of her own, and glared at him.

Fine.

"It's all the same. Class Monitor, just pretend Bai Bufan is already dead."

Lin Li sat back in his seat and waved his hand dismissively.

"Alright."

Chen Yu nodded. Judging by Lin Li's meaning, Bai Bufan shouldn't be coming back at noon.

She could sit down with peace of mind.

"By the way, Class Monitor, on my way back from eating just now, I saw a teacher teaching their child how to ride a bike at school. I remembered that you still don't know how to do that. Would you like to try learning at school during your free time, like before evening self-study?" Lin Li asked.

This observation was, of course, made up to bring up the topic.

"At school... I'd better not." Chen Yu thought for a moment and shook her head. "Thinking about how many people I know might pass by, I'd be too embarrassed."

"That's true. How about this weekend? Are you free? Shall we set a time to meet up? We'll find a deserted mountain gully—dark and windy, a lone man and a lone woman, heaven's thunder and earth's fire... learning to ride a bicycle!" Lin Li turned to look at Chen Yu with a devious smile on his face.

Chen Yu: "..."

If it were someone meeting Lin Li for the first time, hearing such words, they would probably think Lin Li was a pervert.

Fortunately, Chen Yu wasn't just meeting Lin Li for the first time. Although Lin Li was indeed a pervert, she still knew that Lin Li wasn't an ordinary pervert; he was a self-disciplined, good pervert.

So, Chen Yu found it more amusing than anything else.

"This weekend probably won't work either. I've already made plans with Ding Si and the others to go to the library on Saturday, and on Sunday, I need to go to my grandmother's house." Chen Yu replied crisply.

"I see. Then let's find another opportunity later." Lin Li nodded knowingly upon hearing this.

He didn't press further about when she would be free. Being too urgent about such things would be weird, and this task wasn't time-limited, so there was no need to do that.

At worst, he would just rely on the 'knowledge' of piloting mechs to slowly complete this task and focus more on other tasks.

"Lin Li, do you really want me to learn how to ride a bike?"

However, Chen Yu seemed to have figured it out and asked curiously.

"Of course.

If you ask for the reason, the main reason is that I want to repay you, Class Monitor, for the help you've given me with my studies.

And another completely unimportant, super small reason is that I want to see the scene where you try to learn to ride a bike, accidentally fall to the ground, crying and sobbing, while I stand by with my hands on my hips, laughing wildly and calling you a super-duper big idiot."

Lin Li had always had a knack for controlling long, complex sentences; he said this all in one breath without pausing.

"You wouldn't be getting happier and more expectant the more you talk if it were a super small reason!"

Chen Yu extended her lower leg, and then her shoe sole was fiercely attacked by the upper of Lin Li's shoe.

"What, you're allowed to look at me with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, but I'm not allowed to look at you with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot? That's not fair!" Lin Li, having been stepped on, didn't care at all and was very confident.

Lin Li broke the ancient law that the one who looks to the left first loses; after all, shameless people will always win.

Chen Yu looked away, pouted slightly, made a "Tsk" sound, and then said unconvinced: "I won't let you see a scene like that. I'm very smart; I'll definitely learn to ride a bike very quickly. Tsk, by then you'll only be able to say with a shocked face that I'm amazing."

"Pride comes with a price."

"I'm confident!"

"Heh." After a cold laugh, Lin Li suddenly suppressed what he had originally wanted to say, his expression strange and carrying a hint of a smile: "Class Monitor, let's talk about this when you have time. The two of us right now are like little kids bickering in the void.

It's like me saying my deskmate dares to eat poop, asking you if your deskmate dares to, and you saying why wouldn't they, your deskmate even dares to eat two tons, asking me back if my deskmate can eat that much, and I get furious, saying why can't my deskmate, not only can he eat two tons at once, he can even eat and take some away..."

Chen Yu was amused by Lin Li's description.

She must find an opportunity to tell Ding Si about Lin Li's description.

However, thinking back, she had indeed been childish just now.

It was all Lin Li's fault; if she weren't in front of Lin Li, she shouldn't have been like this.

"Fine, next weekend? Maybe there will be time during National Day; we'll talk about it then." Chen Yu said, her voice still carrying a hint of a smile.

"Good." Lin Li nodded; he wasn't too anxious.

Just let the task hang on the task bar.

"By the way, Lin Li, do you want to go to the library with us on Saturday?" Chen Yu asked.

"Hmm? Who's going? Just you and Ding Si?"

"Wanqiu is going too. Wanqiu plans to stay at school this weekend, and Si's house is quite close to the Nansang Library, so it's convenient to go there." Chen Yu explained.

Nansang Library did not refer to the Nansang Middle School library, but the Nansang County Public Library, located in Xilingzhen, which was a first-class library with an area of over a thousand square meters.

"Yo, all acquaintances, then that's fine." Lin Li nodded.

Since it was confirmed that Chen Yu wouldn't be learning to ride a bike this weekend, Lin Li would definitely focus on the monthly exam. Studying anywhere was fine, and the library's atmosphere was indeed better.

"Going in the morning or what?" Lin Li asked.

"Si and Wanqiu want to sleep in; they'll probably arrive around ten or eleven?" Chen Yu was not very sure about this.

This kind of large county library was not a school library, so it wasn't as if they wouldn't even be able to find a seat if they arrived late, so there was indeed no need for operations like reserving seats.

"Good, but I might go earlier." If they were meeting at ten or eleven, it wouldn't be suitable for Lin Li to exercise and then take a nap; it would be better to go earlier in the morning.

"Fine."

More than half of the lunch break had passed.

Lin Li stretched.

Looking at the problem-solving process Chen Yu had written for him, he said with some amusement: "Class Monitor, how do you manage to write both sides of this brace so beautifully?"

For the brace "{}", Lin Li was usually quite standard when drawing "{", but the problem was that when drawing "}", it would become crooked into a super-S curve.

"Just draw it slowly." Chen Yu explained with a smile, and using a casual pen-holding posture, she drew another pleasing right brace on the scratch paper to demonstrate her tolerance for error.

"Maybe it's not a problem of speed." Lin Li shook his head after imitating her.

"Then I don't know."

"Alright, I understand this problem too; I'm going to sleep for a while."

The learning goal for noon had been completed, Lin Li said while rubbing his temples.

Lin Li's energy and spirit were indeed not as good as usual—the fault of the "Bottle of Stored Emotions and Desires."

Resting could also be considered recuperating to continue using it well at night.

"Good, go to sleep." Chen Yu nodded.

"Wait a second." Lin Li, who had already laid his head down, suddenly raised his head, his eyes bright.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yu asked curiously.

Lin Li stood up without saying a word and suddenly jogged out of the classroom.

Chen Yu thought Lin Li had gone to the restroom, so she didn't pay any attention.

However, when Lin Li returned a few minutes later, he was holding a handful of leaves, which he placed in front of Chen Yu.

Chen Yu: "?"

"Class Monitor, I was afraid you'd be bored after I fell asleep." Lin Li winked, the implication obvious.

Chen Yu's face turned bright red, and she stood up clutching her textbooks and homework: "I'm going back to my own seat."

Lin Li just smiled and laid on the desk, using his arms as a pillow.

Having a better physique actually helped with napping at noon.

After all, when he used his arms as a pillow before, because there were only bones, he only felt it was uncomfortable and very unpleasant, and he had to put on a long-sleeved shirt, but now it was much better.

An unexpected joy.

With this thought, Lin Li closed his eyes.

Can't sleep.

Wang Yuezhi tossed and turned on his bed in the dormitory and reached this conclusion.

No, why exactly?

In the morning, he was clearly sleepy as hell and had slept through several classes. To prevent the same situation in the afternoon, he had specifically returned to the dormitory at noon to catch up on sleep.

As a result, the lunch break was about to end, and he had been lying there with his eyes closed for so long, yet he hadn't fallen asleep for even a second.

Why?

He had finally returned to the dormitory at noon, but did the bed make him lose so thoroughly?

Wang Yuezhi, unable to sleep, could only let his mind wander.

Would Chen Yu discover that he hadn't come this noon and be worried about him now?

After all, he had never missed a lunch break in the classroom before. If it weren't for the fact that Lin Li was a day student without a dormitory, they should have enjoyed a long time in their two-person world.

Chen Yu must have noticed that he had never missed a day, right?

Then today...

Wait, today wouldn't turn into a two-person world for Lin Li and Chen Yu, would it?

Wang Yuezhi's thoughts hadn't even had time to turn sweet before he thought of this and was suddenly terrified.

Without him, the messenger of justice, keeping an eye on that bastard Lin Li, who knew what excessive things that guy could do?!

The more Wang Yuezhi thought about it, the more he broke into a cold sweat. He sat up abruptly from the bed, feeling anxious.

The door downstairs in the dormitory building was locked during lunch break, so he had no way to go even if he wanted to now.

He could only suffer in the frying pan of time.

Wang Yuezhi's mood now was like someone who had just finished a shift at a job paying three thousand a month, walked downstairs to the company at nine o'clock, saw the Hulk lift up a car bought on a twelve-month installment plan, and smash it toward the villain, but the villain wasn't hit, and it hit the house he had just paid the down payment for.

Despair, pain.

Days felt like years.

Finally, the gentle ringtone calling everyone to wake up sounded.

Wang Yuezhi, who was already dressed, ran for his life, sprinting all the way to the classroom.

Faster, even faster. Wang Yuezhi felt like his muscles were about to grow wings; the god of muscles, Hermes, was almost becoming his stand-in.

Finally, the panting Wang Yuezhi arrived at the classroom and opened the front door.

Afterward, Wang Yuezhi froze.

Not to mention that he was indeed worrying unnecessarily, because there were others in the classroom; without him watching, there were others watching.

The real reason he froze was that Chen Yu was actually still sitting in her own seat and hadn't sat in Bai Bufan's seat.

Not only that, Lin Li, who had never taken a nap at noon before, was now sleeping with his head on his arms, and even the sound of the door opening hadn't woken him up.

The two were far apart.

Could it be...

Not only was the situation not the terrible state he had predicted, but instead, the two had had a disagreement this noon?

Thinking of this, the smile on the corner of Wang Yuezhi's mouth was almost uncontrollable.

He regretted even more why he hadn't come this noon; had he actually missed such a wonderful scene?

Wen Shuyang looked at Wang Yuezhi, who was foolishly happy after opening the door: "?"

What is this guy doing?

"Close the door, Wang Yuezhi, the air conditioner is still on." She said impatiently.

"Oh, oh, sorry." Wang Yuezhi hurriedly closed the door and returned to his seat.

Afterward, he smiled again.

Because after getting closer, he discovered that Lin Li's head and arms were covered with several leaves, as if by a prank.

He didn't even know he had been teased—

Haha, clown!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 162 =====