Chapter 169: Don't lose in expression (Happy New Year)

The music gradually subsided, and the fountain became gentle, water droplets like jumping notes, falling softly on the water surface, making a crisp sound.

That restless heart might also calm down along with it.

"It's over, let's go, time to go back and continue studying." Lin Li stood up, rubbed his butt on Bai Bufan's shoulder to wipe off the dust.

And then was "thousand years killed" (a prank).

"Is that it? As short as Lin Li." Retracting his hand, ignoring the screaming Lin Li and the girls who didn't know what had happened, Bai Bufan looked at the lake surface reluctantly.

Reluctant to part with this beautiful time that didn't require reading.

However, the rest time was indeed long enough, and the five people still honestly returned to the library to continue studying.

The melodious music rang on the hour at 8:50, echoing throughout the library.

The library was closing at nine, so it was time to clear the venue.

"Carpet, carpet, car is car, pet is pet, car crushed pet, used a two-dimensional foil, so it became a carpet, nice!"

With Lin Li's help, knowledge also entered Bai Bufan's brain in a strange way.

Now if you ask Bai Bufan how to spell tadpole and inheritance, he can also answer accurately.

"The craziest day of studying, I've really been stuffed full." Bai Bufan let out a long sigh, putting his textbook on his head; according to him, knowledge would enter his brain by gravity this way.

Afterward, Bai Bufan sat up straight again, dug his phone out of the trash can, and dragged Lin Li over: "Come Lin Li, take a video."

"Who are you trying to disgust?" Lin Li saw through his purpose at a glance.

"Of course it's for Baowei."

"Then I have to support it." Lin Li gave a thumbs up and actively participated in the filming.

"Zhou Baowei: Are you guys sick? Studying in the library until now? What's the difference between you guys having answers in your brains and cheating? Do you dare to have a fair luck duel with me?"

Seeing such a reply, both of them were very gratified.

Afterward, Lin Li looked up at Qu Wanqiu opposite and asked: "Qu Wanqiu, are you coming to the library to study tomorrow?"

"Hmm? What are you going to do?" Qu Wanqiu, who was organizing her schoolbag, pressed down on her schoolbag upon hearing this, staring at Lin Li vigilantly, scanning him up and down.

Lin Li: "..."

Such a gaze was somewhat hurtful.

"No, I didn't plan to act like a jerk this time, just if you're coming, I'll go to the library with you again. When the time comes, I can ask you about what I don't know, and I can help you type and ask the Class Monitor about what you don't know." Lin Li explained.

He simply recognized the learning efficiency of the library.

And Qu Wanqiu's science grades were okay. Since Chen Yu couldn't come tomorrow, she could completely be a substitute.

"Oh, oh, that's fine." Qu Wanqiu nodded indifferently.

"OK, I'll still wake up early tomorrow to reserve a seat. Just send me a message when you're coming."

"Fine."

Ding Si, who was already prepared for the dialogue session, coughed heavily as she watched Lin Li lower his head to organize his schoolbag after speaking.

"The trash can is over there, the phone has been taken out, feel free to spit." Lin Li kicked the trash can next to him to the opposite side.

Ding Si: "..."

"What about me, what about me! Why didn't you ask if I'm coming tomorrow!" Ding Si patted the table and said.

"My learning partner lost you, which is equivalent to a fish losing a bicycle." Lin Li didn't look up completely, but pretended he had glasses and pulled down his virtual glasses, looking down at Ding Si.

Ding Si: "..."

This born-to-be-a-jerk speaks so hurtfully.

"What about me, what about me." Bai Bufan rushed up to be scolded.

"The sprinting world lost Hawking; you are even more useless than Ding Si, even a stumbling block." Lin Li naturally wouldn't be polite.

"Not that much, right? I still have some advantages compared to Ding Si, right?" Bai Bufan denied.

"Oh—Ding Si, Bufan says he is even more excellent than you," Lin Li immediately repeated Bai Bufan's words loudly, then fanned the flames: "Is that so? Then tell me, in what way are you more excellent than Ding Si?"

Boring, Lin Li wants to see blood flow like a river.

Ding Si's gaze also locked onto Bai Bufan.

"In terms of interpersonal relationships, my deskmate dares to eat poop, does yours dare?" Bai Bufan had an expression of "Lin Li, you finally fell for it" and said super loudly.

Ding Si: "..."

Chen Yu looked at Lin Li with amusement. How should she put it? As expected of being the best deskmate, they were indeed abnormally compatible in certain thinking angles.

"Don't dare." Ding Si gave up.

"My deskmate dares to drink pee, does yours dare?" Bai Bufan fought more and more bravely.

"Don't dare."

"My deskmate dares to—uh—breathe—

Bai Bufan pulled his jacket, which had suddenly completely covered his head, with both hands, attempting to seek a glimmer of survival.

……

"How are you all getting back?" Lin Li asked the group while riding the elevator downstairs.

"My dad is driving here to pick me up," Chen Yuying replied.

"It only takes about ten minutes to walk home from here, so I'll just walk," Ding Sihan said, pointing in a direction.

"Walk back." The school wasn't far from the library, about a twenty-minute walk, so Bai Bufan and Qu Wanqiu gave the same answer.

"We're just splitting up like this? Don't want to hang out a bit more?" After the others finished speaking, Ding Sihan began to urge everyone to keep playing for a while.

"The school gates close at ten. Do you want them to sleep on the streets?" Lin Li glanced at Ding Sihan.

"At worst, they can just sleep at my place; I still have a guest room." Ding Sihan hugged Qu Wanqiu, then suddenly remembered there was also Bai Bufan. After thinking for a moment, she looked at Bai Bufan and added, "And there's an extra bathroom."

Bai Bufan: "……"

You aren't even willing to offer the living room, are you?

Lin Li, however, gave a thumbs up.

"Forget it, I'd better go back to the dorm," Qu Wanqiu waved her hand.

"Damn it, the main thing is my parents probably won't be back until midnight tonight, and I'm so bored and lonely by myself," Ding Sihan sighed and wailed.

"If you feel lonely by yourself, why not turn off the lights and watch a horror movie? After a while, you'll feel like there's someone in the kitchen, someone in the bathroom, and someone under the bed. Maybe even inside the concrete walls... there's someone.

Have you watched Detective Conan? Maybe there's a corpse sitting right on top of this elevator we're in right now."

Lin Li suddenly turned on his flashlight, shining it on his face from below, and said in a gloomy tone.

Damn, the Library Murder Case from Detective Conan was truly a childhood trauma for Lin Li.

Fortunately, now that he's grown up, it's no longer a childhood trauma, but has become a young adult trauma.

However, regarding Lin Li's terrifying description, Ding Sihan looked at him with the eyes one would use for an idiot, and even sighed, as if caring for someone mentally challenged.

Lin Li: "……"

This gaze is so damn hurtful.

"If a ghost really came to my house, I'd dare to play cards with it. If it's handsome, I'd even be willing to stage a 'Ghost' romance. You're telling me this now, trying to scare me?" Ding Sihan sneered.

What a female version of Ning Caichen. He almost forgot, Ding Sihan was the one who stayed perfectly calm in the haunted house the whole time; using ghosts to scare her was indeed a bit ridiculous.

Chen Yuying, however, pursed her lips and shrank her body slightly.

Damn, what a failure—

"Lin Li... I f*ck your mother... I'm the only one in the dorm tonight..." Just as Lin Li was regretting his stupidity, a trembling voice sounded from the side.

Hey!

Not a total failure; there was an unexpected surprise.

"Sorry Bufan, I didn't mean it, but Bao Wei keeps telling me that when he sleeps, he can see a beautiful corpse under your bed frame sleeping back-to-back with you. Has he told you that? By the way, Nansang Middle School used to be a mass grave..."

"F*ck! Shut your damn mouth!!"

Bai Bufan didn't have Wei Kun's courage; no matter how beautiful, it was useless. He covered his ears with hatred.

"Almost forgot you're afraid of ghosts. It's a pity I didn't drag you to the haunted house at Pingjiang Park. You coward," Lin Li stopped stoking the terrifying atmosphere and mocked him with a smile.

Letting your deskmate dare to eat shit, didn't you know your deskmate also dares to eat it!

"How can you slander someone's innocence out of thin air..." Bai Bufan's face flushed red, and the veins on his forehead bulged out.

Then came a series of hard-to-understand words, like "not afraid," and "should have basic reverence," which caused the people in the elevator and the corpses on the elevator to burst into laughter. The air inside and outside the elevator was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

……

Just as they walked out of the library, they saw a car honking in the distance and turning on its high beams.

"That's my dad's car. I'll head over now, okay?" Chen Yuying turned her head to say goodbye to her friends.

Lin Li looked from afar. It seemed to be the same old guy he had met once but never had the chance to chat with. But why did he change cars? Is the family so wealthy that they have surplus vehicles?

And it must be an illusion, right? Why isn't this old guy staring at his daughter, but staring at him?

"Bye-bye."

"Alright, everyone go back to your own homes and find your own mothers." After Chen Yuying got in the car, Lin Li snapped his fingers and prepared to walk toward where his bicycle was.

Then he was grabbed by the hand by Bai Bufan.

"Go back with me and Qu Wanqiu, I beg you," Bai Bufan leaned in and whispered.

"Huh?"

"You making me walk the whole way alone with a girl is asking me to die."

"Bufan, aren't you already able to chat normally with girls? What are you afraid of?" Lin Li was a bit puzzled.

"It's different. At most, I can answer when spoken to now, but if I'm left alone with a girl, I have no idea what to say. If we walk the whole way in silence, or if she speaks and I just 'uh-huh,' I feel awkward just thinking about it. I can't do it at all. It's better to go back alone."

Bai Bufan shook his head firmly.

Still not enough Feifei therapy.

"Exercise yourself a bit. Qu Wanqiu is a very good person and can take a joke. Just treat her like one of the bros. You have to try," Lin Li was genuinely looking out for Bai Bufan, which is why he encouraged him.

"You have to step out of your comfort zone."

Only after stepping out of the comfort zone can you realize how comfortable it was before—Lin Li didn't say the second half of the sentence.

Hearing this, Bai Bufan gritted his teeth and nodded.

Under Lin Li's expectant gaze, he walked up to Qu Wanqiu and Ding Sihan, who were chatting and laughing.

"Qu Wanqiu."

"Hmm?" Qu Wanqiu looked up at Bai Bufan upon hearing this.

"What kind of movies do you usually watch?"

Qu Wanqiu, Ding Sihan: "?"

Lin Li: "!"

She couldn't answer and didn't need to answer this question, because Bai Bufan had already been dragged away by Lin Li, who was choking him by the neck from behind.

"What the f*ck are you doing!" After pulling him a bit further away, Lin Li asked while pinching Bai Bufan's neck.

"Didn't you say to treat her like a bro! Isn't that the first sentence I used when I met you?" Bai Bufan argued with reason, even citing an example.

"You can't be that kind of bro! Not everyone in this world is a weirdo like us! Movie diplomacy is useful, but it doesn't apply to normal people!" Lin Li was furious.

"But I already tried my best!"

Lin Li let go and sighed sadly. The road to Feifei is long and arduous.

To make Bai Bufan tend toward a normal dog, it will still take a lot, lot of effort.

"Fine, I'll go back to school with you two first, then I'll go home. I'll show you the simplest way to start a conversation."

Although Lin Li suspected that Bai Bufan was self-destructing to force him to go with him, Lin Li was also worried that if he forced the two to go back together, he would have to go through Yang Liang's connections to visit Bai Bufan in prison tomorrow, so he had no choice but to agree.

The direction to Ding Sihan's house was opposite to the school, so the four said goodbye again.

"Stay safe. If something happens, remember to send me a dream. I'm really in a bad mood lately," Lin Li cursed viciously.

Hearing this, Ding Sihan turned back and made a face.

Afterward, the three walked toward the school, with Lin Li pushing his bicycle in the middle, and Bai Bufan and Qu Wanqiu walking on the left and right respectively.

"Qu Wanqiu." Lin Li spoke up.

"What is it?" Although she was carrying a heavy schoolbag, Qu Wanqiu's steps were light, and she asked upon hearing him.

Bai Bufan also looked over, intending to attend class and learn the art of language.

"What kind of movies do you usually watch?"

Bai Bufan, Qu Wanqiu: "?"

What the f*ck are you teaching me?

(End of chapter)