Chapter 245: Will Our Relationship Progress Too Fast If We Continue Like This?

October 19th, Saturday.

In the morning, Lin Li rode his bicycle to school, and while waiting at the red light, he contacted Bai Bufan on his phone.

"Lin Li: I'm almost at the school gate, have you woken up, are you ready to come out?"

— The two had agreed to meet up later and go together to Nansang Train Station.

Chen Yuying and Ding Si Han also confirmed they would go experience this live-fire shooting, but they would have their families drive them directly to the station, so they would meet directly at the train station and not come to the school.

"Bai Bufan: ok."

Half an hour later.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Come on, Bai Bufan, you tell your dam, you ok your mom 'beep—'?"

After waiting twenty minutes at the school gate with no sign of anyone and no response, Lin Li angrily kicked Bai Bufan's dormitory door.

The dormitory door opened, and Bai Bufan was already fully dressed, though his hair was still a mess; facing the furious Lin Li, he could only apologetically say:

"This time I really have a reason, my eyes seem to have a problem."

"What's wrong?" Lin Li frowned upon hearing this.

"It's fine, already fixed, I successfully managed to open them, phew, when I couldn't open them in the morning, I was scared to death, really thrilling." Bai Bufan said with a lingering look of fear.

Lin Li: "?"

Lin Li laughed.

Can't open eyes, that's the problem, right?

"Tai! Shan! Yin! Shi! Quan!"

Fortunately, the weekend dormitory had few people, otherwise Bai Bufan wouldn't dare believe how many people would hear his silver call.

"Wait a moment, last blow dry the hair and then we can go."

Bai Bufan took the hair dryer, stood with his wet hair, left the dormitory, and brought Lin Li to the first floor of the dormitory.

Here there are several rows of outlets available for student use.

— In the Nansang Middle School student dormitory, not a single live outlet can be found, even the one responsible for supplying power to the air conditioner has been sealed off.

Currently charging, aside from the two marked as public hair dryers always here, are several desk lamps and power banks.

"Strictly inspect these few power banks, definitely brought phones." Lin Li immediately deduced the truth.

There are also a few that are desk lamp and power bank two-in-one, all students, buying this thing, what exactly is it for, Lin Li still doesn't understand?

"I suspect you're saying this because you saw a power bank here that's mine." Bai Bufan, upon hearing this, raised his middle finger, then began to blow-dry his hair.

"Isn't there a public hair dryer here, why do you still bring your own?"

Lin Li, waiting idly on the side, thus asked.

"Please watch the VCR." Bai Bufan pursed his lips, pointing at a notice posted on the wall.

Lin Li looked over.

"Prohibited to use hair dryer to blow below the neck! Repeat offenders will have their photos publicly displayed!"

Wait a moment.

Lin Li: "..."

Remember, behind every seemingly outrageous regulation, there hides a strange story.

This "again" character contains many stories.

"Lin Li, you know, when you blow-dry your hair, blowing and blowing, you discover a curly hair flying out of the hair dryer, how terrifying is that?" Bai Bufan said calmly.

Lin Li: "..."

"Maybe it's a natural curl."

"But that hair is rather stiff."

"Everyone's hair quality is different."

"Lin Li, do I really have to say it's several hairs before you can understand?"

"Hahahahaha——" This sentence made Lin Li unable to hold back.

"Actually using the public hair dryer to roast chicken? This corridor still has surveillance, right? That guy, he's also a person with wisdom roots..." Lin Li rejoiced that he didn't have to live on campus.

Even the best school will have low-quality people, this needs no doubt.

After Bai Bufan finished blow-drying, put the power bank and hair dryer back in the dormitory, the two left school and headed to the bus stop just half a street away from the school gate.

Walking slowly all the way, there's no need to rush, Lin Li and Bai Bufan are both taking the high-speed rail for the first time, so they reserved plenty of time, otherwise Lin Li wouldn't have been unable to contact Bai Bufan for twenty minutes without killing him.

Saturday morning, even the bus station has few people.

Bai Bufan glanced at the timetable posted nearby, turned his head and said: "The next train should be in about five minutes."

"Ok, why not take a taxi but take the bus instead?" Lin Li nodded upon hearing this, stretched after, then asked.

"Because I feel you invited me to play, reciprocity, I should also invite you to something.

After all, maintaining a relationship requires both giving and taking, so I thought it over, you handle the fun part, then I'll handle the transportation cost.

But last night I searched, taking a taxi from school to the station costs fifty yuan, whereas the bus for two people costs four yuan, which is more cost-effective, so the bus is still more suitable.

When we get on the bus later, no need to be polite with me, choose any seat, treat it as your own car."

Bai Bufan indeed has his reasons, his voice bold and generous.

"Such reciprocity, right?"

However, Lin Li glanced at his phone, puzzled:

"Fifty? How could there be such an outrageous price? You searched at midnight yesterday? Prices were definitely high then, I just checked, at this time a taxi also only costs eighteen yuan."

Upon hearing this, Bai Bufan glanced at Lin Li, embarrassed, scratched his head:

"Hehe, you caught me, actually when I looked last night it was also only twenty, I just felt saying twenty yuan I'd be reluctant to treat you, seeming stingy, so fifty yuan sounds much better, doesn't it?"

Lin Li: "……"

You motherfucker.

Bai Bufan is getting further and further on his path.

However, the bus has a Nansang Station stop, which is indeed not troublesome and won't take long.

Usually I default to taking a taxi because taking the bus doesn't go directly there, and in the end I still have to walk a stretch to finish.

However, Lin Li's pupils suddenly contracted.

Now is not the time to think about this!

Danger danger danger!

The moment of life and death for my close friend has arrived!

"Bufan! Hide! Hide quickly! Hurry!" Lin Li stared fiercely at Bai Bufan, urging anxiously.

"What the hell is going on!? Is Chen Yuying going to sit next to you again? Or is Xue Jian bringing his wife and causing a scene again?"

Bai Bufan didn't understand, but seeing Lin Li's emotion didn't seem like an act, although he looked around and found no suspicious persons, he still squatted under the bus stop chair, staying alert.

Who wants to assassinate me!

"Don't speak, breathe softly." Lin Li was somewhat nervous, drenched in sweat, afraid of exposing a flaw, while lowering his voice to remind.

Twenty seconds later.

A scavenging old man slowly walked to the nearby trash can, rummaged through it, and when Lin Li gave the bottle in his hand to the old man, the old man still smiled and said thank you.

Then he left.

"Huu——" Lin Li finally stopped trembling, exhaled deeply, and signaled Bai Bufan could come out: "Bufan, the crisis is over."

Bai Bufan: "?"

Wait a moment.

You motherfucker.

Bai Bufan crawled out with a cold face: "What the hell kind of life-or-death crisis is this?"

"I was afraid you'd be picked up by Grandpa." Lin Li answered honestly.

"Damn! Last time it was a monkey, this time it's trash, right!"

"Lin! Li! I'm taking you home!"

Bai Bufan pointed at the nearby trash can and charged toward Lin Li.

Lin Li immediately fled.

Bai Bufan wanted to chase but discovered he couldn't catch up to Lin Li, the Class Four 3000-meter top athlete.

"Aiguozi missile!" Bai Bufan chose long-range attack—his water bottle wasn't snatched away.

Unfortunately, he encountered Lin Li with 【Empty Hand Catching Blade】, so not only did he not harm Lin Li, the 'missile' was also seized, reversing offense and defense.

When Lin Li reversed pursuit of Bai Bufan, halfway through running, he heard footsteps behind him, turned around, and saw a young man.

He was also sprinting wildly.

Lin Li thus stopped running, looking at him in surprise.

When the young man and I made eye contact, after one or two seconds, he averted his gaze, looked left and right, slowed his steps, walked past me, and headed toward the station.

"What happened?"

Bai Bufan also noticed this situation, walked over, and inquired.

Lin Li narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Got it! He just saw us running toward the station, probably thought the bus had arrived and we were catching it, so he followed us, realized it wasn't, and pretended to look at the scenery to ease the awkwardness."

"Damn, just hearing the description makes me sweat, this is too embarrassing." Bai Bufan, upon hearing this, scratched the goosebumps on his arm, feeling chilled.

The young man smiled slightly.

Actually, this isn't that embarrassing; kids these days are still too young.

The truly embarrassing part is, after doing something brainless, discovering the target of your pursuit actually realized your intention and even pointed it out directly, not even hiding the sound.

This damn thing is truly embarrassing.

The young man who had already surpassed Lin Li and Bai Bufan, with his desolate and unrestrained back view, had a face of mourning.

Damn it, you two bastard kids, when you laugh at me, keep your voice down, don't let me hear it.

This is really impolite.

"Lin Li, you seem to have guessed wrong, he continued forward, as if not coming to take the bus." Arriving at the station, Bai Bufan looked at the young man who hadn't stopped but was still walking forward, and thus said.

"He chose the solution with the most barrage comments, a worthy opponent." Lin Li didn't think he guessed wrong, feeling moved.

"The bus has arrived." After waiting another half minute, seeing clearly the bus number at the intersection, Lin Li said.

Arrived.

"Master, is it two yuan to take the bus?" The two approached, Bai Bufan holding the steel tongs to inquire.

Xiling currently still has mostly middle-aged and elderly people taking the bus, although they mostly can ride for free, but there are always some exceptions, naturally cash payment hasn't been canceled. "Yes." The master nodded.

"Standing?"

The driver smiled slightly, pressed the door open button, pointed at the doorway: "Get off."

Good answer, immune to nastiness, letting Bai Bufan honestly insert coins.

Less than half an hour later, the two arrived at Nansang Station.

Chen Yuying and Ding Si hadn't arrived yet, but it doesn't count as the two being late, since there's still a while until the agreed time.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan thought it over, then simply waited at the station for them, anyway their bus also comes here, and there's space here, waiting isn't tiring.

Ten or so minutes.

A black car stopped not far away, Lin Li has a good memory, glanced at the license plate, and recognized it as Chen Yuying's family car.

Lin Li moved his gaze upward, this time he didn't see Chen Zhongping, but a roughly forty- to fifty-year-old middle-aged stranger, probably the Chen family driver replaced during National Day.

"Coming, coming."

No mistakes, one chapter, one release, one inside, one content, at one one look!

The early autumn breeze carried a hint of coolness, blowing the words over wrapped within it.

Chen Yuying hopped lightly off the vehicle, her steps hurried, wearing a beige knitted cardigan with the cuffs slightly rolled up, revealing slender wrists; beneath the cardigan was a light blue denim skirt, its hem swaying gently as she ran.

Her legs were clad in a pair of thin black tights, paired with white canvas shoes.

Her long hair was blown somewhat messy by the wind, a few strands sticking to her cheeks; she ran while casually tucking her hair behind her ear, a brown small leather bag slung diagonally across her shoulder, its strap swaying with her movements, making faint collision sounds.

"Holy shit, the class monitor is indeed good-looking." Watching this scene, Bai Bufan clicked his tongue.

"Holy shit, black stockings are really great." Watching this scene, Lin Li clicked his tongue.

Chen Yuying, who had just approached and heard this line, stopped her steps, rubbed her brow with a headache and helplessness, and glared at Lin Li: "Lin~ Li! Tights and black stockings are completely different things..."

Indeed, the two differ completely in thickness and material; after putting them on, whether it's the wearer's feeling or how they look to others, it's also completely different.

An autumn denim mini-skirt paired with this is warm, just right.

"Don't care, they're just black stockings." But Lin Li has always been impervious to reason.

Chen Yuying could only sigh helplessly.

Someone about to turn eighteen, is it him or me who's the childish one?

Childish to death.

"Has Sihan not arrived yet?" Chen Yuying sat down next to Lin Li, then asked.

"Should be arriving soon." Lin Li heard this and looked at the group chat messages, where Qu Wanqiu was wailing insincerely.

"Already here!"

Speak of the late king, the late king arrives; Ding Sihan's voice came over.

The three looked up; very obviously, Ding Sihan today, for the live-fire shooting, had specially matched a set of clothing fitting this activity.

The upper body was actually a women's black tactical jacket, oversized style, inner layer a white tee, lower body a pair of pure black leather pants, outlining the leg proportions to perfection, paired with a pair of black high-top shoes, hair specially tied into a ponytail, plus protective goggles and gloves, also looking dashing beyond compare.

"Holy shit, Ding Sihan this outfit is indeed cool." Watching this scene, Bai Bufan clicked his tongue.

"Holy shit, black stockings are really great." Watching this scene, Lin Li clicked his tongue.

Chen Yuying: "?"

Ding Sihan, who had just approached and heard this line, pushed her goggles toward her nose, revealing her eyes, looking at Lin Li with a gaze like she was looking at an idiot:

"Lin Li, are you blind? These are leather pants, where the hell do you see silk?"

"Damn, are they leather pants? Then would farting make a bulge?" Lin Li asked with a spirit of scientific inquiry.

"Piss off! It wouldn't!"

"Don't believe it, practice brings true knowledge, you let one rip and try."

"Fine, it would bulge," Ding Sihan took a deep breath, "but it would bulge on your grave!"

Lin Li, who deserved the scolding, naturally wouldn't retaliate, but instead stood up smiling and said: "Since everyone's here, let's enter the station."

"Okay."

As the four left the station, the next bus arrived at the station; the doors slowly opened, a young man got off, walked halfway, his footsteps stopped in mid-air.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan and him, six eyes met.

This person looked somewhat familiar, felt like I'd seen him at the bus stop in front of Nansang School.

Bai Bufan blinked, then puzzled: "So... this bro walking past the station back then, was it really intentional? He came back after we left?"

Lin Li nodded: "Undoubtedly, it was to alleviate awkwardness."

Two dick kids performing steadily, voices not lowered at all, the young man heard clearly.

The young man who got off the bus smiled.

A situation even more awkward than the one just now was found.

He lowered his head, checking his phone.

"What are the ways to leave Earth?"

"When will Earth approximately be destroyed?"

A ticket to Mars costs only 100,000 USD, perhaps worth considering.

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck!

This world, explode, goddamn motherfucker tat.

From Lin Li and Bai Bufan's mouths, learning what relationship this passerby had with them, Ding Sihan and Chen Yuying also understood what these two were laughing about.

These two guys did it on purpose.

A normal passerby meeting Bai Bufan or Lin Li is already unlucky enough; he's good, encountering two at once.

Pitiful.

Four people walked toward the station entrance.

"What to do now, I'm also like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden." Lin Li asked.

"Country bumpkin." Bai Bufan sneered.

"Aren't you also a country bumpkin?"

"Don't splash dirty water randomly, I know English, you, loser, me, niubier, so I'm at least a sea turtle." Bai Bufan straightened his sea turtle ghost head, suavely pulling out foreign language.

"That's pretty stylish." Lin Li acknowledged.

"What Grand View Garden, don't exaggerate so much, it's just scan ID to enter station, after security check wait for corresponding vehicle to start ticket check then scan ID once more." Chen Yuying smiled and explained.

"No, just two country bumpkins." Ding Sihan and Chen Yuying cooperated not very well.

Nansang Station on a Saturday morning didn't have too many people, almost no need to queue.

After completing self-service verification and entering the station, the two of them arrived at the security checkpoint.

Chen Yuying and Ding Si went to put their bags through the scanner, while Lin Li and Bai Bufan, who had no bags, went straight through the security gate.

"Turn around, turn around."

Bai Bufan stepped onto the platform and followed the security officer's instructions.

Lin Li wanted to laugh.

He thought of the zoo on National Day, wondering how the smart dog Bufan, the stupid dog Lin Li, and that brat were doing.

"Good dog." So Lin Li applauded.

Bai Bufan: "?"

"Take a sip of water."

But before he could scold Lin Li, Bai Bufan heard the security officer looking at the drink in his hand say to him.

Bai Bufan froze for a moment, then still handed the water to the security officer, hesitated a few seconds, and added: "Don't drink from the mouth."

After all, it was their first meeting, they weren't familiar; if they drank from the same mouth, Bai Bufan felt the relationship between the two would be a bit too ambiguous.

Security officer: "?"

No.

Wait.

You motherfucker.

"No, no! You! No, it's not me drinking! I'm telling you to drink a sip yourself! To make sure this isn't a poisonous liquid! Who wants to drink your water!" The security officer broke down, speaking incoherently.

"Oh oh oh sorry sorry." Bai Bufan, hearing this, fumbled to open the cap and gulped down a big mouthful.

"Didn't tell you to finish it all!"

"So you still want me to drink?" Turns out this security officer is also tsundere after all this trouble, Bai Bufan tentatively handed it over.

Security officer: "?"

"... Forget it, go on in." The security officer waved Bai Bufan away with a dark face.

Lin Li, already sitting on the ground laughing, covered his mouth, then touched the station floor, and announced his shocking discovery:

"Holy shit, no wonder the station is so clean, turns out someone's face has swept the floor!"

Bai Bufan: "?"

Fuck! There's a Sword Tomb!

The surrounding staff who had been holding it in, as well as Chen Yuying and Ding Si, this time completely couldn't hold back.

"Alright alright, stop laughing, your turn." But after laughing, the security officer didn't forget his duty, urging Lin Li.

"Coming."

Lin Li walked through the security gate, stood on the small platform, and waited for the security officer to scan him with the detector.

*Ding. *

It wasn't the machine that rang, it was Lin Li's system.

【What an exquisite detection array, how many profound mysteries are contained within, this array stands here, evil cultivators and filth have nowhere to hide their forms, it can protect the safety of the mortal world!

The importance of this Dao can be glimpsed from this, to reach the supreme peak requires all-round ability, the Dao of arrays, one should start researching early.

Knowledge still shallow, but practice can glimpse true knowledge, see arrays, enter arrays, break arrays!】

【Mission triggered!】

【Mission Four: Seek out and personally experience at least one hundred high-level detection arrays, and their types must be four or more (1/100; 1/4).】

【Mission Reward: Constitution Improvement: Array Talent +50%, Divine Sense Perception Range +100%; Random Complete Array *1; Random Array Materials *5; System Currency *100】

(End of Chapter)