Chapter 306: Future Matters Can Wait, Seize the Present First

As the exam time approached, the invigilators for the exam rooms arrived one after another with sealed bags.

As expected of a midterm exam, it had prestige; even the test papers had sealed bags.

"Teacher Yan, what a coincidence, you're invigilating me again." Lin Li, who had just finished pinching the butt, walked up and greeted the head teacher, Wang Zi, who was walking toward Class 5.

"Indeed."

Wang Zi sighed; a beautiful morning began with something not beautiful.

"Teacher, want some chewing gum? Don't worry, it's domestic. Of course, if you want imported, I happen to have one here." Lin Li, chewing the gum he hadn't spat out yet, asked while carrying out the virtue of sharing.

Wang Zi: "..."

Dead memories began to attack him.

"Lin Li."

"Eh."

"Get lost." Wang Zi smiled.

They always greeted each other when meeting at school, and since Wang Zi was young, they were quite familiar after going back and forth, so Wang Zi didn't need to be polite to Lin Li.

"Teacher, that goes against teacher ethics."

"Then disappear from my sight with the minimum friction."

"Got it~ That fits the teacher's identity." Although Wang Zi wasn't a physics teacher, Lin Li still gave a thumbs up.

"Sigh, no wonder my right eye has been twitching all day today." Wang Zi sighed helplessly.

"Teacher, a twitching left eyelid predicts that you are about to make a fortune; this is the wisdom of our ancestors. A twitching right eyelid represents the intermittent autonomous vibrating twitch of the orbicularis oculi muscle and the orbicularis oculi nerve branch controlled by the brain, which is a normal phenomenon. You can believe in science."

Lin Li popularized science.

Although science and theology were mostly diametrically opposed, in many cases, one couldn't generalize with a diode, but had to look at it dialectically, because sometimes they complemented each other.

—The most famous example: science created airplanes and two skyscrapers, but it was theology that managed to combine the two.

"Alright, alright, eating is forbidden during the exam. Spit it out quickly and go in to take the exam." Wang Zi shook his head and said helplessly: "You're not planning to pull any tricks again this time, are you?"

"Don't worry, Teacher. I'll just bring these into the exam room later: a backing board, three pens, a watch, a small note, a marking pen, and an eraser. What kind of tricks can I pull with this?"

Lin Li spat out the chewing gum, took out the things he needed to bring into the exam room from his schoolbag, and said to Wang Zi.

"Did something strange get mixed in just now! What kind of small note do you bring to an exam!"

Wang Zi, who caught the keyword, widened his eyes, reached out, took the folded small note from Lin Li's palm, and ruthlessly violated Lin Li's privacy.

He opened it and took a look.

After reading the content, Wang Zi was stunned, his face showing confusion: "What is this?"

"Teacher, you haven't received a love letter in all these years? Can't you tell? This is a love letter." Lin Li took back the small note and mocked, "Poor teacher who no one wants, tsk."

Wang Zi: "?"

"No!"

"This f... how can you tell this is a love letter! And who said I, I, I... Lin Li! If you dare to show any sign of cheating, you're finished later!" Wang Zi withdrew the two "moms."

Class 4 exam room.

Wang Zi's voice was very loud, and he was shouting in the corridor. Chen Yuying's seat was right by the corridor window, so she heard it clearly.

Chen Yuying, who was resting her cheek on one hand, holding a pen with two onion-white fingers, shaking it left and right while waiting for the test papers to be distributed, heard this sentence and couldn't help it; the corners of her mouth hooked into a beautiful arc.

*Lin Li is really stupid. *

*Who told him this is a love letter? There's no such love letter. *

*Teacher Wang is also stupid. *

*He can't even tell this is a love letter; he definitely hasn't received one before. *

After dinner.

Lin Li moved his desk, walked in from the back door with a crab walk, and at the same time shouted happily in an aimless AOE style:

"My hand feels hot today! The exam has no difficulty at all. Can you give me three more test papers!"

Perhaps because he was sitting in the first row with limited vision, or perhaps because no one was cheating in the exam room, the system didn't trigger a task during the exam like last time.

Lin Li only needed to take the exam with peace of mind.

Of the three subjects today, except for Chinese, which was a bit metaphysical, Lin Li felt that the other two were easy.

Moreover, for the Chinese essay, among the large number of model essays he had memorized, a few could barely match. After combining them, it could be considered a golden basin inlaid with shit edges; the score shouldn't be too low.

"What's wrong, Bufan, with that bitter face."

Putting the desk, which was a bit bloated with many textbooks that didn't belong to him, back to its original place, Lin Li looked at Bai Bufan and asked.

"Despair." Bai Bufan looked at the test paper in his hand and sighed.

"What's wrong?"

"Weren't you and the monitor arguing in the corridor about what to choose for the last biology question just now?" Bai Bufan looked up at Lin Li and spoke.

"Choose A, not C. We reached a consensus. The monitor has already surrendered under my pomegranate skirt, admitting she did it wrong, *hehehe*." Lin Li snapped his fingers triumphantly.

This was the charge horn of victory!

The scale was already tilting toward him, *win! *

"Sure enough..." Bai Bufan leaned back and covered his face with the test paper.

"Choosing C doesn't blame you; the question is too mean. When the CO2 concentration in the container doesn't change, it means the respiration rate of the entire plant equals the photosynthetic rate, not just the mesophyll cells. Non-photosynthetic cells are still performing respiration. It's just disgusting because of this respiration difference." Lin Li said.

Bai Bufan: "But I chose D."

"Then you're purely an idiot." Lin Li said without hesitation.

Bai Bufan: "..."

*What a violent and rapid way of attacking, like it didn't go through the brain, completely out of inner fighting instinct. *

"Damn it, so do you understand my despair now! When I heard you two arguing about whether it was A or C, my heart broke when I looked at the D on my test paper!" Bai Bufan was helpless and hopeless:

"Is there anything more desperate than this?"

"There is, brother, there is." Lin Li nodded:

"I saw a graduate student buddy online whose project team's research topic was smart toilets. So, in order for the computer to identify shit, he needed to meticulously carve out the shit part from two thousand toilet photos and feed it to the computer to cultivate an intelligent model."

Bai Bufan: "..."

With his head down, Bai Bufan pressed his forehead with the back of his hand, and finally couldn't help laughing: "Thank you, Divine Doctor, I suddenly feel that life and everything are too beautiful."

*How can there be such a desperate way to die in the world. *

"Puss Puss! Puss Puss—situation! Lin Li, Bufan, come quickly!" Before Lin Li could continue, Zhou Baowei suddenly waved and shouted to the two outside the door.

"What's wrong?" Lin Li and Bai Bufan walked out of the classroom.

"Look downstairs, who are those two!" Zhou Baowei leaned on the railing (it didn't collapse, the quality was very good, kudos to Nansang Middle School) and pointed outside the teaching building.

The two leaned over, and then they saw Wang Ze.

The most critical thing was that a girl the three didn't recognize was walking beside Wang Ze.

To be precise, it wasn't that they didn't recognize her, but they hadn't seen her in person. Lin Li had seen photos; this was the senior who was asked to "let me see your pussy."

"Actually didn't P (photoshop) much, it's really okay." After holding his hands into binoculars and watching for a while, Bai Bufan shook his head and clicked his tongue.

Lin Li nodded. This senior probably had one-tenth of Chen Yuying.

This was already a very high evaluation.

And Wang Ze was probably equivalent to one-hundredth of himself—this was also a very high evaluation.

So for him, it was a blood profit.

"As brothers, it's time to help Wang Ze." Bai Bufan's eyes were firm.

"What are you going to do?" Lin Li and Zhou Baowei looked at him.

Bai Bufan first looked at Lin Li, and just as he was about to speak, he was met with a death stare. He thought about it, then turned to look at the punching bag Zhou Baowei, and asked seriously and earnestly: "Baowei, can you jump off the building and die right now?"

"? Is this human language?" Zhou Baowei's mouth twitched.

"According to the suspension bridge effect, in dangerous situations, the opposite sex is prone to develop feelings for each other. As long as you fall down, it will inevitably trigger an earthquake. I dare say, in the next second, the two of them will hug each other. Don't worry, when Wang Ze and the senior get married, no one will dare to move their chopsticks if your funeral photo isn't moved up."

Bai Bufan actively analyzed the logic in his suggestion, sounding very certain.

Zhou Baowei: "?"

Then he was almost thrown down by Zhou Baowei.

The high school teaching buildings were separate, but the second and fourth floors were connected by an overhead corridor. However, Wang Ze and Qian Ying still chose to separate downstairs. Soon, Wang Ze appeared at the stairwell on the second floor.

Walking up, he noticed the teasing gazes of Lin Li and the other two.

Bai Bufan: "Happy again, brother /."

Zhou Baowei: "Treat the sister-in-law well /."

Lin Li: "Have time to bring the billiard ball out to hit the sister-in-law /."

Wang Ze: "..."

*Where did these three social elementary school students come from? *

Actually, he had noticed these three Bs upstairs when he was downstairs, but he really didn't dare to acknowledge them.

Wang Ze dared to guarantee that as long as he met their eyes, the process was unclear, but the result would definitely be finished.

"Get lost, get lost." Wang Ze waved his hands repeatedly, covering up his slight embarrassment.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't find topics to talk about? How come you were laughing and talking all the way?" Lin Li teased.

"It just happened naturally..." Wang Ze also leaned on the railing, looking at the first floor with a hehe smile: "Talked more and it wasn't particularly awkward. Although my EQ is low, her personality is good, and she knows my EQ is low, so I wasn't so picky..."

"So it's almost done?" Bai Bufan asked.

"She was chasing me in the first place, and I don't hate her..." Wang Ze didn't answer directly, then looked a bit troubled: "But it's a pity..."

"What's a pity?! Say something that makes you depressed so your brothers can be happy." Lin Li suddenly got excited.

Wang Ze: "..."

"Lin Li, you are human, I eat."

"Little glutton, I'll let you eat tonight. Now continue talking, hurry." Lin Li urged.

"Sigh, Senior Qian isn't from our province, she's from Jiangsu. Her family works here. She said her family rarely marries outside. If it really happens, what will happen in the future?" Wang Ze sighed, his face showing melancholy.

"Cough—pfft, cough, cough!"

The three people next to him started coughing violently at the same time, patting their chests.

The sound of the window rolling open came from behind, and Zhang Haoyang asked in surprise: "Why are you all coughing suddenly? Is the zombie apocalypse about to start, and the virus has spread?

Baowei, Lin Li, you two must not turn into zombies, that would be too terrifying..."

Bai Bufan heard this, and while coughing, turned his head, looking at Zhang Haoyang with a little anticipation.

After seeing that he didn't speak, he asked in a gentle voice: "Haoyang, did you forget to mention someone?"

"No." Zhang Haoyang was a bit confused.

"What a little fool. Then I'll give you another hint. The virus is about to break out, and I'm also coughing~" Bai Bufan used a kindergarten teacher's tone, pointed at himself with his finger, and coughed twice more actively.

"I know. You turn into one, you just treat a zombie like you as a small monster to brush." Zhang Haoyang said with a *cut*, shrugging his shoulders indifferently.

Bai Bufan: "?"

"Your mom!"

Lin Li turned his head to look at Wang Ze and asked speechlessly:

"No, Wang Ze, how come you've already thought so far? Even Zhuge Liang watching the stars can only see five cards on the deck at most. You directly look at the bottom of the deck. What kind of medicine are you taking?"

He also thought very far, but he thought of good things.

"It's understandable. It's like this when you fall in love for the first time. Everyone always thinks very, very far, but never considers whether there is a future between him and her."

Zhang Haoyang, who was behind, said somewhat sadly upon hearing this.

The corridor was silent for a while. Everyone seemed to have a story—

"Zhang Haoyang, you dead otaku, what kind of deepness are you pretending to be?" Bai Bufan frowned, puzzled.

"Damn! Bufan, your words are so fucking hurtful! I'm not talking to you guys anymore! Damn!" The window was slammed shut with a *boom*.

"Since you've thought so far, Wang Ze, have you thought of a name for the child?" While the others continued to argue behind them, Lin Li asked again.

"Not yet." Wang Ze shook his head.

Lin Li sneered. Wang Ze was still not as good as him.

Wang Ze: "?"

*What's with this inexplicable sense of superiority? *

"I really don't understand you, Wang Ze. You haven't even started dating yet, so why are you fantasizing about the most terrifying marriage first."

Seeing that Zhang Haoyang ignored him, Bai Bufan returned to the three of them and shook his head with emotion: "Marriage is exactly the same as a hand grenade. It's scary just thinking about it."

"What kind of saying is that?" Wang Ze was a bit confused.

"Pull the ring, which is taking off the ring, and then *boom*, half of your house is blown away. If the situation is bad, maybe the whole thing is gone."

Bai Bufan opened his hands to simulate the explosion scene and explained at the same time.

Wang Ze: "..."

*In a sense, it really is. *

"Is it that scary?" Zhou Baowei said with a smile.

"Isn't that what online public opinion is like? Damn, marital rape, bride price disputes, gender responsibilities.

One is scarier than the other. Novels need logic, but reality doesn't.

I was already afraid of women, and now I'm even more afraid. I'm even thinking about whether I can let my parents open another small account, and I'll let this big account be DINK." Bai Bufan muttered.

"What does DINK mean? Does it mean 'ding-ding' (penis) shock?" Zhou Baowei raised his hand.

"... You can understand it that way." Bai Bufan thought about it, originally wanting to refute, but felt it was no problem.

"Regarding this public opinion, my evaluation is that someone is doing it on purpose," Lin Li said sharply upon hearing this: "The Old Master earned 100 yuan, so he distributed 1.1 yuan to all male employees and 1 yuan to all female employees.

Then men and women fought to the death over this 0.1. Men shouted that this 0.1 was deserved, and women shouted that it was unfair, so no one cared about the 97.9 yuan beautifully in the Old Master's pocket."

However, before the four could continue their political keyboarding, the preparatory bell for the evening self-study had already rung.

Thus, the four walked into the classroom, and also pulled the distant topic back:

"Wang Ze, you can fantasize about the beauty of the future. I can understand that too well, but don't fantasize about the worries of the future. Aren't you purely worrying about nothing?"

Lin Li transformed into a life mentor and gave Wang Ze guidance.

"Remember, there is a phrase called 'seize the moment.' Its meaning is that the space between your legs is the most worth seizing."

"So you only need to listen to the opinion of your crotch. If it feels good, it's really good. That's enough."

"Remember, 'seize the day' and 'seize the moment'—combine the two, and you get 'seize the moment and seize the day.' This is the true meaning of life."

Wang Ze, Zhou Baowei, Bai Bufan: "?"

"What kind of 'seize the present' is this!" Wang Ze's mouth twitched.

"Then just say whether you want the senior to seize the present or not." Lin Li asked calmly.

Wang Ze: "..."

*Not, buddy? *

Facing Lin Li's gaze, Wang Ze didn't speak, only shifted his eyes (guilty).

"Don't play dead, Wang Ze, look in my ass! Answer me!" Lin Li was aggressive. "Do you want to! Speak!!"

"... Want." Xiling lad Wang Ze stood at attention.

"That's it, so do you know what you should consider and what you shouldn't consider now?" Lin Li's tone immediately became gentle again, and he patted Wang Ze on the shoulder, somewhat gratified.

"Thank you, Foster Father, you really understand with one point." Wang Ze gave a thumbs up with a complex expression and nodded.

After school.

Lin Li rode his bike home, then took a taxi to Laoyou Road again, preparing to hunt the fourth group of unlucky eggs.

"Build a safe Xiling together, everyone is responsible."

But having not come for two days, Laoyou Road seemed to have undergone some changes.

Lin Li saw a huge promotional billboard as soon as he got out of the car, with lights at the bottom shining on the text, making it look exceptionally bright.

Lin Li blinked, having a bad premonition in his heart, but continued to walk into the interior of Laoyou Road.

"..."

"Holy shit." Lin Li's mouth twitched.

He saw that on both sides of the originally dim alley, solar street lights had now been installed. Although some didn't seem to be connected to the circuit yet, the few that could be used normally illuminated the road surface clearly with their cold white light.

On the street light poles, every hundred meters or so, besides the new street lights, one could see newly installed spherical surveillance cameras. Some were rotating slowly, and the red indicator lights were flashing regularly in the night, which was very conspicuous.

But this wasn't the most conspicuous thing.

The most conspicuous thing was the new electronic notice screen at the intersection.

It was scrolling with warning slogans like "Robbing property will be severely punished," "Do not commit illegal acts," "This road section has been included in the 24-hour intelligent monitoring area, protecting a safe Xiling together."

*Where the hell did you bring me? Is this still Laoyou Road? *

Lin Li walked very silently all the way, his original joy and anticipation gradually subsiding.

When he saw the familiar snack stall, he went up and ordered another portion of chicken strips, asking heavily and painfully:

"Uncle, do you remember me? Can I ask, what happened to Laoyou Road? How come I see these infrastructure updates seem to have been updated?"

"Oh, oh, you're talking about this. Of course, it was just done in the last two days. Can it not be new?" The stall owner said to Lin Li happily:

"I heard it's because there have been too many incidents around here recently, which made the higher-ups pay attention to this side again."

"Street lights, monitoring, all installed in the last two days. Some aren't even installed yet."

"This morning, the police station and the street office held a lecture at the community service center together. I went too."

"What did they say?" Lin Li asked.

"Didn't listen. I started dozing off after receiving half a dozen eggs. I work the night stall every day, how can I be energetic in the morning?" The stall owner said as a matter of course.

Lin Li: "..."

"Anyway, it's about rectification. Have you noticed? There aren't even many punks at night anymore?"

"Those vocational schools and technical schools nearby seem to have been interviewed too. Now the management is very strict. That one in Hongtu, it seems their students had an incident a few days ago, and now they are directly under closed management."

"KTVs and bars were all implicated, and the people in charge were called to a meeting."

"Not only that, during this period, the police have also come to patrol from time to time to ensure the security here."

"It's not easy, really not easy. Finally, they didn't just go to develop the new city, but remembered our old city area. Although my business has become a bit worse, I still feel it's not bad..." The stall owner sighed with emotion.

Lin Li: "..."

Silence.

"Eh, what a coincidence, little guy, look, speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives. Isn't this patrolling here again?" The stall owner's eyes suddenly lit up, and he lifted his chin toward the end of the road.

Lin Li turned his head. A police car without sirens or police lights drove over slowly, and then happened to stop at the stall.

The door opened, and Yan Aosong walked down and came to Lin Li's side.

"Lin Li, what a coincidence. Are you here tonight too?" Yan Aosong opened with a smile.

"... Mm."

"Boss, I'll have a portion of chicken strips too, a large one. How much?" After greeting, Yan Aosong looked at the stall owner.

"Hey, no money, no money. You've worked hard. How can I charge you for these chicken strips!" The boss laughed loudly.

"That won't do. It should be charged; there are regulations. Twelve, right? I've scanned it."

"Alright, then I'll give you more, a little bit of heart. You can't say anything about this."

"Good, then thank you, boss."

Lin Li waited for the conversation to end before asking: "Uncle Yan, are you patrolling here?"

"Yes," Yan Aosong nodded. "The security here has been too poor recently. The Municipal Bureau has been pushing the 'Beautiful Xiling' security rectification special action. After these incidents, the old city area is now a key breakthrough area and has been included in the second phase of coverage."

"The time is too short now, and the infrastructure isn't in place yet, so we can only use manpower to make up for it. So I've been stationed here to patrol during this period, to prevent those petty thieves from taking advantage of the gap while the monitoring isn't really fully installed."

Yan Aosong explained gently, and after making eye contact with Lin Li, both of them smiled.

It's just that one smile was sincere, and the other was bitter.

"Uncle, do you only guard against those petty thieves..." Lin Li asked with a bitter face.

"Of course, I also guard against you." Yan Aosong smiled even more sincerely and spoke bluntly.

Lin Li: "..."

*Damn. *

Sincerity is the ultimate move; anyway, Lin Li was killed.

"Lin Li." Looking up at the night sky, Yan Aosong let out a long breath and said.

"Eh, Uncle, I'm here, you say." Lin Li's expression was mechanical and dull.

"Although it was originally in the plan, being able to urge us to truly implement this matter, you actually count as having made a great contribution."

"Ah?"

"Without the push of your few incidents, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly. When I reported for approval, there was almost no obstruction, and the community was exceptionally cooperative."

"Yang Liang told me about your nature. Suddenly thinking about it, perhaps... this is the real thing you didn't say, or didn't know how to express, that you hoped we would do?"

Lin Li: "?"

*How exactly did Uncle Yang introduce me to you to make your thinking go so far off the rails... *

*Slander! He is slandering me! *

"Uncle, if I say this isn't the case, can you withdraw this action?" Lin Li said weakly.

"What?" Because Lin Li spoke very softly, Yan Aosong didn't hear clearly.

"Nothing... I'm not that great..." Lin Li sighed, knowing that withdrawal was impossible.

Yan Aosong didn't care and patted Lin Li on the shoulder:

"No matter what you are thinking, Lin Li, you must remember that this is the correct way. Don't hurt others, and don't hurt yourself. Don't be so extreme next time. It's meaningless. Do you understand?"

"A person's power is always weak."

"Batman waited for his Gotham justice, but Gotham is always a city of sin because he is only one person, not even having parents."

"But Xiling is not Gotham, Black Silk Man (Black-clad Man), you must remember, you are not, many of us stand with you."

As Yan Aosong spoke, he felt a bit fired up, so he had a smile and a bit of pride on his mouth:

"In order to carry it out this week, your Uncle Yan also spent a lot of effort. Otherwise, it would have taken another week or two to really start transforming this place. I've been busy to death these few days. Lin Li, shouldn't you thank Uncle?"

Although he didn't accept the name Gordon, he ultimately had the reality of Gordon, becoming a partner of justice in the dark!

Lin Li: "?"

*Damn! *

*Uncle Yan! You are guilty of heinous crimes! Give me back that crucial week or two! *

Seeing Lin Li staring at him with wide eyes, Yan Aosong felt a bit shy at this gaze, which should have been gratitude, and waved his hand:

"Don't look at me like that, I should do it."

"... Thank, thank, you."

"You're welcome. Are you happy, Black Silk Man? This day you've been longing for has come so quickly."

"Happy, I'm so happy, hahaha, wuwuwu, tat..."

Looking at Lin Li, who was crying with joy, Yan Aosong's face became more and more kind, and he continued to pat Lin Li on the shoulder:

"From now on, Xiling doesn't need Black Silk Man."

"Lin Li, be White Silk Man."

"Uncle, but I feel like I'm more like the Joker now. I don't want to stay in Xiling anymore, I want to go back to Gotham. Batman said he won't hit me anymore." Lin Li's smile was miserable.

*Wang Yuezhi, my good brother at noon, where are you? *

*Long time no see, I miss you so much, Yuezhi. *

*Can you lend me a red nose, tat. *

Yan Aosong: "?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 307 =====