Chapter 288: Sometimes God Really Is Biased

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November 2nd, Saturday.

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NovelFire reader preview #8c4998ea0bd7 (issued 2026-07-17).

Lin Li was doing his daily body tempering in the community park.

Usually, he woke up a little after four. Today, he thought he'd reward himself by waking up at five. As a result, he woke up several times between four and four-thirty, and each time he woke up, he felt like he had slept for a long time.

Lin Li felt that he had gradually evolved into a piece of toast—he would jump up immediately upon hearing a "ding".

Those who couldn't be woken up no matter what, Lin Li decided to call them unleavened steamed buns.

"Phew—"

After completing today's quota of body tempering, Lin Li let out a long breath.

But then, he clicked his tongue softly.

This Task 1, with no specific indicators and no progress bar, was really a bit difficult.

There were only about thirty days left until the task's deadline, but Lin Li still didn't know what exactly counted as practicing to perfection.

After his martial arts talent improved, Lin Li went through the cultivation method again over a week, but still didn't complete it.

He could only do it carefully again. If there was still no movement when only ten days or so were left, he would probably have to try crazy extra practice.

After all, Lin Li really hoped to get the reward for this task.

The core goal was the title—

[Fruit of Persistence: When equipped, when you focus on a certain matter, your efficiency in this matter will slowly increase. The longer the accumulated focus time on this matter, the greater the increase. This increase has no upper limit. When the title is unequipped, the accumulated time is not reset.]

But being anxious was useless.

"Grandpa Zhou, I'm going home, bye." Picking up the water cup he brought and placed on the pavilion, Lin Li said goodbye to Zhou Youwei.

Zhou Youwei glanced at Lin Li, his lips moving slightly, hesitating to speak.

Whenever Lin Li came downstairs to practice, nine times out of ten he saw it clearly, and the other time he would watch sneakily.

Therefore, Zhou Youwei felt Lin Li's changes the most obviously.

Once upon a time, Lin Li's body was thin and weak, and his exercises lacked strength. But now, his expression was relaxed. After practicing for an hour and a half every day, apart from slightly heavy breathing, there was no other sign of fatigue.

Moreover, during this hour and a half, his movements were visibly powerful and contained Dao rhythm. Occasionally, the sound of his punches cutting through the air could be heard.

This change was too great. Zhou Youwei finally couldn't help but call out to Lin Li, asking without shame: "Lin Li, what exactly is the boxing technique you've been practicing?"

"Just practicing casually." Lin Li was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, and prevaricated.

Zhou Youwei snorted. Sure enough, still a secretive evil brat, spouting such nonsense. So he couldn't help but say sarcastically:

"Oh, oh, you're just practicing casually. Then what is the boxing technique I've been practicing all my life until now?"

Lin Li answered instantly: "Tai Chi."

Zhou Youwei: "?"

Lin Li's eyes revealed a bit of pure concern: "Grandpa Zhou, have you already forgotten about this kind of thing?"

"..."

"Ha! Ha! Ha!"

"Lin Li, you'd better call me Little Zhou."

Facing Lin Li's concern full of care for an Alzheimer's patient, Zhou Youwei smiled and pointed his finger at Lin Li.

Then he got a stitch in his side.

"Little Zhou!"

...

It wasn't the first or second time Little Zhou got a stitch in his side. After Lin Li skillfully resolved it, he went home for a simple wash and then rode his bike to set off.

However, he wasn't heading to the library, but to the training ground of Xiren Driving School.

According to the regulations in Xiling, before taking the Subject One exam, one needs to accumulate twelve study hours, four of which must be watched and clocked in offline at the driving school or a designated location by the vehicle management office.

Although Coach Yu said the driving school could accumulate them on his behalf, to be safe, Lin Li decided to come himself.

Anyway, for video lessons, Lin Li could just put on his headphones and continue his review plan as usual, which wouldn't hinder his midterm exams much.

"Coach." Seeing Yu Jian'an waiting at the door again, Lin Li greeted him.

"You're here really early," Yu Jian'an nodded. When Lin Li got closer, he yawned, then handed over a cigarette box and popped out a cigarette: "Want one?"

"No, I don't smoke."

"Alright, then follow me." Hearing this, Yu Jian'an directly stuffed the cigarette in his mouth back into the box and didn't smoke either.

Leading Lin Li into the training ground, he casually reminded him:

"Lin Li, later when you get to the classroom, clock in before each class. Do whatever you need to do yourself, you can even go out if you want, but don't go too far. You have to clock in after class too. As for the times when you need to pretend in the middle, I'll remind you."

"Okay."

"Last time you went to our registration point, this time you're at the training ground. How is it? Do you think Xiren is the best driving school in Xiling now?"

Walking into the training ground, Yu Jian'an showed Lin Li around and introduced proudly:

"Our training ground covers an area as large as seven football fields. It's absolutely the number one training ground in Xiling!"

"Then how many football matches have been held here?" Lin Li asked curiously upon hearing this.

Yu Jian'an: "(；☉_☉)?"

Eh?

"This... eh, football matches, eh... not even once."

Yu Jian'an touched the back of his neck, his brain seemingly crashing, and said unconfidently.

"Tch." Lin Li curled his lips and let out an almost inaudible sound of disdain, "Looks good but is useless."

But Yu Jian'an, who was right next to him, heard it.

Yu Jian'an was suddenly a bit ashamed by the disdain. Putting it that way, it seems there's nothing to be proud of... No!!

Why look down on Xiren in such a strange place!!

"Mentioning football fields just now was just to visualize the area. I could also use basketball courts to describe it." Yu Jian'an said weakly.

"Then how many basketball matches have been held here?" Lin Li asked.

"Quite a lot of this. We have internal company basketball matches every year." Yu Jian'an said with a bit more confidence.

"Xiren is so awesome, truly a top-tier driving school." Lin Li immediately gave a thumbs up.

Yu Jian'an: "?"

Yu Jian'an scratched his head. Although he was acknowledged, he always felt something was wrong.

Then why did you ask me, then why did you ask me.

But the customer is God, and the one willing to let him earn some extra money is the God among Gods. Yu Jian'an continued to keep a smiling face and introduced the driving school's training ground:

"The training cars here are all new cars, and we are also a Xiling test center. When the time comes, I can let you take Subject Two and Subject Three right here, it will be much easier to pass. In other test centers, some cars really, I can't even be bothered to say..."

Lin Li listened absentmindedly. He didn't care much about these things. Lin Li didn't think he would fail.

With that armored vehicle in the apocalypse, under the circumstances where Ye Jing hardly gave any guidance, Lin Li adapted in just over ten minutes and even dared to speed.

Reversing into a garage or whatever, it couldn't possibly stump him.

The mecha synchronization index was right here.

"...By the way, Lin Li, after you get your driver's license, if you plan to buy a second-hand car, you can also ask me. Our driving school has a few cars we plan to sell, guaranteed to be good quality and cheap. After all, second-hand cars are very suitable for novices, you won't feel bad if you bump or scrape them."

When introducing a batch of cars in the distance, Yu Jian'an started to expand his new business again:

"It doesn't matter if you don't like these cars. I also have many second-hand car sources here, with complete documents, qualifications, and reports, and easy transfer of ownership..."

Hearing this, Lin Li smiled and shook his head, pointing at himself: "Coach, I just turned eighteen, where would I get the money to buy a car."

This statement was both sincere and insincere.

Lin Li now had assets of forty to fifty million, but let's not mention the issue of cashing it out. Even if he successfully cashed it out, Lin Li wouldn't dare to buy a car.

Couldn't explain it.

"Then someone in your family..." Seeing Yu Jian'an still planning to continue, Lin Li helplessly reached out his hand: "Coach, then show me the car sources first."

"Okay, okay, okay!"

If he sold a car, he would earn much more than helping to grab a slot. Yu Jian'an immediately took out his phone excitedly and pulled up the information for Lin Li.

They happened to arrive at the classroom. There was no one in the classroom for the time being. Lin Li chose a seat in the back row, sat down, and looked at the information for a while.

"The cars are good cars, what a pity." Lin Li shook his head.

"What a pity?"

"It's a pity they don't have HarmonyOS smart cockpit, Turing chassis, Kirin chip, Taishan architecture, Balong baseband, Lingxi communication, Xuanwu body, Kunlun glass, Pangu model, Qiankun smart driving, Kunpeng computing power, Megalodon battery, Dayu wiper, Leigong antenna, Chaos seat, Dinghai divine shaft, Wuling differential lock, Honghuang charging cover, Taotie intake grille, Xingtian car cover, Emperor glass water, Pixiu steering, Phoenix headlights, and Nuwa tire repair.

"And the price isn't the 'everyone can afford' 7499, so they are not in my consideration."

Lin Li shook his head regretfully and said to Yu Jian'an.

Yu Jian'an: "?"

Oh no! This kid is a Huawei anti-fan!

"This, this..." Yu Jian'an was momentarily speechless.

But Lin Li hadn't finished finding faults. Then he frowned and said to Yu Jian'an:

"Moreover, the driving time of these cars is too short, right? The practicality is too low."

"Ah? What do you mean? There's no problem with the range of these cars. Once fully fueled and charged, they all start at several hundred kilometers?" Yu Jian'an was stunned again.

"I know, but look at these cars. Didn't you write that it only takes 2.6 seconds to reach 100 kilometers per hour, but the range is actually only 600 kilometers? Then if I fully charge it once, I can only drive for sixteen seconds?! Who can stand this?"

Lin Li frowned and shook his head, looking disgusted.

Yu Jian'an: "(；☉_☉)?"

Yu Jian'an hesitated to speak, raised his hand but put it down again, his mouth opening and closing, but he couldn't say anything.

Don't be noisy, I'm burning.

Finally, under Lin Li's sincere and pure gaze, Yu Jian'an only left Lin Li with one sentence: 'Sorry, my sources are not very good'.

Then he took his phone and walked out of the classroom, his steps staggering, as if he had lost his soul.

"Yu Jian'an, remember, the customer is God, the customer is not an idiot. Remember, the customer is God, the customer is not an idiot..."

Lin Li, who had excellent hearing, vaguely caught this sentence drifting in from outside the door, and laughed out loud in satisfaction.

At least it was quiet.

...

Nothing unexpected happened. Doing his own things, the driving school adjusted the speed to 1.25x, and one class hour was only 45 minutes. So at 10:30, the video classes ended, and Lin Li clocked out.

"You finish accumulating the online course hours on the app in these two or three days, and I'll have someone grab a slot for next weekend. Saturday or Sunday?" Walking Lin Li to the door, Yu Jian'an asked.

"Either is fine." Lin Li didn't care.

"That's best." Yu Jian'an nodded.

Saying goodbye and leaving the driving school, Lin Li rode his bike to the library.

Arriving downstairs, Lin Li locked his bike and prepared to go upstairs.

"Lin Li, wait a minute~"

Hearing the familiar call from the side of the road, Lin Li stopped and turned his head, looking at Chen Yuying in the car.

Destined people are always destined.

The driver is the driver, not Chen Zhongping, hehe, even more destined.

Today, Chen Yuying was wearing an off-white thin duffle coat. The moment she pushed open the door and got out of the car, a corner was lifted by the wind, revealing the decorative emblem on the misty blue sweater inside.

Pressing down the beret that was almost blown away, the pearl clips in her hair sparkled like stars in the sunlight.

[Wind Control], on.

Not allowed to blow like this.

Change the angle and continue blowing.

This looks even better, yay.

Getting out of the car in a hurry, the hem of her pleated skirt caught on the safety buckle as it brushed past the car door. She bent down to unfasten it, so Lin Li saw the skin on the back of her neck, slightly red from being rubbed by the sweater collar, and the woven bracelet that slipped down with her movement.

Mhm, it looks a bit like mine, but also seems a bit different.

"Just a moment!" Unfastening it would take a little time, so Chen Yuying looked up and said to Lin Li first.

"Take your time." Lin Li had a smile on his face.

Finally, the buckle was unfastened. Even though there wasn't much distance between the two, Chen Yuying still jogged over, pressing her hat with one hand.

Besides saying the sentence that broke Chen Tianming's defense, "Actually, your secret crush is quite obvious. The reason it hasn't been exposed is because the other person doesn't like you," Hayao Miyazaki also said another sentence—

"I don't know how much I like you, but if I'm going to see you, I will definitely run."

Fallen leaves brushed against her small leather shoes and spun down. The toes of her shoes were stained with damp water marks from the library steps.

A faint floral scent floating in the wind could be smelled. It was hard to tell if it came from the green belt by the road or the fabric softener hidden in the fluttering corners of her clothes.

The two got close. The girl ran up the steps, arrived beside Lin Li, smoothed her skirt with both hands, and then there was a tacit, brief silence.

"Class Rep," Lin Li looked at Chen Yuying today, thought for a while, and then broke the silence with a smile: "Do you know what God added when making little girls?"

"What?" Chen Yuying asked curiously and expectantly.

"Spice, sugar, and everything nice." Lin Li looked directly into Chen Yuying's eyes and said softly but firmly.

"I didn't know the recipe originally, but someone just told me."

Looking at each other for two seconds, perhaps because of the short jog just now, or perhaps because of shyness, her face turned slightly red. She pressed the brim of her hat down slightly, and responded with a slightly drawn-out voice: "Tch."

"You're still 'tch'-ing at this? You're really hard to please. But it's my turn, you should praise me now." Lin Li patted his chest and said proudly.

Hearing this, Chen Yuying looked at Lin Li seriously for a while, then first looked into Lin Li's eyes, then looked away, her voice lower and unconfident: "A good match for me..."

"You're cheating, Class Rep. In the future, after I rack my brains to praise you, you just saying 'a good match' will be a universal answer?" Lin Li was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Next time you have to praise me first!"

"Then it won't be a good match next time." Chen Yuying stuck out her tongue.

"Class Rep, don't belittle yourself. Although I have indeed been getting more handsome, I can also see that you have been getting better too. Be confident, next time you'll have a chance to be worthy of me."

Lin Li immediately and seriously encouraged Chen Yuying.

"That's not what I meant at all!" Chen Yuying was amused by Lin Li's shamelessness.

Then she paused, crossed her arms in front of her, narrowed her eyes slightly, and after catching Lin Li's gaze, asked unconfidently:

"Lin Li, the 'getting better' you just said you could see, what does it refer to?"

"Of course it's your everything. Could it be that I just felt this outfit really flatters your figure, so I thought Class Rep, you seem to have become more curvy, and then said that?

"How is that possible, I couldn't make such an evaluation."

The creepy guy Lin Li answered.

I should still question him confidently next time, Chen Yuying sighed.

So the duffle coat was buttoned up, and the scenery in front of Lin Li changed.

"Class Rep, moreover, you didn't get my point. It seems I have to test you. Connecting with the previous text, if God added spice, sugar, and everything nice when making little girls, then what did he add when making little boys?"

Scenery is scenery no matter how it changes, Lin Li didn't care. He turned his head and continued walking towards the library, asking with a smile at the same time.

"Lightning, stars, and everything handsome?" Chen Yuying thought for a moment and tried to give an answer.

"Wrong." Lin Li shook his head.

"Then what is it?"

"It's Uranium-235." Lin Li gave the correct answer.

Chen Yuying: "?"

"What kind of little boy is this!" Chen Yuying raised her hand high and gently punched Lin Li's shoulder.

"It's not from any door, it's from an island."

(Translator's Note: "Little Boy" was the codename for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan).

"I wasn't asking you that."

"Let's go, let's go in. But Class Rep, why are you here so late today? I thought you would have arrived long ago." Lin Li smiled and pushed Chen Yuying from behind, walking towards the library with her, chatting casually at the same time.

"I also like and need to sleep in. I can't wake up at four or five every day like you." Chen Yuying answered matter-of-factly upon hearing this.

"But last time you came right after me, not this late." Lin Li questioned.

"Isn't it the same this time? And I almost arrived earlier than you." But Chen Yuying argued strongly.

Then, seemingly feeling that saying this wasn't enough, Chen Yuying pursed her lips and explained again:

"During the monthly exam, I rested on Sunday, so I could wake up early on Saturday. But this week I have to come to the library to study for two days, of course I have to rest well."

"So are you coming at this time tomorrow too?" Lin Li then asked.

"I've slept enough today, we'll see tomorrow. I might wake up early." Waiting for the elevator, Chen Yuying looked down at her small leather shoes to check if any water stains had been brought in.

Of course it depends on the situation of 'when are you coming tomorrow'.

Last night you said you had to go to the driving school for class first thing this morning. Then why would I come so early? Everyone is sleeping, am I going to come study all alone?

I don't want to. Whether I study or not, my top ten ranking in the grade is very stable.

"I see. Then why don't you come earlier? Otherwise, I'll be bored alone tomorrow. Those guys are all lazy dogs." Lin Li then said.

"Alright, then I'll force myself to wake up early once." Chen Yuying decided to comply with him.

...

[Bai Bufan: I've arrived, why aren't you here yet? Are you still at the driving school?]

A message came on the phone.

[Lin Li: I'm on my way.]

[Bai Bufan: Then bring me a bottle of cola.]

[Lin Li: Kidney stones?]

[Bai Bufan: I haven't had a beverage for a week, rewarding myself once isn't too much. I'll still drink water the rest of the time today.]

[Lin Li: Pepsi or Coca-Cola?]

[Bai Bufan: I'm definitely a Coca-Cola party member. Pepsi is toilet bowl cleaner!]

[Lin Li: Cold or room temperature.]

[Bai Bufan: Cold.]

[Lin Li: Bottled or canned?]

[Bai Bufan: Either is fine, canned is best.]

[Lin Li: Okay, not bringing it.]

[Bai Bufan: ?]

The door of the study room was pushed open, just in time to bump into Bai Bufan, who had gotten up and was preparing to go to the corridor to greet Lin Li with a voice message.

"Lin Li? You?" Bai Bufan was stunned.

Lin Li walked over with a smile and sat next to Bai Bufan: "I know you're anxious, but don't be anxious yet. I'm not bringing it because I've already arrived, I can't bring it."

"No? Ah?" Bai Bufan's anger subsided, but not completely.

He asked somewhat puzzledly: "Then just say you can't bring it, why ask me so much?"

"When you're bored and a dog runs over, do you tease it or not?"

Bai Bufan: "?"

"I just happened to be taking the elevator and was bored. The dog happened to come, so I just went with the flow." Lin Li said matter-of-factly.

"Lin Li."

"Hmm?"

"You can only be an outsider in this life."

"Why."

"Because wherever you go, you're an animal (chu sheng)."

(Translator's Note: "Chu sheng" means animal/beast, but sounds like "chu sheng" (leaving the province)).

(End of Chapter)