As everyone knows, Laoyou Road is a very dark path at night, so Lin Li generally calls it... the dark road.
What else could he call it.
But although it was dark, it was the bright path to completing the task.
However, at this very moment, this very dark bright path pointed out by Yang Liang had now become a very bright dark path.
Both being Demon Suppression Envoys, why are you pressing me so hard.
Lin Li felt that his life had become dim and lightless.
Therefore, after eating the chicken tenders, Lin Li said goodbye to Yan Aosong and took a taxi home with a miserable and sorrowful expression.
—There was no need to stay any longer. Even if he kept walking until six o'clock tomorrow morning, he probably wouldn't be able to increase the task progress by one. It wasn't that there weren't ruthless people who would commit crimes against the wind, but they had probably already been locked up.
At home.
Lin Li sat in front of the computer, looking at the map of Xiling.
The Laoyou Road area could be given up. He would explore the remaining areas later.
Hooligans of Laoyou Road, I can let you off once, I can even let you off twice, but remember, I'm not a horse breeder!!
I'll go check out the bar street another day. Drunken brawls and such should happen more frequently there. But to be honest, Lin Li felt that there shouldn't be many who reached the level of sinners recognized by the task.
But he had to try.
Take it slow. Anyway, the task duration was two months, there was still a long time. As the saying goes, when the car reaches the mountain, there must be a mountain.
There will always be a way.
For the remaining time, Lin Li decided to continue translating the "Basic Sword Art". Half an hour before going to bed, reviewing the science exercise books for tomorrow's exam would be enough.
Forget it, let's jerk off first.
...
Friday afternoon.
The last subject of the midterm exam, Physics.
Forty minutes into the exam, Lin Li had finished the entire paper.
Actually, this paper was quite difficult. The last question with the small spring and the small wooden block was completely inhumane, much harder than the monthly exam.
But perhaps Lin Li's current level was a bit overpowered. Not only did he finish it in just forty minutes, but he was also quite confident, feeling that everything was correct.
After checking it once, there were no omissions.
But checking during an exam, because you've already done it once, you'll have path dependence and mental inertia, so it's normal not to find any problems.
When I learn how to seal memories one day, I can temporarily forget all the memories of taking the exam, and then truly redo the paper from scratch. That would be awesome.
With such grand ambitions for immortal cultivation, Lin Li felt his life was set.
After checking it one last time, the exam time reached sixty minutes, and early submission was finally allowed.
So Lin Li stood up, and under the surprised or anxious gazes of the others in the exam room, placed his answer sheet in front of the unfamiliar invigilator and left the classroom with the test paper.
Lin Li sat directly in his seat at the door, observing the inside of the classroom.
The classroom windows of Nansang Middle School, on the corridor side, were covered with frosted privacy film to reduce the impact of pedestrians in the corridor on the students sitting by the windows.
However, this privacy film only occupied the bottom third of the window.
After all, it still had to satisfy the little peeping hobbies of the teachers of each class and the grade directors.
For Wang Ze, a frequently experienced nightmare was reading novels during evening self-study until he was tired, looking up and turning his neck, only to find Xue Jian standing close to the window in the corridor, staring fixedly at him with both eyes above the frosted film.
This was truly terrifying, with a horror level comparable to the library murder case in Detective Conan.
But a student life without experiencing this might not be considered complete.
As the frosted privacy film was pasted for a long time, wear and tear was normal. Sometimes it would be picked or scratched, leaving a few gaps.
Now, there was one on the window in front of Lin Li.
So although he was sitting, Lin Li could see inside the classroom through it.
In his field of vision was exactly Chen Yuying.
Actually, it wasn't exactly a coincidence.
It was Lin Li who had just adjusted his position to force it to be a coincidence.
Forget it, whatever, it's just a coincidence! This is proof of fate! It just is!
Chen Yuying was resting her chin on the end of her pen. Under her long eyelashes, her eyes miraculously contained both laziness and focus, and her brows were slightly furrowed.
The physics test paper was spread out in front of her. After the afternoon afterglow was blurred, it happened to plate her profile with a golden edge, leaving a small spot of light on the tip of her nose.
The thinking finally ended, the pen tip wrote rapidly on the scratch paper, and the skin on the inside of her wrist was pressed with shallow red marks by the edge of the test paper or scratch paper.
When her brows relaxed, Chen Yuying used her knuckles to tuck a fallen strand of hair behind her ear, revealing a section of her fair neck. The corners of her mouth curled into a very, very shallow smile, and she raised her pen to write on the answer sheet instead.
Why is this gap so small, it can't contain the girl's beauty at all.
Lin Li really wanted to start with an "Ahhhh" battle cry and smash this glass with one punch, so he could see more clearly.
At worst, after it's done, I'll have the school send a photo of the window to the seller's customer service, saying it became like this on its own after a nap, and ask if it can be returned or exchanged.
I've already started with a battle cry, just let me have my way.
Perhaps Lin Li's undisguised gaze was too scorching, disturbing the girl's clothes. Chen Yuying looked up out the window and met Lin Li's eyes.
So, Lin Li leaned back with his chair, allowing Chen Yuying to see a more complete version of himself through the small gap. He raised his hand and made a V sign next to his face, with a funny smile.
So the very, very shallow smile turned into a very, very deep smile.
Chen Yuying pointed at Lin Li through the air with the liquid ink pen in her hand, and mouthed the word 'idiot'.
"Bounce back." Lin Li responded with his mouth shape.
With a soft "tch", Chen Yuying didn't continue this childish conversation. The exam was not the time for flirting, so she refocused her attention on the physics test paper.
But after a few glances, she couldn't help but look up again, and found that Lin Li was indeed still looking at her.
Chen Yuying glanced up at the invigilator, then leaned slightly towards the window and exhaled towards the gap.
The exhaled breath condensed into white mist at the gap of the frosted film, but since it was only autumn, the mist disappeared in an instant.
Seeing this result, Chen Yuying pursed her lips in slight distress and waved her fist at Lin Li.
Tsk.
I really want to use [Pickpocket] to pinch the Class Rep's cheek.
Bufan's butt, long time no see. Seeing this text is like seeing you in person. I wonder what you are doing now, are you still supporting that useless body that can't solve problems and is like a walking corpse.
Chen Yuying continued to look at the test paper, and deliberately propped up the right side of her head with her hand, her gaze directed towards the inside of the classroom.
As if expressing her determination.
Lin Li could of course keep looking at Chen Yuying without feeling bored, but he decided to let her take the exam properly first.
Therefore, Lin Li smiled and took out his phone from his bag, stood up, leaned against the guardrail, and began to look at the photos of the "Basic Sword Art" on it, waiting for the exam to end.
School was about to end, so it wasn't a big deal for a day student to hold a phone now.
And the girl in the exam room couldn't help but look up at the window again before she even finished reading the last question.
Finding that Lin Li was no longer looking at her, she breathed a slight sigh of relief.
But then Chen Yuying found it a bit funny.
Because the next second, the thought "Why did he stop looking" actually flashed through her mind.
Exam, exam, the exam is important.
Lowering her head, Chen Yuying's pen tip hovered over the last major question of the physics test paper.
Lin Li, Lin Li, Lin Li is also important.
Looking up, from the corner of her eye, she couldn't help but chase the hazy halo outside the window.
Lin Li's figure was stretched long by the setting sun, cast obliquely on the corridor tiles, like the silhouette of a boy cut out of gold foil by someone.
In the distance, the shadows of the plane trees danced across his profile, and the draft at the end of the corridor brushed past the hem of his clothes.
—So there really is someone who can blend laziness and seriousness so perfectly, like the perfect critical value she had just repeatedly calculated and confirmed on the physics test paper.
Damn it.
Chen Yuying understood, this must be one of his insidious and cunning plans to prevent her from scoring higher than him.
Seeing through the truth, Chen Yuying decided to hate Lin Li starting yesterday.
—Today and tomorrow don't count.
The sunset in high school days is always unreasonably beautiful. The sunlight, the breeze, the shadows of the trees, everything is always in its best form. Even if you see more scenery in the future, you can never find the feeling of that year, that month, that day again.
The sunshine of youth never shines directly; it only willingly washes obliquely over the shoulders of boys and girls, gilding all the unspoken palpitations and embedding them in the bottom of their hearts.
But Lin Li would say it out loud.
"Take the exam properly." For example, right now, also subconsciously looking up and finding Chen Yuying actively looking at him, Lin Li smiled and mouthed.
"Tch."
Playfully sticking out her tongue, Chen Yuying made a difficult decision—she slightly moved the window, changing the position of the gap, turning the 'just right' that Lin Li had forced into 'not right'.
Now he couldn't see.
Chen Yuying, bad.
Myself, good.
However, Lin Li didn't adjust his position again, but went to the stairwell, letting Chen Yuying take the exam properly.
The second classmate to appear at the stairwell was Wang Ze.
Very reasonable.
After all, this physics test paper was indeed quite difficult, and it wasn't a liberal arts subject. People like Bai Bufan and Zhou Baowei definitely couldn't come out now. At most, they would hand in their papers a few minutes early, and it wasn't impossible for them to write until the last minute.
So those who could hand it in early, besides a confident king like Lin Li, were self-abandoning trash like Wang Ze.
Not coming out half an hour early at the same time as himself was already Wang Ze giving face to physics.
"Yo, Wang Ze, how was the physics exam?" Lin Li asked, knowing the answer.
"Ten points simple." Wang Ze sneered.
"—But the remaining ninety points were a bit difficult."
"You useless thing." Waiting for the rest of the sentence, Lin Li was satisfied and started attacking Wang Ze.
"Fuck! Lin Li, you wouldn't understand. Didn't the teacher say, skip the questions you don't know? Bro's physics directly turned into Tigger starting from the fourth question.
"Skipping all the way to the last question, eh, then skipping back and continuing to skip. I fucking didn't even skip this much during training!
"Did the teacher who set the questions ever think that prolonged strenuous exercise can easily cause muscle strains! What if I get rhabdomyolysis?
"This test paper violates human nature, it's simply treating our safety as a joke!"
Wang Ze was truly filled with righteous indignation, it seemed he was really tired from skipping.
Sports students still don't like training legs.
"And my English is already bad, this physics question drags in so much English, I don't know what they were thinking." Wang Ze looked at the various letters on the test paper and sighed.
Lin Li didn't speak, approached Wang Ze, glanced at the first three questions of his test paper, and smiled exceptionally sincerely.
Then he patted Wang Ze's shoulder and told him a small piece of bad news:
"Baby, the first and third questions are correct, great job!
"But you got the second question wrong, this question should be D. So physics is not ten points simple for you, but seven points simple. Naughty, who told you to over-report these three points? I'll forgive you this time, but not next time."
Wang Ze: "(；☉_☉)?"
No?
After a brief silence—
"Fuck! Lin Li, you're not human! Are you going to ruthlessly tear apart even my last bit of self-esteem! Animal! Fucking animal!" Wang Ze was truly angered to the point of laughing.
"Lin Li, can you play outside more, there are many cars outside."
Lin Li smiled upon hearing this.
"Wang Ze, I've already imagined the situation with your dad or mom during the parent-teacher meeting.
"After getting your report card—
"'Physics seven points, math four points... biology three points, eh! Did pretty well in the total score subject, scored over ninety points, great, my son can still be saved, just a bit weak in some subjects'."
Lin Li pretended to hold a report card in his hand and slowly simulated.
"Your mom, did I score over ninety in the total score subject?" Wang Ze laughed and scolded, "That's a very awkward slander, I always get five or six hundred points in total every time."
After all, taking ten subjects, the total score combined is 1150 points.
Stepping on all the answer sheets a few times could get a score over a hundred.
As time went on, the number of people handing in their papers early gradually increased, and the corridor gradually became lively.
"Lin Li!"
"Eh! What's up, my Sister Ding." Lin Li responded while looking up at Ding Sihan coming down from upstairs, and asked.
"Finally liberated, are you busy this weekend?"
Ding Sihan looked up and stretched, and under Lin Li's expectant gaze, she didn't step on empty air and fall to her death. She walked up to Lin Li and asked.
"This week? Taking the Subject 1 exam at 8 AM on Saturday, probably finish in less than ten minutes, temporarily free the rest of the time." Lin Li answered.
The driving school hours were finished on Monday, and Coach Yu didn't let down his extra money, successfully getting him a spot for the morning exam.
"That's fine, I'll still be sleeping at that time," Ding Sihan nodded upon hearing this, and continued to ask: "So Lin Li, do you have any plans for this weekend? The exams are over, we have to relax properly."
Lin Li raised an eyebrow upon hearing this and asked back: "Aren't Bufan and Jiujiu both going home this weekend?"
"I know, then the three of us can go out and play. I came to ask if you have any plans." Ding Sihan nodded, her tone indifferent.
"Let me think, this week... I heard there's a market over at Pinglu Road next week, and a night market will open. I heard there will be some performances, quite a large scale, should be fun. I originally planned to ask you guys this weekend if you want to go play next week."
Lin Li said upon hearing this.
"Sounds good?" Ding Sihan's eyes lit up.
"I think it's good too, so this weekend we can persuade Little Jiujiu to bring her phone to Old Jian Tou next week, and then stay at school." Lin Li nodded, stating his predetermined idea.
"Okay... but we'll talk about next week later, what about this week, what about this week." Ding Sihan nodded then shook her head, pulling the topic back.
"I have no ideas for this week temporarily." After stroking his chin and thinking for a while, Lin Li shook his head.
"Useless thing." Ding Sihan looked disgusted, then sighed, "I don't even know what to do staying at home..."
"Lin Li, you have to take responsibility for this!"
"Is... is this right?" Lin Li was stunned for a moment, questioning: "How is it my responsibility?"
"I could have endured the darkness, if I had not seen the light. After getting used to going out to play, staying at home became boring, it's all your fault." Ding Sihan was very confident.
Speechless, typical carbon-based lifeform thinking, truly repulsive!
"Regarding your logic, my evaluation is—Once upon a time, Lin Li had a neighbor named Tie Sihan, who kept a dog named Bai Liuliu. One day, Lin Li saw Tie Sihan walking the dog, so he shouted loudly—Old Tie walking Liuliu."
(Translator's Note: "Lao tie liu liu liu" is internet slang meaning "Bro, that's awesome/666").
"..."
Ding Sihan laughed—people will laugh when they are extremely speechless.
"Oh my god, that's so funny." Regarding this earthy and rotten pun, Ding Sihan's face was full of disgust and disdain.
"If you're really bored, how about I recommend some soap operas for you to watch to pass the time." Lin Li still had ideas.
"Tell me, I can consider it." Ding Sihan was a bit interested and nodded.
"'Mein Kampf', 'Schindler's List', 'The Diary of Anne Frank', 'World War II Documentary', 'Persian Lessons'..." Lin Li listed them familiarly, "These are all famous soap operas with rave reviews."
Ding Sihan: "?"
"What kind of soap operas are these!"
"Berlin Brandenburg Gate ones," Lin Li raised one hand high, "Sieg Heil!"
"Get lost!" Ding Sihan shook her head speechlessly, leaned against the window at the stairwell and glanced at the sunset outside, then spoke casually: "
"If all else fails... let's just find a KTV to sing, or find a cafe for afternoon tea? Will you come if we do that?"
"If you call me, I'll come, why wouldn't I." Lin Li also didn't care.
"What if we don't call you?"
"If you don't call me, I'll come shamelessly."
"What if Yingbao doesn't come?" Ding Sihan suddenly changed the subject.
"Ding Sihan, you also covet my body? Then this concubine will report to the Emperor that Consort Ding is having an illicit affair with Imperial Physician Lin!" Hearing this, Lin Li immediately hugged himself, shrank into the corner, and looked at Ding Sihan warily:
"Little Ding Ding, remember, once family affection deteriorates, it's a 404! It's impossible between us father and daughter, the consequence of inbreeding is Bai Bufan!"
"Fuck, when I think of my child being like Bufan—" Lin Li originally had a terrified expression, but suddenly turned cold when he said this, "Then I'll have to carefully check if my wife's and Bai Bufan's life trajectories have overlapped."
"Hahaha, are you crazy, Lin Li."
Ding Sihan completely didn't understand how the conversation turned to this. After being stunned for a moment, she laughed and scolded.
"So Little Ding, do you really want to go on a date with me? Actually, it's not impossible. You know, I've always been a slut, a pure public bus, anyone who pays can get on." Lin Li pinched his chin and started thinking.
"I'd at most covet your body during the New Year, look at you being all smug." Ding Sihan said disdainfully.
"Save those words for Zhou Baowei, they have no attack power against me." Lin Li smiled and came out of the corner, approaching: "Ask yourself, Ding Sihan, am I handsome or not."
"Disgusting." Ding Sihan sneered.
Lin Li smiled and nodded: "Good answer. If you said I was handsome, I wouldn't smile instead."
"Hmm? Why?" Ding Sihan was a bit puzzled.
Lin Li ran his hands through the hair on both sides of his head, with an expression of "you finally fell for it," and then put on a straight face:
"Because when I don't smile, I'm even more handsome."
Ding Sihan: "?"
Old man, subway, phone.
Ding Sihan, Lin Li, Leo Flying Kick.
(End of Chapter)