A driving school coach is a driving school coach after all, quite safety-conscious, even knowing to wait until the car has come to a complete stop before jumping out.
Not harming others or himself, much better than those idiots who try to grab the steering wheel when the driver won't let them off.
"Just kidding, Coach, it's actually Happy Beans. If I really had forty million in cash, how could I still ride a bike to the driving school? I would definitely take a taxi," Lin Li said cheerfully.
"Oh, oh, kid, what a pity, what a pity." Hearing this, Yu Jian'an stood up and let out a long sigh, just like Homelander.
He almost let this kid live a good life.
It wasn't that Yu Jian'an was targeting Lin Li; he just equally envied, was jealous of, and hated every super-rich person.
Below me, class distinctions should be clear; above me, all beings should be equal!
Lin Li sighed: "Sigh, my dream now is to drive luxury cars, live in mansions, and have countless wealth, just like my mom..."
Yu Jian'an, who had just gotten back in the car: "┌(。Д。)┐!"
"Lin Li... your mom is a billionaire? She really has forty million?" Yu Jian'an swallowed hard and asked.
"No, that's my mom's dream too." Lin Li explained calmly.
Yu Jian'an, preparing for a second jump: "...?"
So that's what "just like your mom" meant?
That is very alike.
Yu Jian'an was already convinced by Lin Li's thought process. In terms of being abstract, he could only bow down in defeat. He shook his head in sincere admiration and spoke:
"Lin Li, let's continue practicing driving. Regardless of where you accumulated this driving experience, it seems you really don't need much teaching right now. How about we just go straight to the training ground and simulate Subject Two?"
"Sure." Lin Li had no objections, and his expression became a bit more serious.
...
"Score qualified, please go to the center to print your transcript." The speaker at the end of the road played this electronic voice.
"Impressive, you passed on your third try," Yu Jian'an clapped his hands and sighed with emotion.
Lin Li didn't pass the first two times.
After all, Lin Li's actual offline driving experience was only that one time in the doomsday world, and that car was different from reality.
Moreover, taking an exam and actual driving are not the same thing. The required standards, norms, and details can easily cause you to lose points if you're not careful.
The first two times, the problem was poor control of the distance between the car body and the edge line. This time, Lin Li didn't get a perfect score either—he turned the steering wheel after only two seconds of using the turn signal, losing ten points.
The exam requires at least three seconds, but in real-life driving, it's highly likely that by the time you react to the car in front's turn signal, it has already completed the turn.
It's all about speed.
But it wasn't a big deal. The mecha synchronization index made Lin Li drive more and more smoothly. He was very confident that if he practiced a couple more times and memorized the details, he could easily get a perfect score just like in Subject One.
"Average, basic operation." Lin Li said arrogant words with a modest face.
"I earned this tuition fee too easily, I'm embarrassed to take the money." Yu Jian'an scratched his head and smiled.
Hearing this, Lin Li took out his phone, displayed his payment code, and looked at Yu Jian'an.
He didn't say anything, but silence spoke volumes.
Yu Jian'an: "..."
"Haha, speaking of which, Lin Li, taking out your phone during the exam will result in an immediate deduction of 100 points. You must, absolutely must pay attention to this when the time comes, don't lose points because of this."
Yu Jian'an blinked, pressed down Lin Li's phone, and reminded him seriously.
"Then for the rest of the time, you'll continue practicing on your own?" Yu Jian'an asked.
"Sure."
Yu Jian'an then added:
"Lin Li, even if you know how to drive later, you still have to log these practical driving hours. If you don't want to drive, just park on the side of the road and do your own thing in the driver's seat. Playing on your phone or whatever is fine, as long as you scan your face every thirteen minutes.
If anything happens, I'll contact you immediately."
"Okay." Lin Li nodded.
You can only log four hours of practical driving per day. Even if he completely mastered it today and could pass steadily, he would still have to find time to come and log hours next week, which was quite troublesome.
But rules are rules, and they weren't set today, so he honestly started logging.
He finished logging all the allowed hours for the morning. In the afternoon, after catching up on sleep, Lin Li continued his other cultivation practices.
After dinner, he headed to school.
"According to unofficial history, Zhou Yu was actually a little loli. Back then, she secretly loved Zhuge Liang. 'Losing the lady and the troops' was simply her acting spoiled, jealous that the lady accompanying Zhuge Liang wasn't her.
Zhuge Liang actually liked Zhou Yu very much too. When Zhou Yu died, he really cried. As for why, heh, let me tell you this, anyone with a bit of knowledge in the Three Kingdoms period would sigh 'Zi Gongjin' upon seeing Zhou Yu.
This is the biggest reason."
Bai Bufan's voice arrived, albeit late.
"Fuck, was Zhou Yu's 'Zi Gong' really that tight? Then Zhuge Liang must have felt really good."
(Translator's Note: "Zi Gongjin" is Zhou Yu's courtesy name. Here they are making a dirty pun, interpreting "Zi Gong" as "uterus" and "jin" as "tight").
"Envious of Zhuge Liang."
"Envious of Zhou Yu."
Lin Li walked into the classroom and naturally looked towards Chen Yuying's seat.
Blocked by Qu Wanqiu.
She was holding a phone, leaning on Chen Yuying's desk playing, while chatting with Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan.
"So arrogant?" Lin Li went up and patted Ding Sihan.
Qu Wanqiu should be glad she's a girl.
If it were Bai Bufan or other boys striking this pose in front of Lin Li right now, they would already be covering their butts and cursing Lin Li's mom.
"I have to hand it in soon, what's there to be arrogant about? I want to cherish the last moments." Qu Wanqiu didn't even turn her head, just tucked in her butt and answered.
"How much battery is left?" Lin Li asked.
"Hmm? 72%, why do you ask?" Qu Wanqiu turned her head this time, glanced at her phone, answered, and asked in confusion.
"When you hand it to Xue Jian, charge it to 95%, it's good for the phone." Lin Li suggested seriously.
Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan looked up.
"Why? Is there some particular reason?" Qu Wanqiu asked curiously.
"According to the latest issue of the 'East Asian Applied Physics Review', a phone battery is in a 'metastable golden state' at 95%—lithium ions will arrange themselves in an icosahedral crystal lattice.
This structure can effectively reduce entropy increase loss during electron migration. Modern circuit boards use a bidirectional voltage balance design, and the state of the positive and negative poles is also the most stable at 95% battery. Turning off and storing the phone at this battery level can at least double its lifespan compared to other battery levels.
Qu Wanqiu, you don't want your device to need a replacement so soon, do you."
Lin Li's calm voice carried the disdain of showing off his knowledge.
"Ah?" Qu Wanqiu didn't understand a word, but it sounded very impressive, so she nodded blankly: "Really? Then I'll go charge it now. I'll probably have to hand it in soon, damn Apple charges so slowly."
"Of course it's fake, I was just spouting nonsense to trick idiots. It's simply because I've liked the number 95% recently." Hearing this, Lin Li smiled instantly, shrugged, and clarified.
Qu Wanqiu: "(；☉_☉)?"
"Go die, Lin Li!!"
Because they were in the aisle, it wasn't convenient for Qu Wanqiu to fly up and kick Lin Li, so she lowered her head and viciously aimed at Lin Li's shoes and stomped.
Eh?
"Yuying, why are you also stepping on Lin Li?"
Looking at the scene in front of her, noticing that the calf extending from under the desk had the exact same purpose as hers, Qu Wanqiu asked curiously.
Chen Yuying: "..."
Chen Yuying blinked.
How was this discovered too?
"H-helping you step on him..."
Chen Yuying was never good at lying. Her face, which had been slightly red since Lin Li mentioned the number 95, was now even redder. Her answer looked very guilty to anyone with discerning eyes, and she didn't dare to look up at all.
—Afraid of making eye contact with Qu Wanqiu, and also afraid of seeing Lin Li's teasing smile right now.
"Yingbao is the best~"
But the clumsy Qu Wanqiu didn't notice, and upon hearing this, she touchingly snuggled with Chen Yuying.
Lin Li felt it was human nature, there was nothing to be embarrassed about being coaxed by Chen Yuying. Of course, he couldn't be coaxed at all—if Chen Yuying wasn't convinced, she could try coaxing him and see how much backbone he had.
If the provocation failed, Lin Li, a C language master, wouldn't mind destroying this world.
Backbone, man.
And Ding Sihan, who saw through everything, finally couldn't hold it in after hearing this conversation, turned her face to the other side, covered her mouth, and held back her laughter.
"But you brought your phone, so you stayed at school this week, right." Lin Li asked.
Although today was Sunday, for boarding students, Sunday night was the beginning of a new week.
"Speaking of this makes me angry. The photos taken at the park are so beautiful, damn it, I shouldn't have missed it," Qu Wanqiu sighed in annoyance, "I even specially brought a set of casual clothes this week waiting to wear them on the weekend."
Then Qu Wanqiu became distressed again: "Why can't the clothes I buy look like they do on the models."
"It's okay, the models can't look like you either. Don't worry, Little Qiuqiu, you are unique." Lin Li comforted.
Qu Wanqiu: "..."
This comfort feels weird.
Better to kill by mistake than to let go, she'd step on Lin Li's shoes first as a sign of respect.
Shoes: Is no one speaking up for me? Do dark-colored shoes really have no shoe rights?
Lin Li originally wanted to listen for a while to what the three of them were chatting about, but was chased away.
Lin Li walked towards his seat.
"Lin Li, let me recommend a Japanese light novel to you."
Bai Bufan, who was chatting with Wang Ze and the others about how tight Zhou Yu's 'Zi Gong' was and whether he could do the 'dragon sucking water', saw Lin Li walking over, made an air basketball shooting motion, raised his eyebrows and spoke.
"Speak." Lin Li signaled Bai Bufan to spit it out while putting down his backpack.
"'The Childhood Friend Who Returned from Studying in the US, Her Moans Turned into Oh Yes', a pure love daily romance novel, very good, highly recommended." Bai Bufan announced the title.
Lin Li: "[○｀Д○]?"
"Where's your pure love password!!" Lin Li scolded with a smile, "You can tell from this fucking title that it's not pure love at all, right?"
"Damn it, you even discovered such a hidden trap." Bai Bufan was a bit annoyed.
"Staying this week?" Lin Li asked.
"Staying, don't worry." Bai Bufan raised his eyebrows at Lin Li, snapped his fingers, then shook his head and sighed: "But, I have to say, these parents, why do they change their faces faster than anyone else."
"When I didn't go home for a month, chatting and calling me, they all said they missed me and told me to come home quickly. My mom even said she cried missing me."
"As a result, when I really went home, they were unhappy again. I had only been lying in bed for an hour after getting home, and my mom pushed the door open and said angrily, 'Bai Bufan, how long have you been home and all you know is lying in bed playing on your phone', and then called my dad to beat me."
"They beat you just for that?" Lin Li was surprised, Mother Bai didn't seem like such a rough person.
"Uh... not entirely." Bai Bufan scratched his head, his voice weakening a bit: "I talked back a little bit."
"How little?" It made sense now, Lin Li chuckled and asked.
"I replied, 'Didn't you say I was a free gift from topping up your phone bill? Then if I don't hold my phone every day, who should I hold? The phone has a SIM card in it, it's my real family, only it can give me the taste of home. Auntie, you've crossed the line'."
Bai Bufan said guiltily.
Lin Li gave Bai Bufan a thumbs up, two in fact.
Already changed to calling her Auntie.
Then Lin Li believed "Bai Bufan" could be ranked alongside "Wang De", "Zhou Jun", "Mall Flick-Sniper Bro", and "Spicy Soup", and be called the National Server Flash.
It can only be said that Bai Bufan is very much like himself, every beating he gets at home is justifiable.
Lin Li noted this sentence down, to use on Wu Min when he had the chance.
"Then why say 'call your dad to beat you'? Still calling him dad, you should change to calling him uncle." Lin Li said with a smile.
"Your mom," Bai Bufan scolded with a smile, then patted his chest: "So don't worry, I need some time to reset family affection. I don't have a home to go back to for now this week, staying at school! Going out to play!"
"OK."
Lin Li nodded, then reached out: "Did you do the test paper Xue Jian assigned? Let me copy it."
Lin Li really hadn't touched his homework all weekend.
And for things like math, doing those simple problems repeatedly is really just a waste of time. At worst, he'd just find time to look at the difficult problems on this test paper.
"You copying me? Reversing the natural order." Bai Bufan looked surprised.
"What, you're allowed to be the 1, but I'm not allowed to be the 1?"
"I just wrote whatever." Bai Bufan didn't care either, took out the test paper from his desk and handed it to Lin Li.
"It's fine."
This is the bond and trust between boys.
Moreover, having just finished the midterm exams, Xue Jian still had to grade the midterm papers. This test paper would at most be collected and glanced at, definitely not graded.
Because Lin Li arrived late in the first place, the bell for the start of evening self-study rang not long after. The boys gathered in the back row scattered like birds and beasts, but Xue Jian hadn't arrived yet.
"Taking a little nap." Bai Bufan decided to take a rest.
A peaceful evening self-study.
Until a scream.
"Ah—!!"
Bai Bufan woke up with a start. Everyone in the class looked towards the front row near the door. The person who made this sound was female classmate Luo Meng. She was currently holding a book and constantly swatting in front of her.
"Moth!!" Before anyone could ask, Luo Meng shouted the reason again.
Everyone looked closely, and indeed there was a moth flying above the classroom following Luo Meng's movements. It was quite big, you could even hear the sound of its wings flapping.
Some people smiled softly, some continued with their own business, and more students chose to stare at this moth.
No one was mocking or blaming Luo Meng. In fact, this kind of thing is a very common 'accident' in high school.
Especially in summer when the air conditioning isn't on and only the fans are running.
There are already many mosquitoes and bugs in summer, and they are easily attracted into the classroom. Once the fans are on, many bugs will be swatted or fanned down almost every day.
When you're seriously doing homework, and suddenly a bug is swatted onto your desk or in front of your eyes, it's perfectly normal for people who are afraid of bugs to be scared.
Even boys, many would suddenly let out a 'fuck'.
A sudden sound like this during a quiet evening self-study is actually quite interesting.
When Lin Li and Bai Bufan encounter this situation, after a soft 'fuck', they usually choose to catch these little flying bugs with transparent pen caps, and then buckle them on the pen to play with… until it dies out of nowhere.
To be honest, if it weren't for these bugs, Lin Li felt that before getting the system, his grades could have improved by another 1%.
Now, the students near the window opened the windows, trying to let this big moth fly out, but it flew too high. After being frightened, it started flying randomly above the classroom.
Now those who were afraid of bugs were even more afraid, each holding books or using their deskmates as shields, afraid it would come down to their side.
Deskmate: I have an 8 AM class.
Wang Ze shook his head, these guys simply didn't know how to deal with moths.
Do they not use their brains? This is when you need to use the power of knowledge.
Holding a textbook rolled into a cylinder, Wang Ze stood up and stared at the moth's trajectory, waiting for the moment it got close to let it feel the power of knowledge.
According to the "Analects of Lun" (Swinging), "The Master does not speak of strange forces and chaotic gods" means Confucius was too lazy to talk, and used strange forces to beat people senseless.
Remember, according to the "Records of the Grand Historian: Confucius", Confucius was from Shandong and was 1.97 meters tall.
With a bro like this traveling around giving lectures with three thousand burly disciples, Wang Ze felt that if he were a city defense official, he would definitely treat him with great respect and say Confucian thought is good, Confucian thought is wonderful.
Who would fucking dare to say it's not good? What if Confucius said "Damn it, are kings and nobles given their high status by birth?"
"Wang Ze, let go of that moth, let me do it!"
Lin Li's shout made everyone in the class look at him again, including Chen Yuying, who had lost interest and started doing problems again because she wasn't too afraid of bugs.
Lin Li was now standing at his seat, holding a pen in his hand. Like catching a badminton shuttlecock, his left hand was slightly raised, his right hand holding the pen was placed behind his ear, and his eyes were locked on the moving moth.
This moth was his target…
[Demon surprise attack, harassing fellow disciples at night. As the one with the highest cultivation in the sect, you should step forward to protect them!]
[Task Triggered!]
[Task 5: Kill this Nine Nether Scale Butterfly as soon as possible, preventing any more disciples from being harmed by it.]
[Reward: Physique Improvement: Spiritual Energy Absorption Speed increased by 200%; System Currency 100.]
"What are you going to do, hit it from ten meters away?" Wang Ze put down his raised hand after being called, but seeing Lin Li's action, he asked in surprise to confirm.
"Are you kidding? Don't hit me on the head."
Lin Li was very gratified. Before showing off, there should be a passerby like Wang Ze to step on him.
Thank you, brainless villain.
"Just watch!"
[Imitation] could still be used once. Specified skill, [Darts] seen at the pet park on the weekend, learn!
[Imitation successful, imitation ratio "150%"]
[Charge], on! [Ear Divine Ability], on! [Wind Control], on! [Soul of Close Combat], on!
When Lin Li narrowed his eyes, Wang Ze suddenly shrank his head and blocked his head with a textbook… this guy is really going to throw it!
When Lin Li's right shoulder sank and his right hand pushed forward fiercely, Bai Bufan heard the rustling of clothes, and the M&G gel pen turned into a silver thread and pierced through the air.
"Whoosh…"
Under everyone's gaze, the gel pen really hit the flying moth. With unabated momentum, it embedded itself into the wall above the blackboard on the front wall with a "thud", the pen barrel still trembling slightly.
The classroom, which was originally a bit rustling because of this moth, now became as quiet as Xue Jian peeping in the corridor.
Lin Li chose to break this silence. He cupped his hands into a half-arc and pressed them against his ears, facing the classroom, and then barked loudly:
"Let the doubts be louder, I! Can't! Hear! You!!"
"..."
Lin Li's voice brought the boys back to their senses, and instantly the classroom erupted in uproar, everyone expressing their shock.
"Fuck! Awesome!! You can even hit a moving target? And you fucking pinned it to the wall?"
"Too handsome, fuck! This dog got to show off again!"
"Dad! Please! Teach me! I really want to learn this!"
"Where's the discipline committee member, do something, how can anyone study with it being so noisy!" The person who said this was surnamed Wang, with the single name Ze.
—Jealousy caused Wang Ze to undergo plasmolysis, choosing to be a traitor to humanity.
"Shh… evening self-study, we're in evening self-study, quiet, basic operation don't 6, no need to be so surprised." Lin Li waved his hand, speaking modestly.
However, the corners of his mouth had already hooked into a Nike swoosh.
Because it was evening self-study, Wang Ze also successfully summoned the discipline committee member, so the boys suppressed their excitement, only communicating with their eyes, waiting until after class to talk.
"Handsome, Lin Li." After Lin Li sat down, Bai Bufan gave a thumbs up.
"Average, anyone with hands can do it." Lin Li continued to act cool.
Bai Bufan smiled and shook his head, deciding not to flatter Lin Li anymore.
Being woken up by such an interlude, Bai Bufan decided to start doing his homework.
As everyone knows.
To do homework.
You need homework, and you also need a pen.
OK, Bai Bufan took out his homework, OK, Bai Bufan took out... eh fuck where's my pen.
"..."
"..."
Bai Bufan looked up.
Hiss… looks a bit familiar.
(End of Chapter)