Chapter 195: Chapter 168: Don’t Lose in Expression (Happy New Year)

The music gradually quieted, and the fountain became gentle as well, the droplets like dancing notes softly landing on the water surface, making a crisp sound.

Perhaps the restless heart would also calm down with it.

“It’s over, let’s go back to continue studying.” Lin Li stood up, brushed his butt against Bai Bufan’s shoulder, wiping off the dust.

Then he got the thousand-year kill.

“Is that it? Just as short as Lin Li.” Retracting his hand and ignoring Lin Li’s scream and the girl who didn’t know what happened, Bai Bufan reluctantly looked at the lake.

Unwilling to part with this beautiful time without having to study.

But the break was indeed long enough, so the five of them obediently returned to the library to continue studying.

…

The melodious music rang punctually at 8:50, echoing throughout the library.

The library would close at 9:00, and it was time to start clearing out.

“Carpet, carpet, ’car’ is car, ’pet’ is pet, and when a car runs over a pet, it’s flattened into a carpet, nice!”

With Lin Li’s help, knowledge entered Bai Bufan’s brain in a strange way.

Now if you asked Bai Bufan how to spell ’tadpole’ or ’inheritance,’ he could answer with precision.

“The craziest learning day ever, I’m really fully loaded.” Bai Bufan exhaled deeply, placing the textbook on his head, according to his theory, this way knowledge would enter the brain with the help of gravity.

Then Bai Bufan suddenly sat up straight, dug out his phone from the trash can, and pulled Lin Li over: “Come on, Lin Li, let’s record a video.”

“Who are you planning to disgust?” Lin Li immediately saw through the intention.

“Of course, it’s for Zhou Baowei.”

“Then I’ve got to support that.” Lin Li gave a thumbs up, eagerly participating in the filming of the video.

「Zhou Baowei: Are you all fucking crazy, studying in the library till now? Having answers crammed in your minds for exams, how is this different from cheating? Wanna have a fair and square luck contest with me or not?」

Seeing such a response, both of them were very satisfied.

Then Lin Li looked up at Qu Wanqiu across from him and asked, “Qu Wanqiu, are you coming to study at the library tomorrow?”

“Hm? What are you up to?” Qu Wanqiu, who was packing her bag, immediately clutched her bag upon hearing this, looking at Lin Li warily and scanning him up and down.

Lin Li: “…”

That kind of look could be a bit hurtful.

“No, this time, I’m not planning on being cheeky. It’s just if you’re coming, then I’ll come with you to the library, and that way, I can ask you if I don’t understand something, and you can ask me to type questions for the class monitor if you get stuck.” Lin Li explained.

He simply acknowledged the library’s study efficiency.

Besides, Qu Wanqiu’s science grades were decent, and since Chen Yu Ying couldn’t come tomorrow, she could completely fill in as a substitute.

“Oh, sure.” Qu Wanqiu casually nodded.

“Okay, I’ll still get up early to save a seat tomorrow, just send me a message if you’re coming.”

“Sure.”

Having prepared for a conversation, Ding Sihan heavily cleared his throat as he watched Lin Li, who just lowered his head to pack his bag after speaking.

“The trash can’s here, you’ve already retrieved your phone, feel free to spit.” Lin Li nudged the trash can over to the other side with his foot.

Ding Sihan: “…”

“What about me, what about me? Why aren’t you asking if I’m coming tomorrow!” Ding Sihan patted the table and said.

“Losing you as my study partner is like a fish losing a bicycle.” Lin Li didn’t fully raise his head but pretended he had glasses and nudged them down, looking disdainfully at Ding Sihan.

Ding Sihan: “…”

Such words could be very hurtful.

“What about me, what about me.” Bai Bufan rushed over to join in on the scolding.

“The sprinting world lost Hawking; you’re even less useful than Ding Sihan, more like a stumbling block.” Naturally, Lin Li showed no mercy.

“Not so far off, right? I must have some advantages over Ding Sihan, right?” Bai Bufan disagreed.

“Oh—Ding Sihan, Bufan thinks he’s better than you,” Lin Li immediately repeated Bai Bufan’s words loudly, then instigated, “Is that so? Then tell us, where are you better than Ding Sihan?”

Bored, Lin Li wanted to see bloodshed.

Ding Sihan’s eyes were locked onto Bai Bufan.

“In interpersonal relationships, my desk mate dares to eat shit, how about yours?” Bai Bufan had a ’Lin Li, you finally took the bait’ look on his face, and said it loudly.

Ding Sihan: “…”

Chen Yu Ying heard this and laughed while looking at Lin Li, thinking to herself, it’s no wonder they became best desk mates, their thinking aligns in such unique ways.

“Not a chance.” Ding Sihan conceded.

“My desk mate dares to drink urine, how about yours?” Bai Bufan grew more daring.

“Not a chance.”

“My desk mate dares to mmm—breathe—I can’t breathe——”

Bai Bufan grabbed at the jacket suddenly covering his head completely, struggling for a breath of fresh air.

…

“How is everyone getting home?” Lin Li asked the group as they took the elevator down.

“My dad’s picking me up by car.” Chen Yu Ying answered.

“It’s just a ten-minute walk home from here, walking back is fine.” Ding Sihan pointed in a direction.

“Walking back.” The school wasn’t far from the library either, about a twenty-minute walk, so Bai Bufan and Qu Wanqiu replied the same way.

“We’re just dispersing like this? Not hanging out a bit more?” After everyone spoke, Ding Sihan began to coax everyone into playing for a bit longer.

“The school gates close at ten, do you want them sleeping on the street?” Lin Li glanced at Ding Sihan.

“They could just sleep over at my place, we’ve got a guest room.” Ding Sihan hugged Qu Wanqiu, and after remembering there was also Bai Bufan, added after pondering for a moment while looking at him, “And, there’s an extra bathroom.”

Bai Bufan: “…”

Not even willing to offer the living room, huh.

Lin Li gave a thumbs up.

“Never mind, I’ll just go back to the dormitory.” Qu Wanqiu waved it off.

“Darn it, mainly because my parents will probably be back around midnight, I’ll be so bored and lonely by myself.” Ding Sihan sighed before wailing.

“If you feel lonely alone, why not turn off the light and watch a horror film, after a while, you’ll feel as if there’s someone in the kitchen, someone in the bathroom, someone under the bed, maybe even… someone inside the cement walls…

Have you watched Conan? There might just be a corpse placed on top of our elevator right now.”

Lin Li suddenly shone a flashlight on his own face from below and spoke with a sinister tone.

Damn, the Conan library murder case is truly Lin Li’s childhood nightmare.

Luckily, he’s grown up now, and it’s no longer a childhood nightmare but has become a teenage shadow.

However, for Lin Li’s terrifying description, Ding Sihan looked at him like an idiot and even sighed, as if showing concern for the mentally challenged.

Lin Li: “…”

This look is so damn hurtful.

“If a ghost really came to my house, I’d dare to play cards with it. If it were handsome, I’d even be willing to reenact a love story between a human and a ghost. Are you trying to scare me?” Ding Sihan laughed mockingly.

What a female version of Ning Caichen, almost forgot, Ding Sihan is the guy who stayed incredibly calm throughout the haunted house, so scaring him with ghosts is indeed a bit ridiculous.

Chen Yu Ying slightly pursed her lips and curled her body a bit.

Damn, such a failure—

“Lin Li… dammit… I’ll be all alone in the dorm tonight…” Just as Lin Li regretted his stupidity, a trembling voice came from beside him.

Hey!

Not a total failure, there’s an unexpected surprise.

“I’m sorry, Bufan, I didn’t mean it, but Bao Wei kept telling me that when he sleeps, he can see a beautiful corpse lying back-to-back with you under your bed. Did he tell you? By the way, Nansang Middle School used to be a mass grave…”

“Damn! Shut the hell up!!”

Bai Bufan didn’t have the courage of Wei Kun, no matter how beautiful it was, it was no use. He angrily covered his ears.

“Almost forgot you’re afraid of ghosts. It’s a pity I didn’t drag you into the haunted house at Pingjiang Amusement Park, my faint-hearted buddy.” Lin Li, instead of continuing to create a creepy atmosphere, laughed and taunted.

Just because your deskmate dared to eat shit, don’t you know your deskmate also dares to eat it!

“How could you recklessly tarnish my name…” Bai Bufan’s face turned red, and the veins on his forehead popped out.

Sparking a series of incomprehensible mutterings about ’not being afraid’ and ’having basic reverence’, which made everyone in and outside the elevator laugh, filling the elevator with a joyful atmosphere.

…

As soon as they walked out of the library, they saw a car honking in the distance, with the high beams turned on.

“That’s my dad’s car, shall I go over first?” Chen Yu Ying turned to say goodbye to her friends.

From afar, Lin Li saw that it seemed to be Old Deng, the one who once had a chance meeting but never chatted, picking Chen Yu Ying up. Why had they switched cars? Is the family’s wealth so abundant that they have spare vehicles?

Moreover, is it an illusion, why is Old Deng not staring at his daughter but at him?

“Bye-bye.”

“Alright, everyone head home and find your mothers.” After Chen Yu Ying got into the car, Lin Li snapped his fingers, ready to walk towards where his bicycle was parked.

And was then pulled back by Bai Bufan.

“Go back with me and Qu Wanqiu, I’m begging you.” Bai Bufan whispered as he leaned in.

“Huh?”

“You want me to walk all the way with a girl alone, that’s a death sentence for me.”

“Bufan, haven’t you already been able to chat normally with girls? What are you afraid of?” Lin Li was a bit puzzled.

“It’s different, I can only just respond when spoken to, but when it comes to being alone with a girl, I have no idea what to say. By then both of us will walk silently, or she’d start and I just uh uh uhh? Even thinking about it is awkward, absolutely unbearable, I’d rather walk back alone.”

Bai Bufan resolutely shook his head.

Still too few sessions with Feifei.

“Practice a bit, Wanqiu is very nice and can take a joke. Just treat her like a buddy, you’ve got to try.” Lin Li sincerely wanted Bai Bufan to improve, so he encouraged him.

“You need to step out of your comfort zone.”

Only after stepping out of your comfort zone will you know how comfortable it actually was. Lin Li didn’t say the rest.

Hearing this, Bai Bufan gritted his teeth and nodded.

Under Lin Li’s hopeful gaze, he walked over to Qu Wanqiu and Ding Sihan who were chatting and laughing.

“Qu Wanqiu.”

“Hmm?” Qu Wanqiu looked up at Bai Bufan.

“What movies do you usually watch?”

Qu Wanqiu, Ding Sihan: “?”

Lin Li: “!”

She didn’t have to answer nor could answer this question, because Bai Bufan had already been dragged away by Lin Li from behind.

“What the hell are you doing!” After pulling him to a slightly farther place, Lin Li grabbed Bai Bufan’s neck and asked.

“Didn’t you say to get along like brothers! The first thing I ever said to you was this, wasn’t it?” Bai Bufan argued with reason, even giving an example.

“But you can’t just be buddies like that! Not everyone in this world is a nerd like us, movie small talk works but not for normal people!” Lin Li raged.

“But I’ve already done my best!”

Lin Li let go, sighed sadly, and thought to himself that the road with Feifei would be long and arduous.

To make Bai Bufan act like a normal guy, it’s going to take a lot more work.

“Alright, I’ll go back to school with you two first, then I’ll head home, and meanwhile, I’ll show you the simplest way to chat.”

Even though Lin Li suspected Bai Bufan of blackmailing him into going along, Lin Li worried that forcing the two to go back together, he might have to rely on Yangliang’s connections to visit Bufan in jail tomorrow, so he agreed.

Ding Sihan’s home was in the opposite direction of the school, so the four of them said goodbye again.

“Be safe, and if something happens, visit me in a dream, my mood hasn’t been great lately.” Lin Li cursed venomously.

Ding Sihan turned back to make a face upon hearing this.

Then the three of them walked towards the school, with Lin Li pushing his bicycle in the middle, Bai Bufan and Qu Wanqiu on either side.

“Qu Wanqiu.” Lin Li spoke.

“What is it?” Despite carrying a heavy backpack, Qu Wanqiu stepped lightly and inquired back.

Bai Bufan also looked over, planning to attend the class and learn the art of conversation.

“What movies do you usually watch?”

Bai Bufan, Qu Wanqiu: “?”

What the hell do you want me to learn?

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