Chapter 237: Chapter 197: The Belated Love is More Trivial than Grass, But I Owe...
Bai Bufan retracted his idea, staying outside was quite comfortable, but staying too long would become uncomfortable.
"Not too harsh, she said it’s okay, just kowtow three times, and she’d be willing to get out of bed." Lin Li said.
"Kneel then, I’ll record it for you, there’s gold under a man’s knees, now’s the time for it to pay off." Bai Bufan was immediately excited.
"She wants us to kowtow together." Lin Li added.
"Haha, a warrior may be slain but never humiliated! Once we kneel today, we’d be unable to stand for life, as men, we never kneel!" Bai Bufan said firmly.
"Shouldn’t have asked this unreliable guy, thankfully we still have the class monitor." Lin Li sighed, continuing to operate his phone.
"Indeed, thank goodness it’s the class monitor, we’re saved."
"Lin Li: Class monitor, could you come to the second floor and open the balcony door for me? Ding Sihan is really being bad."
"Chen Yu Ying: Asleep."
"Lin Li: Naughty, you replied to my message even while asleep."
"Chen Yu Ying: I meant your class monitor is asleep, sleeping soundly next to me."
Bu Hao! That’s impressive!
Bai Bufan, who was watching Lin Li chat from the side, had a mournful expression, gathered a few leaves from the balcony, and handed them to Lin Li: "Sad, Lin Li, eat more leafy greens, they’re good for your hair."
"Lin Li: ?"
"Lin Li: You can’t be—"
"Chen Yu Ying: Yes, it’s me, the really bad Ding Sihan."
Lin Li looked up and exchanged glances with Bai Bufan.
"No worries, I have a plan." Idea king Bai Bufan leaned over the railing again, took a look, and shook his head: "Damn, the second floor is so high, well, my plan’s off."
Lin Li: "?"
"You mean your plan is utterly useless."
Bai Bufan: "? Even this could work?"
Bai Bufan then sighed, looked downstairs, and felt somewhat nostalgic:
"Lin Li, did you ever jump off the podium during elementary school PE? It was less than two meters high, but for me, who was just one meter twenty-three back then, it was quite high, but I couldn’t resist jumping up and down, even if my feet went numb.
Back then, little me had big courage, but now I’m scared."
"Watch me."
A dark shadow fell with the words, as Lin Li leapt up from beside Bai Bufan, grabbing the railing and hanging outside the balcony backwards, he raised a brow at the stunned Bai Bufan.
"Huh?" Bai Bufan was stunned.
Lin Li laughed smugly: "Luckily, big me still has big courage."
He relaxed his body, kept vertical, then let go, falling, Lin Li hit the ground with a dull thud.
However, the ground was a lawn, as long as he didn’t sprain his ankle, even landing on his butt would only hurt for a few days at most.
And Lin Li landed safely, his feet only numb for a little while.
"Awesome." Bai Bufan gave a thumbs-up to Lin Li on the first floor, "I admit you’re a warrior."
Lin Li looked towards the task panel.
[...（2/4）]
To be honest, Bai Bufan praised him right after he jumped, which did serve the purpose of receiving praise.
The number didn’t change, but judging by Bufan’s expression, it seemed genuine.
So does this "4" mean that everyone must recognize it once, and you can’t gather points from the same person?
Let’s assume that for now, then there’s still Ding Sihan and Chen Yu Ying to go.
"Ding Sihan: What was that noise just now, did something happen." A message came in on the phone.
"Lin Li: Nothing much, my clothes just fell down."
"Ding Sihan: Why was the sound so loud just because your clothes fell?"
"Lin Li: Oh, because I was still in them."
"Ding Sihan: ??????"
"Ding Sihan: No?"
"Ding Sihan: Huh?"
"Ding Sihan: You jumped off the building? I was just joking! I’m already coming downstairs to open the door for you!"
"Lin Li: Haha, love that comes too late is as worthless as grass, I don’t need you anymore."
"Bufan, keep strong!" Lin Li shook his fist at Bai Bufan above.
"Unyielding!" Bai Bufan responded, then watched Lin Li leave.
Lin Li came back.
"There’s a problem." Lin Li started.
"What’s up?"
"I didn’t bring the inn’s key, I can’t get in through the front door." Lin Li smiled resignedly, resigned for real too.
Jumping like an idiot.
Bai Bufan: "?"
"Could you think more when suggesting a plan?" Lin Li questioned.
"Well, Ding Sihan is coming to open the door for me, you work hard and stay strong, I’m off to play games, bye~" Hearing a sound behind him, Bai Bufan turned to look then waved to Lin Li.
"No, you stand right there, damn it!"
"Bye-bye!"
"You have withdrawn a message."
"Lin Li: Sister Ding, you’ve come down to the second floor, could you come down one more floor and open the front door, it’s urgent."
"But love that comes late is cheaper than grass," Ding Sihan leaned out from the second-floor balcony with a smile.
"Yet wealth does not bend, poverty does not change."
"Three kowtows on the second floor; six on the first, fair to all." Ding Sihan shook her head.
Lin Li: "..."
Grass.
"Did you just jump down from here?" Ding Sihan glanced at the height difference, curiously asked.
"Impressive, right? Not a scratch." Lin Li immediately ’reacted’.
"Oh, impressive," Ding Sihan nodded, though her expression said ’hard to judge’.
The system did not respond.
Looks like this kind of praise doesn’t count.
Fortunately, the elder Ding has a kind heart and didn’t make Lin Li kowtow, he went downstairs to open the door for him instead.
Since he hadn’t really sweated much, Lin Li went straight to his room, while Bai Bufan still went to the gaming room to play games.
After completing two tasks, the system currency was already at 190, enough to buy another set of "Lucky Charm" + "Random Quality Spirit Stone", but after thinking it over, since the accumulated system currency was already 1450, and the third product slot was about to be unlocked, Lin Li decided to save it for now, since he wasn’t really lacking Spirit Stone at the moment.
Lying on the big bed, Lin Li closed his eyes.
And the conversation with Bai Bufan began to replay.
...
"Beep beep beep — beep beep beep —"
"Bao Wei, turn off your annoying alarm clock!" Bai Bufan irritably covered his head with the blanket.
"Wait, no."
"Bao Wei isn’t here."
Bai Bufan sat up sharply: "Then whose Apple alarm is it?"
Bai Bufan and the newly-awakened Lin Li exchanged a look. Lin Li, while turning off his own alarm, spread his hands: "I dunno, maybe you miss Bao Wei so much you’re imagining things."
...
"Lin Li, wake up, why are you sleeping here?"
Feeling his arm being shaken, Lin Li opened his eyes.
Chen Yu Ying held a steaming cup of tea in her hands, the steam softly swirling around her face, making it seem a bit dreamlike and lovely.
Isn’t this much more pleasant than waking up to Bai Bufan’s face earlier this morning?
But Lin Li, being Lin Li, even though it was hard, still managed to step over Bai Bufan’s body to leave the room.
——By ’leave’ it means stepping over him to exit the room.
"Good morning, class rep, what time is it?" Lin Li shook his head to wake himself up.
"Eight thirty."
"I slept pretty late last night, and after exercising this morning, there wasn’t much to do, so I took a nap here." Lin Li finally answered Chen Yu Ying’s initial question.
"What happened last night, why did Sihan use my phone to send you those messages?" Placing the hot tea on the table, Chen Yu Ying was a bit curious and indeed a bit puzzled to see those when she woke up.
The puzzled look was also cute.
"What happened—oh? Class rep, want me to show you my jump from the building?" Lin Li suddenly suggested enthusiastically.
Maybe he could get complimented for it.
"Hmm?"
"..."
After learning what ’jump from the building’ meant from Lin Li, Chen Yu Ying not only shook her head firmly but also gave him a slightly reproachful look:
"That’s too dangerous, you know Sihan was joking, if you jump like that, no matter how skilled you are, you might get hurt, don’t jump like that."
Looks like no luck.
Instead of being praised, he should just be grateful for not being scolded.
"Next time for sure."
"Let it be this time for sure," Chen Yu Ying stared at Lin Li.
"This time for sure then." Lin Li had no stance, smiled and nodded, then got up and stretched before asking, "Class rep, do you want to have breakfast?"
Yawning and stretching are contagious too. Seeing Lin Li’s actions, Chen Yu Ying also raised her arms, her fine curves showed.
So comfortable.
The only one who could outshine today’s Chen Yu Ying would be tomorrow’s Chen Yu Ying.
"I just placed an order for delivery, it’s almost here, and I was asking if you wanted any, but you didn’t reply," she said.
"What a shame."
"Not a shame, you haven’t had breakfast yet? I’ll just order another one." Chen Yu Ying said, taking out her phone again.
"No need, no need, I’ve eaten, it’s not me who’s regretting, it’s you, class rep." Lin Li spoke a bit quickly.
"Hmm? Regret what?"
"Come with me and you’ll see."
Chen Yu Ying followed Lin Li to the door, and it wasn’t without reason Chen Zhongping came to deliver an umbrella, it must have rained for a bit last night, the ground was wet, but the weather was only cloudy now.
But this wasn’t what Lin Li wanted Chen Yu Ying to see, she found a scooter parked at the door compared to last night.
Lin Li took out a key from his pocket, with a dramatic gesture above his head, derder, the scooter was unlocked.
Lin Li looked at Chen Yu Ying and raised an eyebrow: "Class rep, now do you see what you should regret?"
"Lin Li, stealing a scooter is wrong." Chen Yu Ying said earnestly.
Lin Li: "?"
Class rep, you’re the one who’s wrong here?