Chapter 224: Chapter 188: Prejudice Is an Insurmountable Mountain
"Dad!!"
After a brief silence, Chen Yu Ying stepped forward and pushed Chen Zhongping toward the door. The blush on her face rippled like waves, looking quite pretty, but the words from her mouth were not at all pleasant:
"Just go, go! If you keep saying such weird things, I’ll get mad!"
"Sorry, Xiaoding, Xiaoqu, Yingying is counting on you—bang!" Chen Zhongping’s words, along with his body, were shut out the door.
Xiaolin and Xiaobai seemed to have been ignored, or perhaps he just didn’t have time to entrust them.
Hmm, he must have forgotten to entrust them—at least that’s what Xiaolin thought.
After closing the door, Chen Yu Ying pressed her face to the peephole, observing whether her father had really left.
"My dad’s gone. Sometimes he’s just unreliable, don’t take his words seriously." After a while, moving her gaze away from the peephole, Chen Yu Ying said somewhat apologetically and helplessly.
It’s not that she doesn’t understand her father’s worries, it’s just that she’s already promised, guaranteed, and explained everything at home, yet it still turned out like this.
"Actually, it’s understandable. If I found out that among the classmates my daughter went out to play with and stayed overnight, someone of the opposite sex started talking about night raids and perverts, my daughter could never take public office in her life. I can only blame myself."
Lin Li didn’t have much temper or resentment, it’s human nature.
Acquaintances can tell he’s purely joking, but strangers cannot, even though Lin Li would never act like this in front of strangers.
But you can’t blame Chen Yu Ying for not saying it in advance, right?
Forget it, better to blame Bai Bufan.
"Why can’t she take public office? Are you punishing your daughter by not letting her take it?" Qu Wanqiu didn’t understand.
"Because Lin Li’s daughter’s classmate has already gone down, and Lin Li himself has already gone in, so she definitely can’t pass the background check for public office." Bai Bufan understood, so he explained on behalf of Lin Li.
Qu Wanqiu: "..."
Understood.
But Lin Li skipped too many steps himself, just giving the answer with no points included!
In contrast, Chen Yu Ying’s dad does have a pretty good temper.
"I should have known not to set up a pervert persona." It’s hard to remedy the image in front of Chen Zhongping now, no matter how many good words the class monitor says, it probably won’t help.
"Setting up a persona refers to consciously creating and displaying a specific social image or role, do you still need to create one? Aren’t you just playing yourself?" Ding Sihan gave a sidelong glance, full of disdain.
"I have to remind myself to hold back every moment, doesn’t that count as consciously creating and displaying? Isn’t that setting up a persona? You really want me to show my true colors?" Lin Li immediately retorted.
Ding Sihan: "..."
So a pervert is already the result of Lin Li holding back.
In the Ganges.
Ding Sihan found herself accepting this conclusion in just a second.
That’s Lin Li for you.
"Can’t refute that, it definitely is a persona. I’m starting to regret and feel scared, hold back a bit." Ding Sihan gave a thumbs-up and hugged herself.
"Don’t be too scared, look, there’s surveillance watching me here too." Changing into new slippers, Lin Li saw a surveillance camera in the corner as he walked to the first-floor living room and said with a smile.
— Unlike hotels and inns, these types of homestays used for team-building do have surveillance in some public areas because of property issues, it’s not illegal and they do inform the renters.
"Uncle might be watching me from behind the camera right now." Lin Li said with a laugh.
"Zzz—"
"Zzz—"
The sound of a piston rod operating was heard, and the camera nodded.
Lin Li: "..."
Eh?
"..."
Not the uncles? I was just saying it, are you really behind the camera?
That was a warning just now, wasn’t it?
Turns out it’s a camera that also records sound, so everything I said just now was heard?
"Damn..."
Lin Li held his forehead, feeling a bit dizzy while taking deep breaths, like a friendly ice room was greeting him.
Now his persona is updated again, but unfortunately, it’s more embarrassing.
The joke he made with Ding Sihan might not sound like a joke to Chen Zhongping.
It might even have reached more than just Chen Zhongping’s ears.
Lin Li smiled relievedly, shook his head self-deprecatingly, walked to the surveillance camera, took a deep breath, bowed slightly, and spoke earnestly:
"I’m sorry, Uncle, I was joking just now, I’m aware of it, you don’t need to worry too much, sorry, I won’t say such improper things from now on, I’ll take responsibility for these words, I apologize once again."
Facing the now bowing Lin Li, Bai Bufan scratched his head, feeling a bit at a loss.
He could tell that Lin Li was feeling a bit down now, but does this mean they have to interact with this earnest Lin Li from now on?
Then Bai Bufan thought it might be better to go home.
Having just one Lin Li like this, it feels like it’s going to play him to death.
Initially thought the trip would surely be interesting, but now the anticipation has sharply dropped.
Upon seeing this scene, Chen Yu Ying, with a dark expression, stepped out the door with her phone, and even through the door, one could hear a bit of her talking on the phone.
A few minutes later, she returned to the living room, looked up at the surveillance camera: "Lin Li, check if it’s off."
"It seems to be off." Lin Li said after noticing that the small red dot indicating the camera was running had disappeared.
"Hmph! Alright, now you two can be as perverted as you want, don’t worry about these things." With a light snort, Chen Yu Ying’s expression improved a bit.
Lin Li scratched his head, why does this sound so odd.
"Class monitor, I’m not a pervert." Bai Bufan raised his hand to indicate, feeling somewhat wronged.
"Oh, sorry." Chen Yu Ying immediately apologized.
"Class monitor, I’m not a pervert either." Lin Li also raised his hand to indicate, feeling quite wronged.