CHAPTER 172: CHAPTER 147 LIN LI DISAPPOINTS THIS WORLD_2

If Lin Li had assisted Xiang Yu instead of Fan Zeng back then, Chu Sheng would have prevailed.

However, Zhou Baowei went to the fridge, grabbed a can of iced coconut juice, and tossed it to Lin Li.

"I’m not drinking for free; I’ll share half of the chicken cutlet." Lin Li, who was already stuffing snacks from the coffee table into his mouth, didn’t have time to deal with the chicken cutlet, so he handed it to Zhou Baowei and mumbled.

"That was damn mine originally!" After shouting, Zhou Baowei sat beside him, sighed helplessly, and took out his phone: "I have to place another order now."

"Hold on!" Lin Li, who was drinking coconut juice, immediately spoke up, quickly called up the order snatching interface, then nodded at Zhou Baowei: "You can place your order now."

Zhou Baowei: "..."

He put his phone away again.

If Lin Li snatched this order, Zhou Baowei swore on his extra fat that Lin Li would deliver it to him intact, immediately.

Too scared to order again, Zhou Baowei asked, "So why are you delivering food, Lin Li?"

"For the life experience, it’s fun," Lin Li explained. "By the way, I’ve marked the chicken cutlet order as delivered, so give me a five-star rating now, hurry."

"You attack my delivery and still want me to rate you highly?" Zhou Baowei sneered, suddenly realizing he had a chance for revenge.

While sneering, he hid his phone behind him.

It was a wise move because Lin Li’s next action was to snatch.

"Bao Wei, I’m helping you lose weight here. This chicken cutlet is high in fat and calories, bad for your health. You really should slim down, Bao Wei. You know, I only know five heavy people, and you alone count as four of them. It’s just a few months until New Year’s; I don’t want to lose you at the spring festival, so you must slim down."

Realizing he couldn’t snatch it, Lin Li earnestly persuaded.

Zhou Baowei: "..."

Sh*t.

You know five heavy people, and I count as four?

Lin Li’s offensive language this time was so outrageous that even Zhou Baowei almost couldn’t help but laugh.

Is this language even humanly conceivable?

"You’re sitting on my couch, eating my snacks, delivery, drinking my drinks, and yet you’re insulting me, do you think I’d give you a good rating? Hah, kneel and sing ’Conquer’." Zhou Baowei stood up and snickered.

"Just like that, I’m conquered~"

Lin Li’s threshold is very flexible, he did not hesitate and knelt on one knee.

Zhou Baowei intended to continue sneering, but suddenly noticed a blind spot, his eyes brightened: "Lin Li, aren’t you studying today?"

"Nope, just delivering food all day. Why this sudden concern about my studies?" Lin Li shook his head.

But soon he’ll have to study for an hour because the three cooldowns of [Strong Memory] are almost maxed out.

"No problem, no problem, hahahaha—" Zhou Baowei laughed relievedly.

At this moment, he even felt a bit like crying.

Up until this moment, he even thought Lin Li had been studying hard at home all day.

The toil of this is indescribable to outsiders.

Lin Li frowned.

He noticed Zhou Baowei’s gaze at him became inexplicably kind.

What’s wrong?

"Is there enough to eat on the table? If not, I’ll go get some of my stash from my room." Zhou Baowei said kindly.

"Rate me well first." Lin Li unwaveringly asked.

"No problem, I’ll do it now, though it’s hard to rate you well, but still, let it all out, ahhh! Catch it all, Lin Li!! Open wide!!" Zhou Baowei nodded vigorously, swiftly operating.

Lin Li: "?"

"You’re damn crazy!"

Inferior Zhou Baowei.

[Perfectly completed thirty sect missions published by Meituan Escort Sect (12/30)]

"But thanks, you rated me very satisfyingly." Luckily Lin Li was also inferior, upon seeing the system message, he cooperated well.

"How about it, wanna play some games? My parents are coming home late, we could do anything. My place has a console, you can kneel beside me watching me comfortably play this family-friendly game of the year, little robot." Zhou Baowei asked again.

"Spending four hundred on this, you sure have thumbs, calling a single-player game ’family-friendly’ must be Batman. I still have an order unfilled, gotta leave now, maybe next time." Lin Li checked his phone, smiling.

This order must be delivered before heading home to hit the ’delivered’ button, definitely exceeding the time limit, but being a delivery person, letting customers wait till overtime and deliberately clicking ’delivered’ after that is different.

"Alright then." Lin Li leaving was even better news, Zhou Baowei stood ready to see him off.

"I’ve memorized your home’s location, I’ll visit often later, just a pity it’s a bit far from mine, I love eating small tangerines, stock more later." Peeling a small tangerine and stuffing it into his mouth, Lin Li talked muffled while not leaving empty-handed.

Zhou Baowei: "..."

How do I gently bring up moving homes with the family?

After Zhou Baowei’s door closed, Lin Li didn’t rush to leave, he was still refreshing the order snatching interface in front of the door.

Half a minute passed, a muffled voice came from the tightly closed door: "Get lost already, I’m not ordering delivery in the next half hour!"

The peephole was dark, Zhou Baowei was probably staring right at it from the door.

Oops, caught red-handed.

No choice but to leave now.

...

Unsurprisingly, this last order, upon arriving at his own community and clicking ’delivered’, was already overdue by several minutes, prompting a facial recognition scan instantly.

Lin Li quickly went upstairs, opened the door, and performed a great summoning: "Mom!!"

"Coming, coming." Wu Min had already changed into home clothes, shuffled over in slippers.

"Help me scan my face." Lin Li handed the phone to Wu Min.

"Okay."

"How much did you earn from a whole afternoon of deliveries?" Wu Min asked curiously and expectantly while scanning the face.

"If I remember correctly, about a little over fifty." Lin Li said, recalling while taking off his shoes.

"Not bad, over fifty is more than I thought, take a picture for Mom later, your uncle and others are praising your maturity." Wu Min said gratefully.

The face scan completed, the app automatically returned to the main screen, Wu Min instinctively tapped into the income page from the sidebar.

"Withdrawable Balance: 5.0"

"..."

She fell silent.

After the silence, Wu Min took a deep breath, reminded herself to remain calm, then asked:

"Lin Li, you said a little over fifty, this little, lies between five and ten?"

"Mom, just say it’s a little bit more overall." Lin Li waved calmly.

"So, this number means my son hurriedly left after lunch at twelve, aimlessly returning home past seven, over seven hours, earning five dollars, right?" Wu Min continued taking deep breaths and confirmed.

"Hello, Mother, yes." Lin Li earnestly nodded.

But really, Lin Li couldn’t be blamed.

He was seriously completing delivery tasks, but the issue was too much overtime, causing money deductions each time, increase and decrease, led to this outcome, and every log-in deducts three bucks insurance fee, otherwise Lin Li would have a full eight dollars profit, increasing by 60%.

Wu Min, upon clicking the details, saw these facts.

It presented even a harder to accept truth:

So her son wasn’t slacking off, just not meeting platform standards thus constantly getting deductions?

After all his effort, earning less than a dollar per hour?

The electric scooter is rented too.

"Li," she began.

"What’s up."

"You must study well; a kid like you without grades will starve in society." Wu Min earnestly advised.

Lin Li: "..."

My gosh, my mom’s words are hurting.

...

Wu Min returned to the main bedroom at home, immediately approached the phone.

"Child has grown up wanting to experience the hardship of earning money, insisted on delivering food today... very touching, feels the sacrifice is worthwhile."

Deleted the several hundred-character essay first.

Then opened the sibling group chat.

"Second Brother: @Wu Min, Sis, has Ah Li come home yet, how much did he make today?"

"Big Sister: Ah Li was smart and lively since little, surely a lot."

Wu Min looked complex yet remorseful.

"Wu Min: Little Li just returned, made over fifty."

"Second Brother: So much? Impressive! ’Like’ ’Like’ ’Like’"

"Big Sister: Excellent! ’Rose’ ’Rose’ ’Rose’"