CHAPTER 183: CHAPTER 157: DICE LAO DA TEACHES ME TO DO THE RIGHT THING

Actually, in theory, there’s an optimal solution, which is to return the sleepiness to whoever you absorbed it from.

Everyone takes back their own sleepiness, goes home to their mom, and nothing happens to anyone.

Although it seems like nothing has been done, the task progress bar will genuinely go up.

But the reason Lin Li doesn’t do this is mainly because his ability doesn’t allow it. This kind of delicate operation, not to mention whether Lin Li can control the amount of desire well, would also consume a huge amount of mental energy, which he absolutely couldn’t handle.

The bell for the end of the morning self-study session rang, the first class would start in five minutes.

"Damn, I’m so sleepy today, how come? Are you guys tired?" Bai Bufan, who got caught sleeping during morning reading by Li Binbin and could only stand at the back to read, yawned as he returned to his seat and asked.

Zhou Baowei: "Not sleepy at all today."

Chen Tianming: "Don’t know why, but I’m not sleepy at all."

Qin Zeyu: "Indeed, as spirited as ever."

Bai Bufan: "..."

The guys in the back row didn’t seem to be lying, because when Bai Bufan looked over, he found they were indeed more energetic than each other, their eyes as wide as bells, joking around.

Bai Bufan could only look towards his only fellow sufferer, the equally exhausted Lin Li.

Sitting down, placing his hand on Lin Li’s shoulder, Bai Bufan lamented, "So, it’s just the two of us this sleepy today? Why, Lin Li, do you have any idea?"

Lin Li: "..."

"Me? Huh? I don’t know? How would I have any idea?" Lin Li quickly raised his hands in denial.

"Damn, it feels like some idiot transferred all their sleepiness to us, truly damned." Bai Bufan let go, laid down, intending to catch up on sleep during these brief five minutes while cursing.

Lin Li: "..."

Haha.

It’s not that bad that it’s damned, right?

Lin Li looked at the "Jar of Emotions and Desires" in his drawer, now it’s full again.

Should he send it to Bai Bufan again? Lin Li glanced at the already snoozing Bai Bufan, genuinely worried he’d sleep forever.

Lin Li had no choice but to look at the other spirited guys.

At the moment, Lin Li didn’t know who to trouble, so he thought for a while, took out pen and paper, and wrote down today’s execution list:

1. Wang Yuezhi; 2. Zhou Baowei; 3. Chen Tianming; 4. Wang Ze; 5. Bai Bufan; 6. Lin Li.

Then Lin Li took out a dice.

The victim of this bottle of sleepiness is left to fate to decide, adding his own name is to show he’s in it with them, after all, they’re brothers in arms.

The dice was tossed high, spun as it hit the ground, and soon stabilized under Lin Li’s hopeful gaze.

6.

Great, it actually turned out to be 1+1+1+1+1+1! I can give Wang Yuezhi six bottles of sleepiness! Lin Li punched the air, expressing satisfaction with the result!

Dice master, well played, nice!

Since it’s destiny, Lin Li couldn’t refuse.

...

"So, Yuezhi, we just need to open the parentheses on the left side for this problem, right?" Li Ke, who was consulting Wang Yuezhi, said excitedly after some calculations.

Seeing no response from Wang Yuezhi, he confusedly lifted his head.

Just before, Wang Yuezhi was still standing, now his face was pressed against his test paper, seemingly drooling from the corner of his mouth, his lower body still standing, causing his butt to stick up high.

Li Ke: "?"

That sudden?

"Wait, my test paper!"

...

Chinese class.

"Yuezhi, don’t sleep, you’ve almost slept through the whole class." Li Binbin walked to Wang Yuezhi’s side, tapping the table with the back of his hand, said.

"Sorry, teacher, I don’t know why, I’m so sleepy today." Wang Yuezhi jolted awake and apologized.

"Just go to bed earlier from now on."

Chinese class is naturally one for sleeping, plus Li Binbin is a very easygoing teacher, wouldn’t make a fuss over this, and continued his lecture nonchalantly.

"Yuezhi, what time did you actually go to bed last night?" Li Ke asked in confusion, "I remember you went to bed pretty early."

"Yeah, I went to bed a bit after eleven last night, but today I’m inexplicably sleepy, I have no idea why." Wang Yuezhi shook his head in distress.

But the next class is Chemistry.

"Wang Yuezhi, just because you’re good at chemistry doesn’t mean you can sleep in class. We are covering new topics on the monthly exam. Stand at the back and attend the class!"

The chemistry teacher was relatively strict and showed no lenience upon discovering Wang Yuezhi sleeping.

Wang Yuezhi, with a look of regret, stood at the back of the room.

"Teacher, I’m sleepy too, can I stand at the back too?" Lin Li raised his hand.

"Hmm? Alright, go ahead, good attitude. Anyone else who’s sleepy can choose to stand at the back for the lesson." The chemistry teacher responded, giving Lin Li a smile.

Facing Wang Yuezhi’s puzzled and hostile gaze, Lin Li returned a warm look: "I’d feel guilty if you’re the only one standing."

Lin Li wasn’t exactly sleepy, but his spirit was indeed flagging, related to the side effects of using the "Jar of Emotions and Desires."

Wang Yuezhi: "?"

What an idiot.

The class continued, and for the sake of the monthly exam rankings, Lin Li diligently followed along at the back until a piece of chalk head was thrown his way.

Not sure if it was his barehanded catch in a sword fight capability, but Lin Li caught it steadily, then looked at the chemistry teacher with puzzlement.

"Sorry, wrong target." The chemistry teacher had already walked off the podium, first apologizing to Lin Li, then his voice filled with rage: "Wang Yuezhi, even standing at the back, you can sleep standing up?"

Lin Li turned his head, realizing only now that Wang Yuezhi, at some point, had drooped his head, dropped his book, and fallen asleep again.

The stance and actions were quite difficult, something an average person couldn’t manage.

Startled awake by the shouting, Wang Yuezhi opened his eyes, realized what happened, and hung his head low.

How could Lin Li just sit by and watch Wang Yuezhi get scolded at a time like this? After all, his drowsiness was his own fault, so he quickly materialized the "Emotion Absorption Bottle" from his pocket and tried to absorb the chemistry teacher’s anger.

It succeeded.

Wang Yuezhi, who was bracing himself for a stormy reprimand, found that the figure standing before him said nothing. After a few seconds, he simply said, "Well, as long as you’re awake, let’s continue with the class."

Then he prepared to leave.

Lin Li rubbed his aching head; his body was starting to struggle with the use of the "Emotion Absorption Bottle." But seeing this outcome, he let out a long sigh of relief.

He protected Wang Yuezhi and felt slightly less guilty.

Wang Yuezhi, you don’t have to thank me. It’s something I should do...

Wang Yuezhi suddenly looked up and cried out, "Teacher, don’t give up on me!"

Chemistry teacher, Lin Li: "?"

"I-I didn’t give up on you?" The chemistry teacher paused, turned around, pointed at himself, then at Wang Yuezhi, looking puzzled.

"Then why didn’t you scold me?" Wang Yuezhi pressed.

"Ah? I just suddenly felt there was no need to get angry about this, and there’s really nothing to scold you for," the chemistry teacher explained.

"I’ve done such excessive things, and it’s not worth getting mad at me, isn’t that giving up on me?"

Listening to their conversation, Lin Li’s brain momentarily crashed.

Stop arguing, let me think.

Lin Li looked at Wang Yuezhi, who was distressed and flustered, and felt a bit like swearing.

This is how you play, huh?

Lin Li gritted his teeth, enduring the headache, and returned all the anger from the "Emotion Absorption Bottle" back to the chemistry teacher.

"Hah! I haven’t seen a student who wants to be scolded like you do, Wang Yuezhi. You want a scolding, huh? Then let me really talk to you. You think you don’t need to listen to the class and can..." The angry chemistry teacher immediately started pouring it out.

Wang Yuezhi showed a satisfied smile.

That’s right, that’s more like it.

Lin Li also smiled.

Darn.

The chemistry teacher vented his anger, Wang Yuezhi enjoyed being scolded, and Lin Li felt relieved.

The class then continued.

During the pause between knowledge points, Lin Li brought up the system interface and frowned slightly.

After absorbing the chemistry teacher’s anger just now, the progress bar increased much faster than when absorbing drowsiness earlier.

More efficient.

It seems like, as I guessed, the system has its own criteria for the value of negative emotions?

Now my head hurts from overuse, and the task progress bar is still less than a tenth completed. If I want to quickly finish the task, I must attempt to absorb other higher-value negative emotions.

"Don’t worry, Wang Yuezhi, you probably won’t feel drowsy again." So, Lin Li whispered to Wang Yuezhi.

Wang Yuezhi ignored Lin Li.

Such sarcasm; Lin Li is really petty!

Twenty minutes later, the bell for the end of class rang. Since it was about time for the physical exercise break, the chemistry teacher didn’t extend the class. He left after assigning homework.

Lin Li was just about to return to his seat to take a nap and relieve some mental stress when he heard Chen Yu Ying calling his name.

"Lin Li."

"What’s up, class president?" Lin Li looked up and asked.

The back row was brighter because of Chen Yu Ying’s presence.

"Are you sleepy today?" Chen Yu Ying inquired.

"More or less, a bit," Lin Li nodded.

"Then take this box of mints; they’re very refreshing. Sucking on one should help you wake up a bit."

Chen Yu Ying extended her hand, revealing a small metal box in her palm, and said with a smile.

Since Lin Li often used his brain before, he needed to replenish sugar, so they agreed that Lin Li would provide breakfast for free and Chen Yu Ying would give him some candy.

With this understanding, Lin Li naturally didn’t refuse. He nodded and took it.

"Thanks, class president." Lin Li opened the tin, tossed a candy high in the air, and opened his mouth.

But he missed it.

"Class president, just pretend you didn’t see that." Lin Li chewed the air, speaking seriously.

"No, I saw it."

Chen Yu Ying walked away with a smile.

When Chen Yu Ying walked away, Wang Yuezhi’s gaze became very piercing.

Unwavering.

Unyielding.

Lin Li thought for a moment, then took out a candy from the tin and offered it to Wang Yuezhi, "Want one?"

Wang Yuezhi’s eyes widened, and his face, perhaps from shyness, was slightly red.

Let’s give it one last push, brain!

Lin Li used his other hand to take out the "Emotion Absorption Bottle," quietly aiming it at Wang Yuezhi. Resentment, jealousy, anger, hatred, I don’t care what you are, absorb it!

"..."

Successfully absorbed!

Continuing to absorb!

Still absorbing?

Oh my gosh, why won’t it stop?