CHAPTER 472: CHAPTER 291: ZHOU BAOWEI, HIS MAJESTY, IS A PEERLESS BEAUTY IN THE WORLD_3

The computer successfully booted up, and Lin Li stood up to make way:

"I’ll leave my ID card with you, just in case the computer has issues later and you find yourself awkwardly unable to switch machines. Remember to return it to me tomorrow."

"You’re too considerate, bro, OKOK, don’t worry, as long as I’m here, the ID is safe with me, and if I’m gone, so is the ID."

Bai Bufan was touched, placing Lin Li’s ID in his pocket and nodding heavily.

An ID card is quite a magical thing. Although it’s very important, sometimes it may be lost for half a year, and the owner might not even realize it.

"Alright, check if there’s anything else you need me to fix. If not, I’ll head home now."

"Okay, Lin Li, are you going to play games when you get home?"

Bai Bufan had already started adjusting the sensitivity of the peripherals, casually asking as he looked at the screen.

"Me? I probably won’t play; I plan to invest my limited time into infinite endeavors." Lin Li responded by shaking his head.

Lin Li indeed had his own schedule.

"Sigh, I knew you were unreliable. Let me ask them instead." Bai Bufan took out his phone and sent a message in the gaming group chat.

As the group’s admin, he immediately tagged everyone.

Very commanding, group member Lin Li replied instantly with a "not playing."

Only Lin Li responded.

"What’s everybody doing, huh?" Bai Bufan, being impatient, switched to a WeChat call, "Bao Wei! Let’s play some games."

"No way, it’s my girlfriend’s birthday today, and I’m busy celebrating with her," Zhou Baowei’s voice came through, muffled by his chubby cheeks.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan: "?"

Seeing that Bai Bufan was fine, Lin Li, who had already slung his backpack ready to leave, was stopped dead by Zhou Baowei’s words.

"Where did you get a girlfriend from?" Returning to Bai Bufan’s side, the two asked in unison.

"Lin Li? You’re there too? Bufan, didn’t you return to school?" Zhou Baowei asked in confusion upon hearing Lin Li’s voice.

"That’s not important. First, explain where you got a girlfriend from? How did you even manage that? When did this happen?" Lin Li’s voice carried a note of surprise.

"I met her last year on Taobao." Zhou Baowei replied.

Lin Li: "(;☉_☉)?"

"Is her last name Chun?" Lin Li squinted his eyes.

"Yeah."

"Damn! So it’s a sex toy, huh? What kind of birthday is that?" They both sighed in relief upon hearing this, then laughed and cursed.

"Isn’t there a manufacture date on it?"

Zhou Baowei’s voice came through, calm yet confident.

In an instant, Lin Li and Bai Bufan’s brains froze.

Then, the folds of their cerebral cortex seemed to smooth out and relax, feeling a sudden ease as if strolling through the forests of Norway, everything seemed to make sense.

"You’re crazy, Zhou Baowei."

"Damn you."

But there was no retort; it was indeed a real birthday.

"So, are you really not playing or what?" Bai Bufan, after laughing, returned to the main topic.

"I’m waiting for a late-night snack, starving. Let’s play after midnight; can you still play then, given how noisy it is in the internet cafe?" Zhou Baowei asked.

"Sure, I’ll stay up all night." Bai Bufan nodded.

"Bao Wei, what do you mean by a late-night snack? It’s only nine now; are you going to have a midnight snack at twelve and then another in the early morning after playing until three or four? Stop eating so much, or one day you won’t even be able to see your toes."

Lin Li laughed while habitually taunting Zhou Baowei.

The saying goes, for girls, not seeing their toes when they look down is beauty.

But there’s another saying, for boys, if you can’t see your dick when you lower your head, you’re a real hunk in Chengdu! (can’t see your dick)

The other end of the line fell silent.

"..."

"..."

"Damn it! Not seeing...your dick?"

"Lin Li! Are you even human for saying that? That’s terrifying—I just stood up to check; thank goodness, I can still see it."

After a rustling noise, Zhou Baowei’s voice came through, breathing a sigh of relief but angry.

"You actually checked—"

Lin Li and Bai Bufan burst into uncontrollable laughter.

Lin Li then asked, still chuckling:

"Come on, Bao Wei, you’re here talking about having a girlfriend—a real one. Do you know that if you keep eating like this, even if you do have a real girlfriend in the future, if you lie on top of her and she has to move herself, what would she say?"

"I don’t want to hear it! Shut up! Bufan, shut his mouth for me!" Zhou Baowei shouted.

But it was too late—

"Your girl would look at you and say with difficulty, ’Bao Wei, brother, I can’t reach—’"

When the killing blow was delivered, both sides of the phone line were filled with snorts of laughter—Bai Bufan and Zhou Baowei cracked up.

"Damn it, if I’d known Lin Li was on the line, I wouldn’t have answered. That bastard’s mouth is really vicious—ending the call, ending it. Bufan, I’ll find you later when I’m done."

Zhou Baowei cursed with laughter and then hung up the WeChat call.

He went to shower and cool down.

Bai Bufan then made a few more calls, but either people were already playing and had to finish or they were busy and couldn’t come for a while.

"Forget it, forget it, I’ll just play some single-player games first. Since I can’t play ’Astro Bot,’ I’ll play ’Sekiro.’ I haven’t finished that one yet, might as well complete it today."

Bai Bufan was indifferent, opened Steam, and looked at the array of exclusive games available due to being in an internet cafe, then spoke up.

"How far along are you?" Lin Li asked out of curiosity.

"I’m at the part where Sekiro loses an arm; I stopped playing after that." Bai Bufan said while waiting for the page to load, turning his head to reply.

Lin Li: "..."

"You mean you haven’t even finished the prologue yet, what the hell have you been doing playing this?" Lin Li laughed and scolded, "Bufan, do you watch ’One Piece’?"

"Yeah."

"Did you stop when Roger died?"

"Yeah, isn’t Roger the Pirate King? When the main character dies, I was too upset to keep watching." Bai Bufan nodded with a smile.

"Makes sense."

Lin Li shook his head with a smile, then sat down out of curiosity to watch Bai Bufan play for a while as the game started.

When he saw the word "Death" in red appearing more frequently on the screen, along with the increasing redness on Bufan’s face, Lin Li stood up, satisfied, and decided to leave.

"No wonder all the internet users say that compared to other Souls-like games, ’Sekiro’ is harder; there’s definitely a reason—the difficulty setting is just ridiculous, but I’m determined to beat it today."

Bai Bufan clicked into Bilibili to search for walkthroughs, muttering with frustration.

[It’s the last day of the month, and the monthly vote is about to expire.]