Classroom.

Very rarely, Bai Bufan actually wasn't talking about revisionist history today.

"The names of Liu Bei's descendants, Liu Feng and Liu Shan, combine to mean 'Feng Shan' (a ritual for emperors), which is an expectation for an emperor. The names of Sun Jian's descendants, Sun Quan and Sun Ce, combine to mean 'Quan Ce' (strategy and tactics), which is a wish for ability.

Alright, next, let's look at the old Cao family.

What are their names? Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Zhen, Cao Shuang.

Not talking about Sima, only Shu, Wei, and Wu, yet the Cao family was the final victor. So, do you all see? What emperor's heart, what strategic arts, they're all useless! Tell me loudly! What is the ladder to victory!"

"To achieve victory, you only need to do three things! Emperor Wen of Wei! Cao Zihuan! Cao Pi!"

The history was correct, the interpretation was wild.

After distributing breakfast to everyone, Lin Li offered Bai Bufan a belated thanks:

"Bufan, that one from yesterday was really good."

"Bai's Selection, what do you think? If it's not good stuff, it wouldn't stay on my phone. My storage is a precious strategic resource.

I still have a lot of good stuff stored. Have you finished watching all of Sister Feng's? Although they're a bit old, classics never go out of style. After the video quality was restored, they even surpass the new films."

Bai Bufan was unfazed by such praise and said lightly.

"Send them all to me. Please, this is really important to me," Lin Li said solemnly.

"I'll just send you my cloud drive account and password later. Sharing is a hassle, and the links expire easily.

My account still has a membership, and I've already organized and rated the files. It's not a mess.

However, to prevent the saved files from being harmonized, most of them are compressed files. The decompression passwords are different depending on the source. They're usually noted in the folder. You can just look for them yourself when you download."

In the early days when one cloud drive dominated, how to make someone break down with one line of text:

—! You're too late, the shared file has been canceled.

Every time you found a link only to discover it was from a few years ago, it was a heart-pounding gamble.

"You're my true brother. Alright, since you don't usually use these resources in the dorm anyway, you might as well hand them over to me who needs them more. Just let me know when you need them over the weekend," Lin Li nodded, very pleased with Bai Bufan's sensibility.

"No need. You don't have to give them back to me over the weekend either. I don't need these things anymore. Starting today, I'm also officially starting to abstain from lust! I've decided to take my talents to the 'Abstain from Lust' forum." Bai Bufan's gaze was firm. "I've already uninstalled 'Forbidden Comics' and 'Bika' from my phone! With my dao heart so stable, I don't even know how I can lose!"

"Mm," Lin Li nodded.

"..."

"..."

"No, your reaction is too bland! Lin Li, I feel like you're being a bit disrespectful to me! Why do you only respond with a 'mm' to such a momentous decision!" After a brief silence, Bai Bufan was a little tilted.

"Wow, Bufan, Bufan, you're so great. Bufan, Bufan, you're the best," Lin Li praised upon hearing this, but in a monotone voice.

Lin Li had heard this too many times.

Bai Bufan's famous saying was that he abstained from lust for twenty-three hours a day. Assuming he lived to the average life expectancy of 75, that would mean he spent a full seventy-two years abstaining from lust.

With these stats, one could only say that if Bai Bufan took his talents to the 'Abstain from Lust' forum, he would indeed be a vice-GOAT there.

"You will regret your words and actions today," Bai Bufan said, looking coldly at his deskmate who was looking down on him.

"Haha."

A few minutes later.

"Lin Li."

Chen Yuying, who had finished her breakfast and thrown the trash in the bin in the hallway, walked over and called Lin Li's name.

Actually, the classroom trash can used to be in the back row, but because it had been corrupted and turned into a basketball hoop by Lin Li and the others last semester, Xue Jian had moved it to the hallway.

—This way, at least he wouldn't see these little rascals using tissues or other things as basketballs during class.

"What's up, Class President?"

"I wanted to talk to you about the autumn outing. Zhuo Yongfei and I discussed it and decided to first have discussions by dormitory unit. The dorm leaders will tell me or him. This way, we can first compile a few major options, and then we'll choose the one most acceptable to the class during the class meeting.

And since you're the only day student in the class without a dormitory, I need to tell you separately."

Zhuo Yongfei was the vice class president of Class 4, Grade 10, a boy.

"Oh, oh, I see. I'm very chill, anything is fine," Lin Li nodded upon hearing this, his gaze shifting to Bai Bufan. "Bufan, did your dorm discuss it last night? Just add my vote to your dorm's. The Four Heavenly Kings have five members, the big three of detective fiction are four people, so it's perfectly normal for a six-person dorm to have seven votes."

"That's no problem. But, classmate Bai Bufan, just curious, have you discussed and reached a result yet?" Chen Yuying nodded and asked, looking at Bai Bufan.

Bai Bufan, who was staring intently at the unopened textbook on his desk, tensed up even more when he heard his name.

He turned mechanically to face Chen Yuying, but his gaze was averted. He stammered, "We, uh, haven't finished discussing yet. Probably, uh, we'll have a result tomorrow night."

Lin Li was stunned for a moment, then realized that Bai Bufan was two extremes in front of boys and girls, especially in front of Chen Yuying, whose looks and style were in a league of their own in the class.

Actually, it didn't have to be like this.

The main reason was that he had also spread the rumor about Bai Bufan having hemorrhoids in front of the Class President, which dealt another heavy blow to his already fragile heart. Lin Li noticed that Bai Bufan's hands were clenched tightly at his sides, without any extra movement.

Lin Li stood up. After all, when the thought of hemorrhoids came to mind, it was time to do Kegels.

He wasn't the only one who stood up.

When Lin Li and Chen Tianming, who was in the back row near the back door and had also suddenly stood up, met each other's eyes, everything was understood without words. Both of them smiled.

So you play Genshin too—no, you do Kegels too?

Unbeknownst to him, Bai Bufan had become the Kegel exercise assistant for Class 4, Grade 10. Seeing him was a reminder that it was time to do Kegels.

At this moment, Bai Bufan looked like his brain had stopped working. He was stammering, his words coming out with great difficulty.

This made Chen Yuying a little at a loss for what to do.

Old Master Lin couldn't bear to see his good brother suffer such worldly hardships.

So Lin Li closed his eyes.

"Hahaha—cough, cough." Lin Li opened his eyes. He had accidentally let out a laugh.

Because he had suddenly stood up and started laughing, both Chen Yuying and Bai Bufan's gazes turned to him.

Chen Yuying was puzzled, while Bai Bufan was resentful and pleading for help—*Whoever you are, just get her away from here!*

"Class President, Bufan is a bit socially awkward around girls, especially pretty girls. Let him report to Yongfei later," Lin Li decided to offer a helping hand.

"Oh, oh, I'm sorry." Chen Yuying immediately took a step back upon hearing this, to make Bai Bufan more comfortable, then said with some surprise, "But it's hard to imagine that classmate Bai would be like this."

After all, Bai Bufan had a very loud voice. The whole class could hear his revisionist history tales. In the eyes of those who didn't know him well, he shouldn't be associated with social anxiety at all. He was more like a social terrorist, the kind that made others socially anxious.

"The key point is 'pretty'," Lin Li raised an eyebrow.

It was difficult for a girl of this age to be generous when praised. Faced with such a direct compliment, Chen Yuying was a little shy and didn't respond.

Bai Bufan's gaze towards Lin Li became even more resentful.

Are you fucking using me as a tool for you and the Class President?

Have I become Luffy?

—According to unofficial history, when Kaido and Big Mom didn't want a child, they used Luffy.

"Actually, there's another reason, Class President. The thing I told you last time about Bufan having hemorrhoids was false. I was just joking and spreading a rumor," Lin Li then added.

This time, Bai Bufan finally cast a grateful glance—Lin Li's tone wasn't strange this time, nor was he winking. This was a genuine clarification. Tears welled up.

Chen Yuying was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. She first looked at Bai Bufan, then at Lin Li. "Did you... tell me about this?"

Bai Bufan, who was still feeling grateful, stiffened up again.

Eh?

Bai Bufan looked at Lin Li in confusion.

Lin Li spread his hands innocently, tilted his head, and shrugged. He said directly, "I told you the Class President didn't even remember it. Look at how nervous you are."

But she remembered it now.

Realizing this, Bai Bufan found himself in the same situation as Zhou Baowei.

And it was his own doing!

"Class President, I mentioned it to you at noon the day before yesterday. It's better that you don't remember. And there's no need to remember it now, because it was a rumor I made up. It's false," Lin Li then repeated.

Bai Bufan once again cast a grateful look.

"Oh, okay..." Chen Yuying nodded weakly, though her gaze was a bit strange.

She was about to leave, but suddenly noticed a strange scene. She asked Lin Li with some confusion, "I wanted to ask just now, why did you all suddenly stand up and do a horse stance?"

"To do Kegels," Lin Li answered honestly.

"The outline for what subject?"

"Uh, if you have to ask, it's for the 'butt-clenching' subject."

Chen Yuying: "?"

Realizing what he meant, Chen Yuying slapped her forehead and quickly walked away.

However, Lin Li noticed that she didn't seem to sit down immediately at her seat.

The wind of Kegels had finally blown to the front row.

But Lin Li was a little sad.

Pretty girls also had to do Kegels.

"This time, I really thank you, Lin Li. Except for when you're unreliable, you're actually quite reliable," Bai Bufan was genuinely moved this time.

"You're thanking me too early."

Bai Bufan: "?"

"I've lied to the Class President too many times these past few days. The things I repeatedly emphasized were not true, she probably took them all as true. So theoretically, not only does she remember it now, but she's even more convinced you have them. Did you notice the look in the Class President's eyes just now? I feel like that's the reason," Lin Li explained with a smile.

He had said he wasn't a pervert, and that he wasn't sick. Lin Li felt that Chen Yuying hadn't believed any of it, so this was a reasonable deduction.

"Haha, you're just saying that to scare me, right?"

"..."

"Right?"

"..."

"Lin Li, just nod and say yes! You bastard! Nod!" After great joy came great sorrow. Bai Bufan looked at the smiling Lin Li, his face ashen again.

"I want to change deskmates..." he said, his voice weak with despair.

"I think Ding Sihan would be a very suitable new deskmate for you, Bufan. Why don't you consider it?" Lin Li offered his sound suggestion.

"Are you fucking considering this for my sake!" Bai Bufan gritted his teeth. "If I could beat you right now, you'd already be on your knees kowtowing and apologizing to me, Lin Li. Just you wait. The day I succeed in abstaining from lust and ascend, we'll settle all old and new scores together!"

"Bufan, you can't go on like this. What will you do about relationships in the future? If you don't overcome your awkwardness and anxiety around girls, are you going to find a man to spend the rest of your life with?" Lin Li persuaded.

"Compared to overcoming my fear of girls, I feel like changing my sexual orientation is a bit simpler," Bai Bufan replied after thinking for a moment, then smiled at Lin Li. "Lin Li, keep up the good work with the Kegels. I'm looking forward to your future."

Lin Li: "..."

He silently pushed his chair to be flush against the wall, as far away from Bai Bufan as possible.

Damn it, he was scared.

(End of Chapter)