"Bufan, if the autumn outing goes until Saturday night before we come home, will you still go?" When Bai Bufan returned to the classroom and sat down next to him, Lin Li asked directly.

Bai Bufan glanced at Lin Li, yawned, and replied, "Did Zhuo Yongfei ask you too? I was planning to see how it goes. If it takes up Saturday, I'll definitely be a bit hesitant. It's so much more fun to sleep in and play games at home. I'm leaning towards not wanting to go."

"It's great that you want to go," Lin Li nodded with satisfaction.

Bai Bufan: "?"

"Are your eyes mute? I just said I'm leaning towards not wanting to go," Bai Bufan enunciated each word with extreme clarity this time.

"You want to go, right?" Lin Li looked at Bai Bufan with a gentle smile.

"..."

Lin Li's eyes held the same eerie gaze as the fish in that reading comprehension passage from the college entrance exam. Seeing this, Bai Bufan swallowed and nodded like a chick pecking at rice:

"I want to go. I really want to go. I have to go. Who said an overnight autumn outing is bad? This overnight autumn outing is fantastic!"

He could see it now. If he didn't go on the autumn outing next weekend, then he wouldn't get to go on an "autumn outing" this weekend either.

Lin Li's eerie smile immediately transformed into a smile as warm as a spring breeze. He patted Bai Bufan's shoulder with satisfaction:

"Very good. Then the heavy burden of persuading the other five people in your dorm to go, unless they have a special and necessary reason not to, is on you. Arigato, Boiling Sheep-san."

OK, at this point, the task the Class President had given him was more or less complete.

He really was a genius.

Time to sleep.

Just as Lin Li was about to rest his head on the desk for a short nap, he was forcefully grabbed by Bai Bufan. Bai Bufan grabbed Lin Li's collar, his eyes wide as he questioned:

"What the hell are you 'arigato'-ing about? Did Zhuo Yongfei take control of you with a remote? Let me feel your butt, I want to see what kind of thing is stuck in there!"

"You tricky bottom," Lin Li slapped away Bai Bufan's hand and explained, "It has nothing to do with Zhuo Yongfei. I haven't even spoken to him today."

Bai Bufan thought for a moment and came to a different conclusion: "It was all the Class President's order? The one controlling you is the Class President?"

After all, the only person Lin Li had been with at noon was Chen Yuying.

"Something like that. She hopes that as many people as possible can participate in this autumn outing, so everyone can have fun together before the classes are divided," Lin Li nodded.

"What did she promise you?" Bai Bufan asked hesitantly.

"What's the need for any promises? The Class President's goal is good from any angle. As a good youth of the new era, it's my unshirkable responsibility. To ask for benefits for such a request, that's really not being human," Lin Li said with contempt.

"That's the logic, but you, Lin Li, are not a logical person. How about this, why don't you swear on a chicken roll?" Bai Bufan smiled.

One trick to rule them all.

"I swear on a chicken roll that I really didn't intend to take any benefits from the Class President," Lin Li sneered.

It won't work on me this time!

In reality, his initial refusal at noon was also a joke. Even if Chen Yuying hadn't used the honey trap, he would have agreed. But there would have been a difference: he wouldn't have made a military pledge.

He would probably just mention it to everyone, saying he wanted to have fun with them on the autumn outing, and wouldn't do anything more.

Unfortunately, Lin Li's word games couldn't fool Bai Bufan. Bai Bufan also sneered, "What I want you to swear on is whether you received any benefits!"

The devil is one foot taller than the priest.

"Speaking of which, the Class President insisted on stuffing the benefits on me. If I didn't accept them, wouldn't that be disrespectful to her?" Lin Li didn't hide it either.

"So you're fucking telling me you passed this arduous task on to me, but all the benefits promised by the imperial army were taken as a kickback by you, the middleman? Are you treating me like livestock?" Bai Bufan was angry.

"Mm."

"?"

Looking at Lin Li who nodded and said "mm," Bai Bufan dug at his ear, suspecting he was hearing things.

"You can fucking 'mm' at that!?"

"You're just calmly nodding and admitting that in your heart, I'm livestock?"

"Mm."

"You motherfucker! Lin Li, unless you share some of the benefits with me, I won't do it, even if you threaten me with the autumn outing! Livestock have self-respect too!" Bai Bufan crossed his arms and said firmly.

Lin Li, however, showed a look of difficulty.

"Bufan, you really want me to share the benefits with you?" Lin Li asked tentatively.

"You can really share them? Yes, yes, yes!" Bai Bufan nodded with high frequency.

"Fine," Lin Li nodded, took a deep breath, as if he had made a momentous decision.

Under Bai Bufan's expectant gaze, Lin Li grabbed the hem of his clothes.

Bai Bufan: "?"

What's this for?

"Bufan geigei~ Please help me~~" Cutesy Lin Li was online.

Many years later, whenever Bai Bufan recalled this moment, he could never say what was going through his mind at that time. The mysteries of the universe? The true meaning of life? The end of mathematics? The derivation of physics? It seemed to be all of them, and yet none of them.

But he remembered very clearly that after his brain rebooted, his own reaction was:

"Lin Li, what the fuck are you doing, you idiot? Did Zhou Baowei bite you? Are you having a fucking rabies attack? Fuck!"

—Bai Bufan retreated two meters, chair and all. The chair and the floor let out a huge screech.

Having the precedent of Chen Yuying, Lin Li had somewhat anticipated Bai Bufan's reaction. Therefore, although he couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart, he was still relatively calm. He spread his hands with a look of innocence and sighed:

"You asked me to share some of the benefits with you. Isn't this me sharing them with you? Your reaction is really disappointing."

Bai Bufan's expression froze again.

This statement seemed to have some hidden meaning.

Let's analyze it.

He moved his chair and himself back to the desk, his expression dazed, his eyes unfocused as he stared ahead. He held out a hand to stop Lin Li. "Don't interrupt, I'm barbecuing."

Lin Li nodded. "Remember to add more spice."

Half a minute later, Bai Bufan finally sorted out the cause and effect. He turned his head mechanically to look at Lin Li, his expression incredulous. "Is it what I think it is? The Class President used a honey trap?"

Lin Li smiled and nodded. So smart.

"So you call that act, which could be the head of the Ten Great Tortures of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, 'sharing some of the benefits with me'?" Bai Bufan laughed, this time a genuine laugh of anger.

"First of all, I hope you'll respect me a little. I was already trying very hard to be cutesy," Lin Li felt he wasn't being respected. "Secondly, if you're really not satisfied, I can just call the Class President over to really share some with you, right?"

"No, no, no!" Bai Bufan waved his hands frantically.

Others might stand at attention with excitement if Chen Yuying pulled on them like that, but Bai Bufan would probably die of stiffness.

"Then there's nothing I can do. You're the one who didn't want it," Lin Li shrugged even more innocently, his sigh laced with a thick laugh.

Even the Flame Fist couldn't describe Bai Bufan's complicated expression right now.

He was completely played.

A long time later, he finally sighed in resignation. "I'll just briefly mention it to them. I'll say that you and I are both going, and that it'll be more interesting if everyone goes, but I can't guarantee anything."

"Fine, no problem," Lin Li nodded.

The ones Bai Bufan couldn't persuade, he would just go persuade them himself tomorrow or before they set off next weekend. At worst, he'd just offer some more benefits.

He couldn't work his good livestock to death.

One must fish sustainably.

"But Lin Li, you have to promise me one thing. Never be a 'clamp' (cutesy voice) again," Bai Bufan said seriously.

Lin Li: "..."

...

After school today, since there was no need to explore other places for the time being, Lin Li went straight home.

He opened his phone. Song Luping still hadn't sent him the document. One could only say that he was a qualified office worker, strictly sticking to the DDL and never sending it early.

Lin Li didn't feel right rushing him. If he still hadn't sent it by Friday night, he would just tentatively ask if he had encountered any difficulties as a way to urge him.

A rare evening of getting home early.

It was time to explore the treasure.

[Lin Li: Send me the verification code, please orz.]

[Bai Bufan: 06017. Be good to it. Be gentle when you use it. It'll break my heart or2.]

[Lin Li: OK, rz.]

[Bai Bufan: Are you calling me a retard? I'm changing the password then.]

[Lin Li: It's the same as orz and or2, kneeling on the ground. But rz is the Louis XVI special edition.]

[Bai Bufan: That's enough, aren't you being a bit cheap? Is this very funny? There has to be a limit to dark humor [Sweating emoji]?]

[Lin Li: You didn't let him off either.]

Putting WeChat in the background, Lin Li scanned the code and logged into Bai Bufan's cloud drive account on his computer.

It was like a mouse entering a granary.

Bai Bufan had actually meticulously organized all the resources.

Regular, Games, Live Action, Non-Live Action.

Skipping the regular section that not even a dog would look at, Lin Li first clicked on Games. He didn't expect Bai Bufan to have even sub-categorized within the main category: Masterpiece, Excellent, Okay, Average, Shit.

There were even further subdivisions inside. Lin Li clicked on Non-Japanese Style, and what greeted him were Virtue, Family Tutor, Agent 17...

Lin Li added these compressed files to the download queue one by one, but then paused all the downloads.

They were not the target for tonight. He would critically appreciate them one by one when he had the chance later.

He clicked on the Masterpiece folder within Live Action. The number of files here wasn't large. Lin Li's gaze was drawn to a folder labeled "Strongly Recommended."

VTCC-410 [4K Remastered] [With Subtitles].

He clicked on the preview image next to it. Lin Li smiled. It was his type, and he indeed hadn't seen it before.

Tonight, it's decided. 11.4 GB, which was reasonable for 4K. The license plate number was definitely not one of those heaven-defying films in his memory. No problem.

He clicked download. Lin Li then began his pre-battle preparations. Although he had a membership, downloading 11.4 GB would still take some time.

"Wet wipes, check! Trash can, check! Post-session shower water heater switch, check! Curtains, check! Lighting, check! Immersive sound system, check! Pants, check!"

Having made all the preparations, Lin Li sat poised in his computer chair and clicked extract! This one didn't need a password! Extraction successful!

Play!

"Live Baccarat Casino, beautiful dealers, dealing cards online! Click to get one thousand starting..."

Yes, that's it! This is the flavor! Lin Li watched as the sound disappeared and the computer screen went black. The much-anticipated main content was about to begin.

"Baby Bus!"

"Starting today, I'm going to the toilet by myself. Mommy and Daddy, don't look down on me~~"

Lin Li's smile froze.

When he saw a low-poly animated bear start singing in the toilet on his big-screen computer, he was dumbfounded.

"Baby Bus teaches me the secret to using the toilet. I can't wait, I have to go to the toilet~~"

Lin Li's gaze locked onto the top left corner of the screen.

CCTV-14 Children's Channel.

Lin Li dragged the progress bar.

"Hi, Uncle Long!"

"Hi, Xiao Yu... Xiao Yu! What are you doing here? Isn't Tohru looking after you?"

"Haha, hahaha, hahahaha!" Lin Li laughed heartily, as if he had found his childhood again.

"Fuck your VTCC-410!"

"Bai Bufan, I'll [beep] your mom's [beep] [beep], you [beep] are really [beep beep beep]..."

...

Nansang High School, dormitory.

[Lin Li: [Voice Message] 60s]

Seeing this message, Bai Bufan smiled with satisfaction. His meticulous calculations were not in vain.

He had originally wanted to make it an eighty or ninety GB file, but that would have been too easy to see through. A pity.

[Lin Li: You really like going to the toilet? I'm going to shove an umbrella up your ass and then open it!]

[Lin Li: I fucking know you're watching!]

Seemingly knowing he wouldn't listen, Lin Li switched to sending messages.

After setting his messages to 'do not disturb', Bai Bufan, thinking of Lin Li's current state, laughed and wriggled like a maggot.

Let you be cutesy! Let you 'geigei'! Let you share the benefits with me like that!

Then his bed board was kicked. Zhou Baowei from the lower bunk scolded, "No Daoist temples at night."

"First of all, it's even less suitable during the day. Secondly, I'm not in the mood for that. I'm just too happy thinking that a 'geigei' of mine is also not in the mood right now!"

Zhou Baowei: "?"

What kind of psycho.

(End of Chapter)