Chen Tianming was beaten up.

It was only human.

"So as long as I go and get this contact information for you, you'll go on the autumn outing, right?" Lin Li said to Chen Tianming, who was lying on the floor, definitely not because he couldn't get up with three people sitting on him, but because he found the floor cool.

Chen Tianming nodded.

"Then I'll go get it this afternoon. But let's be clear first, if that girl doesn't give it, it's not my problem. You still have to go on this autumn outing."

"Let me hesitate for a moment."

"Fine, you hesitate. While you're hesitating, the three of us have nothing to do, so we'll just continue to beat you up. Take your time, we're not in a hurry."

"...Alright then. But you have to do your best to get it."

"I, Lin Li, have always been known throughout the world for my trustworthiness."

With the mission finally completed successfully, Lin Li left with satisfaction.

...

"That's how it is. I discarded the gold under my knees, the bread in my pocket, abandoned my dignity and face, and begged humbly like dust," Lin Li's expression was sad, finally turning into a calm relief.

"Fortunately, my sacrifice was worth it. Class President, they've changed their minds. They'll vote for your plan in the class meeting this afternoon and participate."

Then Lin Li looked expectantly at Chen Yuying's reaction.

Chen Yuying blinked her eyes and met his gaze.

Hmm, it seemed she didn't believe his words at all.

"Then... that must have been really hard for you. Wow," was all Chen Yuying could muster after thinking for a long time, and it was a monotone delivery, devoid of emotion.

"It was unimaginably hard! Really!" Lin Li then emphasized.

"So what you mean is?"

"I need more money."

"How can you raise the price on the spot? I already paid you yesterday. It was all agreed upon!" Chen Yuying was a little dissatisfied and turned her head away, muttering, "I'm not going to call you 'big brother' like yesterday again!"

Wang Yuezhi, who had already gotten up in the front row, preparing to run away to protect his ears, silently sat back down.

Wang Yuezhi was actually wearing a cross necklace today. This was a decoration that violated the school rules. He didn't know what it was for; it didn't match his style at all.

"No, no, no—" Lin Li had no expectation of being called 'big brother' again. He continued to ask, "Class President, do you have any money on you? How much?"

Chen Yuying felt her pocket, found a few banknotes and coins, and said, "I only have about ten yuan here. Are you out of money? If you are, I'll go back to my seat and get some. I still have some in my drawer."

Lin Li had 'treated' her to breakfast for several days, and Lin Li had also just said that he had spent money to bribe the boys when he was persuading them.

Therefore, even if Lin Li asked her for money, Chen Yuying wouldn't feel too resentful.

"No need to go get it, Class President. Just give me these first," Lin Li said.

"Oh, here you go," Chen Yuying handed the money to Lin Li.

Then she saw Lin Li hold the money for a while before giving it back to her and saying, "Class President, here's your money back. But can you give it to me one more time? This time, say 'this is your reward'."

Chen Yuying: "?"

Buhou, Lin Li was having an episode again.

The top priority was to first calm the patient's emotions to prevent the condition from worsening.

So Chen Yuying did as he said.

"One more time. Say you want to buy this pen of mine..."

"One more time..."

After repeating this several times, she finally couldn't help but ask, "Lin Li, what are you doing right now?"

Lin Li sighed in his heart. No mission was triggered.

He didn't know if this kind of monetary transaction wasn't recognized, or if it wasn't a condition at all.

Lin Li was a little disappointed with this result. Facing Chen Yuying's question, he thought for a moment and answered seriously, "Helping Xiling Town boost its GDP. The county's ranking will look better next time. That way, we, the people of the True Yellow Banner of Xiling Town, will have more face when we go out."

Chen Yuying: "..."

Inhale—

He's an idiot, he's an idiot, he's an idiot, he's an idiot.

Exhale—

Chen Yuying showed a smile of understanding and nodded at Lin Li. "Oh~~ Okay, I thank you on behalf of everyone in Xiling Town."

This smile was very familiar to Lin Li.

Chen Yuying had shown it to her before, and he himself had shown it to Song Luping before.

Damn it, he was being treated like a fool and coaxed again.

Lin Li felt that his image couldn't be ruined just like that.

There was still hope.

"Class President, give me your money one last time!" Lin Li said heavily.

Chen Yuying, with a benevolent and caring smile on her face, without any refutation or impatience, handed the money to Lin Li again.

Lin Li suddenly took out a one-yuan coin from his pocket, then, after counting the amount, slapped the money on Bai Bufan's desk and said loudly:

"Class President, you give me thirteen yuan, I'll give you back fourteen!"

"This means that if you give me your life, I will give you my lifetime! Actually, I found it hard to say just now. Now that I'm mentally prepared, I finally dare to say it. How about it? Are you moved, Class President?"

Chen Yuying's benevolent smile froze on her face.

She had also made a lot of mental preparations, but now it seemed that Lin Li's mental preparations were more than enough, while her own were far too few.

"Ha-hem, cough, cough—" A laugh that couldn't be suppressed appeared.

There were only three people in the classroom. Lin Li wasn't laughing, and Chen Yuying wasn't laughing either.

When Wang Yuezhi, who was covering his mouth and turning back, met Lin Li's gaze, he quickly waved his hand. "Sorry, you guys continue. Lin Li, you're awesome—"

Wang Yuezhi considered him a love rival. Even the Bai Bufan on the side of the road could see that.

Wasn't he saying sweet nothings to Chen Yuying?

Why could he still laugh?

The praised Lin Li was not happy.

...

The seventeenth class of the tenth grade was on the fourth floor.

Lin Li, surrounded by Chen Tianming and Bai Bufan, came to this unfamiliar floor.

There were few familiar faces in the hallway.

The four of them were all quite tall for tenth graders. Coupled with their sneaky aura, many people would notice them.

"They're all looking at us. Are we like the F4 from 'Meteor Garden' in their eyes right now? Then I want to be Dao Ming Si!" Zhou Baowei whispered.

When Lin Li and Bai Bufan's gazes simultaneously turned to him, Zhou Baowei immediately raised his hands in surrender. "Sorry, I take it back. You two, stop scolding me."

He knew his place.

"Wait a minute, I—" After walking a few steps, Lin Li turned his head, about to tell the three his plan, only to see that these three wastes had tacitly stopped at the corner of the aisle a few meters away, as if blocked by a barrier, not taking a single step forward.

"Good luck."

Chen Tianming cheered for Lin Li, nervous and excited.

It was clear that the three of them intended to provide all support except for action.

It seemed a bit too cowardly.

And they called themselves F4? More like three F5s.

"You three, stand here and don't move. I'll go buy you an orange. Really, don't move! I need to let your goddess get a good look at you from a distance later. That'll show more sincerity," Lin Li could only say helplessly. After Chen Tianming nodded, he went to the battlefield alone.

"Hello, classmate. Are you from Class 17?" Lin Li caught a girl coming out of Class 17. After starting with a nonsense question, he immediately followed up without waiting for an answer, "Can you help me call classmate Yao Qiaoqiao? I have something to talk to her about."

Lin Li didn't ask a boy to call her, because boys would usually shout at the door, drawing the attention of the whole class to Yao Qiaoqiao and himself.

Lin Li himself was fine. Although the system hadn't had time to thicken his skin yet, having a system or not could greatly affect a person's mentality. It didn't matter anymore. Lin Li was mainly worried that this would cause trouble for Yao Qiaoqiao.

And girls, when encountering this kind of situation, would usually quietly go back to the class and tell Yao Qiaoqiao, letting her come out sneakily. That would be better for both of them.

He was just a warm-hearted person with a meticulous mind—

"Yao Qiaoqiao! Someone's looking for you! Him!"

This girl's voice was even louder than Bai Bufan's. The sudden burst of sound made Lin Li's eardrums ache.

Now, the students in the classroom and in the hallway were all looking at Lin Li, and not just from Class 17.

Lin Li: "..."

A misjudgment. How could he judge the situation of Class 17 based on the situation of Class 1?

Who would have thought that this petite girl contained such immense power?

After she shouted, she walked towards the bathroom, leaving Lin Li alone at the door as if he were standing on a foot massage board.

He could vaguely feel that the gazes of the boys in the hallway towards him were a little hostile.

"Are you classmate Yao?"

Because Chen Tianming had described Yao Qiaoqiao's general appearance to Lin Li, when a short-haired girl walked towards him with some confusion, he asked in a low voice.

To be able to make Chen Tianming fall for her without even knowing her, she was naturally not bad-looking.

They say you should pay attention to inner beauty, but without outer beauty, who the hell cares about your inner self?

Yao Qiaoqiao nodded. "Is there something I can help you with?"

"It's a bit obstructive at the door. It's not good. Shall we go talk over there in the hallway?" Lin Li said sincerely.

He felt that the gazes from the boys in the hallway were becoming more dangerous and scorching.

"Hmm? Okay," Yao Qiaoqiao tilted her head slightly for a moment, then nodded.

"Actually, I have a friend who wants your contact information. Can you give me a QQ or WeChat?"

After pulling away from the classroom, Lin Li got straight to the point and took out a piece of paper and a pen from his pocket.

Yao Qiaoqiao was stunned for a moment upon hearing this reason, then looked at Lin Li more carefully and asked curiously:

"This friend of yours..."

It was clear that Yao Qiaoqiao was a very generous girl. An ordinary girl or boy would have already been stammering and entered shy mode at this point.

Lin Li still remembered his first experience of being asked for his QQ. At that time, when he came back from outside the classroom, listening to his classmates' teasing, his face was as hot as if it were on fire, the tips of his ears blood red. He was dazed for a long time, and when he came back to his senses, his mind was a blank.

But to be honest, it was also really exhilarating.

When Bai Bufan and the others teased him about it, on the surface, he didn't want to talk about it, but in his heart, he was already blooming with joy.

This was the greenness of youth.

"This time, this friend really isn't me," Lin Li shook his head with a smile and pointed to the corner of the stairs. "My friend is afraid he'll be too nervous to speak when he sees you, so he asked me to get it. He's right there now—"

Where's the person?

Lin Li and Yao Qiaoqiao both looked in the direction Lin Li was pointing, only to find that there was no one there.

Yao Qiaoqiao's gaze was a little strange.

"My friend is probably dead," Lin Li said with a smile.

If he wasn't dead now, he could go die later.

Three iron wastes, especially Chen Tianming.

He had told him to stand still and not move.

"It's okay, I believe you."

Yao Qiaoqiao smiled and responded warmly, then asked again, "Is your friend good-looking?"

"Much better looking than me, only a little shorter than me. He's also very gentle, and his figure is comparable to a sports student's," at a time like this, Lin Li couldn't possibly slander Chen Tianming. He naturally praised him to the fullest.

"Even better looking than you? Then I can definitely give my contact information. I hope you're not lying to me," Yao Qiaoqiao's tone was slightly surprised, then she smiled with some pleasant surprise, took the paper and pen from Lin Li's hand, wrote down a string of numbers, and then smiled at Lin Li:

"You can add me too later, so that if I get scammed, I'll have someone to question~"

"Okay, thanks. I'll be going then. Bye."

With the thing in hand, Lin Li immediately and smoothly bid farewell.

He left Yao Qiaoqiao, who was originally about to say something more, standing there.

Walking to the corner of the stairs, he saw that Chen Tianming and the other two had already retreated to the downward stairs, with only half of their bodies showing.

"Didn't I fucking tell you to stand still?"

"Tianming was the one who got scared. You can't blame us two who were watching the show," Zhou Baowei said innocently.

"How did it go!" Although there was no one else at the top of the stairs, Chen Tianming still lowered his voice and asked.

"You guys are unreliable, but I'm Lin Li. I got it," Lin Li waved the folded paper in his hand.

"Daddy! You're my real daddy! I have to go on the autumn outing! Everyone has to go! Whoever doesn't go is my enemy, Chen Tianming!" Chen Tianming rushed over excitedly, snatched the paper, and even kissed it excitedly.

It was a little creepy. Rubbing his arms that had gotten goosebumps, Lin Li thought for a moment and still said:

"Tianming, from our brief conversation just now, this Yao Qiaoqiao's skill level is probably much higher than you, you idiot. Be careful not to be played like a dog."

Why did Yao Qiaoqiao inexplicably ask him to add her too? And her words and actions at that time felt as if they were carefully designed.

It felt very contrived, not natural.

"I'm already a King of the Strongest with seventeen stars at the beginning of the season. Is she still higher than me?" Chen Tianming was a little troubled upon hearing this. He considered gaming a strength. Bringing a girl along was a good way to cultivate a relationship. If he couldn't use this method now, it would be a pity.

Lin Li: "..."

This damn kid.

Looking at Chen Tianming, who had fallen in love before the first character of the eight-character fortune-telling was even written, Lin Li shook his head helplessly.

He didn't emphasize it further. After all, this was just his own speculation. If it turned out to be a misunderstanding later, the misunderstanding would be transferred to him.

And he estimated that no matter what he said now, Chen Tianming wouldn't take it to heart.

He'd talk about it later.

...

The last class on Friday.

First, half a class of math, then changed to a class meeting.

As a price, the class meeting on Monday would naturally have half or even a whole class of math.

Without any surprise, Chen Yuying's autumn outing plan won by a landslide.

However, whether it could ultimately become the definite plan for Class 4 still depended on the school's opinion, but it shouldn't be a big problem. Chen Yuying seemed to have already made arrangements with other classes.

"Be careful on your way home from school," the bell rang, school was out. Xue Jian left this sentence as usual and left.

The classroom immediately became noisy. Lin Li and Bai Bufan didn't move.

After Xue Jian left, Bai Bufan openly took out his phone and asked Lin Li with a hehe smile:

"Has our Brother Ping sent you the death note? Can we take action tonight?"

Bai Bufan couldn't possibly go home first and then have his family drive him over on the weekend. One of the benefits of a boarding school was that you could stay at the school over the weekend. Although the cafeteria wasn't open, the school gates were freely accessible at this time, so you could just go out to eat and drink.

So Bai Bufan wasn't planning to go home this week.

Lin Li directly sent a message to Song Luping.

[Lin Li: Brother Ping, I'm out of school. Although you highly recommend Tianhong, I still want to compare and see if there's a more suitable one. Have you finished the map?]

"I hope he can give it to you this week, otherwise I'll have stayed at school for nothing," Bai Bufan prayed, looking at the chat history.

Only when he had the thing in hand could Lin Li lead him to go all out without any scruples.

The two waited at their seats for seven or eight minutes before Song Luping finally replied.

[Song Luping: I'm working overtime today. I'll definitely send it to you tomorrow, and during the day, so it won't delay your business.]

[Lin Li: Okay, thanks, bro.]

[Song Luping: Why are you saying thanks between us bros? Bufan, good luck this weekend. But you must remember to abide by the one hundred and three rules I told you before. If you don't, our fate ends here. You do your whoring, I'll do mine. We'll no longer be kindred spirits, and you can't use my name to get discounts anymore.]

When Bai Bufan saw the two words "Bufan," the expression on his face was a mixture of flavors.

[Lin Li: No problem.]

[Song Luping: [Heart emoji]]

"If there are no surprises, we'll take action on Saturday night. I'm going home first. If there's anything, contact me through a message in a bottle!" Lin Li turned off his phone screen and said to Bai Bufan.

"No problem. My great sword is already thirsty!"

"You'd better just be thirsty for your great sword."

(End of Chapter)