The three of them finally stood up with smiles and walked toward the class gathering spot, following behind Chen Tianming.

"Love is truly a terrifying thing, thank goodness I only love food," Zhou Baowei said, looking ahead. Chen Tianming suddenly stopped, raising his bottle of mineral water to admire the sun, and couldn't help but say.

"Don't act like you get love just because you don't love food," Bai Bufan scoffed.

Zhou Baowei: "..."

"Bai Bufan, I swear I'll get a whole crew of bread people to deal with you, don't leave after school!"

"Then remember to prepare some tomato ketchup for me!"

"Any salad dressing? Just whipped it up."

"What the heck kind of salad dressing is this?"

"..."

The two started messing around.

Dodging Zhou Baowei's 'Mount Tai Meteor Fall' move, Bai Bufan shook him off, noticing Lin Li hadn't said a word and was slowly walking toward the class gathering spot. He returned to Lin Li's side, slightly puzzled, and asked:

"Lin Li, what are you doing? Acting like an emo kid?"

"My affections seem to have changed," Lin Li said softly, with the autumn afternoon wind tousling his bangs, while he gazed at Chen Tianming with unfocused eyes.

Bai Bufan: "?"

He followed Lin Li's gaze to Chen Tianming, then back to Lin Li.

Buddy, don't be like this, you're scaring me.

But Tianming, maybe Lin Li is more suited for you than Qiaoqiao. Every cloud has a silver lining.

"Xiaojing, Xiaojing, why can't Xiaojing save me?" Lin Li looked up at the sky, his expression shifting.

"Huh? What happened? Why can't Xiaojing save you? What about Feifei, can Feifei save you too? Feifei is the stuff of dreams, my lifelong goal is to be her Piggy Hero, please don't let her go to Jinluo while I go to Shuanghui!"

It's important to take care of the chicken farm, whatever happens with Chen Tianming is fine, Bai Bufan inquired with concern.

"I'm talking about something else, Xiaojing can't save me!" Lin Li waved his hand, speeding up as he walked away.

Calling out to Xiaojing in his heart countless times seemed meaningless.

Bai Bufan: "?"

What's the deal?

...

On the first day's afternoon, only preliminaries were held, and Class Four's results were decent, with quite a few advancing.

Nansang Middle School's sports field wasn't fully lit, so there were no night competitions, but students weren't allowed free activities; they had to self-study.

When the afternoon events ended, Lin Li returned to the dormitory.

"Bao Wei, don't just stand there, come lie down, don't be shy, treat it like your own bed."

After Lin Li returned to his bed, he saw Zhou Baowei, who was feeling awkward about his first visit to the dormitory. Lin Li moved over slightly to make room for him.

Zhou Baowei: "..."

Squinting his eyes, he moved close to Lin Li's legs, using his sense of smell to confirm Lin Li's socks and feet were odorless, then he finally relaxed a little.

"I helped you both carry stuff twice this afternoon, you handle the takeout later," Zhou Baowei said after settling onto the bed.

A fair request.

For sustainable exploitation, Zhou Baowei couldn't be used like a beast all the time; it's not good for his longevity.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan exchanged a look, and an intense spark of competitive spirit was ignited.

"Darn, why do I feel like I got shocked?" Bai Bufan said before his eyes could turn vicious, becoming clear suddenly.

Static electricity running rampant even before winter. Ugh, annoying and distracting.

"Hey, how about you two open Douyin, and whoever swipes to a positive content first goes down to fetch the takeout? What do you say?" Zhou Baowei suddenly had an idea and suggested to them.

"Alright." Lin Li nodded, accepting the challenge.

"Fine." Bai Bufan agreed too.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Lin Li opened the short video app.

And got eliminated.

The opening video was so motivational, it made all three of them very positive.

As you grow up, you realize the phone is your greatest nostalgic link, women inside, myself outside; it's deep nostalgia that never gets resolved.

"Man, what can I say? Lin Li, you're out!" Lin Li admitted it was deserved that he lost.

"Useless, but hey, if I lose later let that blogger promote me a bit," Bai Bufan scoffed, opening his phone.

Bai Bufan was eliminated too.

"Looks like a tie then," Lin Li didn't expect he could revive himself, so he moved his fingers again.

Lin Li first lost a round.

Bai Bufan tied it.

Lin Li lost another round.

Bai Bufan tied it again.

The spectating Zhou Baowei: "..."

"Are you selling your accounts? I'll give you five hundred; if it's not enough, I can add more, if it is, pretend I didn't say anything." Seeing these two fully developed accounts, Zhou Baowei admitted he felt tempted for a moment.

After several rounds, Lin Li finally emerged victorious—swiping to a wealth-related video.

Bai Bufan lost but was still proud.

The two exchanged information on bloggers they approved of and began ordering takeout.

While waiting for takeout, Lin Li played PUBG with them.

In-game, Lin Li and his two friends follow three principles:

1. Don't criticize middle-aged people, because they represent their future; putting themselves in their shoes, being mocked when all they wanted after a day's work was relaxation, feels like the world's ending.

2. Don't insult women because they're gentlemen.

3. Don't berate kids because they are the future of gaming.

4. In the face of battle, there's no distinction between males, females, young, or old; above principles do not apply, go for it, soldiers.

Hence, the dorm's atmosphere got slightly more inappropriate.

While playing games, the juniors loved to shout: Mama, mama mama, mama.

And now, the three in the dorm were much the same: **Mama* ma**ma* mama**.

In over half an hour, they played over a dozen matches.

"Nice! Nice! We're champions!" Lin Li and Zhou Baowei hugged, bursting into tears of joy.

They won the match.

Bai Bufan also stepped off his bed to join the celebration.

Lin Li glanced up, coldly saying, "Survived 'til the end with a 3.0 rating."

Zhou Baowei glanced up, coldly saying, "Total victory by doing nothing."

Bai Bufan: "..."

No time to discuss how the rating system is alienating people with these two jokers; the takeout call came a few minutes ago, hence Bai Bufan left a middle finger behind and went downstairs.

And Zhou Baowei also got off from Lin Li's bed.

"Where are you going?"

"The soul abandoned in a large intestine yearning for the outside light," Zhou Baowei said, deeply walking towards the restroom.

Alright, taking a dump.

Lin Li, having nothing to do, continued nurturing his account while waiting for food with his legs crossed.

Awhile later.

[There's a practitioner in the sect being tempted by Heart Demon into the demonic path, stealing other's opportunities, which is misfortune for the sect. If not managed, it could become a hidden threat for the sect.]

[For the future of the sect, for smooth cultivation, and for solid Tao, can't let it go unchecked, must lend a hand!]

[Task triggered!]

[Task Five: Capture and discipline a disciple for stealing and deter others in the sect from committing the same offense.]

[Task Reward: Physical Improvement: Intelligence increased by 10%; ability to hide presence increased by 100%; system currency*100]

Originally lying down, Lin Li immediately perked up.

He soon started a self-translation—someone around is stealing, he must go discipline them.

And Lin Li knew, task scenes generally occur nearby.

Lin Li got it immediately; he angrily ran to the restroom door and knocked: "Zhou Baowei! What the heck are you secretly eating behind my back?!"

People are really vulnerable and helpless when taking a dump, especially the still wiping Zhou Baowei, who looked at the vibrating restroom door perplexed: "I'm eating lemons?"

"Then hand over the lemons!"

"Heck!"

Then there was another loud sound, and the whole dormitory shook.

Although Zhou Baowei didn't know what happened outside, based on experience, he judged it was caused by someone kicking the door which led to the tremble.

Lin Li stopped knocking, turned back, and looked at Bai Bufan who walked in with a dark expression.

"What's wrong?"

"The takeout..." As he spoke, Bai Bufan's eyes seemed to hold a flea, "was stolen."

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