Chapter 252 : When Efficiency Reaches a Certain Level, It's Basically Ineffective Growth; A Little Lower is Better

Wang Yuezhi suddenly felt that the current scene could also be recalled and utilized when he played the clown the day after tomorrow.

*Fuck, even more heartbreaking.*

*The clown potion really melts in the mouth.*

Therefore, Wang Yuezhi didn't want to discuss this topic anymore. He waved his hand unluckily, kept a cold face, and cursed:

"If you don't have this scene, then just create and imagine this scene in your mind, can't you? Can't you be a little flexible? A useless guy with no life experience, not even having this kind of experience..."

"Mentor, please elaborate. What kind of scene should I imagine? I feel like you have a lot of experience, Mentor."

Lin Li, who was scolded, wasn't annoyed, but continued to ask humbly.

Wang Yuezhi: "..."

*Your mom.*

Wang Yuezhi took a deep breath. After hesitating to speak several times, he finally said: "I actually don't have much experience either, but my friend has experience in this area, and he taught me a lot."

"The meaning of learning lies in inheritance. So now I will pass on the secret my friend told me to you. You absolutely cannot make me lose face the day after tomorrow."

"Understood, Mentor!" Lin Li nodded.

"I'll just give you a few scenes." Wang Yuezhi began to describe how the scene in the mind should be set up during a clown performance:

"My friend told me, for example, when taking a photo, you think the girl is taking a photo of you and even tells you to look at the camera. But when you raise your peace sign, you realize she was calling and taking a photo of the person behind you."

Lin Li suddenly understood.

This matter was also recorded in Lin Li's memory.

No wonder last time Wang Yuezhi suddenly scratched his head in front of him, and even used a peace sign to scratch his head.

He even thought at the time that Wang Yuezhi felt his hair was long and wanted a haircut.

So that was it.

"For another example, my friend told me, a girl suddenly calls your name, you look up happily, but it turns out she wants you to pass something to another boy."

Lin Li suddenly understood.

This matter was also recorded in Lin Li's memory.

Last time, the homework book of Chen Yuying that he took to proofread was handed to him by Wang Yuezhi with a stinky face.

"For example, my friend told me.

"The girl you like suddenly approaches you shyly on the weekend and says, 'I want to go see a movie with the person I like, are you... free tonight?'

"You happily respond, 'Free! Free! Of course I'm free!', do seven or eight somersaults on the bed, and start preparing the clothes to wear out. But when you have everything ready and look at your phone again—

"The message from the girl is, 'Great, then please help me tally the class statistics form tonight. Thank you, Wang Yuezhi's friend.'

"At this time, you actually want to say, 'Sorry, I just received a temporary notice that I have to perform at the circus, I'm not free anymore.' But in the end, because of that liking, you didn't send it."

Wang Yuezhi's speaking speed became slower and slower, more and more sad.

Lin Li suddenly... wait, why didn't Lin Li have any impression of this?

"Did this happen?" Lin Li frowned and asked.

Chen Yuying handled all class matters personally and wouldn't throw tasks to others just because she went out to play. More importantly, he had never gone out to see a movie with her.

"This is my friend's memory from junior high school," Wang Yuezhi explained.

Lin Li suddenly understood.

It turned out Wang Yuezhi's friend was a repeat offender, not just starting to be a clown in high school.

Reasonable.

Understandable.

So Lin Li nodded, signaling Wang Yuezhi to continue.

"My friend told me..."

"My friend told me..."

Wang Yuezhi talked endlessly; his friend's scenes were simply endless.

To be honest, Lin Li really wanted to meet Wang Yuezhi's friend, because Lin Li found that his experiences were too similar to his, and they would definitely have a lot of common topics to talk about.

But because he noticed that as Wang Yuezhi continued to expand the scenes, his own expression looked more and more like he was filming *It*, Lin Li was afraid that if he continued, Wang Yuezhi would cry for his friend, so he reached out to signal that there was no need to say more for now.

Lin Li nodded:

"That's enough, Mentor. I roughly have a feeling."

The desolate Wang Yuezhi rubbed his eye sockets and nodded: "As long as you have a feeling, it's not in vain for my friend's memories. Start performing, don't let me and my friend down."

"Mhm!"

*Scene, construct!*

*Thoughts, puzzle!*

His brain spinning rapidly, Lin Li asked quickly:

"Mentor, how is my expression now? Do I have the soul of a clown?"

Wang Yuezhi narrowed his eyes and stared at Lin Li, or to be precise, stared at Lin Li's gradually rising corners of the mouth.

"?"

"Wait! Lin Li, are you fucking laughing!?"

"Hahahahaha fuck sorry, Mentor. When this kind of scene appears in my mind, I just can't help it." With Wang Yuezhi asking this, Lin Li laughed out loud.

Constructing the same scene, the perspective Lin Li substituted into was a bit different from Wang Yuezhi's friend's.

It was really funny.

"You can still laugh!?"

What was red on Wang Yuezhi just now were his eye sockets and nose; now what was red was his temperature.

After studying for this period of time, he was really a bit interested in the profession of a clown, otherwise he wouldn't have learned these techniques.

He could accept students without talent, but he couldn't accept students who didn't respect clowns!

There is no harm without comparison.

*...If... if it was Chen Tianming... he definitely wouldn't be like this... Chen Tianming... why do you waste your talent...*

Seeing Wang Yuezhi so sad, Lin Li gave himself a slap.

He was being a bit inhuman. Lin Li restrained his smile and forced himself to say seriously:

"Sorry Mentor, let me try again."

"..."

"Pfft—hahaha—"

"..."

"Stop it, Lin Li. I don't want to teach you anymore. You're not good at this at all." Seeing that Lin Li's expression was still soulless and completely without progress, Wang Yuezhi's sorrow was no greater than a dead heart. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and said decadently.

The day after tomorrow, he would still try to toss back and forth on both sides to win glory for the class himself.

"No, I won't stop. If I stop, I'll never be good at it! The word 'abandon' is not in my dictionary!" Lin Li immediately said upon hearing this.

Wang Yuezhi raised an eyebrow.

Yes, if you give up because you feel you're not good at it, you'll never be good at it. The best time to plant a tree was ten years ago, the second best time is now.

Lin Li's spirit of learning was still worthy of recognition.

He was indeed a bit arbitrary. Wang Yuezhi looked at Lin Li—

*Fuck your mom.*

*Still laughing.*

*Fuck your spirit of learning, you bastard!!*

*What the hell are you being passionate about here!*

"You can't be a clown. Go back and do what you should do." At this point, Wang Yuezhi's voice was extremely cold, and his favorability towards Lin Li completely doubled.

—Favorability went from minus 100 to minus 200, of course it doubled.

He took the unicycle, went to an empty space in the activity room, and started practicing by himself, not even looking at Lin Li.

*Dead wood.*

*Trash.*

Lin Li was denied like this for the first time, and stood up despondently: "Maybe you're right, Wang Yuezhi. I can't be a clown. It's time to go back and study with the Class Rep. She must be quite bored alone in the classroom."

Wang Yuezhi: "?"

Wait.

*Your mom.*

"Lin Li, come back! I suddenly realized words can be taken back! Come back!" The exercise over the past two weeks had been quite effective. Wang Yuezhi immediately ran over and blocked the door, nodding sincerely at Lin Li: "Lin Li, let's continue practicing!"

"But I can't be a clown with a soul," Lin Li was sad.

"Never let others tell you what you can do! What you can't do!" Wang Yuezhi patted Lin Li's shoulder heavily, even shook him a few times, and encouraged loudly, "I have an idol named Beethoven. Everyone said he couldn't become a great musician, but he never listened!

"Lin Li, you should be the same. I denied you, actually hoping your will would be tempered, not for you to give up on yourself so weakly! Don't waste my painstaking efforts!"

Wang Yuezhi's words were pearls of wisdom. Lin Li, who had cheered up a bit, remembered something and narrowed his eyes.

Wait.

"Beethoven seemed to be deaf in both ears, right?"

Wang Yuezhi waved his hand: "That's not important."

Lin Li: "(；☉_☉)?"

*You motherfucker.*

*That's fucking very important!*

*Beethoven indeed couldn't listen to others' words of denial and doubt, because he literally couldn't listen (physically)!!*

"Forget it, I can't do it. Sorry to disappoint you, Wang Yuezhi." Because the encouragement failed, Lin Li waved his hand. He still felt he wasn't suitable.

"You can do it, you can do it! You really can do it, at least you must do it at noon!" Wang Yuezhi shook his head like a rattle drum, and after his mind raced, he immediately said: "Lin Li, not having an expression is not a big problem. Although it lacks a soul, in the situation the day after tomorrow, not much soul is needed.

"Firstly, neither the teachers on the stage nor the students below the stage will see very clearly.

"Secondly, secondly... let me think, right! Secondly, the soul can also be shown through makeup. As long as it's paired with suitable clown clothes and clown makeup, there won't be any difference.

"So we'll just ignore the expression part. The soul is a bonus item, not a mandatory item. Requiring you to know this in two days is indeed too harsh. My problem, let's just learn the techniques now! How about it!"

Wang Yuezhi blocked the door, resolutely not letting Lin Li go, and continued to emphasize rapidly:

"Lin Li, apart from the soul, you are the most talented person I have ever seen. You absolutely must be a clown properly!"

Lin Li: "(；☉_☉)?"

*Look how desperate this child is, to say these words.*

However, Lin Li didn't insist on leaving anymore.

He had promised in the morning anyway, so he really couldn't give up halfway.

"Makes some sense, let's continue trying!"

Seeing that Lin Li no longer planned to leave, Wang Yuezhi breathed a sigh of relief:

"Since we're talking about this, let's talk about the costumes and props by the way. Our height and body shape are different, so the costumes and props don't need to be the same. But if you need it, I can send you the link to mine."

"Thanks Mentor, but isn't the Class Rep responsible for the performance costumes? She will definitely pick a set for me when she rents the inflatable mascot costumes. If you want to talk about the style, tell her too. But you can send me the makeup template," Lin Li explained upon hearing this.

"..."

Wang Yuezhi: (ノ益)ノ︵┻━┻.

*Fuck fuck fuck! I forgot that Chen Yuying is going to buy the costumes and props!*

*Then if I didn't buy the clown suit myself... would Chen Yuying also rent one for me...*

*Would it be too deliberate to go back and say this now?*

*If I go back and set the dorm on fire, can I reasonably have new clothes?*

"Wang Yuezhi? Wang Yuezhi?" Seeing Wang Yuezhi spacing out, Lin Li waved his hand in front of him.

No reaction.

"Wang Yuezhi, your clown nose fell off." He wanted to continue calling, but Lin Li saw a bit of red from the corner of his eye. Looking down, he found a clown nose on the ground.

It must have accidentally fallen out when Wang Yuezhi was taking things from his backpack. So Lin Li reached out to pick it up while speaking.

"Don't move!"

Wang Yuezhi finally reacted. He stopped Lin Li with a loud shout, then squatted down, picked up the nose, and blew the dust off it.

"This nose, hehe." Looking at this nose with a story, Wang Yuezhi suddenly became happy.

Lin Li wouldn't have a nose like this.

*Awesome.*

Lin Li: "?"

*What the fuck are you 'hehe'ing about?*

"I'll send it to you when I get my phone." With the comfort of the red nose, Wang Yuezhi's mood improved a lot, and he said with a smile: "Let's continue learning."

"Okay."

For the rest of the time, the two continued to practice the various basic techniques needed to become a clown.

By the time the bell for the end of the lunch break rang, Lin Li had already mastered the basics of simple card magic, juggling balls, and twisting balloons.

As for the unicycle, Lin Li hadn't started learning it yet.

"See you at the field after school this afternoon. I'll teach you the unicycle. Try it, it's best if you can learn it. If you can't, then we'll set it as two clowns with different styles performing completely different things, creating an asymmetrical beauty," Wang Yuezhi said to Lin Li while packing up the props.

"Sure," Lin Li readily agreed.

"I'm going to return the key." After locking the activity room door, Wang Yuezhi went straight to the first floor.

Lin Li went straight back to the classroom.

When he returned to the classroom, Chen Yuying was the only one there.

Normally, the classroom at noon only had the trio full of bonds. Now that the two boys got together and secretly went to get a room, naturally only she was left.

"Class Rep, how does it feel to guard an empty room?" Lin Li walked over, sat down on Ding Sihan's desk, and asked with a smile.

"Very quiet. No one is constantly poking me, patting me, or asking me questions. My study efficiency is so high. Even when I take a nap, I don't have to worry about someone playing with my hair next to me. It's very reassuring."

Chen Yuying looked up, made fists to rub her cheeks on both sides, tilted her head slightly, blinked, and spoke with a smile.

"So Wang Yuezhi is usually this annoying and his hands are this unclean? I have to say, Class Rep, I actually feel the same as you, he's an annoying spirit." Lin Li frowned upon hearing this and nodded in agreement.

The more Lin Li thought about it, the angrier he got. This Wang Yuezhi was really a bastard.

Chen Yuying: "?"

*Is this understanding correct?*

But soon Chen Yuying laughed out loud. This answer was very Lin Li.

When Chen Yuying's laughter came, Lin Li looked at her again and guided:

"Class Rep, let's not mention Wang Yuezhi. The benefits of not having Wang Yuezhi are known to everyone, no need to say more. I'm asking about my part, which is the harm caused to you by my absence. Note, it's *harm*."

"Then it's also a bit boring and unaccustomed."

Facing Lin Li's expectation, Chen Yuying smiled and nodded.

Without the elbow that would touch her every few minutes, she couldn't look forward to the completely unknown but definitely interesting words after the poke. It was boring.

Waking up from a nap and turning her head, she couldn't see that exceptionally guilty face. It was boring.

Speaking of which, why did it feel like Lin Li had become better looking again?

As for efficiency or whatever, she was already so smart, what was the use of such high efficiency? A little lower is fine.

"Bingo!" Lin Li snapped his fingers and nodded in satisfaction: "This is what I wanted to hear. Say more next time, it sounds good, I love to hear it."

Chen Yuying clicked her tongue, then asked: "Lin Li, what about your side, how is the progress? Can you perform the day after tomorrow?"

"You can always trust me, because I am invincible," Lin Li answered with a Japanese accent, then remembered something and looked at Chen Yuying:

"By the way, Class Rep, you'll help me draw the clown makeup on the day after tomorrow, right?"

"Of course I can," Chen Yuying nodded and agreed first, then asked with a hint of a smile: "But Lin Li, the effect of you doing your own makeup wouldn't be bad either, right? Maybe even better than me."

The Qing Dynasty's number one killer would always be the number one killer in her heart.

Lin Li sneered disdainfully, waved a finger in front of his face, and explained seriously:

"Wrong, Class Rep. Drawing it to be funny and drawing it to be ridiculous are completely different."

"I hope I am funny, but I don't hope I am ridiculous. So although heaven gave me talent that must be put to use, I won't use it if I don't have to."

Hearing this, the corners of Chen Yuying's mouth first rose slightly, then she gently covered her mouth with her hand, trying to hide her smile.

"Pfft—" Her slightly trembling shoulders proved she was trying hard to hold back her laughter. Unfortunately, her smile still quietly overflowed from between her fingers, echoing softly in the classroom.

"Do you have an opinion, Class Rep?" This laughter on a cold day made Lin Li tremble with anger. *Can we still be good at this time?* So Lin Li sneered and questioned.

"Not at all," Chen Yuying smiled and shook her head, even playfully raising her hand in a salute: "Task received. Then come early the morning after tomorrow and wait for me on the first floor of our dorm building? Or the classroom is fine too, I'll bring the makeup stuff."

"Then downstairs at your dorm is fine. It's troublesome for you to bring things to the classroom, and I can also use this opportunity to feel out the terrain of the girls' dorm building, scouting in advance for future raids," Lin Li immediately said upon hearing this.

Chen Yuying was already immune to this kind of talk, just nodding: "Then see you downstairs. If there's any other situation, you can tell me on your phone then."

"OK."

"Lin Li." His shoulder was patted, and someone was calling his name. Lin Li turned his head, and it turned out to be a smiling Ding Sihan.

The Mona Lisa's smile is very valuable.

Ding Sihan's smile is very dangerous.

"What's wrong, Little Ding Ding," Lin Li asked in confusion.

"Tell me, what's under your butt?" Ding Sihan maintained her smile.

Lin Li looked down, then answered: "One yuan eighty underwear."

Ding Sihan: "?"

*You wear something at this price?*

Ding Sihan now believed Lin Li was a slut.

But that wasn't the point now. Ding Sihan took a deep breath and pressed: "What's under the underwear?"

"One thousand eight hundred school pants."

"What's under the school pants?"

"Then I don't know," Lin Li shook his head honestly and innocently.

"Then let me tell you, it's a shoe print." Also facing the idiot student Lin Li, Ding Sihan was much gentler than Wang Yuezhi, choosing to give the answer instead of insulting.

"Haha, idiot," Lin Li jumped off Ding Sihan's desk upon hearing this, first pointed at her desk, then pointed at her, and laughed loudly: "Under my school pants is clearly your desk, where is there a shoe print!"

"Haha, idiot."

"Ha—"

...

"Bufan, Ding Sihan is not to be underestimated. She seems to be a superpower user. She knows the Great Prophecy Technique and can see the future."

Bai Bufan walked into the classroom with sleepy eyes, only to see Lin Li standing at his seat patting his own pants, giving him such a serious and earnest warning.

Bai Bufan: "(；☉_☉)?"

*(End of Chapter)*