Chapter 266 : When Reaching Out a Helping Hand, There Can't Be No Limits

Zhou Baowei's mouth twitched, but he still sighed and looked at Wang Yuhui: "Hello, I am 'Compelling', your mom's."

Wang Ze let out a long sigh of relief.

Fortunately I reacted in time, this 'compelling' almost became me.

Wang Yuhui was visibly trembling all over. While speaking, one could even hear his teeth chattering: "What, what, what are you guys here for?"

"You're not still holding onto some fluke, are you? What do you think we're here for? What else could we be here for?" The 'Compelling' Baowei in the group took a step forward, smiling but gritting his teeth: "You dog bastard who steals takeout? Hmm?"

Then Bai Bufan also took a step forward, took a deep breath, bowed ninety degrees, and extended a hand towards Wang Yuhui, saying with a slightly flushed face: "Student Wang, please let me date your mom! Please! I will definitely treat her well!"

Wang Yuhui: "?"

Then Wang Yuhui understood—

High EQ: Let me date your mom.

Low EQ: Fuck your mom.

"I didn't steal takeout!!" Wang Yuhui ignored Bai Bufan's confession, looked left and right, and retorted in an extremely fierce tone.

"Then what's on your desk." Lin Li walked over, picked up the clean packaging bag and the receipt on it next to the desk, and smiled: "Bro, I heard from your roommate that your surname doesn't seem to be Lin, but Wang."

"I, I took the wrong one."

Just like the culprits in Detective Conan, Wang Yuhui began his meaningless dying struggle.

"Okay, if you took the wrong one, you must have your own takeout order record, right? Come on, show it to me now. If you can find it, I'll take your surname."

Looking at Wang Yuhui pretending to take out his phone, Lin Li only felt like laughing.

Hearing a rustling sound, Lin Li turned his head, then frowned: "Ah Compelling, restrain yourself a bit. If you want to dig through the trash, you can do it after we go back. Now, in front of students from other classes, leave some face for the three of us."

Zhou Baowei, who was using chopsticks to dig through the trash can and was called out: "..."

"Don't default my code name to 'Compelling'! And I'm not digging through the trash, look what I found! This is fucking my takeout bag, with my receipt on it, Tanhua Mr. Zhou! Damn it, he's actually a repeat offender."

After showing his discovery, Zhou Baowei forcefully smashed the chopsticks into the trash can, looking up at Wang Yuhui with eyes full of anger.

It's so great to be able to avenge yesterday's grudge.

He wants to avenge his lost large lunch from yesterday!

"Have you found it yet, your order number?" Lin Li continued to press Wang Yuhui.

How could Wang Yuhui, who looked like he had Parkinson's, have an order number? He was just swiping his phone randomly. Now caught red-handed, he forced a fawning smile:

"B-bros, I'm sorry. How much was the takeout? Can I compensate you now..."

"Sigh, how much is takeout anyway? No rush to compensate. Let's go talk to the teacher together first." Lin Li's smile was sunny and warm as he said to Wang Yuhui.

"No!" Wang Yuhui shouted suddenly.

"Don't tell the teacher, I beg you. I shouldn't have stolen takeout, I know I was wrong. Let's settle this privately." Hearing Lin Li's plan, Wang Yuhui's face turned pale. If more people knew about this, how could he live in Nansang Middle School in the future.

"You don't know you were wrong, you just know you're going to die." Bai Bufan beside him sneered upon hearing this.

"Sorry, we don't plan to settle privately." Lin Li also nodded.

"I can give you more money, twice, three times, no, five times. I'll give each of you four a hundred yuan! I beg you, don't tell the teacher!" Wang Yuhui's voice already carried a sob. He came up wanting to grab Lin Li's hand, but Lin Li dodged it.

"There's such a good thing?" Wang Ze's eyes lit up.

Come to eat a melon and can also earn a hundred yuan? A pie really fell from the sky.

Then Wang Ze felt the death stares of Lin Li and the other two.

"Group, now is not the time for you to speak."

"Sorry, Handsome, Compelling, And, don't mind me, you three continue." Wang Ze maintained an awkward but polite smile, signaling everyone to continue.

"I'm very sorry, we don't plan to use this for extortion. We just want you to get the punishment you deserve. There's no possibility of settling privately, not even if you take out a million." Lin Li calmly refused.

If he really takes out a million, then we'll talk later.

The system task required the takeout thief to get the punishment he deserved. If it was just paying money, Lin Li didn't think the system would approve.

As for Bufan and Baowei, if they actually accepted the 100 compensation in their hearts, he would just give them his own money later.

"Don't, don't, really don't tell the teacher, I beg you, let me go this time..."

Sensing Lin Li's heart of stone, Wang Yuhui shifted his target and looked at Bai Bufan crying.

"Crying? Crying also counts as time." Bai Bufan immediately stepped back to prevent this guy from wiping his snot and tears on him, then sneered, "Begging us is useless, go beg the teacher."

He and Zhou Baowei naturally supported Lin Li's decision.

When they were at the door just now, they also learned from Lin Li about some of Wang Yuhui's muttering to himself.

This guy was a large package at the Cainiao Post Station, already scanned, but not fully paid for, about to be sent (ji).

(Translator's Note: "Ji" means "to send" but is also internet slang for "to die" or "to be finished").

He was a bit of a natural bad seed, loved taking revenge on society. Just paying money was too easy on him.

"Stop your fucking crying. Why didn't you cry when you were stealing takeout? Do you have to force us to drag you away?"

Wang Ze stepped forward irritably and disgustedly at this time, trying to pull Wang Yuhui up, planning to drag him away directly.

Although this analogy wasn't appropriate, it was like if you're afraid of cheating, don't cheat; if you cheat, don't be afraid. If Wang Yuhui had just admitted it, at least he would be a pure dead mom. But now, crying for his parents after being caught, it was a disgusting and repulsive kind of dead mom. Wang Ze really couldn't stand it.

"Get lost! Don't touch me! Get lost! Don't touch me!" The moment his clothes were lifted by Wang Ze, Haji Wang completely reacted and entered the Stegosaurus form, suddenly starting to throw punches wildly and roaring hysterically.

Wang Ze was startled.

"This is my dorm, you guys get lost, all of you get lost!" Wang Yuhui started grabbing things around him and throwing them at Lin Li and the others. His movements were so big that he knocked over a chair, making a huge noise.

The "Compelling And" group started dodging, and "Handsome" started catching the white blades barehanded.

But Wang Yuhui actually threw the unclosed spicy dry pot over.

Fortunately, the four dodged in time and weren't hit. The takeout just splashed all over a bed in the dorm.

Judging from the volume of the "Wang Yuhui, I fuck your mom" from Mao Jiaqi, who had been watching the show behind them, that upper bunk bed probably belonged to him.

Wang Yuhui looked up and saw the four people looking at him with the eyes of watching a jumping clown. After they even whispered and laughed among themselves, he felt greatly insulted.

He suddenly turned around and ran towards the balcony.

Lin Li frowned slightly, but didn't stop him. He could tell this useless thing had very poor psychological quality, but the school dorm balconies had enclosed windows. Even if this guy wanted to jump off the building, he couldn't.

But then Lin Li got scared.

Because Wang Yuhui came out of the toilet holding a dripping wet mop.

Your mom.

"Get lost! All of you fucking get lost!" Wang Yuhui raised the mop, not caring about the stuff on it splashing onto himself, and charged towards Lin Li and the others.

"Something's wrong, retreat first!" Lin Li turned his head, only to find that the "Compelling And" group had actually already run to the door. He, the "Handsome" one, was the slowest to run.

Animals.

Lin Li immediately followed and ran out.

Lin Li had many ways to deal with this guy. If they really fought, Wang Yuhui had absolutely no chance of winning.

But the problem was he was holding a mop taken out of the toilet.

Lin Li had the ability to catch white blades barehanded, but did Lin Li dare to catch it? He didn't dare.

A mop dipped in shit, Lu Bu reborn.

Not only could it be used for melee, but occasionally for ranged attacks, and basic attacks had a chance of dealing splash damage.

It was too overpowered. Did the designer not use their brain when designing this weapon?

Fortunately, the ability wasn't like Li Jing's 100% forced barehanded blade catching, otherwise Lin Li couldn't even imagine how desperate he would be.

Although Lin Li was an immortal cultivator, there were too many people now. The Righteous Thunder Control Technique wasn't suitable to use. The ranged electric current causing damage would be very obvious and easily noticed.

Get out of the dorm first. Anyway, the evidence and everything are in hand, it's enough. Whether Wang Yuhui is willing to voluntarily submit to the law will only affect the complexity of the process.

"Catching a takeout thief and actually catching Lu Bu, that's something. Handsome, are you okay?" Bai Bufan asked Lin Li, who ran out, with concern.

"I'm fine. This bro, hard to judge." Lin Li shook his head and looked towards the dorm.

They were still arguing inside.

"Mao Jiaqi, you get lost too! Get out!"

"Are you sick, Wang Yuhui? I haven't settled the score with you for messing up my bed yet!"

"I told you to get out, can't you hear me!"

Then Mao Jiaqi also ran out. There was a stain on his white clothes. Lin Li and the other three silently moved a bit further away.

The door slammed shut with a bang.

Mao Jiaqi was obviously also red-hot, slapping the dorm door and cursing loudly.

"What do we do now?" Wang Ze already felt it was worth coming at noon, crossing his arms and asking.

"If he refuses to see the teacher, then let the teacher come see him. Bro, what do you say, are you going to contact your homeroom teacher? Or find the dorm manager first." Lin Li shrugged indifferently and asked Mao Jiaqi.

As for contacting Xue Jian, it wasn't considered. It wasn't that he was afraid Xue Jian would know—in fact, he would definitely know in the end—but because for this kind of troublesome task that counted as overtime, it was most appropriate for the homeroom teacher of the class that caused it to handle it.

"I'll find the teacher now!" Mao Jiaqi gritted his teeth, took his phone, and went to the stairwell to make a call.

The efficiency was quite fast. Within a few minutes, a middle-aged teacher, who should be the homeroom teacher of Class 12, Fang Lihua, hurried over.

If nothing unexpected happened, he should have been eating in the school cafeteria when he received the call.

After talking with Mao Jiaqi first, Fang Lihua went up and knocked on the door: "Yuhui, it's the teacher. Open the door now."

"They're still outside, let them leave first!"

Fang Lihua negotiated with Wang Yuhui for a while, then walked towards Lin Li and the other three.

"I've already heard the rough situation from Mao Jiaqi. Right now, Wang Yuhui is emotionally unstable. Can you four leave temporarily? After his emotions stabilize, we'll find a chance to discuss the specific handling of this theft incident together?"

Fang Lihua said slowly.

Seeing the other three's gazes gathered on Lin Li, Fang Lihua also looked at him.

"No problem." Lin Li didn't care.

What was the point of talking to a psychopath? Besides, the four of them should go eat too. Why wait here with empty stomachs for a result?

They weren't the ones who should be anxious.

"Then Teacher, we'll leave first. When you've calmed him down here, contact us again?"

"Okay. Oh right, could I trouble you to temporarily not spread what Wang Yuhui did? This is very important, whether inside or outside the school." Fang Lihua nodded, then emphasized again.

"I can keep it to myself for today. As for tomorrow... we'll talk about tomorrow's things tomorrow. I can't guarantee it." Lin Li thought for a moment and responded.

It was giving this Fang Lihua a deadline, lest he spend a whole semester calming him down without finishing.

Although somewhat dissatisfied with a student speaking to him in such a tone, Fang Lihua still nodded.

So Lin Li and the other three left.

When everyone was out of sight, Fang Lihua finally realized he still didn't know the names of these four people, or which class they were from.

So Fang Lihua looked at Mao Jiaqi: "Mao Jiaqi, do you know them? What are their names? Which class?"

Mao Jiaqi was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head: "The four of them... are the 'Handsome and Compelling' group."

Fang Lihua: "?"

"What the hell?"

"Teacher, I don't know their names. Class, seems to be Class 4? I'm not sure." Mao Jiaqi said apologetically.

"Okay, then Teacher knows."

On the way downstairs.

Wang Ze had already ordered takeout, so he went directly to get it. Lin Li and the other two hadn't ordered and were too lazy to wait another half hour, so they went to the cafeteria.

After sharply commenting on Wang Yuhui's clownish posture for a while, Lin Li asked Bai Bufan: "Bufan, the alt account you used to add Wang Ze's QQ?"

"That's right." Bai Bufan chuckled.

"Be careful, don't really make Wang Ze red-hot."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. This afternoon I'll make him treat me, his 'sister', to dinner, and tell him the truth by the way." Bai Bufan nodded.

"Okay, protect yourself tonight. I'm afraid Wang Ze will lose his mind. You know, we have a saying called 'since you're already here'." Lin Li patted Bai Bufan's shoulder and exhorted, "Especially since Wang Ze is already a person of this path. Although your behavior is very cold, your intestines are very hot."

What do a corpse and a swimming pool have in common? They're both cold when you go in. What do Bai Bufan and a sauna have in common? They're both hot when you go in.

The warm-hearted Bai Bufan: "...Fuck."

(Translator's Note: "Warm-hearted" (gu dao re chang) literally translates to "ancient path, hot intestines").

...

[Do your best to participate in the sect martial arts competition, and win at least three first places for yourself or your master's sect, of which at least two must be in direct proportion (3/1; 2/2)]

[You can now choose to complete the task and claim the reward at any time, but you cannot trigger the chance to double the probability.]

In the afternoon, the moment he crossed the finish line, the Nansang Middle School sports meeting's 1500-meter men's Senior One record was raised by another three seconds by Lin Li.

And the system also gave this notification.

Lin Li naturally didn't choose to settle. He had been aiming for this doubling chance from the beginning, so he wasn't in a hurry.

His only remaining event was the relay race tomorrow, which would conclude the sports meeting.

"Lin Li, do you want water? Which bottle do you want?" After Lin Li crossed the line and entered the inside of the field, Chen Yuying came up and asked.

"Of course, which bottle have you drank from?" Lin Li nodded and asked.

"I haven't drank from either." Chen Yuying shook her head, shook the two bottles of water in her hand, and handed them both to Lin Li. "The difference here is, one is cold, and one is room temperature."

The water droplets condensed from the ice mist on the iced mineral water in her right hand trickled down her slender knuckles, making Lin Li want to slurp them up a bit.

Fucking Bai Bufan, having known him for a long time, my habits are also leaning a bit towards a dog.

"Then I won't drink. I plan to die of thirst. This is all your fault. When my corpse, dead from severe dehydration, is found, Class Rep, you, the murderer, think about how to quibble." Lin Li crossed his arms, didn't take it, but said firmly.

"Then I really have to think carefully." Chen Yuying responded with a smile.

"So thirsty, so thirsty, so thirsty, so thirsty..." So Lin Li began a leisurely but continuous wail.

"Lin Li, I have water here." Bai Bufan, who walked over and heard Lin Li say this, immediately spoke up.

"Get lost."

"Oh, bye-bye, you two continue." Bai Bufan nodded and rolled away.

Lin Li driving him away was definitely because three monks have no water to drink, not because he thought he was superfluous.

"So thirsty, so thirsty..."

Chen Yuying maintained a slight smile. After noticing Lin Li's repeated glances, she finally laughed out loud.

"Alright, alright~"

Her slender fingers gently unscrewed the bottle cap. She tilted her head back, the sunlight spilling on her fair neck through the bottle. However, the mouth of the bottle hovered just a few centimeters from her lips, and the water flowed lightly into her mouth.

The sound was crisp and pleasant, making the air feel cool. A drop of water escaped from the corner of her lips, but was wiped away by the back of her hand before it fell to her chin.

"Thinking about it, it would be too much of a pity if you died, Lin Li. Now I've drank from this bottle, you can drink it now, right?" Chen Yuying handed out this bottle of water and asked.

"So there's a day when I get bugged too? This is a bit different from the 'drank from' I imagined, right?" Lin Li blinked.

"I've already compromised, you have to compromise too." Chen Yuying used the water bottle as an index finger and wagged it in front of him.

"Alright." Lin Li smiled and nodded, taking the water.

"What are you two compromising on? Compromise a bit for me too?" Ding Sihan, who walked over and heard Lin Li say this, immediately asked.

"Get lost."

Lin Li forgot that Ding Sihan and Bai Bufan were different.

"I am the great contributor to Class 4's sports meeting! Ding Sihan, how insolent!"

...

"Bufan, help me check if there are still marks on the back of my sweatpants." Lin Li walked up to Bai Bufan in the spectator stands and asked.

"Gone."

"That's good," Lin Li nodded, then leaned lazily against the railing next to Bai Bufan. "Bufan, it's still you who's the best. When told to get lost, you get lost. A natural-born get-lost physique."

"I'll take that as a compliment." Bai Bufan smiled.

"With a bro like you, what else could I ask for? Bufan, if you encounter difficulties in the future, be sure to tell me." Lin Li patted Bai Bufan's shoulder and said with gratification.

"And then you'll kick me when I'm down, right." Bai Bufan sneered.

"No, if you encounter difficulties, I will definitely pull you a handful (la ni yi ba)," Lin Li's smile was warm at first, then serious: "But remember, only a handful (yi ba)."

"Is this all our friendship amounts to?"

"It has nothing to do with friendship. It's just that pulling you several handfuls (la ni ji ba) is fucking gay, not a bro."

(Translator's Note: "La ni ji ba" sounds like "pulling your dick").

Bai Bufan: "(；☉_☉)?"

(End of Chapter)