Chapter 273 : Densely Packed is My Self-Esteem

[Wang Ze: It has nothing to do with novels anymore. Sigh, feeling a bit emo. The art of language is too difficult.]

[Lin Li: Then go jerk off.]

After sending the panacea reply, Lin Li went to eat.

After the meal, he continued to excavate the "Universe Ring". After consuming a few more Spirit Stones, the space had been opened up to dozens of cubic centimeters, enough to hold quite a few small items.

However, Lin Li also felt that the further the space was opened, the harder it became. This was not good news.

By ten o'clock, Lin Li stopped his work and prepared to sleep.

The medical examination institution tomorrow opened at 7:00 AM. Although it was fine to be a little late, to ensure accurate test results, he needed to fast after 10:00 PM tonight, and even abstain from water.

It was necessary to get an accurate result from the medical examination. It wasn't that Lin Li was worried about his health. In fact, after nearly two months of nourishment from spiritual energy, his body probably had no hidden dangers and was healthier than anyone else.

The real purpose of getting the results was to know what his current physical functions looked like from the perspective of modern medicine.

For a private medical examination, he could request an encrypted report. Even the exclusive consultant couldn't view it without his permission.

Was it pure health? Or was it an incomprehensible abnormality?

If the medical examination results showed abnormalities, then he would need to be careful in the future and avoid similar situations as much as possible. After all, his body would only become more and more "strange," moving further and further away from ordinary people from the perspective of instruments.

And if there were no abnormalities and it just showed health, then he wouldn't need to worry in the future. If the school organized medical examinations again, he wouldn't need to think of reasons to avoid blood draws.

Sleep.

When he woke up, it was just past four o'clock, and the alarm he set hadn't even rung yet.

After persisting in getting up early for two months, Lin Li's body had formed a habit, and he woke up naturally more and more often recently.

Getting up no longer required Kobe's encouragement; he could rely on his own willpower. The scenery of Xiling at four o'clock was already engraved in Lin Li's heart.

Wasn't this a kind of inheritance of the Mamba mentality?

Opening his phone, besides the group chats and some inappropriate stuff forwarded by Bai Bufan, there was also a message from Wang Ze.

Sent over two hours ago, past two o'clock.

[Wang Ze:

The closer my hand is to my dick, the further health is from me.

Gushing white blood, tumbling in this pitch-black night.

The moonlight is clear and bright, reflecting my frustrated face.

Me last night, my tonight.

Who can sleep in my arms?]

[Wang Ze: Lin Li, can you accompany me for a smoke? [Sad] [Sad]]

Idiot.

Lin Li laughed.

Emo + Sage Time + NetEase Cloud = Great Sage Depressing Poet Immortal. To drive a sports student to this point, Senior Sister Qian, you did a good job.

Since Wang Ze liked to make friends through poetry, Lin Li also replied with a poem.

[Lin Li:

Accompany you for a smoke,

No,

Accompany you for a jerk off,

Can consider.]

As everyone knows, as long as you know how to use line breaks, you know how to write poetry.

After admiring his own poem with satisfaction, Wang Ze didn't reply. It seemed he was asleep. Lin Li tossed his phone on the bedside table. He didn't plan to go downstairs to practice martial arts today, but to practice the Spiritual Energy Chapter at home.

After all, practicing the Physical Body Chapter easily made one thirsty and hungry, which wasn't suitable before a medical examination.

Switching to the "Light of Xiling" title, Lin Li materialized a Spirit Stone and began to cultivate.

He raised an eyebrow. The effect of the 100% increase in Martial Arts Talent was quite significant. Just as he started practicing, Lin Li suddenly felt in his heart that his execution of this cultivation method was actually not in place, too rigidly following the method without considering himself.

He could try some adjustments.

And with a few of his attempts, the speed of spiritual energy circulating in his body actually increased by a small margin all at once.

This was a permanent result obtained in just a few dozen minutes!

Is this what it feels like to be a talent monster? So awesome.

There were still nearly forty days until the deadline for Task 1. Now he felt more confident.

After practicing for an hour and a half, Lin Li rode his bike to school. Bai Bufan was already standing at the school gate waiting for him this time, so he didn't need to go to the dorm to arrest him.

"Lin Li, I finally realize that people cannot understand each other. We are all isolated islands, the magma of language flows in the gullies of cognition. Humans spend their whole lives chasing reflections in the hall of mirrors, but forget that they themselves are the deepest cage of cognition."

Seeing Lin Li arrive, Bai Bufan said deeply.

Lin Li: "?"

No, bro.

"What are you crazy about? Wang Ze became a poet, and you became a philosopher? Did you also jerk off last night? This will affect the medical examination results, right? You couldn't even hold back this?" Lin Li asked in surprise.

"Of course not, fuck!! I just realized one thing. People can't even understand their past selves, how can they understand others?

"Right now, just thinking about myself staying up late last night, and myself agreeing to come for the medical examination with you yesterday, makes me furious! I really want to give myself a big slap!

"No, am I sick? Getting up at six o'clock on a weekend for a medical examination? And voluntarily? Waking up earlier than I usually do? Fuck! So sleepy, really want to sleep..." Bai Bufan wailed in pain.

Lin Li smiled, so it was just daily dog barking. Then he encouraged: "Bufan, when you want to give up, you might as well hold on a little longer. However hard it is to hold on now, it will be that much more satisfying to give up later."

Bai Bufan, who originally thought it was chicken soup for the soul: "?"

So it's anti-chicken soup?

"Lin Li, knowing you is the greatest radiation (blessing) of my life. No wonder I've accomplished nothing so far, it's all thanks to your radiation (blessing)." Bai Bufan smiled and gave Lin Li a thumbs up.

(Translator's Note: "Fu" (blessing) and "fu" (radiation) are homophones).

"Just a small effort," Lin Li waved his hand politely, then had an idea:

"Bufan, how about I give you a big slap often in the future? This way, when you can't understand yourself in the future, you can treat this slap as if you hit yourself, and vent your anger fiercely! You'll feel so satisfied."

There is no medicine for regret in the world, but you can prepare in advance.

Bai Bufan: "...The one feeling satisfied is fucking you, right!?"

Seeing Bai Bufan still yawning, the idea king Lin Li thought for a moment and had another idea on how to make Bai Bufan energetic:

"Bufan, I have a method that should help you refresh yourself, want to try?"

Bai Bufan didn't answer immediately, but immediately distanced himself from Lin Li and assumed a defensive posture, in case of a possible beating in the next second.

"If you dare hit me, I'll call security."

"You're breaking my heart, bro. I didn't plan to harm you this time. This method is very famous, everyone approves of it." Seeing Bai Bufan thinking of him like this from the bottom of his heart, Lin Li said disappointedly.

"You say it first, then I'll consider whether to try it." But Bai Bufan wouldn't let down his guard just because of Lin Li's few words.

Lin Li sighed, but nodded.

Lin Li took out a folded piece of paper from his pocket, then tore it, pinched it, and handed it to Bai Bufan.

Although he didn't know why Lin Li had a blank piece of paper in his pocket, seeing no extra movements and it didn't look like a trap, Bai Bufan took it. Looking at the cross-shaped paper strip in his hand, he asked in confusion:

"What is this? How does it refresh you?"

"Just tie one hand to each side," Lin Li explained.

"What do you mean tie one hand to each... huh?"

Bai Bufan: "(；☉_☉)?"

"Wait, which god (shen) are you fucking refreshing (ti shen)!" Bai Bufan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly questioned. (Translator's Note: "Ti shen" means "refresh", but literally translates to "lift/raise a god").

"Jesus," Lin Li answered matter-of-factly.

"Hahahaha fuck! Damn, today's merit is gone again!" Bai Bufan laughed and cursed.

Lin Li was right, this should indeed be the most famous and recognized way of "refreshing" in the world.

It's a pity it wasn't refreshing the spirit.

But Lin Li's goal was indeed achieved, Bai Bufan laughed himself awake.

"I'll call a car first." After laughing for a while, Bai Bufan gave a thumbs up, then took out his phone.

Today's situation wasn't suitable for taking the bus, and the two were also afraid of meeting that auntie from last time, so they took a taxi to the medical examination institution.

Arrived.

The institution was located in a commercial building, occupying two whole floors. It was definitely considered a very large medical examination institution in Xiling.

Although there were only four elevators in the whole building, basically everyone at this time was here for medical examinations, so it wasn't crowded.

Arriving at the corresponding floor, the elevator doors opened, and they could see the reception desk of this institution named Cijian Medical Examination.

"Hello, are you here for a medical examination? Did you bring your ID cards?" The receptionist saw Lin Li and Bai Bufan and asked politely.

"Yes."

Lin Li handed over his ID card.

"Mr. Lin, is it?" The receptionist had probably already seen the value of Lin Li's package. When she spoke again, her voice was gentler and more respectful, "Please wait a moment."

"Sister Zhang! Mr. Lin is here!" Then the receptionist called out to a woman standing not far away.

Hearing this, the woman immediately jogged over, walked up to Lin Li, and bowed slightly:

"Mr. Lin, is it? Hello, hello, I am your exclusive consultant for today, Zhang Kewu. You can call me Consultant Zhang, Little Zhang, or Sister Zhang. I can accompany you one-on-one throughout the medical examination. If you have any doubts, you can ask me."

"No need for accompaniment, this is optional, right?" Lin Li waved his hand upon hearing this.

"Mr. Lin" sounded weird, and Lin Li wasn't used to being waited on hand and foot by a woman of this age group.

Bring an eighteen-year-old, thanks.

"Of course, it's entirely up to you!" Zhang Kewu nodded upon hearing this, then suggested: "Then let's add WeChat. If there's any situation, you can contact me or your customer service immediately."

Lin Li didn't refuse this.

"Usually, where do you feel you have more problems? Since I can't accompany you, I can provide some suggestions for your process later based on this, and have the doctor make some simple adjustments." After adding WeChat, the woman asked again.

Lin Li thought for a moment: "During exams at school."

"Oh, so it's stu—(；☉_☉)?" Zhang Kewu's professional smile froze halfway through her sentence.

"Haha, Mr. Lin, you're really humorous~" After being stunned for a moment, she laughed awkwardly.

"There are no physical problems, just here for a medical examination for peace of mind," Lin Li answered with a smile.

"Okay, okay, this is your examination form. Our medical examination here is to hand in the examination form after arriving at the corresponding department, and then wait for the doctor to come out and call your name. As a VIP, you have the privilege of jumping the queue. The doctor will call your name first."

Zhang Kewu took a copy from the receptionist and gave it to Lin Li. Even though it was only a few pages, it was specially bound.

"This is your VIP card. If you need it, you can use this card to rest in the VIP lounge on the second floor. There are many refreshments provided there, as well as a richer nutritious breakfast."

This kind of medical examination requires fasting and drinking little water, which means you have to be hungry. So even the lowest-level package will provide breakfast after the medical examination, but the cheaper packages might only have steamed buns, soy milk, and eggs.

"And this is our health gift bag and souvenirs, which include our Cijian thermos cup, disinfection set, health manual, etc.

"Of course, it's definitely not appropriate to carry it during the medical examination. If you don't mind, Mr. Lin, you can temporarily store it at the reception desk and take it with you when you leave."

Zhang Kewu pointed to a large bag brought up by the receptionist and introduced it to Lin Li.

"Okay, okay, thank you." Lin Li was somewhat unaccustomed to such enthusiastic staff.

This is what the life of the rich is called life.

Seeing that Lin Li's introduction was finally over, Bai Bufan couldn't wait any longer. He pushed aside the bullshit VIP Lin Li and gave his ID card to the receptionist.

"My turn, my turn!" Bai Bufan rubbed his hands together expectantly like a fly.

"Mr. Bai, is it?" The receptionist checked the information and confirmed.

"Yes, and um, I don't need one-on-one accompaniment either." Bai Bufan nodded, waved his hand, and said in advance.

"Okay, this is your examination form, this way please." The receptionist smiled and nodded upon hearing this, took out the examination form, placed it in front of Bai Bufan, and signaled him to go in.

Bai Bufan: "..."

Bai Bufan covered his upper lip with his hand, frowned tightly, hesitated, clicked his tongue twice, and spoke:

"Sister, although I don't need accompaniment, the process we VIPs should go through, actually, we can still go through it. It doesn't need to be so brief, right?

"Those souvenirs, VIP card, I might actually still need them. Ask me first?"

Receptionist: "Okay, this is your examination form, this way please."

Bai Bufan: "?"

"I need accompaniment! Sister! I need a one-on-one exclusive consultant to accompany me! Let my consultant come see me!" Bai Bufan went back on his word, getting anxious.

"Mr. Bai, I'm very sorry, but you are not a VIP," the receptionist said apologetically.

Eh?

Bai Bufan blinked, then suddenly turned his head to look at Lin Li.

Lin Li looked at him innocently.

"Lin Li, what medical examination package do you have."

"The most expensive one."

"What medical examination package do I have."

"The same as mine."

"Where is it the same."

"The medical examination institution is the same."

"What about the price."

"Not quite the same."

"How different."

"The cheapest one."

The two of them asked and answered extremely calmly and slowly in front of the consultant and the receptionist.

The receptionist and the consultant, for some unknown reason, felt a bit like laughing listening to them.

The two people were too calm.

But this calmness was just the calm before the storm.

"Lin Li!! You animal!" Bai Bufan rushed up and directly rode on Lin Li's back. After sliding down, he started strangling Lin Li's neck: "You brought me along, it turns out it wasn't out of good intentions, you were planning to recruit a dog slave to order around, right!"

Lin Li laughed: "Nothing like that, why spend this wasted money. I regret it myself. And your basic package isn't cheap either, several hundred. If you really want it, I'll give you this consultant and souvenirs, I wasn't really interested anyway."

Lin Li originally bought the expensive package for the exclusive customer service, freely arranged time, and "confidential delivery."

He really wasn't pursuing these premium services.

Save where you should save, spend where you should spend.

"Just kidding, no need, no need. I'm not someone who bites the hand that feeds me." Bai Bufan immediately let go upon hearing this, shrugging indifferently. "I just suspected you deliberately didn't tell me to wait and see me make a fool of myself."

Lin Li nodded: "Mhm."

Bai Bufan: "?"

See, he didn't strangle Lin Li's neck for nothing.

"But the treatment of having money and not having money is indeed different. Soon I'll be sixteen and can work. I'll see if I can find a part-time job then. I want to rely on my own hands to achieve a new rich bro!" Bai Bufan hooked his arm around Lin Li's shoulder and walked into the institution, full of fighting spirit.

"Then a millionaire is no problem. I saw on the news that someone went to work in a factory and had a hand mangled due to a machine malfunction, and the factory compensated half a million. You have two hands, a million is easily taken." Lin Li was very optimistic about Bai Bufan.

Bai Bufan: "(；☉_☉)?"

"I don't mean relying on one-time use of both hands! I want the sustainable development kind!" Bai Bufan laughed and cursed.

"There's also that. Bufan, I have a super attractive job on hand, do you want me to save it for you?" Lin Li asked upon hearing this.

"Tell me."

"Carrying manure, fifty a day. Don't rush to say this job is trash." Lin Li lowered his voice here and pulled Bai Bufan's head over. "Don't spread this, the introducer told me—you can sneak a bite."

Bai Bufan's eyes widened upon hearing this, and he also immediately lowered his voice, asking seriously and nervously: "Are you sure there are no surveillance cameras? Don't let me sneak a bite, and then they check the surveillance and deduct my fifty yuan completely."

"Really none."

"Then you must save it for me!"

"Hahahaha!" Lin Li laughed loudly, patting Bai Bufan's back hard. "Let's go, to the medical examination!"

Why could he have such a good relationship with Bai Bufan? It was because someone on the same wavelength who was willing to go crazy with him was really too rare.

Having such a bro was truly a blessing.

He could only say he didn't ask to be born on the same year, month, and day, but asked that he die first on some year, month, and day.

Just entering the door, the first department was general examination.

—That is, the most basic examinations like height, weight, blood pressure, and pulse.

Because this examination was very fast, there was basically no one queuing.

The distinguished VIP Lin Li stepped ahead of Bai Bufan, took off his shoes, stepped onto the height and weight machine, and the results came out very quickly.

"186.3? How come I've only grown less than half a centimeter in over half a year? Is my height pretty much fixed here?" Ignoring the weight, looking at his height data, Lin Li was somewhat regretful.

The last time he measured was half a year ago, exactly 186. So he only grew 0.3 in half a year.

Why didn't the system make him taller? Did it think 186 was enough?

In Senior One, that was very tall. In the Senior One division of Nansang Middle School, there was only one person taller than Lin Li.

But looking at it from the perspective of an 18-year-old, in modern times where most people have excess nutrition, 186 is tall, but not exceptionally tall.

Could it be that he would have to look up to Bai Bufan in Senior Three? He didn't want that kind of thing.

"I hope you shrink and become a true 179." Putting on his shoes and sitting in the seat to start measuring his blood pressure, Lin Li looked at Bai Bufan and prayed.

Since he couldn't improve himself, he might as well belittle others.

"The old thing with no future is getting anxious." Bai Bufan sneered upon hearing this.

Then Bai Bufan took off his shoes, but his expression changed slightly, and his smile faded a bit.

Lin Li, who was measuring his blood pressure and had nothing to do, looked at Bai Bufan stepping onto the height and weight machine. He noticed that his big toe was forcefully pinching something, so he asked in confusion: "Bufan, what are you pinching with your toe?"

Bai Bufan pretended not to hear and stood on the machine.

But the doctor responsible for recording the data next to the machine also noticed this upon hearing it. He patted Bai Bufan's shoulder and reminded:

"Young man, your height measurement won't be accurate like this. What are you pinching? Let go."

Bai Bufan: "..."

Bai Bufan bit his lip with his teeth, and finally let out a "heh" laugh. He helplessly looked away towards the door, and at the same time released his toe.

So a hole appeared in front of Lin Li and the doctor's eyes.

At this time, Bai Bufan's desolate voice drifted over ethereally and helplessly:

"What was I pinching?"

"It was my dignity."

(End of Chapter)