Chapter 283 : A Good Password Should Be Understood at a Glance

This extra pure cream cake wasn't big. Bai Bufan directly divided it into four pieces with a cross cut and distributed them to everyone present except Lin Li.

The birthday boy was isolated again. Sure enough, creating a small group chat is the beginning of a friendship capsizing.

But Lin Li couldn't care less about whether this small boat capsized or not right now. He first put down the big cake in his hand, reached out to the four of them, and showed a flattering and fawning smile:

"Well, what about my cream cake, give me a piece."

"Don't worry, you're the birthday boy, how could you not get a share? We'll give it to you in a bit." Ding Sihan took the cake and smiled maliciously at Lin Li.

Closing one eye and keeping the other open, she seemed to be aiming.

Lin Li: "..."

"How the fuck are you planning to give it to me!"

"Guess."

"You're going to hand it to me, right! Ding Sihan! Answer me! You're going to hand it to me later, right!" Lin Li took a half step back, smiling very bitterly.

Ding Sihan didn't speak, just kept smiling.

One animal, convicted.

"Class Rep, you have one in your hand too. Could it be that you're going to smash me later too?" Lin Li looked at the only human present, grasping at the last straw of hope.

See, Chen Yuying is indeed a bit troubled. She nodded quite slowly, obviously struggling internally.

Chen Yuying, good!

Not only that, Yingbao was also very considerate. Using a tone similar to a wife waiting for her husband to return home at the door, her eyes full of gentleness and consideration, she comforted Lin Li:

"It's okay, Lin Li, the water heater has already been turned on for you."

Lin Li: "(；☉_☉)?"

This, this isn't right, is it?

Lin Li ran to the bathroom. Hey, guess what, the water heater really had been turned on. It was almost done heating, and he could take a hot shower with plenty of hot water at any time.

Wow, so considerate.

"I was really stupid, really," Lin Li raised his lifeless eyes and continued, "I only knew that I wasn't considered a human in your eyes, and you would take pleasure in bullying me. I didn't know that my birthday would be like this too."

"Even if you turn into Sister Xianglin today, you still have to take this hit. Hurry up and die." Qu Wanqiu sneered upon hearing this. Boring, she wanted to see a river of cream!

(Translator's Note: Sister Xianglin is a tragic character in Lu Xun's short story "New Year's Sacrifice", known for repeatedly telling her sad story).

"Alright, alright," Lin Li shook his head and laughed, sighing in resignation: "Let me take off my jacket first, this is very reasonable, right?"

One less piece of clothing to wash is one less piece of clothing to wash.

"Reasonable."

After taking off his jacket, Lin Li hesitated for a moment, looked at the four of them, and asked for their opinion: "Do you mind if I just take off my top completely?"

Qu Wanqiu and Ding Sihan immediately raised their hands, looking expectant: "Don't mind, fully support!"

Bai Bufan shuddered in disgust: "Disgusting!"

Chen Yuying blinked, showing a little expectation.

"Forget it, I feel like taking off my clothes is a bit hooligan-like." Lin Li vetoed himself, "I'd better be elegant and just take off my pants."

"How is that elegant at all! Why would you take off your pants!"

Bai Bufan immediately raised his hand, looking expectant: "I don't mind this, fully support!"

This sentence was naturally a joke. In the end, Lin Li only took off his jacket, still wearing the school uniform top underneath.

Lifting the top and being bare-chested are still different. It wasn't a water park, and with Chen Yuying present, even with Lin Li's thick skin, he would feel a little embarrassed.

"OK, I'm ready to die." Having made all these preparations, Lin Li picked up the big cake again, looked at the candlelight on it, and said with a smile.

"We are ready too."

It was time to make a birthday wish.

Holding the cake high, facing everyone's expectant or rather glaring gazes, Lin Li really wanted to show a desperate and sad expression of facing imminent danger, but uncontrollably, a smile emerged.

Looking at the candlelight trembling under everyone's gaze, Lin Li suddenly realized that "The Little Match Girl" might not just be a fairy tale.

Because you really can see the person you want to see in the flickering flames.

The only difference is.

The little girl could see it because it was her imagination, illusory, while Lin Li could see it because she was right opposite him.

As for being smashed with cream or whatever, what does it matter.

Then—

"I wish—"

"It won't come true if you say it out loud." Chen Yuying reminded.

"Okay." Lin Li, who was stopped, smiled, closed his eyes, and engraved his wish in the bottom of his heart.

Then he opened his eyes, leaned forward slightly, and let the exhaled airflow extinguish the flames.

"Whoa!"

"Happy 18th birthday! Lin Li!"

"Be happy every day! Never die!"

"Forget it, go die right now!"

Amidst the laughter and blessings, someone changed their face so fast. The cream cakes in the hands of the four people also flew towards Lin Li one after another.

They really didn't hold back at all.

It wasn't appropriate to catch this thing barehanded, not to mention Lin Li was still holding a big cake in his hand.

Therefore, in just an instant, the part above Lin Li's neck turned completely white. Cream flowed down his brow bone, and ice-prism-like crystals formed by cream hung from the tips of his hair.

He was filled like a cream puff.

Looking at Lin Li like this, all four of them showed happy smiles.

But Lin Li wasn't angry at all. He licked the cream off the corner of his mouth, shrugged, and asked somewhat helplessly: "Are you satisfied now?"

Chen Yuying was just about to nod, but suddenly covered her mouth and stopped laughing. Instead, with worry, she asked Lin Li in a low voice:

"Lin Li, how is the soundproofing of your house?"

Hearing this, Bai Bufan and the other two also stopped talking.

It wasn't early to begin with, it would be bad if they disturbed the neighbors.

"Not very good." Lin Li shook his head, "The soundproofing is quite poor. Every time someone knocks on the door, I can hear it."

The four people, who were a bit worried and apologetic after hearing the first three words, fell silent again after hearing the complete sentence.

If you couldn't hear someone knocking on the door, the soundproofing would be a bit too good.

"How is that poor soundproofing!"

"Don't worry," Lin Li laughed loudly, "Although the soundproofing of old residential areas is indeed quite average, no one lives downstairs from me, and the people upstairs are quite nice.

"Besides, we're not going to stay up late playing all the time, don't worry. Furthermore, by the time the neighbors really get angry, you guys will have left long ago, and they'll be scolding me."

"That's good."

Amidst the relieved sighs, four more pieces of cream flew over.

"..."

Wiping his face, Lin Li thought for a moment and changed his tune: "Maybe you should worry a bit. Actually, my neighbor is very ferocious, eating three children every meal."

Ignored.

Finally, the cream was all thrown. Because the lights hadn't been turned on yet, with only the shallow moonlight flowing through the curtains in the living room, there were smiles on the faces of all four people—there was also a creature with a face full of cream, it was a bit hard to tell if he was smiling or not.

"Then I'll turn on the light." Ding Sihan, who was closest to the light switch, signaled.

"Wait a minute, let's sing Happy Birthday one more time." Lin Li took the tissue Chen Yuying handed him to wipe his face, stopped her and said.

"Why, do you want to hear it?" Ding Sihan asked in confusion.

"No," Lin Li took off his birthday crown hat, placed it on top of the cake, and sincerely educated Ding Sihan:

"Remember, don't forget that when it's your birthday, it's actually also your cake's birthday. So, let's also wish it a happy birthday."

Ding Sihan: "..."

Sick.

Ignoring Lin Li's opinion, Ding Sihan turned on the light.

Lin Li fetched the cake knife. Actually, today wasn't just the birthday cake's birthday, it was also the birthday cake's death anniversary.

"How much do you want?" Lin Li asked.

"A piece."

"A small piece is fine."

Everyone wasn't very hungry, so naturally they couldn't eat much.

"I guess the five of us definitely can't finish it. How about you guys take the rest back to the dorm to share? Otherwise, it's unrealistic for me to keep it and eat it alone, it would take days, and it might go bad in the fridge."

Lin Li asked casually while starting to cut.

"Sure, the three of us will take a small piece back separately, that's enough for them. Bai Bufan can take the rest back, you boys eat more." Chen Yuying nodded and suggested.

"Then Baowei is in luck." Bai Bufan had no objections either.

"Here, wait a minute, Lin Li, this is for you, your birthday present. Don't say Mom doesn't have you in her heart."

At this time, Ding Sihan took out a wrapped present from under a throw pillow on the sofa. It was flat and square, looking like a book in shape.

"You actually prepared a present for me? What is this?"

Lin Li put down the cake knife, first carefully confirmed that both hands were not stained with cake and were clean before taking it, and then asked curiously.

"I asked this guy Bai Bufan what present you like, but he hemmed and hawed and couldn't say. So I chose a notebook myself. At least you can definitely use it normally. It's not anything great, you don't need to expect too much, it's just a token."

Ding Sihan answered.

"Thank you." Lin Li smiled from the bottom of his heart, "Although the gift is light, the affection is even lighter."

Ding Sihan: "?"

"Did you say the wrong word?"

"I didn't say it wrong," Lin Li touched the hollow of his neck and nodded seriously at Ding Sihan: "Dingding, I'll accept the present, you take back your feelings."

"You got it backwards!" Ding Sihan smiled and complained, then seeing Lin Li wanting to open the present, she stepped forward to hold it down, wagging her index finger left and right:

"It's impolite to open a present in front of people without permission. Wait until we leave to open it."

"Okay."

Lin Li didn't mind, and temporarily placed the present on the lower tier of the coffee table.

"This is my present." Qu Wanqiu followed up.

"Bai Bufan is completely ignorant, too useless. Mine was also chosen blindly. If you think it's useful, keep it. If it's useless, just list it on a second-hand app as 'female college student's personal use, 99% new' and sell it."

Qu Wanqiu also handed over a small wrapped gift box. It was quite square, and it was impossible to tell what was inside.

"Then I'll definitely list it as 'male college student's personal use, 99% new', accompanied by my selfie. It won't sell any worse than a female college student's."

Lin Li took it and also placed it on the lower tier, smiling and saying to Qu Wanqiu.

Hearing this, Qu Wanqiu looked a bit troubled, but nodded: "That works too, it should probably sell."

Lin Li looked at Bai Bufan.

"I gave mine to you in the morning, it's just that, I only prepared that!" Noticing the gaze, Bai Bufan hurriedly emphasized.

"Useless thing, can't produce a present, can't give advice either. Can you get out of my house, it's annoying to look at you." Lin Li sneered.

"I can get scolded for this too. Even Trisolarans would have to ponder the meaning of life seeing you. Who can see through a guy like you? I really couldn't give them advice."

Bai Bufan said unconvinced, then sighed softly to Lin Li:

"Some bros, actually do have some, but some intelligence, I dare to send to you, but I don't dare to send to them."

Seeing Bai Bufan's look, Lin Li knowingly took out his phone. Bai Bufan had indeed sent him a message.

[What birthday present do boys most want to receive?]

[A: Game derivative toys]

[B]

[C: Tech smart devices]

[D: Lifestyle quality items]

Lin Li laughed out loud.

So hard to choose.

But he really couldn't send it to the "Three People". If he sent it, he would definitely be labeled a bad dog and sent to a dog meat restaurant.

"Alright, I forgive you." Lin Li said with a smile.

"What are you laughing at?" The three girls opposite asked curiously.

"Nothing."

"Then it must be something perverted."

"Hello, yes."

Lin Li admitted with a smile, handed a small piece of cake with fruit on it to Chen Yuying, and after she took the cake, he didn't retract his hand and stared straight at her.

The meaning was self-evident.

Holding the cake, facing Lin Li's gaze, Chen Yuying blinked her smiling eyes, pointed at the cake in front of her and said:

"I already gave you the present."

"What?"

"This cake is it."

"You made it?"

"Mhm~"

Lin Li was stunned for a moment, then snatched the cake from Bai Bufan's hand, pointing at Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu with both hands:

"Stop eating, stop eating! Both of you stop eating! Not allowed to eat anymore! Now immediately start making yourselves throw up! Be quick!!"

Hearing this, the three of them couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.

"Resource guarding? Lin Li, I really have to contact Pan Hong." Bai Bufan even pointed at Lin Li, shaking his head and teasing.

Reversing the natural order, a dog crying catch the dog.

"Just kidding." After the clear laughter ended, Chen Yuying covered her mouth and said, "The cake was bought, it's not the present."

She put down the small plate in her hand, walked to the room connected to the balcony, and then walked back holding a huge plush toy.

"I, I've never given a present to a boy before, I have no experience, and I didn't know what you liked. Bai Bufan couldn't say either, so I chose a bear that I bought before and is very comfortable to hug while sleeping.

"If you don't like it, another day, like this weekend, I'll pick another present for you..."

Chen Yuying walked up to Lin Li, stuffed the huge plush toy wrapped in an inflatable plastic bag into Lin Li's arms, didn't look directly into Lin Li's eyes, slightly shifted her gaze, and spoke softly.

Bai Bufan sighed. Why was it that one by one, everyone had to mention him? They really treated him like their condom.

"How could I not like it!"

"Just this first time is already a very precious present. Awesome, the Class Rep's first—ouch."

Lin Li naturally wouldn't say he didn't like it. Unfortunately, before he could finish his sentence, the plush toy in his arms was lifted and smashed onto his head, stopping his perverted speech.

But as long as there is life, the perversion never stops.

"The only fly in the ointment with this present is that it would be even better if you gave me the little bear you've slept with."

"Pervert..."

After spitting softly, Chen Yuying still didn't meet Lin Li's eyes. Amidst the slight jeering of Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu, she returned to their side, blushing, and focused on eating the cake in small bites.

Lin Li examined the little bear on his lap.

It was overall blue, the fur was sherpa fleece with a snowflake pattern, looking like it would be very comfortable to touch. It definitely wasn't cheap.

It had semi-permanent sunglasses tattooed on its face, and its expression was also very cool.

It was a cool bear.

It also came with many accessories. It had a light gray scarf around its neck, a dark blue woven rope bracelet on its hand, and even a small earring on its ear.

Not bad.

Although Lin Li didn't have the habit of sleeping hugging a plush toy.

But Lin Li could learn.

"Lin Li, is there anything to drink? I'm a little thirsty." Bai Bufan, holding a plate and eating cake, looked up and asked.

There were some relatively 'rustic' snacks on the coffee table, but nothing to drink.

And he didn't see any in the refrigerator just now, otherwise Bai Bufan would have helped himself long ago.

"Yes, yes." Hearing this, Lin Li got up, walked to the kitchen, and came over carrying a kettle.

Lin Li asked Bai Bufan: "Bufan, boiled water or beverage?"

"Beverage." Bai Bufan answered.

Drinking plain water was a bit too bland.

"Guessed wrong, it's boiled water." Lin Li shook the kettle and said regretfully to Bai Bufan.

Bai Bufan: "(；☉_☉)?"

No, bro?

"You fucking weren't letting me choose, but letting me guess? Fuck!" Bai Bufan couldn't hold it in.

"I usually drink mostly boiled water at home, and this is the only drinkable thing at home." Lin Li said with a smile.

He took out disposable cups and poured a cup for each of the four people, finally specially exhorting Bai Bufan:

"Also, Bufan, you really need to drink fewer beverages. Your medical examination report is out, and the situation is not very good."

"Really? Lying to me again?"

Bai Bufan's hand holding the water cup froze, suddenly feeling much more guilty.

"Not this time. I was looking at the medical examination report at the door just now, and haven't had time to send it to you. I've sent it to you now, take a look yourself."

Lin Li shook his head.

"Why the fuck does it feel more nervous than checking the college entrance examination scores. By the way, Lin Li, what's your home WiFi password? I used the short videos and hotspot too much during the sports meeting and the past two days, I only have seven gigs left, and I want to carry it over to next month."

"Tenda_6C9G01 is ours, the password is five Kegel exercises." Lin Li answered upon hearing this.

"What is five Kegel exercises, the pinyin of four words? That's not right, or the pinyin of five Kegel exercises, that's too long?"

Bai Bufan was stunned for a moment, tried it, and then turned his head to ask.

Stupid dog. Lin Li sighed, took his phone and directly entered the password—"OOOOO"

Connection successful.

Bai Bufan: "(；゜○゜)?"

So it's materialized?

That's very good.

Then, Bai Bufan checked his health report.

The report directly indicated the abnormal indicators.

"Kidney crystals", "Accessory spleen", "Fatty liver trend", "Decreased platelet count"...

"Fuck? Why so many problems?" Bai Bufan was stunned when he saw his abnormalities, then looked at Lin Li: "Lin Li, what about yours? Do you have them too?"

As long as Lin Li had them, Bai Bufan wouldn't panic too much.

"I am very healthy, no abnormalities at all."

But unfortunately, Lin Li just looked compassionately at Bai Bufan, who was only approaching 16 now, and sighed.

Lin Li's report was indeed very normal, all indices showed he was very healthy.

It seemed the system's physical improvement for him was an improvement beyond the biological body, the growth of abilities had no impact on the presentation under modern technology.

This was good news, he didn't need to worry about others discovering abnormalities in his body from this angle.

"Fuck!! Then what do these abnormal indicators mean? What are the consequences?"

Bai Bufan instantly felt the cake in front of him wasn't appetizing anymore. After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he asked with slight worry.

"You'll know if you search Baidu." Lin Li gave a suggestion.

Makes sense. Bai Bufan immediately went to search Baidu.

Three minutes later.

Bai Bufan looked up, expressionless:

"Everyone, I seem to have gotten uterine cancer, I'm going to die."

(End of Chapter)