Chapter 284 : Then, Make Your Choice

After carefully obtaining his physical condition from Baidu, Bai Bufan came to this conclusion.

"Baidu tells me that these are indeed symptoms of late-stage uterine cancer. I'm doomed," Bai Bufan said desolately.

Hearing this, the "Three People" burst into laughter.

This is the charm of Baidu.

Seeking medical advice on Baidu means late-stage cancer. Water boils at one hundred degrees, and people die at one Baidu.

(Translator's Note: A pun on "Baidu" (the search engine) and "one hundred degrees").

These are never unfounded rumors.

One of the situations that easily makes outpatient doctors angry is when they painstakingly explain and suggest a lot to a patient, only for the patient to shake their head and say, "That's not what Baidu says."

Hearing this, Lin Li silently snatched Bai Bufan's phone and immediately started searching.

"Stop trying, I know you don't want this, but this is the resu... Wait, Lin Li, what the fuck are you searching for!"

Bai Bufan originally thought Lin Li wanted him to search again himself. Just as he was about to dissuade him, he peeked over and saw that this guy hadn't opened Baidu at all, but had entered the keyword "loan" in the app store.

"I'm turning waste into treasure."

Lin Li clicked download for all the loan apps that popped up in the list, then looked at Bai Bufan and said.

Bai Bufan: "..."

This guy really plans to make me take out some small loans for him before I die.

"Get lost, get lost, get lost," Bai Bufan snatched his phone back, canceled everything, and then showed a bit more serious concern:

"Forget about Baidu. What exactly is my situation? A medical checkup can't just give abnormalities without teaching how to deal with them, right?"

"Relax," Lin Li nodded, and forwarded the advice sent to him by the private customer service to Bai Bufan: "The problem isn't actually big. These are just abnormalities, not diseases.

"An accessory spleen is congenital and basically won't cause any pathological changes. A fatty liver trend is not a fatty liver; it's simply because you eat too much greasy food and exercise too little. Once you make up for it, the trend will stop.

"As for these kidney crystals, you do need to pay a little attention. They are the precursors to kidney stones. But the way to deal with them is actually very simple: drink more water. They can be excreted by going to the toilet. That's why I told you to drink more water and fewer beverages."

Lin Li smiled and summarized the advice.

"Phew—understood."

"Scared me to death. So my kidneys are just forming a core. As long as there are no problems in other areas, it's fine. Phew—"

(Translator's Note: "Forming a core" (jie dan) is a concept in immortal cultivation, here humorously compared to forming kidney stones).

Bai Bufan let out a long sigh of relief.

"Isn't it just drinking water and exercising? Simple. Starting tomorrow, I'll carve 'remember to drink water' on my desk, and ask Baowei to supervise me every day. One cup in the morning and another in the evening. I'll also get two bowls of soup at the cafeteria for every meal. Perfect."

Bai Bufan first drank the cup of water in front of him in one gulp, making a grand pledge.

Lin Li frowned, noticing something wrong: "Did you forget to mention the exercise part?"

"We'll discuss that later."

Lin Li pointed at Bai Bufan accusingly.

"But Bufan, I heard there's another niche way to excrete stones. Do you want to try it?"

"Speak."

"It's not very convenient to say, I'll send it to you." Lin Li took out his phone, selected a picture, and clicked.

Bai Bufan opened the picture and saw it was a forwarded comment.

—"My boyfriend flushed his kidney stone into my butthole, and now my butthole is like a scallop with a pearl."

Bai Bufan: "..."

What's niche isn't the way to excrete stones, it's the combination of these words.

Sometimes Bai Bufan felt his reading speed was too fast, so that by the time his brain reacted to what he saw, it was already too late.

"The method is very good, but stay away from me." Bai Bufan concluded.

The four of them ate cake, Bai Bufan drank water, and Lin Li began to ask for opinions:

"Originally, I should be the one treating for my birthday, but you guys bought all these, right? My mom gave me a considerable birthday fund and told me to treat you guys well this weekend. She probably anticipated this situation.

"So what do you say for this weekend? Continue to meet at the library?

"I'll pay for the meals and stuff then? Or balance work and rest, study for half a day and go out to play for half a day?"

"I can do it. I originally planned to stay at school for the midterm exams, and I brought my phone this week." Qu Wanqiu nodded.

She was one of the people who handed in their phones at the class meeting on Monday.

And Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan agreed without any surprises.

So the four of them looked at Bai Bufan.

"I haven't been home since the end of the National Day holiday." Bai Bufan suddenly realized this.

The first weekend after the holiday was only one day off, so he was too lazy to go back. The second weekend he went to Pingjiang to experience shooting. The third weekend was the past two days.

"So you want to go home?"

"Mainly I feel like my dad, mom, and computer miss me very much. I'm very homesick," Bai Bufan said.

"Which of these misses you the most?" Lin Li narrowed his eyes.

"The computer."

"...Can't you just go to my house to play, or I can use my distinguished adult ID card to open a computer for you at the internet cafe." Lin Li, finding it was exactly as he expected, sneered.

"Hiss—that works too. Then I'll stay too." Bai Bufan thought for a moment, nodded, and was persuaded.

"But the week after next I really have to go home. Lin Li, if you have any activities that cost money, schedule them for this week, don't schedule them for next week."

"Okay—" Lin Li dragged out his voice in amusement.

"That's it for tonight, we should head back to school too."

Having almost finished the cake in front of her, Chen Yuying looked at the time on her smartwatch and said to everyone.

The few of them actually only ate a small piece of cake and didn't stay at Lin Li's house for long. But in order to get back before the dorm doors closed, it was indeed time to leave now.

Therefore, Lin Li didn't ask them to stay. He neatly divided the cake into a large piece and a small piece, making it convenient for Bai Bufan and Chen Yuying to take back to the dorm.

"This floor..." Chen Yuying's gaze looked at the floor. The entryway and the door of Lin Li's room were covered with ribbon strips, and there were also many cream stains on the living room floor.

"Should we clean up first before leaving?"

"No need, I'll do it myself later. It's easy. You guys go downstairs first, don't keep Old Jian waiting." Lin Li waved his hand, indicating it wasn't necessary.

It indeed wasn't very dirty, and cleaning it up wouldn't be too troublesome.

"Exactly, the surprise was for him, and we have to clean up? How come Lin Li gets all the good things? Let him clean it up himself." Ding Sihan agreed.

"Lin Li, is that one yuan coin still there? Take it out and give me some sense of ritual." Hearing this, Bai Bufan rubbed his hands expectantly.

"It's there, but I'm too lazy to get it. Let's go, let's go, go downstairs first." Lin Li said with a smile.

"You're going downstairs too?"

"Mhm, I still have to walk you to the gate of the residential area. And I feel it's necessary to say thank you to Old Jian." Lin Li nodded.

"That's true."

Taking out the shoes they had hidden from the shoe cabinet so Lin Li wouldn't notice something was wrong at a glance, everyone changed their shoes and went downstairs.

"So celebrating a birthday is this interesting. Thank you everyone." On the way to the gate of the residential area with the four of them, Lin Li, walking at the back, thanked them sincerely, "A night worth remembering."

"Lin Li, do you rarely celebrate your birthday?" Chen Yuying asked upon hearing this.

"Yeah."

"Why?"

"I find it troublesome, think it's unnecessary, or maybe I don't have the environment for it." Lin Li shrugged and spread his hands.

Chen Yuying remembered that Lin Li spent most of his time alone at home, and patted her mouth lightly with some regret.

"You still have to celebrate it more often. There are many benefits to celebrating birthdays." Bai Bufan advised upon hearing this.

"For example?"

"Research shows that the more birthdays a person celebrates, the longer their lifespan. Obviously, celebrating birthdays can extend lifespan." Bai Bufan provided his argument.

"Makes sense, I'll celebrate it in the future." Lin Li understood.

"Mhm, you have to celebrate it in the future." Chen Yuying also looked at Lin Li and nodded with a joyful tone.

While talking, the five of them had already arrived at the gate of the residential area and pushed open the iron gate that didn't even have a chain lock.

Lin Li looked around and found Xue Jian's car parked in a parking space diagonally opposite. He was currently standing next to the car smoking.

Parked opposite, no wonder I didn't notice it at all when I came home.

But to be honest, under the circumstances where he completely didn't think in this direction, even if it was parked at the gate of the residential area, he might not have noticed it.

Noticing Lin Li and the other four coming out, Xue Jian put out his cigarette butt and started the car.

"Done?" When the five approached, Xue Jian asked.

"Mhm, thank you, Teacher." Chen Yuying smiled sweetly.

"Teacher, thank you." And Lin Li stepped forward, bowing ninety degrees to Xue Jian somewhat formally to express his gratitude.

"No need," looking at the rarely serious Lin Li, Xue Jian only found it a bit amusing.

But this child was an adult after all, it was normal for him to mature.

"Happy birthday, Lin Li." Therefore, Xue Jian was somewhat gratified.

Lin Li didn't straighten his bent back, but stretched out his two hands, originally resting on his legs, forward in a begging gesture: "Teacher, although you haven't given it yet, I've received your present, you can take back your feelings."

Xue Jian: "?"

Mature my ass.

Xue Jian now somewhat regretted putting out the cigarette butt just now, otherwise the hands in front of him would be the best ashtray.

Could also serve as a present.

"The present I'm giving you is that I won't scold you today." Xue Jian sneered.

Hearing this, Lin Li stood up straight and smiled happily: "Then thank you, Teacher, I like this present very much."

"Alright, get in the car and go back to school. Lin Li, you also go back early to take a shower and sleep. Your hair is full of cream, don't be late tomorrow."

Xue Jian opened the car door, sat in the driver's seat, and signaled with his chin while starting the ignition.

Although Lin Li had simply cleaned up with tissues after being smashed with cream, there was still a lot of residue.

"Okay! Thank you, Teacher!" Lin Li answered with a smile.

Bai Bufan took the lead and sat in the passenger seat, sitting upright like a good baby.

Ding Sihan opened the car door, and the "Three People" got into the back seat one after another.

Chen Yuying was the third.

The old streetlights cast a warm yellow halo on Xue Jian's car. Just as Chen Yuying's fingertips touched the car door handle, her movement stopped.

Lin Li, who was looking at her, naturally noticed this pause. Seeing this, just as he was about to ask if she had forgotten something, the girl in front of him suddenly turned around.

Under the moonlight, Chen Yuying's pretty face was slightly red. The force with which she grabbed Lin Li's wrist was like a spider web caught by the wind, so light that it seemed it would break the next second, yet extremely firm.

Scorching hot.

Her hand exerted a slight force, and Lin Li, who hadn't reacted, was pulled sideways.

Chen Yuying stood on tiptoe, her face gradually approaching.

Lin Li: "?!"

The tips of her hair brushed against the solidified cream on Lin Li's cheek. The warm breath she exhaled carried words into his cochlea, her voice carrying a coolness that caressed his auricle:

"I wove the scarf and the bracelet. If you like them, they are for you. If you don't like them, they are for the little bear—"

An unintentional light cough came from Bai Bufan in the passenger seat. Actually, he hadn't noticed this side at all, but Chen Yuying was like a startled fawn. Her pupils suddenly contracted, her fingertips drew a half circle on Lin Li's wrist bone in a panic, and she pulled away.

As she stepped back, her heel crushed a fallen leaf by the roadside. The sound of shattering was hidden in the roar of the car's engine.

The sound hidden in this roar was naturally not just this shattering sound.

"Thump, thump."

"Clang—"

Chen Yuying had already sat in the back seat, closed the car door, and lowered her head to look at her straight legs.

Only the stray hairs on her forehead stained with a little cream recorded everything that had just happened.

"Let's go. Lin Li, hurry home."

Hearing the sound of the car door closing, Xue Jian looked back to confirm that Chen Yuying had also gotten in the car. He looked through the rear window, exhorted Lin Li, and then started the car, taking the four people away.

Leaving Lin Li standing under the streetlight, watching the car leave.

Until it disappeared at the intersection.

Only then did Lin Li slowly raise his hand and touch his left earlobe.

It was slightly hot, seemingly the residual warmth left by that scorching breath.

The streetlight elongated Lin Li's shadow. After a long time, Lin Li twisted his shoulders and walked towards the residential area.

Only his regretful murmur was left on the street…

"I thought she was going to kiss me. I even thought of the child's name just now."

...

Lin Li returned home.

He didn't deal with the trash on the floor, but walked towards the little bear that had stolen his present.

He tore open the inflatable plastic bag and took off the scarf.

Whether from a distance or up close, the workmanship was indeed not fine. But Lin Li initially thought this was a decoration that came with the little bear, and it was normal for it to be a bit rough.

Looking at it now, it turned out not to be the case.

On one corner of the scarf, the capital letters LL were embroidered. Initially, this side was facing the bear, so it couldn't be noticed.

Unfortunately, CYY was not found on the other end.

Putting it in front of his nose and sniffing, a faint fragrance hit him.

Lin Li didn't have the habit of wearing a scarf in winter before.

But now he did.

He felt he could wear it in spring and autumn too. As for summer... forget it, summer is open to question for now.

"Do you wear a scarf just because it's yours? You even want to sleep with me. Fuck, if you steal my things again, be careful I don't make you fly."

Lin Li took off the dark blue woven rope bracelet tied to the little bear's chubby arm, while speaking harshly.

The dark blue woven rope gleamed with a cool tone, the eight-strand braid pattern was dense, and the knot was adorned with a distressed silver clasp. In the middle was a white jade stone, which was also hollowed out with an "LL".

The end of the adjustment chain hung a steel ring with vertical lines of varying depths engraved on it, like a scale without numbers.

But counting carefully, he found there were exactly eighteen lines.

"Still stealing mine? Is it yours! I'm asking you! Is it yours? Hmm? Speak! Thief! Speak!"

Lin Li looked at the little bear coldly, giving it a slap with every sentence he spoke.

Little Bear: "?"

—Feed me peanuts! Feed me peanuts!

The little bear didn't speak, pretending to be mute. Lin Li was very unhappy.

Of course, if the little bear really spoke, Lin Li would be even more unhappy.

"Playing cool, huh? Go wait for me on the bed first. You're going to suffer tonight." Lin Li patted the little bear's butt, walked to the bedroom door, and threw it onto the bed.

Then he continued to open Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu's presents.

Tearing off the wrapping and opening Qu Wanqiu's box, Lin Li's vision went black.

Inside the box were many individual packages containing pieces of black cloth.

"What is this?"

Lin Li casually picked up a few and read the text on the packaging.

"15D black, what is this."

"Pure desire alphabet style silk stockings women's spring and autumn thin... hmm?"

Lin Li: "(；☉_☉)?"

What the hell did I just read?

Lin Li held it up to his eyes and looked closely. It really was fucking black silk stockings.

"This one too? This one too!"

Lin Li emptied the box. Besides over a dozen packs of black silk stockings, there was nothing else.

"..."

As everyone knows, giving black silk stockings is actually a very ambiguous thing.

But a girl giving a boy black silk stockings seems a bit less ambiguous.

It's a bit perverted.

"Little pigtails, you..."

No wonder she said that if he sold it second-hand, he should list it as a female college student. When he retorted that he would post his own photo, Qu Wanqiu's expression was so strange.

Nansang is not Chengdu. Posting his own photo would make it very hard to sell.

"Fuck, the black silk stockings I like are the ones worn on the body. What's the use of giving them to me separately? If Sister Min finds out, it'll be hard to explain." Lin Li didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

But he accepted them first.

Maybe they would be useful one day.

Then, Lin Li opened the present Ding Sihan gave him. He originally thought there would be some surprise, but after opening it, he found it really was just an ordinary notebook.

And it even had signs of use, without even a plastic cover. Lin Li suspected Ding Sihan was recycling waste.

But Lin Li didn't mind at all.

Lin Li opened the first page. Heh, there were actually words.

"Yingbao's menstrual period: Around the middle of every month, October is from the 11th to the 13th... eh?"

Lin Li: "(；☉_☉)?"

What the hell did I just casually read out loud again?

[Information that can currently be told to you privately.]

[Yingbao's favorite plush toy image: Likes all cute plush toys, likes bears the most. There are two in the dorm, heard there are more at home.]

[Least favorite animals: Frogs and toads.]

[Favorite songs to listen to...]

[(Note: Uncertain) Favorite clothing style...]

[...]

Lin Li looked over. Every single item recorded in the notebook was impressively information about Chen Yuying.

"I just chose a notebook myself. At least you can definitely use it normally."

These words echoed in his ears again.

Little Dingding, you...

Lin Li flipped through it. It was actually filled with four or five pages, covering a very wide range of aspects. All kinds of preferences were recorded, and the objective facts in the information and the subjective guesses were all marked.

On the last page of the notes.

[The above is all the information I think Yuying wouldn't be angry with me for sharing with you even if she knew. But note, she will definitely be unhappy if you share it with others, so it is forbidden to show it to others! Forbidden! Forbidden! Forbidden!]

[I also know a lot of information that is not suitable to be written in this notebook. If you want to know, honor your mom well. Maybe if I'm in a good mood, I'll tell you, got it?]

"Understood!" Lin Li nodded heavily and took out his phone.

Although Ding Sihan's request was very strange, Lin Li would do it—

[Lin Li: Mom, I will definitely honor you well in the future.]

[Wu Min: ?]

[Wu Min: You spent the 1800 that fast?]

[Wu Min: Where did you spend it? Show me the details. This is too fast, it's only been a day.]

[Lin Li: No, my classmate told me to honor you well.]

[Wu Min: ?]

[Wu Min: Are you sick?]

[Lin Li: Maybe my classmate is sick.]

[Wu Min: No, it must be you who is sick. Lin Li, don't force me to scold you on your birthday.]

[Lin Li: Goodnight [Rose] [Rose] [Rose]]

OK, on the weekend, I'll screenshot this message and show it to Ding Sihan, and she should tell me that information.

Plan successful.

After perfunctorily dealing with Wu Min, Lin Li looked at the somewhat messy and lonely house and took a deep breath.

Everyone, Lin Li has many things he can do now.

A: Clean up the trash on the floor (the cream was even stepped on, leaving footprints. This stuff will be harder to clean up later, it's urgent).

B: Take a shower and wash his hair (there's cream on his face and head, it's sticky and uncomfortable, it's urgent).

C: Study the textbooks he brought back (part of the original study plan, delaying it will disrupt everything, it's urgent).

D: Jerk off first (human nature, it's urgent).

E: Read this notebook (can be read anytime, not in a hurry at all).

It's really a dilemma, but, make your choice!

Lin Li smiled slightly.

EEEEEEEEEEE!

I'm fucking E-ing forward!!!

(Translator's Note: "E wang wu qian" is a pun on "yi wang wu qian" (pressing forward with indomitable will), using "E" as in the choice E).

When [Photographic Memory] was activated, in a state of near-perfect memory, these contents were all engraved in Lin Li's brain in a few minutes.

He could already recite the notebook backwards.

—Memorizing the notebook.

Lin Li still wanted more, clicked his tongue, and complained:

"Damn Ding Sihan, only writing these few pages. If word gets out, people will think I look down on it. Write a few more words, will you?"

"Give me another page!"

(End of Chapter)