The Most Random System

Chapter 986 - 453: Mom, If My Girlfriend and I Both Fell Into the Water, Who Would You Save First? (2)

The pressure isn’t too great. While I have to compete with the prodigies of the entire Pingjiang City, Lin Li feels that as long as he puts in a little more effort and has the right attitude, it shouldn’t be difficult.After all, it’s just a city-level competition, not that prestigious.

For example, Chen Tianming might have had a very lenient female teacher and hit the question topics exactly, successfully advancing, while Zhuo Yongfei was the only one in class four who failed to pass the preliminary competition.

You know, Lin Li suspects that among the five people from class four participating in the competition, only Zhuo Yongfei is genuinely there for the competition, while the others are mysterious in their motives.

And yet, he didn’t make it.

Kinda heartbreaking.

Perhaps this is what they call ’the flower you plant dies, while the willow you never meant to plant thrives.’

But not every class has such a high advancement rate either; the overall level of class four is quite good among the parallels. In fact, on Thursday night, only about twenty-five or six students remained for the usual additional classes, as half of the parallel class students at Nansang Middle School were eliminated during the preliminaries.

The final group going to Pingjiang for the secondary competition included these twenty or so students plus those from the competition class who passed the preliminaries.

On Sunday afternoon, the additional class was held in the large lecture hall with the entire competition class—from all three classes—even if they didn’t pass the prelims, attending this class was mandatory.

"Heh heh heh, Lin Li, on Sunday afternoon, while you’re busily studying for the competition, I’ll be playing games like Counter-Strike, Three Kingdoms Kill, and others, and then sharing them with you and Tianming."

Qin Zeyu, small-minded and triumphant, became increasingly pleased as he envisioned his personal edge.

Lin Li calmly responded, "I’ll be openly touching the class leader’s thigh all afternoon."

Qin Zeyu: "..."

You bastard.

"Touching thighs is no big deal. I often touch Bao Wei’s thighs, too, and just find it greasy, not enjoyable at all."

Lin Li: "I’ll also sneak a kiss on the class leader’s lips."

Qin Zeyu: "TAT."

"Kissing is no big deal either. I often kiss Bao Wei’s—blegh—blegh—, damn it, can’t continue."

It’s like an Invisible Man throat-chopped Qin Zeyu, causing him to start gagging on his own.

"Ahhhh, I can’t take it anymore—go find your ride, just seeing you annoys me!!"

After gagging, Qin Zeyu, slightly breaching his defenses, furiously vented and, kicking Lin Li, ran to the school gate.

Haha, seems like he’s going home to find his mom.

Lin Li chuckled, found his bicycle, and started the ride home.

The pedestrian light showed red, and Lin Li casually glanced at the system panel.

Aside from the two tasks from All-Women World and the Academic Cup finals task, the panel still had the "blind date" and "cigarette" related crime tasks.

Both were two away from completion.

As for the blind date, YZ Marriage Agency holds an event every month, with the last one falling on the last weekend of November, and this month’s is similarly scheduled for this Saturday afternoon.

Lin Li naturally signed up again, bringing Zeng Ziang as his cover as usual.

Having gained experience from the last session, where he barely participated in the latter half but still counted it as a success, Lin Li feels just being there is enough, without needing to engage in the activities.

Of course, I’m still meeting "Three Person Dog" tomorrow, but that doesn’t conflict.

This week and last week, the said meeting is scheduled for four or five in the afternoon, with dinner and an evening together, so Lin Li just needs to head over after the blind date activity ends.

As for the cigarette crime, truth be told, Yangliang is more anxious than Lin Li.

Last night, when Yangliang contacted Lin Li, Lin Li was stunned, thinking Uncle Yang intended to proactively share the case.

Unexpectedly, it was just Yangliang asking if Lin Li had any leads on the tobacco side.

After Lin Li said he didn’t, Yangliang urged him to hurry up.

Lin Li initially thought Yangliang was lacking performance, but upon asking—

"Yangliang: Your Uncle Yang hasn’t been sleeping well all week, taking deep breaths every morning before checking his phone, fearing to see a message from you but panicking even more when there’s none. It’s like the Sword of Damocles is hanging over your uncle’s head, fearing one day someone on WeChat complains about the Black Silk Hero."

"Yangliang: I beg of you, Lin Li, please make it quick for your uncle."

The punctuation in Uncle Yang’s messages has become scarce from the torment.

In truth, it’s understandable; the worst fear of a death row inmate isn’t the execution but the journey to the execution ground.

Speaking of which, the executioners in ancient dramas often spit on their blades before beheading; is that for disinfection to prevent infection after the head is chopped off?

People from ancient times still seem rather thoughtful.

Got sidetracked there. Anyway, reading Yangliang’s messages, Lin Li felt both amused and helpless, so he inquired about it with the stool last night.

He received a progress update—

"Stool: Brother Bai, we have it, there’s a lead."

"Stool: Remember Li Sheng, the social person who helped you find the thief last time? Since it involves a crime case, I’ve entrusted him again."

"Stool: He’s still interested in this kind of side income. After I told him, he started to plan."

"Stool: Recently, he has been talking with his social circle about how the illicit cigarette trade is highly profitable, suggesting they quit dirty work and shift to another illegal trade as a new job."

"Stool: The results are remarkable, quite a few have been persuaded, and some have already gotten into the business. Li Sheng says we can close the net now, but it’s better to wait a while; we might catch some bigger ones."