Chapter 518 Who doesn't want to get into a prestigious university...sigh...
"I just don't like knives, and I didn't want to see this tragic ending, so I deliberately didn't calculate it. Why doesn't Old Jian understand my good intentions?! X is really pitiful! I even want to write a novel called 'The Devotion of Unknown X'."
Bai Bufan covered his face, whispering in pain and resentment.
"I feel like you're the kind of person who would cry while watching a sword-forging competition, saying, 'Why are there so many swords on this variety show?'" Lin Li sneered.
"Alas, sorrow inspires my poetry,"
Bai Bufan ignored Lin Li. Writing a book was too difficult; all he wanted to do right now was compose a haiku. So he took a deep breath:
Jianjian, you big idiot.
Baga baga,
But I don't dislike it.
Lin Li gave a thumbs up: "The funniest thing is, 'Baga baga'? I'll just say 'gara gara'."
The results of the poetry analysis are in; the poem is in debt.
"Compared to the 'Gala Gala' (a type of Sichuan duck), I still prefer the scallion duck that comes with its own seasoning,"
Bai Bufan smiled, casually placed the test paper on the table, and slumped in his seat in a somewhat lazy manner.
"Let's put that old guy aside for now. Ugh, it's almost finals week, so annoying."
"What's there to be annoyed about? Shouldn't you be looking forward to winter break?" Lin Li glanced at him.
Bai Bufan's family isn't the kind of high-pressure family that would immediately give a severe lecture if his grades dropped by a few places. Although they hope their child gets good grades, they don't take it too seriously, so he shouldn't be under much pressure from exams.
"What bothers me isn't the final exams for academic subjects, and I also have PE class this afternoon. What bothers me is the final exam for PE."
Bai Bufan scraped his fingers across the wooden board of the desk, making a sickeningly loud sound.
"Oh, this?" Lin Li paused.
That's true. You Jun, the physical education teacher of Class 4, did say last week that the final physical fitness test would be held this week.
As for the PE classes next Monday and Tuesday?
Naturally, he was either studying on his own or had been conscripted.
The physical fitness test items are nothing more than the 50-meter dash, long jump, pull-ups, and 1000-meter run.
"Wow, that's quite something. Now that you mention it, I'm getting a little nervous too."
Lin Li, abandoning his previous languid demeanor, smiled maliciously, leaned forward, and whispered in Bai Bufan's ear:
"Imagine, Bai Bufan, you're standing in front of a pull-up bar, your arms trembling like withered leaves in the wind."
You pull as hard as you can, but your body doesn't budge—you can't do even one, haha, you can't do even one!
Sweat dripped from his forehead and into his eyes, the burning pain making him squint, but his vision was still blurry enough to see the group of girls around him.
They formed a circle, covering their mouths and giggling, pointing and whispering: "Oh my god, Bai Bufan's pull-up is the same as Wang Ze, the dog my grandma raises, it's 0!"
Dingding, Qiuqiu, Yingbao—their mocking laughter pierced your ears like needles, making your face burn with embarrassment, and you wished you could disappear into the ground.
You still want to try, to struggle, but your arm muscles are sore and weak, your body sways back and forth, and finally you fall to the ground with a "thud," raising a cloud of dust.
The girls' laughter erupted, overwhelming you like a tidal wave—that kind of embarrassment was more devastating than failing a final exam…
Bai Bufan: "?"
Lin Li paused, lowering his voice even further, carrying a chilling, venomous edge:
"It's not over yet. Next, it's the 1000-meter race."
Two and a half laps! Bai Bufan, you could barely hold on at the start, but after the first lap, your legs felt like they were filled with lead, and every step felt like stepping on a knife's edge. By the second lap, your breathing had turned into the roar of a broken bellows, and your lungs felt like they were on fire.
Haha, now we've reached the last half lap~ Tsk, that's hell.
A strong, metallic taste of blood welled up in your throat, a rusty, sweet taste stuck there, and every breath you took felt like swallowing shards of glass.
Vision began to darken, the track distorted before my eyes, and all I could hear was my own heavy breathing and the roar of the clock—thump, thump, thump. You wouldn't mistake that for the beating of a heart, would you? Wrong, Bufan, that was the tolling of a death knell.
The finish line is right in front of me, yet it feels like an unreachable phantom.
The moment you finish running, you collapse to the ground, the taste of blood in your throat turns into dry heaving, and your whole body trembles as if it's falling apart.
That kind of exhaustion isn't just tiredness, it's the despair of having your soul drained away...
Bai Bufan: "(；☉_☉)?!!"
"Holy shit!!!"
"Lin Li, you fucking beast!! You're a complete beast!!!" Bai Bufan finally lost his temper, stood up, pointed at Lin Li's nose, and cursed, "Is this something a human being would do?"
Huang Yi and Zhou Jiana, who had just returned from the restroom, quickly went back to their seats upon hearing this and began to study hard for their final exams.
"Lin Li, those sarcastic remarks you just made, honestly, are something only aerobic organisms could say, anaerobic organisms couldn't say, only anaerobic organisms could say, right?"
Bai Bufan was furious and contorted with rage.
I laughed out of anger, I laughed out of sheer rage.
Lin Li didn't argue back when he was scolded; he just smiled and said, "You must be sweating buckets, right?"
Bai Bufan: "Damn it!"
I'm starting to get tired.
Damn, Lin Li's description is so vivid, it's as if he really experienced it—damn, I almost forgot that Lin Li's physique was the same as mine before, and he really did go through these things.
Could this not be described as heartfelt?
"Pull-ups are fine, buddy. I'm thick-skinned, it's no big deal. I'll just hang on for a bit and it'll be over," unable to refute, and this was indeed what he was nervous about. Bai Bufan resigned himself to his fate and slumped back into his seat.
"I just hope that today's PE class will only test the first three items and leave the 1000-meter run for the next class, so that I can live a little longer."
Lin Li patted Bai Bufan on the shoulder with a smile:
"According to unofficial historical records, the reason why black people are physically strong is because there have been many large-scale black movements in history. It's extraordinary. You've been barking about extraordinary movements for a semester, but you haven't actually exercised much, have you?"
"Let's start taking action now,"
Lin Li tried to encourage Bai Bufan:
"You need to know, Bufan, although you can't change the past, you can still mess up the future. Keep going! You can do it!"
Bai Bufan, who was all ready to get fired up, was like: "?"
"Damn it!! This chicken soup tastes wrong!"
Lin Li: "Oh, my chicken is a 'jiji' chicken."
Bai Bufan: "That's called bathwater."
...
Objectively speaking, time will not slow down because of Bai Bufan's fear.
The afternoon arrived as scheduled.
Since the first period was physical education class, after the lunch break bell rang, Lin Li patted Chen Yuying, who was sleeping next to him, and said, "Lunch break is over, get up and go downstairs."
As a girl who participated in the sports meet, Chen Yuying's sports skills were not top-notch but at least excellent, so she was not nervous about the physical test.
Awake, Chen Yuying stretched and slapped away Lin Li's mischievous finger that had been poking her waist. She stood up, looked at Lin Li, and yawned slightly: "Okay, I know. Let's go."
His voice still carried a hint of grogginess and languor from just waking up.
It sounds nice.
"Could you call me 'brother' in this voice?"
"No~"
"hateful."
Lin Li, deciding to find another opportunity next time, went downstairs to the playground with Chen Yuying. On the way, he asked, "Won't it be uncomfortable to sleep like this?"
"Winter is alright, the school uniform is thick and comfortable to lie on," the girl replied, her voice light and cheerful as she woke up from her sleep. "Besides, I don't take naps very often."
"It's good but not good. Well, I have a really good pillow at home. Why don't you bring it over and keep it in the classroom as a spare?"
It works amazingly! Last week I used it to put it over my friend's face to lull him to sleep, and it's been three days now, and he still hasn't woken up.
Lin Li said seriously.
This isn't a question of whether he's awake or not; it's a question of whether he smells bad or not.
Chen Yuying rolled her eyes: "Lin Li, have you ever thought that maybe your friend is hibernating?"
"Yes, yes, yes!!" Lin Li nodded excitedly. "I was actually a little worried at the time because I had indeed slept for too long, so I looked up what situations would cause sleep to last for several days, and then I saw the answer about hibernation."
Everything suddenly made sense, so after considering it, I was worried that room temperature hibernation would be harmful to my friend's health, so I put him back in the refrigerator!
But then, Lin Li seemed somewhat distressed:
"But later, my friend's family called the police to my house and said I was trying to commit murder."
I've explained it all, but they still don't believe me. I really don't understand what's going on in their minds. It's like a dog biting Lü Dongbin—they don't appreciate a kind heart. Sigh—"
Chen Yuying: "..."
Where are the good people?
Tell me, where are the good people?
Yes, they all match up, but that matches up with the entire murder process, right?
When we arrived at the playground, at the designated meeting point for Class 4's physical education class, quite a few students were already there.
The two stopped spending time together, separated, and joined their own same-sex groups.
Lin Li naturally continued his beastly ways, pressing his teeth and teeth against Bai Bufan and Zhang Haoyang, his former comrades-in-arms who were now pitifully thin-walled skeletons in their tombs!
Bai Bufan hadn't arrived yet, so Lin Li tortured Zhang Haoyang first.
"Haoyang, do you know why people sweat when they're nervous?" Lin Li asked.
“Because there’s a Pikachu on the roadside called Linli,” Zhang Haoyang sneered. “He’s afraid of getting bitten.”
Lin Li chuckled: "Because the pressure was too much, it squeezed the water out of my brain."
Zhang Haoyang: "..."
Well, in some ways, that's a pretty reasonable viewpoint.
After managing a weak laugh, Zhang Haoyang waved his hand, signaling Lin Li to get lost: "If you know you're under a lot of pressure, then get away from me quickly, or I'll become a sexist and want to be in a band with you for life."
"I heard 'I'll be with you for life'? Is 111 really going to do it? Can I join in?" Wang Ze peeked out.
"It's over, now there are two jerks who are good at sports." Zhang Haoyang was in despair.
"Haoyang, Wang Ze is a scoundrel, that's true, but didn't you realize I'm actually helping you?"
Lin Li looked at Zhang Haoyang with some disappointment.
Zhang Haoyang looked at Lin Li with a cold smile, waiting to see what else this lousy mouth would spew out.
LinliOvO: "I saw you were sweating, so I specially said something sarcastic to make you feel better."
Zhang Haoyang: "(へ╬)!!"
"Brother, Brother Lin, look, Bai Bufan is here, and Baowei too. Go ahead and torture them."
Seeing that Lin Li was still preparing to attack, Zhang Haoyang immediately decided to sacrifice his friend rather than himself.
With Wang Ze already there, Lin Li immediately gave a wicked smile and walked towards the two of them.
However, they had only gone halfway when Bai Bufan noticed the line of people standing there. He solemnly raised his hand to signal them to stop.
"Hmm—" Bai Bufan took a deep breath and exhaled, but the sound he made afterward lacked its usual lightness:
"Lin Li, wait a minute, I'm really not feeling well right now."
"How so?" Lin Li raised his chin.
I don't care.
Bai Bufan shook his head, his brows furrowed, looking at the playground. Although the winter sun was actually just the right amount of warm, he still felt uncomfortable.
"I was extremely nervous, even more so than during previous physical tests. I felt nauseous and short of breath. I felt like I would throw up after running 1,000 meters. It was very uncomfortable."
Lin Li was about to ask Bai Bufan if he was acting to lower his attack power when he suddenly raised an eyebrow and changed the subject:
"Bufan, did you take a nap at noon?"
“Yes, I took a nap,” Bai Bufan nodded, “but what does that have to do with my current discomfort? I’m not feeling unwell because I didn’t get enough sleep, am I? I’ve never had this problem when I took a nap before.”
Lin Li: "Because you're wearing your sweater inside out."
"?"
Bai Bufan looked down, then up, then down again, then up again, before laughing with a mixture of relief and embarrassment: "Haha, look at the mess this whole thing made!"
Because he had thermal underwear underneath the sweater, he didn't need to go to a secluded place to change. After a round of banana-shaped New Year's greetings, Bai Bufan successfully took it off and put it back on properly.
"Doesn't that feel much better?"
"I feel a little better, but not much. I still feel nauseous and uncomfortable. I'd rather wear a thousand sweaters inside out than have to do a physical exam."
Bai Bufan maintained a stern expression.
Lin Li thought for a moment, then solemnly patted Bai Bufan on the shoulder and said earnestly:
“Bufan, now that things have come to this, I need to tell you about it.”
"Actually, we have always lived in a world similar to The Matrix."
What we call life is actually just an illusion created by inhaling oxygen. Once you stop inhaling oxygen, this illusion will disappear. It's not too late now. As long as you quit oxygen, the illusion will vanish, and the agony of running a thousand meters will all disappear.
"Hey, wait a minute, won't my ashes also vanish like smoke?" Bai Bufan chuckled expressionlessly.
"The teacher is coming, line up neatly."
Before the two could say anything more, Wang Ze, who was in charge of organizing the team, clapped his hands and gave a signal.
Indeed, You Jun was walking slowly from not far away, holding a roster and wearing a stopwatch around his neck.
"Today is the physical fitness test. We need to try to finish all the tests except for the 1800-meter one, so we need to hurry up."
Once they were close, You Jun got straight to the point.
"Wuhu—!!" Bai Bufan, who was half-dead beside Lin Li, suddenly regained his brilliance and transformed into Baili Shouyue:
"Prepare dinner by the campfire to celebrate surviving another day!!"
—Apart from the 1,000-meter race, the other events are actually not a big deal.
"Wang Ze, you and Xie Wenjing go to the equipment room and move six sit-up mats to the equipment area. Then the rest of you, you still need to warm up in the middle of winter, we have to run fifty meters later."
So everyone else, run around the outermost lap of the track and then head straight to the equipment area.
You Jun pointed to the area on the playground where various equipment such as parallel bars and horizontal bars were set up and said.
Bai Bufan, who had regained his vitality, immediately raised his hand.
"explain."
"Teacher, running for a week is too long, can we run for only six days?"
"Oh."
——
I'm exhausted from revising the document.
Nansang Higher Education Institution was forced to appear, standing tall, the power of learning, a stage!
Whether the genius has fallen or not is unknown, but the antenna has certainly fallen.
And it's not even finished yet; we still have to wait for further notice. Who knows, I might wake up one morning to find dozens more chapters to revise. Life... how fleeting it all is...
Ugh, I'm so frustrated I feel like I have to vent, damn it.
I hope I can still live a good life.
(End of this chapter)
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