"Dad, let’s use my card for lunch today. I keep asking for things from you without ever thanking you~~ When I want to take care of you, you might not wait, I need to show filial piety early, time, please slow down, don’t let you get older~~" Bai Bufan began extolling fatherly love.
"Alright." Lin Li didn’t hold back at all, then suddenly reacted: "Wait a minute, when you want to take care of someone but they don’t wait, are you saying I’m gonna die?"
Not caring if holding the hand of his desk mate while talking was gay or not, Bai Bufan excitedly continued: "Whether you die or not is not important now, what’s important is when we’re going on our adventure. I can’t wait for others to taste my signature dish, and also present Master Xi’s surprise to them!
I’m done with the days at the temple."
The signature dishes naturally being chicken rolls and bean juice, truly authentic, truly authentic, truly truly authentic~~
Lin Li shook off Bai Bufan’s hand, waved: "I just said, it’s only possible. I’m also not sure which places Xiling still uses for raising chickens, I just have to find out, so we’ll act only when I find them."
"But Bufan, I need to clarify something; I’m sort of an informant now, and finding these places is one of the tasks they’ve given me."
Lin Li first legitimized his actions.
"When I take you there, the ultimate thing we’ll do is to report them.
So bringing you along is only for you to experience the fun of getting caught, which seriously can be fun; as for the real taboos you seek...
If you aren’t afraid of your family knowing, at your age, with my and their connections, just a reprimand and education instead of detention, it shouldn’t be a problem."
Lin Li earnestly analyzed.
"Haha, father, no, no, no, no—your thinking is still a bit narrow," Bai Bufan waved his index finger profoundly, "You just told the kid, your boss said as long as it’s urgent, even if last time Xiaojing’s mom disarmed you, they’d consider letting you off the hook, right?
So whether it’s urgent or not is up to us father and son, isn’t it?
Your last regret; this time, let me as son help you make up for it!
Even if the cops come, I will block them at your doorstep; if they want to pass, they have to step over my corpse!"
You could even bring up Xiaojing’s mom nonsense.
Your son is quite clever, just not putting the cleverness into the right things.
It might just be possible.
But he then seriously shook his head: "Bufan, to be serious, if you really plan on doing this, then I’m not taking you."
Fun is fun, chaos is chaos; Lin Li wouldn’t deliberately lead a brother astray for a task.
This isn’t taking a brother to an internet cafe or helping a brother in a fight, it’s a bit more serious.
If Bai Bufan got sick or addicted, Lin Li couldn’t shirk responsibility.
Besides, if the sect junior being taken gets consumed by Hehuan Demon, will the low-grade system consider the task complete?
—Let’s emphasize, this reason is the least important.
"Relax, I was joking, I’m also afraid of getting sick, and I don’t want to lose my first time in such an environment." Bai Bufan laughed.
"Bai Bufan, how about swearing on your chicken roll?" Lin Li is one who learns well.
"You don’t trust bros?" Bai Bufan got mad.
"Yep yep, swear on it."
"You know what kind of person I am, normally I can do this or that? Forgot the front, forgot the middle, forgot the end, anyway I’m also a wolf with a childlike face."
"Yep yep, swear on it."
"Okay fine, I really swear, I, Bai Bufan..." Bai Bufan did not hold back like Lin Li did but finished the oath.
Though an oath is made to be broken, Luo River still jokes because of Sima but that doesn’t happen between Bai Bufan and Lin Li.
Actually, no need to swear, Bai Bufan had only been joking up till now.
Don’t even mention fifteen-year-old Bai Bufan, actually, most people in this world are curious about this thing, but even if they know the way, those with strict upbringing or those well-behaved dare to try alone, are very few.
People really need companions.
One of the biggest sources of courage is from friends.
Just like at the start of school, when the teacher asks those who didn’t do homework to stand up, if it’s just you standing alone—Gordon comes to mind, you’re done.
But if it’s a group standing—haha.
Ultimately it’s a violation, if Lin Li dares to go to the last step, Bai Bufan might struggle and hesitate before tagging along, but if he’s alone, forget it, better not.
Thinking about facing an accident alone, Bai Bufan gets scared.
"Consider it as a free foot massage for me." Bai Bufan nodded.
"That’ll do, then wait for my notice. If I find clues quickly, we can go adventure this weekend." After saying that, Lin Li also nodded, then stood up, only one minute left before formal class started:
"Since it’s settled, I have to head to the office now."
"Father, are you going to register me on the white list in advance, making sure they really won’t arrest me later? That’s some influence." Bai Bufan said with some admiration.
To become an informant for the police, he still is quite awesome indeed.
"The office I meant is the restroom." Almost out of time, Lin Li didn’t look back.
"D—" Bai Bufan hesitated a second then cursed, but then stopped abruptly.
No right, Lin Li is his father now.
"Before you confirm the day to take me on an adventure, I’ll revert to Bai Bufan, you dog bastard." Bai Bufan said expressionlessly.
The father-son bond between the two, after Lin Li reenacted his last feat of ordering five meat dishes without rice at lunch, disappeared into smoke.
Lin Li gave a contemptuous smile.
The two parted ways at the bottom of the teaching building, like strangers.
—Bai Bufan went back to the dorm, while Lin Li, being a day student, naturally returned to the classroom.
If it’s near the final exams, students staying in the classroom for self-study during lunch could be quite many, but today when Lin Li returned to the classroom there were barely any, only two, a boy and a girl, sitting towards the front, both unfamiliar.
"Memory seems to have really improved." Lin Li looked again at the English segment the teacher wanted him to memorize next class, tried it out, then was pleasantly surprised.
At this moment, Lin Li’s memory had already improved by 100%.
During the fourth period of the morning, Lin Li saw the message notification: [Task three completed]
[You received rewards: Physical Improvement: Memory Boost 100%; System Currency*50.]
However, following that, like the Body Refining Eighth Rank Technique, came a prolonging task.
[If you want constant effort to penetrate stone, accumulation is indispensable, cultivation is endless, after stepping out, one can glimpse the precious experience of predecessors.
Six hours blink in an instant, why not persist again seeking the path?]
[Task three: During lectures and teachings from sect elders, managers, guardians, etc., listen attentively, thoroughly study for a total of twenty-four hours.]
[Reward: Physical Improvement: Comprehension Boost 10%; Memory Boost 100%; Random Cultivation Technique*1.]
The task requirements quadrupled, but the reward was quite generous, though comprehension boost is only 10%, Lin Li understood this as directly making himself 10% smarter, the effect should be very strong.
And studying is studying, if Lin Li doesn’t do it normally in school, there’s nothing else to do.
As long as he maintains the current efficiency for a few days, this task can be completed within two weeks.
This system encourages both diligent study and chicken farm exploration.
It’s truly versatile in supporting both mind and body activities.