The system is very abstract, fortunately I am also.

Chapter 367 Lin Li is still too popular.

Without any major incidents, I passed the second part of the driving test smoothly.

Damn it, I never imagined that the easiest part to fail the driving test (Part 2) wouldn't be the test itself, but the journey to the test center.

The moral standards of the Xiling people still need to be lowered; they are all too kind.

Fortunately, they managed to persuade him to come back.

Otherwise, Lin Li didn't even dare to think about what would happen if he got into another car accident.

It would be better if he died; at worst, it would be the end of it all. Lin Li's biggest fear was that he would be hit by a car and become a vegetable.

Bai Bufan once said that if he ever became a vegetable, he would cry as he climbed onto his hospital bed and then urinate and defecate on his own head.

While pulling, she shouted, "Waaah, Linli, I watered you and brought you the best fertilizer. Waaah, you must grow strong and healthy, but please don't get better!"

That's vicious, isn't it?

But then again, as for why Bai Bufan harbors such malice towards Lin Li...

The main reason is that Lin Lixian said that if Bai Bufan becomes a vegetable, when he goes to stay with him at night, he will secretly push Bai Bufan to the morgue to bump into corpses and play Plants vs. Zombies.

— It was Lin Li who made the first move, and it's only natural that Bu Fan would jump over the wall in desperation.

Zeng Zi'ang, who had been persuaded to return, originally wanted to accompany Lin Li to the exam and even said he would send Lin Li back after the exam.

But Lin Li wasn't stupid; he immediately understood the meaning in Zeng Ziang's eyes—he wanted to be his father.

Okay, that sounds a bit strange. It should be said that Zeng Ziang wanted to play the role of Lin Li's father.

Lin Li naturally refused.

People who want to be your father are lining up all the way to France, and even Uncle Yang hasn't had the chance yet. My relationship with Brother Ziang shouldn't be mixed with such impurities.

Under Lin Li's insistence, Zeng Ziang gave up, only saying that Lin Li could ask him for help if he needed anything in the future, since he estimated that he would only go to school once a year at the end of the semester, and would spend most of his time in Nansang.

After leaving the examination room, Lin Li informed Yu Jian'an that he had passed the second part of the driving test, and that they could begin making further arrangements.

Actually, because I had practiced when I was bored before, I can now make sure that Lin Li passes the driving test (Part 3) without any problems.

Unfortunately, the regulations at Xiling stipulate that you can only apply for the driving test (subject 3) at least 30 days after passing subject 1, so there is still a mandatory cooling-off period of about 10 to 20 days.

However, this time is also a good opportunity to accumulate study hours.

If I pass both the written and practical tests together, I should be able to get my driver's license on the same day.

After having a meal at a nearby restaurant, Lin Li took a taxi back to the swimming pool to continue grinding for mission progress.

……

Another trip is over.

The progress has taken another step forward.

But it's not finished yet. According to the calculation, Lin Li estimates that he still needs one or two more non-stop swimming sessions to complete it.

So, by all accounts, "water" is the most time-consuming and labor-intensive element to complete this task; it still takes several hours.

These 150 system currencies and magic items are quite difficult to obtain.

Ultimately, however, it's because I haven't found a way to abstract the element of "water".

Lin Li actually made some speculations and attempts.

There's a saying that goes: "The ultimate fire is called Samadhi Fire, and the ultimate water is called a thesis."

Perhaps the ultimate form of online writing is online literature. Some online articles are so numerous that people are too lazy to even criticize them, and some even shamelessly use the content of criticizing these low-quality articles to create their own.

This paper is a bit beyond the curriculum. Lin Li is currently in the first year of high school and doesn't even know how to write a decent paper.

But if Lin Li were asked to write online novels about water, he would definitely have ideas.

He actually tried it:

Chapter 1: Rebirth
The Immortal Venerable Antenna was reborn, on the very day he was besieged by thousands.

These 10,000 people are: "Bai Bugou", "Bai Gou Fan", "Gou Bufan", "Wang Shaohui", "Nalan Jianguo", "Murong Tiezhu", "Shangguan Cuihua", "Patrick Reed", "Bobby Andrews", "Obadia Jefferson", "Ivanovich Igor Ostrovsky"... (The names of the remaining 9989 people are not omitted here)...

Lin Li wrote it this way, and easily reached 100,000 words.

Don't ask why foreigners ganged up on this immortal. It's because Lin Li originally tried to use a four-character name, but then realized he had narrowed his options. Aren't foreigners, especially Russians, known for their longer names?

But after the novel, which was supposed to be updated 100,000 words a day, was released, the task progress didn't move at all.

So Lin Li felt that either he had chosen the wrong direction, or his writing was too low-level, and he might need to write something that readers wouldn't notice.

Who could possibly achieve such a level of skill? Lin Li finds it hard to believe.

However, there's no need to think too much about it. It's no big deal that we can't find an abstract way right now, since we'll soon be able to complete this task by brute force.

Lin Licai doesn't like abstract things.

Back in the locker room, Lin Li picked up his phone and saw a message that Chen Yuying had already gone home.

Lin Ta, who had originally planned to buy another ticket before closing time to stay a little longer, immediately changed his plans and went out to hail a taxi.

……

"Thank you, master."

Lin Li got off the bus in the city center and, amidst the bustling traffic, found a suitable location using the map.

Then he took out his cell phone.

Lin Li: What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing?

Chen Yuying: I'm now lying in bed in my room, patiently waiting for the call that was scheduled for this morning.

Chen Yuying: Are you done with your work?

Lin Li: The address in the class directory is correct, right?

Chen Yuying: Hmm? What's wrong?

Lin Li: That's right, isn't it? That's right, isn't it?

Chen Yuying: "The little bear nods."

Lin Li: Would it be convenient for you to go to the west side of your house now, open a window, and look down?

Chen Yuying: Huh?

Lin Li: "Image"

Chen Yuying did not respond to the photo of the building taken from below.

Lin Li stopped sending messages and stood on the street opposite the building, looking up at the fourteenth floor, waiting.

He wasn't made to wait long; less than a minute later, a person appeared through the gap in the heavy curtains and opened the window.

The movements were so fast that one could even hallucinate a 'whoosh' sound.

Chen Yuying rested her hands on the windowsill, which was shrouded in the darkness of the night. Warm orange light spilled out from behind her, casting a soft glow on her hair, which she had just styled after taking a shower.

The evening breeze swept across the height of the fourteenth floor, rippling her sleeves and causing a few strands of hair to glisten against her slightly parted, surprised lips.

Lin Li's eyesight is very good now, so even though they are far apart, he can see them clearly.

It's very beautiful, and even worth activating [Strong Memory] to memorize it.

Of course, it's hard to forget even if you don't open it.

The WeChat call he made was answered instantly. Lin Li looked up and met Chen Yuying's gaze, his voice filled with laughter: "Here it comes, here it comes, the call we agreed on has arrived."

"Lin Li, what brings you here?"

The girl's joy and surprise were impossible to conceal, and she waved to Lin Li.

"Aren't you being a bit domineering? My spot is public, why can't I use it?" Lin Li frowned.

Then he realized that Chen Yuying probably couldn't see these subtle changes in his expression, so he simply stopped frowning altogether.

"Heh—" Chen Yuying's laughter was crisp and melodious, and she responded in a sweet voice, "That's not what I meant. I was asking why you suddenly came to my building."

"I want to see you." Lin Li waved one hand at Chen Yuying.

The wind suddenly picked up without warning. Chen Yuying's hairband, which she hadn't tied properly due to her hasty movements, suddenly broke free and, like a butterfly, was swept into the night, falling to the ground.

The girl gasped softly, reaching out to grab it but missing, and could only follow it with her eyes.

"What a coincidence, it's my turn now."

The phone rang in her ear, and Chen Yuying, with her eyes lowered, met Lin Li's smiling, outstretched palm below—the light blue color lying quietly in his hand.

amazing.

The wind is bad, but the trees are good.

Lin Li simply slipped the headband onto his wrist, acting like a thief with utter arrogance, and laughed into his phone, "Whatever comes into my hands is mine."

"I've already bought a hair tie that's even more suitable for your wrist," Chen Yuying said softly, resting her chin on her hand on the windowsill as she looked at Lin Li.

A small rubber band is something that asserts one's sovereignty; how could I not prepare one?

It's just that it looks strange and deliberate for boys to have hair ties on their wrists at school, so I didn't give it to him right away.

"Heh, class monitor, maybe we're from different social classes. It's normal that you don't understand the living conditions of my class. For rich people like me, I have three sets of school uniforms to wear in rotation."

Lin Li feigned surprise at first, then chuckled, speaking with a smug yet contemptuous tone:
"Class monitor, you don't keep wearing the same school uniform until it's faded from washing, do you? Tsk, how pathetic." "I know." Chen Yuying, understanding Lin Li's meaning, replied with a smile in her voice, which was punctuated by pauses.

Looks like I'll have to pick out a few more for this guy.

That almost coquettish voice would make anyone immediately drop their pretense, but thankfully, Lin Li wasn't human, so he remained immersed in his role-playing, saying calmly:
"Squad leader, it's no use knowing now. It's too late. Can you see the pathetic, thick barrier between us?"

The girl leaning against the window on the fourteenth floor tilted her head, looking down at the young master high above her. After a moment of contemplation, she nodded.
"I saw it, Young Master Lin~ Did you see my dad carrying cement and sand downstairs? If the elevator is working properly, it should be out now."

Young Master Lin: "(；☉_☉)?"

New account, don't mess around with it.

"I am the young master! I am not afraid of him!" Lin Li said sternly.

He was met with a girl's continuous laughter on the phone, and Chen Yuying bent over because of the laughter on the windowsill.

"Lin Li, what are you doing hiding behind the trash can?"

—Just now, after hearing the news, Lin Li looked around and, ignoring the astonished looks of passersby, hurriedly hid behind a public trash can.

Chen Yuying, who was upstairs, naturally saw the whole thing clearly.

"Oh, so this is a trash can. I thought it was Bufan. Sigh, what a mess. I didn't hide. I was just about to say hello to Bufan. Sigh, it's all because they smell the same. They confused me."

Lin Li peeked out, cautiously looking at the building entrance, while simultaneously making excuses into the phone.

Lin Li used to be genuinely unafraid of Chen Zhongping.

After all, I was still a Shenzhen resident back then, so I wasn't afraid of being seen in a different light.

But now that he has actually taken off Zhongdeng's little cotton-padded jacket and put it on himself, even if he is a cultivator, he has to temporarily avoid his sharp edge.

"Where is Uncle?" Lin Li's voice quickly became relaxed, then he suddenly realized: "Uncle is carrying cement and sand downstairs. Is he planning to build this building?"
I saw it coming a long time ago, it's a shoddy construction project!

"Perfect timing! I have experience, squad leader. Let me tell you, for 32.5 grade cement, a cement-to-sand ratio of 1:4.5 is actually the most suitable for wiping floors..."

Lin Li began to teach the way of civil engineering.

These points of knowledge were taught to me by Grandpa Fu this morning, and I have verified them through my own practice.

However, if you're asking how to make the stench of the dead inside linger the longest before it's poured on the human pillar, don't ask Lin Li; your grandfather didn't teach you that.

Lin Li didn't want to know the ratio; there was no need.

It's useless. In a society governed by the rule of law, what's the point of knowing this?
"I was just kidding, he didn't come downstairs. My dad's in the bathroom. Don't hide behind the trash can. People on the street will think you're crazy. Several people who just walked by kept turning back to look at you after they were a distance away," Chen Yuying laughed.

"I turned around just because I'm handsome," Lin Li immediately stood up and straightened his collar. "Besides, I'm not hiding. I already said, I'm the young master, I'm not afraid of him!"

Chen Yuying changed the subject: "But now we really do have to go downstairs."

The young master immediately squatted down, returned to Bai Bufan's embrace, and reverted to his role as a secret agent, peering furtively at the building entrance.

Since coming to the window, Chen Yuying has been unable to stop smiling.

However, Lin Li's exaggerated movements this time looked too fake.

Chen Yuying could clearly see that Lin Li was just playing along with her and making her laugh.

Even knowing this, Chen Yuying still couldn't control herself. She even felt an extra sense of happiness when she thought that this was an attitude that Lin Li had deliberately shown for her.

"You lied to me again?" Lin Li asked after waiting for a while without seeing Chen Zhongping.

"I'm not lying to you this time, but it's not my dad coming downstairs, it's me." Chen Yuying waved to Lin Li from the window and stepped back, saying, "Young Master, wait for me to come find you~"

"If this is inconvenient, perhaps we shouldn't use it?" But Lin Li shook his head, smiling as he stopped him.

"I came here today simply to see you."

As for the reason, it's actually quite simple. We've been seeing each other every day since we came back from the National Day holiday. There are always reasons, whether intentional or not, that we can meet on Saturdays. If we could see each other every day before we got together, there's no reason why we wouldn't see each other on the first weekend after we got together.

So I came, it's that simple.

The mission is now accomplished, and we can wait until tomorrow.

Your parents are home now, right? Then there'll be a lot of explaining to them later, which isn't necessary.

This was indeed Lin Li's real thought when he came here today, and it wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision; he had planned to do it on Friday.

In a way, it can be considered a kind of 'spark'.

“No,” Chen Yuying said, but Lin Li could no longer see her. “I told my dad I was going downstairs to pick up a package and then buy a drink. As long as it doesn’t take too long, he won’t notice.”

"You want to see me, and I want to see you, but I want to get closer. You've come so far to me, so I want to run to you too."

Even the most hardened person couldn't resist such words; Lin Li could finally be human this time.

Besides, Lin Li also wanted to get even closer, so he could only smile and nod, "Okay, I'll wait for you."

Actually, Lin Li wanted to go up himself.

He has the guts.

Of course, I'm not referring to the courage to enter through the main gate.

It was Chen Yuying's courage to climb up the long hair that had fallen from the window.

—Skyscrapers, princes, princesses, and evil wizards—these elements are all there, aren't they?

……

Chen Zhongping came out of the bathroom and saw Chen Yuying putting on her shoes in the entryway.

"Yingying, are you going downstairs? Where are you going?" Chen Zhongping asked in surprise.

Chen Yuying rarely goes out after taking a shower.

"I'll go downstairs to pick up a package, and maybe buy a drink too," Chen Yuying said, looking up at her father.

"Oh, okay." Chen Zhongping straightened his bathrobe and nodded.

Without giving it much thought, Chen Zhongping's imagination wasn't rich enough yet, and he couldn't guess that the pillar of the nation he longed for was waiting for his little darling downstairs in his own home.

However, the joy emanating from Chen Yuying was hard to miss, so Chen Zhongping, still curious, casually asked:
"What package did you order arrive? You seem so happy."

"It has nothing to do with the courier service." Chen Yuying stood up after tying her shoelaces, her voice light and cheerful as she smiled at Chen Zhongping.

"Then why are you so happy?"

Chen Yuying thought for a moment, then said, "Because I learned something new."

"Oh?"

His daughter was indeed the type to be happy when she learned something new, but hadn't she been playing at her parents' house all day? Her tutor wouldn't be coming home until tomorrow, so Chen Zhongping asked:
"What knowledge?"

Chen Yuying's eyes gleamed with slyness: "Dad, for 32.5 grade cement, a 1:4.5 ratio of cement to sand is actually the most suitable for mopping..."

Chen Zhongping: "(；☉_☉)?"

"..."

"Why are you studying this?!" Chen Zhongping was stunned. "Wait, Yingying, you're not interested in civil engineering, are you?"

This kind of thing is a tonic!
Chen Zhongping absolutely did not want to see his daughter get burned!

Seeing this reaction, Chen Yuying giggled contentedly, "No way~"

"Then why did you suddenly start learning this?"

“That’s not important,” Chen Yuying said, having already stepped outside the door, smiling at her father. “Also, Dad, you should take care of your figure.”

“It’s normal for people to gain weight in middle age, your dad is already doing great. My friends are all really out of shape.” Chen Zhongping said this, but he still wrapped his deep V-neck bathrobe even tighter.

Chen Yuying pursed her lips.

Will Lin Li also gain weight?

Chen Yuying certainly didn't want those muscles she saw in the afternoon photos to disappear.

Then I'll have to keep an eye on him.

The more I think about it, the more I want to see him. It's time to go.
"Bang."

Seeing that Chen Yuying didn't respond and closed the door, Chen Zhongping smiled and shook his head. He walked to the living room, rummaged through his clothes, and saw a pen and paper on the coffee table. He went over and picked them up.

On the spacious sofa, a woman was lounging lazily with a face mask on.

The woman's gaze had been fixed on the direction Chen Yuying had left through the front door with doting affection, but once her view was obstructed, her attention shifted to her husband, who was now taking notes.
"Ping, what are you writing?"

“For studying, when it comes to wiping the floor, the ideal ratio of cement to sand is 1:4.5, which is actually the best for 32.5 grade cement…” Chen Zhongping wrote and read aloud as he did so, since his phone wasn’t with him.

"Why are you memorizing this?" the woman asked, somewhat amused. "Do you still need this?"

"That's not important," Chen Zhongping waved his hand. "Who knows? You can learn as long as you live."

It's useful, it's useful.

Unfortunately, his daughter's knowledge was still too one-sided. Chen Zhongping felt that it would be even better if there were techniques and proportions for maximizing the release of the stench of the dead body after pouring water onto the human pillar.

Seeing this, the woman smiled and shook her head, glanced back at the street outside the building, then lay back on the sofa, closed her eyes, and continued applying her face mask.

There are many reasons why people often think about someone.

Perhaps it was out of curiosity and anticipation, perhaps out of affection and longing, or perhaps simply because they wanted him dead.

But in any case, at this moment, Chen Yuying and her family of three were indeed thinking of the same person.

(End of this chapter)