No, buddy.
What do you mean "had a monetary transaction," and what do you mean "very satisfied with your service"? Don't say things that are hard to understand.
Wait.
Brain, you're not allowed to think anymore. Being equivalent to 1.5 men, he should focus on serious matters instead.
Lin Li focused his attention on the rewards, naturally ignoring those two useless parts, and instead looked at [Random Limb/Organ Enhancement Opportunity].
Looking at the words in parentheses, Lin Li didn't know whether he should feel fortunate.
Honestly, his first reaction upon seeing this reward was worry that this abstract system would say it was random but end up giving him that particular area.
But now it was good—the system had directly predicted his prediction.
It could be removed from the reward pool.
But.
Then again.
Now Lin Li felt a bit embarrassed—after thinking about it, he seemed to not really want to remove it from the random pool. What if later... he kept it?
Hehe.
But thinking about rewards was still too early. This mission's completion didn't have specific standards. The system gave him a progress bar like the time accumulation missions, currently at zero.
"Lin Li, the money! Why are you spacing out again!" Seeing Lin Li's blank stare, Chen Yuying stood up and waved the bills in front of him.
Lin Li snapped back to attention, his right hand quietly pressing the bills back into his pocket, shaking his head, "Class monitor, I don't have change."
Chen Yuying's deskmate Ding Sihan blinked. She was even closer to Lin Li than Chen Yuying, so she asked, "What was that bill that looked like five yuan that you just pulled out of your pocket?"
Lin Li: "..."
Your eyes are really sharp.
Lin Li cursed Ding Sihan twice in his heart, calling her a little dog.
"It's counterfeit money." Fortunately, he already had thick skin. Lin Li remained expressionless.
Ding Sihan: "?"
"Is it Gabi the sniper god from that Malay Sima?" Wang Ze, who was eating the breakfast Lin Li brought, turned around to join the conversation.
Generally speaking, the front rows were for students who were more well-behaved, honest, or... simply short. Wang Ze wasn't short, so he shouldn't have been in this area.
But there were two exceptions—the seats right next to the teacher's desk on both sides, known as the class's left and right guardian seats. Wang Ze was the right guardian.
Lin Li ignored him and continued looking at Chen Yuying. His original intention was to find an excuse to continue bringing breakfast tomorrow, since this was the most frequent type of interaction between them.
But after thinking for a while just now, and now that he'd been exposed, Lin Li felt he had a better idea for completing the mission.
So Lin Li pushed Chen Yuying's money back, saying very naturally, "Class monitor, let me be direct. My intention is actually that I don't want to take your money. I've been trying to study seriously recently, but there's still a lot of knowledge I only half-understand, especially geography, so I need someone's tutoring. Class monitor, you're quite well-rounded, so I wanted to ask if you could tutor me a bit? The breakfast money would be my tutoring fee!"
Lin Li's recent seriousness was indeed something the whole class could perceive. The boys in the back rows had seen it and had attempted exorcism on Lin Li multiple times recently, but each attempt ended in failure. The students in the front rows could sense it through Lin Li's responses in class and the teachers' occasional praise.
Except for English class.
Kou Kou calling on Lin Li every class had become a regular feature.
Obtaining more information about this world from Chen Yuying's mouth.
Wasn't geography the best subject for this?
Actually, Lin Li also wanted to mention history, but having someone tutor him in history was somewhat far-fetched.
The current teaching content just required memorization.
If geography didn't get a system response, he could adjust based on the feedback.
Anyway, getting the person over first was most appropriate.
Chen Yuying blinked upon hearing this, lowering her money-holding hand by a few centimeters, saying gently, "Tutoring is fine. If you have any questions, just ask me. But how can I take money for this kind of thing? It's okay, you keep the money."
"Calling it a tutoring fee was my poor choice of words. It should be to thank you for your help—I'm treating you to breakfast. Class monitor, I have a lot of questions, and some questions might even seem ridiculous to good students like you. It would take up a lot of your time, so treating you to breakfast is very normal. Is that okay now?"
"Alright then." Chen Yuying smiled and nodded, then suggested, "Anyway, Lin Li, you can only stay in the classroom during lunch, and I usually come to the classroom at lunch too. If you have anything you don't understand, ask me this afternoon?"
"That's exactly what I wanted to say." Lin Li nodded vigorously.
"Lin Li, let me tutor you. My grades are about the same as Chen Yuying's, and I'm in the classroom every lunch break." Enthusiastic classmate Wang Yuezhi stood up with gritted teeth in his heart, smiling as he extended a helping hand to Lin Li.
How could Wang Yuezhi tolerate such a thing happening!
If he intervened now, he could not only sabotage Lin Li's disgusting plan but also enhance his image as someone helpful. Why not?
Facing Wang Yuezhi's kind smile, Lin Li also responded with a kind smile:
"Who the hell are you?"
Wang Yuezhi: "?"
Quiet laughter started around them, except for Wang Ze.
Because he was laughing super loudly.
"Hahahahahaha too awesome holy shit hahahahahaha!"
The hallway could probably hear it. Lin Li suspected he'd sprayed out his breakfast, though fortunately he had no front desk.
People's joys and sorrows are not connected.
As the person involved, Wang Yuezhi's face turned red within three seconds.
"You're swearing, you have no class!" He pointed at Lin Li angrily.
"Can't help it, Wang Ze ate all my class." Bai Bufan's seat was relatively far away. The responsibility that should have been borne by the dog now had to be shouldered by Wang Ze.
Wang Ze, who was slapping his thigh laughing, took time to give the middle finger.
Swearing in front of girls was indeed behavior that greatly reduced favorability, but first, Lin Li wasn't speaking to Chen Yuying, and second, his purpose regarding Chen Yuying wasn't romance—as long as she didn't change her decision to tutor him, it was fine.
Of course, it would be better if he wasn't disliked. From yesterday's lunch conversation, Lin Li believed Chen Yuying wasn't the type of girl who would be disgusted by this.
Finally, Lin Li indeed had no class. Wang Yuezhi's scolding was very accurate.
Lin Li tilted his head slightly and saw Chen Yuying also suppressing laughter, struggling to hold it in. He felt somewhat relieved.
"Men and women shouldn't have intimate contact. Doing this easily brings trouble to the class monitor. I'm a boy, so me tutoring you would be better, right?" Wang Yuezhi said loudly.
"Are you brain-damaged? Your thinking is still stuck in feudal society? Being alone together ruins purity? Come on, buddy, I'm asking the class monitor to tutor me in studying, not asking her on a date! When men and women work together, the work isn't tiring!" Lin Li rolled his eyes.
"You're coveting the class monitor!" Wang Yuezhi continued being unreasonable.
"At this point, I don't want to hide from everyone anymore. Actually, I'm gay. Classmates familiar with me in class already know this. Wang Ze, speak up!" Lin Li smiled, looking at Wang Ze.
"That's right, Lin Li is really gay." Wang Ze nodded vigorously.
"So true! He really is! I went to his house to hang out last week, mysteriously lost consciousness, and when I woke up Lin Li looked very happy, but my butt has hurt until today." Bai Bufan's head sneakily poked out from the front door, giving a thumbs up in agreement.
—He'd quietly run to the door to watch the drama ever since Wang Ze started laughing loudly. Now that his good brother needed a straight man, when else would he make his entrance!
"Did you hear that, Wang Yuezhi? If you tutored me, I'd be the one with improper thoughts, my mind full of you. Student Wang Yuezhi, you wouldn't want your butt to hurt like Bai Bufan's, would you?" Lin Li said with a smile.
Lin Li's voice was quite loud, and now almost everyone in the class was laughing.
Why "almost"?
Because Wang Yuezhi wasn't laughing.
Really antisocial.
(End of Chapter)
Boiling Goat - Character from Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf cartoon series (chapter title reference)
Gabi - Character reference from Attack on Titan
UZI - Popular Chinese esports player (used to describe red face color)