He looked at Lin Li's cup, and was even more sure of it—one glance and you could tell that Lin Li's cup contained real barley tea.

Lin Li smiled gently and provided the answer: "This is brown sugar water."

Bai Bufan: "(;☉_☉)?"

"They even offer brown sugar water here?" Bai Bufan asked, surprised.

"No, I just ran to the nearby convenience store to buy some brown sugar, specially made it for you when I got back." Lin Li took out a package of barely used brown sugar powder from his pocket and tossed it in front of Bai Bufan.

"…"

"…"

After a brief silence, the three girls across reacted first.

Ding Sihan: "Wow~~"

Qu Wanqiu: "So sweet~~"

Chen Yu Ying: "Wishing you happiness."

They were deeply moved; today was another day of shedding tears for someone else's love.

"Damn!!"

Meanwhile, Bai Bufan, who had been silent the longest, finally let out a big curse after a few seconds. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

No wonder it took so long to get a drink, he ran outside the store, of course it would take long.

Bai Bufan decided that in the future he would never choose "or" when Lin Li gave the "AorB" option, because Lin Li could change the question based on the answer you choose.

When Bai Bufan suddenly saw Lin Li's hand reach for another pocket, his pupils shrank, and he quickly slid his butt outward and rushed forward to press Lin Li's hand through his pants:

"Don't you dare! Don't take a sanitary napkin out for me! Keep it in your own pocket! I don't want it even if you take it out!"

"Hey? F*ck, how did you know?" Lin Li was a bit surprised because he had indeed instinctively bought a pack.

Hearing this anticipated answer, Bai Bufan ultimately let out a relieved laugh once again.

Returning to his seat, he took a sip of brown sugar water and waved at Lin Li, merely exclaiming:

"Lin Li, you and Ding Sihan really think alike, I'm kind of shipping..."

Before he finished his sentence, Chen Yu Ying: stared—

Feeling the gaze suddenly cast upon him, Bai Bufan immediately shut his mouth and the next moment used his forehead to hit the table:

"Class president, I mean I'm kind of wanting to kowtow, not shipping them, let me kowtow to you first."

Having just wished him and Lin Li happiness, it seemed like a lie.

Chen Yu Ying accepted the kowtow graciously and winked at Lin Li equally graciously.

Lin Li raised an eyebrow in return.

"Alright, let's start eating, order more if it's not enough." Ding Sihan said with a smile as Lin Li had been away for a while, and most of the dishes that weren't served were now ready.

Lin Li, who wasn't quite seated yet, glanced around the table, pausing for a moment at the sight of several dishes.

Then he stretched out his hand and moved the plate of sashimi that was still cold from in front of Bai Bufan to the opposite end in front of Qu Wanqiu—the furthest point from Bai Bufan.

Qu Wanqiu was momentarily stunned, then gave a thumbs up, her tone exaggerated: "Not even letting Bai Bufan feel a hint of cold, that's really considerate."

The girls cheered again.

"That's not the case," Lin Li broke the spell, his tone calm: "It's simply because Bai Bufan doesn't eat raw food, putting it in front of him makes it difficult for you to grab, and he doesn't eat it, it's not good for anyone."

"Hmm?" Ding Sihan frowned, looking at Bai Bufan: "Bai Bufan, you don't eat raw food? Why didn't you say so earlier? We could have not ordered it."

"I do eat it?" Bai Bufan was taken aback himself, then looked at Lin Li in surprise: "Damn it, when did I say I don't eat it?"

Lin Li looked puzzled: "Last time I invited you to eat, didn't you say you couldn't and wouldn't eat it?"

"When? You invited me to eat this? How can I not remember?" Bai Bufan listened more and more confused.

Seeing how earnestly Lin Li was speaking, Bai Bufan swallowed his saliva, bracing himself: Somehow it felt like he was about to become the joke again.

Lin Li: "In the chemistry laboratory."

"…"

"…"

Bai Bufan: "(;☉_☉)?"

He remembered—

Bai Bufan abruptly stood up and grabbed Lin Li's collar:

"Damn it, what you made me eat back then was quicklime, right? Quicklime! CaO! Damn! Is me not eating raw food! I don't eat slaked lime either! That stuff becomes a strong base in the mouth, even Bao Wei doesn't eat it, how could you expect me to!

Lin Li, for bad quicklime, I'll really bad quicklime your grandpa."

Bai Bufan shook Lin Li violently back and forth, trying to shake out all the crap in Lin Li's head.

Lin Li scratched his head with a grin, speaking awkwardly:

"Okay, actually eating raw meat can trigger the wild instincts in animals, and the consequences are unimaginable, one friend of mine became a monkey swinging away after eating a banana; I don't want Bufan to start biting people everywhere."

"Get out of here." Bai Bufan raised a middle finger.

"Will your friend who turned into a monkey come back to visit?" Ding Sihan's focus was completely different.

"I chased him, cursed him, and he turned back into a cattle horse." Lin Li nodded.

The intricacies of Chinese culture were truly profound, and Bai Bufan couldn't tell who cursed whom in Lin Li's words, but in any case, he understood one thing: This friend was most likely Wang Ze.

"Alright, if Bai Bufan eats, let's move it back." Qu Wanqiu stood up to move it back.

"No need, my hands are long enough, I can still reach," Bai Bufan waved indifferently, but only glanced sideways at Lin Li with a cold smile:

"Putting it there is indeed a bit more convenient for you all—that's the real purpose of our warm boy, let him be warm, let him die warm, can we start eating now?"

Feeling the cold glance, Lin Li chose to wink back.

"Let's eat!"

The five of them began to use their chopsticks, and the conversation topic shifted to evaluating and sharing the food.

"This tempura shrimp tastes pretty good, eat it while it's crispy, it won't taste good once it cools down." Slightly oily-lipped Chen Yu Ying said as she ran her fingertip across her lips, pointing at the tempura shrimp in front of her.