"This is soup noodles, right? Fried noodles with rainwater couldn't possibly have this result," Qin Zeyu exclaimed, chewing on his bun while examining Lin Li's breakfast, surprised, "And our buns haven't turned into soup buns. They shouldn't have absorbed water."

"That's right, Zeyu, I declare you a wise being of Class Four in High School First Year!" Lin Li praised, then handed the bag and chopsticks to Bai Bufan:

"The fried noodles were sold out, and waiting for them would take awhile. I didn't have time to wait, so I exchanged it for you."

Actually, it's not that he had no time at all. For example, there's still some time before the morning self-study starts. Lin Li wasn't cutting it close by any means.

But surely Lin Li couldn't miss the morning's wild tales session just to make sure Bai Bufan gets the breakfast he wants, could he?

Though Bai Bufan could retell them, a rebroadcast doesn't have the same ceremony as a live stream.

"Understood."

But upon hearing there was breakfast to eat, Bai Bufan immediately accepted, even feeling a bit joyful.

This is the principle of psychology's refusal retraction—want to open the window, open the door first. Poor Bai Bufan, toyed with by Lin Li.

Lin Li sat back in his seat, waiting for the morning self-study to start, feeling a bit idle.

He casually glanced at the system; the free refresh chance for this week hadn't been used.

Currently, the six item slots are "Spirit Stone of Random Quality," "Luck Charm," "Universal Magic Treasure," "Ability Amplifier (+2)," "Life-extending Pill," "Feather Recovery Pill."

The last five will likely have opportunities to be used in the future; the best refresh target is the "Spirit Stone of Random Quality," as it provides very little compared with the accumulated Spiritual Qi in the Fire Separation Sword Nourishing Gourd.

However, the "Spiritual Spring" is unexpectedly enduring; till this day, it continues to radiate Spiritual Qi endlessly.

Although, after witnessing the amount of Spiritual Qi on Inverted Mountain, Lin Li's threshold has significantly increased, perceiving this bit of Spiritual Qi as thin and scarce, but it lasts.

This is why he didn't choose to replace it at dawn. Considering thoroughly, Lin Li decided to purchase one "Spirit Stone of Random Quality" every day from last Sunday to Tuesday this week for the "storage" without using them, to avoid future risks of eating into reserves.

In this way, if returning to the Cultivation Realm truly becomes impossible and the "Spiritual Spring" also dries up, buying the "Luck Charm" to enhance luck can allow these stocks to be used to gain "Spiritual Spring" or "Superior Spirit Stone" for the need for Spiritual Qi.

Three should be enough. Lin Li now has the "probability designation" mechanism in the "marketplace;" if three are used slowly, even if drawing from the bottom, he can accumulate an opportunity to refresh specified keywords, and then designate something like Spiritual Qi to solve the problem again.

"Ah—I'm exhausted." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

After breakfast, having thrown away the trash, Bai Bufan sat back in his seat, feeling sleepy after being full and warm, yawned, and began his usual Monday protests: "I don't want to go to school, don't want to study, I want to blow up this school..."

Then he looked towards Lin Li: "Lin Li, I feel that the current social system is still not perfect."

Lin Li looked over with slight interest, curious as to why suddenly shifting to political commentary.

"I have three suggestions," Bai Bufan's gaze was deep:

"Let the elderly go to work. They get up early, aren't sleepy, and have free bus rides."

"Let middle-aged people go to school. They always regret learning too little, not going to university in the past; let them go back to make up for those regrets."

"Let young people go to nursing homes. We know nothing except for eating, sleeping, playing, and eating again; but we can eat and go to the toilet by ourselves, so nursing homes can save the cost of caregivers and upgrade the electronic devices for young people."

"Lin Li, do you think this system would be a bit more excellent?"

Lin Li: "..."

"You don't say, indeed, you really don't say, it's quite a perfect loop." Lin Li gave a thumbs up.

If implemented successfully, Lin Li estimated the problem of population aging would be greatly alleviated: whoever can resist not committing suicide when old is genuinely a remarkable person.

"OK, with your affirmation, I am clear now," Bai Bufan nodded heavily, eyes burning with societal reform ambition:

"I've decided, studying medicine can't save the citizens. I want to abandon medicine and go into politics, take the civil service exam, push this policy, bring welfare to everyone! I want to benefit all generations and unify the world!"

"Bufan, by the time you pass the civil service exam, you won't be a young person anymore." Lin Li reminded.

Bai Bufan's tone immediately calmed and turned cold: "Then young people should be whipped to go to work."

Lin Li gave a thumbs up.

Forgetting this part./

...

After lunch, on the way back to the classroom.

"Didn't this rain start last night? How could you still forget to bring an umbrella? How did you come to the classroom this morning?"

Walking with Chen Tianming under a shared umbrella towards the classroom, carefully avoiding water puddles, Lin Li spoke full of disdain.

"I just took advantage of Bufan's umbrella this morning. It's not that I left the umbrella in the dorm; I didn't bring one at all. A week ago, when I went home it was raining, but I didn't bring it back to school." Chen Tianming explained somewhat helplessly.

In two days, it's time for the next monthly exam, so it's normal for Chen Tianming to go to the classroom at noon this week. But since he didn't bring an umbrella, he followed Lin Li after lunch.

"Hopefully, after this time, you'll learn your lesson. People teach people, but they don't learn; things teach people, one learns after a single time; I also used to often forget to bring my umbrella," Lin Li reminisced:

"But in the previous life, once when I went parachuting, I forgot to take my parachute. At that time, I was really scared and helpless, luckily, luckily, it wasn't raining that day.