Chapter 847: Chapter 408: Wang Ze Suspects Lin Li Is Poaching His Friends_3

Lin Li shook his head: "That’s not what I meant. I don’t think you guys have any ill intentions towards me. On the contrary, I think it’s pretty nice how you all are."

"Hansi, do you think I could possibly hang out with you all?"

"Hang out with us?" Du Hansi was a bit surprised by Lin Li’s words. He scratched his head, seeming not to understand Lin Li’s question: "What do you mean by hanging out with us?"

"I mean becoming friends. The more friends, the more opportunities." Lin Li also felt a bit unsure of how to describe it.

He couldn’t just say, "I want your approval"; that sounded too gay.

"By ’we’, do you mean us sports students?"

"Not just that, I mean everyone in the final testing area." Lin Li shook his head.

"Everyone in the final testing area?" Du Hansi scratched his head:

"It’s definitely not a problem to make friends with us sports students. You can ask Wang Ze. Apart from Rui Feng, who loves to show off and is a bit brainless, everyone else in the first-year sports group is great. If you want to meet them, I can introduce you this afternoon."

"But there are more than just sports students in the final testing area. There are a lot of people I don’t know. I have no idea what they’re like or how to befriend them."

"That’s good enough." Lin Li nodded straightforwardly, not saying much more.

This afternoon, he’ll try a different approach himself.

At this time, Wang Ze looked over suspiciously, very cautiously: "Lin Li, let me be clear, I’ve already booked their butts, you can’t just swoop in and steal them from me."

I was obviously the one who became a sports student first.

Lin Li sneered: "It’s all about skills, Wang Ze. If you can’t hold onto those butts, you’ll eventually give in."

"Are you provoking me?" Wang Ze reached out and touched Du Hansi’s left butt cheek.

"I’m just stating the facts!" Lin Li reached out and touched Du Hansi’s right butt cheek, directly opposing him without any retreat.

Both of them looked at Du Hansi, applying slight pressure with their hands: "Hansi, if we got divorced, who would you go with?"

Du Hansi: "..."

Oh, damn.

I’m not even standing between you two, so why am I being treated like this!

...

"This is Lin Li, Wang Ze’s classmate, the one who blew me away in the 3000 meters at the sports meet—a natural athletic prodigy..."

"When you put it that way, I kind of remember. So it was him, huh? Impressive! Bro, did you train before..."

"Hmm? Oh, hello..."

"..."

Before the exam started in the afternoon, under the arrangement of Du Hansi and Wang Ze, Lin Li was briefly introduced to some of the sports students from the final two testing areas.

[During the big competition, gain recognition from at least 20 servant disciples of the sect (4/20)]

The progress of the task advanced slightly during the introductions, but that was about it.

This progress was made during his interaction with the sports students also training in athletics. After hearing his achievements from Wang Ze and Du Hansi, though they didn’t say it outright, their gaze held a slight surprise and admiration.

It was at this point that the system updated the progress.

When meeting with other sports students, there was no reaction.

Lin Li could see that these people were obviously not as enthusiastic as the previous sports student. They were probably quite baffled as to why Du Hansi was introducing Lin Li to them suddenly, but didn’t want to ask directly, resulting in polite or perfunctory responses.

Of course, this didn’t lead them to pay attention to Lin Li’s previous ’achievements’, let alone gain their recognition.

But Lin Li was also contemplating.

Even though his current physical abilities far surpassed those on Earth, and he could undoubtedly defeat them in their areas of expertise, how should he demonstrate this strength?

You’re a shot putter, right? Forget the exam, let’s throw a shot put!

You specialize in hurdles? Bro, see that invigilator’s head over there? Can’t clear it? That’s Bufan!

Hmm, that probably won’t work.

Such deliberate displays of strength might make them think he’s showing off, possibly pushing them to the side of outright dislike. At best, they’d hold back out of consideration for Du Hansi and Wang Ze, but who knows what they’d whisper behind his back. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Since there’s still time, Lin Li didn’t make any unnecessary moves and sat in place pondering how to naturally showcase his abilities.

When the sports students pass by, should I knock down my own friends and make a super cool basket?

Or should I tell jokes loudly enough to attract their attention? Heimlich maneuver on Wang Ze?

Lin Li rubbed his temples helplessly; this damn system, everyone else displays their beauty for the females, but I have to put on a show for male sports students.

"Ding——"

The exam began, and Lin Li temporarily put down his thoughts, swiftly completing the test paper.

Apart from the Chinese subject, the rest didn’t take much time for Lin Li to finish.

Capping his pen, he looked around the drowsy classroom, continuing to think of methods.

And he really came up with one, although not a particularly great one.

For example, using the "Duck Blood Bottle" to control emotions, triggering a conflict between students or between a student and him during the test, then using fists to speak. This way, the display of strength would be quite natural, and fighting should earn some recognition in the final testing area.

But since no one’s provoking him, Lin Li didn’t want to ignite such a dispute voluntarily. Unless it was a last resort, he wouldn’t consider it.

As he pondered, a soft noise beside him made Lin Li turn his head.

It was Wu Xuan, who at the moment held a bag of gummy candies, reclining with his chair, casually tossing the candies up and trying to catch them with his mouth.

When he successfully caught one, he’d delightedly raise an eyebrow; when he missed, he’d flail around trying to catch it with his hand on the second attempt.

Even when it fell to the ground, he’d swiftly pick it up and eat it, behaving just like Bao Wei.