Chapter 857: Chapter 411: I’m Not Calm and Collected, I’m Really Out of Options (Part 2)

Alright, Fang Tianyou is just randomly tapping, not actually knowing Morse code.

Fang Tianyou seemed to sense the gaze and turned to look at Lin Li. Their eyes met, and he immediately communicated through body language—"What should we do?"

Lin Li: "He’s probably only watching me, you guys can try and eat."

Fang Tianyou: "He’s sitting too far back, but—"

Just then, Fang Tianyou’s message was cut short. He’d been mouthing words, but suddenly his expression changed, and he quickly turned his head back around and pretended to start working on his exam again.

We’ve all been students and knew right away what that meant.

First, Lin Li calmed his facial expression and casually turned his head.

Your mom.

Almost a kiss with Xue Jian.

Lin Li, who almost lost his dignity on a starless night, subtly moved his chair outward to distance himself, and declined softly: "Teacher, please have some respect."

We’re both taken; it’s impossible between us. Stop trying to tempt me.

Xue Jian: "..."

Xue Jian took a deep breath, trying to lower his rapidly rising blood pressure. He didn’t expect that even sitting beside him, Lin Li could still be exchanging glances and plotting with someone else in the exam room.

So, Xue Jian, who had originally been sitting behind Lin Li to the left, picked up his chair again, carefully repositioned it to the side and slightly behind Lin Li.

Then, he adjusted the chair to face Lin Li directly.

After doing all this, he sat down peacefully, his eyes laser-focused on his target.

—Now, whenever Lin Li looked up, he would meet Xue Jian’s eyes.

Lin Li: "..."

No, 666, this is serious business.

If he was just sitting to the back left earlier, one could barely explain it as sitting in the back row to cooperate with Guo Zhun in monitoring the whole room from the podium.

But there’s no room for excuses with Xue Jian’s current position and orientation, as it’s purely to watch him.

There’s a saying, "If you find someone whose eyes are full of you, just marry them," but did that person consider situations like this?

Hmm?! Answer me!

Lin Li shook his head, picked up his pen again, and began to look at the exam paper.

Of course, it’s not that Lin Li was calm and composed in face of the situation; he just had no idea what to do.

He was truly being watched very closely, scared that even a fart would be analyzed to pieces, to the point of being immobile.

Mates, join the green fortune bag at the top right corner.

...

"Half an hour left until the exam ends."

Like music to his ears, Lin Li suddenly stood up and rushed to the podium to hand in his paper.

The top student in the grade indeed takes the lead in everything.

He didn’t even take his test papers or stationery, just dashed straight out of the exam room because there was another test coming up anyway.

"Damn—"

When Du Hansi also finished and came out, the two of them looked at each other and, in unison, all they could say was damn it.

"Lin Li, was that your homeroom teacher? How long will he keep proctoring you?" Du Hansi eagerly asked.

"Until the end of the monthly exams," Lin Li calmly announced this despairing fact.

"Well, isn’t that a problem? This ’afternoon tea’ thing is completely ruined?"

The last exam room kept up its tradition of everyone turning in their papers early, and at this time, Fang Tianyou also came out with his full backpack.

So Lin Li and Du Hansi paused their conversation, waited for everyone to gather, and then moved together tacitly towards the stairwell corner to discuss.

"How about this: my homeroom teacher is now sitting facing me but with his back to you guys. Meanwhile, Guo Zhun is still always on his phone. So, for the next test, I can try to draw my teacher’s attention, and you guys can eat and drink as you please."

Lin Li didn’t really care anymore, but because he didn’t want to dampen Du Hansi and others’ spirits, he still tried to offer a solution.

If they accepted, Lin Li was willing to sacrifice himself for the good of all.

Success doesn’t have to be attributed to me; it brings tears to my eyes.

"It’s difficult," Du Hansi wondered why Lin Li’s eyes suddenly wandered as if he were lost in some sort of fantasy, but it wasn’t important at the moment. After thinking through Lin Li’s plan, he shook his head:

"Not to mention whether he’ll sit that way next time; even if he does, as soon as he turns his head, he’ll see us. If we share, it’s impossible to do it without making any noise."

Lin Li actually knew the feasibility was low too. He nodded in acknowledgment and instead looked at everyone with a hopeful gaze.

Among three there must be a genius with ideas.

But perhaps because there weren’t three actual humans among these living creatures present, everyone simply looked at each other in dismay, at a loss.

"Plans can’t keep up with changes; accept it."

"Now everyone take some and handle it themselves, eat it at break, or during the next exam, whatever." Lin Li concluded the matter.

"That’s all we can do."

With all morale lost, everyone opened the lunch boxes, shared the disposable bowls and chopsticks, and started mixing their own cold noodles or cake.

There was naturally more than the few of them could finish, so— 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Step right up and take a look, cold noodles and cakes are free to eat, no need to follow any public accounts or download any software, truly free to eat."

—Lin Li led his group to the entrance of Class 20 to give them away for free.

"Hey there, want some? Take the amount you want, mix it yourself, bowls and chopsticks are here."

Perhaps because the self-heating hot pots from the morning had already lowered their threshold of acceptance, the crowd from Class 20 only found it novel, not shocking, and eagerly stepped forward to take some.

—Except for Xue Jian.

"Hansi, cut and distribute the cake while I handle the cold noodles."

"Alright."

"Everyone queue up, one at a time."

The line suddenly dispersed.

Because at that moment, Xue Jian slowly approached Lin Li, who was doing charity, slightly bent over and hunched, staring straight at Lin Li.