Chen Yu Ying rolled her eyes at Lin Li with amusement and then laughed as she spoke to the phone, "I left my phone with him. I was using the camera to take pictures and wasn't paying attention. I've already hit him for you."

Even though she hadn't moved a finger herself, she claimed she had hit him, and Lin Li gave a thumbs up.

She spoke so smoothly and naturally; girls truly are masters at deception. I better stay vigilant in the future.

I might end up helping the class president count the money after she sells me to her dad.

"What are you guys up to now?" Ding Sihan released the evil thoughts in her head and returned to the main topic.

"We're walking in the woods. Do you want to see it? I've taken some pictures with my phone, let me send a few to the group chat." As Chen Yu Ying spoke, she selected a few photos with great lighting and composition to send over.

"They look pretty good. What's the actual experience like? Is it fun? Is it good for taking photos?"

The photo set Chen Yu Ying sent was all landscape shots with no people in them, so Ding Sihan asked again.

"It's quite fun." Chen Yu Ying nodded.

Just recalling the little moments between the two of them in the woods filled her heart with joy and sweetness—how could it not be fun?

And these feelings will likely overflow her heart for a long, long time to come.

But Lin Li shook his head, expressing a different view:

"It's just okay. It was fun when we first came in around nine in the morning, but now it's almost eleven, and there are too many people both coming in and going out. Once there are too many, it instantly loses its charm. I wish these people could disappear for just two hours, or maybe even longer..."

Ding Sihan, Qu Wanqiu: "(;☉_☉)?"

At first, they thought Lin Li was speaking normally, but the more he continued, the stranger it sounded.

Gradually, they found it hard to hold back.

Ding Sihan's laughter was so loud that it vibrated the phone, but she quickly pretended to file a grievance with feigned bitterness, "Yu Ying! Look at him! Who exactly are 'these people'? Let's make him clarify!"

Qu Wanqiu's voice chimed in with laughter as well, "Crush him, smack his mouth!"

"Smacking, smacking." Chen Yu Ying laughed again, tricking them on behalf of Lin Li.

"Ouch ouch ouch—" Lin Li played along with Chen Yu Ying's act, fully performing, "Like a guest on a love program, ripe for the picking~ If you can still see that I love you..."

Nobody questioned why Lin Li suddenly burst into song. Truth be told, it was quite normal, very much Lin Li.

If Lin Li were to face a wall like Luo Ji in "The Three-Body Problem," the Three-Body People would have already run home crying for their mom, and humanity might not thank Luo Ji, but they certainly wouldn't recognize Lin Li as one of their own.

"Lin Li, don't be too complacent. Just wait until you see how redundant people can be; right, Wanqiu?" Ding Sihan remarked, dripping with sarcasm.

"No problem. I might not be around on the weekend, so I'll cover one, two, and three; you cover five, six, and Sunday, and we'll come together on Thursday." Qu Wanqiu immediately caught on.

"Hey hey hey, no, wrong, wrong." A real man can bend and bow. Lin Li immediately slid to his knees, "Dingding Jiujiu, don't do this, it will damage the maternal bond between us."

"Will you be able to take us out next week?"

Lin Li thumped his chest and nodded, "Next time, definitely!"

Lin Li is reliable; Bao Wei can climb trees.

The four of them chattered and laughed for a while longer, and Chen Yu Ying thoughtfully started a video call so the two on the other end could better see the scenery of Frost Path.

Initially, when holding the phone got tiring, Lin Li took over, but after accidentally pointing the camera too many times at the hands they were holding and his extraordinarily handsome face, to the strong protest of Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu, he sheepishly handed it back to Chen Yu Ying.

The sound from Ding Sihan's side suddenly paused, and when it returned, she sounded proud, "Lin Li, how did that complicated sentence of yours go again?"

Lin Li repeated it, "I'm laughing along with Ying Bao..."

Ding Sihan: "..."

She truly didn't expect Lin Li to remember the exact words and sing them out with ease—not for nothing was he known as the bard of long and difficult sentences.

But then Ding Sihan smugly laughed and said, "Sorry, you guessed wrong. Who's going to be bored at home alone? I'm leaving the voice chat because someone just called me to go out~"

Her tone was filled with the joy of winning one back.

"What!?!" Lin Li overreacted for added drama, "Dingzi! You secretly have a new social circle behind our backs! Medicine won't fix this!!"

"Who is it? A junior high or grade school friend?" Qu Wanqiu also asked with curiosity.

——Nansang Middle School is located in Xiling, and as the county's top school, it gathers young talents from sixteen townships in Nansang County. Of the students in Class Four, only a handful are from Xiling; excluding the boys, there are even fewer girls. Based on regular relations, Qu Wanqiu directly ruled out that they were classmates from Class Four.

Ding Sihan: "My mom, asked me to go out and throw the trash."

"Glare—"

The sound that followed the word "trash" was a system tone.

"Ding Sihan has exited the group voice chat."

It must be said that Ding Sihan's move was quite clever. Her clean and decisive exit meant she didn't hear the laughter of "pair one," sparing herself some embarrassment(?).

Qu Wanqiu shared a few more laughs with them before exiting the call as well.

Chen Yu Ying naturally handed the phone back to Lin Li, even though she had a bag herself, insisting it be kept with him.

"Where's your beloved Bai Bufan? Why hasn't he surfaced?" Watching Lin Li carefully put the phone back in his backpack and resume holding her hand to walk forward, Chen Yu Ying asked with a laugh.

"Him?" Lin Li shrugged, "He said goodnight to me just four hours ago, so he's probably sleeping soundly, clutching his blanket, mumbling little snores and letting out little farts."