The System is Abstract, Luckily, So Am I

Chapter 180 : Understood, But Understood Incorrectly

Seeing this scene, Bai Bufan was a bit confused. He didn't understand why everyone was staring at him like that.

Was I being too flashy?

Oh, that must be it.

Just now, quite a few people were saying they got a lot of questions wrong. Me being so flashy about getting a perfect score must have made them a bit jealous.

Human nature.

Bai Bufan immediately raised his hand and said seriously:

"Let me clarify beforehand, I didn't cheat. I got all of these right relying entirely on my own ability."

Hearing this, the entire class immediately burst into laughter.

"No!! What are you laughing at?! I really didn't cheat! I swear, if there's even a drop of water (falsification) in this History score, if there's any fraud at all, from now on, whenever I pull a hangnail, I'll pull off a whole meter of skin along with it!"

Bai Bufan was anxious. Seeing his classmates still mocking him, he swore an oath in frustration.

"Hiss—hah—"

Bai Bufan's oath seemed a bit too ruthless. Just imagining that scene made Lin Li's fingers throb with pain.

Ever since tearing the skin on his finger once, Lin Li always kept nail clippers in his drawer.

However.

"Bufan, no one suspects you of cheating," Lin Li said with a smile.

If you had cheated even a little bit, these wouldn't be your answers.

"Everyone mainly wants to ask you about question four. Why was Lin Zexu the one who led the Boston Tea Party? Everyone is very confused about this. Can you explain it?" Lin Li pressed.

"Huh? Isn't Old Xu the 'Little Slut of Humen'? How could he be involved in the Boston Tea Party?" Hearing this, Bai Bufan returned to his seat, picked up his History exam paper, took a look, and said in shock:

(Translator's Note: Lin Zexu is famous for the Destruction of Opium at Humen. "Shao huo" / slut sounds similar to "shao hui" / destruction).

"Holy fuck! Why did I choose B for this question? I clearly knew it was C during the exam!"

This kind of behavior, thinking the right answer but choosing the wrong one, was actually quite common.

Especially among students.

"Eh? Then why is the answer B? Is the answer key wrong too?" Bai Bufan finally realized this belatedly. He looked up at Lin Li, his eyes gradually widening: "Wait, whose... whose answers are these?"

"Yours."

Bai Bufan: "?"

What I fear most~ is the air suddenly turning quiet~

"Bufan, what's wrong? Why aren't you talking?"

What I fear most~ is a friend's sudden concern~

"Lin—Li—I'll [Bleep—] [Bleep—] [Bleep—]"

When Bai Bufan's roar echoed and he chased after Lin Li with red eyes, Class 4 entered a mode of complete, uproarious laughter.

However, at this moment, a problem arose: Bai Bufan couldn't catch Lin Li.

Looking at Lin Li, who was always mocking him from the opposite side of the classroom, Bai Bufan was furious. His expression turned completely cold, a true rupture of brotherhood: "Lin Li, I might not be able to catch you, but I have my methods!"

"Oh, what methods do you have?!" Lin Li sneered.

"I'll make you taste the feeling of losing a brother! Zhou Baowei, go to hell!" Bai Bufan started punching and kicking Zhou Baowei.

Zhou Baowei: "?"

Eh? Wait, bro? How am I involved in this?

"Stop! You fucking dare hit my brother?! Then I'll fucking hit your brother too!" As someone who valued brotherhood the most, Lin Li's eyes nearly popped out of his head seeing this. In retaliation, Lin Li also rushed forward and started punching and kicking Baowei.

Bai Bufan, beating up Zhou Baowei: "Do you yield, Lin Li?! If you don't, I'll keep hitting him!"

Lin Li, beating up Zhou Baowei: "I don't yield! Do you yield?! If you don't, I'll keep hitting him too! I'll beat him to death!"

Bai Bufan: "I don't yield! If you have the guts, beat one to death and show me!"

Zhou Baowei: "...I yield, I yield, okay?"

The two pretended not to hear him and just kept throwing punches.

These two were less than half a meter apart right now, but their fists were all landing on Zhou Baowei's back.

Although the punches didn't hurt at all, Zhou Baowei still had to sigh with emotion: These two bastards are truly building a wall of pure bitchiness.

When the History teacher walked in, the two had no choice but to return to their seats.

"Can this be erased?"

Seeing the answers on the blackboard, the History teacher asked everyone.

She thought they were the answers for the previous subject, left there in case the students hadn't finished checking.

"Teacher, those are Bufan's History multiple-choice answers. If you want to erase them, you can—mmph, mmph!" Lin Li was halfway through his sentence when his mouth was covered by Bai Bufan, whose eyes were wide open again.

"History answers?" Finding herself involved in the drama, the History teacher picked up the answer key she had brought, compared them, and then scratched her head: "You know, they do look a bit similar, but I'm also a bit afraid to claim them."

Bai Bufan: "..."

...

"Lin Li, in this world, besides me and Northern Myanmar, who else would bare their heart and soul to you? I treat you with sincerity, and this is how you treat me?"

The History class ended, and Bai Bufan lay on his desk, his eyes vacant.

He looked decadent and weak, like he had just finished shooting a still for "He sits on the couch with five black guys standing behind him."

Lin Li's move was truly too ruthless.

When the History teacher learned that the answers on the blackboard were Bai Bufan's multiple-choice answers, she spent the entire class endlessly whipping his corpse. Every time she saw a question Bai Bufan got wrong, she made him stand up and explain his thought process, using him as a negative example.

"You deserve it."

Lin Li sneered and took his water bottle to get some water.

When he returned to the classroom, he saw Bai Bufan blocking Zhou Baowei from going up to the podium.

"Lin Li! Help me stop Baowei! Don't let him go up and erase the answers!" Seeing Lin Li come in, Bai Bufan immediately shouted for help.

The next class was English, and a new row of answers was written on the blackboard.

Lin Li smiled.

Do unto others what you do not want done unto yourself.

When Bai Bufan harmed others, it was because they deserved it. When others harmed Bai Bufan, it was a complete loss of conscience.

"Coming!" Bai Bufan was a pure bastard, but fortunately, Lin Li wasn't a good person either. Hearing this, he immediately put his water bottle on the back cabinet and stepped forward to help stop Zhou Baowei.

When brothers unite, their sharpness can cut through metal.

The bell rang.

Amidst Zhou Baowei's heart-wrenching screams, he was forcibly pressed back into his seat by Lin Li and Bai Bufan.

"Let me see what Baowei chose for English." Taking out his English exam paper, Lin Li started comparing.

Wait.

That's not right.

"Why are Baowei's answers exactly the same as mine?" Lin Li turned to look at Bai Bufan.

"Because they are your answers," Bai Bufan smiled.

On Zhou Baowei's face right now, there was no trace of breakdown or despair. He had also put on a sly smile and was looking at Lin Li together with Bai Bufan.

Lin Li: "..."

Not good!

The Art of War! They used the Art of War!

This was clearly a trap designed by the two of them specifically for him!

"Fuck, my day has finally come," Lin Li pressed his fist against his forehead, somewhat unable to hold back his exasperation, and said speechlessly.

Bai Bufan and Zhou Baowei laughed maniacally.

Click, clack, click, clack.

Kou Kou, wearing no makeup, a small microphone, and low-heeled shoes, walked in.

"Everyone, take out your monthly exam papers," Kou Kou said while looking at the answers on the blackboard.

"Teacher, what's on the blackboard is—" Bai Bufan was just about to explain to Kou Kou.

"Eh? You guys already know the answers? You've already written them out for me in advance? These are the multiple-choice answers for the monthly exam. Everyone, check them yourselves. We'll go over the ones that many students got wrong. Bufan? What's up? What did you want to say to me?"

After Kou Kou finished speaking, she looked up at Bai Bufan, who had just called her, and asked gently.

Bai Bufan, Zhou Baowei: "?"

The two mechanically turned their heads to look at Lin Li.

No, bro, did you really get them all right?

They saw Lin Li lean back in his chair, run his fingers through his hair, pushing it all back. Only after "noticing" their gazes did he look at the two of them:

"Hmm? What's wrong? Is something the matter? Baowei, you're nearsighted, can you see the answers on the blackboard clearly? Do you want me to lend you my exam paper to check?"

Damn, he's really showing off now.

Relying on Photographic Memory, Lin Li had already memorized the 3,500 high school vocabulary words backwards and forwards. The obscure, out-of-syllabus words on the first-year monthly exam even had Chinese annotations. As for the written part of the English exam, as long as he could completely understand it, writing it was incredibly simple.

It was like doing primary school Chinese questions; getting them all right really wasn't too surprising.

However, although he got all the multiple-choice questions right, he would probably lose points on the listening section, the fill-in-the-blanks that required grammatical changes, and the essay. Being first in the class was still difficult.

But it was enough. A conservative estimate was at least 130+, which was an epic improvement for Lin Li, who used to hover around 100.

Looking at Lin Li's smug face, Bai Bufan's mouth twitched.

Seeing his bro doing so well, Bai Bufan was truly happy for him from the bottom of his heart.

Happy! For! Him! Ah!

The cabinet moved; Bai Bufan didn't want to play anymore.

How could it end like this?

"No—!!!" Unable to bear it any longer, Bai Bufan roared unwillingly, tears streaming down his face.

"Snowflakes fluttering~ The north wind howling~" Lin Li sang beside him.

"What exactly is going on?"

Only Kou Kou looked completely bewildered. What are these two clowns up to now?

But it didn't matter. Kou Kou knew how to deal with them:

"It's class time and you're still being so noisy. You two, go stand in the back and listen."

"Alright, let's look at the first reading passage... combining it with the part about 'nature' in the text, the answer to this question is C. Do you understand?" Kou Kou started explaining the questions.

Lin Li shot Bai Bufan a look, then asked, "The teacher is asking if you're standing up down there. Hurry up and answer."

Bai Bufan: "?"

"Who the fuck taught you to understand 'under stand' like that? Genius!" Bai Bufan gave a thumbs up.

"If I wasn't a genius, how could I get all the English multiple-choice questions right? Isn't that obvious?" Lin Li felt he lived up to the title.

The two exchanged a glance and nodded in gratification.

Unfortunately, a third party intervened.

Kou Kou had walked up to the two of them at some point. She pointed to opposite sides of the room and said with a fake smile, "You two... one stand on the left, one stand on the right!"

The small microphone let out a sharp, piercing screech, seemingly containing impurities.

(End of Chapter)