The System is Abstract, Luckily, So Am I

Chapter 205 : Love Bros or Love Gold

It was past five o'clock.

The setting sun hung low in the western sky, peeking through the gap between two clouds, dyeing the sky red.

The five of them returned to their viewing spot, sat down, and waited for the sunset.

Qu Wanqiu's phone rang at this moment, breaking the silence.

She looked down and saw a number marked by many as a spam call.

Just as she was about to hang up, Lin Li took the phone, smiled, and gestured: "Let me handle this."

Looks like he's going to act up again.

Lin Li turned on the speakerphone and answered.

"Hello, sorry to bother you. May I ask if you have any need to buy a house recently? We have a new real estate project currently on sale." It seemed to be a real estate agent.

"Sure, I happen to be looking for a house recently," Lin Li nodded, sounding very interested.

"Oh, really? Sir, do you happen to have a purchasing need?" The emotion on the other end of the phone became noticeably excited. "Specifically, we have—"

"No, I'm looking for a place to jump."

"...Eh?"

"I'm very sad because my girlfriend found out she was cheated on by her best friend. She's been crying since morning, and I don't know how to comfort her, so I'm helping her find a building to jump off."

"...Ah?"

"By the way, housing prices should drop after this. Do you want to short the developer with me? You provide the insider information, I provide the girlfriend. We'll make it big and strong, and create brilliance together!" Lin Li's combo didn't stop.

Beep—beep—

The call was hung up.

Everyone laughed. Lin Li was a bit regretful that he hadn't finished speaking.

Bai Bufan suddenly spoke up with some confusion: "Wait? Your girlfriend was cheated on? Doesn't that mean you, Lin Li, fucking cheated?! You really kept yourself clean with those words!"

After the girls realized this, they all stared at Lin Li with amusement and questioning looks.

"Yingbao, if you found out your boyfriend cheated, what would you do?" Ding Sihan chuckled and turned to ask Chen Yuying.

"...I would turn a blind eye," Chen Yuying thought for a moment before speaking.

Then, under everyone's surprised gazes, she smiled slightly shyly: "Otherwise, the bullet might miss."

Lin Li: "?"

I thought the Class Rep was the kind of Yamato Nadeshiko who, upon discovering her husband's infidelity, would only dare to cry secretly and swallow her bitterness.

"So it was for aiming," Lin Li scratched his head, feeling like a 5.56mm bullet was growing in his head. It itched. No, aiming with one eye, it should be a Magnum.

"Class Rep, you've really been corrupted by Bai Bufan, Ding Sihan, and Qu Wanqiu. Now you even know how to use this kind of plot twist," Lin Li said approvingly.

Bai Bufan looked disgusted and pointed his left index finger at Lin Li, who was on his right.

Lin Li's ability to shift blame is innate, just like a girl's innate ability to love.

"So Lin Li, if you fall in love in the future, will you cheat?" Ding Sihan asked again.

"I won't, but I can learn."

According to internet records, answering with this sentence shows the highest emotional intelligence.

He was despised.

I'm never doing abstract humor again. Great, now I'm really being treated like an idiot.

"Cheating... I reckon I'll never cheat in my life. Damn it, cheating requires two people to like me at the same time. That condition is too harsh. Where am I going to find two blind people like that?" Lin Li laughed.

The disdain remained unchanged, and the girls "tsked."

Bai Bufan's eyes widened. He pointed at Lin Li, then at himself: "If finding you means they're blind, then what does finding me mean?"

"Sorry, I'm feeling a bit unwell right now. I'm going to go jump off a building first. You can ask them," Lin Li suddenly dry-heaved, his face contorted in pain as he walked towards the sea, "whispering loudly" as he walked: "What kind of sin did I commit in my past life? I hope the person is okay."

"Fuck!!! Lin Li, stop right there! Jumping off a building, huh?! I'll let you jump, you'd better jump right now!" Bai Bufan got up and chased after him.

The two murdered each other.

Hopscotch (jumping houses) is truly a magical thing.

When you're a kid, you play hopscotch when you're unhappy. When you grow up, you jump off buildings (houses) when you're unhappy.

When you're a kid, playing hopscotch makes you grow up. When you grow up, jumping off buildings makes you smaller.

It's all just the difference between the xy-axis and the z-axis.

Hopscotch is amazing, isn't it?

Amidst everyone's laughter, the sun set in the west.

The clouds were layered, and the setting sun shone through the gaps, weaving golden threads into them. The light spilled onto the sea, making it sparkle. The waves gently lapped against the reefs, making a soft sound, providing a low accompaniment for the sunset.

Some dishes can be "eaten" by the phone first, but some scenery is better seen with human eyes first. Rather than recording it on a phone, it's better to memorize it in the mind.

So everyone couldn't be bothered to take out their phones.

When the sun was completely swallowed by the sea, but the afterglow hadn't completely dissipated, a few seabirds that weren't seagulls occasionally circled low in the distance. Their silhouettes faintly visible in the afterglow added a touch of brilliance to this tranquil scene.

The sea breeze blew gently, carrying the unique scent of the ocean, softly brushing against their faces, making them feel incredibly comfortable.

It wasn't until the streetlights behind them lit up that everyone snapped out of this comfort.

"Should we find another chance to watch the sunrise? There seems to be a mountain here in Shanting that's great for watching the sunrise," Chen Yuying suggested.

"I have no problem with that," Lin Li said nonchalantly.

If climbing a mountain is just for the purpose of reaching the top, it won't be very interesting.

But if your climbing partners are a know-it-all who understands wild plants and creatures, a dog that easily gets distracted by its surroundings, and a girl with nice hips and legs who is willing to walk faster than you...

Lin Li felt he could climb a hundred mountains. A! Hundred! Mountains!

With the current lineup, rounded up, it completely met the criteria.

However, the other three blinked, remained silent for about a second, and then nodded: "Sure."

Seeing this, Chen Yuying found it somewhat amusing for some reason.

"I was just saying. I can't get up early either."

Chen Yuying could guarantee that if she insisted, everyone would probably still go.

But forget it, let them sleep peacefully.

Chen Yuying's mood wasn't affected by this at all; in fact, she seemed even happier.

"Should we find a place for dinner?" Lin Li stood up, stretched, and asked.

"Sure, we already found a place just now. It's this one. I already sent the location to the group chat, you guys can check it," Ding Sihan also stood up and brushed off the dust.

"Go go go!"

The girls went to a suitable spot to hail a taxi, while Lin Li and Bai Bufan rode the electric scooter there.

"Accelerate, accelerate, accelerate!" After getting on, Bai Bufan urged.

"Received, received, received!"

However, after driving for only half a minute, the electric scooter slowly came to a stop.

"What's wrong?" Bai Bufan patted Lin Li's shoulder and asked in dissatisfaction.

Lin Li turned his head, revealing a calm smile like a sage.

Bai Bufan: "?"

Oh no!

"We drag raced too much this afternoon, and the faster the electric scooter goes, the faster it consumes power. So it's out of battery," Lin Li said.

Most electric scooters' battery displays show the "battery level" at the current speed. For example, when driving at ten kilometers per hour, it might still show four bars of full battery, but if you speed up a little, it quickly drops to one bar. It's very inaccurate.

Plus, Lin Li wasn't familiar with this electric scooter and didn't notice the battery was already depleted.

Now that they stopped, there was only one inaccurate bar of battery left.

Bai Bufan: "..."

"I still have some power left in my power bank, about 1000 mAh. Is that enough?" Bai Bufan took out his power bank, looking like he was willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good.

Lin Li: "?"

"Bufan, how long have you had these symptoms? Are your parents really not considering having another child? Otherwise, your eunuch lineage is going to end," Lin Li looked at Bai Bufan with a worried expression and said with concern.

"You motherfucker," Bai Bufan laughed and cursed, then jumped off the scooter, holding the back of his head and asking: "So what do we do now?"

"Let me search for the nearest battery swap station... One kilometer straight line, two kilometers by road. Let's push it there," Lin Li looked at his phone for a while, shrugged, and said.

This kind of scooter supports direct battery swapping at swap stations, and the rental shop wouldn't mind.

As for testing the "Charging Crystal" here, it was too wasteful, and Lin Li didn't even consider it.

"Ahhh, the episode where I regret not getting in the car with the Class Rep and the others the most! Lin Li, you useless thing!"

Bai Bufan walked to the back of the scooter, grabbed the tail wing with one hand to push forward, and raised his middle finger at Lin Li with the other, saying disdainfully: "Couldn't you have saved some battery?"

"If I really let you get in the car, you wouldn't be happy either," Lin Li sneered first, then turned his head and asked: "If I had driven slowly all afternoon, not only would we not be out of battery now, but we'd definitely have a lot left. But Bufan, let me ask you one thing: if time could rewind, knowing that driving fast would drain the battery, would you still want to drive like we did this afternoon?"

"Of course, we have to drive like that!" Bai Bufan answered without hesitation.

Complaints aside, he had no regrets.

Some memories are more precious than anything.

There is always a breeze in the human world that fills my hundred and eight thousand dreams.

It's just pushing a scooter.

The wind galloping beneath a youth's feet is something more precious than gold.

Of course, if someone was really willing to buy it with gold, Lin Li wouldn't forbid them from having a seizure at his feet.

"Wait, ding! Did you and I just say 'drive' (kai)?"

Bai Bufan suddenly realized what word they had said and looked at Lin Li with a smile.

And Lin Li also looked over.

When the corners of their mouths curled up, Bai Bufan said:

"Streamer, streamer, your electric scooter is really strong, but it consumes too much battery. Do you have any other simple and strong transportation recommendations?"

"Yes, bro, yes. Of course, there's more than one strong transportation method like this. There are nine in total, all of which are T0.5 tier strong transportation methods in the current meta!"

(Translator's Note: A reference to a gaming streamer meme).

The bot conversation ended, and the two laughed loudly under the streetlights.

"Accelerate, accelerate, accelerate!" Lin Li held the electric scooter with both hands and started to accelerate, even pinching his voice and looking back to complain: "Boiling Sheep, push harder, Happy Sheep has no strength left!"

(Translator's Note: Characters from the Chinese cartoon Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf).

"Boiling Sheep received, Beautiful Sheep, hold on!"

Bai Bufan made gorilla-like sounds and bent over to push the scooter hard.

"Whoa whoa whoa!!"

The wind of youth blew past the two of them.

(End of Chapter)