Lin Li, a Shy, Introverted, Bashful Young Man

Lin Li, a Shy, Introverted, Bashful Young Man

How should he put it? This question perhaps really was part of what geography should cover, but... wasn't it a little too basic? And no human should have been able to ask this question, right?

Student Lin Li, had you been replaced by an alien while everyone wasn't looking?

Were you even human?

The more they thought about it, the more terrifying it became. Lin Li had never appeared alongside an alien before.

Could Men in Black 5 already be happening in real life? "Lin Li, I'll go to the infirmary right away. Hang in there." Worried, Chen Yuying immediately stood up. This illness couldn't be delayed.

"It's not that serious, it's not that serious, it's not that serious—" Lin Li hurriedly pinched the hem of Chen Yuying's short sleeve between his thumb and forefinger, pulling her back into her seat.

He pulled unevenly, and Chen Yuying let out an "Ow!" as she sat back down, nearly falling toward Lin Li. That made her look at him with some resentment.

The few people who had come to the classroom to watch the monkey all turned toward them at that cry.

Wang Yuezhi twisted about gloomily, Ding Sihan peeked furtively, and Wang Ze also... Wait, no. Why were you sneaking looks at Wang Yuezhi, you brat?

"Don't pull on my clothes like that." Chen Yuying adjusted her slightly crooked collar—only slightly crooked. To pull her School Uniform off her shoulder, she would probably need to leave every front button undone and use all her strength.

If he didn't pull her clothes, pulling her pants would be even less appropriate, right?

Of course, Lin Li didn't say that. It was far too perverted.

"Could it be that you wanted me to grab your hand just now, then for the two of us to only realize it several seconds later and abruptly let go, our faces turning red as monkey butts as we avoided looking at each other, our hearts pounding before we finally fell into Love River?" Lin Li therefore said something that might have been useful.

Chen Yuying: "..."

"Lin Li, your first priority right now is to stop watching anime." Whether there had been any atmosphere or not, it had all vanished after that long sentence. Chen Yuying spoke helplessly.

Lin Li smiled, then pressed his palms together and said seriously:

"Class Monitor, first, I'm really not sick. Second, I'm really not sick. Finally, I'm really not sick. I genuinely want to ask you this question: what exactly is the planet we live on called?"

Chen Yuying thought carefully, then shook her head. "Yesterday, you were just as adamant at first that you weren't a pervert, but you admitted it in the end. So this time, I think you're still sick."

Sound reasoning. Convincing indeed.

System, look what you've done.

A shy, bashful, socially anxious person like me, who didn't even dare pinch a stranger's butt, had become this sort of person in other people's eyes because of you.

Where had my radiant and majestic image gone?

"Either you're deliberately messing with me, and if that's the case, I'll be a little angry." Chen Yuying paused, then looked seriously at Lin Li and added.

Lin Li raised his evaluation of Chen Yuying another level. Girls who would take the initiative to say they were angry were simply wonderful! Those girls who got angry but said nothing—and worse, went home and made their Boyfriend guess why they were angry—were just awful.

From now on, he absolutely wouldn't charge the Class Monitor a single cent for breakfast.

However, Lin Li had always been quite good at coming up with excuses on the spot, so he immediately said seriously, "Class Monitor, I'm not messing with you. I'm seriously asking you this question too.

Of course I know the answer, but there's a reason I'm still asking it.

Class Monitor, do you remember yesterday? Yesterday, I was going to tell you about the case I helped solve, but right at the beginning, I brought up that situational question about the differences between men and women, something highly relevant yet barely relevant.

This has to do with the memorization method I've been practicing recently. Class Monitor, I don't know if you've watched a Hong Kong drama from over a decade ago called Mind Reading Detective. One of its cases involved murder in a Memory Palace, and what I've been practicing lately is actually something similar."

"You've been practicing murder too?" Chen Yuying asked blankly.

"...?"

"Class Monitor, what kind of image do I have in your heart?"

"I'm practicing the Memory Palace!"

Lin Li blinked. He began to suspect there was some inflation in the Class Monitor's top-ranking grades.

Binbin, just look at the comprehension skills of the students you taught.

"Oh, oh, go on." Chen Yuying was a little embarrassed. When she was with Lin Li, her brain really couldn't keep up sometimes.

If Lin Li admitted that he was practicing murder... Chen Yuying would consider whether it was true.

"I first need to engrave that basic knowledge into the palace. Then, building upon that foundation, I can begin expanding and constructing my Memory Palace. As the difficulty gradually accumulates, it forms a progressive framework, like adding bookmarks to memories.

And now, in geography, I suspect I memorized the wrong knowledge. So I formatted this part of the palace, and now I need to fill it again from scratch..."

Lin Li said a great deal.

Of course, it was all nonsense.

But the effect was decent. Through his constant 'quoting classics' and a few lofty terms he had either heard somewhere or made up, Chen Yuying looked like she had already been bluffed by him.

Right now, Lin Li was like one of those internet know-it-alls. When he talked about something you weren't familiar with, you would think he had an incredibly broad range of knowledge and really knew his stuff. But once he started talking about a field you understood, you would realize he was a complete idiot.

"So please, Class Monitor, just treat me as a traveler from another world who knows nothing and is asking you because he wants to understand this world, okay?" To some extent, Lin Li was being straightforward.

"As long as the Class Monitor can tell me, I'll do anything. I'm willing to do anything." Lin Li transformed into a bratty little girl whose weakness had been seized, only short of sticking out his tongue and rolling his eyes.

What a strange request. Chen Yuying scratched her head, but faced with Lin Li's expectant gaze, he really didn't seem to be messing with her. In the end, she nodded. "...Okay."

"Thank you, Class Monitor. Right now, I really want to pretend to be excited while actually deliberately grabbing your hand and rubbing it hundreds of times to show my gratitude." Lin Li breathed a sigh of relief.

Since she knew it was a joke and had also confirmed that Lin Li was indeed a pervert, Chen Yuying didn't feel embarrassed. After thinking for a moment, though, she said:

"Although I still don't entirely believe you, I can help you build this palace through role-playing. But I'll have a few questions later too, and you'll need to answer them for me."

"Class Monitor, you want to ask me questions?" Lin Li blinked.

The Class Monitor was an all-rounder, while he was the opposite of an all-rounder.

The only subject where he might have even a slight chance of winning was physical education without separating by gender—and even then, he didn't dare say he would definitely win.

Wait.

"Class Monitor, the questions you want to ask me later... they aren't going to be perverted questions, are they?" Lin Li asked tentatively.

Only in this regard might there be something Chen Yuying was interested in and something he could offer guidance on.

Sure enough, Chen Yuying nodded slightly. "There are indeed some things I'm really curious about."

No big deal.

After yesterday's conversation, Chen Yuying no longer found it strange for Lin Li to do perverted things, while Lin Li no longer found it strange for Chen Yuying to be curious about perverted things.

The strange duo had grown stranger.

"No problem, but Class Monitor, don't ask anything too perverted either. I might not be able to answer those." Lin Li nodded casually.

"You're being modest." Chen Yuying shook her head.

Lin Li: "?"

System, give me back my reputation.

"Then shall we start building the palace for me first?"

"Okay."

"Then let's begin. Class Monitor, the planet I've arrived on..."

Since she had agreed, Chen Yuying's expression turned serious. She began, "Let me think about the content of Compulsory Geography One. Traveler Lin Li from another world, the planet we live on is called Earth. About 29% of its surface is land, while 71% is water..."

Genius!

Watching the progress bar suddenly begin to rise rapidly, Lin Li once again confirmed that he was undeniably a genius.

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