"The base needs to be filled with water first. I'm going to the bathroom." Lin Li folded up the already-opened sunshade and spoke to everyone.
A portable sunshade like this obviously couldn't be screwed into the ground. But making the base too heavy would be expensive and inconvenient to move, so it was usually hollow and could be filled with water to add weight.
"This thing is watered down so badly? The shop that rented it to us deserves to die," Bai Bufan sharply commented.
Lin Li laughed. "Bu Fan, from now on, don't buy large bottles of mineral water. Large bottles are watered down badly too."
"Thanks for the reminder." Bai Bufan took it to heart.
So Lin Li carried the base toward the bathroom on the Sports Field behind the podium.
"You're here."
The moment Lin Li entered the bathroom, he heard a deep male voice speak to him from one of the stalls.
What was this, some call of destiny?
Had he finally stopped being the child left unchosen? Though utterly confused, Lin Li still walked toward the sink and answered, "I'm here."
"What are you here for?"
So he wasn't reciting Gu Long dialogue after all. Lin Li turned on the tap and honestly replied, "To get water."
"When are you leaving?"
"I'll leave once it's full." The other person might have been overly familiar, but Lin Li was socially anxious—a social terrorist, someone who made other people afraid in society.
As the saying went, more friends meant more roads; girls had prospects, boys had escape routes.
"Don't leave. Come over to my place," the other person said with a laugh.
"Dude, aren't you taking a shit? What am I supposed to do over there?" Lin Li frowned, raising his voice slightly.
"Never mind, I'll call