After being scolded by Xue Jian, who had turned the tables on him, Lin Li returned to his seat.
But it was not entirely without gain—after repeatedly stressing that he would keep an eye on Old Jian and stop him from smoking, the task progress still ticked up, becoming (3/100).
This further strengthened Lin Li's judgment that he absolutely could not complete this task at school.
If he tried to finish it on campus, who knew how long that would take.
There were still too many restrictions at school.
Fortunately, Lin Li had already made a complete plan during the day.
As soon as the evening dismissal bell rang, Lin Li rode home, changed out of his school uniform and into casual clothes.
Then he went downstairs, got back on his bicycle, and headed for tonight's destination—the internet cafe.
There were many smoking-free areas in Nansang. In theory, after all, smoking was banned in all public indoor spaces.
But that was only in theory.
In real life, most businesses and customers either did not care or did not even know such a rule existed.
But having plenty of locations was not enough. Another important condition for completing this task was that there had to still be quite a few people around at ten at night and later—after all, no matter how crowded it was at other times, Lin Li would not be able to go over and persuade them.
Taking all those conditions into account, the first place Lin Li thought of was an internet cafe.
Maybe KTVs and nightclubs could work too, but KTVs were too private, while in nightclubs, nobody could even hear each other speak. Even if they could, they would think anyone saying smoking was not allowed in a nightclub was an idiot. There was no