"Chen Tianming: Lin Li, have you arrived at the school yet?"
Lin Li was still chatting with Chen Yuying when he noticed Chen Tianming's private message pop up on his phone.
It was already past eleven. Thinking about it, the bus from Nan Sang Academy should indeed have arrived by now.
He raised his phone, checked it, and replied.
"Lin Li: I'm here."
"Chen Tianming: Where are you?"
"Lin Li: By the artificial lake inside Pingjiang School."
"Chen Tianming: Are you with the Class Monitor? Mind if a third wheel joins you?"
"Lin Li: I don't mind if you come, but did Qiao Qiao really abandon you for that adorable Fan Rou?"
"Chen Tianming: No, she has me in her heart. She picked a seat in the back of the bus and sat with me and her classmate, hehe."
This was bad. She really did have him in her heart this time.
He needed to find a way to forward this to Qin Zeyu.
"Chen Tianming: But she brought her mistake notebook and stuff. She's heading straight to the exam hall to keep reviewing with the time she has left."
"Chen Tianming: I'm not actually here for the competition, and I don't think I can win any prize. I'll already be thanking the heavens if I make it into the second round. I don't want to stay in the exam hall at all, so I thought I'd ask you. If you're being all lovey-dovey, I won't bother you. I'll just wander around the school by myself."
"Lin Li: [Location] — Then come over. The Class Monitor and I don't mind."
"Lin Li: Oh, right. Isn't Prison King from our class here too? Why abandon him? You two could keep each other company."
"Chen Tianming: Hehe, I'm a Brahmin among simps.