The Most Random System-Chapter 544 - 313: Just because I took one more look at you in the crowd

Chapter 544: Chapter 313: Just because I took one more look at you in the crowd

The wind swept by, with fallen leaves swirling around Lin Li, clinging to the silvery moonlight.

In the wind lingers the scent of someone’s hair, a touch of citrus.

First, exclude Ding Sihan.

Bang bang bang, the street vendor selling wontons approached, tapping his sticks.

This kind of silent midnight peddling through the streets was a common sight in Xiling.

Lin Li turned his head and exchanged a glance with Ding Sihan, before both tacitly returning their gaze forward.

The sound of banging gradually faded away.

"I’m such an idiot!" Lin Li finally spoke up in frustration, breaking the silence.

"In what way are you an idiot?" Ding Sihan asked.

"Why was I standing there hugging the back of my head for no reason? Is that supposed to be cool?

What’s so great about hugging the back of your head? Damn it, before I had time to lower my hands, she was gone... I’m such an idiot!!"

Lin Li smacked his right hand with his left, and then his left with his right, like Ah Nu’s mental battle, it was like he was at odds with himself, disappointed with his own incompetence.

The recent hug, when recalled, seemed quite lengthy, but in reality, it happened in the blink of an eye, and when Lin Li came to his senses and tried to hug back, Chen Yu Ying had already slipped back into the car.

"That was indeed idiotic." Ding Sihan nodded in agreement after hearing him out.

"You’re an idiot too, Ding Sihan!"

"What’s wrong with you? How am I an idiot? I haven’t offended anyone and ended up as a bystander to your romance."

Upon hearing this, Ding Sihan frowned, drove her elbow into Lin Li like a little bee, indignantly questioning if he had lost it.

"No, cursing you just makes me feel a bit better, isn’t that fair? Do I need a reason to curse you?" Lin Li didn’t fight back but explained.

Ding Sihan: "..."

Lin Li was quite the simpleton.

Really, a punch was deserved.

"Lin Li, so what you’re saying is, you’re not feeling well right now, right?"

After another punch, Ding Sihan’s gaze and tone suddenly turned teasing.

"Ow—" Lin Li reached to rub his neck, laughter escaping before words, "Haha, I guess it does feel a bit better, maybe... about 95% better."

"Tsk tsk... Eh? Not 100%? Missing 5%?"

Halfway through teasing, Ding Sihan suddenly paused, rapidly backing away, looking at Lin Li warily:

"Lin Li, it’s just the two of us, what does that mean? Does the missing 5% imply I should hug you too? Ew... Ying Bao just left, and you’re doing this kind of thing, disgusting scumbag, makes me want to puke..."

Lin Li: "(;☉_☉)?"

"Dingding, earlier I called you an idiot without reason, but now I have one—thank you, you’re so considerate."

Lin Li maintained his smile, giving Ding Sihan a thumbs up, and headed towards where Ding Sihan’s house was, beckoning her:

"Let’s head back, no point standing here all night."

Ding Sihan followed, hands behind her back, with a face eager to eat some gossip, curiously asking:

"So why did Ying Bao suddenly hug you, knowing full well I was right next to you? I hadn’t even had time to react, why was she so bold, Lin Li, do you have any idea what went on?"

"Maybe... to make up for what her driver owed me."

Lin Li chuckled first, instinctively touching his nose as he smiled and said.

"Driver? What does this have to do with the driver? Wasn’t that Ying Bao’s family driver?" Ding Sihan was even more confused.

"Not the one just now, but the one earlier in the afternoon. That driver was so steady, don’t you remember? Ding Sihan, oh Ding Sihan, do you know why I was questioning the driver about things last night..."

Lin Li licked his lips while smiling, slowly revealing his earlier thoughts:

"...and that was the real answer to the 5% deduction you asked me about on the escalator earlier."

Ding Sihan was stunned.

She took a several seconds to digest.

"No way! You were having such a flirtatious moment in the car even during the ride?"

Ding Sihan felt her worldview being shattered:

"So while we were heading there at noon, while I was getting annoyed by the traffic jam, you two were silently sharing a sweet vibe in the car? Damn, secretive lovebirds."

"Shoot, Lin Li, I suddenly feel uncomfortable, I’m not going to accompany you anymore, I’ll go sleep on the road, you go back first, bye."

"That’s what flirtation is, besides, you added an extra word, didn’t you?"

Lin Li chuckled and nodded, taking a blow-up pillow meant for sleep from the bag he was carrying, shaking it out, and handed it to Ding Sihan who was determinedly heading to the road, ever so considerate:

"Here’s a pillow, make your sleep more comfortable."

Ding Sihan: "...Aren’t you supposed to be stopping me now?"

Suggesting a noose when someone wants to die? And the rope is one she gave him—damn, Lin Li was truly a consummate fool.

It really chilled her to the bone.

Ding Sihan ran back, not just that, she charged up and knocked into Lin Li like an iron mountain.

She then slapped Lin Li, pinched her own arm, and nodded:

"You guys seem to be much tougher than we girls, no wonder I haven’t seen you reach for the handrails above at all during midday rides."

"Wait—"

"Wow, every time Ying Bao suddenly squeezed over to me, she would even apologize, and now that I think about it, it was all about you, Lin Li, you’re unbelievable!"

Ding Sihan was filled with emotions.

"Hehe." Lin Li chuckled.

"We’re here."

The cinema wasn’t far from Ding Sihan’s house, as Lin Li’s story unfolded along the way, the entrance to the housing complex was now in sight.

However, at this moment, Ding Sihan swiftly positioned herself behind Lin Li and began pushing him forward.