But Lin Li quickly squinted his eyes.

Now's not the time to think about this!

Danger, danger, danger!

The moment of life and death for his dear friend has arrived!

"Bufan! Hide! Quickly hide! Go!" Lin Li suddenly looked at Bai Bufan, urging anxiously.

"What's going on, what's happening!? Is Chen Yu Ying going to sit next to you again? Or is Xue Jian bringing his wife around, making surprise appearances?"

Bai Bufan didn't understand, but seeing Lin Li's emotions didn't seem to be an act. Despite checking around and finding no suspicious figures, he crouched under the bus stop bench, staying alert.

Who's trying to harm me!

"Don't speak, breathe quietly," Lin Li was a bit nervous, sweating, afraid of being exposed, while he whispered a reminder.

Twenty seconds later.

An old scavenger slowly walked to the nearby trash can and rummaged through it. When Lin Li handed the bottle to the old man, the old man even smiled and said thank you.

Then he left.

"Phew——" Lin Li finally stopped trembling, let out a long breath, signaled Bai Bufan that he could come out: "Bufan, crisis averted."

Bai Bufan: "?"

Wait.

Goddammit.

Bai Bufan crawled out with a cold expression: "What kind of life and death crisis is this dammit?"

"I was afraid you'd get picked up by grandpa," Lin Li answered honestly.

"Damn! First it was a monkey, now it's trash, right!"

"Lin! Li! I'm taking you home!"

Bai Bufan pointed at the trash can and charged at Lin Li.

Lin Li immediately ran away.

Bai Bufan wanted to chase but realized he couldn't catch Lin Li, who was the top choice for the four-class three-thousand-meter race.

"Fruit Missile!" Bai Bufan opted for a long-distance attack—his water bottle hadn't been picked up.

Unfortunately, he encountered Lin Li, who was skilled at "[Catching a Blade Bare-Handed]", so not only did it not harm Lin Li, the 'missile' was seized, reversing the offense and defense.

When Lin Li pursued Bai Bufan in reverse, halfway through, he heard footsteps behind him and turned to see a young man.

He was also sprinting.

Lin Li stopped running, surprised to look at him.

When the young man made eye contact with him, after one or two seconds, he looked away, glanced around, slowed his pace, and walked towards the station.

"What happened?"

Bai Bufan also noticed this and walked over to ask.

Lin Li squinted, pondering for a while before suddenly realizing: "I get it! He probably saw us running towards the station and thought the bus was coming and we were rushing for it, so he followed us and pretended to look at the scenery to ease the embarrassment when he found out it wasn't."

"Damn, just hearing the description makes me sweat with embarrassment, that's too awkward," Bai Bufan said, scratching at the goosebumps on his arm in disgust.

The young man smiled.

Actually, this isn't too embarrassing, today's kids are still too young.

The real embarrassment is, after impulsively doing such a thing and discovering the object of his pursuit actually understood his thoughts, pointing it out directly, not even masking it in the slightest.

That's what's truly awkward.

Having surpassed Lin Li and Bai Bufan, the young man's figure ahead was filled with a mixture of sorrow and freedom—though his expression was a grimace, crying TAT.

Damn it, you two damn kids, when laughing at me, keep it down, don't let me hear it TAT.

This is very impolite TAT.

"Lin Li, you seem to have guessed wrong, he continued walking forward and doesn't seem to be here for the bus," Bai Bufan said after arriving at the station, noticing the young man didn't stop and continued walking forward.

"He opted for the most popular solution, a respectable opponent," Lin Li didn't think he guessed wrong and commented thoughtfully.

"The bus is here." After waiting for another half minute and seeing the bus number nearby, Lin Li said.

Arrival.

"Sir, is the bus fare two dollars?" Bai Bufan stepped forward with coins asking.

Most bus passengers at Xiling now are middle-aged and elderly, although they mostly ride for free, there are always exceptions, so cash payment hasn't been canceled.

"Yes." The driver nodded.

"Standing fare?"

The driver chuckled, pressed the door button, and pointed to the entrance: "Get off."

A good answer, immune to cheekiness, making Bai Bufan obediently insert coins.

In less than half an hour, the two arrived at Nansang Station.

Chen Yu Ying and Ding Sihan hadn't arrived yet, but it's not considered late as it's still well ahead of the agreed time.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan thought for a while and decided to wait for the two at the station, after all, their car would arrive here anyway, and since the station had seating, waiting wasn't tiring.

Ten minutes later.

A black car pulled up not far away, Lin Li remembered the license plate and recognized it as the Chen Family's car.

Lin Li's gaze moved upward, he didn't see Chen Zhongping this time but instead a forty or fifty-year-old stranger, probably the driver replacing the Chen Family's during the National Day.

"They're here, they're here."

The early autumn breeze carried a slight chill, blowing words over.

Chen Yu Ying lightly jumped out of the car, steps hurried, wearing a beige knitted cardigan, sleeves slightly rolled up revealing slender wrists, underneath is a light blue denim skirt, the hem gently swaying with her run.

Her legs were covered in thin black tights, paired with white canvas shoes.

Her long hair was tousled by the wind, a few strands clung to her cheeks as she ran, casually tucking her hair behind her ear, with a brown small leather bag slung across her shoulder, the strap swaying with her movements, creating slight collision sounds.

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