Friday.
Today was a very important day for Lin Yu.
He was supposed to meet with Fu Luo, try to figure out how to contact 'Fluoxetine', and before that...
Today was also Lin Yu's "Western Art History" exam day.
Arriving at school early in the morning, Lin Yu spotted Shen Bingmiao at the school gate.
Watching Lin Yu jump off his bicycle, Shen Bingmiao approached with a smile.
"Bonjour, dear ace—how's your exam preparation going?"
Hearing Shen Bingmiao's greeting, Lin Yu was somewhat surprised: "I say, senior, you're not actually worried about me failing, are you?"
"After all, you just joined the game recently, I'm afraid you might struggle to balance your life," Shen Bingmiao said with a grin, "so... here, take this."
"What's this?"
Lin Yu took the band-aid, and surprisingly, a [Item] prompt popped up.
[Secret Communication Patch: A communication device disguised as a band-aid, capable of mental communication with another secret communication patch user, featuring vision sharing functionality.]
"Stick this thing on your forehead, and I'll be able to see the test paper," Shen Bingmiao said seriously, "If you encounter questions you can't answer, I can search for the answers for you!"
Lin Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"I thought even if you were worried, you'd just cheer me on."
He stuffed the [Secret Communicator] into his pocket.
"I appreciate the thought, senior, but I've reviewed thoroughly... How could I possibly fail Western Art History?"
Shen Bingmiao looked serious: "Then I want to ensure you pass with one hundred percent certainty—our club has activities planned for summer break, and I don't want you spending your summer reviewing and dealing with make-up exams if you fail."
"Club activities during summer break?"
Lin Yu said with surprise, and Shen Bingmiao nodded.
"Of course, we're organizing a tour, although the specific details aren't finalized yet, it's pretty much settled... Surprised, aren't you!"
"I've already consulted with the club members, and about ninety percent are willing to participate."
Lin Yu thought back—indeed, the drama club had quite good classmates, enthusiastic and friendly, but so uniformly sacrificing summer break time for club activities...
"What benefits did you promise them?"
She stuffed her hands in her pockets and puffed out her chest: "Credits! They'll get credits and practical experience points!"
Lin Yu felt something was off: "The school is willing to give credits for this kind of activity? Are these credits obtained through legitimate means? You're not planning to hack into the academic affairs system, are you!"
Shen Bingmiao put her hands on her hips and spoke indignantly, looking like an angry fish ball: "Don't assume I'm always breaking rules! I worked hard to negotiate this with the school leadership!"
"Sorry, senior... It must have taken tremendous effort to persuade those old-fashioned school leaders at Jiangcheng Media."
As Lin Yu spoke, Shen Bingmiao nodded in deep agreement.
"Of course... I went through great trouble to hack into our vice principal's phone, found evidence that he was profiting from his position by constantly moving trees around to embezzle greening funds, and used that as leverage to make him agree to this."
Lin Yu covered his face: "I didn't wrong you at all—why not just report him!"
Shen Bingmiao made an OK gesture: "It's a simple matter—he should be arrested in a few days."
"He did what you asked, and you're still reporting him?"
Lin Yu said in shock.
Shen Bingmiao waved her hand: "Don't worry, I did it cleanly and neatly—I reported evidence of him bribing for professional title evaluations back when he was at another school."
Lin Yu remained silent for a long time, then gave Shen Bingmiao a thumbs-up.
Sometimes he really didn't know whether his senior was righteous or something else...
Anyway, as long as the outcome was good.
"Anyway... besides credits, I also promised them that accommodation, travel expenses would be fully covered, and each would receive the latest model FruitPhone."
Shen Bingmiao said proudly, and Lin Yu paused for a moment before extending his hand: "Do I get one too?"
"You don't."
Shen Bingmiao said definitively.
Lin Yu was somewhat displeased: "Aren't I the lead actor? Why don't I get one?"
"You're already a 『Player』, aren't you short on money? If you don't want to perform, you don't have to come. This time I've invited someone to provide guidance! A very famous actor!"
Hearing Shen Bingmiao's words, Lin Yu's eyes lit up, then he sighed helplessly.
"Fine, just exploit me then... I'm going to take my exam."
"I'll need to discuss this with my sister too."
Listening to Lin Yu's words, Shen Bingmiao stroked her chin and said: "Hmm... you should indeed have a good talk with your sister about this."
"But I think your sister will probably agree."
Lin Yu nodded, then bid farewell to Shen Bingmiao and headed toward the examination hall.
Outside the exam room, classmates gathered in small groups to alleviate pre-exam anxiety, while only Lin Yu exchanged slight nods with a few male classmates before standing alone on the other side, appearing somewhat out of place.
This wasn't because Lin Yu was being isolated or anything—he just hadn't built particularly close relationships with his classmates.
Aside from a girl confessing to him last semester... most of the time, Lin Yu maintained a friendly but distant relationship with his classmates.
Friends like Shen Bingmiao whom he could joke around with were actually the "exception" for Lin Yu...
Soon, exam time arrived.
Lin Yu placed his backpack at the front of the classroom—it contained all his phones.
After the test papers were distributed, Lin Yu glanced over them and began answering with confidence.
The two-and-a-half-hour exam period passed in a flash.
After the exam ended, Lin Yu retrieved his backpack, planning to grab some food at the cafeteria and chat with Fu Luo about what time he'd arrive today.
But as soon as he opened his May phone, he saw that the forum messages were flooded.
Opening it and looking at the backend private messages...
Lin Yu discovered that Fu Luo had sent dozens of messages.
When opening the conversation, the forum's private chat would start from the earliest unread message.
The first message was from 9 AM.
[Furbollo: Bro, I'm here! I came by long-distance bus, rode half the night!]
[Furbollo: Bro, are you awake? Check your messages!]
Then followed many meaningless messages like "You there?" and "Hello."
As Lin Yu scrolled down, the time reached around 10 AM.
[Furbollo: May bro, looks like you're not up yet, I'll find somewhere to sit for a while]
[Furbollo: I'm near the bus station]
[Furbollo: I'll find somewhere to get breakfast, try some Jiangcheng specialties]
[Furbollo: [Picture]]
[Furbollo: This noodle is really awesome! Only eight yuan a bowl, with meat and sauce!]
Lin Yu chuckled helplessly.
He hadn't had time to check messages during his exam, and unexpectedly Fu Luo had started enjoying himself first.
That's fine.
Just as he continued scrolling down, preparing to see where Fu Luo was now...
He suddenly noticed the messages had taken a wrong turn!
[Furbollo: Help!]
[Furbollo: Help help help! I'm being chased!]