The Most Random System

It was even the imaginary experience Lin Li pinned on me twenty minutes ago at the library entrance.

At that moment, Bai Bufan felt that what was emanating from his cup wasn’t cold air, but the scent of a conspiracy.

"Lin Li, you’re an animal—"

Constantly being doubted, Lin Li was also angry and frustrated: "Bufan, how could you think that of a brother? Really, just like white sugar! Trust me and drink up, would I really harm you?!"

"Bring out the white sugar." Bai Bufan sneered, not buying into it at all.

"What a shame, brother, a shame, I just ran out of it, see how messy this got."

Lin Li’s anger dissipated instantly as he pulled out an already empty paper packet.

"Heh," upon seeing this, Bai Bufan pushed his own cup of iced strawberry lemonade towards Lin Li without hesitation: "You’re right, a brother wouldn’t harm a brother. Here, how about taking the first sip for me."

"Haha," Lin Li’s eyes wandered, and he gave a sycophantic smile: "Bufan, isn’t this a bit inappropriate? It’s your drink..."

"What’s wrong with that? The moment to prove your innocence has arrived, drink!"

Lin Li hesitated for a moment, sighed, made up his mind, slowly raised the cup, pushed aside the straw, and gingerly tapped his lips against the inside rim before putting it down immediately.

"There, I drank." Lin Li licked his lips and tilted his chin towards Bai Bufan: "Look, see, nothing happened, just drink it! We’re all buddies here, it’s really just white sugar!"

Bai Bufan found Lin Li’s clumsy act amusing enough to almost laugh: "You call that drinking, the liquid level didn’t move even a millimeter down, Lin Li, come on, if you like it sweet, then take another sip, a bigger one this time!"

Lin Li saw the determined look in Bai Bufan’s eyes, knowing there was no fooling him anymore.

Damn it.

Why is he so sharp today?

After muttering under his breath,

Lin Li, his face written with expressions of "I’m so disappointed in you" and "Our brotherhood was misplaced after all," gradually looked resigned to his fate.

Under Bai Bufan’s gaze, Lin Li picked up the iced strawberry lemonade—

"Glug, glug, glug, glug—"

The sound of a clear and continuous sipping echoed, with the cup being gradually tipped upwards until it formed an angle greater than ninety degrees with the ground.

Bai Bufan watched as the amber liquid, mixed with strawberry chunks and lemon slices, quickly disappeared into Lin Li’s mouth.

"Burp—" A few seconds later, Lin Li put the cup down and even let out a burp.

The cup was already empty.

Only a few lemon slices and bits of strawberry pulp stuck to the bottom.

Lin Li placed the empty cup back in front of Bai Bufan, using a tone of mixed grievance, relief, and indifference, and said flatly: "There, you should be assured now."

"But, regardless of whether you’re assured or not,"

"Our brotherhood, like this drink, from today on, is completely gone, Bufan."

"What the hell? You really didn’t poison it?" Who cares about brotherhood, Bai Bufan glanced at Lin Li in surprise, wondering about that, then scratched his head: "Or is it a delayed poison? Are you just acting tough?"

"I don’t want to talk to you." Lin Li was angry.

Bai Bufan scratched his head and sat back in his seat.

But if Lin Li didn’t poison it, what was he sneaking around for at first? And what exactly was that white powder? Could it really have been just white sugar?

Various thoughts clashed in his mind, creating a chaotic mess.

Silence lingered for a full ten seconds.

Until the "three people" across seemed to start laughing.

Bai Bufan, still unable to find an answer, found himself with a dry throat from thinking.

Time for a sip of that drink.

Bai Bufan easily picked up the glass, lifting it to eye level, looking at the cold glass, the bright strawberry chunks, the luminous lemon slices, and the swaying straw.

Bai Bufan bit down on the straw.

"Sss—sss—"

He drank in a mouthful of air, surprisingly refreshing.

Even though Bai Bufan was reluctant to admit it.

But the "three people" were laughing louder and louder.

It was getting a bit noisy.

"..."

"..."

"Where the hell is my drink."