The Most Random System

"According to unofficial history, there was no such person as Diao Chan in real history. One day, Li Ru caught Wang Yun and Lu Bu having an affair and hurriedly reported to Dong Zhuo. After hearing this, Dong Zhuo was furious and said, ’What?! Lu Bu is involved with Wang Yun’s Diao Chan?’

And the historians at the time made a mistake, thus fabricating the character of Diao Chan out of thin air."

On Friday, the first thing Lin Li encountered upon entering the classroom was Bai Bufan’s unofficial story.

"What?! Is that the truth? Then they truly are star-crossed lovers, even forming a trio of men." Qin Zeyu lifted his thumb, laughing.

"A trio of men, huh? Even I would find it hard to cope with that," Wang Ze raised his index finger, stroked his chin, and gave a cheeky grin.

Since on Monday there was already an intense discussion about star-crossed lovers, everyone didn’t dwell on it further. Instead, Lin Li, who had just entered, gave a serious thought for a moment, and while distributing breakfast, he mentioned:

"Everyone, after a week of thinking, I actually believe, whether it’s Lu Bu or Dong Zhuo, they are all promiscuous and unworthy of deep affection. If you ask me, the true star-crossed lovers should be Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. You know, Liu Bang broke Xiang Yu’s Chu.

Yet even with such a history, Liu Bang did not soften his stance and ended up driving Xiang Yu to his death. That’s pure tragic love."

"Take your pure love and go eat shit!"

Bai Bufan first followed the base code and jokingly cursed before nostalgically lamenting:

"However, it’s such a shame that Xiang Yu died. I really don’t understand why he didn’t sleep when he was trapped at Gaixia? Sleeping would have solved the fatigue, wouldn’t it?

I can understand why Yu Ji wouldn’t cross the river to Jiangdong, given that bridal dowries in Jiangxi are high. Staying in Jiangxi she could at least get hundreds of thousands in dowry, but why wouldn’t Xiang Yu cross over? Was he a masochist?"

An interesting angle of thought that made everyone’s brains tremble.

"Maybe that’s love."

"..."

"Bao Wei, what are you thinking?"

While they were extolling the love between Xiang Yu and Yu Ji, Lin Li handed over Zhou Baowei’s breakfast, noticing his thoughtful look, ignoring his breakfast, and curiously asked.

As the saying goes, when Bao Wei thinks, Class Four laughs.

Zhou Baowei: "Speaking of which, if Diao Chan really existed, would her favorite food be pudding?"

Everyone: "?"

Yu Ji and Xiang Yu can go eat a large portion elsewhere!

A more fragrant large portion is coming!

"Bao Wei, is your ping a little high? Why are you still talking about Diao Chan! What pudding—"

"Wait, Bao Wei, which pudding are you talking about?"

It’s hard for everyone to hold back.

From a certain perspective, Bao Wei’s thought process always brings surprise.

"I can only say maybe not. Maybe Diao Chan prefers ’Yun pudding’ or ’Zhuo pudding’?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Ze thought about how to trick his buddies into eating ’Ze pudding’ while responding.

Lin Li: "I almost forgot these two guys are also Diao Chan’s men. That means, Diao Chan and Wang Yun had quite the ’pure godfather’ relationship."

"What kind of godfather relationship is that, hey!"

"..."

The classroom was noisy and full of laughter.

Huang Yi and Zhou Jiana pressed their lips together, looking forward but nodding frequently.

Both exchanged glances, and Huang Yi suddenly picked up a pen and wrote "Kung Pao Chicken" on her draft paper.

Seeing this, Zhou Jiana immediately picked up her pen and wrote "Sima Qian" next to the words.

They exchanged glances again, a bit of laughter and recognition in their eyes.

Oh, and also a hint of sadness for each other’s fate being completely doomed.

...

"Lin Li, come and see what you’ve done!"

During the third lesson break on Friday morning, Xue Jian appeared at the staircase, expressionless, and called out coldly to Lin Li among the laughing students in the corridor.

The other guys in the corridor immediately stopped laughing, restrained their expressions, but when they turned away from Xue Jian to look at Lin Li, they immediately started snickering again.

Lin Li raised an eyebrow, pondering his recent actions.

Strange, although there should have been 114514 outrageous acts lately, they were mainly directed at Class Four students and outsiders, without affecting any teachers, right?

Forget it, doesn’t matter, he’s a fearless troublemaker like Bao Wei.

"What’s up, teacher." So Lin Li approached and directly asked.

Xue Jian coldly showed his phone, one of the lists freshly published by the school: "You won a special prize in the Smart Knowledge Cup, impressive."

Lin Li: "?"

It had been five days since the Sunday exam, so the results should indeed be out.

But—

"Wait, teacher," Lin Li squinted, "Was it genuinely a call to ’come and see what a good thing I’ve done’?"

"What else?" Xue Jian retorted.

"So, was your tone just now intentional or accidental?"

Xue Jian didn’t answer, but gestured for the curious Chen Yu Ying who appeared at the door to come over, and called Wang Yuezhi and Chen Tianming, who also participated in the semi-finals.

The winners weren’t just Lin Li; Chen Yu Ying and Wang Yuezhi both received second prizes, and Chen Tianming and Lin Li averaged out, each also getting a second prize.

"So, teacher, calling me over means..."

Chen Tianming intently checked his phone to make sure he hadn’t won anything, then asked curiously.

Chen Tianming wasn’t really bothered about not winning anything.

He never expected to win, and after making it to the semi-finals, didn’t focus much on the competition. Besides, as Chen Tianming himself said, he "already got the best reward~ hehe~ Qiaoqiao~ hehe~".