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Combinatorics Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Four different straight lines are drawn on a flat piece of paper. The number of points where two or more lines intersect is counted. Which of the following could not be the number of such points?

(A) $1$ (B) $2$ (C) $3$ (D) $4$ (E) $5$

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