This humble Taoist priest wants to take the college entrance exam.

Chapter 105 When something goes wrong, there must be a monster

The last class on Saturday afternoon is English.

The students all felt that it must be a blessing to have their favorite teacher, the teacher who always leaves get out of class on time, come to teach the last class before the holiday.

If that bastard Lao Liang were to teach this last class, it would be a sure way for him to suffer the consequences.

"stand up!"

"Hello, teacher!"

Teacher Ye walked into the classroom and was startled by the loud greetings from everyone.

"Why are you all so energetic? I don't usually see you shouting this loudly. You scared the teacher..."

Teacher Ye clutched her chest, looking as if she were gently scolding someone.

She has been a teacher since graduation. Back then, she was young and taught these high school students, and she felt like they were her younger brothers and sisters. Now that she is married, has children, and is a mother, she feels like they are still children. They have no composure at all and get so excited just because they have a holiday.

"It's holiday time, Teacher Ye!"

"What did Teacher Ye do at home during the holidays?"

"Of course Ye's mother has to take care of the child, is that even a question?"

"I really want to go to Teacher Ye's house and be a baby for a day."

"A 204-month-old baby, right? Who called that?" Teacher Ye adjusted the little bee megaphone at her waist, and her voice rang out.

"Zihan, how dare you shout that out!"

"Are your ears on your butt?! I didn't yell that!"

"Alright, alright, everyone take out your weekly test papers. Don't blame me if we don't finish going over time."

The students in the class immediately stopped playing around and quieted down.

"Everyone did well on this week's test, and I think it's really necessary to commend Chen Shi'an!"

Chen Shi'an, sitting in his seat, was stunned for a moment. He looked up at the podium, where Teacher Ye was smiling at him.

"Everyone knows that Shi'an had no exposure to English because he was practicing Taoism on the mountain. Even so, through his own efforts, Shi'an quickly improved his English score in less than two weeks. He even scored 128 points on the weekly test. I think this is something that deserves a lot of encouragement and should be a role model for everyone to learn from."

"Master Dao is awesome!"

A round of enthusiastic applause erupted in the class.

This was the first time Chen Shi'an had been praised in public like this. He politely stood up from his seat and nodded to everyone to express his gratitude.

Whether he's truly putting in the effort to learn English is something only he and Lin Mengqiu, who's secretly rolling her eyes, know...

This damn Taoist priest isn't working hard! He's clearly just got talent!
It's right to learn English when you should be learning it, but to learn it outside of class is what really means to work hard... Hmm, it seems that Chen Shi'an works quite hard at math, because he doesn't just study math in math class.

The students in the class were so envious, after all, Teacher Ye rarely praised a student so enthusiastically in class.

The Taoist priest had his fill!
Could it be that Teacher Ye is secretly tutoring Dao Ye? Teacher Ye is showing favoritism!
"...So, students whose grades have been stuck at the same level shouldn't be discouraged, and those who did poorly this time should calm down and reflect on their performance. Okay, have you all taken out your papers? In this lesson, we'll mainly focus on the questions you got most wrong..."

Having studied English on his own for so long, this was the first time Chen Shi'an had ever attended a class with everyone.

To be honest, the pace of the class was a bit slow...

Perhaps he has always learned too quickly, or perhaps Teacher Ye has been considerate and explained things in more detail to most students.

Chen Shi'an then simply split his attention between the two, studying on his own while waiting for Teacher Ye to explain the questions that he was less clear about before listening attentively.

Zheng Yining, who sat at the table in front of him, turned around and secretly slipped him a small note.

[Chen Shi'an, could you please tell me how you memorize vocabulary? You must memorize vocabulary very quickly.]
Chen Shi'an: "..."

Just memorize it like this, how else can you memorize it!
Seeing him and Zheng Yining passing notes, Lin Mengqiu's eyes followed.

As the class monitor, I have the responsibility to urge my classmates to concentrate on their studies.

Chen Shi'an didn't try to hide anything, directly showing all the little notes to Lin Mengqiu, gesturing with his palm flat, as if to say, "[Class monitor, what do you think?]"
Lin Mengqiu glanced at him, not knowing when she had developed a tacit understanding with him, and then picked up a pen to write down her methods for memorizing words, articles, and improving memory efficiency on another piece of draft paper. After finishing, she pushed the small piece of paper and the draft paper back onto Chen Shi'an's desk.

Wen Zhixia had previously told him some ways to improve his memory efficiency when memorizing words and texts, and Chen Shi'an remembered them very clearly.

Chen Shi'an picked up the method written by Lin Mengqiu and looked at it. It was almost the same as the one Wen Zhixia taught him. Or rather, these memorization methods are quite universal for people with good grades.

To summarize how the two improved their memory efficiency, Chen Shi'an wrote it down on a small piece of paper, tapped Zheng Yining's shoulder, and sent it back to her.

A short while later, Zheng Yining replied with another note:

[Hmm, I'm using all of these, but why do I still feel like I'm memorizing very slowly? I can only memorize a hundred at most a day. How do you manage to memorize so many so quickly?]
Chen Shi'an then showed the note to Lin Mengqiu.

Lin Mengqiu lost interest in the contents of their notes and quickly scribbled on a piece of scrap paper: [Reply yourself!]
Chen Shi'an could only write a sentence on the note:
[Because I have a good memory]
The note was never returned.

……

Five minutes before the end of get out of class, Teacher Ye turned off the virtual microphone.

There were still some questions left to explain, but she didn't continue. Instead, she took advantage of the remaining time to step down from the podium and give individual explanations and guidance to students who had questions.

The school bell rang, and Ms. Ye, who was bending down to explain a problem to a female student, said, "Class dismissed."

"Thank you, teacher!!"

The noise was even louder than when class started, and the entire Class 5 instantly erupted in excitement, with everyone rushing out in a swarm of bags and luggage.

Chen Shi'an closed the pen cap and began to pack his things.

There wasn't much to tidy up; he just needed to organize his desk. He didn't take any books back with him. He stood up, pushed his chair under the desk, and picked up his backpack hanging to the side.

"The squad leader is gone."

"What are you in such a hurry for?"

"..."

I just don't want you to run into Xiaozhi again!

Thinking back to last Saturday when he had a day off, Chen Shi'an felt numb. For the first time, he truly understood what it meant to be caught in the middle and unable to do anything.

Chen Shi'an was certain it wasn't his fault. To prevent the two girls from dragging their conflict back into his hands, he learned to avoid danger this time. He planned to take Lin Mengqiu away from the school before Wen Zhixia came down, to prevent the two girls from meeting.

Anyway, he had already told Wen Zhixia at lunch that he was going to Lin Mengqiu's house for dinner that night, so he didn't need to worry about Wen Zhixia waiting for him.

But to everyone's surprise, Lin Mengqiu seemed to be deliberately trying to meet with Wen Zhixia.

Seeing that she wasn't in a hurry, Chen Shi'an wasn't in a hurry either.

After most of the classmates had left, Lin Mengqiu finally packed her things, picked up her backpack, and got up from her seat.

Chen Shi'an was already waiting on the balcony outside the classroom. He followed her when he saw her come out.

The two went down the stairs together and then strolled slowly along the school path.

"Squad leader, where are we going to buy groceries later?"

There is a fresh food supermarket outside the community.

Have you ever bought groceries?

"……No."

"Where did Uncle Lin go?"

"I went to study in another city."

"Is he coming back tonight? If so, should we cook later and wait for him to come back so we can eat together?"

"No need, he won't be back until tomorrow morning."

"Then what do you want to eat?"

"…What do you want to eat?"

"Hey, class monitor, if you want to eat something, just tell me and I'll cook it for you tonight."

"~~~"

Lin Mengqiu's fingertips curled slightly. She lowered her head to look at the road and walked, knowing that Chen Shi'an was watching her and talking, but she didn't dare to turn her head to look at him.

The evening sunlight cast long shadows of the two people, and the campus was bustling with activity after school.

Having waited so long without seeing Wen Zhixia, she suddenly felt a little reluctant for Wen Zhixia to appear.

They went to class together, left school together, walked home together, and talked about what to eat for dinner...

This inexplicably gave her a very satisfying experience, so much so that she was lost in thought and forgot to reply to Chen Shi'an.

"Hmm? What does the class monitor want to eat?" "I'll eat whatever you make."

"Not a picky eater?"

"...I'm not a picky eater."

"Heh, then I can do a lot more."

"what will you do?"

"I can basically cook most of the common dishes, or if the class monitor doesn't mind, I can try some new recipes."

"...You're using me as a guinea pig?"

"How could that be? Didn't you try my cooking before? How was it? Not bad, right?"

"..."

"Ok?"

"good."

As they approached the school gate, just when Lin Mengqiu thought Wen Zhixia wouldn't appear again, footsteps came from behind, and then a figure stood to Chen Shi'an's right and patted him on the shoulder, just like last time.

"Taoist priest! What a coincidence! I've run into you again!"

"Little Zhi, you're so slow, I thought you had already left school."

"What, you don't want to see me?"

"how come."

Chen Shi'an felt like he was walking on thin ice. He glanced at Wen Zhixia, who was walking on his right, and then at Lin Mengqiu, who was walking on his left.

Just like last time, even though we had a great time playing badminton together during PE class on Monday, we still don't act like anyone else exists when we meet again.

Lin Mengqiu, who had been slowly softening like a dried mushroom, put on her ever-present aloof expression again after Wen Zhixia appeared.

Ah.

Sure enough, the annoying cicada appeared.

well.

After glancing at her, Wen Zhixia never looked at her again.

what.

Ice cube spirit, I gave you a chance to move faster but you wouldn't leave. Have you forgotten how I delivered the final blow to you last week?
Originally, when Chen Shi'an told her at noon that she was going to Lin Mengqiu's house for dinner that evening, Wen Zhixia had planned to walk slowly after school today so as not to run into the two of them.

After all, seeing your old meal buddies and street companions become someone else's meal buddies and street companions today is a strange feeling...

But even though she was so slow, she still managed to spot them on the school path.

In fact, Wen Zhixia had seen them a long time ago.

But he didn't come any closer; he just wanted to observe them secretly and leave after they were gone.

Unexpectedly, Lin Mengqiu, who was usually so cold and aloof, became increasingly happy while chatting with Chen Shi'an, and her stubborn legs finally couldn't help but rush forward.

"Oh, right, Taoist priest."

"Ok?"

"Next Monday is Teacher Ye's birthday. Does your class have any birthday gifts planned for her?"

Hearing Wen Zhixia's words, Chen Shi'an glanced at Lin Mengqiu without showing any emotion. He was really afraid that, like last time, the two girls would completely disregard his life and death and talk to each other.

But today was strange; Lin Mengqiu listened to the two chatting, but she didn't react at all.
As if she hadn't heard him at all, she neither participated in the conversation nor walked away on her own, but simply stood on his far left and followed his footsteps slowly.

Wen Zhixia said this to Chen Shi'an, but after she finished speaking, she glanced at Lin Mengqiu without making a sound.

How strange!

Is this woman deaf? Come on, let's fight! I've already come this far, who's afraid of who!

But Lin Mengqiu didn't react at all.

This left Wen Zhixia a little confused. Could it be that this big ice block had come to her senses, honestly admitted defeat, and would never dare to fight her again?
what!
You know what I mean!

Just admit defeat already. What's wrong with lending me my lunch buddy or my street buddy for a day...?

"Mute?"

Wen Zhixia nudged Chen Shi'an, but her gaze was fixed on Lin Mengqiu.

Chen Shi'an coughed twice before replying, "It should be to send flowers and a small gift to Teacher Ye."

"What little gift?"

"I don't know, our vice class monitor will go buy it this weekend."

"Aren't you going to give it to Teacher Ye? Teacher Ye even gave you a reading pen."

"Send it."

What are you going to give Teacher Ye?

"Hmm, let's give her a box of handmade incense."

The three met at the school gate, chatting and queuing, and just as they exited the school.

Just like last time, it's clearly impossible to continue traveling together.

However, Chen Shi'an and Wen Zhixia's conversation was not over yet, so they paused for a moment and continued chatting.

Unlike last time, Lin Mengqiu did not leave directly. Instead, she stood with Chen Shi'an, which was quite unusual, as if she was waiting for the two of them to finish talking.

Wen Zhixia was even more confused. What was wrong with this big ice block today? Had he changed his personality?

Chen Shi'an was clearly much more sensitive to danger than the girl. He inexplicably began to feel uneasy, so he spoke faster and faster, wanting only to leave as soon as possible...

"Handmade incense? You bought it, Taoist priest?"

"No, I did it myself."

"You can do this too!"

“He really liked the incense you gave my dad last time.”

Suddenly, Lin Mengqiu, who seemed invisible, interrupted and forcefully joined the conversation.

Wen Zhixia was completely stunned by this sudden attack...

really! really!
I knew something was fishy going on! The big ice block is waiting here!
That stinky Taoist priest can actually make handmade incense, and he even gave some to Lin Mengqiu!!
Without dwelling on the topic of fragrance, Wen Zhixia's IQ instantly soared to 180. She immediately changed the subject and launched a covert counterattack!
"I think it would be better to give Teacher Ye a wood carving than a handmade incense. She really liked the wood carving you gave my mom last time."

Lin Mengqiu was stunned. What seemed like an ordinary topic about 'giving gifts' had already made her keenly aware of Wen Zhixia's counterattack.

Wood carving?

You can even do wood carving?
Did you also send some to Wen Zhixia's mother?

Sensing the sudden tension that had arisen, Chen Shi'an quickly tried to smooth things over.

"Let's decide what gift to give Teacher Ye later. Let's not block her at the school gate."

"Okay, I'm leaving then."

Just as Wen Zhixia turned around, Lin Mengqiu's eyes lit up. The opportunity she had been waiting for had finally arrived. She remembered the last time Wen Zhixia had run away after being called.

"How about we buy some green peppers and meat later? The stir-fried green peppers and shredded meat you made last time was really delicious."

Wen Zhixia stopped in her tracks.

When they turned back, Chen Shi'an and Lin Mengqiu had already turned and walked in the other direction.

The cunning ice spirit!

You can't defeat me with my moves!!

Just like last time, Wen Zhixia suddenly spoke up and shouted again:
"Taoist priest! Don't forget our movie date on Sunday!"

After saying that, Wen Zhixia took off running away in a flash.

Lin Mengqiu: "××××××!"

Chen Shi'an: "..."

(End of this chapter)