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

Chapter 113 My Sister is Tired
It's not far from Jiahe Street to Mangrove Lake Park; it only takes a little over twenty minutes by bus.

When the bus arrived at the station, Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu, who were sitting together, were the first to stand up. It wasn't because they were in a hurry to ride bicycles, but these short twenty minutes were just too unbearable for the two sworn enemies sitting together.

"Shi'an, let's go."

Li Wanyin stood up and reminded Chen Shi'an, who was standing next to her.

This brat is such a chatterbox; he's been talking to the old man next door the whole way. If they keep going, the old man will probably invite him over for dinner...

The four people got off the car, and the stale air in the car was replaced by fresh air. It truly deserves to be called the lungs of Yunqi, a large wetland park.

Chen Shi'an and the black cat perched on his shoulder took a deep, slow breath, trying to get a basic sense of their surroundings through the scents in the air, the view in front of them, and the sounds around them.

Wen Zhixia, Lin Mengqiu, and Li Wanyin have all visited Hongshuhu Park before, but this is Chen Shian's first time here.

I checked the time; it was exactly nine o'clock.

"Have the two older sisters arrived yet?" Chen Shi'an asked.

"They should have arrived. I'll call them and ask."

As she spoke, Li Wanyin made WeChat calls to Wu Jiayun and Yan Yufei, and the calls were quickly answered.

"Hey? Jiayun and Feifei, have you arrived yet?"

"Almost there! Almost there! Just one minute!"

"You just said one minute! Why is it still only one minute?!"

"This time it really is one minute! Stop the car! Stop the car! Here we come—"

They lived in different places. Chen Shi'an and his group got off at the bus stop on the side of the park entrance, while Wu Jiayun and Yan Yufei got off at the bus stop across the street.

Chen Shi'an had good eyesight and spotted two familiar figures at a glance.

Li Wanyin saw it too and waved to them from afar.

Wen Zhixia peered around curiously. Standing to Chen Shi'an's right, she nudged him and whispered, "Are they those two ladies in orange and blue T-shirts...?"

"correct."

"Wow! They seem to get along really well!"

"...Your superpower of accurately judging people has activated again?"

"Definitely, I'm incredibly good at judging people."

Lin Mengqiu blinked and looked over, then unscrewed the bottle cap and took a small sip of water.

This was the first time in her life that she had hung out with friends of friends of friends, and even with this annoying cicada. The relationships felt so messy and confusing that she couldn't sort them out. So, she subconsciously stood next to Chen Shi'an, who was the closest to her, and stood to his left.

Li Wanyin had already told Wu Jiayun and Yan Yufei about the two other classmates from the boys' high school coming to play together. When they saw the four of them from afar, Wu Jiayun and Yan Yufei were not surprised. They just hated Wanyin for being so disappointing!

I created this opportunity for you, and you didn't even appreciate it. You even let the boy call his classmates to play with you... I'm speechless!
Li Wanyin knew exactly what those two troublemakers were thinking. It was precisely because of their wild ideas that she had Chen Shi'an call his classmates to maintain balance and prove their innocence. Otherwise, who knew how Jiayun and Feifei would tease her and Chen Shi'an...

If Shi'an misunderstands anything, even the thin-skinned sister would jump into the West River.

As Wu Jiayun and Yan Yufei crossed the road and approached, Li Wanyin was taken aback when she saw that the two girls were just as beautiful as Li Wanyin.

broken!

Wanyin, oh Wanyin! I'm so disappointed in you! What kind of rival have you chosen?!

Fortunately, seeing that Chen Shi'an did not show any special feelings or closeness to the two girls, Wu Jiayun and Yan Yufei calmed down a lot. After all, feelings take two to tango, and maybe the boy in high school just likes the older sister type.

When there were outsiders present, the two older sisters appeared very proper. After meeting with Li Wanyin, they took the initiative to greet Chen Shi'an and the other two warmly.

Hello everyone!

"Sister Jiayun, Sister Yufei, it's nice to see you again," Chen Shian said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, you two girls are so pretty. Are you Shi'an, your classmate?"

"Yes, we all happened to be free, so we came over to play together. We're sorry to have troubled Sister Jiayun and Sister Yufei."

"It's okay! It'll be more fun with more people! After we finish cycling, we can have a barbecue and play games at the campsite!"

"Hello, sister." Wen Zhixia greeted her sweetly.

Lin Mengqiu was really bad at dealing with people, so she nodded stiffly to her two older sisters as a greeting.

With Li Wanyin, who is good at maintaining a good group atmosphere, there is no awkward silence in the small group. Although there is an age difference among them, they are all young people after all. After she enthusiastically connects everyone with topics, the six people quickly become familiar with each other.

"How about we create a group chat to meet face-to-face?" Li Wanyin suggested.

“Great! We’ll split the cost of all the fun together!” Unlike Lin Mengqiu, Wen Zhixia quickly integrated into the group and had already taken the initiative to discuss how to have fun with her older sisters.

“Sure, sure, we always split the bill when we go out together,” Wu Jiayun and Yan Yufei agreed.

Lin Mengqiu didn't say anything, but she also took out her phone.

Only Chen Shi'an paused for a moment, then asked, "What does AA mean?"

The girls: "..."

After all, they were two different groups of people. Apart from Chen Shi'an, none of the girls had any friends on Douyin, including Lin Mengqiu and Wen Zhixia. Although the two had known each other for a long time and even sat at the same desk for a semester, they didn't even have each other on WeChat or QQ, let alone Douyin.

In such a social context, creating a group chat face-to-face is a very convenient way to add friends.

Li Wanyin opened WeChat and took the initiative to create a group.

"The password is 4321, add them all in."

As the group admin, Li Wanyin quickly noticed that Wu Jiayun and Yan Yufei had joined the group chat, along with two unfamiliar avatars and IDs.

"[Zhizhi], Zhixia, is this your WeChat account?"

"Uh-huh!"

After she finished speaking, Wen Zhixia received a new friend request message: [Little Echo] is requesting to add you as a friend.
"[Little Echo] Is that Sister Wanyin?"

As she spoke, Wen Zhixia accepted Li Wanyin's friend request.

"correct."

"Is the [Little Echo] that the Taoist priest is following on Douyin also Sister Wanyin?"

"...Yes. Zhixia, how did you know?"

"Hehe, I saw it when I was looking at his homepage. Sister Wanyin sings so well!"

"Just singing whatever comes to mind, just singing whatever comes to mind..."

Lin Mengqiu listened quietly to their conversation.

Ah.

Can't you be a little more reserved?! Does this stinky Taoist priest have to check every single person he follows?
Suddenly it dawned on me that I think I watched it too...

The girl's face stiffened, and she remained silent.

Just as Lin Mengqiu was calmly preparing to put away her phone, she received a friend request from [Little Echo].

"Mengqiu, is this [Ling] you?"

"Ah."

Lin Mengqiu hadn't added anyone as a friend in a long time, except for Chen Shi'an, because she was the one who initiated the friend request.

Upon receiving Li Wanyin's friend request, Lin Mengqiu clicked to accept. Unlike Chen Shi'an, who added friends without changing their nicknames, she typed in Li Wanyin's full name as her nickname, thus adding a new friend to her friend list.

"Your profile picture is so simple!"

Li Wanyin clicked on Lin Mengqiu's WeChat profile picture and saw a very simple rabbit illustration, with only a few strokes outlining the image of a rabbit with its back to people.

"Was it painted by an artist? It looks like it was hand-painted."

"I drew it myself..."

"Wow! Mengqiu, you can draw! You draw so well!"

"~~"

Lin Mengqiu felt a little embarrassed and took the initiative to skip the topic and not say anything more.

Chen Shi'an had already realized that she had drawn the portrait herself, since the brushstrokes were very similar to the "crying little rabbit" she had seen in the textbook before. However, the little rabbit with its back to people and the crying little rabbit were two completely different images.

The Taoist priest gave a meaningful smile, and Lin Mengqiu glared at him.

Wen Zhixia looked at the profile picture, which was clearly cute and adorable yet also exuded a cold and profound aura, with some suspicion...

Is this really a painting by the ice cube artist?

Forget about the profile picture, what the heck is this nickname [Ling]?! Your Chinese is clearly lacking. Your surname is Lin, so it should be [Lin]! After everyone else had added each other as friends, Chen Shi'an, like an old man playing on his phone, finally joined the group chat belatedly.

Looking at the six different nicknames and avatars in the group chat, especially seeing that Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu were both in the same group, Chen Shi'an felt quite strange.

"Little Zhi, class monitor, do you two have any friends?" Chen Shi'an asked directly.

Why bring up something you shouldn't talk about! You stinky Taoist priest!
Neither of the girls paid him any attention, pretending not to hear him.

Seeing that everyone had joined the group, Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu put away their phones, showing no intention of adding each other as friends.

Although I'd love to peek at their Moments, it would be incredibly embarrassing if my friend request wasn't accepted...

As the group leader of the [Hongshuhu Sunday Cycling Group], Li Wanyin has now been promoted to team leader, with a wave of her hand—

"set off!"

……

Since it's a cycling activity, bicycles are naturally indispensable.

Many cycling enthusiasts ride their own bicycles here, and for tourists without bicycles, there are plenty of bicycle rental shops to choose from, with more than ten near the park entrance.

The six of them walked into a bicycle rental shop together.

"A regular single bicycle costs 15 yuan per hour; a regular tandem bicycle costs 20 yuan per hour... Is that expensive?"

Looking at the prices posted in the store, Chen Shi'an did a quick calculation and realized that riding for a few hours would cost at least several tens of yuan.

Li Wanyin has more experience in saving money. With the development of the times, many stores now offer group buying deals. She took out her phone, searched for this store, and sure enough, there were group buying discounts.

"Let's just buy the vouchers online. There are many packages to choose from. What kind of bikes do you want to ride?"

“Feifei and I will just ride a tandem bike!” Wu Jiayun said.

"Yeah, the group buy has tandem bikes for 50 yuan for half a day. I reckon if we ride around and then have a barbecue at the campsite, it'll take about five or six hours."

Li Wanyin nodded, then turned to Chen Shi'an and the other two and asked, "Shi'an, Zhixia, and Mengqiu, what kind of bikes do you want to ride?"

"Taoist priest! Let's ride a tandem bike together!"

Wen Zhixia was quick to respond, extending a ride invitation first, "You can't ride a bike, right? I'll be generous and give you a ride."

Lin Mengqiu was quick to act, immediately handing him the order page for a tandem bicycle package on the group-buying page: "Then let's ride this one."

Li Wanyin blinked.

The three girls all looked over at him, and Chen Shi'an instantly felt a chill run down his spine.

What's he doing riding that bike?

Chen Shian: "How about we all ride single bicycles? I'm thinking of practicing riding."

Wen Zhixia: "..."

Lin Mengqiu: "..."

Li Wanyin: "Sure, then let's all ride single bikes. Single bikes are actually much easier to pedal than tandem bikes."

Seeing that Sister Wanyin had also voted in favor of riding a single bike, the two girls had no objections. As long as they couldn't do as the other party wished, they would just ride alone!
Wu Jiayun and Yan Yufei exchanged a glance, and very sensibly took precautions to avoid danger, going to the store to choose a car first...

Soon, everyone had chosen their own car.

The standard model bicycles are the most common type on the main road. Chen Shi'an and Li Wanyin both chose the standard model, and the group purchase package price was only forty yuan per bicycle.

Since the two young ladies were going to ride single bikes anyway, they didn't join Li Wanyin's group purchase. Instead, they ordered their own more professional-style bicycles for 100 yuan for half a day.

They went to the front desk together to verify their vouchers. Li Wanyin paid the deposit voluntarily, and then the six of them pushed their bicycles out.

Mangrove Lake Park is free to enter. Cycling is prohibited on the uphill section in front, so the group pushed their bikes up first.

Upon reaching the starting point, the group climbed onto their bicycles.

The highlight of Mangrove Lake Park is undoubtedly the 15-kilometer cycling greenway that encircles the entire lake. The greenway is paved with non-slip, wear-resistant colored asphalt, with the lake shore on the left and a lush green landscape belt on the right. Cycling along the entire route allows you to enjoy every view of the park while also getting plenty of exercise, making it a popular weekend getaway for many city dwellers.

The greenway has cycling distance markers at regular intervals; at the starting point, the road surface is painted with "[15km]".
Of the six, only Chen Shi'an couldn't ride a bicycle, so all the girls' eyes fell on him.

Chen Shi'an was sitting on the bicycle, one foot on the pedal and the other on the ground. The black cat that used to be on his shoulder was now sitting on the back rack of his bicycle.

Chen Shi'an felt pretty good about his first time riding a bicycle. He pedaled in place to familiarize himself with the handlebars, brakes, and observed the rotation of the wheels and the chain.

This was the first time in their lives that these girls had encountered someone who couldn't ride a bicycle, and they were all very enthusiastic, teaching him how to ride one after another.

"Why don't you try riding it first?" Li Wanyin parked her bike to the side, holding onto the back rack of Chen Shi'an's bike with one hand. She had taught her younger sister to ride a bicycle in the same way.

"Then I'll try."

Chen Shi'an found it amusing and gently stepped on the pedal. As the car moved slowly forward, he swayed naturally.

But thanks to his excellent balance and coordination, he didn't fall off even though he was riding very slowly and wobbly.

"Sister Wanyin, let go, I don't think it's that difficult."

"Then be careful, don't ride too fast."

Li Wanyin carefully let go of his hand, and seeing that he didn't fall, she quickly ran back, got on her bicycle, and followed him.

"Taoist priest, you learn so quickly!"

Wen Zhixia rode her bike alongside him. At first, it was obvious that Chen Shi'an couldn't ride, but his progress was visible to the naked eye. After riding for a short distance, he looked almost as good as an ordinary person riding a bike!

Lin Mengqiu was also stunned. She recalled that when she was a child, she learned to ride a bicycle. She fell several times before she slowly learned. Could it be that this thing really does not need to be learned from elementary school, but will be learned automatically when you grow up to a certain age?

Li Wanyin was clearly not as at ease as the two girls. Seeing Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu flanking him, she followed behind Chen Shi'an, reminding him from time to time, "Slow down... there's a downhill slope ahead, brake a little, don't go too fast..."

"It's okay, going downhill is fun."

Chen Shi'an felt he had mastered the bicycle. Just then, he came to a not-too-steep downhill road, stopped pedaling, and felt the morning breeze and sunshine on his face, feeling very comfortable.

When he looked up again at Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu, the two girls had somehow ridden ahead of him.

At first, they were driving side by side at a slow pace. Perhaps at some point, one girl's car was in front of the other, and the other girl, not to be outdone, sped up and overtook her. Then the first girl also sped up... and before they knew it, it became a vicious cycle.

Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu rode faster and faster. They looked at each other, neither of them said anything, but simply leaned their bodies down slightly and pedaled hard!

Chen Shi'an now understood why they had specifically chosen these two more professional bicycles, because in the blink of an eye, the two girls had vanished without a trace...

"Where are Sister Jiayun and Sister Yufei?" Chen Shian asked curiously.

"They're still behind us."

Li Wanyin rode up to Chen Shi'an's side, and the two of them glanced back. Sure enough, Wu Jiayun and Yan Yufei were riding a tandem bicycle far behind. They waved to the siblings from afar, then started whispering and giggling.

Li Wanyin knew without even guessing what those two were talking about...

I can't be bothered with them...

"Zhixia and Mengqiu are riding so fast, should we follow them?"

"Never mind, let them ride until they get tired."

"..."

Li Wanyin didn't know if the two girls were tired, but her older sister was definitely mentally exhausted.

I was thinking, weren't you two interested in Chen Shi'an? How come you've abandoned him now, and the two of you have disappeared in a flash while you're arguing?
Did I make a wrong judgment?
And those two behind them! I don't even want to think about how their innocent siblings were sullied in their mouths...

The original plan was for a six-person ride, but it's now split into three groups...

Chen Shi'an is normal... my foot!

The reason she retracted her statement on the bus was because she realized that Chen Shi'an really didn't have any other intentions.

It's really hard to imagine that he could remain so calm in front of two such young, beautiful, and outstanding girls.

Just as I had guessed, Chen Shi'an, who focuses on self-cultivation and whose life trajectory and education are different from ordinary people since childhood, is really very difficult to fall in love or like someone.

After all, my heart is fluttering!

You're only eighteen years old! How can you be so detached from worldly affairs?
Chen Shi'an, who seems normal, is actually the most abnormal person...

Even the cat among the six is ​​abnormal.

He watched as the black cat jumped onto Chen Shi'an's shoulder again.

My sister is exhausted.

I feel like even my normal self is out of place in the world...

(End of this chapter)