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

Chapter 114 What did you do after you ate with the Taoist priest yesterday?

Chapter 114 What did you do after you ate with the Taoist priest yesterday?
In a cycling team of six.

Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu were racing ahead;
Wu Jiayun and Yan Yufei were gossiping in the back.

Li Wanyin, who was beside him, was lost in thought.

Only Chen Shi'an and Fei Mo on his shoulder were truly carefree, riding slowly and enjoying the scenery along the way.

A moist breeze carrying the fragrance of grass and trees and the coolness of the lake water rushed towards him. In the distance, the lake surface shimmered, and occasionally a white egret skimmed across the water, leaving a light arc in its wake. Along the shore, patches of mangroves stretched out their aerial roots, taking root in the shallow wetlands. The red and green scenery complemented each other, which became a perfect composition scene in Chen Shi'an's eyes.

He took out his phone and took a picture of Li Wanyin beside him while riding his bike.

Li Wanyin, who was looking at the mangroves, did not notice that he had just taken a picture. By the time she came to her senses, Chen Shi'an had already finished taking the picture.

More than the photos, Li Wanyin was shocked: "You...you...you're too bold! How long have you been riding a bicycle? You dare to take photos while riding with your hands off the handlebars?"

From the starting point to now, it's only been seven or eight kilometers, but Chen Shi'an has already become a cycling expert. Not to mention riding a bicycle with his hands off the ground, he even wants to try acrobatics and stand on the bicycle himself.

"What did you photograph? Let me see."

"What a great shot of Sister Wanyin!"

Li Wanyin stopped her car, and Chen Shi'an also stopped his car, handing her his phone to look at.

At the moment of taking the photo, Chen Shi'an kept pace with Li Wanyin, so even while walking, the phone with its poor camera function still managed to take a clear portrait photo.

The camera captured the moment Li Wanyin rode her bicycle to the mangrove forest. Her sleeves were gently lifted by the wind, and her hair swayed slightly behind her as she rode, her eyes fixed on the mangrove forest on the right shore, as if she were being drawn to the swaying branches and leaves.

"Great shot!!"

It has to be said that Chen Shi'an is a genius at taking candid photos. Just like the photo he took by the Xijiang River last time, Li Wanyin fell in love with this photo at first sight.

"I'll take a few more pictures of Sister Wanyin."

"Okay."

Li Wanyin, who had looked perfectly natural in the photo just moments before, became stiff again when the camera was pointed at her.

Fortunately, Chen Shian is really good at taking candid photos, and he can always capture her true and natural state from the gaps in her movements. These candid shots have become unexpected surprises.

"I'll take a picture of you and Shimo too."

"Okay."

Compared to Chen Shian, Li Wanyin's photography skills are far inferior, but that doesn't matter; the process is what matters most.

After taking the photos, the two continued cycling, chatting as they went.

With Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu nowhere to be seen, and Wu Jiayun and Yan Yufei nowhere to be seen either, Li Wanyin herself felt a little dazed after riding alone with Chen Shi'an for a while. It seemed that only she and he were riding together this time.

"Shi'an, you still have evening self-study tonight, right?"

"Yeah, I want it."

"After the event, go back and rest for a bit. I'll cook early like last week and wait for you to eat before going to class. Jiayun and Feifei will also be having dinner with us at home tonight. Hmm, do Zhixia and Mengqiu want to come home for dinner? If they're not coming home, why don't they all come over and cook together?"

Li Wanyin talked to him mostly about these trivial things in life. Even though it wasn't lunchtime yet, she had already started planning dinner in advance.

How early to eat, how many people to eat with, and what to eat are all things that need to be considered and arranged.

"I promised Xiaozhi that I would go to her house to play this afternoon. Her aunt said she wanted me to stay for dinner, but I'm not sure yet. The class monitor should be going home for dinner. Uncle Lin cooks at home. If Sister Wanyin is cooking, you don't need to prepare my portion. You can eat with the two sisters. I'll see how it goes later."

Li Wanyin didn't mind and smiled, saying, "Sure, the food for four people is the same as for three. I'll just cook your portion too. If Zhixia's family invites you to eat, you can eat at their house. If you're not eating at Zhixia's house, then come back home to eat. Just let me know in advance so I can cook earlier."

"it is good."

Chen Shi'an nodded.

……

It feels like being embraced by nature while cycling.

The scenery along the way changes constantly depending on the section of the road. Sometimes you pass through a vast expanse of reeds, listening to the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the reeds; other times you pass through a gentle slope covered with wildflowers, with colorful wildflowers dotting the green grass.

Every two kilometers, there are viewing platforms along the greenway, with wooden benches on them. When you get tired of cycling, you can stop and enjoy the view of the lake.

At the last viewing platform after twelve kilometers, Chen Shi'an and Li Wanyin, who had been cycling slowly and chatting all the way, finally met Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu.

I don't know when they got here. They still look like they haven't caught their breath. Their once fair faces are now flushed, and sweat is pouring down their skin like it's free. Their hair is wet, and the back of their clothes is wet too. Their long, white legs are glistening with sweat in the sunlight, making them look like they've just been pulled out of the lake...

At the viewing platform, they parked their red and blue bicycles on either side. There were three wooden benches on the platform, and the two girls each sat on one. After exhausting their strength, they finally settled down.

"Zhixia, Mengqiu! You got here so quickly!"

Seeing this, Li Wanyin quickly turned the car around and came over to check on the two girls.

"Ugh...it's so hot, Sister Wanyin, do you have any more water...?"

“Yes, yes, yes, you were riding so fast, I thought you had already reached the finish line. The campsite is only 14 kilometers away. I was worried that you would have gone too far and then had to turn back.”

As Li Wanyin spoke, she took out two bottles of mineral water from her bag, first handing one to Wen Zhixia, who had just asked for water, and then to Lin Mengqiu, whose bottle was now empty.

"Thanks……"

Lin Mengqiu didn't have time to be polite. She unscrewed the bottle cap and tilted her head back to gulp down the water.

Heaven knows how Wen Zhixia had such stamina; she managed to keep up with her the whole way, and she had no interest in seeing the scenery at all.

Wen Zhixia wasn't much better off than Lin Mengqiu, who was completely drained by her. In the last two kilometers, she was almost entirely relying on willpower to keep going. Fortunately, their limits were similar, and they finally stopped at the rest area of the viewing platform at the 12-kilometer mark...

Chen Shi'an also stopped his car. He sat on the bicycle, and the cat on his shoulder was now sitting on the basket. The two of them looked very relaxed and content.

"Which of you got here first?" Chen Shi'an asked curiously.

Lin Mengqiu: "..."

Wen Zhixia: "..."

Li Wanyin: "..."

The older sister glared at him, annoyed. This brat was just stirring things up again.

Unfortunately, Lin Mengqiu and Wen Zhixia rode almost side by side to get here, covering twelve kilometers, but in the end they couldn't determine a winner. The two girls, exhausted, secretly regretted their decision.

If I had known better, I would have let her go first and taken the opportunity to ride slowly with the Taoist priest.

"You're already done after only twelve kilometers? Looks like you're all no good. There are still two kilometers left to the campsite. How about I race you all?"

"Tch! You're such a newbie who just learned to drive, be careful you don't fall—" Wen Zhixia said.

Lin Mengqiu rarely agreed with Wen Zhixia's opinion. She didn't say anything, but rolled her eyes at Chen Shi'an, meaning 'overestimating oneself'.

Seeing that the two girls had finally stopped racing, Chen Shi'an smiled. If they really wanted to race again, he would leave everyone else in the dust.

"Where are Wanyin and Jiayun?" Wen Zhixia asked.

After drinking about half a bottle of water, the girl felt much better. She sat on a bench, stretched out her legs, and swung them gently.

Outside, Lin Mengqiu was much more concerned about her image than she was. She simply sat with her back slightly bent, drinking water while looking in the direction she came from, searching for the figures of her other two companions.

"They're probably still lingering behind us. Let's rest here for a bit. We're only two kilometers from the campsite. Once we've rested enough, we'll ride over and have a barbecue."

"it is good!"

"By the way, do you guys need to use the restroom? There seems to be a public restroom over there."

“Sure, I’ll go wash my face then.” Wen Zhixia got up.

Li Wanyin didn't forget Lin Mengqiu either, and waved to her: "Mengqiu, let's go together. The public restrooms here are quite clean. Let's go wash our hands and faces together."

Lin Mengqiu paused for a moment, then nodded: "Okay..."

Girls going to the restroom together seems to be a way of showing their friendship.

Wen Zhixia never went to the bathroom alone during breaks at school. Regardless of whether Xiaoyan needed to pee or not, she would always take Xiaoyan with her. Xiaoyan and the others did the same.

Lin Mengqiu, on the other hand, had never gone to the restroom with any other girl at school. However, thanks to Li Wanyin's encouragement, the two girls, who had known each other for so long and had even been deskmates for a semester, finally went to the restroom together for the first time.

"Shi'an, are you going or not?" Li Wanyin asked Chen Shi'an.

"I'm not going."

"Then you can watch our bikes for us... and carry our water bottles too."

Chen Shi'an: "?"

Li Wanyin took off her backpack and handed it to him. Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu also handed him their water bottles. To prevent the two water bottles from getting mixed up, the two girls tore off a piece of the packaging of each water bottle to make a mark.

“Taoist priest, you are not allowed to steal our water,” Wen Zhixia said.

"Hey, who cares about that?"

"Meow."

Fat Ink was a rare sight, and it happened to be a little thirsty at the moment.

Unfortunately, there was no imported water for pretty girls to drink, so Fei Mo could only drink the imported water for the Taoist priests.

"Sister Wanyin, let's go. Where's the public restroom? I didn't see it earlier..."

"It's just over there, Mengqiu, this way—"

"Um……"

The three girls went to the restroom together. Li Wanyin walked in the middle, with Lin Mengqiu and Wen Zhixia on either side of her.

Seeing the forced harmony among the three, Chen Shi'an took a sip of water, lost in thought...

Indeed, relationships between people are complex and difficult to predict...

……

When girls go to the restroom together, it's not just about going to the restroom, but also a rare opportunity to whisper secrets.

"Zhixia, Mengqiu, you two have great stamina. Do you exercise regularly?"

"Yes, I play badminton. Do you exercise, Sister Wanyin? I see you have great stamina. Although you don't ride very fast, you still seem to have a lot of energy after riding twelve kilometers."

"I don't exercise much. I just go hiking or cycling with friends when I have time. What about you, Mengqiu?"

"I just run and play badminton."

"You're so thin, and your legs are so long. You'd definitely look good in a skirt. You're even a little taller than me."

"……Um."

Faced with her sister's enthusiasm, Lin Mengqiu seemed a little flustered and didn't know how to respond, but the coldness on her face obviously dissipated a lot.

This made Wen Zhixia quite curious. Was it because the weather was too hot that the ice spirit was suppressed? It actually responded to every word people said.

"By the way, Zhixia Mengqiu, would you like to come over for dinner tonight?"

Li Wanyin warmly invited, "Jiayun and Feifei, come too. If you come as well, I'll start cooking early so you and Shi'an can go to evening self-study after you've eaten."

"Thank you, Sister Wanyin. Hmm, maybe next time?"

Wen Zhixia said, "I invited a Taoist priest to my house to watch a movie. My aunt asked me to invite him to have dinner with us that night, so we might eat at my aunt's house."

Lin Mengqiu stared straight ahead, as if she hadn't heard her words, her eyes squinting from the sunlight.

Sure enough, I knew that annoying cicada had other plans behind inviting that stinky Taoist priest to my house to watch a movie!
However, since Chen Shi'an had already eaten and watched a movie at her house yesterday, Wen Zhixia's words weren't very impactful. It was a pity she hadn't told the Taoist priest to come over for dinner earlier, since it was really her dad who invited him this time...

Wen Zhixia secretly glanced at Lin Mengqiu.

strangeness……

How can this ice cube spirit be so calm?

Could it be that you did something else after having dinner with that stinky Taoist priest last night?

Unexpectedly, this attack has only made me more frustrated. I'll have to give that stinky Taoist priest a good interrogation later.

"Okay, Mengqiu, what about you? Would you like to come over for dinner?"

"No, thank you, Sister Wanyin."

"Okay~ Then let's cook together at home sometime in the future."

Li Wanyin was unaware that the two girls had just engaged in another battle of wits. She could tell that Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu were at odds, and Chen Shi'an was caught in the middle and couldn't mediate. She was thinking of helping to reconcile them as an outsider, but it seemed that things weren't so simple.

There's always a queue for the women's restrooms at tourist attractions, since there are only a pitiful four stalls, but thankfully the hygiene is passable.

Lin Mengqiu, Wen Zhixia, and Li Wanyin went in one after another.

Lin Mengqiu, who went in first, also came out first. She had been cycling and racing all the way and had sweated a lot. Now that the sweat on her arms and face had dried, it felt sticky and uncomfortable, so she washed her hands and face.

Water droplets dripped down her delicate chin and nose as she reached into her pocket for a tissue.

For girls, tissues are almost a necessity. Boys shake their hands and finish in the toilet, but girls have to wipe themselves.

The girl's fingers froze in her pocket; the pack of tissues she had just been using had vanished.

It probably fell into the bathroom by accident...

Just then, Wen Zhixia came out as well, but she didn't notice her embarrassment. The two stood by the sink, neither of them speaking to the other.

Like Lin Mengqiu, Wen Zhixia also washed her hands, scooped up some water to wash her face, and then took out a tissue from her pocket to wipe her face and hands.

Turning his head, he noticed that Lin Mengqiu's hands and face were still wet.

She didn't take a tissue to wipe her face, but simply stood aside and gently wiped the water off her face with the back of her hand.

Wen Zhixia realized—could this ice cube spirit be out of tissues?
For girls who go to the bathroom together, it's normal and natural for them to borrow tissues or even large band-aids from each other.

Although he didn't get along with her, Wen Zhixia didn't intend to kick her when she was down. She took out her own tissues, crumpled one up, and handed it to her.

"..."

The two girls looked at each other, but neither of them spoke.

Seeing Wen Zhixia's outstretched hand holding a tissue right in front of her, Lin Mengqiu hesitated for a moment before reaching out to take it.

"……Thanks."

"What did you do after you had dinner with the Taoist priest yesterday?"

While borrowing tissues, Wen Zhixia asked directly.

Lin Mengqiu was stunned.

After drying her face and hands, she replied:

"We went to see a movie."

"Cinema?"

"Home."

"...Have you seen 'The Legend of 1900'?"