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

Chapter 118 Watching a Movie or Sleeping?

I set off early in the morning, cycled more than ten kilometers, and spent half the day in a lively atmosphere. When I returned to my quiet rented room, even the black cat seemed tired.

Feimo lazily jumped onto the sofa, lay down in its special spot, and started to sleep with its belly turned up.

Li Wanyin, Wu Jiayun, and Yan Yufei were all exhausted. They all lay down on the sofa and piled on top of Li Wanyin like a train.

"Oh dear, you guys are so heavy..."

"This is to let you get used to it in advance. If you feel it's too heavy when we press on you, what will you do later?"

"...!! What are you saying?!"

Li Wanyin was embarrassed and angrily hit them a few times. Chen Shi'an had just gone into the bathroom to take a shower when these two started acting arrogantly again.

"Wanyin, it seems Shi'an has great stamina, huh? Hehehe..."

"Shut up, all of you—"

The three older sisters were playing and laughing on the sofa outside, which Chen Shi'an, who was taking a shower in the bathroom, could hear.

But I can't understand it.

When he came out after taking a shower, Li Wanyin and the other two were almost asleep.

Li Wanyin sat on the far side of the sofa, propping her head up with her hand and dozing off little by little, while her two older sisters leaned against her and were already fast asleep.

Chen Shi'an didn't wake them up. He simply moved quietly to hang up his clean clothes and then went back to his room to put on his school uniform.

Just as she was about to leave, Li Wanyin woke up.

She rubbed her eyes and asked him softly, "Have you gone out yet?"

"Okay, Sister Wanyin, you don't need to cook for me tonight."

"it is good."

"If Wanyin and the other two sisters are sleepy, go back to your rooms and sleep. You have to go to work tomorrow."

"Okay, let's go back to our room and sleep..."

Li Wanyin woke up her two best friends, and the three of them staggered away from the sofa and ran back to their room to sleep.

The bed in the rented room was only 1.5 meters wide, but luckily all three of them were girls. With the air conditioner on, the three of them lay down sideways, covered themselves with blankets, and took a comfortable nap on such a sunny afternoon.

Meanwhile, Lin Mengqiu, who had returned home first, also took a shower.

The girl loves cleanliness. Although she doesn't smell bad when she sweats, she always feels sticky and uncomfortable. Taking a shower makes her feel much fresher.

I had planned to read a book after taking a shower, but I also felt sleepy, so I decided to give myself a day off and crawled into bed for a nap.

……

When Chen Shi'an arrived at the intersection near Wen Zhixia's house, it was already 2:40 PM.

A middle school girl, around fourteen or fifteen years old, walked towards us, happily raising her wrist to talk to her watch:

[Xiaoxuan, come out here! I'm coming to your house. My cousin gave me fifty yuan. Let's go get some milk tea...]
The little girl was so busy meeting up with her friends that she didn't even notice Chen Shi'an passing by.

Chen Shi'an turned his head curiously. He had never seen this little girl before, but the black school uniform pants she was wearing looked somewhat familiar.

Could she be Xiaozhi's cousin?

Walking along the street, I arrived at the steamed bun shop, but it was already closed.

The security doors of self-built houses are also accessed by swiping access cards.

Chen Shi'an swiped the access card given to him by Wen Zhixia, opened the security door, and entered the stairwell.

Walk up the stairs to the fourth floor.

The third and fourth floors are for owner-occupancy, one household per floor, while the fifth and sixth floors are for rent. After all, there are elderly people in the family, and living on a lower floor makes life more convenient.

Chen Shi'an only had an access card, not a key, so he went to the front door and pressed the doorbell.

Like Lin Mengqiu's house, the front door also has a smart lock.

Soon, faint footsteps could be heard from inside, and the door clicked open.

"Taoist priest!"

"You just finished showering?"

"Yes, come in quickly, come in quickly."

Wen Zhixia had just finished showering and washing her hair. She was wearing the same school uniform as Chen Shi'an, and her shoulder-length hair was still wet. The wind carrying her face was filled with the sweet fragrance of a girl after her shower.

Like Lin Mengqiu, Wen Zhixia also wears slippers at home. Compared to Lin Mengqiu's slenderness, Wen Zhixia's feet are a bit more adorably plump, with round, pearl-like toes. Her toenails are neatly trimmed and have a healthy light pink color, giving them a soft and tender feel, like cotton candy that has just been sun-dried in the warm spring sun.

"Would you like to change your shoes?"

"Let me look for it for you."

Wen Zhixia opened the shoe cabinet and started looking for slippers.

Unfortunately, only she and her younger cousin usually live on the fourth floor, and they didn't prepare any slippers for guests. After searching for a long time, all they found were slippers that she and her younger cousin wore, and Chen Shi'an definitely couldn't fit into those small sizes.

"It's okay, you don't need to change your shoes."

"Okay, then I won't change it. Where should I put the backpack?"

"Just put it anywhere. That's right!"

As if struck by a thought, Wen Zhixia, with her hair still wet, dashed back into the room and came out carrying several books on high school essay writing.

"what is this?"

"These are for you to practice your writing. You lost points in Chinese, mainly in composition and reading comprehension. Here, take these books and put them in your bag so you don't forget them later."

"Thank you, Xiaozhi."

"You're welcome~"

Chen Shi'an sat down on the sofa, opened his backpack, briefly flipped through the few books she had given him, and then put them back in his bag.

Wen Zhixia was much better at entertaining guests than Lin Mengqiu, but she didn't serve tea like an adult. Instead, she brought out a bunch of snacks and a few bottles of drinks and placed them in front of Chen Shi'an.

"You eat first, we'll watch the movie after I finish drying my hair."

Is no one home?

"Everyone's here. My aunt is probably taking a nap, my uncle is in the card room, my great-uncle and great-aunt are at the convenience store, and my cousin has gone out!"

"When I came over just now, I saw a little girl who said her cousin gave her fifty yuan. Could she be your cousin?"

"...!!"

Feeling guilty, Wen Zhixia sat on a small stool, turned on the hairdryer, and while drying her hair, pretended to be calm and said:

"That must be my cousin. She did a good job with her weekend homework! I rewarded her with fifty yuan so she could go to KFC."

"Are cicadas really that good?"

"Of course... I usually teach her, so she should be rewarded if she does well."

So, I get a reward too?

"Hehe! When you get a score of 140... no, 130 on your English test, I'll treat you to KFC. Taoist priest, have you ever eaten KFC?"

No. Is it good?

"Hmm, if you haven't tried it before, you should have thought it was delicious the first time you ate it!"

It was Chen Shi'an's first time visiting Wen Zhixia's place, and he felt at ease. Seeing lollipops in the snack pile, he took out two, peeled one and put it in his mouth, and then handed the other one to Wen Zhixia.

"Wait a minute, I'm blow-drying my hair..."

"It's been drying for so long and it's still not dry?"

"Girls have long hair, so it must take a long time to dry. My hair is considered short. Taoist priest, your hair used to be so long, how did you dry it after washing it? Did you use a hairdryer too?"

"If you don't have a hairdryer, just wipe it with a towel and fluff it up with your fingers, and it'll be almost dry."

"Really? It definitely can't be done, right?"

"It's true, I have magic powers, but you won't believe me if I tell you."

"Then help me dry it, let me see how you dried it."

When Wen Zhixia mentioned it so naturally, Chen Shi'an readily agreed. He unwrapped the remaining lollipop and held it to Wen Zhixia's lips. The girl was stunned for a moment, then took a big bite and happily put it in her mouth.

"Where's the towel?"

"here……"

Wen Zhixia got up, grabbed a dry towel, handed it to him, and then sat down in the chair.

Chen Shi'an stretched the towel with both hands, letting it fluff up naturally, and stood behind the girl.

Wen Zhixia sat up straight, suddenly feeling a little nervous. There was a dressing mirror in the living room, and she was sitting in front of it. Through the reflection in the mirror, she could see Chen Shi'an behind her.

The lollipop stick dangled in her mouth. Wen Zhixia glanced at the door subconsciously and, seeing that it was tightly closed, felt relieved.

"You really don't need a hair dryer?"

"No need, hair dried with hot air will become frizzy."

"Why are you shaking the towel like that...?"

"Make it fluffier to absorb moisture."

Wen Zhixia naturally didn't believe that he could dry his wet hair with just a towel. If it were anyone else, she wouldn't even bother to try, but since it was Chen Shi'an, she was willing to give it a shot.

Finally, Chen Shi'an unfolded the towel he had been tossing in his palms for a long time and gently placed it over the girl's head. Wen Zhixia wondered if it was just her imagination, but the towel felt as if it had just been taken out of a dryer, with a dry and warm temperature.

The temperature enveloped her hair and seeped into her scalp, causing her arms under her school uniform short sleeves to break out in goosebumps—a sensation that only comes with extreme comfort.

"Wait, wait, wait... why is your towel warm?"

"My palm warmed up."

"?"

Wen Zhixia naturally didn't believe that the temperature of a person's palm could heat a towel to this extent, but when she carefully felt it, she found that this 'heat' wasn't really hot, because when she raised her hand to touch the towel, she found that it wasn't actually hot.

But inexplicably, when my head is wrapped in such a towel, I feel a warm sensation.

Now even the girl herself was confused. Could it be that she was just imagining things because she was too shy?

Putting aside the towel incident, Chen Shi'an's technique was truly top-notch.

Soon, Wen Zhixia's entire mind and attention were drawn to the large hand that was gently pressing on her head through the towel.

Chen Shi'an used his five fingers like a comb to gently comb her hair through the towel, sometimes pressing, sometimes rubbing, and sometimes holding her hair and gently vibrating it in his palm.

Human hair has no sense of touch, but the scalp, to which the hair roots connect, is extremely rich in tactile nerves. Through the tactile sensation transmitted by the hair strands, Wen Zhixia felt a slight tingling and itching sensation, causing her to shrink her neck in discomfort. She didn't even realize when her eyes had closed; she was so comfortable that she was lost in thought...

"Did you practice the hair-combing health method I taught you last time?"

"……No."

"Practice more when you have time. Try combing your hair like this. It feels pretty good, doesn't it?"

"Hmm~"

The word "hmm" came out with a strange tone, and Wen Zhixia opened her eyes, suddenly feeling a little hot.

Fortunately, Chen Shi'an didn't take it to heart. He knew his technique was excellent, and it was perfectly normal for strange sounds to be made because of the comfort. If Wen Zhixia didn't feel anything at all, Chen Shi'an would have doubted whether he had mastered the medical principles.

"All right."

Chen Shi'an put away the towel.

Wen Zhixia touched her hair in disbelief; it really did feel so refreshing!
Her hair was exceptionally smooth and silky, without any of the dryness that comes from blow-drying. Most importantly, her scalp felt very relaxed after he had just pressed and combed it, without any tightness.

"how did you do that!"

"If you were a teacher at a hair salon, the customers who wanted you to wash their hair would line up all the way down the street!"

Hairstyle and hair texture are a girl's second face. Wen Zhixia quickly tidied her hair in front of the mirror and narcissistically felt that she seemed to have become even prettier...

"Didn't you say you were going to see a movie? How come you don't even have a TV?"

Chen Shi'an looked at the blank wall in front of the sofa and then realized where the incongruity came from.

Although there is no television in the Taoist temple, both my rented room and Lin Mengqiu's house have televisions, but Wen Zhixia's place does not.

"Did you watch the movie on TV with your class monitor last night?" Wen Zhixia asked casually.

"Hey, how do you know?"

"Guess!"

Wen Zhixia didn't elaborate, but instead ran back to her room in a flash.

Chen Shi'an followed curiously. Wen Zhixia didn't close the door, but Chen Shi'an didn't go in. He just stood at the door of her room and looked inside.

"Do you usually sleep in this room?"

"correct."

"You read and study in your room too?"

"Hmm~"

Your bed is a mess.

"..."

Wen Zhixia turned around and saw that besides the messy bed, the underwear she had just taken off was also thrown on the bed. The girl was quick and pounced over, stuffing the underwear into the quilt.

"Get out, get out! You're looking into girls' rooms, aren't you ashamed...?"

Whether Chen Shi'an was embarrassed or not, she didn't know. Anyway, the girl herself was embarrassed. She blushed and pushed Chen Shi'an out of the door, then closed the door.

When she opened the door again, she was holding a USB drive, which she had just unplugged from her laptop.

"What about the movie?"

"here!"

The girl waved the USB drive in her hand and returned to the living room.

Insert the USB drive into the projector, then press the remote control. The previously blank TV wall will then lower a screen, and the projector's light will shine onto the screen.

Chen Shi'an's eyes lit up, and he said with amusement, "So this is how you watch movies. It's much more immersive than watching them directly on TV."

"The Taoist priest came and helped me draw all the curtains."

"So professional?"

The balcony curtains have two layers: a sheer curtain and a blackout curtain.

On a bright and sunny afternoon, the living room immediately became dim after the blackout curtains were drawn.

"It has a great atmosphere. No wonder you invited me to your house to watch a movie, Xiao Zhi."

"Of course, isn't this much better than what you see on TV?"

Seeing Chen Shi'an's praising expression, Wen Zhixia was very satisfied.

She moved the movable coffee table in front of the sofa, and then pressed a few buttons next to the sofa.

As Chen Shi'an sat on the sofa, he heard the sound of a motor running inside. Then his legs were lifted, the seat cushion moved forward, and the backrest tilted back. In no time, the sofa turned into a bed.

"Is the sofa electric too?"

"Yes~"

Wen Zhixia picked up another remote control and turned the air conditioner temperature down a bit, then ran back to her room and brought out the blanket as well.

The girl quickly climbed onto the sofa bed and lay down next to Chen Shi'an.

"You need to sleep?"

"What the heck? This is how you watch movies comfortably. Here's some blanket... take off your shoes."

Chen Shi'an took off his shoes and socks and lay down on the sofa bed with her.

Wen Zhixia pulled the other half of the blanket over Chen Shi'an's legs.

The two of them sat and lay down together, covered with a blanket, watching a movie together. To be honest, Chen Shi'an felt quite comfortable with it.

Wen Zhixia and her cousin usually enjoy watching movies like this, but today, her cousin lying next to her has become Chen Shi'an.

"Shall we watch 'The Legend of 1900', the movie you mentioned before?"

Chen Shi'an turned to ask her. In the dim light, the girl's delicate profile was right in front of him. The two of them were covered by the same quilt, and it seemed as if the distance between them had been shortened.

"Yes, it's a really good movie. I think you'll find it very moving."

"How to say?"

"Your life experience is somewhat similar to that of 1900."

"Also an orphan who was abandoned?"

"...Apart from this. You'll see when you get there."

Chen Shi'an enjoys watching movies. He thought the movie he watched with Lin Mengqiu last night was quite good, and he became serious, focusing his attention on the screen in front of him.

Wen Zhixia seemed much more distracted, glancing at Chen Shi'an's profile one moment and then at the two people's legs under the covers the next.

The lollipop in her mouth wasn't finished, but the sweetness seemed to spread to the girl's heart. She stirred her legs in bed, seemingly excited about something...

Seeing that Chen Shi'an was watching the movie intently, Wen Zhixia became a little bolder and secretly moved closer to Chen Shi'an.

I'm getting a little closer to him every minute, a little closer every minute...

Until their shoulders touched.

Chen Shi'an turned his head.

Wen Zhixia froze for a moment, but stubbornly pretended nothing had happened, without moving her shoulder, and just stared at the screen in front of her.

Chen Shi'an didn't say anything, and was drawn to the climax of the movie, the "piano duel" scene. The burning cigarette butt and the superb playing skills highlighted made Chen Shi'an watch with great interest.

When he came to his senses again and looked at Wen Zhixia.

The cicadas are already asleep...

She was probably really exhausted. At first, she just gently rested her head on Chen Shi'an's shoulder, her hair still carrying a sweet fragrance.

After a short while, his breathing gradually became deep, long and soft, like a spring breeze brushing against the lake and gently caressing Chen Shi'an's collar.

The girl's eyelashes were long, casting a small, light shadow under her eyes as they fell. With each breath, her fine eyelashes would tremble occasionally. Her cheeks were pressed against Chen Shi'an's shoulder, her baby fat still slightly pouting, and the corners of her mouth still carried a hint of sweetness, as if she were dreaming of something wonderful.

Chen Shi'an turned his head and looked at her for a while.

She wasn't woken up.

He simply reached out and tucked the blanket around her.

(End of this chapter)