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

Chapter 150 Envious? (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

Wen Zhixia can't cook, but Li Yilan is quite skilled and prepared a very lavish lunch.

Wen Zhixue had just had a pleasant chat with Chen Shi'an at the factory, and subconsciously wanted to take out some good wine to have a few drinks with him, but then he suddenly remembered that Chen Shi'an was a high school student, so they ended up drinking juice together instead.

"Xiao Chen, please sit down. Aunt Lan didn't know what you liked to eat, so she just made some simple dishes. I don't know if they'll suit your taste."

“It’s already quite a feast. Zhizhi once brought me some dumplings made by Aunt Lan to try.”

"Oh! That box of dumplings from last time! How did Xiao Chen find them?"

"Very good, Aunt Lan's cooking is excellent."

Li Yilan listened with a beaming smile and warmly invited Chen Shi'an to eat.

The dining table is a large round table that can be unfolded to seat twelve people. When there are fewer people, it can be unfolded to make it easier to pick up food and chat. There is a glass turntable on the table with a pot of soup in the center and six plates of dishes around it.

Chen Shi'an was neither polite nor reserved, but he was not picky about the food, so he almost never went to spin the lazy Susan. He would just pick whichever dish was in front of him and eat it.

However, Wen Zhixia's family took the initiative to move some dishes to his side so that he could pick them up.

Wen Zhixia sat next to Chen Shi'an. She ate with him every day at school, and she never expected to be able to eat with him at home. It was a strange and wonderful feeling.

The girl reached out and spun the turntable, turning a dish in front of Chen Shi'an.

"Taoist priest, try this. It's my mom's specialty!"

"it is good."

"Taoist priest, try this! I really like this too!"

"it is good."

"Taoist priest, do you need gloves? I'll get them for you!"

"it is good."

"Taoist priest……"

Li Yilan and Wen Zhixue looked at each other.

You silly girl, can't you behave yourself a little in front of your parents?
If we weren't here, would you be serving food to Xiao Chen yourself?

……

After the meal, it was 12:30.

Li Yilan went to tidy up the kitchen, Chen Shian accompanied Wen Zhixue to drink tea and chat, and Wen Zhixia and Mao'er ran up to the third floor together.

There's not much to tidy up in her own room, so her mom always cleans it before she goes home.

In addition to her room, there are three bedrooms on the third floor, which are used as guest rooms.

Without a second thought, Wen Zhixia chose the bedroom next to her own, intending to let Chen Shi'an sleep there tonight.

The guest room hadn't been cleaned yet, but the girl, who rarely did housework, was unusually enthusiastic today.

The floor was quite clean, but the bed wasn't made.

Wen Zhixia took out the bed sheet. The petite woman walked around the bed, tidying up the sheet and tucking the edges into the mattress.

Then they took out the comforter inserts, pillow inserts, comforter covers, and pillowcases from the closet.

Remembering a video on Douyin about quickly putting on a duvet cover, Wen Zhixia searched for it and tried to do it the way in the video. But after clumsily fiddling with it for a long time, she managed to put the duvet insert inside the duvet cover, but it shrunk into a ball inside.

She had no choice but to take off her shoes, climb onto Chen Shi'an's bed, reach her little hands into the duvet cover to find the four corners, clumsily pull them to the corresponding four corners of the duvet cover, and then huff and puff as she stretched them out.

She, who is usually careless, has never been so meticulous and attentive before. The comforter and duvet cover must be made perfectly smooth, without the slightest unevenness.

She was exhausted after putting on the quilt. She sat down on Chen Shi'an's bed in a duck-like position, and then carefully put the pillowcase on him while holding the pillow he was going to use in her arms.

"Meow?"

The black cat had already explored the third floor and stood at the door of the room, curiously looking at the girl on the bed.

"Shimo, you're staying at your sister's tonight~"

"Meow?"

Are you older than me to dare call yourself "older sister"?
Don't they have any sense of who's older and who's younger?

After the bed was finally made, Wen Zhixia lay down on Chen Shi'an's bed without any regard for appearances.

Even though it was just a guest room bed, pillows, and blankets, Wen Zhixia felt that the bed, pillows, and blankets were more comfortable than those in her own room…

The girl couldn't resist rolling around on his bed, hugging his blanket tightly to her chest, deciding to just take a nap there...

Just as I was about to close my eyes and go to sleep, I heard familiar footsteps outside.

It was my mother's footsteps.

Wen Zhixia is quick!
She jumped out of bed like a spring and then pretended to fold the blankets.

Sure enough, Mom appeared at the door.

"Zhizhi, what are you doing...?"

“I’ve tidied the room! You said the guest room wasn’t tidied, but I’ve tidied it up now! The Taoist priest can sleep here tonight…”

"..."

Li Yilan looked over.

I must say, my daughter did a very good job of tidying up, just like a hotel room, with the blankets made up neatly.

This left the elderly mother somewhat dazed—

So you can tidy up your room?!
Who is it that makes my room such a mess every day?

"All right!"

Wen Zhixia ignored her mother. As the hostess, this was how she should treat her guests. After tidying up Chen Shi'an's room, the girl returned to her own room with a straight face.

Her room was much bigger than the guest room.

She has a separate bathroom, a wardrobe covering an entire wall, a dressing table, a desk and computer, and a large bed that is 1.8 meters wide. The bed is piled with various dolls, teddy bears and other toys, all of which are gifts from relatives, friends or her parents over the years.

"You left your luggage in the living room without bringing it upstairs. What did you bring? There's so much..."

Li Yilan carried the large and small bags her daughter had brought back into her room. If nothing unexpected happened, these things would remain exactly as they were when she brought them back, just as they were when she took them back after the holiday…

"Heh, I forgot."

Wen Zhixia giggled as she took the items from her mother's hands. "Just some clothes, books, homework, and stuff... Oh! And this bed sheet, which I brought back to wash... And this bag of clothes, which are getting cold and I won't be able to wear them anymore, so I brought them home too."

"How did you do on your monthly exam?" "The results won't be out until after the holiday, but I think I did pretty well!"

"Put more effort into your studies. You're so impulsive all the time. Look at Xiao Chen, he's a year older than you, but he's so much more composed."

"Oh, okay, I know, I'm an adult now!"

"Ah……"

Hearing her mother's sneer, Wen Zhixia blushed a little.

I'm almost eighteen myself, but I haven't really realized it. Maybe in ten years, when she's twenty-eight, she'll still feel the same way...

The mother was just saying it casually; if her daughter ever really acted like an 'adult,' she would panic and wonder if she was still Zhizhi.

Wen Zhixia opened her backpack, took out the wooden carving that Chen Shi'an had given her, and with a smug look on her face, held the wooden carving out to show off to her mother.

"Mom, look what this is~~"

"What?! Hey, stop shaking it, let me see."

"Be gentle! Don't break it!"

"What is this thing that is so precious..."

Li Yilan took the wooden carving from Wen Zhixia. When she saw the lifelike daughter on the carving, she was stunned for a moment, and then she felt a sudden sense of surprise.

She looked at the wood carving, then at the girl in front of her, comparing them back and forth, her shock growing stronger.

"W-This is you?"

"Hmm, doesn't it look like her? Isn't your precious daughter beautiful!"

"So alike! Absolutely! They're practically identical!"

Li Yilan was stunned. No wonder her daughter treasured it so much. It was more than just similar; it looked like a life-sized miniature version of the real person.

"Hmph, envious, aren't you?"

"...How smug you are!"

Although it was a lifelike wooden sculpture of her daughter, Li Yilan still couldn't put it down. It was really hard to imagine how much care and skill it must have taken to carve such a lifelike wooden figure, as if it had a life of its own.

"Did Xiao Chen give this to you?"

"Hmm~"

really.

Li Yilan was not surprised. She had seen the plum blossom, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum wood carvings that Chen Shi'an had given her and knew that his carving skills were superb. However, she never expected that it was not his peak. Compared with the little wooden figure of this girl, her plum blossom, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum wood carvings paled in comparison.

Oh no, this girl is really eating coarse grains...

Why would Xiao Chen give you this?

"...Oh dear, Mom, that's a strange question. Just give it to me if you want to."

Are you taking the bus?

"Yes, that was the first time I met the Taoist priest. Didn't I tell you? I met him on the way to school that day!"

"Then he carved it and gave it to you."

"Hmm~"

Li Yilan hesitated, wanting to speak but holding back, but finally couldn't help herself and secretly asked in a low voice:
"Zhizhi, are you two... dating?"

Upon hearing this, the girl, who had just been smug, blushed instantly.

"Mom! What nonsense are you talking about... We didn't have anything!"

"So someone gave you such an expensive gift?"

“He carved it himself. Besides, do you think he looks like… that thing?”

"Yes, that's true. I don't think Xiao Chen is interested in you at all."

"?"

Even though she was just going along with what her mother said, Wen Zhixia's cheeks puffed up immediately after hearing her mother's words, turning her into a sulky little frog.

Ah.

You're far from being able to outsmart your mother!

This test failed to reveal Chen Shi'an's true intentions, but it did reveal quite a bit about his daughter's thoughts.

"Zhizhi, do you... have feelings for Xiao Chen?"

"...No! We're really just good buddies and good friends!"

Wen Zhixia suddenly felt that the room was very hot, so hot that she felt uncomfortable all over. She reached out and touched the remote control by the bed, turned on the air conditioner, and then turned it to sixteen degrees.

After all, she was already her eldest daughter, so Li Yilan didn't say anything more. Young girls know what they need to know, and perhaps there are many things that she, as her mother, doesn't even know as well as her.

Li Yilan was once a young girl herself, so she knows all too well what girls at that age are thinking. Once something sprouts, it can't be stopped.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen is indeed a very, very good young man.

Why are you turning the air conditioner so cold?

“It’s so hot!”

"...Your dad and I are going back to our hometown later. Tell Xiao Chen that we're going back together and will come back after dinner tonight."

"Mom, why don't you go back first? It's not far anyway. I need to go with the Taoist to buy a bicycle. We can go back by ourselves later."

"It's up to you then. Be careful on the road."

"Know!"

Li Yilan played with the wooden carving of her daughter in her hands, completely captivated by it.

“Zhizhi, why don’t you give this wood carving to Mom? Mom will trade you her bracelet for it, and I…”

Before her mother could finish speaking, Wen Zhixia sprang up from the bed and snatched the wooden carving back.

"No!"

"If you like it, have your dad carve it for you!"

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(End of this chapter)