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

Chapter 176 Ranking
The next morning.

When Chen Shi'an brought the soy milk to the classroom, Lin Mengqiu was already sitting in her seat.

The girl held a thermos cup in her hands, steam rising from the mouth of the bottle. She sipped the warm tea, but her eyes were fixed on the bottle of water between the two of them.

Yu Guangzhong seemed to catch a glimpse of Chen Shi'an walking over, and her gaze returned from the colorful bottle of water.

Her slender fingers, peeking out from her sleeve, tightened the cap of the thermos in her hand and placed it back on the table. Her fingers then picked up a pen from the table and looked down at her book.

Until Chen Shi'an's voice rang out—

Good morning, class monitor.

"……morning."

"Thank you for the milk, class monitor."

"~"

Chen Shi'an hung up his backpack, pulled out a chair and sat down, then picked up his water cup.

The empty water glass from last night is now heavy, and you can feel its warmth even through the glass.

"The squad leader got the water for me so quickly?"

"..."

"Thank you monitor."

"~"

Chen Shi'an first drank his milk, and when he turned to look at Lin Mengqiu, he noticed that there seemed to be something extra in the girl's seat.

A carton of milk sat next to her chair, its opening open, revealing that one bottle was missing from the top row.
There was also a small pillow, which was in a clean eco-friendly bag and hung next to her desk;

Chen Shi'an blinked.

"Squad leader, is this carton of milk a new one you bought?"

"...My dad gave it to me."

"Oh, I thought the class monitor bought a case of milk and then gave me a bottle to drink every day."

"..."

Drink if you want, why all the talk?

Lin Mengqiu turned her head and glared at him.

Chen Shi'an smiled, took a sip of milk, and looked very satisfied.

He then pointed to the pillow that Lin Mengqiu had hung next to the table.

"Why did the class monitor bring a pillow to the classroom?"

"For lunch break."

"...Lunch break?"

Chen Shi'an was taken aback. "Isn't the class monitor going back to the dormitory for lunch break? Why is he bringing a pillow to the classroom for lunch break?"

"is it not OK."

"Sure, I didn't expect the class monitor wouldn't be going back for lunch. The teachers' dormitory shouldn't be too far away, right?"

"It's more convenient to study in the classroom."

"Oh oh."

"..."

Lin Mengqiu usually goes back to the teachers' dormitory for lunch break, except for the last monthly exam when she took a nap in the classroom, and even then she slept like a little pig.

Unexpectedly, the class monitor has become addicted to sleeping, even bringing his own pillow, as if he'll be sleeping in the classroom during lunch breaks from now on.

However, this is not unusual. Many students in the class stay in the classroom for lunch break even though they have beds in the dormitory. This is mainly because they can study for a while and avoid having to travel back and forth at noon. They can go straight to class after waking up.

Chen Shi'an looked at the calendar. Although there were a few days off for National Day in October, he would still have to take some time off in the end. There were a total of 23 days of classes in October, which was only 3 days less than in September.

I heard from my classmates that the monthly exams in October are also scheduled for the last two days of the month. There will be no holiday after the exams, but there will be a two-day autumn sports meet.

Chen Shi'an knew about sports meets on TV, but he found the school sports meet quite novel.

Taking advantage of the time off from class, Chen Shi'an asked Lin Mengqiu out of curiosity.

"Class monitor, I heard from Xiaokun and the others that there's a school sports meet next month?"

"Ah."

"when?"

"Number one, number two."

"Aren't students number one and two supposed to have classes on Friday and Saturday? Don't they have classes then?"

"No classes."

"Oh--"

Chen Shi'an suddenly felt that the school sports meet was pretty good. After being a student for so long, he was also interested in the 'holiday' when he didn't have to go to class.

"Why didn't Teacher Liang mention that?"

"It should be discussed during the afternoon class meeting."

What is the purpose of the school sports meet?

"..."

Lin Mengqiu turned to look at him, and seeing that Chen Shi'an seemed completely clueless, she had no choice but to patiently explain:

"The sports meets between students are all track and field events, such as high jump, long jump, sprint, and long-distance running."

"There are still these competitions at school."

"Ah."

Lin Mengqiu turned to him and asked, "Are you going to participate?"

"Can anyone participate?" Chen Shi'an asked rhetorically.

"can."

"So, class monitor, are you going to participate?"

"...I'm asking you."

"me."

Chen Shi'an thought for a moment and smiled, "That sounds quite interesting. I'll participate then."

"……you sure?"

"what happened?"

"It's nothing. It's a good thing to contribute to the class. I'll talk to Qiu Yufu about it and count you in."

Lin Mengqiu swung her leg, as if afraid he might change his mind, and quickly secured a spot for him. According to the usual practice of the school sports meet, few students volunteered when it came time to sign up. In the end, Qiu Yufu had no choice but to step in as the class monitor to help count a few people to make up the numbers. Sometimes, when there weren't enough people, she herself was even forced to participate, fighting for the class's honor…

As expected, it's easy to fool that ignorant Taoist priest who has never seen the world. Everyone likes to watch the game and have fun, but no one is as enthusiastic and active as Chen Shi'an.
Moreover, compared to cheering for other classmates, cheering for Chen Shi'an, who is standing on the field, seems more inspiring...

Seeing the girl's changing expression, Chen Shi'an asked with a strange look, "What's wrong, class monitor? I feel like you're trying to trick me?"

That stinky Taoist priest has such sharp eyes!
Lin Mengqiu's upturned lips flattened, and she said with a stern face, "How did contributing to the class harm you?"

"So, class monitor, are you going to participate?"

"I……"

"Ok?"

Chen Shi'an pressed, "As the class monitor, you wouldn't fail to contribute to the class, would you?"

"..."

"Ok?"

"××!"

"Ok?"

Lin Mengqiu hardened her heart and raised her voice: "Didn't I say I'm not participating?"

"Oh, that's good. I thought the class monitor was just trying to trick me into going, but he wasn't going himself."

"..."

Chen Shi'an chuckled, while the girl gripped the pen tightly, wanting to stab him to death.

"What activity will the class monitor participate in?"

“…We’ll talk about it when the time comes.”

"alright."

Chen Shi'an finally stopped asking.

Lin Mengqiu, however, asked him curiously, "So, what project do you want to participate in?"

"we'll talk about it then."

"XXX!"

……

The school sports meet, which will be held at the beginning of next month, hasn't generated much discussion in the class yet. People are mainly talking about their scores on the recent monthly exam.

In class, the teacher talked about the exam paper from this month.

During the morning English reading session, Teacher Ye called Chen Shi'an out again.

Amidst the envious glances of his classmates, Dao Ye followed Teacher Ye out of the classroom.

I don't know what Teacher Ye and Dao Ye talked about, but the two of them chatted on the balcony for a full twenty minutes, and you could tell that Teacher Ye was very happy.

That Taoist priest deserves to die!
As expected, Mother Ye is biased. She said everyone is her treasure, but she only showed her care for Dao Ye!
Actually, we didn't talk about much; it was just a pure and simple round of compliments.

When a student makes progress, Ms. Ye always praises and encourages them, especially a student like Chen Shi'an who started from scratch and scored 149 points in a month. She feels proud when she talks about it with other teachers in the office.

Not knowing how to reward him, Teacher Ye could only say:
"Shi'an, your teacher knows that too many requirements will only hinder a student like you with strong self-learning abilities. From now on, you can do whatever you want in English class, and you can arrange your own time!"

"Can I study other subjects?"

"Okay! I've looked at your scores in other subjects, and you definitely need to work harder on your combined science and math subjects. I'm sure you won't fall behind in English either."

"Okay, thank you, Teacher Ye."

"To be honest, I haven't been able to help you much..."

"Teacher Ye, you flatter me. The reading pen really helped me a lot. By the way, Teacher Ye, I'd like to return the reading pen to you. I don't need it right now. Thank you for lending it to me."

As Chen Shi'an spoke, he took the reading pen out of his pocket and handed it to Teacher Ye.

Teacher Ye smiled but didn't take it.

"Consider it a gift from your teacher. Whether you need it or not, keep it as a souvenir. If a reading pen could raise a student's English score to 149, I would want to give one to every one of you."

"Thank you, Teacher Ye."

"You're welcome. Shi'an, the handmade incense you gave me before was really nice. I haven't thanked you yet."

"Does Teacher Ye know that I sent it?"

"Your teacher is also a fan of your Douyin account!"

……

During the break between the third and fourth periods, the rankings of the monthly exam results were released.

Qiu Yufu went to the office to get the report card and posted it on the bulletin board at the back of the classroom, whereupon a crowd gathered.

The petite girls crowded at the front, making it difficult for the boys to squeeze in. So they had to settle for looking at the pretty girls in front of them.

Chen Shi'an didn't bother to squeeze in; he didn't care whether it was the scores or the pretty girls.

Old Liang just called him into his office and praised him highly. He also knows his ranking in this monthly exam.

There are eleven science classes and seven humanities classes in the second year of high school, with about sixty students in each class.

Chen Shi'an scored a total of 549 points, ranking 60th in his class and 396th in his grade.

The ranking is exactly in the 60% range of the total number of science students.

According to the school's usual exam room allocation, only the top 300 students in the science stream can take the exam in the laboratory building. If nothing unexpected happens, Chen Shi'an will have to take the exam in the teaching building again next time...

As for Lin Mengqiu, with a total score of 711.5, she continues to defend her position as the top student in the science stream.

No matter how other people's rankings change, the class monitor's ranking always remains the same, and this invisible sense of pressure is like a mountain.

The other students couldn't imagine who could possibly dethrone the class monitor from the top spot in the remaining year and a half of high school...

Before the class and subject division, the class monitor had rivals, but ever since the class and subject division, and Wen Zhixia went to the humanities, she has never seen the class monitor fall from the first place again...

Hmm... Wen Zhixia is also a formidable figure in the humanities field, just like Lin Mengqiu. After switching to the humanities, she has never fallen out of first place in the humanities.

Say "chirp," and the chirp will appear—

As soon as the rankings were released, Wen Zhixia dragged Yao Jingyan down from Class 11.

This time, without needing any reminders from his classmates, Chen Shi'an had just picked up his water glass when he saw the little cicada outside in the corridor.

The girl giggled and waved at him. She didn't speak, but her bright eyes clearly said: [Taoist, you, come, out, quickly!]
Chen Shi'an put down his water glass, got up and went out.

Lin Mengqiu stared intently from her seat.

Those annoying cicadas!

You're addicted to switching classes, aren't you!
From now on, schools must prohibit students from visiting other classes! They can't even stand at the classroom door!

(End of this chapter)