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

Chapter 178 Feeding the Class Monitor
Chen Shi'an did not speed up his eating just because he was bringing food for Lin Mengqiu.

He ate at the same pace he always did when he ate with Wen Zhixia, finishing his meal slowly, at exactly 12:30 pm.

"Taoist priest, here you go."

"Thank you, Xiaozhi."

Chen Shi'an reached out and took the half-torn tissue she handed him.

Wen Zhixia withdrew her gaze from the packed lunchbox beside her, feeling increasingly annoyed, and simply stopped looking.

She could have gotten her food and taken it back to the classroom by herself, but she insisted on having Chen Shi'an, who ate with her, pack it up for her. Wen Zhixia could easily guess what the ice cube was thinking; she was doing this on purpose for her!
what!
It's already 12:30 and they still haven't eaten. They must be starving!

After thinking for a moment, Wen Zhixia took out her phone again and quickly blocked Lin Mengqiu's WeChat Moments.

That ice queen will definitely be showing off on her WeChat Moments later. Out of sight, out of mind, and don't even think about upsetting her.

What is the little cicada doing?

Chen Shi'an, who was sitting opposite her, looked over, and Wen Zhixia quickly put away her phone.

"Nothing to do."

"Let's go then."

"Yeah, let's go!"

Chen Shi'an got up, picked up the plate, carried the packed food, and left the cafeteria with Wen Zhixia.

……

In the classroom of Class 5.

Lin Mengqiu remained seated in her seat, her study materials spread out on the table. As time passed, the girl gradually lost her focus.

I'm hungry...

Since drinking Chen Shi'an's stomach-soothing tea and regulating her eating habits, her appetite has improved a lot, and she starts to feel hungry around mealtimes.

When she was hungry, she longed for food and missed Chen Shi'an—after all, that stinky Taoist priest had promised to bring her food, but he hadn't come back yet after so long.

Lin Mengqiu frequently turned her head to look at the clock at the back of the classroom.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes... why aren't they back yet!

What kind of meal did you have with that annoying cicada?! You might as well have just had a lunch break!
Occasionally, when she heard a noise from the back of the classroom, she would immediately turn around excitedly to see if Chen Shi'an had returned.

As a result, those who returned one after another were other students who had already eaten and were resting in the classroom.

Aside from exam periods, only seven or eight students usually stay in the classroom to study or take a lunch break. They've all finished eating and come back by now, but Chen Shi'an hasn't returned yet.

The hungry class monitor was a little resentful, like a fledgling bird in its nest, hoping that Chen Shi'an would feed him, his neck stretched out in anticipation.

Just as she was about to do another problem to stave off her hunger, Qiu Yufu, who usually stayed in the classroom for lunch break, walked towards her from the first group.

Lin Mengqiu subconsciously sat up straight, composed herself, and returned to her usual aloof demeanor.

"Class monitor, are you also taking a lunch break in the classroom today?"

"Ah."

"Hey squad leader, have you eaten yet? You're up here so quickly."

"not yet."

"Huh? Class monitor, aren't you eating?"

"late."

"It's already past 12:30. The cafeteria won't have much food left. Class monitor, you should go eat quickly."

"……fine."

"By the way, class monitor, Ms. Liang talked to me about registering for the school sports meet. I wanted to ask if you have any plans?"

"You can arrange it."

"Well."

"...By the way, Chen Shi'an said he wants to sign up. You can give him the form to fill out later."

"All right!"

While the class monitor and vice monitor were discussing official business, there was a commotion at the back door of the classroom, and a tall figure slowly walked over.

Lin Mengqiu, who was sitting in her seat, and Qiu Yufu, who was standing next to Chen Shi'an's table, both turned around and looked back.

Both of them noticed the boxed lunch that Chen Shi'an was carrying.

Qiu Yufu suddenly realized why the class monitor hadn't gone downstairs to eat yet.

The vice class monitor was quite sensible. Before Chen Shi'an even got close, she smiled and said to Lin Mengqiu, "Class monitor, if there's nothing else, I'll go back first and bring the watch over later."

"it is good."

Qiu Yufu turned and left, returning to her seat in the first group.

Lin Mengqiu also looked away, pretending that she wasn't hungry, and picked up her pen to continue writing the test paper.

With a soft thud and the rustling of a plastic bag, a full lunchbox was placed in the middle of the table between the two people.

The girl couldn't help but glance at the lunchbox, then her gaze moved upwards and landed on Chen Shi'an's face.

"Is the squad leader starving?"

"..."

Lin Mengqiu ignored him and just pursed her lips.

Knowing your old squad leader is starving to death and you're still not hurrying up, I'll deduct one point from your score!
"Ok?"

"...It's alright, thank you."

Chen Shi'an smiled. The class monitor was as stubborn as ever. He could see that the girl was extremely hungry.

"It's good to be a little hungry before eating, it makes you have a good appetite."

"So you deliberately starved me?"

"No, I rushed to deliver the food to the class monitor after I finished eating."

"..."

"Class monitor, stop doing your homework and eat. You can't go too hungry."

Hearing Chen Shi'an say this, Lin Mengqiu finally put down her pen.

Before she could even take the lunchbox, Chen Shi'an took it out of the bag.

He clicked open the lid of the lunchbox, then placed it on a plastic bag and moved it to her desk.

The chopsticks and spoons were disposable. Chen Shi'an took them out of the bag but didn't unpack them for her; he simply placed them beside her.

Hungry, Lin Mengqiu's eyes were completely drawn to the appetizing-looking food in the lunchbox.

She, who is usually very clean, suddenly lost her composure and picked up her chopsticks to start eating. But then she remembered to wipe her hands with a wet wipe before picking up her chopsticks again.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Chen Shi'an also sat down in his seat and took a sip of water from his cup.

"I don't know what the class monitor wanted to eat, so he got the same food as me."

"...Is this what you ate today too?"

"Ah."

Chen Shi'an nodded. Although he and Xiao Zhi were swapping dishes, he did indeed order the same dishes.

Hearing Chen Shi'an say this, and seeing the same dishes he was eating, Lin Mengqiu was even more satisfied. Finally, she couldn't resist reaching out with her chopsticks, picking up a piece of steamed pork ribs and putting it in her mouth.

So delicious!
It's strange. Even though it's the same food she got from the cafeteria and she's eaten it many times, she still feels that the food Chen Shi'an brought back for her tastes better.

Lin Mengqiu lowered her head, brushed her naturally falling hair behind her shoulder, and gently spat the cleaned rib into the lid of the lunchbox.

While her mouth still tasted of rice, she lowered her head and used her chopsticks to pick up a small ball of rice and put it in her mouth.

She was still chewing the rice in her mouth, the starchy sweetness brewing in her mouth, and she couldn't help but reach out with her chopsticks to pick up the fragrant-looking fried egg with green peppers and ham.

Her body, which had been sitting upright, had now naturally slumped down, looking almost as if she were lying on the table. Her legs under the table couldn't help but swing gently, and her two tender knees bumped against each other through her school uniform pants, as if they could produce some kind of musical notes.

"Cheer slowly and thoroughly."

"Oh……"

The voice of the stinky Taoist priest rang out from the side, and Lin Mengqiu, who was immersed in eating rice, finally came to her senses and began to eat slowly and carefully.

Out of the corner of her eye, Lin Mengqiu caught a glimpse of his head and turned to look at him. Sure enough, Chen Shi'an was smiling at her.

Lin Mengqiu ignored him and continued eating.

When she turned her head again, she found that he was still staring at her without moving.

The class monitor seemed a little uncomfortable; she stopped swinging her legs under the table and, while eating, glanced at him sideways and asked:
Why are you looking at me like that...?

"Watching the squad leader eat."

"What catches your eyes."

“I think it’s pretty.”

"What's interesting..." "The class monitor eating is interesting."

Chen Shi'an smiled and said, "It's a strange sense of satisfaction."

"~~~~~~"

Hearing his words, Lin Mengqiu felt a little shy. She held her chopsticks in her mouth, eating the grains of rice from the tips, keeping her head down and not daring to look at him. But she muttered a complaint:
"...What the heck? I don't understand."

"How can I describe it..."

Chen Shi'an thought for a moment and said, "Just like when I was on the mountain, I raised a lot of chickens, you know, it felt like feeding chickens, clucking and clucking."

The girl, who was enjoying her meal, couldn't hold back any longer. She turned around, blushing, and glared at him.

"go away."

"..."

It was lunchtime, and the classroom was quiet. Chen Shi'an and Lin Mengqiu spoke in hushed tones, as if they were whispering.

There were no other students around them, and the other students who stayed in the classroom to study couldn't help but look in their direction out of curiosity, but unfortunately they couldn't hear what the two were saying.

It was quite rare to see the class monitor looking so shy...

No!

What are you doing, class monitor?!

Why are you embarrassed by Daoist Master's teasing?!

Where did your aloofness go?!

Although we can't cut the melon that's related to the class monitor, we can at least look at it.

Apart from Lin Mengqiu, who was still eating, all the other students had already finished eating before coming up. As a result, even though they hadn't gotten any melon, they inexplicably felt like they were stuffed.

As expected, Dao Ye must have some tricks up his sleeve to be able to sit next to the class monitor for so long...

I reckon the entire class combined didn't talk as much to the class monitor as Dao Ye did...

……

This was the first time Lin Mengqiu had eaten in the classroom. She ate secretly and even spoke to Chen Shi'an in secret.

Fortunately, their seats were at the corner of the fourth group, which made Lin Mengqiu feel much more at ease, like having her own little world. But the sneaky feeling in her heart just wouldn't go away, and it even gave her a slight thrill.

"...Do you want to bring some back to eat next time?" Lin Mengqiu asked him softly.

"I can't do it, I promised to have dinner with Xiaozhi."

"×!"

Lin Mengqiu gave a low snort.

But if you think about it from another perspective, even though Chen Shi'an doesn't eat with her, what's the difference between watching her eat and talking to her like this?
With that thought in mind, the girl's legs started swinging again.

"By the way, class monitor, what did Qiu Yufu talk to you about just now?"

"It's about the school sports meet. I told her I'd get the forms for you to fill out later."

"Great, the class monitor will sign up too, right?"

"..."

"Ok?"

"...Didn't I tell you I would go?"

"Heh, afraid the class monitor would change his mind. I knew the class monitor wasn't that kind of person."

Well, that stinky Taoist priest has completely blocked all her escape routes with just one sentence.

Lin Mengqiu put down her chopsticks. She had been hungry just moments before, but now she was full. A warm feeling rose from her lower abdomen and spread throughout her body. She couldn't help but let out a satisfied sigh.

She closed the lunchbox, put it back in the bag, tied it securely, picked up her water glass, took a sip of stomach-soothing tea, and felt incredibly comfortable.

"Did the class monitor participate in the 4x100m relay at last year's school sports meet?"

"...What Wen Zhixia said?"

"Yes, she said, 'Class monitor, you run the last leg.'"

"Yes."

Why didn't they make it to the finals?

Lin Mengqiu raised an eyebrow: "If Wen Zhixia hadn't run the first leg poorly, we would have made it to the finals long ago."

amount……

Two girls, two different answers. A sense of crisis arose in Chen Shi'an's heart, and she quickly skipped over the topic.

"...What happened? What did she tell you?"

"No, Xiao Zhi said that the troops were divided into four groups, and they were just one move behind, so it was a narrow defeat."

"?"

Lin Mengqiu was suspicious; she didn't believe that this annoying cicada could say such objective things.

What's the use of starting fast! If she hadn't lost the baton during the first leg exchange with Yao Jingyan, would she have fallen so far behind in the final sprint?
Hmm... Yao Jingyan is also to blame, anyway, it's all their fault!
If you're not satisfied, let's have a solo competition at this school sports meet and see who runs worse!

……

After eating and drinking her fill, drowsiness crept over her, and Lin Mengqiu began blinking frequently.

She glanced at the time; it was only 12:50, forty minutes before afternoon class.

Normally, she would put down her pen and go to bed for a nap around 1 a.m. in her dorm.

Perhaps it was because Chen Shi'an was a good sleeper, but being in a seat and locked in a corner by him, this small space didn't feel cramped at all; instead, it made her feel incredibly safe.

Lin Mengqiu had originally planned to study for another ten minutes before going to sleep, but she couldn't resist anymore.

She took the small pillow from beside the table, which was in a clean eco-friendly bag, and patted it gently to avoid making too much noise and disturbing the other students.

"The class monitor's pillow looks really soft."

"..."

"Is the class monitor going to sleep?"

"Ah."

"Okay, go to sleep then. I'll wake you up when it's time."

"..."

Lin Mengqiu felt a little embarrassed. She remembered how she slept like a pig last time, and Chen Shi'an called her many times but she didn't wake up. This time, she was determined not to sleep so soundly, so as not to ruin her image.

Aren't you going to sleep?

"Sitting still is my way of resting."

"..."

"Squad leader, would you like to practice sitting meditation some more?"

"...Didn't you say any position is fine, as long as I can stay still?"

"Ah."

"Then I'll lie down."

"?"

Chen Shi'an was annoyed by his lack of ambition. "You can lie here lying down, but at least try to meditate! What kind of thing is it to dream?"

Lin Mengqiu wasn't in a hurry to sleep, but instead secretly took out her phone from her pocket and seemed to be doing something.

When Chen Shi'an looked over, she immediately put her phone back in her pocket.

On a sunny autumn afternoon, the girl picked up a soft little pillow from the table and gently lay down on it.

Her head was initially tilted towards the side facing out the window.

I don't know when I fell asleep.

The class monitor, still half asleep, gently turned over and tilted his head toward Chen Shi'an.

A breeze blew in from outside the window, and her long eyelashes trembled...

……

Upstairs, in Class 11's classroom.

Wen Zhixia, who was still studying, looked at her phone tucked between her books.

The screen displays the latest WeChat Moments post.

Ling: [~~~]
Where's the caption? I'm asking you, where's the caption?!

Where's the picture? I'm asking you, where's the picture?!

Wen Zhixia finally couldn't resist wanting to see what the Ice Cube spirit would smugly post, and the result was three tildes.
I'm asking you what you're doing!

The little cicada got so angry it turned into a little frog, waving its fan around with a loud whooshing sound...

(End of this chapter)