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

Chapter 196 Don't tease me, Cicada Sister is laughing.

Chen Shi'an didn't know whether the two girls had fun or not, but he himself certainly did.

Sure enough, I'm regressing as I get older. The back-to-back seesaw game that I found boring when I was a child is now something I enjoy immensely.

After a proper practice of the back-to-back ball relay, it gradually got dark.

Looking at the time, it was already six o'clock in the evening.

Lin Mengqiu had to start evening self-study at 6:30, and hadn't eaten yet. There wasn't enough time to go back and take a shower, so she decided to take a shower after evening self-study that night.

"Let's go eat together, class monitor, Xiaoyan, do you want to come?"

Chen Shi'an extended an invitation.

Xiaoyan said "No, no" and then quickly ran away.

Lin Mengqiu hesitated for a moment, but surprisingly agreed.

Wen Zhixia glanced at her strangely. Was this ice queen really that bold today? Daring to face her directly?
The two girls have known each other for so long, but they've never eaten together before. With Chen Shi'an acting as a go-between, they can finally see how the other girl usually eats.

"Let's go then," Chen Shi'an said.

"Let's go~" Wen Zhixia ran over lightly and stood to his right.

Lin Mengqiu didn't say anything, but quietly walked to Chen Shi'an's left.

The three walked side by side. Wen Zhixia and Chen Shi'an chatted the whole way. Lin Mengqiu said they were having dinner together, but she seemed more like a spy. She didn't say a word and just listened and watched from the side.

Arriving at the cafeteria at six o'clock, the cafeteria was actually getting busier, mostly with students coming down from their dorms to eat after showering.

The three of them changed their positions from a horizontal line to a vertical line, with the short Wen Zhixia standing in front, the tall Chen Shi'an in the middle, and the medium-sized Lin Mengqiu in the back.

For some reason, looking at the stinky Taoist's back, the class monitor inexplicably wanted to poke him in the back.

Then look at Wen Zhixia in front of you. Even while waiting in line, she still turns around and chatters away. She truly lives up to her reputation as an annoying cicada.

Wen Zhixia also glanced behind Chen Shi'an and saw Lin Mengqiu, who was silent. She was indeed an ice block.

The three of them got their food and left the window with their trays.

When choosing a seat, the choice of seat is more important than the choice of standing.

The two girls blinked, one looking for an empty seat in the left area and the other looking for an empty seat in the right area.

Generally speaking, when three people eat together, they usually sit in an L-shape, with each person occupying one of the three corners of the L. So, who sits next to whom, and who sits opposite whom...?

Of course, there's also the "I" shape, but this seating arrangement is a bit less common...

"There are empty seats here, let's sit here."

Chen Shi'an called out to the two girls first, and then sat down in an empty seat.

The cafeteria had long tables and chairs, and Chen Shi'an sat in the middle with empty seats in front of him and on both sides.

Rather than sitting opposite him alone and watching him sit side by side with him in a more intimate manner, neither of the two girls wanted to sit alone opposite him.

Wen Zhixia was quick-witted and nimble. For a right-handed person, sitting on the left side would obviously make it easier to reach the food on the right. So she took two quick steps in the aisle and sat down on the long bench next to Chen Shi'an on the left.

That leaves only two seats to choose from: the one opposite Chen Shi'an and the one to his right.

Lin Mengqiu paused for a moment, then carried her tray past the two of them and sat down to Chen Shi'an's right.

Chen Shi'an was stunned.

I looked at the little cicada on the left, and then at the class monitor on the right.

no……!
There are plenty of seats in front, why do we have to sit in a row?

I was hoping to find more opportunities for the two girls to get to know each other better, but they always seem to find a way to do it.

Fortunately, there were plenty of seats in the cafeteria, and no one was so arrogant as to sit in the empty seats in front of the three of them. Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu were quite satisfied with the row of seats, as they didn't have to look at each other and it would affect their appetite, and they could eat shoulder to shoulder with the Taoist priest. How wonderful!

"By the way, Taoist priest, have you washed your uniform? You need to wear it tomorrow."

"washed."

Will the color fade?

"No way, did your class uniform bleed color?"

"Yes! Luckily I soaked it in a bucket beforehand, because bright red bleeds really badly!"

"Do we still have to do morning reading and evening self-study during the school sports meet?"

"It's not needed for morning reading, but it is needed for evening self-study."

During the meal, Wen Zhixia did most of the talking to Chen Shian.

Lin Mengqiu ate quietly, without raising her head or glancing to her left. The girl was simply secretly feeling her shoulder brushing against Chen Shi'an's...

"~~~"

My entire left arm felt warm, and it made me feel especially good with my meal.

Ah.

This annoying cicada is chatting so happily with the Taoist priest, it probably has no idea that I'm right here shoulder to shoulder with him, right?

Let's chat, let's talk.

Until one moment, Lin Mengqiu finally glanced to the left, and then she froze.

She clearly saw the annoying cicada's chopsticks reach into Chen Shi'an's plate, and so naturally she took a piece of meat from his plate, and also put the bean sprouts she didn't like from her plate into Chen Shi'an's plate.

No... what are you doing?!

How dare you take food directly from a boy's plate?!
Lin Mengqiu's eyes nearly popped out in shock. Then she looked at Wen Zhixia's seat. Not only was her arm touching the Taoist's, but her plate was practically touching the Taoist's plate!
Looking at Chen Shi'an, he still seemed quite used to it.

What has she done to that stinky Taoist priest?!

Lin Mengqiu was glad she had come to eat with them today; otherwise, she felt she could never have imagined that the two of them ate like this on a normal day.

It was fine before they saw it, but now that they have, the class monitor is getting a little restless.

As she watched the annoying cicada naturally pick up food from Chen Shi'an's plate and pass it to her, her hand stiffened and uncontrollably reached out with her chopsticks...

Since she was already sitting on the right side, a position that made it inconvenient to reach for food, and Lin Mengqiu's movements were stiff, it was especially noticeable when she reached her hand over.

Chen Shi'an was stunned for a moment, his chopsticks hanging in mid-air.

Wen Zhixia also stopped, her conversation with the Taoist priest abruptly halted, and she even stopped eating.

Their eyes both fell on Lin Mengqiu's chopsticks, which were trembling slightly. Several times they almost touched the food but missed it. After several unsuccessful attempts, she finally managed to pick up a piece of ginger disguised as a potato from Chen Shi'an's plate...

Chen Shi'an couldn't help but kindly remind him, "Class monitor, why don't you change..."

"I want this potato!"

Lin Mengqiu's face instantly turned red. She didn't even hear what Chen Shi'an said, only thinking that he was unwilling to give her any.

Even cicadas use this method to pick up food, don't they? Why do you keep harping on your old squad leader?

Heaven knows how much determination the girl had to muster to extend that extra-limit-breaking chopstick. With her head down, ignoring what Chen Shi'an was thinking, she opened her small mouth and put the potato she had captured into her mouth.

The next second, amidst the crisp sound of teeth crushing the 'potato', a spicy flavor suddenly exploded in the mouth.

Lin Mengqiu froze completely.

ginger?
Why ginger?
Wen Zhixia, who was holding it in for a while, finally couldn't help but burst out laughing...

As expected, that stinky Taoist priest was right; I knew far too little about the Ice Spirit.

I never realized she was so humorous before.

……

Inside the cafeteria, the clattering of plates subsided, and the food stalls gradually closed up. The three of them left the cafeteria together and headed towards the classroom.

The sky outside was already dark, with only the streetlights on the school road casting long and short shadows on the three figures.

Although neither the stinky Taoist nor the annoying cicada revealed that she had eaten a piece of ginger, the class monitor, feeling utterly embarrassed, still kept a straight face and didn't want to say another word.

Heaven knows how much determination she had to force herself to eat that piece of ginger.

Thinking about it now, I can still taste the ginger in my mouth...

yue——!
Ginger is no longer allowed in the cafeteria!

However, after much persuasion, the three of them managed to have a meal together after knowing each other for so long.

After they had filled their stomachs, the tense atmosphere between the two girls eased considerably.

The three of them went up to the second floor together, and Wen Zhixia patted Chen Shi'an on the shoulder:
"Then I'll be going now, bye-bye—"

"Bye-Bye."

Whether it was intentional or not, Wen Zhixia glanced at Lin Mengqiu before leaving, then ran upstairs looking like she couldn't hold back her laughter.

“×××××××!”

Wen Zhixia didn't laugh out loud, but after she left, Chen Shi'an couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"I didn't know the squad leader liked ginger. Do you want to go to the restroom together, squad leader?"

"...Go by yourself!"

Lin Mengqiu was both embarrassed and annoyed. Like a stubborn little bull, she bumped into his side and walked into the classroom, even stepping on his foot in the process.

……

The teaching building was quite noisy tonight, even the top class, Class 5, was no exception, since even the vice class monitor, Qiu Yufu, was leading the conversation.

Upon seeing Lin Mengqiu enter the classroom, Qiu Yufu left her seat and jogged over to her.

"Class monitor, the vote is in. Tomorrow at the school sports meet, when we're forming the squares, everyone's decided that you'll be the one to hold the placard..."

"...Didn't quite a few people choose Chen Shi'an?"

“Class monitor, you and Chen Shi’an had 24 votes to 23... and then Chen Shi’an also chose you.”

Although both were anonymous votes, Qiu Yufu immediately recognized Chen Shi'an's handwriting and the class monitor's handwriting. The two were deskmates and voted for each other.

The school sports meet involves marching in formations, with each class forming one formation and sending a representative to carry a placard.

As the face of each group, the students holding up the signs are usually the ones with the best image and temperament in the class, in short, the most handsome or the most beautiful.

Last year, Lin Mengqiu also raised the sign, and Wen Zhixia escaped by a single vote. However, she never expected that this year, she would be by a single vote again and had to raise the sign herself.

"okay, I get it."

"Uh-huh."

After Qiu Yufu left, Lin Mengqiu picked up her own cup and also picked up Chen Shian's cup.

She secretly added some extra tea leaves to his cup.

Make you laugh!
I'm punishing you by making you drink tea and won't be able to sleep tonight!
(End of this chapter)