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

Chapter 204 Movie Show

The first day of the school sports meet concluded smoothly, and Chen Shi'an even won the chess championship for his class.

One person wins the championship, and the whole family rejoices.

During evening self-study, Zheng Yining and Xie Mengxuan stopped playing Gomoku and turned around to play Flip Chess with Chen Shian.

"Chen Shi'an, how do you play this?"

"It's very simple. Use half of the chessboard as the chessboard, shuffle the pieces and place them face down on it. Then, the two players take turns flipping over the pieces to determine their sides. Each player can choose to flip, move, and capture pieces each time. All pieces can only move one square. The cannon can capture pieces regardless of distance or size, skipping one piece. The piece sizes are ranked as follows: General, Advisor, Elephant, Chariot, Horse, Cannon, Soldier. The Soldier can capture the General... The player who captures all of the opponent's pieces wins."

Zheng Yining and Xie Mengxuan were a little confused. They scratched their heads and looked at Lin Mengqiu, who was also listening next to Chen Shi'an.

"Squad leader, did you understand?"

"……Um."

The class monitor didn't say much, just nodded. Afraid that Zheng Yining and Xie Mengxuan would ask her for an explanation, she quickly picked up her water cup and started drinking.

Seeing that the silly girls were still confused, Chen Shi'an set up the chessboard and demonstrated it.

Now the girls all understood; it was indeed very simple.

Even the class monitor put down his water glass, and could confidently answer the questions that Zheng Yining and Xie Mengxuan didn't understand.

"This looks fun. Let's play a few rounds. I haven't played in ages."

"Okay!"

Zheng Yining and Xie Mengxuan readily agreed. Tonight's evening self-study session was the same as yesterday's, with exams and the school sports meet, so they couldn't concentrate on studying.

"Squad leader, want to play?" Chen Shi'an turned to look at Lin Mengqiu.

"Okay." Lin Mengqiu nodded.

"So, who wants to go first?"

"The class monitor goes first!" Zheng Yining and Xie Mengxuan said.

Chen Shi'an looked at Lin Mengqiu, but the girl had already turned around and was looking at the chessboard in his hand.

After the chess pieces were placed face down, Lin Mengqiu flipped them over first.

It's a red cannon.

If both players flip red before deciding on their sides, the person who flips black first will play black.

Since the cannon can only capture pieces over other pieces, Chen Shi'an flipped over a piece next to the cannon.

It just so happened that it was a black pawn, so Chen Shi'an took the black pawn and Lin Mengqiu took the red pawn.

"Damn it, the squad leader flipped the cannon right away!"

"Humph."

The girl, who knew the rules of the game, was also clever. She knew that Chen Shi'an's pawn could not capture her own cannon, but because it was next to her cannon, she could not capture his pawn either. So she quickly flipped over a piece to find food for her cannon.

He happened to be a handsome guy in black.

"Oh no! It's all over!"

Chen Shi'an slapped his thigh, annoyed, "What a coincidence that my handsome face is right here?! Now it's going to be blown away by the cannon!"

"~~~"

The stinky Taoist priest provided maximum emotional value, and the class monitor couldn't help but smirk, his little legs dangling under the table, quite pleased with himself.

"Wow—! The class monitor gets to eat a big piece of meat right away!"

Zheng Yining and Xie Mengxuan, who sat at the table in front of them, were also excited. They refused to believe that the three girls couldn't beat Chen Shi'an even once.

Compared to traditional Chinese chess, flipping chess involves more luck, but winning is not entirely based on luck. You need to control the key pieces first, then guess the opponent's pieces, then protect your own strong pieces, control the key moves, and operate slowly.

But there's always someone with incredible luck!
Could there really be some kind of beginner's gift pack? Chen Shi'an was truly impressed by Lin Mengqiu's luck in this game. Almost all of his strong pieces were delivered right to her doorstep. Even when the girl blindly raised her cannon, she could still hit his "home" piece. How was he supposed to play like this?

"~~~~~~"

Compared to the stinky Taoist priest's frustration, the class monitor was quite happy.

It's fun!
Flip-board is so much fun!
……

Lin Mengqiu's recent bad luck has finally turned around, bringing him victory in this game.

After playing a few rounds back and forth, the three girls became somewhat addicted.

Looking at the other students in the class, some were talking and some were playing around. They didn't look like the students in the top class at all.

When Teacher Ye, who was in charge of supervising evening self-study tonight, entered the classroom, this was the lively scene she saw.

"What's going on?! You're all on holiday during class time?!"

Hearing the sound, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up to see it was Mother Ye, which made them even more unrestrained.

"Mom, you're here!"

"We're playing a game called 'Who's the Spy?' Teacher Ye, would you like to join in?"

"Teacher Ye! Have the English exam results come out yet?"

"Holy crap! Who's bringing up grades?! Who's ruining happiness?!"

"Teacher Ye! Shall we show a movie? Shall we see a movie tonight?"

"Yes! Mom's putting on a movie! We want to watch a movie!"

These two days of the school sports meet are probably the happiest time during our time at school. Plus, tonight, the person supervising our evening self-study is Mr. Ye, whom everyone likes the most and is the most gentle and easy to talk to. How could we not take advantage of this opportunity to ask Mr. Ye to show us a movie?

Teacher Ye was both annoyed and amused. Judging from the current situation, it was impossible to get everyone to study quietly on their own.

She had been a student herself and knew what everyone was thinking. She thought that everyone had worked hard and been suppressing their emotions for so long, so it was only natural to relax for a day or two.

In fact, after graduation, when she reached her age and looked back on her high school years, what remained in her memory for a long time were often the crazy things that happened outside of studying.

Teacher Ye did not respond to everyone's words, but slowly walked up to the podium.

She rested her hands on the edge of the podium for a while before smiling at everyone and asking softly:
"So what movie do you want to see?"

"..."

The classroom was silent for two seconds, then erupted in cheers!

"Long live Mom!!" "I love Teacher Ye!!"

"Wow! They're really showing a movie!!"

"Let's release the Titanic!"

Release the Terminator!

"Let your heart flutter!"

Everyone started talking about the movies they wanted to see.

When Lin Mengqiu heard that Teacher Ye was going to show a movie, she was also very excited, but she didn't shout like everyone else. She just watched Teacher Ye fiddling with the central control computer on the podium and turning on the multimedia projector.

"Turn off the lights! Turn off the lights!"

Someone shouted something, and then the classroom lights snapped off.

The environment suddenly turned dark, and the girls gasped softly in fright, while the boys laughed heartily.

Chen Shi'an turned to look at Lin Mengqiu. The sudden switching off of the lights startled the class monitor. The light from the projector on the podium reflected in the girl's clear, cool eyes, making them sparkle.

"Class monitor, are we really going to show a movie in the classroom?"

"Yes, Teacher Ye showed a movie before."

"so good!"

Chen Shi'an also found it interesting that he was doing something unrelated to studying in a place that should have been for studying, which he found very novel.

Teacher Ye, standing on the podium, looked up and gently reprimanded:
"Mind your classroom discipline! If you keep causing trouble, I won't let you see the movie!"

"...!!"

The noisy crowd immediately quieted down; nothing could compare to the effectiveness of this one sentence.

The classroom lights were turned off and the curtains were drawn, instantly transforming the classroom into a mini-cinema exclusively for Class 5. The contrast was quite wonderful.

"How about Zootopia?" Teacher Ye asked, looking up after spending a long time choosing a movie.

"Okay, okay!!"

It doesn't matter what movie is shown, as long as we're watching a movie.

If you spend tens of dollars to go to the cinema and see a bad movie, you can at least complain a few times. But if you watch a movie in the classroom, even if it's a bad movie, it's still considered an Oscar-winning film!
Zootopia is a very classic animated film. Almost everyone in the class except Chen Shi'an has seen it.

Even though they've seen it before, no one minds watching it again right now.

"Then I'll add full English subtitles?"

"Okay, okay! We're learning English!"

"hehe."

Teacher Ye rolled her eyes. Did she not know whether or not it was about studying?

But if the school leaders ask, at least she'll have an excuse...

Watching movies in the classroom during evening self-study is pure enjoyment; many students are busy taking out their snacks.

Chen Shi'an also opened his backpack and took out some nuts, biscuits, candies, dried meat and other snacks.

These were all local specialties that Lin Mengqiu and Wen Zhixia had brought him before. He would usually keep some in his bag so he could eat them whenever he wanted. Occasionally, if he angered the class monitor, he could give her a piece of candy to appease her.

"Squad leader, let's eat together."

"...How do you have so much food?"

"These were given to me by you and Xiaozhi before."

"..."

Taking advantage of the dim lighting, Lin Mengqiu tore open a package of dried meat and ate it in small bites.

good to eat.

Snacks that you usually wouldn't even bother eating, now they've become delicacies at a state banquet.

After the classroom lights were turned off, only the lights from the corridor and the night view outside the window remained.

The already dim light was mostly absorbed by the curtains, making their position even darker.

Even the barely visible dividing line between the desks was blurred by the flickering light and shadow on the screen.

In the dim light, Lin Mengqiu appeared even more relaxed, revealing a demeanor she never showed in the classroom. She slowly ate snacks with her small hands, looking soft and cute with no sense of aggression.

The screen wasn't big, and the sound system wasn't great, but the students in the class watched it with great interest.

The occasional bursts of soft laughter and the rustling of snack packaging bags seemed distant and unreal, as if viewed through frosted glass.

Lin Mengqiu ate snacks, watched movies for a while, and then glanced at Chen Shi'an.

Since the fourth group's viewing seats were at a relatively angle, Lin Mengqiu quietly moved her chair closer to him.

Come closer.

A little closer.

Until their arms gently touched.

She paused.

The warm touch from the outside of my arm felt like a faint electric current, instantly penetrating the thin sleeve of my school uniform and reaching my heart.

The courage the girl had mustered when she moved the chair seemed to be instantly drained by this real contact.

"Why is the class monitor coming over here?"

"...I can't see clearly over there."

"Okay, then come closer."

"Oh……"

On the screen, Nick Wilde is giving Officer Judy a sly smile.

The dappled light danced in the dim classroom, illuminating the girl's flushed face.

(End of this chapter)