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

Chapter 213 What a self-hypnosis tactic! (Thanks to Yuzuri Nanaka for being the patron)

The noise on the track was slowly dispersed by the evening breeze, leaving only the lingering warmth of the excitement.

The students and parents who were originally gathered on the track and field have now all gathered at the school gate.

Security guards maintained order in the queue and guided students and parents to leave the venue in an orderly manner.

Because they had arranged to have hot pot together at home that night, Chen Shi'an, Li Wanyin, Wen Zhixia, and Lin Mengqiu gathered together to go home.

"Wow, the school is so generous, not only giving out medals but also prizes!"

Li Wanyin was looking at Chen Shi'an's medals and prizes with a smile on her face.

“Yes, there are four prizes. If Sister Wanyin wants one, I’ll give you one. You can use the notebook and pen too,” Chen Shi’an said generously.

"No need, it's your prize, you can keep it."

"Thanks to Sister Wanyin for coming here today to cheer us on."

After Chen Shi'an said that, Li Wanyin had no choice but to happily accept one of the prizes, and she even felt a sense of participation.

The four of them are now lining up to leave the school gate, with Wen Zhixia at the front and Lin Mengqiu at the back.

Actually, if we were to rank them by height, the class monitor should be standing in front of Chen Shi'an, since she's the tallest of the three girls, but she prefers to hide in the dark corners behind them.

"Sister Wanyin, what kind of hot pot are we having later?" Wen Zhixia asked, turning around.

"Anything is fine. We haven't bought groceries yet. Let's go to the market to buy some in a bit. What do you want to eat, Zhizhi?"

"Ugh...I want to eat meat!"

Li Wanyin then turned to Lin Mengqiu, who was standing behind Chen Shi'an, and asked:
"What would Mengqiu like to eat?"

"It will be all right."

"Okay, let's go to the market together and take another look."

Lin Mengqiu was looking down at something, and she poked Chen Shi'an with her finger.

"Hmm?" Chen Shi'an turned around.

Your shoes are coming unglued.

Upon hearing Lin Mengqiu's words, Li Wanyin and Wen Zhixia both lowered their heads and turned to look at Chen Shi'an's shoes. The glue on the edges of those ordinary canvas shoes had indeed come unglued.

"It's true, Shi'an, when did your shoes break? Did you break them while playing tug-of-war?"

"Yes, the shoes aren't supporting the weight. I'll get a new pair another day."

Chen Shi'an moved his shoes. He had noticed that the shoes were coming unglued a while ago, but luckily the soles hadn't fallen off. During the tug-of-war, the rope had supported his strength, but the shoes on his feet had suffered some damage.

"Then let's go buy a new pair of shoes in a bit. There's a shoe store on the way," Li Wanyin said.

"can."

The four chatted idly until they finally reached the school gate.

Principal Lin, who was speaking on the podium at the awards ceremony, is now helping to direct traffic at the school gate.

Seeing his daughter come out with Shi'an and the other two, he smiled and asked, "Mengqiu, aren't you coming home for dinner tonight?"

"Okay, let's go eat hot pot."

"Alright, go ahead."

"Uncle Lin, if you have time, why don't you come over to our house for hot pot? It'll be more lively with more people," Chen Shi'an and Li Wanyin extended an invitation.

Lin Ming waved his hand and laughed, "I won't go. You young people can have fun on your own."

"Uncle Lin, we'll be going now. I'll take the squad leader home after we finish eating later."

"well."

Chen Shi'an and his three companions then headed straight to the right and left.

Seeing Mengqiu following the three of them to go eat hot pot, Lin Ming adjusted his glasses.

My daughter has changed so much lately! Not only has she made friends, but she's also more willing to join in the fun...

It's good to be cheerful.

……

The four people who went to the market to buy groceries stopped by a shoe store on the street to accompany Chen Shi'an to buy a new pair of shoes.

Although it was Chen Shi'an who wanted to buy shoes, the three girls all walked over to the shoe rack and started looking at shoes.

Are you buying shoes too?

"I'll help you look at your shoes. What kind of shoes do you like to wear, Taoist priest?" Wen Zhixia asked.

"How are these running shoes?" Li Wanyin asked, picking up a pair of shoes.

Lin Mengqiu didn't speak, but looked at the rows one by one, seemingly not finding anything satisfactory.

"Buying shoes shouldn't be that complicated."

Chen Shi'an lifted his foot and said to the shopkeeper, "Just give me a pair of canvas shoes that are similar in style."

"Ok."

The shop owner was quick and efficient; after all, the canvas shoes Chen Shi'an was wearing were nothing special, and every shoe store had them.

Seeing that Chen Shi'an was still wearing ordinary canvas shoes, the three girls turned their attention away from the shoe rack and stood around him.

Chen Shi'an was sitting on a small stool trying on new shoes. He looked up at the three girls standing in front of him and laughed, "What's going on? Are you all watching me change my shoes?"

"Let's see if your feet stink." Wen Zhixia said, actually twitching her nose.

Lin Mengqiu looked at her with shock and disdain.

Are you a dog? You sniff everything, you're something else! "Then it definitely doesn't smell bad."

“Shi’an, why don’t you change into a pair of running shoes? Your feet get tired when you exercise in canvas shoes,” Li Wanyin said.

"It's okay, I'm used to wearing it."

As Chen Shi'an spoke, he had already changed into new shoes. He stood up and tried them on, feeling quite satisfied with how they felt.

Does it fit?

Wen Zhixia asked curiously, "Although the Taoist priest changed his shoes, they are almost the same style as before. Except that the shoes are a little new, they look like he hasn't changed them at all."

"Well, the sizes are mostly correct and they all fit well, so I'll go with these."

Li Wanyin, who was standing to the other side, had already taken out her phone and scanned the QR code on the counter.

"Boss, how much are these canvas shoes?"

Upon hearing this question, Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu realized that they had fallen behind.

Sister Wanyin is so fast!

The payment went so naturally!
It was so natural that even the two girls felt for a moment that it was only natural for Li Wanyin to pay the bill.

A sense of crisis suddenly welled up in their hearts. Before the two girls could even take out their phones to scan the code, the store's payment notification voice had already sounded.

Chen Shi'an was a little surprised to see that Li Wanyin had paid for him.

"Sister Wanyin, I'll transfer the money to you in a bit."

"No need, no need, a few dozen yuan is not expensive. Consider it a gift from your sister. Didn't you just give me a prize too?"

"Okay, thank you, Sister Wanyin."

Wen Zhixia: “┗|｀O′|┛”

Lin Mengqiu: "×××××!"

Upon seeing the shoes Li Wanyin had given him, Chen Shi'an accepted them so naturally, much to the chagrin of the two girls.

Shameless, stinky Taoist priest!

You just accepted it like that?! Even a little negotiation would have been better! Do you really think she's your older sister?!

One gave it so naturally, and the other accepted it so naturally; if a passerby saw this, they would surely think they were real siblings.

Most importantly, Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu could tell that the moment Li Wanyin gave the gift, she had truly put herself in the role of the older sister, which was why she gave it so naturally and confidently. What kind of self-hypnosis was this?

When the two girls first realized that Wanyin's feelings for the stinky Taoist priest were not simple, they were wary of how this older sister would join the battle.

Unexpectedly, Wanyin's self-hypnosis of "I am the older sister" not only fooled the love-starved Taoist priests and bewildered them for a long time, but even fooled herself.

Faced with Wan Yin, who could be so ruthless that she would even deceive herself, the two girls were truly impressed...

Because she is the older sister, all her kindness and care for her younger brother are taken for granted;

Because she's the older sister, she doesn't need to mind seeing girls who are clearly interested in her younger brother.

What if Shi'an's younger brother's feelings for his older sister change one day...?

What can the older sister do then? She can only stop being the older sister, since she's not really the older sister after all…

What the hell!

That's so unfair!!

It's versatile, allowing for both offense and defense!

No wonder Sister Wanyin never showed them any hostility. It turns out that in this kind of tactical thinking, they were not even on the same level, unless another 'sister' appeared.

What should we do then...?

What else can we do? Sister Wanyin is so ruthless that she can even fool herself. What else can we do?
Of course, there's no such thing as a perfect solution in this world. The more Wanyin tries to numb herself with this trick, the more likely she is to get herself into trouble. When that love-starved, stinky Taoist priest genuinely treats her like a sister, she'll have nowhere to turn for help...

However, it must be said that during this chaotic period when the stinky Taoist priest had not yet fallen for anyone, Sister Wanyin's move was truly invincible. No one had any reason or excuse to criticize her kindness to her younger brother.

She could take this relationship for granted and use it as cover to speed up her progress. No wonder the Taoist spent so little time with Sister Wanyin each day. But looking at the Taoist's social circle now, Sister Wanyin is still a very important figure.

I was so sure I trusted this Taoist priest who was four years older than me and five years younger!

But there's nothing I can do about it; once the sibling relationship is laid bare, it inevitably means the process will proceed on a completely different level...

How about I get a 'Taoist priest's sister' to gild my image?
But the term 'younger sister' is obviously incomparable to 'older sister'; the difference between being proactive and being passive is like heaven and earth.

Fortunately, Wanyin was a bit too hasty. If she hadn't given the Taoist priest such an expensive phone, revealing the deception, Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu felt they would have been confused for a long time.

Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu exchanged a solemn glance.

Seeing the other person's expression as if they had figured something out, neither of them spoke, but simply looked away.

戚！
Information sharing? Tactical cooperation? With her? Forget it!

Whether the annoying cicada (ice spirit) had considered this or not, the two girls felt they had to be on guard, lest the ice spirit (annoying cicada) team up with the 'Taoist sister' and kick them out of the game...

……

After buying the new shoes, Chen Shi'an put them on immediately.

The old shoes weren't wasted; they just came unglued. He asked the shop owner for glue to fix the cracks, and he could keep them for future rough work.

The four of them came out of the shoe store. The evening breeze was a little cool, which dispelled the smell of glue and the subtle atmosphere that had just been there.

"Alright, shoe problem solved. Now, destination: the farmers market!"

Li Wanyin greeted him and took the old shoe bag from Shi An's hand.

Seeing Shi'an wearing the new shoes she bought for him, the older sister felt happy.

(Thank you so much, Yuri Nanaka, for being the patron! You're so generous! May you prosper! Thank you so much for your support!)
(End of this chapter)