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

Chapter 229 Accidentally Swallowed Chen Shi'an's Saliva

Because he had spent some time accompanying Uncle Wen and Aunt Lan to visit the school, when Chen Shi'an arrived at the classroom, the two class monitors, who were responsible for helping to entertain the parents that day, were already busy in the classroom.

Qiu Yufu was sweeping the floor and arranging the chairs neatly.

Lin Mengqiu stood on the podium, cleaned the blackboard, and took a few pieces of chalk, gesturing as she prepared to write some artistic lettering.

When they saw someone walk into the classroom, the two girls turned around at the same time.

Upon seeing that it was Chen Shi'an, Lin Mengqiu blinked and continued writing.

Qiu Yufu then helped to say hello:
"Chen Shi'an, you're here."

"Yes, I've taken a little longer. Is there anything else I need to prepare?"

"It's alright, leave the rest to me. By the way, Chen Shi'an, you're good at writing and drawing, why don't you go and help the class monitor write the welcome speech?"

"Okay."

Chen Shi'an then walked up to the podium.

The girl on the podium turned and glanced at him again.

Good morning, class monitor.

"morning."

After saying that, Lin Mengqiu added, "...There's milk on your table."

"Huh, there are some today too?"

Chen Shi'an returned to his seat first, because the parents would be coming over soon. Lin Mengqiu hadn't put the milk on the table today, but in his desk drawer.

Chen Shi'an bent down to take out the milk, stuck in a straw, drank it with relish, and then returned to the podium.

"Thank you monitor."

"~"

Looking up, Lin Mengqiu had already written a large "欢" (huan, meaning joy) on the blackboard and was about to write the "迎" (ying, meaning welcome) next.

The girl's handwriting is usually very beautiful, but her handwriting on the blackboard is a bit lacking. In addition, she usually uses a rather slender handwriting, so the welcoming speech she wrote for this occasion does not seem grand enough.

"Is there anything I can help you with, class monitor?" Chen Shi'an asked.

Lin Mengqiu thought for a moment and said, "...Why don't you write it?"

"The class monitor wrote very well too."

"You try writing it."

"Okay, what do you want to write?"

"Write '[Welcome all parents to the parent-teacher meeting]' on the first line, and then 'Home and school work together for education' on the next line."

"Any other requests? Do you want me to draw anything or something?"

"...You can do it yourself."

"Row."

Chen Shi'an put down the milk in his hand and was about to take the chalk from the chalk box when the girl handed him the few pieces of chalk she was holding.

Chen Shi'an took the chalk from her palm; it was colorful and slightly warm from being held in her small hand.

Chen Shi'an had practiced chalk writing and drawing. Although he only attended school for a few days when he was a child, his teacher often used chalk to write on the blackboard to teach him, just like a regular teacher. He could easily write and draw with chalk, charcoal, or sticks, and he never cared what kind of stationery he used for writing and drawing.

"Then should I erase what the class monitor wrote?"

"Ah."

He didn't even have to lift a finger; Lin Mengqiu took the blackboard eraser and wiped away the words she hadn't finished writing.

Chen Shi'an stood in the very center of the podium.

He didn't need to measure like a young girl. He picked up the chalk in his hand and casually wrote down the welcoming words that Lin Mengqiu had just said. Several bold and beautiful chalk characters appeared on the board, with the two sentences centered horizontally and vertically, and the font size was just right, making it look very refreshing.

After writing those words, Chen Shi'an changed to several different colored chalks, using the blackboard as a 'window' to a certain scene, and began drawing on it again—

Several tendrils of vines encircled the blackboard, blooming with vibrant flowers in red, pink, white, yellow, and blue.

On the far right, a branch peeks out from behind the wall, where two lifelike little sparrows are fluttering and playing. One of the sparrows has a small red fruit in its beak, and they are fighting over it...

Lin Mengqiu, who was standing to the side, was completely stunned!
She can draw.

It is precisely because she can paint that she understands better how to appreciate such a print and how difficult it is to achieve the effect of Chen Shi'an!

This requires not only superb chalk drawing skills, but also a high level of aesthetic layout design.

The large blackboard is filled with harmonious blending of words and drawings, rich in content, yet without the slightest hint of clutter.

If it weren't for the spur of the moment when she asked Chen Shi'an to draw it, she would have thought that he had carefully designed it!

But Chen Shi'an just drew it casually, without even making a draft. Whether it was writing or painting, he could do it all in one go.

He had never used a chalk eraser before; he just used his hands to wipe and smear. I don't know how he did it, but the flower petals and sparrow feathers had a layered, semi-transparent effect...

Lin Mengqiu knew that Chen Shi'an was a good painter, but in the past she had only seen his finished works. Today, seeing his painting process, she was truly shocked.

In a daze, her hand, which was resting on the edge of the podium, touched a bottle of milk, and she instinctively picked it up and put it in her mouth.

A rich, milky aroma filled my mouth...

Lin Mengqiu was stunned.

He pulled the straw out of his mouth and looked at the bottle of milk in his hand...

"???"

broken.

I accidentally ate the stinky Taoist priest's saliva!

The girl's face flushed instantly, as if Chen Shi'an had smeared red chalk all over her face.

The class monitor didn't dare to make a sound, pretending nothing had happened, and quietly put the bottle of milk back in its place.

My heart is still pounding...

Fortunately, when Chen Shi'an was painting, he entered the same flow state as when he was studying, and he was so focused that he didn't pay attention to anything else.

Lin Mengqiu quickly swallowed the lingering milky taste in her mouth, then looked around somewhat worriedly.

He happened to make eye contact with Qiu Yufu, who was cleaning behind him.

Lin Mengqiu: "..."

Qiu Yufu: "…………"

Witness Qiu Yufu quickly lowered her head.

She didn't see anything!

What, the squad leader drank Chen Shi'an's milk... I don't know!
Please, please stop asking me... I really don't know...

……

Soon, Chen Shi'an finished drawing the blackboard. He stopped writing with the chalk in his hand, stepped down from the podium, took a few steps back, and looked at it from different angles.

Satisfied, he patted the chalk dust off his hands, walked back to the podium, and put the chalk back into the box.

"It's done."

Chen Shi'an naturally picked up the bottle of milk on the table, put the straw in his mouth, and took a sip.

What was clearly a smooth and fast movement appeared to Lin Mengqiu as if it were in slow motion…

She stared blankly as Chen Shi'an took a big sip of milk from the straw she had just sucked on, her cheeks slightly straining.

He drank the milk, and the girl's face turned bright red.

Afraid that Chen Shi'an would notice something, she quickly turned her face away after committing the offense, her mind filled with thoughts of that stinky Taoist priest eating her saliva...

"What's wrong, class monitor?"

The girl's strange reaction still caught Chen Shi'an's attention.

"……fine." "?"

Chen Shi'an curiously picked up the milk in his hand to take a look. Apart from the rich milky aroma in his mouth, he didn't taste anything unusual.

Before he could figure out what was going on, Qiu Yufu's voice rang out from the side:

Wow!! Chen Shi'an! You draw so well!!

"It's alright, Yu Fu. Do you see anything else that needs to be changed?"

"It's gone! It's gone! I feel like it could be hung up as a work of art! After the parent-teacher meeting, I won't even want to erase the blackboard..."

"That's not the case."

"Chen Shi'an, if you have time, could you help us with the blackboard bulletin board in the future? You draw really well."

"sure."

The enthusiastic Chen Shi'an agreed, raised his hand to take a sip of milk, and looked at Lin Mengqiu, who was standing silently to the side.

"What does the class monitor think?"

"……it is good."

"Why is the class monitor staring at my milk?"

"..."

Lin Mengqiu forcibly turned her head away again.

"It won't expire, will it...?"

"...Drink it or don't, if you don't want to, give it to me."

Lin Mengqiu couldn't stand him anymore and reached out to snatch the milk back, refusing to let him drink it.

Chen Shi'an smiled and dodged the question, saying, "I want a drink."

……

After cleaning and decorating the blackboard, all that's left is to welcome the parents.

Qiu Yufu brought a bunch of booklets and cut-out midterm exam report cards from the office and distributed them to each student's seat;

Chen Shi'an also helped carry over a few tables and chairs from the Academic Affairs Office. One table was placed at the entrance, and the extra chairs were placed at the back of the classroom so that parents who came with their parents could have a place to sit.

Lin Mengqiu then went to get a lot of disposable cups bought with class funds, and also went to the office to get a large teapot and tea leaves, to make tea for the parents later.

The three of them quickly divided the tasks: Chen Shi'an and Qiu Yufu were responsible for guiding and greeting guests, while Lin Mengqiu was responsible for sitting at the door and helping parents sign in.

Soon, after 8:40, parents of students in the class began to arrive.

Our homeroom teacher, Lao Liang, also came over.

Old Liang was also dressed very formally today, with his hair combed to the middle of his head to cover the bald patch on top. He stood at the classroom door with Lin Mengqiu and the other two to greet the parents.

"Hello, Zihan's mom."

"Hello, Teacher Liang!"

"Auntie, please sign in here."

Lin Mengqiu handed over the pen and paper, pointing to the section for registered parents' information next to Xu Zihan's name: "Just tick a box here."

"well."

"Zihan's mother, please come in and sit down first."

"Okay, okay, I heard from Zihan that he has made progress this time, thanks to Teacher Liang. I'll talk to Teacher Liang about it later."

As soon as Zihan's mother entered the classroom, Qiu Yufu came over to greet her and guided her to sit down in Xu Zihan's seat.

Chen Shi'an, who was making tea at the podium, came over like a waiter, carrying several cups of tea on a tray. He politely greeted the parents who were already sitting in the classroom and then handed them the tea.

Normally, these seats are occupied by young boys and girls, but now they are occupied by their parents. Seeing the similarity in their facial features, and the completely different personalities or ways of speaking between their sons and daughters, Chen Shi'an found it quite novel and interesting.

"Are you Chen Shi'an, classmate?"

"Yes, Auntie knows me?"

"I know! My Zihan often talks about you! She said that Shi'an is a Taoist priest, and then you came in first place again this time. You've improved a lot. Auntie even watched your relay race at the last school sports meet!"

"Really."

“Zihan is usually lazy, and Auntie hopes that Shian can take care of him more. Auntie wants him to make friends with good students like Shian.”

"Thank you for your kind words, Auntie. All my classmates are excellent, and I am learning from them. Please have some tea, Auntie."

"Okay, thank you!"

With excellent grades, a pleasant voice, a refined appearance, and a mature and steady demeanor, the parents really liked Chen Shi'an. While he was serving tea, they would chat with him non-stop.

A short while later, Chen Shi'an, who was making tea at the podium, saw that familiar figure outside the window—

Unlike the parents here who are mostly middle-aged or in their forties, the young and beautiful Li Wanyin was like a ray of light falling in spring, making people's eyes light up as soon as she appeared.

She washed her hair and put on light makeup this morning. Perhaps because she didn't have any pretty clothes, she wore the same light apricot dress she wore to the school sports meet last time.

She wore a pale yellow knitted cardigan over her dress, her long hair falling naturally over her shoulders. The knee-length skirt was paired with white low-cut flat leather shoes, revealing her fair ankles and part of her instep, making her legs appear even slimmer and longer, and giving her a more gentle and elegant look.

When my sister came to school today, she didn't bring milk tea; she just had a small bag slung over her shoulder.

When Li Wanyin first stepped into the teaching area of ​​the teaching building and approached Class 5 of Grade 11 as a 'parent,' she was a little nervous, her eyes subconsciously searching for Chen Shi'an's figure near the classroom door.

Until their eyes met through the glass of the corridor window, where Chen Shi'an was standing on the podium making tea.

Chen Shi'an smiled and waved to her from afar.

Li Wanyin's heart immediately calmed down.

She walked to the classroom door, where Lin Mengqiu sat down to help with the registration. The middle-aged man standing next to her must be Teacher Liang.

"Hello, Teacher Liang."

Upon seeing such a youthful and beautiful woman appear here, Teacher Liang was momentarily stunned, but quickly recovered and smiled:

"Hello, you must be the older sister Shi'an mentioned?"

"um, yes."

"Okay, welcome to today's parent-teacher meeting."

Lin Mengqiu picked up the sign-in sheet and pen and handed them over:
"Sister Wanyin, please sign in here... Just tick a box here."

"Okay, Mengqiu is here to help out today too?"

"Ah."

Has Uncle Lin arrived?

"They haven't... arrived yet."

Li Wanyin had just finished signing in when a familiar voice came from behind her.

Lin Minggang was walking over from the principal's office when he saw Li Wanyin and was somewhat surprised.

"Little Li is here today too?"

"Yes, Uncle Lin. Shi'an asked me to come and participate for him."

"That's great! It's perfect that you two live together, and you're familiar with Shi'an's situation. If you want to know anything about Shi'an at home, Lao Liang, you can also talk to Xiao Li about it!"

"Alright, Principal Lin, please come in and have a seat. Or... how about Principal Lin presides over this parent-teacher meeting later?"

"Hey, you're the homeroom teacher, and I'm the parent. I'll listen to you at today's meeting."

Just as Lin Ming was about to walk inside, a small hand suddenly reached out and blocked his way.

Lin Mengqiu tapped the sign-in sheet in her hand:

"Sign in first."

"..."

(End of this chapter)