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

Chapter 231 Parents Meet Parents

By 10:30, the parent-teacher meeting was coming to an end.

Chen Shi'an and Lin Mengqiu were still standing on the balcony and corridor waiting for the parents' meeting to end when Wen Zhixia from upstairs came running down.

Another class swap!
Lin Mengqiu glanced at her, ignored her, and continued to look down at the video of Chen Shi'an's speech on her phone.

Wen Zhixia naturally ignored her and jogged over to Chen Shi'an's side.

"Taoist priest!"

"Why did Little Cicada run down here? Is your parent-teacher meeting over?"

"No, I came down to see if you went up on stage to speak. I'd like to hear you speak!"

"Then you're too late. I just finished speaking."

"Ah...did you record a video? Let me see it, I want to see how you copied me."

"What do you mean? Those are all my own conclusions, okay?"

"Pah! Hurry up and let me see it."

"I don't have a video. I already went up on stage to speak, there's no video recording. Little Zhi, did you go up on stage?"

“Okay, I’ve finished speaking. Can’t you ask your classmates to record a video for you? I have one.”

"Then let me see the video of you speaking."

"No~"

"have a look."

Seeing that the stinky Taoist priest insisted on watching, Wen Zhixia handed him her phone, which she had prepared beforehand. She had just asked a classmate to record her speech on stage.

Chen Shi'an took her phone and watched the girl in the video earnestly sharing her learning experiences and insights on the stage. He found it rather interesting.

"Do you look that nervous?" Chen Shi'an said with amusement.

"There are so many parents watching, aren't you nervous?"

"not nervous."

"boast!"

The two were watching a video and discussing something when Wen Zhixia suddenly heard Chen Shi'an's voice from beside her:

[I have been practicing under my master's guidance at Jingchen Temple since childhood. The practice emphasizes following the natural way, and in my view, learning is also like attaining enlightenment...]
Wen Zhixia: "?"

She glanced to the side and saw the ice spirit standing next to the Taoist priest. The video playing on her phone was the very video of the Taoist priest's speech on stage!
The stinky Taoist priest didn't record a video himself, but he didn't expect the Ice Cube Spirit to have.

The Ice Cube Spirit definitely overheard their conversation and deliberately turned up the video volume to seduce her!
Knowing full well that this was Ice Cube's trap and a way of showing off, Wen Zhixia still couldn't resist falling for it, her eyes constantly glancing at her phone screen, wanting to see the video clearly.

Seeing the annoying cicada in such a state, Lin Mengqiu became even more smug. She turned the volume up a bit more and deliberately turned the screen to the other side so that she couldn't see it.

Wen Zhixia stood quietly next to Lin Mengqiu.

Lin Mengqiu turned around and covered her phone screen completely.

[The key to Chinese language learning is accumulation and comprehension, especially the memorization and understanding of essential content. I usually...]
Hearing the stinky Taoist priest's voice in the video talking about the Chinese language learning techniques she had given, Wen Zhixia became even more curious, so she had no choice but to hold back and say:

"Lin Mengqiu, did you record the video of the Taoist priest's speech just now?"

"..."

Lin Mengqiu was silent for a while, and when she was sure that the annoying cicada was talking to her, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly, nodded gently, and then replied in a long, drawn-out tone, "Mm."

"Can I borrow it to take a look?"

"...I'm watching."

"Can we watch it together?"

"..."

As expected, that annoying cicada is shameless.

Seeing her silence, Wen Zhixia simply leaned closer and looked at the phone screen in Lin Mengqiu's hand.

Although there was no physical contact between them, this guy's sudden approach still made Lin Mengqiu feel very uncomfortable. Finally, she gave in and handed him her phone.
"...You'll see."

"Oh."

"×!"

Wen Zhixia took her phone and then noticed that their phones were the same model, just in different colors.

"Thank you."

"..."

Wen Zhixia didn't like being close to the ice cube either, so after getting the video, she walked back to Chen Shi'an's other side.

Without her phone in her hands, Lin Mengqiu felt her hands were empty, so she put them back in her coat pockets and turned to look at the annoying video of her speech that Chen Shi'an was holding.

Wen Zhixia turned her head and glanced at her.

Alright, alright, since the Ice Queen already lent her her phone, I might as well show her my brilliant speech too...

Soon, Wen Zhixia finished watching the Taoist priest's speech video.

She subconsciously swiped the screen left and right, and then a picture of Chen Shi'an popped up. She swiped again, and another picture of Chen Shi'an appeared...

Wen Zhixia: "?"

This ice cube is amazing!!
Sure enough, they weren't being honest!
The Taoist priests are all around you, why are you still taking so many photos?!

Wen Zhixia really wanted to flip through her photo album to see how many photos she had taken, but she held back to avoid getting angry. Before Lin Mengqiu could notice, she quickly handed her phone back to her.

Just then, Chen Shi'an finished watching the video on his end, and he swiped the screen as well. A photo of a small hand tucked into someone's pocket popped up, and a bicycle was also visible in the photo.

Lin Mengqiu: "?"

This posture...

This angle...

I asked you what you were doing!

Where are your hands?!
Chen Shi'an, who was standing nearby, asked curiously, "Hey, when did Xiao Zhi take these pictures?"

"Hey! Don't look at other people's photos!"

Wen Zhixia blushed slightly and quickly snatched the phone back: "I just took this casually when I was bored..."

Chen Shi'an: "..."

Lin Mengqiu: "××××××!"

Well, Chen Shi'an was too lazy to pursue it anymore, after all, he had found photos of the class monitor secretly taking pictures of his hands while riding in a car before.

The two girls are equally bad, both are truly idiots.

As Master was right, we must be careful when going down the mountain and protect ourselves.

……

It was exactly 11 o'clock.

After Lao Liang collected the parents' feedback forms and gave a brief summary of the meeting, today's parent-teacher meeting came to an end.

Of course, for many parents, it was a rare opportunity to come to the school and have a close interaction with the teachers, so they didn't want to miss it. As soon as the meeting ended, they all went up to the stage and surrounded Lao Liang.

Li Wanyin decided not to join the crowd. Although she had only attended the meeting, she was already satisfied and felt she had gained a lot from visiting Chen Shi'an's classroom, sitting in his seat, seeing his study environment, and experiencing some of his campus life.

She carefully put away the booklets distributed at the parent-teacher meeting, then tidied up Chen Shi'an's desk again, bending down to pick up any scraps of paper that had drifted down from the floor. Only then did she sling her small bag over her shoulder, stand up first, and gently push the chair under the table.

"Uncle Lin, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now."

"Alright, if there's anything Xiao Li wants to talk to Lao Liang about, he can do so now."

"Yes, no for now. I just joined the class's parent group."

"Okay. By the way, Xiao Li, your younger sister is taking the high school entrance exam next year, right? If she's interested, you can suggest that she consider studying at our No. 1 High School. The school has many preferential policies for outstanding students. Although provincial key schools are also good, they may not be as good as our No. 1 High School in terms of resource allocation and care for individual students."

"Yes, yes! Thank you for your concern, Uncle Lin. I will mention it to Xiaoyue. I also have a very good impression of No. 1 Middle School."

"well……"

The two chatted as they walked out together.

Chen Shi'an, Lin Mengqiu, and Wen Zhixia were still in the corridor outside, but as the three top students in both arts and sciences, they were now surrounded by their parents.

Especially Chen Shi'an, who had more parents surrounding him than Lao Liang on the podium.

Chen Shi'an could handle it, after all, every time he set up his stall by the Xijiang River, even more fans would surround him...

Lin Mengqiu was embarrassed. She was not good at speaking and didn't know where to hide when surrounded by the parents.

Wen Zhixia was quick; as soon as the parent-teacher meeting ended, she dashed upstairs to find her parents.

Lin Xiao smiled and came up to help her daughter out of the predicament;
Li Wanyin wasn't in a hurry. Standing outside the crowd, she watched with a smile as Chen Shi'an answered the parents' various questions with ease.

In fact, Chen Shi'an is just not good at summarizing learning methods suitable for the general public, but when it comes to education, he is very knowledgeable. He has read so many books since childhood, and education has always been an unavoidable topic in the inheritance of humanities.

The parents didn't leave until around 11:30.

Wen Zhixia from upstairs also brought her parents down.

"Principal Lin! It's been a long time!"

"Zhi Xia's dad and mom, it's been a long time. Are you here together for Zhi Xia's parent-teacher conference as well?"

"Yes, yes, I just told Zhizhi to learn more from Mengqiu."

"Oh, not at all. Zhixia has excellent grades and a cheerful and polite personality. I was even telling Mengqiu to learn more from Zhixia!"

"XXX!"

When the two sets of parents met, they were already familiar faces. They had sat in the same classroom for a parent-teacher meeting at this time last year. Since both of their daughters were outstanding, they had exchanged many words back then. Now that they happened to meet, Wen Zhixue and Lin Ming warmly shook hands.

"Hello, Forestry School!"

Standing next to Wen Zhixue, Wen Zhixia greeted him politely.

"Hello, uncle and aunt."

Standing next to Lin Ming, Lin Mengqiu nodded and greeted him.

"Hello Mengqiu! It's been a long time. The last time I saw you, you were still in Class 1. Are you here to help out at the parent-teacher conference this time?" Li Yilan asked with a friendly smile.

"Um……"

"Mengqiu has become even more beautiful this year. She's so gentle and ladylike. Zhizhi, you should learn from her."

"~~~"

"Oh--"

Wen Zhixia looked disdainful and drawled out her words.

Mom! I don't think you understand Ice Queen at all! Look at how smug she is!
While the parents on both sides were talking, Lin Mengqiu and Wen Zhixia stood on opposite sides. The parents were chatting enthusiastically about their "desk mate relationship," but neither of the two desk mates spoke to the other.

After Chen Shi'an finished talking with the other parents, he also came over to the two sets of parents, and Li Wanyin followed him over.

Of all the people present, only Li Wanyin and Wen Zhixia's parents were meeting for the first time.

The older sister quickly realized the identities of the two elders in front of her, smiled and nodded, and greeted them first: "Hello, Uncle Wen and Aunt Wen."

Wen Zhixue and Li Yilan were somewhat surprised to see the beautiful young woman in front of them greeting them.
"Hey... Xiao Chen, who's this?"

Before Chen Shi'an could speak, Wen Zhixia introduced, "This is Sister Wanyin! The one I told you about, the sister who shares an apartment with the Taoist priest. She even brought me food before. Sister Wanyin is such a nice person!"

"Oh!"

Wen Zhixue and Li Yilan realized what was happening and laughed, "Hello Wanyin, we've heard Zhizhi mention you before, and she also mentioned that you went cycling together at Mangrove Lake, right?"

"Uh-huh."

"So what about today..."

“Since Sister Wanyin is free, I asked her to come and attend my parent-teacher conference,” Chen Shi’an replied with a smile.

"So that's it."

The three parties met and exchanged brief pleasantries.

Lin Ming said enthusiastically, "If everyone is free at noon, how about we have a casual meal together? I'll book a private room at a nearby restaurant."

"Principal Lin, you're too kind! If anyone's going to treat someone to a meal, it should be me!"

Wen Zhixue stopped Lin Ming from making a phone call and apologized, "However, today Zhizhi's uncle and the others came to her aunt's house for a meal. When I have time another day, I will invite Principal Lin and everyone else to have a meal together."

"Oh, no need to be so formal. In that case, let's have dinner another day."

"Alright. Then, Principal Lin, shall we head back now?"

"Okay, take your time."

Wen Zhixia then left with her parents.

Chen Shian and Li Wanyin also declined Uncle Lin's invitation to have a meal.

Lin Ming didn't insist. He smiled and took Lin Mengqiu away first, planning to take her out for a meal and buy her two new outfits as a reward for her midterm exams.

The two girls went home, leaving Li Wanyin alone by Chen Shi'an's side.

Only now has Li Wanyin finally had some alone time to talk to Chen Shi'an.

"Shi'an, your speech at the parent-teacher meeting was excellent!"

"It was alright. How did you feel about the parent-teacher meeting today, Wanyin?"

"This looks really interesting!"

"Sister Wanyin looks very beautiful today."

"How can there be..."

Being praised by Chen Shi'an made her sister's careful preparations this morning worthwhile, since she was not only there for his parent-teacher conference, but also for the two of them to go out and play together later.

"Shall we go to the ancient town in the north of the city later, Shi'an?"

"go."

"Shi'an, are you hungry?"

"Hungry."

"Then... I'll treat you to a meal at a restaurant!"

"Let's go~"

The siblings were walking side by side on the school path when the black cat suddenly appeared out of nowhere and jumped onto the Taoist priest's shoulder.

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