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

Chapter 249 Zhizhi, you're still fanning yourself in this freezing weather?

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the two of them tidied up the kitchen together.

Chen Shi'an wiped the kitchen counter with a rag, while Lin Mengqiu rinsed the used tableware and put it into the dishwasher.

Lifting the lid, there was still a lot of cured pork rice inside. Because there were no other side dishes, Chen Shi'an had made more cured pork rice tonight. He had just eaten three bowls, and the girl with a small appetite had also eaten two large bowls. There was still about three bowls left in the pot.

"Squad leader, do you still have any lunchboxes at home?"

"Yes, do you want to pack it up and take it home?"

"Yes, Sister Wanyin hasn't eaten yet. I'll pack some food and bring it over to her later."

Upon hearing this, Lin Mengqiu temporarily stopped what she was doing, squatted down to open the cupboard and searched for a thermal food container.

"Then you can use this. It's getting cold, and disposable lunch boxes will get cold in no time."

"Okay, I'll wash it clean after I'm done using it and then take it back to the class monitor."

"Ah."

Chen Shi'an took the insulated food container, rinsed it with boiling water, dried it, and filled it with about two bowls of cured pork rice.

There was about a bowl of cured pork rice left in the pot. Chen Shi'an took out a porcelain bowl from the sterilizer, filled it with the remaining rice, and covered it with plastic wrap.

"Squad leader, there's a bowl of rice left here. You can keep it for yourself. You can heat it up for a midnight snack if you get hungry tonight."

"it is good……"

"What time do we leave tomorrow?" Chen Shi'an asked her with a smile.

"Nine o'clock."

"Okay, I'll come find you then."

"Ah."

Lin Mengqiu looked away, seemingly talking to herself, or perhaps to him, "After we go to the haunted house, I'll treat you to lunch, and then... in the afternoon we'll go sketching."

They had only agreed to go to a haunted house, but unexpectedly, other activities popped up. Chen Shi'an asked in surprise, "Sketching?"

"Hmm, the paints you gave me last time... I'll paint a picture for you."

"Go outside to draw?"

"Um……"

"Where are we going?"

"Yunqi Mountain..."

Yunqi City and Yunqi Mountain are well-known 5A-level scenic spots in the city. Although Chen Shi'an has never been there, he knows that it is a beautiful place.

"Squad leader, do you want to go hiking with me?"

"...Are you going or not?"

Lin Mengqiu had long decided to drain him dry, but unfortunately, she didn't have as many clever ideas as Fanrenchan. She pondered for a week but still couldn't figure out how to drain him dry. After thinking it over, she finally decided to take him hiking. She had never climbed to the top of Yunqi Mountain before, so this time she would climb to the top and drain him dry in the process!

"Okay, then let's go hiking after we finish visiting the haunted house tomorrow. I've never been to Yunqi Mountain before."

"Very tall."

"How tall is it?"

"Very high."

"Did the squad leader ever climb up there?"

"without……"

"Then I'll take you up there tomorrow."

"……it is good."

They chatted for a while, and then finished cleaning up the kitchen. The two of them came out of the kitchen together.

Chen Shi'an checked the time; it was already 7:30 PM.

"If there's nothing else, class monitor, I'll head over now and deliver some food to Sister Wanyin."

"……etc."

Lin Mengqiu suddenly called out to him.

"what happened?"

"...Come here for a moment."

Chen Shi'an was puzzled and followed behind the girl, but he didn't expect her to walk into his room.

After entering, the door was not closed, and Chen Shi'an followed him in.

She opened the wardrobe, took out a new dress, and, with her eyes darting around, held it up against herself to show him.

"I promised to show you the clothes I bought last time..."

She lowered her voice slightly: "I'll wear it for you tomorrow."

Chen Shi'an blinked and suddenly found the class monitor to be quite cute. She had thought the class monitor was just joking that day, but she didn't expect her to keep her promise so seriously.

"Okay, the class monitor's new clothes are very nice. I want to see them tomorrow."

"~~~"

Lin Mengqiu hung the new clothes back in the closet.

He stood there for a moment, thinking, and then said, "Then you can go."

"...I'm off then, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

Chen Shi'an carried the insulated box downstairs and also took the trash with her.

My dad isn't home right now, and the house feels really empty after Chen Shi'an left.

Lin Mengqiu wasn't idle either; she planned to practice the piano for a while and then catch up on her weekend homework later.

She found the sheet music for "My Deskmate" and sat down on the piano bench.

Looking at the sheet music, sure enough, I had played several notes wrong...

Just as she was about to begin practicing, her gaze flickered slightly, and she finally noticed the little wooden figure placed on the piano—

The small wooden figure, about the size of a palm, stands steadily on a delicate wooden base, replicating the image of her sitting alone by the window.

She sat upright, her back straight but not stiff, revealing a slender and delicate figure. Half of a desk was carved beneath her, and the empty space beside her was deliberately left blank, making her seem like she had her own little world.

The blue and white school uniform had simple lines without any superfluous decorations, yet its smooth curves accentuated the clean texture of the fabric against her skin. She slightly raised her gaze, glancing in a certain direction with a calm and emotionless look. Her eyes seemed to be about to fall back as she looked away, but it was just then that the fleeting moment of her gaze was captured...

This little wooden figurine, which belongs to her, is so exquisitely carved and lifelike.

Lin Mengqiu was so engrossed in watching that her heart was pounding.

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but for a moment she felt as if she had become Chen Shi'an, as if she saw her past self in his eyes and felt the same emotions she had when they first met...

Like the moonlight in late autumn, or a small pebble, it ripples gently in my heart, lingering there.

Stinky Taoist priest...

You secretly carved it and gave it to me without saying a word...

like!!
From the moment Chen Shi'an promised to give her the wood carving, Lin Mengqiu had been looking forward to it. She had seen Fanren Chan showing off her wood carving, which was so well-carved.

But the stinky Taoist priest didn't bring her anything for a long time, and the young girl couldn't help but feel resentful, but she was too embarrassed to ask him for it...

Now she has finally received her own wooden figurine. She doesn't know what others think, but she feels that hers is no less impressive than the annoying cicada's.

Lin Mengqiu liked it more and more as she looked at it, becoming increasingly satisfied. She held it in her hands, playing with it, and couldn't put it down for a while. Just thinking about how well he carved it, she knew he must have put his heart and soul into it, and that he must have truly been thinking of her while he was carving... made her face flush again, and her thoughts drifted away.

After a while, she finally put down the wooden carving in her hand, adjusted its position on the piano, and then took out her phone.

……

Wen Zhixia had just finished eating and was lazily playing on her phone on the sofa with her legs crossed.

Suddenly, she saw a new post from Ice Cube on her WeChat Moments, and she clicked on it out of curiosity:

[Who doesn't have one yet? [Photo]]
┗|｀O′|┛Awwhhhhh!!
I'm so angry!!
"Hey Zhizhi, why are you fanning yourself in this freezing weather..."

The mother was confused; all she saw was her daughter fanning herself vigorously, kicking and hopping around, knocking the sofa pillows all over the place…

……

After winter arrives, the banks of the Xijiang River are not as lively at night as they are in summer.

However, this did not have much of a real impact on Li Wanyin's milk tea stall. She was already overwhelmed with customers anyway. Although there were fewer customers in the evening than before, the only difference was that the number of people queuing in line had decreased from more than a dozen to just a few.

"Boss, I want my cup hot."

"Okay, just a moment!"

Li Wanyin deftly made milk tea, when she caught a glimpse of Chen Shi'an riding over on his bicycle.

"Shi'an, you finished eating so quickly?"

"Hmm, Sister Wanyin hasn't eaten yet?"

"No, I've been busy until now..."

"Then Sister Wanyin, you should eat first. I brought you some cured pork rice. I'll take care of things here."

"It's okay, wait until I finish making these cups."

"Eat first, or the food will get cold."

Chen Shi'an's arrival finally allowed Li Wanyin to catch her breath. Unable to refuse him, she had no choice but to give up her seat and sit on a small chair to eat with Mao'er.

Opening the insulated food box, the fragrant cured pork rice came into view, and the sister's stomach began to rumble. After sharing a portion with the fat cat, the two of them buried their heads in their rice.

After becoming a full-time employee, she mainly worked at her stall during the day and usually closed up around 8 or 9 pm. Sometimes, when she was busy, she would just grab a quick bite to eat around that time.

But looking at her ever-growing savings treasury, Li Wanyin didn't feel that such a life was hard at all.

Enjoying a dinner specially prepared and delivered by Chen Shi'an made me so happy I could squint my eyes.

"It smells so good!"

"Does it taste okay?"

"Mmm! It's so delicious!"

"Meow."

With Chen Shi'an's help, setting up a stall became much easier.

At nine o'clock, the siblings packed up their stall and went home.

After taking a shower.

Exhausted from a week of work, Li Wanyin lay on the sofa, her flushed face buried in the pillow, letting Chen Shi'an's hot hands roam over her back and waist, massaging her.

"Hmm~"

"Too heavy?"

"No, it won't..."

"If Sister Wanyin feels it's too heavy, just say so, and I'll be lighter."

"fine……"

"Sister Wanyin is quite resilient."

"Hmm~"

The older sister's face turned even redder. She buried her face in the pillow, but she still couldn't control the shameful sound that came out of her throat.

It must be said that Chen Shi'an's massage technique is top-notch. He can always accurately target the most tired and sore spots in her muscles and bones. The heat of his hands and the just-right pressure, along with a tingling and sore sensation, make her toes curl up involuntarily.

"Alright, Sister Wanyin, does anywhere still feel sore?"

"hand……"

"it is good."

Li Wanyin shifted her petite and shapely body to the inside of the sofa, and Chen Shi'an sat down next to her, pulling her arm over and kneading her palm with his left hand and her forearm with his right, to relax her tired and sore muscles and bones.

In fact, what Li Wanyin liked most was him massaging her hands. Feeling their hands clasped together, her heartbeat remained steady and pleasant...

“Shi An”.

Li Wanyin turned her face, which was buried in the pillow, to look at him beside her, and took the opportunity to talk to him while kneading his hand.

"Ok?"

"I also hired someone today."

"Hiring? Did Sister Wanyin hire someone to help with the stall?"

"Uh-huh!"

"Wow, that's amazing! You can even hire people while setting up a stall? Where did you find them?"

"No, she's just a young girl. She used to sell small items at a stall by the Xijiang River, but business wasn't good. So I asked her if she was interested in coming over to help out, and to my surprise, she agreed."

"Really? Then what does Sister Wanyin plan to arrange for her to do?"

“I paid her three thousand yuan a month for simple jobs, such as helping with preparation and packaging.”

"That's great! With someone helping out, Sister Wanyin can focus on making milk tea, which will be much more efficient."

"Yes."

Originally, Li Wanyin planned to do everything herself, but she couldn't keep up with the workload for a while. Spending three thousand yuan to hire someone to help out was definitely a worthwhile thing to do.

While chatting, they had already finished pinching each other's hands.

"All right."

Chen Shi'an released Li Wanyin's hand. "Sister Wanyin, do you want to squeeze that hand too?"

"want!"

"give it to me."

My other hand is on the inside of the sofa, so it's always inconvenient to give it to him when he's lying down.

With no other option, Li Wanyin changed from a prone position to a lying position.

Chen Shi'an glanced over.

The older sister's long legs and flat stomach gracefully ascended like rolling hills.

As she turned around, the hem of her clothes slipped up a little, revealing a glimpse of her fair and smooth skin.

Chen Shian helped her pull her clothes up.

Li Wanyin blushed.

She placed her other hand into Chen Shi'an's hand.

Lying face down like this, looking at him, made me blush with embarrassment, so I picked up the pillow again and covered my face with it...

(End of this chapter)