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

Chapter 257 I have energy for everything except studying.

After all, it was just a song performance. After two rehearsals, Chen Shi'an felt that it was almost done, but the two girls were still not satisfied and wanted to at least surpass each other.

On the way to and from school, Wen Zhixia would always drag Chen Shi'an along to practice together;
When they went to Lin Mengqiu's house for dinner on Saturday night, the girl insisted on practicing with him until after nine o'clock before letting him go home.
The principal stayed in his study all night, 'busy with work,' not even daring to go to the living room, for fear that the sound of him turning the pages might disturb their rehearsal...

Even on their rare Sunday off after the monthly exams, the girls didn't let it go to waste. They called on Yao Jingyan, He Yeye, Shen Yatong, Qiu Yufu, and Xu Zihan to go to Chen Shi'an's house to rehearse the skit "A Classroom Through Thirty Years".

Maybe this is what youth is all about...

I have energy for everything except studying.

Knowing that everyone was coming over to visit today for rehearsals, Chen Shi'an didn't go out on his bike. Instead, he stayed home to make incense and wood carvings.

Li Wanyin seemed quite excited. When she heard Shi'an say that so many classmates were coming to visit, her sister even went to the supermarket to buy lots of fruits, snacks, and drinks.

"Sister Wanyin bought so many things."

"It's rare for so many classmates to come to my house, so I bought this for everyone to eat."

"Thank you, Sister Wanyin."

"Shi'an, are Zhizhi and Mengqiu going to have lunch together at home this afternoon?"

"We probably won't eat anymore. There are so many people, and we don't have enough bowls and chopsticks at home. The rice cooker probably can't cook that much rice either."

"It's alright, it's more lively with more people. If everyone wants to eat together, I'll go to the supermarket and buy some disposable bowls and chopsticks. As for the rice... we can just use a large basin to steam it."

Chen Shi'an thought for a moment and said, "How about this? We have a yard at home. Wan Yin, would you like to have a barbecue? We can have a barbecue in the yard after rehearsal."

"Okay!"

Li Wanyin got excited as soon as she heard that, "It's cold now, so we can warm up by the fire together. It's been so long since we've had barbecue. I'll go to the market and buy some more meat and vegetables to cook. If we include the two of us, is that nine people?"

"Yes, nine."

"How many boys are there? Boys eat more, so buy more."

"It's just me and Zihan, the two boys."

"...You brought so many female classmates home!"

Li Wanyin was stunned. She had known for a long time that Chen Shi'an was popular with the opposite sex, but she never expected it to be this good. Even though they were all classmates, girls would not easily go to someone else's house unless they had a good impression of this male classmate.

She only knew Zhizhi and Mengqiu; heaven knows what the other girls felt about this brat...

"Um, not all of them are from our class. Most of them are Xiaozhi's friends, and also our vice class monitor."

"So that's it..."

Li Wanyin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They had just finished lunch. Wen Zhixia and the others had agreed to come over at one o'clock, and it was only a little past noon. Chen Shi'an accompanied Li Wanyin on their bikes to the nearby market to buy some ingredients for barbecue.

“Oh right, we haven’t bought a barbecue grill and charcoal yet,” Li Wanyin said.

"Then let's buy them all at once, so we can keep them for everyday use."

"Uh-huh!"

"Sister Wanyin, just put the bill on everything we bought today, no need to count it as company money."

"It's nothing~ It's rare for everyone to get together and have fun."

The cold snap a few days ago brought several days of chill, but now it's gradually warming up. This Sunday, the sun is shining brightly and the temperature has risen to 11 or 12 degrees Celsius.

Riding in the winter sunshine, the siblings felt full of energy.

We first went to the market to buy a lot of barbecue ingredients, and then went to the supermarket to buy a ready-made home barbecue grill and charcoal.

After returning from shopping, the siblings went to the kitchen together to prepare the ingredients.

Wash, slice, marinate, skewer...

……

On the other side, Wen Zhixia, Lin Mengqiu, and others were also preparing to set off.

Xiao Zhi didn't go home this week. Xiao Yan, Ye Ye, and Ya Tong all live at school and didn't go home this week either. After all, the New Year's Day holiday is coming soon, and many students simply wait until New Year's Day to go back, including Qiu Yu Fu, who also lives at school.

The closest house to Chen Shi'an's was Wen Zhixia's. Xiao Yan and the other two girls didn't know where Chen Shi'an lived, so they went to find Zhixia first, and then the four best friends walked over to Chen Shi'an's house together.

Lin Mengqiu lived a bit far away, and she and Chen Shi'an lived at opposite ends of the school. Lin Mengqiu walked over and first met up with Qiu Yufu, who was waiting at the school gate. The two class monitors walked in silence, as if they were on official business, only occasionally exchanging a few words about business...

As for Xu Zihan, he usually lives at school, but his home is in the city. He went home this week, and it's only a few bus stops from Jiahe Community.

"Zihan, where are you going now that you've just finished eating? Can't you please concentrate on your studies? As soon as you get home, you're either glued to your phone, playing on the computer, or sneaking out. I haven't seen you even open your schoolbag!"

"No, Mom, it's not me, it's Dao Ye... Chen Shi'an! I'm going to find Chen Shi'an! We agreed to discuss our studies at his house today! Didn't you tell me to study more with Dao Ye after the parent-teacher conference last time?"

"...Are you serious?"

"Hey! This is the location Daoist sent me on WeChat, would I lie to you?"

Upon hearing that Zihan was going to see Chen Shi'an, Zihan's mother immediately beamed with joy. She even stuffed a bag of snacks and fruit into his hand, as if afraid he would be late, and urged him with a smile:

"Then you should go quickly. Are you coming home for dinner tonight? Call Shi'an along."

"No, no, we'll go straight back to school after we finish studying. We have evening self-study tonight."

"Okay, okay, go ahead and go!"

"..."

The Taoist priest's name really works!

When the doorbell rang, Li Wanyin, who was busy skewering meat while wearing disposable gloves, turned around:

"Huh, is Zhizhi and Mengqiu here?"

"Hmm, it should be Xiaozhi and the others who have arrived. I'll go open the door."

Chen Shi'an took off his gloves and came out of the kitchen.

Fat Cat was one step ahead of him, having already run over from the sofa. With a leap, he used his weight to press down on the doorknob and open the door.

Standing outside the door were four pretty girls dressed casually. Leading them was Wen Zhixia, wearing a hoodie, who giggled as she looked at Chen Shi'an.
"Taoist priest!"

"You arrived so quickly?"

"We agreed to meet at one o'clock. If you're free, we'll come earlier!"

"Come in, Xiaoyan, Yeye, Yatong, welcome, welcome."

The three girls giggled and chuckled, clearly sensing that Chen Shi'an treated Zhizhi differently, and was much more polite to the three of them.

Although they weren't classmates with Chen Shi'an, as the most talked-about person in the school, the three girls were certainly familiar with him, especially Xiao Yan, who listened to Zhi Zhi talk about her Taoist priest every day until her ears were calloused.

Compared to Wen Zhixia, who acted as if she were at home, Xiao Yan and the other two seemed much more reserved. For a moment, Wen Zhixia was dumbfounded, thinking to herself, "What are you three pretending to be so reserved in front of me for!"
"Zhizhi, do you want to change your shoes?"

"...You Taoist priests, why are you asking me this?"

"Hee hee hee……"

"It's alright, no need to change your shoes, please come in and sit down."

"Good~"

The three girls followed Wen Zhixia in, giggling as they walked in.

Hearing the noise from the kitchen, Wen Zhixia first went to the kitchen doorway to take a look and greeted Li Wanyin:
"Sister Wanyin~!"

"Zhizhi, come here! I bought a lot of fruit, snacks and drinks, they're all on the coffee table, you can eat whatever you want."

"Thank you, Sister Wanyin! Are you cooking...? You and the Taoist priest haven't eaten yet?"

"No, I just told Shi'an that we're going to have a barbecue together in the yard after you finish rehearsing, when there are lots of people around."

"barbecue!"

"correct."

"Okay, okay!!"

Upon hearing about barbecue, Xiaoyan and her two friends got excited and crowded around to see what barbecue ingredients were available.

"Hello, sister~"

"Hello everyone~ We're all classmates, no need to be so polite."

"Wow, this looks delicious! Sister, let us help you prepare it."

"It's alright, it's alright. You guys have to rehearse, right? You can go ahead and do your work. There's not much left. Once I'm done, we can have a barbecue."

The older sister in front of them, who didn't look much older than them, radiated a kind of virtuous wife and loving motherly glow, making the girls feel warm and friendly all over.

Xiao Yan and Ye Yatong couldn't help but worry about Zhizhi again. Just now they thought Zhizhi was like the mistress of the house, but now when they saw her older sister, they felt that this was how the mistress of the house should be.
A short while later, two more pretty figures appeared outside the front door, which had just been opened but not yet closed.

Seeing the lively atmosphere in Chen Shi'an's room, Lin Mengqiu was slightly taken aback, wondering how long ago Fanren Chan and the others had arrived. But when she saw Chen Shi'an just taking out a cup to pour a drink, she breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Fanren Chan and the others must have just arrived as well.

Chen Shi'an turned his head and looked around, then took out two empty cups and beckoned the two class leaders and deputy class leaders to come in.

"Class monitor, Yu Fu, come in."

"Ah."

Lin Mengqiu stepped in, and Qiu Yufu followed. Seeing that the class monitor acted like a regular customer and didn't even change her shoes, she didn't change hers either.

"Hello~! Class monitor, Yu Fu!" Xiao Yan and the other two girls greeted each other with smiles. They were all classmates and familiar with each other.

Qiu Yufu laughed along, "Wow, it's so lively today! Zhizhi, Xiaoyan, when did you arrive?"

"We just arrived, Yu Fu, aren't you cold wearing so little?"

"It's not very cold today, but it was really cold in the dorm last night. The window in our dorm is broken and can't be closed properly, so it was drafty all night..."

"It's the same in our dorm! The wind was so strong last night, I thought it was going to rain again today!"

As the girls chatted, Chen Shi'an went and brought over a few more chairs, placing them around the coffee table.

The sofa wasn't big, and the four people who arrived first, including Wen Zhixia, crowded it all together. Lin Mengqiu and Qiu Yufu then sat on the dining chairs that Chen Shi'an had brought over.

Qiu Yufu chatted with Wen Zhixia and the other three.

Lin Mengqiu sat quietly, occasionally taking a sip of the drink Chen Shi'an handed her, sometimes grabbing a handful of sunflower seeds but not cracking them open before putting them back. Finally, she picked up the cup again and took another small sip of her drink, then took out her phone and, as if very busy, swiped through the screen, opening and closing one app after another...

Chen Shi'an stood behind her and glanced at her, asking curiously, "What is the class monitor looking at?"

Lin Mengqiu turned around and glared at him, then changed the subject and asked, "...Do you have a phone charging cable?"

"Little Zhi is charging up."

"×!"

(End of this chapter)