I really don't want to date a girl addicted to the internet!

Cheng Fei gazed at Shen Xi, "It's not entirely because of the hat. Actually, Teacher Shen, you're always super cute in my eyes. Remember what I said? You're like a clever and agile little animal, running away as fast as you can at the slightest sound of wind. To be specific, I think your fur is silvery-white, similar to a snow rabbit..."

"Shut up, or I'm afraid I'll really throw up." The girl glared at him fiercely.

"It's just an expression of my feelings for you. I hope that even if you don't accept it verbally, you can at least realize how much I like you," Cheng Fei said seriously.

"I saw through it long ago. No matter how exaggerated the sweet talk is, it's all acceptable." The girl sneered.

"Teacher Shen, please don't force me, really."

"What do you want?" the girl asked warily.

"It's decided. From now on, I'll tell you how cute you are every time I see you."

"Ha, what does this prove? A lie repeated a thousand times is still a lie."

"So you don't find yourself cute?" the boy asked in surprise.

"That's not what the lie refers to," the girl scoffed.

"Do you know the principle of suggestion? If you repeat a lie a thousand times, people will believe it. Besides, I really think you're cute. I just didn't say it before," Cheng Fei said while typing on the keyboard.

"That's enough. I've never heard of this principle before, and I don't want to hear any more of your nonsense."

"You really don't want to hear it? I hope it's not just that you're complaining on the surface but secretly feeling sweet inside, and that you'll keep reliving it when you get home, ugh..."

The boy's calf was struck by the girl's chilling blow.

"Teacher Shen, as an ice mage, can you please stop using physical attacks?" Cheng Fei grinned.

Shen Xi stared at her book with a cold expression, ignoring him.

"I almost forgot about today's offerings." Cheng Fei took out two hand warmers and personally put them into the girl's coat pocket.

Shen Xi remained motionless, staring at him with icy eyes. Only when she saw that he did not make any further movements did she turn her gaze back to the book.

Cheng Fei observed the girl's profile and said, "Teacher Shen, have you noticed that our relationship is strange?"

"What nonsense are you going to spout now?" Shen Xi frowned as she stared at the book.

"Look, even though you look like you hate me to death, you actually always allow me to do some outrageous things to you. On the other hand, I don't care even if you hit and scold me every day. What kind of relationship is this?" Cheng Fei stroked his chin.

Shen Xi took a deep breath, her face filled with disgust. "First of all, I have never condoned anything from you. It was you who harassed me one-sidedly with endless words and physical contact. Secondly, you are a despicable person by nature. Don't talk like you would get angry if it were another girl."

“Teacher Shen, if it were anyone else who dared to verbally and physically harass you all day long, you would have summoned the Frost Curse to kill that person long ago. Besides, if it weren’t for you daring to hit and scold me, she would definitely have died a terrible death. Only you can enjoy this kind of treatment with me. Admit it, our relationship is very special.” Cheng Fei said seriously.

"Enough with your self-righteous delusions, what exactly are you trying to say?" Shen Xi stared at him, her expression somewhat irritated.

Do you think our relationship is like a form of SM?

"???" Shen Xi's eyes were filled with confusion.

"Don't you know SM? It's what's called sadomasochism, which is simply a mutual act of inflicting and receiving pain on the premise of mutual consent..."

"Shut up, I know what that means." The girl interrupted him fiercely. "I just can't understand how absurd and depraved your brain must be to put that word here. I kicked you out of pure disgust, please don't interpret it as some kind of disgusting relationship."

"Teacher Shen, you've misunderstood. Let me explain. I didn't mean that we were doing SM. I meant that our relationship is like SM in some ways, you understand? It's a relationship where we voluntarily accept each other's violation."

"Mutual what? Cheng Fei, don't be ridiculous." Shen Xi's eyes widened, her gaze becoming empty.

"Teacher Shen, please calm down. My definition of 'violation' is broad, not that kind of thing," the boy quickly waved his hand.

"Who knows what you might become? It's better to stay away from you. You're too dangerous. You have all sorts of bizarre delusions. Who knows when you'll actually put them into practice?" Shen Xi warily crossed her arms over her chest and slowly moved her chair away from him.

"Teacher Shen, you're exaggerating. You clearly saw me put my hand in your pocket just now. We've always trusted each other, haven't we?"

"You reminded me, please don't act like a pervert and casually put your hand into my pocket in the future."

"Forget about the arrogant way of speaking, Ms. Shen, come a little closer, let's talk about something constructive." Cheng Fei beckoned to her.

"I don't want to get close to you; it always feels dangerous." The girl remained wary.

"Teacher Shen, you're becoming more and more like a little animal. When others are still, you run to the side and jump around. But if someone moves even slightly, you get scared and run far away. It's obvious that no one wanted to hurt you from beginning to end. You're so silly and cute." Cheng Fei shook his head and sighed.

Shen Xi narrowed her eyes, her expression one of disgust as if she had eaten a cockroach. "Stop your delusions, it's really disgusting."

"Teacher Shen, do you know what a safe word is?"

"What safe words?"

"During SM, both parties usually agree on a word, and saying it means pausing or not wanting to continue."

"As expected, you were just indulging in some disgusting fantasies." Shen Xi's eyes sharpened as she gritted her teeth and said.

"I just think we can follow the SM model and set up a safe word. That way, if, and I mean if, one day I do something inappropriate to you, and you really don't like it, you just need to say the safe word, and I'll know you really don't like it," Cheng Fei said seriously.

"This is ridiculous. Can't I just say I don't like it?" Shen Xi frowned.

"You're too arrogant. You can't believe anything you say directly," Cheng Fei shook his head.

"It's clearly you who's been projecting your delusions onto me from beginning to end, constantly harassing me, and blatantly ignoring my attitude," the girl said, somewhat annoyed.

"Teacher Shen, don't make yourself sound like a victim. Don't you sit here every day looking forward to me coming over to chat with you?"

"I've had enough. I'm leaving. I don't want to stay in the same room with you anymore." Shen Xi stood up abruptly.

"Teacher Shen, I was wrong. Please pretend I didn't say that." Cheng Fei put his hands together in prayer.

The girl looked down at him from her elevated position, remained silent for a moment, and then sat down with a look of disdain and extreme reluctance.

“Let’s get back to the topic of security words. We should definitely set up a security word. This word must be one that you wouldn’t normally use. What do you think would be a good choice?” Cheng Fei persisted.

"Let me emphasize again, don't go around making up your own ideas about our relationship and then pinning them on me." The girl glared at him.

……

150. Shen Xi doesn't think so.

"Teacher Shen, this is all for the sake of our harmonious and stable relationship. Please cooperate." Cheng Fei clasped his hands together.

Shen Xi glared at him, "I have neither interest in it nor any interest in it."

"Eight characters is too long, no way," Cheng Fei said to himself.

Shen Xi's gaze was so cold it felt like it wanted to freeze him and then cut him in two.

"How about we use 'I hate it'? Teacher Shen, you rarely use the word 'I hate it' with me." The boy thought for a second and then punched his fist in the palm.

“But I hate you every single moment.” Shen Xi narrowed her eyes.

"As far as I can remember, you've almost never told me you hate something since we met. How about we make it a deal? If one day you really don't like what I do, then tell me you hate it. Don't say it at other times."

"This is the last time. I'm not interested in any safe words because I already hate you terribly every moment. I just don't have the habit of saying those two words." The girl gritted her teeth.

"It's settled then, let's put it into practice."

As Cheng Fei spoke, he suddenly grabbed the girl's cold little hand and looked at her with an inquiring gaze.

"What are you doing?" Shen Xi stiffened, like a hedgehog with its quills raised.

“Teacher Shen, if you really don’t want me to touch your hand, then just say you hate it. Otherwise, I’ll take that as a yes.” Cheng Fei held her hand, remaining motionless.

The next second, his calf was struck by the girl in anger.

"Hiss..." The boy froze, then slowly slumped down like a deflated balloon.

Shen Xi withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted, her pretty face expressionless, looking down at him with an empty gaze as if she were looking at a death row inmate. "That's enough. After all that, you just did this kind of thing. Cheng Fei, your filth and boredom have reached an outrageous level."

Ten minutes later, Cheng Fei finally came to his senses and gasped for breath. "Teacher Shen, if one day you kick me and I break a bone and end up in the hospital, will you feel guilty and stay by my bedside 24 hours a day?"

"Sorry, but if you get kicked and break a bone, it must be because you did something unforgivable to me. You deserve it all. I will never feel guilty," Shen Xi sneered.

“Teacher Shen, aren’t we actually long-lost siblings?” Cheng Fei observed her delicate face.

"What nonsense are you spouting now?" The girl's expression changed.

"If you do something unforgivable, you'll have to stay in the orthopedics ward or something, but the medical care in Academy City is very advanced, so there's no need to go to Germany."

"I don't understand." Shen Xi said coldly.

"On the other hand, if I really did something unforgivable to you, given your temperament, wouldn't you say you were unwilling but actually be prepared to marry me? Thinking about it that way, it's not something I can't consider. After all, as the old saying goes, you can't have everything." Cheng Fei thought seriously.

"I'm warning you, the fact that that happened means I will never forgive you. There's a limit to absurd fantasies." The girl glared at him with a wary and sharp look.

"Aren't you going to say it's annoying?"

Shen Xi was stunned for a moment, then her face turned even colder. "I never agreed to any safe words."

"No, you have to agree to this one thing. I'll take whatever you say as your agreement."

"Why should I?" The girl was extremely displeased. She took a deep breath, as if forcing herself to calm down. "Fine, whatever. Leave these words to the police to explain and see if they will agree."

"How can this be? If you had just agreed to take our relationship to the next level, it would have been much better."

"If what you mean by 'going further' is to harass me relentlessly using so-called safe words, then I've already seen through your clever scheme." Shen Xi glared at him fiercely.

"Sigh, Teacher Shen, that's why we say sometimes you have to be a little slow on purpose. How am I supposed to win you over if you're so wary of me?"

These words made Shen Xi frown even more. Just as she was about to say something, the door to the club activity room was pushed open.

Asuna Nagasaki walked in, her gaze sweeping over the two of them, and she smiled and winked. "Good afternoon, you two?"

Shen Xi immediately shut her mouth, revealing a cold expression.

"Nana, there's no practice scheduled for today," Cheng Fei said.

"I know, I just happened to have some free time so I came to check it out." Nagasaki Asuna sat down opposite the boy, resting her chin on her hands. "Did I disturb you?"

"No, no," Cheng Fei shook his head.

"What were you two talking about just now?" Nagasaki Asuna asked again.

"It's none of your business." Shen Xi lowered her eyes.

"It's nothing really." Cheng Fei seemed oblivious to the cold, sharp gaze of the aloof girl beside him. "I was just suggesting to Shen Xi that we set a safe keyword, but she refused."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was struck by Shen Xi, who appeared completely motionless, from under the table.

"Safe words? You two want them?" Nagasaki Asuna blinked, not without surprise.

"Don't get me wrong, it's just because I always like to joke with her, and I was worried about really making her angry, so I came up with this idea." Cheng Fei said seriously.

“I see.” Nagasaki Asuna nodded.

Faced with the arrival of a third party, Shen Xi turned her attention back to her book, and Cheng Fei also started writing code again.

Asuna Nagasaki also took out a book to read.

The three who swept the top three spots in the grade finally seemed to fit their personas.

"Nana, are you cold?" Cheng Fei suddenly looked up.

"Eh? A little." Nagasaki Asuna looked up, a slight smile playing on her lips.

Shen Xi stared at the book, narrowing her eyes.

Cheng Fei took the remote and turned on Lin Xuanqi's air conditioner. He glanced at Shen Xi and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Thank you," Nagasaki Asuna said with a smile, feeling quite happy.

"You're welcome. I just thought Teacher Shen might need it too," the boy said calmly.

In response, the aloof girl with long, dark hair let out a cold laugh.

As if she hadn't heard those words, Nagasaki Asuna took off the milky white scarf from her neck, carefully folded it, and put it in her bag. Its soft, cloud-like texture exuded a warm feeling.

Shen Xi, who noticed this scene, frowned slightly without saying a word.

After a while, Cheng Fei stood up and walked to the window to stretch his body. He glanced at a monthly magazine from the news department on the cabinet next to him and picked it up casually.

"By the way, Teacher Shen, our performance actually won the Most Popular Program award."

"Do I have to repeat myself? That's childish, mainstream aesthetics." Shen Xi didn't even look up.

"What do you think of the assassination list for Yinghua? It's essentially a popularity vote," Cheng Fei added.

"Ridiculous popular aesthetics," Shen Xi said coldly.

"Teacher Shen, please don't be like that. Even if you have a problem with Nana and me being ranked first, you were still ranked fifth, weren't you?"

"That's why it's laughable."

"Do you think you deserve to be number one? Although I also think your ranking is indeed low."