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

"Calm down, these are the rules of the game. Besides, didn't I eat with you guys? Why don't we just laugh it off?" the boy said with an awkward laugh.

Upon hearing this, Shen Xi, Nagasaki Asuna, Lin Xuanqi, and Ye Shuang, who were observing his trial, all turned their attention away.

"Cheng Fei, don't worry, we won't do anything to you. Just wait and see." Chen Hao pressed down on his shoulder and grinned maliciously.

"Yeah, don't worry, Cheng Fei, it's just a little punishment." A girl smiled.

Not long after, a small plate of dishes that looked like they came from a high-end restaurant was placed in front of the boy.

"Eat this and we'll forgive you."

The boy examined the food in the center of the plate, paused for a second, and then asked, "What is this?"

"Ginger-dressed bitter melon with shredded blue cheese, do you like it?" Someone laughed.

"Is that all?" the boy asked in surprise.

"That's right, so hurry up and eat."

"Okay, then I'll eat it." The boy picked up his chopsticks and took a bite without hesitation.

Under everyone's expectant gaze, he chewed, swallowed, then suddenly his eyes lit up, and he quickly picked up another chopstick and put it in his mouth, chewed it, and repeated the process, as if he were savoring some kind of delicacy.

"What's wrong with this guy?"

Shouldn't he spit it out?

The students were filled with doubt and surprise.

"It's surprisingly delicious." The boy looked up and smiled. "Would you like to try it? Really."

The deathly silence lasted for a second, and then everyone shook their heads vigorously in unison.

"Then I'll eat it myself." The boy lowered his head, quickly finished the food on his plate, and smacked his lips as if he wanted more. "Is that enough? Can you let me go now?"

After saying this, seeing that no one objected, the young man put down his chopsticks, stood up, put his hands in his pockets, and leisurely left the banquet hall.

Everyone watched silently as his figure disappeared.

"It can't really taste good, can it?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

"Then why is he so calm? He's even smiling!"

"Could it be... that Cheng Fei has a problem with his sense of taste?"

Meanwhile, outside the banquet hall, the boy walked to a place where no one could see him. The smile on his face gradually stiffened and disappeared, and then he frowned.

He leaned against the wall, bent down, and buried his face in the bushes.

"vomit……!"

548. The End of the School Trip

The next day.

Since the puzzle game ended early, the students were able to explore London together as planned.

On the London Eye Ferris wheel on the banks of the Thames, Lin Xuanqi suddenly grabbed the collar of the boy next to her, pulled him closer, and stared at him with her reddened eyes. "Cheng Fei, didn't you say before that you would kiss me on the Ferris wheel?"

"Did I say that?" the boy asked in surprise.

"Oh, you forgot what you said, didn't you?" The girl raised her eyebrows and twisted her arm around his waist as if she was unhappy.

"Hiss... Just kidding, of course I remember, it was when I called you to invite you to the amusement park." The boy raised his hands in surrender.

"That's more like it. So what should you do now?" The haughty girl raised her flawless face, lightly touched her delicate red lips with her fingertips, and put her hands on her hips with an indescribable coquettish charm.

"What should I do? I was talking about Gakuen Korin, not the London Eye." The boy shook his head nonchalantly, resting his hands on the railings, looking at the scenery through the glass instead of at her.

Lin Xuanqi waited motionless for a second, then laughed instead of getting angry, "Cheng Fei, if you want to die, then keep watching over there...!"

"Just say you want a kiss, why are you being so coy?"

The girl was cut off before she could finish speaking. The boy invaded her with the force of possessiveness, his grip on her slender waist so tight it felt like he was going to strangle her.

Lin Xuanqi lost all her strength, her lowered eyelids and slightly narrowed eyes revealing the whites of her eyes.

Just then, the Ferris wheel reached its highest point, and the interaction between the two was quickly noticed by more than a dozen students in the same observation cabin.

Wow, how romantic!

"Damn it, don't go too far!"

Some students raised their phones and snapped photos of the two in connection with the rumors.

Apart from everyone else, only Ye Shuang gazed at the quietly flowing Thames River, seemingly unaware of what was happening over there, her small hand gripping the handrail slightly.

At the site of the former Greenwich Observatory, a copper line representing the zero-degree longitude is inlaid in the ground.

"Take a picture of me now! I'm now the man who straddles the East and West longitudes!" Chen Hao shouted to Du Xinhua, standing in a stark spread-eagled position.

There are many people like him.

The aloof girl with long, dark hair watched everything expressionlessly until a sudden gust of strong wind blew, ruffling her waist-length hair. The girl tucked her hair behind her ear and turned her face to the side, only to find a handsome young man with his hands in his pockets watching her and smiling on the other side of the copper wire.

Shen Xi and he gazed at each other from afar, their eyes meeting across the ordinary yet extraordinary dividing line of the blue planet beneath their feet, before silently separating again after a moment.

Beside her, Nagasaki Asuna, ignoring her long, messy brown hair in the wind, waved her little hand in that direction, tilting her head to reveal a sweet smile that made her frown in disgust.

For the students' last dinner on their school trip, Miriam took them to the riverside terrace restaurant at Westminster Palace.

The restaurant, decorated in a modern and elegant style, has a strong political atmosphere. As dusk falls, you can see the Thames River and the London Eye, which you visited yesterday.

"This is the restaurant in the British Parliament Building!"

"Is this...right?"

"Senior, this isn't a place you can just come by paying money, is it?"

The well-informed students of Yinghua quickly realized that something was wrong.

"Hehe, I just asked my father to make some arrangements beforehand. Don't worry about it, just enjoy the food!" Miriam covered her mouth and let out an exaggerated laugh.

Then, the blonde, blue-eyed girl ran up to Cheng Fei and patted the boy's shoulder furtively as he devoured a fruit platter. "Junior, come with me!"

Once they were out of everyone's sight, Miriam grabbed the boy's arm and hurried forward, leading him through a quiet corridor to a heavy door. She placed her hands on the boy's shoulders, her eyes brimming with tears, and said, "Junior, I have something very important to ask of you!"

"What's wrong?" Cheng Fei had a bad feeling.

“Pretend to be my boyfriend and meet my father!” Miriam grabbed his arm tightly, as if she wouldn’t let go until he agreed.

"Huh?!" The boy was stunned.

"Don't worry, you just need to pretend for a bit, you don't need to do anything!"

"Can't you find a girl?"

"No, my father objects to my liking for women!" Miriam said in despair.

"It won't work, senior. My Xuanqi would kill me if she found out."

"It's fine as long as she doesn't know. Just pretend, junior. Please, this is very important to me. I will definitely repay you in the future!" The girl looked at him with sad eyes.

"Find someone else..."

"It's too late, let's go in quickly, junior!" Miriam simply took the boy's arm and pushed open the door.

Inside sat a well-dressed, blond, middle-aged man with exquisite food laid out on the table.

After looking the unsuspecting teenager up and down, the middle-aged man's furrowed brows relaxed, and he revealed a smile.

Next, the boy didn't remember very clearly how he pretended to be bad at English, fooled everyone with a smile of giving up thinking, had a simple meal with Miriam's unidentified father, and then sent him away.

On the last day of their school trip, the students embarked on their return journey, landing at the Academy City Airport in the evening.

"Xuanqi, let's go." Cheng Fei took Lin Xuanqi's small hand.

"Where are we going?" The girl shook him off, frowning.

“Nanwan, or do you want to go to Yushuiyuan? I’ll drive you there.” The boy said matter-of-factly.

"Give me a break, my foot! I have a car to pick me up!" Lin Xuanqi said irritably.

"What do you mean? You're not letting me go again?" the boy asked in surprise.

"Go to hell! Go back to your doghouse!" Lin Xuanqi said fiercely.

"Xuanqi, you're trying to back out of the maid outfit you promised? You didn't give it back last night..."

"Give me a break, my foot! You're not letting me rest, are you? What have you done to me these past few days? I don't want to see you for a whole week!" The girl felt her legs go weak, and had a strange feeling of relief.

“Xuanqi, you…”

"Shut up and don't follow me!" Lin Xuanqi fled as if she were running away, supported by Ye Shuang.

The boy watched her walk away, shook his head, and sighed.

……

The silver Panamera slowly drove out of the airport, turned a corner, and stopped on the deserted side of the road.

After the two beautiful young women with distinct personalities opened the car door and got into the back seat, the sports car accelerated and drove towards Guang'an Street.

"Long time no see, you two. How about we grab some dinner? Even though we had airplane food before landing." The young man said earnestly.

“Okay~” Nagasaki Asuna replied obediently without hesitation.

"Cheng Feiyu is spouting illogical nonsense again," Shen Xi said with a cold laugh as she looked out the window.

Afterwards, the three of them went to a dim sum restaurant on Guang'an Street for the first time in a long time. The atmosphere was subtly more harmonious than the last time they came.

549. The three of them reunited for a long-awaited club activity.

on Monday.

After a week-long school trip, Sakura Campus returned to its bustling yet mundane daily routine.

When the bell rang for the end of the last get out of class in the afternoon, Cheng Fei remained seated, engrossed in his book.

Chen Hao turned the empty chair in front of him around and sat down, placing his arm on the boy's desk, revealing a determined look in his eyes. "Cheng Fei, come on."

"What's coming?" The boy looked up, puzzled.

"Of course it's an arm wrestling match, can't you tell?" Chen Hao shook his arm.

"Why are you two arm wrestling again?" said Du Xinhua, who had come over to watch the scene unfold.

"Because I plan to become stronger," Chen Hao said in a deep voice.

"You obtained a system that allows you to become stronger through arm wrestling?" Du Xinhua raised an eyebrow.

"I've been working on a fitness plan lately, so I plan to use this kid to check my progress. I hope that one day I can get back to the point where I can easily beat him." Chen Hao clenched his fist.

"I see. Goodbye." Cheng Fei quickly packed the books into his bag, got up and left.

"Cheng Fei, don't run away! If you're a man, come and fight fair and square, okay? You must have been neglecting your training lately, so we can motivate each other!" Chen Hao leaned out from the table like a catfish, grabbing the hem of the boy's clothes as he took a step forward.

"Do you really have to say inspirational things in this posture?" Du Xinhua asked, looking at him.

The boy who had been pulled back sighed, turned around, and looked down at Chen Hao with a nonchalant air, "Are you sure? You might not be my match now."

"Go ahead and give it your all, but don't be too arrogant. The outcome is still uncertain!" Chen Hao got into a fighting stance.

Thus, the long-awaited arm-wrestling match between Class 6 of Grade 11 was revived, with Zhou Han, Ruan Jingyi, and the passing vice class monitor all coming over to act as spectators.

"Go Cheng Fei!" The petite girl, who was small in stature but full of energy, clenched her little fist, brimming with vitality.

The duel ended quickly.

"Cheng Fei wins, in five seconds." Du Xinhua, who usually acts as the referee, said in a flat tone.

"I knew Cheng Fei would win!" Zhou Han jumped up and down, as if she were the one who had won.

"How is this possible?!" Chen Hao stared wide-eyed at his violently trembling hands.