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

"Silly girl, were you scared just now?" The young man gently stroked her face.

"I feel a little uneasy, but I'm not afraid when Cheng Fei is here." The girl rubbed against the boy's palm obediently like a cat.

"You're the braver one." The boy felt the soft, warm, and delicate touch of her cheek.

"Aren't bold girls less cute than timid girls?" Nagasaki Asuna pressed the boy's hand and rubbed it against his sideburns.

"They're both adorable," the boy said without hesitation.

"Hehehe~" The girl's lips curled into a happy smile. Not content with just rubbing her face against the boy's, she grabbed his hand and moved it around. Her fingertips touched her small, neat teeth, and she murmured softly, "Cheng Fei, would you like to take one of Nana's teeth too?"

"Hey classmate, please don't say weird things." The boy looked at her with a helpless expression.

"If we take it for testing, maybe we can find the genes that show a cat's love for its owner?" Nagasaki Asuna stared at him with her innocent and naive eyes, gently biting his fingertip and swallowing.

……

When the cool, aloof girl with damp hair emerged from the bathroom, she saw Cheng Fei sitting alone on the sofa. She walked up to the boy expressionlessly and gently kicked him, saying, "Go to sleep."

"Okay." The young man stood up, casually putting his arm around her slender waist, and said in a serious tone, "By the way, is today's meeting a routine meeting or something? How about we treat it as an extra reward?"

"Don't dream." Shen Xi lowered her eyes, her voice revealing neither joy nor anger.

"He really does have principles," the boy remarked casually, unconcerned.

The two returned to the bedroom, and Cheng Fei, with practiced ease, arranged his pillows, lay down, and sighed comfortably.

"Turn off the lights," came the girl's soft voice from beside me.

The boy did as he was told, plunging the room into darkness.

A rustling sound arose, and Shen Xi silently moved on top of him, treating the boy as something like a pillow that belonged to her. She used her hands and feet to restrain him, buried her face deep in his, and after a brief moment of tension, her body quickly softened and her form completely conformed to his. Then she stopped moving.

"Are you tired, little cutie?" Cheng Fei waited for her to finish the familiar routine, then hugged her back and pressed his slender body down even further.

"Mmm." Shen Xi trembled almost imperceptibly, but did not resist.

"I've asked someone for help. If all goes well, I'll send the tooth for testing tomorrow." The young man brushed a strand of hair from her sideburn, as if he were accidentally touching her slightly cool earlobe.

Things obtained from grave robbing naturally cannot go through normal procedures; they can only be obtained through connections.

"I understand." Shen Xi remained motionless, her voice weaker than usual, probably due to exhaustion.

Cheng Fei stared at the ceiling for a moment and said seriously, "Although it's a bit of a subjective assumption to say this now, I think she most likely faked her death and then went to the place where she fell."

"Why?" The girl looked up, her pure, dark eyes reflecting the faint light from the window in the darkness.

"Think about it, if she had been to the crash site long ago, she must know a lot of secrets, so she shouldn't have acted like she knew nothing while you were in the hospital," the boy said thoughtfully.

Shen Xi's eyes flickered as she rested her head back on his neck, near his chin, her voice unreadable, "So?"

"So I maintain my previous view that something likely happened on your birthday that prompted her to leave without telling anyone," Cheng Fei said, gently stroking the girl's smooth lower back.

"But why would she do that?" Shen Xi frowned.

“That’s hard to guess,” the boy pondered for a moment. “But we can still deduce more from that ice axe.”

"Speculate on what?" The girl seemed to have completely lost her usual ability to think, her face buried and her voice blank.

“Ice axes are only useful in special circumstances. The fact that she left the ice axe at the hotel means that she won’t need it anymore. Do you understand?” Cheng Fei patiently explained.

"So that means she's been to places where an ice axe would be needed..." Shen Xi murmured to herself, her eyes widening slightly in the darkness, "Antarctica?"

“It’s possible. Although the known time she went to Antarctica for scientific research was many years ago, before you were even born…” Cheng Fei analyzed in his mind, then suddenly paused, “Wait, maybe she went to the same place both times?”

Shen Xi looked up thoughtfully.

The two looked at each other in the darkness, and both saw the same shock in each other's eyes.

“Don’t worry, Teacher Shen, let’s go through it again.” Cheng Fei held her shoulders. “First of all, she went to Antarctica for scientific research many years ago. I don’t remember exactly which year it was, but it was before you were born. Then, something happened on your sixth birthday, and she probably went to that place again. Then she appeared at the crash site in her spaceship.”

Shen Xi stared intently at the boy, her small mouth slightly open, her eyes darting around anxiously.

Cheng Fei pondered for a second, "Professor Shen, when do you think would be a good time for us to go to Antarctica?"

"The sooner the better!" the girl said without hesitation.

"Uh, calm down, sweetheart. Antarctica isn't the Pacific Ocean. We need to think this through carefully." The boy opened his mouth and gently patted her back.

Shen Xi hesitated for a moment, then slowly relaxed, buried her head in her seat, grabbed the boy's shoulders with her small hands, her nails digging into his flesh, and said in a muffled voice, "Then tell me when to go, hurry up and make arrangements, you rubbish."

There was an indescribable dependence in his words.

766. Shen Xi's controlling nature is becoming increasingly exaggerated.

Cheng Fei pondered for a moment, "The best time to go to Antarctica is in the summer. Summer in the Southern Hemisphere starts in December, which means that no matter what, we'll have to wait until next semester. Before that, we can do the preparation work, confirm our goals, plan the route, complete the formalities, and get the necessary professional training..."

Shen Xi slowly relaxed her small hands, then hugged his neck tightly, twisted herself to make herself more comfortable, and whispered, "Then you, the servant, will take care of it."

"She really is my princess." The young man kissed the top of her head with affection, inhaling the faint fragrance of her hair.

"You can just say you want to refuse." Shen Xi tightened her arms and legs as if she wanted to strangle him, although with the strength of a young girl, it only made the two of them fit closer together.

"Don't mention it. I said I would protect you from the very beginning when we started looking for the corridor. I was serious. After all this time, you should believe me by now, right?" the boy said helplessly.

"Then I hope Cheng Feiyu can keep his promise." The girl kept her face down, so her expression was not visible.

"Does 'hope' mean 'hope'? So it means 'hope' that I will protect you'?" The boy became quite proud.

"..." In the darkness, the girl's voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

"Teacher Shen, is the volume too low?" The boy looked down at her.

"I agree." The girl raised her voice slightly and twisted her body forcefully, seemingly displeased.

"What is it?" the boy asked, feigning confusion.

"I'm sleepy," the girl said immediately in a cold voice.

"Isn't that a bit too arrogant?"

After she finished speaking, the girl fell silent, as if she had really fallen asleep. After a moment, she took a deep breath, punched his shoulder hard, and said unhappily, "I said I wanted to be protected by you, and Cheng Feiyu doesn't even understand that?"

"I understand, you said you love me too." Cheng Fei sighed comfortably.

"Don't say things like that after you've broken up." The girl sneered.

"They're really pushing hard." The boy clicked his tongue, neither confirming nor denying. "But looking at it this way, things are getting more and more complicated."

"If you think I'm a hassle, just say so." The girl twisted her body again, as if in protest.

"But it's good that the direction is clear." The boy completely ignored her words.

"Trash." The girl punched him again.

"So you're going to sleep now? Hurry up and take your teeth to be checked tomorrow, you have to come too." The young man patted her back lightly.

"Mmm," the girl responded softly.

"Goodnight?"

"Good night."

The dark room fell silent as the conversation ended. Just like countless times before, the two, embracing tightly, could clearly feel each other's heartbeats and body temperature, as well as their physical touch. They were so close that any closer proximity would completely merge them into one.

Shen Xi felt the boy's presence so close to her, transferred all her weight onto him, slowly closed her eyes, and gradually calmed down.

This situation persisted for some time.

The girl opened her eyes without moving, took a deep breath, her body trembled slightly, and she bit her lip as if enduring something. "I really can't understand what's in Cheng Feiyu's brain. Does he have these filthy and vulgar thoughts all the time?"

"Shen Xi, it's all your fault." The young man felt a sense of calm as he touched the delicate, slender beauty in his palm.

“An incurable aquatic mammal.” The girl narrowed her eyes, staring into the darkness before her.

"Teacher Shen, go to sleep. You're used to it anyway. You're just enjoying the perks; you won't do anything excessive." The boy spoke in a tone that seemed completely at ease.

Shen Xi took a deep breath and tried to close her eyes.

A moment later, he opened his eyes again, his body trembling as if from the cold, and gritted his teeth, "Trash! What else do you want?"

"Uh, it's nothing, right?" The boy's restless movements stopped at his small, rounded ankle.

"This is the only prohibition I mentioned!" the girl said coldly, leaving no room for argument.

"Sweetie, is it really necessary to be so strict? If I can't touch your tiny, soft little feet, I'll really lose all my good qualities." The boy stared at the ceiling, his tone turning sorrowful.

"Shut up!" The girl seemed to have reached her limit, letting out a heavy sigh. "Fine, fine, that makes sense. Expecting Cheng Feiyu, with his vulgar and filthy aesthetic sense, to be self-aware is a mistake in itself. Strict discipline is the only solution..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Xi left his embrace without hesitation, threw off the covers, got out of bed, turned on the light with a snap, stood on the edge of the bed and looked down at him, her eyes slightly narrowed, her beautiful but cold face showing undisguised contempt.

"Teacher Shen, aren't you going to sleep? I was wrong, okay?" The boy was caught off guard and used his arm to shield his eyes from the glaring light.

"Just as I suspected, it's a rat that lives in the dark sewers and can't stand the light." The girl clenched her small hands and stared at him, as if she had made up her mind. She squatted down, opened the bedside table drawer, and began rummaging through it.

"Teacher Shen, what exactly are you trying to do?" Cheng Fei had a bad feeling and sat up to look her over.

"I don't know how I'll sleep if I don't control this flying fish." The girl didn't even look up, her annoyance palpable.

Cheng Fei was stunned. "You used to sleep perfectly well, didn't you?"

"It was my fault for indulging you too much before, but I will fix it now." Shen Xi found her prop, stood up and stared at him. Her tense little face showed a kind of unwilling disdain, but also a kind of determination to sacrifice herself to make up for her mistakes.

The boy glanced at what she was holding, looking surprised and uncertain. "Teacher Shen, what is this...? There's no need for that. Really, you're not in a good mood today either. Go and get some rest. If you really can't, we can sleep on opposite sides."

"Cheng Feiyu, stop pretending. Don't move now." The girl's cold voice left no room for argument. If he weren't in bed, she probably would have kicked him hard.

The boy remained seated, watching the girl kneel down beside him and begin preparations with practiced movements, like a skilled nurse putting on gloves at the operating table, her small face so ruthless it was frightening.

"Trash, look at my face!" Shen Xi finished preparing and glared at him.

Cheng Fei subconsciously shifted his gaze to that aloof little face with exquisite features, every detail of which was incomparably beautiful.

The girl took a deep breath and nestled beside him, their faces close together, their eyes locked, as if this were some necessary and rigorous procedure.

"You can watch as much as you like now, as you please." The girl's voice carried a commanding tone, revealing neither joy nor anger. Her small, stubborn lips parted slightly, and her warm breath carried her unique, faint fragrance.

"Shen Xi, I think you're being a bit too controlling. That's not good," the boy pointed out cautiously, not daring to look away under her imposing aura.

"Isn't this exactly what Cheng Feiyu has been dreaming of?" The girl sneered, her small hand tightening its grip. "You kept telling me you liked and loved me, and now it's exactly what you wanted."

“Teacher Shen, you’re being a bit…too extreme.” The boy stiffened and gasped.

Shen Xi coldly observed his reaction, then pressed their foreheads together, tucked her smooth sideburns behind her ears to reveal her small, blood-stained earlobes, and stared into his eyes with her pure, dark eyes without blinking. "Trash, tell me, who is your favorite person in this world?"

The boy looked at that stunningly beautiful face so close to his own, unsure how to react. "Sweetie, don't learn things from the internet..."

"Can't you explain?" The girl raised her chin, interrupting him, and paused in her movements.

Cheng Fei paused for a second, then said, "Of course it's you, Shen Xi."

"You'd better be." The girl narrowed her eyes and continued her actions without any politeness.

The boy seemed to be suffocating.

The girl stared at him expressionlessly, her condescending gaze like that of a goddess looking down upon her devotees.

The boy also stared at her, then thought for a moment, "Shen Xi, why do you look so fierce?"

"It's innate, I'm sorry." The girl's tone was extremely cold.

"Can't you just smile? A genuine smile."

"I can't do it." The voice was cold and devoid of any emotion.

"Then can I call you 'husband'?"

"Stop dreaming, isn't this enough?"

"Can't you grant me this small request?"

"Heh, after you break up with that guy surnamed Lin, there might be a one in a billion chance he'll agree."

"Okay, can you lean on me? I feel like I'm undergoing surgery when you're like this."

"It was originally a surgery, the purpose of which was to remove Cheng Feiyu's disgusting inner desires."

"If you don't grant my request, the surgery will be very difficult to succeed."

"Isn't this enough for my level?!"

"Don't get excited, that's not what I meant, it just means it can improve efficiency."