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

Cheng Fei tilted his head to examine the shoulder with a few cute teeth marks, and couldn't help but mutter, "Wouldn't it be safer to get a rabies vaccine?"

"What did you say?" The aloof girl kneeling in his arms stared at him, her eyes narrowing.

"It's nothing." The boy shook his head in a second, pulled his clothes back, coughed, and looked at her. "So, Teacher Shen got her compensation, and now it's my turn?"

Shen Xi's eyes flickered, and she turned her face away, her expression carrying an ambiguous meaning. "What do you want?"

The boy rubbed his chin and pondered, "They say the conditions are up to me, but to be honest, I really don't know what to ask for. If it's too simple, I'll be letting myself down, and if it's too much, that won't work either."

"Your brain is clearly filled with illicit fantasies about me, yet you still put on an act. Cheng Feiyu is utterly hypocritical and laughable." The girl turned her face away and sneered.

“Since Teacher Shen has given this suggestion, then please use your small and soft breasts…” the boy said without hesitation.

"I've said this before, it's forbidden forever, Cheng Fei," the girl interrupted him expressionlessly.

"Then let's kiss, at least ten minutes, preferably..." The boy punched his palm.

The girl narrowed her eyes, staring at him with an expression that exuded a chilling aura, her stubborn pink lips tightly closed.

The boy shivered, a little helpless. "Sweetie, this won't do, that won't do. You promised to compensate me more?"

“Just because I told you doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want. Does Cheng Feiyu’s brain only selectively receive information?” The girl frowned slightly and punched the shoulder on the side that wasn’t bitten, as if she was still angry.

"So what exactly constitutes not doing whatever you want? The final interpretation is still yours. Your Protoss Queen is a bit too cunning." The boy looked at her helplessly.

"Shut up. Cheng Feiyu hasn't broken up with you yet, and you still dare to make demands that cross the line. Don't try to shift the blame and make it seem like I'm going too far. If you had any basic conscience, I wouldn't refuse." The girl glared at him without any politeness, her disdain evident.

The boy met her gaze for a second, smacked his lips, and then suddenly had an idea. "I feel like I'm at a disadvantage with the usual terms. How about this?"

"What do you want?" The girl instantly covered her chest with her hands and shrank back, her face becoming wary.

"Although this kind of cute reaction is always funny no matter how many times I see it, it's not that exaggerated. Relax, Teacher Shen." The boy patted her shoulder lightly, then paused. "My conditions are very simple. You can grant me three requests. All three requests are things you've done before. Each one is definitely not unreasonable. You tricked me and told me your secret, so granting me three requests is quite reasonable, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the girl shivered, her brows furrowed, and her face showed undisguised disgust and wariness as she stared at him without saying a word.

"What's with that cute expression, Teacher Shen?" the boy asked, puzzled.

"Although Cheng Feiyu made it sound simple, it was obviously one of those disgusting schemes and plots." The girl looked uneasy and extremely unwilling.

"What do you mean 'again'? Everyone says that prejudice in people's hearts is a mountain, Teacher Shen." The boy shook his head and sighed. "Anyway, let's hear it first, shall we?"

"Speak." Shen Xi took a deep breath, her expression serious and her eyes flickering as she looked at him with a reluctant expression.

"First, from now on, I can hold your hand and hug you whenever we go out." Cheng Fei held up one finger, looking very serious.

"You're dreaming!" the girl glared at him without hesitation.

"Don't rush to refuse Teacher Shen, let me explain." The boy said calmly and patiently, "Actually, if you think about it carefully, it's become the norm for you and me to hold hands and hug each other during training camps and similar activities. I'm just making this request to skip unnecessary steps from now on. Since it's already a fait accompli, this way I can get rid of one request. It's a very worthwhile deal, don't you think?"

The girl pondered for a second, staring at him with an unchanged expression, "Even if that's the truth, I still think you have malicious intentions."

“Since that’s the truth, how could there be any malicious intent? Teacher Shen, you used to be very rational, why are you becoming more and more emotional now?” the boy said sincerely.

"Because I've found that being too reasonable with a despicable person like you will only lead to endless deception and being taken advantage of. The right thing to do is to directly scold you and kick you when you feel there's a problem." The girl's face was resolute.

The boy opened his mouth, "Teacher Shen, I think there's definitely something wrong with your thinking. I suggest you go back to being the gentle lady Shen Xi who would only harshly reprimand me no matter what I did."

"Disgusting. Don't think I don't know what filthy and obscene thoughts are going through your mind when you say that." The girl glared at him with a sharp, all-knowing gaze.

"Is that so? I didn't know." The boy looked genuinely surprised and coughed lightly. "Anyway, from now on, I can hold your hand and hug you whenever we go out. Do you agree to this? Of course, you can change it if you don't agree."

The girl turned her face away from him, her brows furrowed and her eyes darting around, as if she were having an internal struggle.

The boy didn't rush her, admiring her beautiful, crystal-clear face before him.

After a moment, Shen Xi took a deep breath, her tone completely flat, "I reluctantly agree, but you can't force me to refuse. After all, the only time I've truly agreed to let you hold my hand or hug me casually is during a regular meeting, understand?"

"No problem, it's up to you." The boy nodded repeatedly.

Shen Xi glanced at him, then looked away, raising her chin. "The second one."

"Let's go on a date tomorrow, something we haven't done in a long time," the boy said immediately.

"Is that all?" The girl looked at him suspiciously, as if she had prepared herself to be overcharged, but was surprised by the unexpectedly simple answer.

"Dress cutely," the boy said calmly.

"And then?" The girl narrowed her eyes, a hint of disgust appearing on her face.

"You have to call yourself 'cutie' during the date," the boy said casually.

As soon as he finished speaking, the room fell into an eerie silence.

Shen Xi straightened up, staring at him without saying a word. Her pure, dark eyes gradually lost focus and became empty. The girl wrapped the blanket around her back and moved backward, backward, and backward again...

Under the boy's puzzled gaze, the kneeling girl moved away from him little by little until she reached the foot of the bed. She glanced back to make sure there was nowhere left to retreat, then stopped and stared at him from a distance of two meters. It was like a defenseless, frail girl who had suddenly bumped into a black bear peeking out in the forest, realizing that she was in a situation where she could neither resist nor escape. She could only use calmness to cover up her fear and slowly move away from the danger, afraid of arousing the other party's vigilance.

"Teacher Shen, may I ask what this is?" The boy sat on the edge of the bed, looking her over, and hesitated.

"Cheng Fei, I really didn't expect your filthy fantasies about me to develop to such an outrageous level. It's so disgusting that I can't even bear to look at it. I was wrong. I used some improper means to get you to confess your secrets, and I deserve this retribution. I will never do it again. Please delete that part of your memory and never make similar requests again. This is my only request in this life." The girl's tone was extremely calm, without a trace of emotion.

Seeing her serious reaction, the boy pursed his lips, paused for a second, and said, "Little cutie, isn't that a bit of an exaggeration? I just think you look really cute when you're being coquettish."

The girl shivered violently as if she had caught a chill, wrapped herself tightly in the blanket, and stared at him with an expressionless face that couldn't tell whether it was pity or something else. "Cheng Fei, please wake up. I'm a high school student. There's no way I can satisfy your shady desires that are skirting the edge of the law."

"Teacher Shen, let me reiterate that I have no interest in lolis. I just like the way you call yourself 'little cutie,' and I absolutely mean nothing else." The boy bowed respectfully.

"Impossible. Give up this unrealistic, twisted, and ugly delusion, Cheng Fei." The girl sighed, like a judge in court giving a suspect one last chance to repent.

“Shen Xi, don’t think I can’t see it. You’re just shy. You’ve taken the initiative twice without me forcing you at all. There’s no need to deceive yourself like this.” The boy stared at her as she spread her hands. “Or is it that you’re capable of anything when you want a secret, but when I make a request, you use this reluctant act to refuse? You always talk about being upright and honest, but you’re actually too hypocritical.”

The girl's pupils contracted, she bit her lip and turned her face away, her eyes flickering, her stubborn lips tightly closed. She gripped the edge of the blanket, and after a moment, she gave a forced laugh, "Cheng Feiyu actually has the nerve to accuse me of hypocrisy, it's utterly absurd."

"Of course, I just thought that since it was something Teacher Shen did voluntarily, she shouldn't be too resistant, so it would be a good compensation. If she really doesn't want to, then forget it." The boy said casually, sliding down and lying flat. "I can't think of any other better compensation. After all, if you don't want this, you definitely won't want anything else. Let's just leave it at that and come over to sleep."

He finished speaking while looking at the ceiling, then closed his eyes abruptly, as if he really intended to end the conversation.

The girl, wrapped in a blanket, knelt at the foot of the bed, gazing at him from afar. Her stubborn lips were tightly closed, and her expression shifted across her face.

The long silence lasted for an unknown amount of time. Shen Xi got up, wrapped in the blanket, and went above the boy who seemed to be asleep. Her light body knelt down without any hesitation, and then she leaned down, like a monster devouring the boy's figure.

The boy let out a muffled groan of being severely injured, and looked down at the aloof girl who had buried her face in her chest again, remaining motionless somewhere between a reclusive state and a hibernating animal.

"Shen Xi?" he tried calling out to the ceiling.

"What?" came the girl's muffled reply.

"So you're really refusing?"

The girl paused for a second, then her small hands climbed onto his shoulders, slowly applying pressure until her rounded nails dug into his flesh. She muttered under her breath, "Trash..."

"What does this mean?" the boy asked, puzzled.

"Cheng Fei, don't think I can't see through you. You're just playing hard to get. If I really refuse, a petty and despicable person like you will never let it go." The girl's voice carried an emotion that was hard to describe as either resentful or annoyed, as if she were directly contradicting his words.

"You think too badly of me. I might be like that with others, but not with my little darling." The boy hugged her and gently stroked the back of her head.

"Here comes another one of those pretentious, contrived, and manipulative sweet talk." The girl sneered, her face buried in her hands.

"Sigh, let's leave aside baseless accusations. So, little cutie, have you changed your mind?" The young man patted her back lightly.

The girl fell silent again, then raised her head, looking down at him with a blank expression on her face, and said in a cold voice, "Cheng Fei."

"Huh?" The boy met her gaze.

"Breaking up with the man surnamed Lin before our engagement was our agreement," the girl said calmly, as if stating a fact.

834. Shen Xi switches modes

"Uh, to be precise, it should be that you'll break up with her after completing the prototype, and that you'll finish the prototype before the engagement?" The boy was very cautious.

"That's something for you to consider. In short, break up with that Lin guy before the engagement. That's the agreement." The girl narrowed her eyes, her tone leaving no room for argument.

"Okay, it's an agreement, so?" The boy nodded frankly.

"If you dare disobey, I'll kill you." The girl gripped his shoulder tightly, her brows furrowing slightly.

"So strict?" the boy asked, looking at her.

"Feeling guilty?" The girl lowered her head slightly to close the distance between them, meeting his eyes. Her unabashed gaze seemed to pierce through his pupils and scrutinize his soul.

"How could that be? That was the plan all along." The boy smiled.

The girl subtly turned her face away, took a deep breath, opened her mouth, and glanced at him out of the corner of her eye. Finding that he was still staring at her, she simply lay back down, burying her face so he couldn't see her expression, and her voice became muffled, "Then I'll reluctantly agree... to call myself a cutie and go on a date with you for a day, but please understand that this is really disgusting. I'm only accepting it as compensation, so don't mention it again afterward, and there will never be another time. Also, if you dare to lie to me about something like this, I really will kill you. I'm not kidding."

"Yes, yes, Her Majesty the Empress's dignity is inviolable. We definitely won't mention it again after tomorrow." The boy nodded repeatedly, smiling as he patted her head.

"Also, it's impossible to tell you the situation if outsiders are present," the girl added, as if worried about something.

"Understood, I won't embarrass Her Highness." The boy continued to rub her head.

Shen Xi took a deep breath, and her tense body finally relaxed, her body pressed against his. After a brief silence, she said in a tone that revealed neither joy nor anger, "So what is the third request?"

"They actually asked on their own initiative, that's a bit too self-aware!" the boy exclaimed in surprise.

His response was a harmless punch to the shoulder from a small, clenched fist.

"Let's make the third request tomorrow. Don't worry, I won't force you to do anything you've never done before," the boy said lightly.

Where he couldn't see, the girl wore an incomprehensible expression, as if pondering some kind of world mystery, "What exactly is garbage?"

"We'll find out tomorrow." The boy sighed with a sense of relief.

"How disgusting." The girl shivered.

"Isn't it?"

"The rats in the sewers never do anything in the open. Heaven knows what kind of filthy demands they make that would make you want to vomit. They probably know it themselves, which is why they hide their tails and dare not expose themselves." The girl's tone made no attempt to hide her disgust.

"It's not that serious. It's something Her Highness the Princess did. It's easy for you." The boy hugged her tighter. "Alright, let's go to sleep. Our date will officially start tomorrow morning. Remember what you promised."

The girl paused for a second, her slender body trembling slightly as if sensing something, and her tone hesitated, "Don't you need me to help you now?"

"Tomorrow's better. I'd rather see you doing *that* while calling yourself 'cute'." The boy said without a hint of guilt.

Where he couldn't see, the girl's eyes lost focus and became empty again. She took a deep breath, feeling a kind of despair that had nowhere to go, "Cheng Feiyu is beyond saving."

……

Silent all night.

The next day.

Cheng Fei opened his eyes precisely at 6:30 in the morning. The girl in his arms remained as always, treating him like a human-shaped body pillow. Her small face, partially hidden by her thick hair, was buried comfortably near his neck. Her frail body under the covers rose and fell gently with her breath. The close fit between their bodies made no attempt to conceal the clear warmth that emanated from them, making him feel comfortable and arousing his imagination. The faint fragrance emanating from her hair carried an indescribable sense of attachment.

The boy stared at the ceiling for a second, then decided to take the opportunity to appreciate her slender and beautiful presence.

Soon, the girl, who seemed to sense something, trembled and took a deep breath, warning without raising her head, "Cheng Fei, it's disgusting."

"Teacher Shen, if I remember correctly, it's already time for our date. You haven't forgotten what you promised yesterday, have you?" The young man reluctantly let go of her round, delicate ankle and coughed earnestly.

"I remember it very clearly, what's wrong?" The girl still didn't look up, her voice muffled as if she was displeased.

"Shouldn't you change how you refer to yourself? Thank you for your cooperation." The boy said seriously.

"It's already been changed." The girl's tone was unreadable.

"Where did you change it? I didn't hear you at all. Am I deaf?" The boy asked in surprise, looking down at her and only seeing half of her head sticking out of the blanket.

The girl, her face buried in her hands, took another deep breath and spoke in a cold voice as if stating a universal truth, "Please get this straight. Your request is for me to change my self-reference to 'Little Cutie.' I usually refer to myself as 'I.' I didn't mention the word 'I' once in what I said just now, so of course you couldn't hear anything. I only agreed to change my self-reference; I won't deliberately change the way I speak for that. Do you understand?"

The boy suddenly realized, then looked at the ceiling with a serious expression. "I see. Teacher Shen does often omit self-reference when he speaks, that's fine. But you clearly used self-reference in what you just said and didn't change it. Am I right?"

The girl paused for a second, her eyes flickering where he couldn't see, "That last part was an explanation, it doesn't count."

"Teacher Shen, you're not planning to deliberately omit your self-reference in your speech all day long, trying to get away with it like that, are you? That won't do. Please repeat what you just said, or I won't accept it." The boy spoke righteously and firmly.

The girl, with the weak strength of someone just woke up, punched his shoulder, a little annoyed. "Just how boring is Cheng Feiyu? I don't think there's any need for anything to be repeated."

"No, Shen Xi, don't try to cheat." The boy hugged her tightly without any hesitation.

The girl fell silent, then took a deep breath, then fell silent again, then took another deep breath, then fell silent again, then took another deep breath, burying her face in her hands and biting her teeth, her stubborn lips slightly parted and then tightly closed, engaged in a fierce internal struggle.

"Teacher Shen, did you experience altitude sickness on the 36th floor? Should I go down to the pharmacy and buy you an oxygen bag for a couple of breaths?" the boy asked casually.

"A petty, despicable person." The girl spoke through gritted teeth, her voice barely a whisper. "Please get this straight..."

"Teacher Shen, the volume is too low, turn it up a bit." The boy interrupted her.

The girl took a deep breath, her flat chest heaving against him. She swallowed hard, raised her voice slightly, and her voice trembled and strained. Her usually eloquent and articulate mouth was now stumbling over her words like never before. "Please get this straight, your request was for... for Little Cutie to change how she refers to herself. In what you just said... Little Cutie didn't mention self-reference even once, so of course you didn't hear anything... Little Cutie only agreed to change how she refers to herself, she wouldn't deliberately change the way she speaks for that... Are you satisfied?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl trembled all over, her small hands climbing up his back, her face buried tightly in his neck, her expression hidden by her long, dark hair, as if this could give her some kind of sense of security.