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

"Shut up, stop talking nonsense." Shen Xi narrowed her eyes, a few strands of hair stuck to her face with a thin layer of sweat, and her breathing looked like she might stop breathing at any moment.

"Don't mention it, I'm serious, little cutie." The boy looked at her frail appearance.

"I told you to shut up." The girl was a little annoyed, but she stubbornly continued running, even though her speed had dropped to an appalling level.

"Alright, it's good for Teacher Shen to get some exercise." The boy nodded with a doting expression and continued running with her.

The boy ignored the curious glances that kept falling on him.

After a while, the jogging ended, and the teacher announced free time.

As the last runner to finish the race, Shen Xi was out of breath, bending over with her hands on her knees as she gasped for air.

"Are you alright, little cutie? Why don't we find a place to rest?" Cheng Fei put his hands in his pockets, leaned forward, and peered into her field of vision.

The girl swallowed hard, seemingly too breathless to speak. Suddenly, she straightened up, grabbed the boy's arm, and rested her forehead on his shoulder, shifting her weight onto him as if that would relieve her fatigue.

Cheng Fei paused for a moment, staring at the aloof girl whose expression was obscured by her head leaning against him, remaining motionless in that position.

The students who had just finished their classes noticed this scene, their eyes gleaming with excitement at discovering some major gossip.

"Look over there, something's happening..."

"What?! Could it be that Cheng Fei's next girlfriend is Shen Xi...?"

"They're definitely together, right? It's already like this..."

"Oh no, they beat us to it..."

"Although Shen Xi is aloof, she also has a great presence and is quite a good match for Cheng Fei. I approve of this marriage..."

Various opinions began to circulate.

The aloof girl, the protagonist, ignored everything and rested her forehead on the boy's shoulder. After a few minutes, her breathing gradually calmed down, and she casually pulled away from him.

The girl's pure, dark eyes met the boy's gaze. She subtly turned her face away, her expression blank. "I'm going to the convenience store to buy water."

"Does this mean you're inviting me to come along?" the boy asked, feigning confusion.

"You don't have to go if you don't want to." The girl turned and left.

The boy shook his head and sighed, then followed suit.

The two left the sports field, escaping the prying eyes, and headed side by side to the school store.

The weather was still hot and dry on an autumn afternoon, only relieved by the quiet atmosphere during class.

“Teacher Shen.” Cheng Fei put his hands in his pockets.

"What?" Shen Xi glanced at him.

"Do you think that if nothing unexpected had happened last year, we would have been interacting like this?" The boy rubbed his chin.

"What is Cheng Feiyu trying to say now?" the girl asked suspiciously.

"It was just a casual chat out of curiosity," the boy said, looking at her.

The girl stared blankly for a moment, then raised her chin and said in a cold, unwavering voice, "Theoretically speaking, if Cheng Feiyu had been single-minded from the beginning, this would be perfectly logical."

"Teacher Shen is so easy to win over?" The boy looked genuinely surprised.

"That's why I told you to stop talking nonsense. I'm not some game character. If you really want to get along with me, then straighten up your attitude." The girl frowned slightly, annoyed, and glared at him.

"Okay, so I just think that Teacher Shen is so aloof, yet so easy to get along with?"

"Trash, I don't know where I went wrong in the first place. I've said before that I don't want to seem cold and heartless if I could, but this Cheng Feiyu is always doing things that annoy people, so I have to keep teaching him a lesson." The girl was even more unhappy, and her small, clean sneakers attacked him.

"Teacher Shen, no matter what, you can't deny that you have a sharp tongue, right?" the boy said, shrugging.

"You're starting to slander me again. I've said it before, just understand. I simply like to point out the problem directly. If you like those vixens who unconditionally say nonsensical nice things to please others, you can go find her. I'm not that kind of hypocritical person." The girl continued kicking him.

"Nana's way of dealing with people isn't wrong, is it? Most people in Yinghua like her."

The girl sneered, "So this is the stupidity of most people. They don't judge a person based on their actual actions, but only on whether the other person smiles and says a few nice words that meet their expectations. Smart people throughout history have seen through this long ago."

"So, the so-called 'honest advice is hard to hear, but good medicine tastes bitter'?"

"Actions speak louder than words; Cheng Feiyu is a brainless fool."

"But Nana didn't do anything bad, did she? At least she's consistent in her words and deeds."

"Ha, so the so-called 'not doing anything bad' means being shameless and a scoundrel? Well, that's true. For a morally corrupt like Cheng Feiyu, this kind of problem is nothing." The girl made no attempt to hide her contempt.

"Hey, Ms. Shen, I think you're being too harsh. As the old saying goes, nobody's perfect. Everyone has their flaws, even you. So please don't be so mean to Nana," the boy said cautiously.

"It was Cheng Feiyu who started this and got himself into trouble; it has nothing to do with me." The girl turned her face away, revealing her round, soft cheek to him. She paused, her eyes narrowing slightly. "Besides, stop using Earth's standards to define me. I am perfect, by nature."

"Yes, yes, I almost forgot you're the Celestial Queen." The boy nodded repeatedly, sounding perfunctory.

“Denial is pointless.” The girl remained unmoved.

During this ambiguous conversation, the two arrived at the convenience store. Shen Xi bought soda water, while Cheng Fei bought milk and matcha rolls.

The two sat down side by side at the designated outdoor seating area outside the convenience store.

The boy forked a matcha roll and brought it to her lips. "Teacher Shen, open your mouth, ah~"

"I won't eat fox spirit food." The girl turned her head away, her stubborn pink lips tightly closed, her small face showing a serious disgust, as if it were some kind of poison.

The boy couldn't help but chuckle at her expression. "Little cutie, that's a bit much. Anyway, the food is fine, right? Or do you not want me to feed you? Please open your mouth."

The boy brought the food to her mouth again.

The girl's brows furrowed, revealing a look as if her mind had been branded with a steel wool over her head. Although she knew the matcha roll in front of her was edible, she still felt that eating it would immediately poison her to death. In this extremely painful state of mind, she reluctantly opened her small mouth and bit off a small notch on the edge.

While chewing, she had a struggling expression; her fair cheeks bulged slightly in a slow and weak manner, and she finally managed to swallow.

"Sweetie, you're usually so aloof, so why are you making such a cute face? Are you trying to seduce me?" The boy sipped his milk, observing her.

"Nonsense, get this straight, it was uncontrollable." The girl quickly took a sip of soda water, as if trying to get rid of the matcha roll taste in her mouth as soon as possible.

"Alright, then as a way of responding to me feeding you, how about you show me your rabbit ears?" The boy stared at her seriously.

Without a word, the girl turned her head and met his gaze, which seemed nonchalant yet premeditated. Her brows furrowed, and she screwed the cap off her soda water bottle, crossed her arms over her chest, and kept staring at him with a blank expression as she slowly moved away from him until she reached the edge of her usual seat.

"Teacher Shen, what are you being cute about over there? Can't you even do it for a moment?" the boy asked, puzzled.

"Cheng Fei, although I did reward you that way before, your calculating look is really disgusting. Understand that I wouldn't do something so disgusting so easily." The girl covered her mouth, looking embarrassed, as if she wouldn't be surprised if she really vomited at any moment.

900. Lin Xuanqi withdraws from the Corridor Research Department

"Teacher Shen, really not even once? Just once." Cheng Fei gestured with a "just once" sign.

"Shut up, if I said no, then no." Shen Xi covered her chest with her hands and glared at him.

"I just wanted to take a look. It's nothing to you, right? You could do it in the morning, so why can't you do it now?" The boy moved slightly closer to her.

"Trash, don't come any closer!" The girl's face suddenly turned wary. "I only barely managed to say goodbye to you this morning. What are you trying to do to me now?"

The boy looked at her, seemingly wanting to say something but then hesitated. In the end, he retreated with a dejected expression, shaking his head and sighing. "I was just mentioning it casually. If Teacher Shen really doesn't want to, that's fine. It's okay if you never let me see the Snow Rabbit mode again. I don't really care that much. After all, Teacher Shen is such a pure and virtuous lady. She shouldn't agree to such a ridiculous request of mine."

After saying that, he took a sip of milk and slowly ate his matcha roll, as if he had completely given up on the idea.

Shen Xi stared at him from the side, her eyes slightly narrowed and her brows furrowed. Her small face showed a conflicted expression, like seeing a white mouse in an incubator that had lost its vitality and was half-dead. She wanted to reach out and comfort it, but she also felt disgusted.

The girl took a deep breath, turned her face away and took a sip of soda water, then looked at the tree trunk not far away and said coldly, "Get this straight, it's not that I would never do that kind of thing. Although it is disgusting and makes me want to vomit just thinking about it, I can't deny that it is a way for people of the opposite sex to increase their affection. If possible, I might not be unable to tolerate it."

"So, what does Teacher Shen mean?" The boy looked at her calmly.

"When the conditions are right, like last night, I will of course grant Cheng Feiyu's wishful thinking. After all, you have fulfilled your promise and distanced yourself from that Lin guy. As long as you repent and get along well with me, I will give you a corresponding response at the appropriate time." The girl's tone was flat, as if she were explaining the terms of a contract. At the end, her eyes flickered. "To put it bluntly, it's your so-called... cute mode, snow rabbit mode, or whatever. As long as you don't do anything disappointing again, I will do it for you. It's just not now. Stop wallowing in self-pity as if I'm ignoring you."

The boy hesitated for a second, then, eager to speak, said, "Teacher Shen."

"What?" The girl glanced at him out of the corner of her eye.

"How about we make a new agreement?" the boy asked seriously.

"No." The girl replied without hesitation.

"Why?" The boy was stunned.

"Anyway, it's some kind of agreement to make me do disgusting things. I've already explained it clearly. I'll do it when it's time. Cheng Feiyu, stop scheming and bargaining." The girl glared at him, looking like she saw right through him.

"Okay, I was wrong. Teacher Shen is really on high alert these days." The boy raised his hands in surrender and gave up.

After replenishing their supplies at the convenience store, the two went straight back to the teaching building.

When Cheng Fei changed back into his school uniform and walked into the classroom, Lin Xuanqi was already slumped in her seat, seemingly perpetually listless.

The boy ignored her and sat down, focusing on studying during the break before the bell rang.

Lin Xuanqi turned her chair around again, sat down facing the boy, and leaned over the edge of his desk to watch him.

The classroom was almost empty, and the air was eerily quiet.

"How long do you intend to continue like this?" Cheng Fei asked without looking up.

The girl didn't answer, staring straight at him, a stubborn glint in her reddish eyes.

After a moment, Lin Xuanqi said in a muffled voice, "Cheng Fei, I don't want to see you and her like that."

"What's it to you?" the boy asked coldly and bluntly.

The girl's eyes flickered, her eyes reddening slightly, as if she were displeased. "Are you deliberately trying to annoy me like this?"

"You're being too presumptuous." The boy frowned slightly.

"..." Lin Xuanqi choked up, looked away, and remained lying motionless in front of him.

Cheng Fei shook his head, took out his phone, opened WeChat, and sent a message to the official members group of the Corridor Research Department.

"Ms. Shen, are there any club activities today?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Could you go to the sixth floor and open the door for me? I'd like to read in the club activity room."

"it is good"

After the concise conversation ended, the boy noticed something, clicked on Shen Xi's homepage, and zoomed in to view her profile picture.

At some point, the girl replaced the morning flower with a rabbit on the grass. Its fur was pure white, fluffy and round, and its three-lobed mouth looked down at the camera with an inexplicable feeling of looking down at insects expressionlessly.

The boy looked at it for a few seconds, then silently put down his phone and waited a moment before starting to pack his things.

Then, Cheng Fei got up and left the classroom.

The arrogant girl lying in front of him looked bewildered. She glanced at his back and her eyes flickered. She picked up her bag and followed, trailing behind him at a distance.

The boy, with his hands in his pockets, walked through the wisteria-covered corridor toward the club activity building. Since get out of class hadn't ended yet, there weren't many people on the road.

A strikingly beautiful and radiant girl walked towards him. Her eyes lit up when she saw the boy, and she waved her hand in front of him. "Hi, Cheng Fei!"

The distracted boy looked up and saw her, then asked casually, "Miss Gu, what's wrong?"

The girl's name is Gu Xuan. When Cheng Fei raised five million for Rongchuan Electromechanical, she was the one who sponsored five hundred thousand. Ye Shuang even reported the boy to her for having dinner with her. Her family runs a large-scale mining group. She has a cheerful personality and is generous. She has a good reputation in Yinghua. She is very familiar with Cheng Fei. The only drawback is that she does not hide her interest in the boy at all.

"You ran here before get out of class was even over? The top student in the grade skipping class?!" The girl leaned closer and pointed at him, giving off a carefree vibe.

"Miss, I'm in PE class, thank you." The boy shrugged.

"Oh, what a coincidence, I'm in PE class too." The girl withdrew her hand, her eyes darting to his face. "Actually, I saw you over there on the track just now."

"Really? That's quite a coincidence." The boy nodded in agreement.

"I heard you broke up? Good for you, I support you." She smiled, glancing at Lin Xuanqi who was standing at the other end of the corridor, as if she hadn't seen her.

Although she wasn't a native of Academy City, her family's wealth certainly gave her the right to be indifferent to Lin Xuanqi.

"But how come you've gotten involved with Shen Xi again? What's so good about her cold and aloof personality?" the girl suddenly changed the subject.

"Young Miss, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now," the young man said helplessly.

"Don't rush me, I haven't finished speaking yet." The girl grabbed him. "I have good news for you."

"what?"

"My father seems to have bought your fund. He said you're very capable and wants me to get to know you better in the future. What should I do?" The girl smiled and winked, clearly intrigued.

The boy paused for a second, then said, "You can buy it too, while I'm still with Lin's."

"You're really so boring!" The girl was almost amused by her own annoyance.