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

"Did she say anything?" Shen Xi asked expressionlessly.

"Teacher Shen, you're really mean. You call me despicable even after all this," Cheng Fei sighed, slurping up a mouthful of stir-fried beef noodles.

Ever since Elise and Nagasaki Asuna exchanged contact information, Shen Xi has been instructing the sweet girl to gather information through chatting, but she hasn't gotten much out of it.

Cheng Fei had reservations about this, but still didn't dare to object to her using Nagasaki Asuna.

The sweet girl tapping on the screen suddenly looked up. "Um, she talked to me about some things. It seems she was in a car accident when she was little, and her parents are gone. Also, she has psychological trauma because of that incident, and she becomes a little abnormal when she is stimulated?"

"Why would she say these things?" Shen Xi wondered.

"You're asking me if I'll hate her?" Nagasaki Asuna tilted her head.

"Got it, a typical landmine girl, the same type as Nana." Cheng Fei snapped his fingers.

“Hey, Nana is still a bit different from her, isn’t she?” Nagasaki Asuna protested.

“Ask more about the foundation; you can skip this irrelevant information,” Shen Xi said coldly, her voice unwavering.

“Okay.” Nagasaki Asuna nodded and continued typing as if nothing had happened.

"Your Celestial Queen is really cold-blooded and ruthless." Cheng Fei crossed his arms and shivered, naturally getting glared at.

The three of them chatted casually, continuing their daily routine.

……

at the same time.

In a dimly lit room with the curtains drawn, a gloomy girl with curly hair tied into two short ponytails lay on the headboard, staring at her phone screen.

"I lose control when I'm upset, you won't hate me, will you?"

She typed out the text and pressed send.

The electrocardiogram monitor beeped rhythmically, and the IV drip hanging by the bed flowed rapidly, connecting to the girl's arm through a transparent plastic tube. On her pale skin, the bluish capillaries were clearly visible.

The quiet lasted only a short while before the door suddenly opened, and medical staff in white coats filed in.

"Elise, you lost control again? Let's check the status of your prosthetic body," the masked person in the lead said quickly.

Upon hearing this, the gloomy girl turned over as if it were a common occurrence and lay face down on the hospital bed.

Everyone immediately surrounded her, lifting the clothes off her back. Where the girl's spine should be, a precise metal structure was embedded in her skin, reflecting a cold light.

927. Shen Xi was merely observing.

At a window seat in the dim sum restaurant, Nagasaki Asuna suddenly looked up and said, "Huh, she stopped answering questions about the foundation?"

"Looks like you're quite good at keeping secrets." Cheng Fei picked up two shrimp dumplings and stuffed them into his mouth in one go.

Shen Xi's eyes widened slightly, as if she had seen something incomprehensible.

"Teacher Shen, what's wrong?" the boy asked, chewing his food with a puzzled expression.

"It's nothing." The aloof girl turned her face away with disgust. "If you don't want to reply, that's fine. We'll find another opportunity next time."

"Okay." Nagasaki Asuna put away her phone and tilted her head to look at the boy. "Cheng Fei, may I have a shumai?"

"Eat, eat as much as you want," the boy said without hesitation.

"Thank you~" The sweet girl happily took the food from in front of him.

Shen Xi's face grew increasingly displeased.

"Teacher Shen, stop being so cute over there." The boy handed her the same shumai.

Although the aloof girl was reluctant, she ate it anyway.

The three of them filled their stomachs and began their journey home.

On a weekend evening, the lights on Guang'an Street begin to come on.

Amid the bustling crowd, Cheng Fei stood with his hands in his pockets, Nagasaki Asuna followed beside him with her hands behind her back, and Shen Xi walked on the other side with a blank expression.

"Happy New Year, you two," the boy suddenly said.

"It's not even November yet, what's wrong with them?" Shen Xi frowned slightly, puzzled.

"Huh?" Nagasaki Asuna tilted her head in confusion, then smiled and replied in a soft, sweet voice, "Happy New Year~"

Shen Xi frowned even more, looking at the two of them as if they were aliens.

“Teacher Shen, when I say Happy New Year, I hope you will respond in kind, not ask me what's wrong with me,” Cheng Fei said earnestly.

"Forget it, it was my mistake to try to understand the thought process of lower beings." Shen Xi sighed softly, pinching her brow, as if giving up on thinking.

"To be honest, it was around this time last year that I got involved with Lin Xuanqi. Now the three of us can finally be together properly. Don't you think it's something to be very happy about?" The boy rubbed his chin.

"It seems so? Congratulations~" Nagasaki Asuna thought for a moment and clapped her hands slightly.

"So you're just trying to confuse the issue again. Your idea of ​​the three of you being together is just wishful thinking. And that's not all, don't forget about Ye Shuang, that fickle trash." Shen Xi glared at him without any politeness.

"Let's leave Master Ye aside for now. Teacher Shen, don't you think the three of us are already as close as family?" the boy said earnestly.

"I've said no one gets along with a vixen. How could you even come up with that? Shameless aquatic mammal." The aloof girl was even more disgusted and simply turned her face away.

"My older sister is being tsundere again." Nagasaki Asuna nodded with a confident smile.

This made Shen Xi squint as she stared at the billboard in the distance, as if it contained something despicable.

"Professor Shen, are we about to start the research project?" the boy asked casually.

"So what if I am?" the girl said indifferently.

"nothing."

The atmosphere in the three-person room was quiet for a moment.

"Teacher Shen."

"What is it now?" His tone became impatient.

I want to hold both your hand and Nana's hand at the same time.

"..."

"Teacher Shen?"

"Does Cheng Feiyu really have to do this?" The aloof girl took a deep breath, her brows furrowed, her resistance written all over her face.

"After all, it's a rare opportunity."

"Insatiable trash."

"So you allow it? If not, then forget it."

"..."

"Teacher Shen?"

"Barely allowed."

"Nana said she gave permission."

"Okay~"

As soon as she finished speaking, the sweet girl with her hands behind her back took the initiative to link her arm with the boy's in a petite and affectionate manner.

On the other side, the boy grabbed the cool girl's small hand, their fingers intertwined. She struggled with symbolic force, but gave up after failing.

Thus, the three people strolling down the street became a sight that would make any passerby who noticed them hesitate.

The sweet girl with long coffee-colored hair pursed her lips, gently rested her head on the boy's shoulder, and looked down at her feet.

The aloof girl with long, dark hair turned her gaze elsewhere, her small face showing a struggle that was both extremely unwilling and helpless.

……

Afterwards, the three returned to the familiar thirty-sixth floor.

"Teacher Shen, what should we do next?"

"Go take a shower first."

"Ok."

……

"Teacher Shen, may we begin?"

"Go to the vixen's room."

……

"Teacher Shen, what are you doing?"

"Prepare for observation. Is there a problem?"

"Uh, so your plan was to sit in a chair and observe from a distance?"

"You have a problem with that? I'm afraid I'll feel so disgusted that I'll throw up if you don't do it this way."

"No, but didn't Teacher Shen say before that he would also participate?"

"I'll go over after the observation period is over. Is there a problem?"

"No problem, whatever makes you happy. Although I'd like you to get closer so you can see it more clearly."

"Trash, is this close enough?"

"enough."

……

"Nana, why are you covering your face?"

"Well, it's a little embarrassing."

"Ha, that vixen is putting on an act again."

"Teacher Shen, Nana is just like that, so don't be too harsh on her."

"Say it again?"

"Wrong, shall we officially begin now?"

"Let's begin."

……

Why make the vixen do this?

“Teacher Shen, what’s with that expression? I absolutely did not force her, much less abuse her.”

"Excuse me, nobody here cares about fox spirits. What I mean is, is this helpful for enhancing perception?"

"Uh, theoretically it shouldn't work."

"Then why do it at all?"

"Because I like it, and Nana likes it too."

"?"

"Teacher Shen, you told us to do it the original way."

"Fine, whatever."

……

"Trash, why are you staring at me like that?"

"Is Teacher Shen disgusted?"

"It's disgusting and incomprehensible."

"Because it feels better this way."

"There is no cure."

……