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

"Hey, is that okay? What if we can do it when no one's around..." Nagasaki Asuna's eyes lit up.

"Forget about other things, since you're already in a hospital bed, rest is the most important thing," the young man interrupted her, then hesitated.

"Two hopeless, low-level creatures," Shen Xi sighed in disgust.

Lin Xuanqi glanced at the three people huddled together talking and casually breathed out a puff of white breath in front of her.

"Miss, are you cold?" Ye Shuang asked with concern. Like Cheng Fei, the obedient girl hadn't worn much protective gear.

"It's alright." Lin Xuanqi shook her head.

Du Xinhua, holding her skis, looked down at Chen Hao's lower body and asked, "Why are you still wearing jeans?"

"What's wrong with jeans? I'm wearing cotton pants underneath, that's enough," Chen Hao said confidently.

"You..." Du Xinhua opened her mouth, "Never mind, I hope he's alright."

Miriam appeared before everyone, holding up her little flag, and gestured to the blond, blue-eyed man beside her, saying in a serious tone, "Let me introduce you! This is our instructor for this training, who has been to Antarctica more than ten times..."

Next, the adaptive training officially began.

The instructors hired by Miriam taught everyone the basic theories and precautions for polar survival.

After that, they began to learn skills on flat ground. Although in theory, Miriam's relatives' travel arrangements would be well-organized and they wouldn't need to take any risks, just in case, they still needed to familiarize themselves with things such as skiing, snowshoeing, slip braking, and crevasse rescue.

Cheng Fei and Shen Xi listened especially attentively, while Lin Xuanqi silently watched the two of them from the side.

Everyone spent the entire day on Saturday at the ski resort, and even ate lunch at the indoor igloo restaurant.

The students from the three classes were only able to leave when the training ended in the evening.

Back outdoors, Zhou Han linked arms with her best friend, a look of disbelief on her face. "Ruan Jingyi, why do I feel so warm?"

"It's finally over, damn it..." Chen Hao stomped his foot and suddenly sneezed loudly.

“Isn’t that enough for you?” Du Xinhua looked at his jeans.

"I started sweating without realizing it while practicing skiing, and then suddenly I felt really cold," Chen Hao said, touching his legs.

"Don't catch a cold. You should change your pants tomorrow," Du Xinhua said, shaking his head and sighing.

Back at the hotel, the students, led by Miriam, headed to the buffet restaurant for a hearty meal.

"Ruan Jingyi, something's not right. I have a feeling something's not right." Zhou Han pressed a piece of pork belly onto the baking tray, making a sizzling sound, and stared at a certain spot as she spoke.

"Hmm?" The quiet girl next to her followed her gaze.

In a booth not far away, a group of familiar people sat together for a meal.

"How did Lin Xuanqi get in? Cheng Fei and Shen Xi wouldn't have forgiven her, would they? How could this be? This won't do!" The petite girl muttered to herself, her round eyes looking empty.

959. The three people in the regular meeting again.

The booths by the window in the buffet restaurant have a subtle atmosphere amidst the wafting aroma of food.

Shen Xi and Nagasaki Asuna sat on one side, Lin Xuanqi and Ye Shuang sat on the other side, and Cheng Fei moved a stool and sat in the middle.

"Teacher Shen, please have some."

"Nana, please use this."

"Master Ye, please have some."

The boy distributed the freshly steamed scallops one by one.

"Honey, what about mine?" Lin Xuanqi sat obediently, her charming face filled with anticipation.

"Help yourself if you want to eat." The boy put down the plate with a cold expression.

"Oh!" The haughty girl raised her chin and responded with a complaining sound, then glanced at the plate he brought back and muttered, "We each took one, why are you being so fierce?"

"Can't I have two?" the boy said without any hesitation.

"I'll let you eat two." Lin Xuanqi swiftly grabbed one, popped the garlic vermicelli and scallop meat into her mouth, then gave a defiant snort, her cheeks puffing slightly as she watched him chew, a hint of resentment in her expression.

"Tsk." The boy stared at her, making an annoyed sound.

Lin Xuanqi subconsciously shrank her neck and turned her face away as if she dared not meet his gaze. She glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, her red eyes filled with stubbornness, giving off a "fearful but still daring" look.

"You scumbag, how dare you bully Miss again?!" Ye Shuang's fist hardened on her lap.

"Master Ye, how did I bully her? I didn't do anything." The boy looked wronged.

"You're bullying me, who can't see that?!" The obedient girl's voice was clear and crisp.

"I've already let her eat it, what more do you want?"

"Then why did you yell at her?"

"She stole my food, and I can't even look at her?"

"So you're just preventing her from eating!"

"Fine, Master Ye, I won't argue with you." The boy sighed and finished off the last scallop.

"Pretentious Cheng Feiyu," Shen Xi sneered.

"Teacher Shen, what did I do now?" The boy turned to the other side, still looking wronged.

"If you want to give her something, you can just give it to her directly. There's no need for you to be coy and pretentious." Shen Xi made no attempt to hide her disdain.

“I didn’t want her to eat it at all; she took it from me.”

"Whether it was intentional or not, you know in your heart."

"I can't really race her, can I?"

"Isn't that just wanting her to eat?" The aloof girl's gaze was sharp.

"Fine, Ms. Shen, I won't argue with you." The boy sighed a second time, placing the clean scallop shell into the plate piled with crumbs.

Lin Xuanqi looked at his sighing and groaning, her lips twitched slightly, a hint of schadenfreude in her expression, before she quickly pursed her lips.

"You find it interesting, don't you?" The boy frowned.

"Honey, I don't have any." The haughty girl's expression changed, she lowered her eyes and became meek, her voice soft and gentle.

"You scumbag, if you keep doing this I'm really going to get angry!" Ye Shuang frowned slightly.

"Cheng Fei, that Lin fellow's pretentious act is really quite amusing, isn't it?" Shen Xi narrowed her eyes.

The boy looked around, gasped, and felt a chill run down his spine.

"I feel like Cheng Fei has had a tough time." Nagasaki Asuna, who had been watching the whole thing, tilted her head and let out a quiet, unassuming sigh.

"If you keep doing this, Nana and I will eat alone," the boy snapped.

Ye Shuang's eyes flickered, and she looked away.

Shen Xi lowered her eyes, remaining noncommittal.

"Eh, really? Nana-san is willing!" Nagasaki Asuna's eyes lit up, and she put down her chopsticks without hesitation.

"Nana!" Ye Shuang glared at her.

"A vixen." Shen Xi took a deep breath.

"Cheng Fei, maybe we should just forget about it." The sweet girl pursed her lips and obediently lowered her head.

This is roughly the situation at the dining table where the five people were seated.

It's worth mentioning that Miriam was singing with her arm around the shoulder of the class monitor of Class 6, who had long, straight black hair. It's unclear whether she sensed something was off or felt there was an opportunity to make a breakthrough.

Not far away, Chen Hao and Du Xinhua learned the truth and patted the deputy squad leader on the shoulder, who had a complicated expression.

After dinner, the Sakura students, who had spent the day in the cold at the ski resort, returned to their rooms to rest and recharge for tomorrow's training.

In the quiet corridor of the hotel, a door opened silently.

Cheng Fei put his hands in his pockets, looked around to make sure no one was watching, then moved toward the area where the girl was and knocked on one of the doors.

After a moment, the door opened, Shen Xi gave him a cold look, and turned to walk inside.

The boy followed her inside, locked the door behind him, and breathed a sigh of relief. "Teacher Shen, are you still angry?"

"That's weird, nobody here is angry." The girl returned to her bed, sat up against the headboard, picked up a book, and covered her slightly narrowed face.

"Isn't she just angry? I didn't do anything, did I?" The boy stood on the edge of the bed, leaning forward to observe her closely.

"Heh, nothing much has happened, but the Lin guy is very happy right now." The girl stared at the book and said coldly.

"I also think she's a bit too arrogant, repeatedly provoking Teacher Shen. I'll help you scold her tomorrow." The boy put on an indignant expression.

"Insult her? Wait until Ye Shuang insults you and you dare to talk back." The girl glanced at him, unmoved.

“Master Ye is quite stubborn, and I don’t want to argue with her. Teacher Shen is gentle, tolerant, and understanding, so she should understand me, right?” The young man said as he lifted her blanket, put his arm around her waist, and pulled her down.

The aloof girl, dressed in short-sleeved pajamas, lay flat on her back, her long, dark hair spread out, still holding the book in front of her with both hands. She stared at the boy who had moved above her, radiating a chilling aura. "Cheng Fei, what are you doing?"

"Teacher Shen, shouldn't we be having our regular meeting now?" The boy looked at her hesitantly.

The girl took a deep breath, the chill around her growing stronger. "That doesn't mean you can pin me down."

Just then, the sound of the bathroom door opening rang out.

Nagasaki Asuna came out, her hair still damp, wrapped in a bath towel. Seeing the two of them, her eyes flickered, and she seemed a little flustered. "Am I too late?"

"You vixen, please put your clothes on before you come out." Shen Xi looked up and glared at her.

"Understood." Nagasaki Asuna retreated in a second and slammed the door shut.

The two, one above the other, met each other's eyes again. Cheng Fei's expression hardened, and he quickly stepped back, helping Shen Xi up and putting her back in her original position. Then he sat down with her against the headboard, bowing respectfully, "I apologize for attempting to subdue Her Majesty the Empress; it is truly an act of treason."

The aloof girl, who had remained motionless the entire time, paused for a second, then kicked him, saying, "Trash."

She then put down the book, moved in front of him, nestled her slender body into his arms, buried her face near his collarbone, shifted slightly to adjust her position so that they could clearly feel each other's body shape and temperature, and remained still.

"So this is the standard meeting format?" the boy tried to say, but naturally received no response. So he wrapped his arms around her slender waist, making the two of them even closer together.

The girl only trembled instinctively and did not react further.

The two remained in this close relationship until Nagasaki Asuna reappeared.

Two single beds were placed side by side in the room. Nagasaki Asuna sat on the edge of her bed, looking at the two people in front of her. She tapped her chin with her fingertip and let out a sound that was hard to tell if it was a sigh or a sigh, "Eh, you two are suddenly hugging so tightly, leaving no space for others at all?"

"Nana, Ms. Shen is being coquettish, so please let her have her way." The boy gestured for her to be quiet.

Asuna Nagasaki tilted her head and blinked, but didn't say anything.

A second later, Shen Xi looked up, punched the boy's shoulder, and glared at him, "Nonsense, no one here does that kind of thing, we just put Cheng Feiyu down there to rest."

"Yes, yes, yes, it's definitely not because I wanted to enter soft and sweet mode and was interrupted by Nana." The boy nodded perfunctorily.

"Eh, what's the soft and sweet mode?" Nagasaki Asuna asked, her legs together and her hands on her knees, like a curious student.

"Well, it's... Ouch, Teacher Shen?" The boy held up a finger, but as soon as he opened his mouth, a sharp pain shot through his shoulder, and he gasped.

Shen Xi looked up expressionlessly, her voice cold and devoid of any emotion, "Let's begin this week's meeting."

As she spoke, she prepared to leave the boy's embrace.

“Shen Xi, wait a minute, I have a suggestion,” Nagasaki Asuna suddenly said.

"No." Shen Xi said without hesitation.

"Huh? I haven't even listened yet, why?" Nagasaki Asuna was stunned.

"You lowly creatures never say anything good." The cool, aloof girl's sharp gaze seemed to see right through everything.

"Teacher Shen, forget about your preconceived notions about me, but could you let Nana speak first?" the boy said, grimacing as he clutched his shoulder.

Shen Xi reluctantly turned her face away, her stubborn lips tightly closed.

Nagasaki Asuna glanced at it and continued, "Actually, what I was trying to say was that it's fine for Shen Xi to stay in this state if she likes it, since we still have an observation project to conduct later."

As she finished speaking, her gaze flickered, and she looked down at her legs, her fingertips nervously twirling the ends of her hair.

"You vixen, get this straight, it's me observing you, not you observing me." Shen Xi's displeasure felt just like when the boy had tried to pin her down earlier.

“Teacher Shen, I understand the principle that the Celestial Queen’s majesty is inviolable and therefore she must always be on top, but Nana meant well?” The boy hugged her without saying a word.

"Hmm, I don't really have anything I want to observe, but I just think this is better than forcing each person to take one side?" Nagasaki Asuna nodded in agreement, looking completely innocent.