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

"I don't want to."

"Even if you don't want to, I'm going to eat it anyway. You're mine, and your shrimp dumplings are mine too."

"Utterly shameless and insane nonsense."

"Teacher Shen, you don't think that plate of tomato shrimp balls you ate the other day was for nothing, do you?"

I only ate one.

"Could there really be a ghost in that villa?"

"Anyway, it's none of my business."

"The flower language of tomato shrimp balls is that the two people will get married after eating them."

"Has he completely lost his mind? I'm calling an ambulance."

"Teacher Shen, I still love the way you nestled in my arms last night. If it were you like that, I would really be willing to protect you for the rest of my life."

"It really is fake now."

"Of course, it's true now, is there a conflict?"

"Disorganized speech is a typical symptom of mental instability."

"It's normal to get emotional or talk nonsense when you're around someone you like."

"I am not emotional."

Don't rush to assume it applies to you.

"That's enough, I don't want to play word games with you."

"Teacher Shen, I think this is also good."

"What do you mean, like this?"

"Go ahead and let your imagination run wild. I'll find a way to help you overcome the obstacles in reality. Maybe one day we'll really find a new continent."

"Ha, don't just talk the talk."

When have I ever lied to you?

"Asking the question from the other side would be worth discussing."

Why ask the other way around?

When have you ever told me the truth?

"There are too many to list. Asking the question from the other side would be more worthwhile for discussion."

"It's one thing for parrots to mimic what they hear."

"Teacher Shen, do you have time tomorrow?"

"What do you want now?"

"Let's go to the cultural festival together."

"Not interested."

"Lu Xun said that one cannot simultaneously possess youth and the feeling of youth. Teacher Shen, what you carelessly give up today may become a regretful memory in your life decades later. Is that really a good thing?"

"That quote was made by Hemingway."

"That's not important."

"Since one cannot simultaneously possess youth and the feeling of youth, then don't talk as if you have a deep understanding of it. You're no different from me."

"There is a difference."

What's the difference?

"That's hard to say."

"Ha, I thought there was some huge secret."

"Sometimes amazing secrets or universal truths may be hidden right in front of you, but you just haven't discovered them yet."

"Pretending to be profound is one thing."

"Meet me under the cherry blossom tree at the school gate at 10 a.m. tomorrow."

"reject."

"I'll be waiting for you tomorrow."

"You think you can control me?"

"If you don't agree, I'll go to your house and drag you out of bed. Don't scream too loudly then."

"You dare? I'll change the password as soon as I get back."

"Teacher Shen, don't force me to go to your house now."

"Are you trying to coerce me now? What are you going to do to me next?"

"Forcing you to write a marriage application."

"I really let a wolf into my house. I should just call the police."

"I'm going back now. Meet me at the cherry blossom tree at the school gate at 10 a.m. tomorrow. This is an invitation to a date, Ms. Shen. You can decide for yourself."

"Don't be ridiculous. What kind of relationship do we have now? Do you expect me to agree to go on a date with you?"

"It's not like you have to be together to go on a date, Ms. Shen. You're being a bit too traditional. Anyway, I've said my piece. See you tomorrow."

After the boy finished speaking, ignoring the girl's gritted teeth and angry gaze, he waved his hand when the light turned green and disappeared across the zebra crossing without looking back.

……

When Cheng Fei returned home, he studied and exercised as usual, and took a moment to send a message to his tea ceremony teacher via WeChat.

"Nana, please tone it down in the future. Shen Xi noticed something was off about your gaze."

"Huh?"

She interrogated me for a long time.

"Were we exposed?"

"You're not happy, are you?"

"How could that be?"

"It took me a lot of talking to finally convince her."

"Nana knows she was wrong, and she will behave herself."

Followed by a cute emoji of someone bowing deeply in reverence.

Cheng Fei replied with an emoji of picking up an orange cat.

"By the way, Cheng Fei..."

"?"

"Shall we go to the cultural festival together tomorrow?"

"No time"

"Understood"

"You didn't even ask why you were busy?"

"If you're with your true love, how can you have time to spend with a mistress?"

"Your abilities have become so powerful that you can activate them via the internet cable?"

"This question is too easy."

"It's too late, my phone needs to rest. Goodbye."

After replying to the last message, the boy immediately closed WeChat.

……

The next day.

On the second day of the cultural festival, the enthusiasm continued to rise, and some people from outside the school came to visit, mainly idle college students.

Under the iconic large cherry blossom tree at the entrance of Yinghua School, people come and go. The handsome young man standing alone under the tree becomes the focus of attention, but he does not see the slender figure of a cool girl with long black hair.

Ten minutes later, the boy shook his head, put his hands in his pockets and walked to the playground, taking out his phone and opening the chat window of the tea ceremony teacher.

He had only taken two steps when a girl wearing a high-waisted long skirt and carrying a small crossbody bag appeared in front of him.

"Even though we tried to avoid each other's times, we still ran into each other." Shen Xi gave a disgusted look, as if she had accidentally encountered a rat on the street.

……

116. Two people visiting the cultural festival

Cheng Fei deleted the WeChat message he had just sent to the tea ceremony teacher a second ago, looked up, and said, "Teacher Shen, are you being too boring?"

"What do you mean?" Shen Xi asked expressionlessly.

"He was clearly waiting for me, but he deliberately hid for ten minutes."

"You're just being presumptuous, can't you tell I just happened to run into you?" the girl sneered.

The boy remained silent, his hands in his pockets, leaning forward to gaze at her face with a smile.

"Don't stare at me with that disgusting look." Shen Xi turned her face away.

"Teacher Shen, I'm very curious about something."

"what?"

"Will your lips still be this hard when you kiss me?" The boy's gaze swept over her small, stubborn lips.

"As expected, all you have on your mind is shameless and vulgar delusions." Shen Xi's face turned cold, and as if she had been electrocuted, she gripped the strap of her small handbag tightly, turned around, and walked away quickly.

The boy put his hand behind his head and moved alongside her at a slightly slower pace.

"Cheng Fei, hello!"

"Are you going to the food stall again today? I want to see you in your butler uniform!"

"Yeah, we didn't get to take a picture together yesterday."

A group of girls passing by greeted the boy warmly.

He responded with a smile, practiced and familiar with the task.

"Some people are really popular these days," Shen Xi said with a sidelong glance, her tone laced with sarcasm.

"What a hassle, there's no peace and quiet anywhere I go," Cheng Fei sighed, looking up at the sky. "I really do need a girlfriend."

"What kind of illogical and filthy association is this?"

"Think about it, Ms. Shen. If you had been holding my hand just now, would they have dared to act like this? They would be terrified to death if they saw you."

"You mean I'm a monster?"

"That's right, monsters that are too beautiful have a deterrent effect on ordinary girls."

"Even if I hold your hand right now, would you dare?" Shen Xi glanced at the crowd around her, then suddenly extended her hand coldly, exuding an air of confidence.

Cheng Fei glanced at the girl's fair and delicate hands, and without hesitation, cupped them in his hands.

The girl's cold little hands were enveloped by the boy's hot palms, and a hint of barely perceptible panic flashed in her eyes.

Cheng Fei left two hand warmers in her hand and casually let go, saying, "Teacher Shen, be careful to keep warm outdoors."

"Just as I expected, he really is a cowardly man." Shen Xi chuckled as she came to her senses, gripping the hand warmer tightly as she walked forward.

"Although there's an old saying that dying under a peony is still romantic, risking a blow to the head just to hold hands is just too much of a loss."

"He says he likes me every day, but in the end, it's nothing special." The girl tossed her hair.

"Teacher Shen, love is about long-term companionship, not about being like a moth drawn to a flame."