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

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The boy pretended nothing had happened and closed his eyes to sleep.

……

The last week of the semester flew by amidst the tense preparation for final exams and the anticipation of winter break.

On Friday after school, Cheng Fei, as usual, walked into the coffee shop behind Yinghua with his hands in his pockets to attend a study session.

He, Shen Xi, and Nagasaki Asuna are the core members of the study group, so they cannot be absent on the last day.

As the boy entered the coffee shop, he discovered that the familiar faces from the past two weeks had not disappeared despite it being the last day; almost all of them were still studying diligently.

They're crazy when they play, and they don't even treat themselves like human beings when they study. That's part of Yinghua's school spirit.

Before sitting down, the boy cleared his throat, looked around, and raised his voice, saying, "Everyone, if you have time after this, you can go to Pizza Hut near the school gate. I'll treat you all to pizza. Don't ask why. I wish you all the best in your final exams. Thank you."

The boys and girls were taken aback at first, then burst into cheers and applause.

"Cheng Fei is awesome!"

I don't know who started it.

"Cheng Fei is awesome!"

"Cheng Fei is awesome!"

Many girls joined in the chanting.

The boy smiled and pressed his palms down, then sat down as if nothing had happened.

Once the small commotion subsided, Shen Xi, who was sitting at the same table by the window, looked up at Cheng Fei and sneered with a hint of sarcasm, "Some people are really outrageously arrogant these days. Could it be that they've suffered consecutive losses in the stock market and are planning to indulge themselves before taking off like a whirlwind?"

"Teacher Shen, you're too narrow-minded. I just studied with everyone for two weeks and felt that everyone worked very hard and deserved a reward." The boy took out his study materials and sighed.

"Could it be that Cheng Fei's investment made money?" Nagasaki Asuna, who was next to Shen Xi, tilted her head and blinked.

"No, not at all." Cheng Fei shook his head. "But I did get paid today."

"Salary? Junior, you have a job?" Miriam, standing next to the boy, asked curiously.

"Senior, you might not know this, but I work as a secretary to the director of the investment department at Lin's International Bank," Cheng Fei said in a relaxed tone.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Miriam's eyes lit up. "Who's your supervisor? Could you tell me? I'm looking for a job too."

"My supervisor is Lin Xuanqi."

"Then forget it." Miriam gave an awkward but polite smile.

Shen Xi chuckled and lowered her head to read without saying a word.

Cheng Fei did receive a sum of money yesterday. Lin's payslip text message showed that his basic salary last month was one yuan, and his performance bonus was thirty-seven thousand three hundred and eighty yuan.

It seems he hasn't done anything during this period except occupy the hardware resources of the technical department; he hasn't clocked in for ten days.

The payslip was incoherent, and he couldn't understand it no matter how many times he looked at it. He couldn't figure out what he had done to earn more in a month than he had earned in a year working part-time at a bubble tea shop. In the middle of the night, he finally managed to read the words between the lines: "living off a woman."

Ugh.

At this moment, Ye Shuang, who was sitting on the other side of Milian, looked up and asked, "Asuna, how do you solve this physics problem?"

The girl with pigtails was completely uninterested in the topic of Cheng Fei's salary and focused entirely on her studies.

Ye Shuang's grades were not bad, but they were nothing compared to the top three students in the grade.

After all, the girl's IQ was 7, and Cheng Fei expressed his understanding.

Nagasaki Asuna took the test paper from Ye Shuang, pondered for a few seconds, and said, "Let Cheng Fei teach you this question. I didn't really understand it either."

“Then let me ask again…” Ye Shuang turned her gaze to Shen Xi.

"No problem, leave it to me." Cheng Fei patted his chest and stood up before she finished speaking. "Senior, let's change seats."

“Alright, junior.” Miriam was a little reluctant, but she obediently changed it.

So Cheng Fei sat down next to Ye Shuang, took out his silver glasses and put them on. "Master Ye, what's with that expression?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't actually want you to teach me." Ye Shuang smiled at him.

"Not at all, give me a chance to repay you."

"Please don't sit so close." The girl moved a little closer to the window.

"Master Ye, you're exaggerating. When you beat me up, we rolled around on the ground together before."

"You continue, I'll tell Miss later." A hint of annoyance flashed in the girl's eyes.

……

169. Shen Xi did not understand Cheng Fei's hardships.

"Hey Master Ye, let's get back to the problem. The core idea of ​​this problem is the conservation of energy. It might be easier to solve using calculus, but unfortunately, high school doesn't allow the use of calculus. So I'll analyze it for you slowly. First, look at the electric field of this charged ball..." Once the problem was started, the boy became even more talkative than usual.

Ye Shuang had no choice but to concentrate on the lesson. Perhaps because the questions were too difficult, the girl would occasionally lose focus under the boy's gaze, but she would quickly come back to her senses.

【Elegant and Refined】

Your appearance is gentle and refined, your intelligence is unparalleled, radiating an intellectual charm that sees through everything. Even an unintentional glance can inspire an irresistible trust and longing in others. Wearing glasses enhances this effect, and the greater the intellectual gap, the stronger the effect.

Miriam joined in the fun and listened to Cheng Fei's story. The blonde, blue-eyed girl rested her chin on her hands, looking completely absorbed, as if she weren't a senior high school student.

On the other side, Nagasaki Asuna smiled and lowered her head to do her homework, glancing at the boy in front of her out of the corner of her eye, a barely perceptible look of admiration and affection flashing in her eyes.

Only Shen Xi remained unmoved by Cheng Fei, her expression growing colder as she listened to the young man's gentle voice.

After the study session ended, Cheng Fei treated everyone who had been studying at Pizza Hut to pizza, as promised.

While the teenagers took photos and posted them on social media, causing some students who couldn't attend to feel a sense of regret, Cheng Fei, Shen Xi, and Nagasaki Asuna sat alone to one side.

Asuna Nagasaki placed her laptop on her lap, chewed on a piece of shrimp and seafood pizza, and typed on the keyboard before handing the laptop to Cheng Fei.

"Nana, you've done a pretty good job. I didn't know you had a talent for this." Cheng Fei stared at the window on the screen where the code was refreshing rapidly.

On the world map, a winding red line is gradually emerging.

"I really tried my best." Nagasaki Asuna tilted her head and smiled, taking a bite of pizza herself, then picking up a slice and passing it over Cheng Fei in the middle to Shen Xi, who was watching from the sidelines. "Shen Xi, open your mouth, ah~"

"Please don't do that, it makes me nauseous." The aloof girl with long, dark hair took the pizza with a cold expression and forced a bite.

"Is it good, Teacher Shen? I specially ordered your favorite shrimp." Cheng Fei said without looking up.

"So this program can automatically calculate latitude and longitude?" Shen Xi focused on the screen, seemingly not hearing his words.

Asuna Nagasaki nodded, "That's right. In theory, all you need to do is input the image. With the help of the script, you can export the corridor's view frame by frame and calculate the coordinates in real time."

"Is it accurate?" Shen Xi asked, still somewhat skeptical.

"If it's a high-resolution photo of the stars taken in real life, it's quite accurate. However, there's a slight problem with recognizing the corridor, which may be caused by lens distortion from the player's perspective," said Nagasaki Asuna.

"The generalization ability is not good enough. We need to use more data from the corridor to augment the data." Cheng Fei stared at the screen and thought.

“That’s what I was thinking too, but the data for the corridor needs to be processed manually, and I haven’t had time to do it by myself lately.” Nagasaki Asuna nodded.

“We can do it together when we go out to sea. Let’s invite Miriam, and Teacher Shen, could you also invite Ye Shuang to help?”

"How can I be sure she has time?" Shen Xi said expressionlessly.

"Of course Ye Shuang is available. Lin Xuanqi is going on a business trip abroad during her vacation, so Ye Shuang can come with us," Cheng Fei said without hesitation.

"You really know a lot about this," Shen Xi sneered.

"Of course, Teacher Shen, you have no idea how much I had to plead with Lin Xuanqi to give you the opportunity to go to sea with her."

"Heh, I really underestimated you. You can even fool someone surnamed Lin."

"Liar? Teacher Shen, let me tell you, I achieved this entirely through my own hard work and struggle. Sooner or later you'll know how hard I've worked for you." Cheng Fei looked at the screen with a nonchalant tone.

Asuna Nagasaki winked beside her and casually interjected, "Actually, it's quite surprising that the model is so accurate all of a sudden, since there are some parts that are difficult to distinguish even by hand."

“After all, humans can only use a few stars like Polaris as a reference, but AI can remember any constellation that is useful.” The boy said, turning his head. “Teacher Shen, you have to thank Nana for her help this time.”

"I can manage without her." Shen Xi paused for a second and turned her face away.

“Minister, you’re just being stubborn.” Cheng Fei looked at Nagasaki Asuna.

The boy and girl made eye contact and smiled simultaneously.

……

The next day, Yinghua's final exams began, and the campus fell into an unprecedented silence.

Until Sunday afternoon.

"Let's go, Teacher Shen, I'm going to play music. I've never wanted to play the piano so much in my life." Cheng Fei, carrying a huge synthesizer storage bag, came to the side of the cool girl with long black hair.

"What are you so excited about?" Shen Xi frowned as she looked at him, her guitar slung over her back.

"After being in jail for so long, you're finally free! Aren't you excited, Teacher Shen?"

"Only an aquatic mammal like you would describe daily school life as being in prison," Shen Xi sneered.

"Teacher Shen, look how happy everyone is. You're the strange one." The boy looked at the Yinghua students who were pouring out of the school gate after the exam. He felt that everyone's face was full of vigor and hope, as if the group of people who were full of pain just two days ago were a different group.

"Most people in this world have intellectual disabilities; they just behave like normal people," Shen Xi scoffed.

"Teacher Shen, your contempt for this world remains as strong as ever," Cheng Fei remarked.

Just as Shen Xi was about to say something, Nagasaki Asuna and Ye Shuang walked over side by side, the former carrying a bass on her back.

Next to appear was Miriam, who came running in a panic, "I'm here!"

"Senior, how did you do on the exam?" Cheng Fei asked curiously.

"Junior, I completely bombed the exam." The girl clutched her blonde hair, her face filled with despair.

"I told you not to listen to us explain problems all day long." The boy shook his head and sighed.

"Waaaaah, I was planning to study hard, but Miss Nagasaki explained the problems so well, and you explained them so well too, junior, I just couldn't resist!" Miriam sobbed.

"Um, should we hurry to the performance hall? We need to get there early, and we're running out of time," Nagasaki Asuna said, tilting her head.

The Real Band will be performing tonight.

So the group got into a van driven by Miriam's butler, Sebastian, and headed to the Starlight Showroom.

"By the way, where's Lin?"

"She handed in her paper and left long ago."

"Work is really busy. By the way, Cheng Fei will also have to work hard on the bass this time."

"It's a small matter."

We had a brief conversation on the way.

As the van arrived near the venue, with plenty of time before the performance began, the scene outside the performance hall was unexpected.

"Teacher Shen, there are so many people in line!" Cheng Fei exclaimed, looking out the window.

"I can see it." Shen Xi said indifferently.

……

170. Nagasaki Asuna strives to stand on the stage.

Presumably waiting to have their tickets checked and enter, the long queue snaked along the sidewalk, creating a human wall on the street.

Nagasaki Asuna looked out the window and silently took out a mask and put it on.

"Nana, you have a cold?" Cheng Fei asked casually.

“The company has done some publicity, and I expect some fans will come over, so it’s a little…” Nagasaki Asuna cast a helpless glance at the boy.

"I see." Cheng Fei nodded.