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

"Why don't you believe me? You're so much prettier than them. You have a beautiful face, great legs, and you're good enough for me."

"You never think about anything serious all day long, you just stare at these parts of me, right?" The girl's smile became even more terrifying.

"To be honest, Xuanqi, is it wrong for me to like your body? Who told you to be so beautiful? You're just seducing me."

"I'm seducing you? You're really dreaming, Cheng Fei. I think you're asking for trouble." The girl's eyelids twitched with anger.

"I seduced you, okay? I went to great lengths to make you my wife. Do you agree now?"

"I agree with you my foot, you smooth talker."

The two argued as they walked, and followed Ye Shuang into a local shop by the roadside.

When it was time to pay the bill, Cheng Fei quietly took a pair of plush cat ears from the side and paid for them together with Ye Shuang's little doll.

Lin Xuanqi noticed his subtle movements, looked up at him with an unfriendly gaze, and asked, "What are you doing? You want Xiaoshuang to wear it, right?"

"How could that be? Of course, it's for you to wear." The boy said seriously.

Lin Xuanqi glanced around coldly, then suddenly revealed a malicious smile. "Fine, on the condition that you put this on for me."

She took a pair of plush dog ears.

"Deal." Cheng Fei immediately agreed.

……

The three's trip to Akihabara continued until Ye Shuang bought so much stuff that she and Cheng Fei couldn't carry it all.

They had their bodyguards drive all their belongings away, and the three of them moved to Hakone, a famous hot spring resort not far from Tokyo. They checked into a quiet hotel.

After indulging in the decadent lifestyle of capitalism in the private open-air hot spring in their room, Cheng Fei and Ye Shuang were summoned to the tea room by Lin Xuanqi in the evening.

"The negotiations with the branch have yielded results, and there's something I need to discuss with you." Lin Xuanqi took a sip of matcha, her brows furrowing slightly from the bitterness.

Cheng Fei glanced at Ye Shuang, "Please speak."

"The Kato couple's misdeeds have been confirmed. As long as the information is handed over to the Financial Services Agency, they will be prosecuted immediately. So Yoshiko Kato proposed a new plan: the Hayashi family will still invest in this hotel called Anshu. However, this time she will use her influence as the managing director to offer generous negotiating terms in exchange for me letting them off the hook."

Lin Xuanqi turned to eat dessert, paused, and said, "In this way, the hotel won't go bankrupt, and the Lin family won't need to raise reserves. In addition, she will give you an extra 20% of the hotel's shares, which you two will each receive half of."

Cheng Fei and Ye Shuang exchanged a glance, and Cheng Fei spoke up, "That's equivalent to the Lin family investing in this bankrupt hotel. Is it worth it? Besides, Kato Kai's presence in the branch's senior management is also a potential problem."

"We've investigated everything. The hotel's operations are fine. The sudden huge losses were caused by investing in stocks." Lin Xuanqi sneered, with a hint of schadenfreude.

"Huh?" Cheng Fei was stunned.

"In addition, Kato Kai's transfer is inevitable. This result is already too good for him, and he accepts it." Lin Xuanqi said in a relaxed tone, "In short, if you settle, you will get 20% of the shares. If you can't swallow this, send them to jail. I don't care. So the decision is up to you. Discuss it yourselves."

After he finished speaking, the tea room fell silent, with only the bubbling of the boiling water used to brew the tea.

"Master Ye, what do you think?" Cheng Fei looked to the side.

"I don't care either." Ye Shuang lowered her eyes and sipped her tea, her expression indifferent.

Lin Xuanqi gave Cheng Fei a cryptic smile.

He thought for a moment, then asked, "May I ask first, what does 'phantom stock' mean?"

"So you didn't even know this after all this time?" Lin Xuanqi chuckled. "You can think of it as shares that don't have management rights but only receive dividends."

"I see." The boy nodded. "How much money can you get from a 10% stake in the company each year?"

"If we calculate based on their profits from normal operations in the past few years, it's not much, only a few million a year." Lin Xuanqi tilted her head back and yawned, glancing at Cheng Fei out of the corner of her eye.

"You're not talking about the Japanese yen, are you?"

"Of course not, if it only makes this much money, it might as well go out of business sooner." Lin Xuanqi rolled her eyes.

The boy smacked his lips. "I'll think about it."

"You're actually considering this? Cheng Fei, your standards are so high now. Even a few million a year isn't enough for you to swallow your pride." Lin Xuanqi seemed to have found something very interesting.

"Xuanqi, you're the only one I'd let die so easily." The boy shook his head and sighed.

Lin Xuanqi rolled her eyes at him, stood up, and said, "It's up to you. Just give me an answer by tomorrow morning at the latest."

After saying that, the girl left the tea room.

Seeing this, Ye Shuang also got up and left, leaving Cheng Fei alone.

The boy picked up his teacup, took a sip, stared at the clear tea in silence for a moment, then took out his phone to send a message to his tea master via WeChat.

"Nana, I have something for you to decide."

……

When Cheng Fei pulled open the paper shoji door, Lin Xuanqi was soaking in a hot spring in the quiet courtyard.

Hearing the sound, the girl turned her head and glanced at it, then pulled the bath towel up to her chest to cover herself.

The boy sat down silently next to her and put his arm around her small, smooth shoulders.

"Have you thought it through?" The girl squinted, remaining motionless.

"I've thought it through. Let's settle." The boy said expressionlessly.

"Why do you seem a little unhappy, Cheng Fei?" Lin Xuanqi turned her head and reached out to pinch his cheek.

"Sigh, I don't really want to reconcile, but since it will benefit the Lin family, I have no choice but to reluctantly accept it." The young man's serious expression made it seem as if he had made a great sacrifice.

The girl laughed, "You get 10% of someone else's shares just for getting a little physical injury? So many people would line up for that, and you're here acting all innocent while I'm getting a good deal, huh?"

“Those were over a hundred yakuza members. Most people would have been killed long ago. I also saw through Chief Kishi’s mole identity. I deserve all of this.” The boy straightened his back.

"Alright, enough with the fighting, it's settled then." Lin Xuanqi pinched his cheek again, wrapped herself in a bath towel, straightened her upper body, leaned out of the pool to get her phone, and made a call. "Agreed to a settlement, that's it."

After the girl finished speaking coldly, she hung up the phone and tried to retreat back into the water, but was stopped.

……

228. Let's congratulate Cheng Fei on the progress of his revenge plan.

"Cheng Fei, what do you want to do?" Lin Xuanqi turned her head, a half-smile on her face.

Without saying a word, the boy half-forcefully pulled her into his arms and silenced her with a kiss.

The courtyard of the hot spring pool has been carefully designed. The red maples by the courtyard wall have withered, but the uniquely shaped Podocarpus macrophyllus is still green. Asparagus, Nandina domestica and moss are scattered around the pool, and irises and yellow irises are also planted in the decorative pool.

The snow started falling at dusk. The glistening snowflakes drifted down to the edge of the pond and quickly melted into water. The misty vapor drifted in the air, condensed high up and dripped back down, and the water droplets hit the surface of the water, making a soft, lingering sound.

The light from the paper lantern was a perfect orange-yellow, piercing through the mist and shining into the bottom of the pool. The light and shadow created a beautiful contrast, revealing the girl's graceful, delicate legs, which were as white as snow, and which involuntarily came together and swayed, appearing and disappearing in the rippling water.

After a long silence, the boy and girl gazed at each other, who were so close together, their eyes like silver threads stretching through the air before falling into the pool.

Perhaps due to soaking for too long, Lin Xuanqi's naturally flawless face was tinged with an unnatural blush, and the arrogance between her brows was completely subdued, leaving only a hint of allure in the corners of her eyes.

"Xuanqi, I want you."

The words of greed uttered by the boy carried a captivating magic; simply looking into his deep eyes would exhaust any woman's heart.

Lin Xuanqi was no exception. The girl didn't even realize that she had been lost in thought for a moment. It took her a while to come back to her senses and she lowered her eyes to force herself to calm down.

"Cheng Fei, I have a question for you." She exhaled lightly, her face expressionless.

"You speak."

"Have you broken up with Shen Xi?" Lin Xuanqi forced herself to regain her aloof expression and raised her chin.

"Xuanqi, with you around, I can't think of any reason to like her. She has no figure and a terrible temper." The boy lightly touched the corner of the girl's eye with his fingertips, as if admiring an exquisite work of art.

"Then tell me the truth, do you still hate me?" Lin Xuanqi leaned close to the boy's face intimately, as if she were just saying it casually.

It's as if you can hear the sound of snowflakes falling to the ground.

"Hate," the boy said, lowering his head. "I've always hated it."

The girl's expression remained unchanged, but a shadow of gloom flashed deep in her eyes.

"Xuanqi, actually, from the first moment I saw you, I wanted to tear your pantyhose off." The boy suddenly swept his sharp gaze over her entire body, his fierce tone like that of a thug.

The girl's pupils contracted, and she felt a strange, inexplicable feeling caught off guard.

"Xuanqi, have you noticed that since we met, I've always kept my word? Now I'm going to say that starting next month, my investment model will never lose money again, not even for a single day. Do you believe me?" the boy suddenly said in a confident tone.

"That's easy, you'll never lose money if you stay out of the market your whole life." The girl immediately scoffed.

“Unless there’s a financial crisis, we’ll always have at least five layers of storage.” The boy held up five fingers and looked into her eyes.

The girl's eyes flickered rapidly, and she frowned. "Cheng Fei, you're really incredibly arrogant. Even a stock market guru wouldn't dare say something like that."

"Therefore I will become the new god."

"I think you're crazy." The girl rolled her eyes at him and scoffed dismissively.

"Want to make a bet with me? I bet that for the next thirty days, my account will be all in the green. If I lose, I'll be your dog for life."

The girl looked at his serious eyes, seemingly lost in thought, and asked, "If I win, what do you want?"

"If you win, you'll have to call me 'husband' from now on, willingly, no matter what," the boy said smugly.

Lin Xuanqi was silent for a moment, then suddenly grabbed the boy underwater, observing him with a mixture of anger and amusement. "Cheng Fei, you wouldn't be trying to trick me with this, would you? Anyway, you've always been my dog ​​for life."

"Xuanqi, I advise you to be prepared to willingly call me husband." Cheng Fei pulled her close, pressing her down and making her tremble instinctively. "I'm serious, you're not afraid to bet with me, are you?"

Lin Xuanqi met his confident gaze, paused for a moment, then suddenly slapped the water's surface forcefully, letting out a sickly laugh amidst the splashing water, "Interesting! Cheng Fei, you're really funny! I never thought you could make me so happy even today... Okay, I'll take your bet!"

"You won't cheat if you lose, will you?" the boy asked, sounding somewhat worried.

"Don't worry, with the recent market conditions, if you can maintain a half-position for a month without losing money even once, then I might as well call you 'husband'." Lin Xuanqi tapped his face with her nimble fingertips, her smile turning dangerous. "However, if I win, then I won't be polite, my willing and obedient doggy~"

"Is it a deal?" The boy's lips curled into a smile as he extended his hand.

"It's a deal." The girl gave him a high five and smiled happily.

Lin Xuanqi's eyes flickered, and she rested her chin on the boy's neck, chuckling as she said, "Cheng Fei, do you want me that much?"

"Xuanqi, you are my Venus." The boy hugged her tightly.

"Smooth talker..." Lin Xuanqi stared at the space behind him, her eyes narrowing slightly. "Cheng Fei, today I'm not only going to give it to you, but I'm also going to fulfill your wish."

"Xuanqi..." The sound of the boy swallowing was incredibly clear.

"After all, you're going to be my obedient dog for the rest of your life. If I don't even satisfy you for one day, wouldn't it make me, your owner, seem too bad?" Lin Xuanqi smiled maliciously.

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Xuanqi relaxed her body and let herself slump into the boy's arms, whispering devilishly in his ear, "Husband~ today I'll allow you to properly... tear my pantyhose."

……

The next afternoon, Ye Shuang walked towards Lin Xuanqi's suite.

Given her relationship with Lin Xuanqi, she didn't need to knock before entering the front hall; she could simply pull open the shoji door.

"Miss, headquarters said they can't reach you because of something..."

Ye Shuang froze as soon as she finished speaking.

Lin Xuanqi, who was inside with disheveled hair, standing on tiptoe, leaning against the wall, was also stunned.

The moment their eyes met, Ye Shuang quickly pushed the door back open, turned around and left expressionlessly.

……

Endurance 7 (Excellent) → 8 (Exceptional)

……

The three stayed at the hotel for two nights. On the third day, when they were supposed to leave, Ye Shuang waited an extra half hour before Lin Xuanqi finally arrived.

This was something Lin Xuanqi, who always has a tight schedule, had never done before.

The three returned by private plane. During the flight, Lin Xuanqi was held in Cheng Fei's arms and slept, with a blanket covering them.

"Don't move! I'm so sleepy..." the girl suddenly scolded sharply, as if she was very unhappy.

"Okay," the boy replied softly.

Ye Shuang, sitting in the seat behind them, seemed oblivious to their conversation, engrossed in reading her comics.

……

Back in Academy City, Lin Xuanqi rushed off to work. Cheng Fei wanted to go with her, but was sternly refused.