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

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Hao stared at his wrist, gritting his teeth as if he was about to squeeze out tears. "Cheng Fei, I even considered you my nemesis, and I spent the entire holiday training this monstrous arm!"

"Your efforts will pay off sooner or later, so forget about me." The boy shook his head.

He could tell at a glance that Chen Hao was no longer his match. He had started the arm-wrestling match to confirm his own growth, and now that he had achieved that goal, there was no need to continue.

Although his current strength is the result of hard work and sweat, the effect of the fitness tracker cannot be denied.

Using this power to flaunt or even trample on the dignity of friends is not something a realist should do.

“I think Cheng Fei is just right now. He has the spirit of a man and isn’t like a disgusting muscleman like you. You should stop bothering him.” Zhou Han stood behind Cheng Fei, looking firmly supportive.

"Disgusting muscle man...?" Chen Hao suddenly lost his color.

"Please accept my condolences. You should have expected this kind of comment." Du Xinhua patted him on the shoulder.

What made the group suddenly turn serious and end their conversation was the class monitor who walked over quickly. She pushed up her glasses and said, "A few boys, come with me to move the textbooks."

"I'll go," the deputy squad leader was the first to step forward.

The others also quickly got up.

……

The warehouse building next to the Academic Affairs Office was bustling with activity.

Each class receives textbooks from the supervising teacher, piles them up in the open space outside, and then organizes people to carry them back to the classroom.

The textbooks for each class were stacked into a neat little mountain, like ammunition and supplies about to be transported to the front lines.

Cheng Fei helped collect the textbooks and happened to run into the neighboring Class 7, where a beautiful and aloof girl stood.

Her slender figure drew all eyes to her surroundings, and due to her aloof and unapproachable aura, no one dared to enter within two meters except for her classmates.

Cheng Fei smiled as he looked at the girl, a hint of doting affection in his eyes.

A girl with pigtails passing by was accidentally injured. Her gaze was uncontrollably fixed on the boy's face. She tripped over her own foot with her left foot and screamed "Ouch!" as she almost fell. Fortunately, the textbooks she was carrying were tied up, preventing a tragedy.

Shen Xi turned her gaze away coldly, her delicate brows furrowing slightly as she felt a strong sense of disgust.

Cheng Fei was taken aback, but because he was busy moving teaching materials and avoiding suspicion, he didn't find an opportunity to strike up a conversation.

After the textbooks were collected, the next step was to move them back to the classroom.

Cheng Fei carried a large stack of things away by himself, almost obscuring the road ahead.

This scene ignited Chen Hao's competitive spirit, so he gritted his teeth and carried an even higher stack, his steps unsteady. "Which way should I go? I can't see the road!"

"That's why you shouldn't be so stubborn..." Du Xinhua, who was carrying very little, sighed and helped him remove the books that were blocking his eyes.

As Cheng Fei walked back to the teaching building, he heard familiar, light footsteps beside him.

……

249. The truth behind Shen Xi's disgust is

The aloof girl with long, dark hair walked forward expressionlessly, seemingly not walking alongside Cheng Fei, but just in the same direction.

Shen Xi carried a few textbooks in her arms, her slender legs moving swiftly, with an air of wanting to leave the boy behind.

"It's cute how she pretends to appear next to me unintentionally, and how she's so weak that she's only carrying a small stack of books and walking quickly." Cheng Fei followed her pace, admiring her profile.

Shen Xi kept her eyes straight ahead, seemingly unable to hear anything, and just kept walking forward.

The boy and girl walked upstairs side by side without exchanging a single word. Upon reaching the door of Class 6, the girl continued upstairs towards Class 7.

Cheng Fei piled the textbooks on the podium, went to the stairwell, put his hands in his pockets, and waited for a moment.

Shen Xi walked down the stairs, her gaze meeting his, and continued downstairs expressionlessly.

Cheng Fei followed without showing any emotion, observing the girl's indifferent face. "Are you still my Shen Xi? After not seeing you for a while, has your human personality been replaced by the Star Spirit Queen?"

The girl stubbornly kept her lips tightly closed, refusing to even look at him.

"Teacher Shen, it's a new week, can you come into my arms on your own?"

Shen Xi's eyes flickered, and she raised her chin to say her first words to the two of them since they met today. Her tone was completely flat, revealing neither joy nor anger: "Okay, but you have to go to the front."

Cheng Fei looked at the lively open space in front of him, smacked his lips, and said, "Teacher Shen, please don't be like that. Have I done anything to upset you lately?"

The girl narrowed her eyes, then quickened her pace without saying a word.

The two then picked up their textbooks from their respective classrooms and left one after the other, before heading upstairs side by side in a less crowded area.

"Did Lin Xuanqi say something disgusting to you, or did Nana and you have another argument?" Cheng Fei pondered, looking at Shen Xi's icy face.

"Compared to others, I suggest you reflect on yourself." Shen Xi gave a heavy sneer.

"I didn't do anything?" the boy asked, puzzled.

The girl shut her mouth and quickened her pace.

The two went to their respective classrooms to put down their textbooks and met at the stairwell.

This time, Shen Xi walked up to Cheng Fei expressionlessly, kicked him with her black uniform shoes, and then quickly went downstairs with her mouth shut.

Cheng Fei walked with her, stroking his chin thoughtfully, "Is it because I haven't visited you or messaged you for a few days? If so, I'm truly sorry. I've neglected to spend time with Your Highness, even though I remember telling you beforehand to focus on your studies."

The girl took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, and quickened her pace.

On the next trip carrying textbooks side by side, Cheng Fei gave up thinking and said, "Little cutie, please forgive me. No matter what I did to make you angry, how about I buy you taiyaki tonight to apologize?"

"I didn't say someone like you could come into the house." Before going upstairs, Shen Xi glared at him fiercely and said, "Goodbye, and more disgusting."

The task of moving the textbooks is now complete.

"What kind of person are you referring to?"

The boy pondered this profound question for a long time.

……

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Cheng Fei walked through the still withered wisteria corridor with his hands in his pockets and headed to the club activity building.

The ginkgo trees in the courtyard showed no sign of sprouting, standing quietly there gazing at the boy.

Spring did not arrive in Academy City with the start of the school season; the weather forecast predicted continued cold winds and rain.

The young man, familiar with the route, climbed to the sixth floor and pushed open the only door.

In the familiar activity room, the familiar aloof girl sat alone on a steel tube chair, head down, writing something. This was the highest point of Sakura, and she seemed like a fairy princess who lived apart from the world.

Cheng Fei pulled up a steel pipe chair, wiped off the dust, and sat down next to Shen Xi. "Teacher Shen, are you happy? It's been a month since we last met, and you're back in our love nest."

The girl moved away expressionlessly, distancing herself from him.

Cheng Fei followed.

The girl pulled it open again.

"What's wrong, Shen Xi? This isn't like you." Cheng Fei observed her cool yet captivating face.

"First of all, I didn't cause any trouble," the girl said coldly.

“That’s right. How could my Shen Xi possibly be upset? She’s the embodiment of the goddess of wisdom, so what’s the second reason?” Cheng Fei said seriously.

"Secondly, I simply saw through the utterly disgusting true colors of some people, so I drew a line between us." The girl stared into the void, her delicate brows furrowing slightly, as if she had remembered something unpleasant.

Cheng Fei pondered for a moment, then nodded. "I see. So what discovery made you find certain people utterly disgusting? Please tell me."

"Still putting on airs here, Cheng Feiyu is so hypocritical." The girl gritted her teeth and kicked him again, as if she couldn't hold back her anger.

"Teacher Shen, I know you're expressing your dissatisfaction, but because you're so adorable, to be honest, you're basically seducing me with your legs, especially while wearing over-the-knee socks and uniform shoes," Cheng Fei said sincerely.

"Heh, if you're really interested in legs, fine. Anyway, I'm used to this endless mental abuse that comes with coming into your sight." The girl turned her face away, her eyes flashing.

"You can actually get used to something so serious? Teacher Shen, you're amazing." Cheng Fei's surprise seemed genuine.

The girl kicked him again, her face cold. "Still pretending? Are you interested in legs?"

Cheng Fei was taken aback and quickly sat up straight. "Teacher Shen, I'm sorry. I admit that I'm not only interested in your legs. I don't know why, but after seeing your feet several times before, I sometimes can't help but think about them. The more I think about them, the more I feel that your feet are small and cute. I also think this kind of thinking is very perverted. I apologize!"

Stop with your sweet talk.

"Now you call this sweet talk? Then I'll praise you from head to toe from now on."

Shen Xi lowered her eyes, took a deep breath, and, as if unable to bear it any longer, gritted her teeth and kicked him again. "Cheng Fei! If you were only interested in my body, that would be one thing. I had long anticipated your filthy aquatic mammalian nature, but I still didn't expect you to be like this, like this..."

"What is this?" the boy asked cautiously, looking at her.

"Such a hopelessly perverted fetishist!" the girl cursed through gritted teeth.

The boy paused for a second, then said, "Teacher Shen, I think there's a misunderstanding between us."

"Misunderstanding? Stop making excuses." The girl trembled violently as if she had caught a chill. She had kicked him for who knows how many times today. Her sharp gaze pierced him. "Don't think I don't know who took things from my closet without telling me and then disappeared. I feel disgusted just thinking about what you were doing with my things in the dark sewers."

Cheng Fei realized, "Teacher Shen, this description is really a bit too exaggerated. It's true that I like you, but it's just a pair of your over-the-knee socks. I wouldn't go that far."

……

250. What angered Shen Xi was

"Then tell me you haven't sent me a single message in a week. If you're not feeling guilty, what have you been doing?" Shen Xi glared at Cheng Fei.

"So what you were worried about was that I hadn't messaged you for a week? Teacher Shen, you're so cute." The boy breathed a sigh of relief in an exaggerated way.

"Stop trying to confuse me. The point is you took the things and ran away without telling me. If you had admitted it to me afterwards, I could have reluctantly pretended it never happened. But after all these days, you haven't said a word." The girl took a deep breath, seemingly trying to control her emotions.

"So the main point is that I haven't spoken to you for a week..."

"Shut up! If I hadn't found out, were you planning to pretend you didn't do anything in front of me forever, and even keep taking things from my closet to satisfy your ugly, shameful fetishes?" Shen Xi stared at him intently. "You'd be satisfied with these things, and there would be no need for you to even talk to me."

"The main issue is that I haven't spoken to you for a week..."

"Stop twisting my words. Answer my question directly, Cheng Fei. I still believed you had some last bit of ambition in life, and I never suspected you of touching my wardrobe. How could you be such a despicable person, like a rat in the dark sewers?"

From the girl's complex expression, Cheng Fei sensed three parts disgust, three parts hatred, three parts disappointment, and one part anger at her lack of ambition.

"Teacher Shen, you've misunderstood. Actually, I took those over-the-knee socks back because..." The boy's words trailed off.

"For what?" Shen Xi stared at him with a furrowed brow.

"It's nothing. I was just so twisted by my desire for you that I was momentarily blinded and did this. I've been very remorseful these past few days. I won't do it again. Please forgive me, Teacher Shen." The boy lowered his head.

Shen Xi frowned thoughtfully, "What did you take it for?"

"To satisfy my filthy desires," the boy said without hesitation.

Shen Xi's eyes flickered. "I don't believe you. Bring it back and show it to me."

"It was filthy from top to bottom, inside and out, and then it was thrown away."

Shen Xi bit her lip tightly and turned her face away.

The boy observed her, "Was my description too disgusting? I'm sorry, Teacher Shen, never mind."

"Fine, do whatever you want." Shen Xi took a deep breath and pinched her brow. "Let's just forget about this. I don't want to see you like this again. Don't disappoint me, Cheng Fei."

Meeting her gaze, the boy nodded. "Definitely not."

"If you really can't control yourself, just bring it up. I can't refuse to give you a new pair. Anyway, since this is your nature, it's not easy to change. Just don't keep taking them from me behind my back." Shen Xi turned her face away expressionlessly.

"Teacher Shen, I'm very grateful that you're so lenient with me now, but common sense dictates that you should wear it at least once before doing that kind of thing, right?" the boy said seriously.

Shen Xi turned around and glared at him, "No, it's unhygienic. I forbid you from doing that. Isn't it enough that it belongs to me? Anyway, it's just psychological, there's no real difference."

The boy pursed his lips. "Teacher Shen, I really feel a little ashamed of your meticulous care."

"Enough, let's leave this disgusting topic behind. If you're ashamed, then you'll be even more loyal to me."

“Yes, Your Highness.” Cheng Fei bowed his head.

"Oh right, I almost forgot about this." The boy suddenly remembered something, took out two hand warmers from his bag, and placed them in front of the girl as if offering them as a sacrifice.

Shen Xi was taken aback for a moment, then said expressionlessly, "You haven't forgotten after all."

"Because your hands are cold, I'll bring you hand warmers every day until spring. I mean what I say." Cheng Fei said seriously.