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

As they spoke, the two were already standing near the back door, in a convenient spot to get off the bus.

At that moment, the boy caught a glimpse of a passenger in the higher back seat next to him. The passenger was wearing spotless black uniform shoes, and the rounded ankles and slender calves encased in over-the-knee socks made the boy feel quite uneasy.

Cheng Fei's gaze moved upwards, and he noticed that the passenger's legs were excessively slender and beautiful. However, as if sensing his gaze, the already tightly pressed legs pressed together even more forcefully.

The boy's gaze shifted to the passenger's face, where he saw a delicate and beautiful face, one that could be described as stunning.

A cool, aloof girl with long, dark hair sat high above him, looking down at him and Nagasaki Asuna beside her with a gaze as sharp and piercing as the perpetual ice of Antarctica.

The carriage, which was usually filled with the noise of the engine in the early morning, suddenly became deathly silent.

The faint smile that had been on the boy's face from being close to Nagasaki Asuna froze.

"Good morning, Teacher Shen," Cheng Fei said, his voice dry and mummy-like.

Nagasaki Asuna, who was standing next to him with her head down, was startled and quickly looked up, blinking.

"Good morning, Shen Xi." The girl finished speaking, then pursed her lips and silently turned her gaze away.

Shen Xi stared at Cheng Fei, and the two looked at each other silently for a moment before Shen Xi turned her gaze to the window as if she hadn't seen or heard anything.

The early morning bus takes about 30 minutes from Guang'an Street to Yinghua.

These thirty minutes today were the most unbearable thirty minutes of Cheng Fei's life so far.

He considered letting go of Nagasaki Asuna to talk to Shen Xi, but in the end he held the girl's small hand tightly and turned his gaze to the window.

Shen Xi also stared out the window, expressionless, her stubborn lips tightly closed.

"Sakura High School Station has arrived. Passengers who wish to alight, please exit through the rear door..."

As the announcement was made, the three seemingly unrelated individuals got off the bus one by one.

Shen Xi walked in front, Cheng Fei followed on the side, and Nagasaki Asuna followed further back.

The three of them, along with the other students, entered the gates of Sakura Academy and headed to their respective classrooms.

……

As the bell rang for the end of the last get out of class in the morning, the hungry students scattered in all directions.

"Cheng Fei, Cheng Fei, are you alright after yesterday?" Zhou Han ran up to the boy who was tidying up his textbooks.

"It's okay."

"What's so special about that love letter? Can you tell me?" The petite and lively girl blinked her round eyes, seemingly just curious.

Hearing this, Chen Hao and the others nearby listened intently without making a sound.

"Actually, it's nothing. It's just that the girl has mental problems. She said she wanted to see me or she wouldn't live anymore, so I had to go and comfort her." The boy said seriously.

"You're utterly wicked, kid. Confess what you did to them!" Chen Hao lamented.

"I don't even know her well." The boy shook his head and sighed.

"Is that girl pretty?" Zhou Han asked again.

"It's quite pretty."

"With such a great opportunity, you're definitely going to two-time her, aren't you?" Chen Hao's eyes widened, his resentment and envy almost overflowing. "Enjoying a rich and beautiful girl like Lin Xuanqi on one hand, and dating a sickly and beautiful girl with mental problems on the other... You deserve to die!"

"How could that be? In my eyes, no one can compare to my Xuanqi." The boy shook his head.

"Chen Hao talks nonsense all day long. Cheng Fei is different from guys like you, you know?" Zhou Han rolled her eyes at him.

"Men are all like this!" Chen Hao clenched his fist.

"So, are we going to eat? How many of you?" Du Xinhua stood up from her seat.

"You guys go ahead, I have other things to do at noon." The boy next to him shook his head.

Under the watchful eyes of several people, Cheng Fei left the classroom with his hands in his pockets.

……

274. Just two people eating in the electronics district.

In the classroom on the other side, a gentle and soothing girl sat in her seat, silently taking off the red agate hair tie from her wrist and gathering her shoulder-length coffee-colored hair into short pigtails.

Students passing by kept greeting the girl, showing how popular she was.

"Asuna, I'm off now, bye-bye~"

Bye-bye~

"Asuna, I heard you're taking a break from school, what's going on?"

"Huh? That's not true."

"Asuna, you have a new performance this week, right? Good luck."

"Yes, thank you."

"Asuna, did you change your hairstyle?"

"Ah, I'd like to give it a try."

"Asuna, this hair tie must be expensive, was it a gift from a boy?"

"No, I bought it myself, it was very cheap."

Amid such conversations, the girl left the classroom with light steps.

In the corridor, her eyes met briefly with those of a similarly prominent young man across the crowd. When he turned and walked away, she silently followed.

The two kept a great distance apart, seemingly unrelated. Only upon closer inspection could one discover that the girl following behind had her clear, bright eyes completely focused on the boy's back, a faint smile playing on her lips.

The boy went to a popular electronics street nearby and entered a private room in a Japanese restaurant.

The girl followed him in a little while later, lifted the curtain, sat down opposite the boy, rested her chin on her hands, and stared at him without blinking.

What is Cheng Fei thinking about?

"I'm thinking about how to coax her this afternoon."

"I see." Nagasaki Asuna leaned on the table and sighed softly. "She must be furious. This is such a hassle."

"It's alright, she won't be too angry. As long as you don't provoke her, there won't be any problems," the boy pondered.

"Should I still go this afternoon?"

"Just do it the same as usual."

"Okay~ should I... apologize to her?"

"No need, just treat her the way you did last semester." The boy shook his head.

"I know, it means I can continue being a mistress." The girl blinked and tilted her head with a mischievous grin.

“Yeah, you can just keep being a mistress,” the boy agreed.

"Cheng Fei is so mean." The girl puffed out one cheek. "Only I should be able to say things like that."

“She’s the older one and you’re the younger one, that’s just the way it is.” The boy reached out and pinched her cheek.

“I’m clearly the oldest…” The girl puffed out her other cheek and deliberately puffed out her chest.

"If you're so capable, make both sides bulge." The boy pinched her cheek again.

"No way, having bulges on both sides makes me look silly," the girl pouted.

"You really are a bit silly."

"She's just a simpleton in front of Cheng Fei, but in front of outsiders she's the beautiful and intelligent Nagasaki Asuna." The girl deliberately raised her chin and gave a coquettish snort.

"Why did you tie your hair up again, Nagasaki Asuna-san?" the boy asked, puzzled.

“Because I want to…” The girl’s gaze wandered.

The waiter came to serve the food, and the two temporarily stopped talking.

Cheng Fei ordered the dishes: eel rice, beef bowl, yakitori, thick-cut grilled beef tongue, and two bottles of Ramune soda.

After the waiter left, Nagasaki Asuna rested her chin on her hand, squinted her eyes, and a smile appeared on her lips.

"What are you so happy about over there?" the boy asked, looking at her.

"I kind of miss the first time Cheng Fei asked me out."

"It was just last semester, nothing to miss," the boy said, pursing his lips.

"It's just nostalgia." The girl couldn't stop smiling, not picking up her chopsticks but just propping her chin up and staring at the food, as if that was enough to fill her up.

“Come here, you vixen,” the boy suddenly said.

"Huh?" Nagasaki Asuna tilted her head.

"Can't understand?"

"Okay~" The girl snapped out of her daze and quickly moved to the other side of the table.

"Huh... Cheng Fei?"

"You know the result of tying your hair up, right? Hurry up and eat."

"Yes, I understand." Nagasaki Asuna stumbled, biting her lip and trembling as she reached for her chopsticks and began stirring the noodles.

Her fair earlobes, exposed by her hair tied in pigtails, were so red they looked like they were about to bleed.

"Cheng Fei..."

"what happened?"

"Nana loves you so much..." The girl seemed to have all her strength drained away.

"I know," the boy said nonchalantly.

I really, really love you...

"Ok."

"Cheng Fei..."

"What's wrong now?"

"Can we eat later...?" The girl turned her body with difficulty and opened her mouth slightly as if she was thirsty.

"Whatever you want."

In the end, the noodles clumped together and were traded for eel rice by the boy.

The girl, back in her seat, ate her eel rice. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of the boy staring at his noodles with a troubled expression. His shapely legs, encased in over-the-knee socks, were pressed tightly together, and he buried his head, a smile involuntarily creeping onto his lips…

After filling her stomach, the girl ran to the boy's side, yawned heavily, and leaned softly against his shoulder with her eyes slightly closed.

"Cheng Fei, may I take a nap?"

“No problem.” The boy simply put his arm around her.

"That feels so good." Nagasaki Asuna breathed a sigh of relief. "Cheng Fei, my friend."

"what?"

"We'll be going our separate ways again when we go out, right?" the girl said with her eyes closed.

"of course."

"I wish I could stick to Cheng Fei anytime, anywhere."

"In the future."

Will it?

"Yes, once I get rid of Lin Xuanqi, you can be open about it openly."

"What about Shen Xi?"

"She is the same, of course."

"If the three of them walk together, other people will definitely look at them strangely."

Are you scared?