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

"This light-powered stove is probably an invention of that old man; you can't find it anywhere else," Cheng Fei said.

"He seems very powerful, but who exactly is he?" Nagasaki Asuna blinked.

"I've inquired, but no one in town knows anything about him. They only know that he's been living alone here for several years," Cheng Fei said, shaking his head.

“His name is Robertstein,” Leia suddenly said.

"Oh, so you two know each other?" Nagasaki Asuna turned her head.

“Robertstein is the greatest light magic craftsman in Artoria,” Rhea said, her expression inscrutable. “He is also the most despicable and foolish.”

"Why do you say that? Tell us about it." Cheng Fei used a roughly made frying pan to heat the oil.

"In his youth, he was a nobleman in the capital, passionate about studying light magic technology. All the light magic particle weapons we have now are derived from his inventions," Leia said softly. "From that time on, any child from the lower classes, as long as they had the strength to pull the trigger, had the opportunity to kill elves or magic knights. As a result, first the Iris Federation broke away from the Empire, and later the New Order Alliance emerged from the lower classes. Elconis was completely engulfed by war."

“The upper airspace has always oppressed the lower levels, and technological development leading to social change is an inevitable historical path,” Cheng Fei said casually. Noticing Leia staring at him with a puzzled look, he shrugged and said, “It’s okay if you don’t understand.”

"Then why would such a powerful person live alone in Yongquan Town? Isn't this a remote area of ​​the empire?" Nagasaki Asuna added seasoning to the egg mixture.

“Robertstein’s parents died in a riot in the capital. His father was killed by light magic particles, and his mother was crushed to death by a building destroyed by a light magic bomb.” Leia’s expression was not without sarcasm. “Because the weapons he invented aided the rebellion of the lower classes, he was convicted, lost his title, was forced to hand over all his research results, and was expelled from the capital, where he remains to this day.”

"Well, rationally speaking, shouldn't we let him continue his research?" Nagasaki Asuna handed the prepared egg mixture to Cheng Fei.

"Nana, humans are sometimes irrational. After all, it's almost impossible to see the whole picture of the times from the present moment, so people can only act according to their own sense of justice." Cheng Fei poured the egg mixture into the pan and spread it out.

"The old nobles are utterly foolish. The production of light magic crystals in the lower airspace is naturally higher than that in the upper airspace. It's only a matter of time before such an empire perishes." Shen Xi said coldly.

"Teacher Shen, where did you get the information that the lower-level crystal production is high?" Cheng Fei asked, glancing sideways.

"It's written in this notebook." Sitting on a high stool, Shen Xiping held up the yellowed pages of the book, which he had apparently retrieved from the workshop.

"It's also cute to see her sitting quietly reading while we're cooking, unable to help." The boy looked at her with doting eyes.

"Disgusting. If you're going to talk about something serious, then talk about it properly." Shen Xi frowned and kicked him.

“Okay, that explains why the empire with its Demon Knights couldn’t suppress the Allied forces from the lower ranks.” Cheng Fei adopted a serious expression. “The Allied forces have ample supplies of ammunition and fuel, making this kind of combat power generation much faster than training Demon Knights and familiars.”

Asuna Nagasaki thought for a moment, then lowered her head to pick vegetables. "That also explains why the Empire is so desperately kidnapping elves, right? In the old days, the elves and the Empire were on good terms. The lion on the Empire's blue flag with a golden lion on it is the legendary lion that guards the World Tree."

Leia gritted her teeth and lowered her head.

"I'm quite curious about which side the elves are on in this situation?" Cheng Fei asked the former.

Faced with this question, Leia paused for a moment, then said softly, "Elves are the chosen race of the gods who live in the World Tree Canopy, and they will not interfere in human wars at will."

"They really are high and mighty, but it's a pity that the so-called chosen race isn't that strong. The so-called chosen one is probably just a fantasy." Shen Xi said expressionlessly.

"Teacher Shen, we must respect people's beliefs," Cheng Fei said in a low voice.

"The Chosen Ones are not a fantasy!" Rhea's voice suddenly rose, her fist clenched. "The will of the World Tree protects Elkonis, and the Elves are the race responsible for communicating with the World Tree, but..."

Leia lowered her head, and her voice stopped abruptly.

"Just what?" Nagasaki Asuna tilted her head.

"It's nothing." Leia shook her head, her words suddenly losing their strength.

The three travelers looked at each other.

……

The boy took off his helmet; it was almost dark.

He changed his clothes, put his hands in his pockets, and headed to the upscale apartment across the street.

When Cheng Fei entered, Nagasaki Asuna was busy in the kitchen.

Shen Xi walked out of the bedroom with a book, expressionless, completely ignoring the boy staring at her face, and sat down at the dining table.

"Let me help." Cheng Fei rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the open kitchen.

Shen Xi stared at her book and chuckled, "How obsequious."

“Teacher Shen, no matter how you look at it, it’s not good to let Nana do it all by herself. Of course, I don’t mean to criticize you for not helping.” The boy looked at her from across the island platform.

"Please get this straight: it's you guys who insist on cooking dinner for yourselves at every meeting. I've never agreed to it, so why should I do it?" Shen Xi said coldly.

"Teacher Shen, this is called team building, which is indispensable for improving cohesion. It's okay if you don't understand this kind of internal affairs; as the deputy minister and governor, I will arrange it." The boy said seriously.

"It's even more ridiculous. Nobody here wants to form a bond with you, and I have even less interest in forming a bond with a vixen."

"Teacher Shen, please don't do this. Nana and I are your family."

"Shut up, that's disgusting."

Asuna Nagasaki didn't participate in their conversation, focusing instead on preparing the dish, a slight smile playing on her lips.

As darkness fell, steaming hot dishes were placed on the table, and the three of them sat down. The warm orange light on the table made them feel very comfortable.

Cheng Fei inserted straws into everyone's Want Want milk and asked, "Teacher Shen, don't you think this is a good idea?"

"What crazy things are you going to say now?" Shen Xi asked, frowning as she held her chopsticks.

“You are a child without a mother, Nana is a child without a father, and I am an orphan. The three of us are a perfect family.” The boy opened his arms.

"As expected, shut up." Shen Xi's face turned cold. She took a deep breath and gritted her teeth as she kicked him under the table.

“Um, seriously speaking, I think we really should try to win over Leia and find out what secrets she knows.” Nagasaki Asuna looked up as she peeled boiled shrimp.

"I second that. She's clearly not an ordinary person and deserves to be investigated further. Of course, no matter what her identity is, Teacher Shen, you will always be the only Elf Saintess in my heart." Cheng Fei spoke the last sentence very quickly.

"Then just arrest her and interrogate her. Also, please stop giving me those identities that are purely to satisfy your filthy delusions." Shen Xi glared at him.

330. Shen Xi wasn't being coquettish.

"The torture was too brutal, Teacher Shen. We have some kind of relationship with her."

"Ha, a meaningless friendship, and she's not a good person at all, can't you see that? In the past, the elves and the empire were on the same side. The empire relied on the violence of the Demon Knights to oppress the lower skies, while the elves stood by and watched. It wasn't until a revolution occurred that the two sides started fighting amongst themselves."

"Teacher Shen, your sense of justice is just too overwhelming! Following your line of thinking, shouldn't we join the allied forces to help overthrow the imperial tyranny?"

"Of course if we have the time. Do you have any objections?" Shen Xi's face was icy cold.

"I dare not, Her Majesty the Empress is always right." The boy bowed his head.

Asuna Nagasaki took a bite of shrimp. "I think it's better to use a more conciliatory approach. First of all, Leia isn't bad. No matter what, she can be used as... what was it like in political class? Oh right, the united front goal. Secondly, since we're not leaving, we can chat with her online every day. We're sure to gain something from that."

"You vixen, I didn't say you could have so many opinions," Shen Xi said coldly.

"Teacher Shen, rationally speaking, Nana is right, isn't she?" Cheng Fei said calmly.

Shen Xi's eyes flickered, and she gritted her teeth, turning her face away. "Then if all else fails, we'll resort to torture."

"The Celestial Queen is indeed ruthless," Cheng Fei exclaimed.

"Shut up, I'm just not as hypocritical and cunning as you fish and foxes."

"I understand, after all you are a cute little herbivorous animal like a snow rabbit."

Shen Xi narrowed her eyes and kicked him. "Disgusting. Enough. Let's end this topic and move on to the next one."

"Okay, please go ahead." Cheng Fei placed a tomato and shrimp ball in her bowl.

Shen Xi's gaze followed the shrimp ball's movement, then fixed on the boy, "Could you please explain what you did this week?"

"Your possessiveness towards me is so strong that you require me to report your whereabouts if you don't see me for even a few days? Although it's a bit yandere, the feeling of you becoming more and more clingy is also quite cute."

Shen Xi's expression turned cold, and she struck him again.

"Okay, actually I achieved a major business success this week. On behalf of RealTech, I invested ten million in a promising electromechanical company." Cheng Fei said seriously.

"Um, I was also very curious when I signed the document. Where did Cheng Fei get his ten million?" Nagasaki Asuna put down her chopsticks and tilted her head.

"You spent ten million?" Shen Xi asked thoughtfully, then frowned and looked at Cheng Fei.

"Teacher Shen, have you noticed that five million is missing from our investment account?" Cheng Fei picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs for himself.

"So you misappropriated five million without my permission?" Shen Xi's expression suddenly turned cold.

"Teacher Shen, admit it, you're just being strict, but you've already assumed I can do whatever I want. You didn't even notice I transferred five million over the past few days. You trust me way too much." The boy looked smug.

"Cheng Fei, so you're just going to betray my trust like this? It was a mistake to hand over all my bank cards to you." Shen Xi slammed down her chopsticks.

"Teacher Shen, don't get agitated. How could I have let you down? I didn't use five million to buy a sports car; it's an investment, thank you. It's just that I was pressed for time and didn't have time to explain to you." The young man quickly put another tomato shrimp ball on her plate.

"If you didn't tell me, you didn't tell me. You're making it sound good this time, but who knows if you'll run off with all the money next time?" Shen Xi sneered.

"Don't mention it, little cutie. Trust me, we'll get to the point. This is the final equity agreement; take a look first." Cheng Fei pulled a stack of documents from his bag and placed them in front of her.

"Where did the other five million come from?" Nagasaki Asuna asked curiously.

Shen Xi glanced at the boy out of the corner of her eye while reading the documents.

"The other five million was brought in from Yinghua by my outstanding personal abilities," Cheng Fei said casually, sucking on the boneless pork ribs.

"Please explain clearly how you pulled it." Shen Xi squinted her eyes.

"Actually, it wasn't anything special. I just met up with a few girls I was close to who also came from good families for dinner and a chat."

"Chatting... they're willing to give you millions so casually. I can't imagine what you and they do in private. Cheng Fei, how many girls are you entangled with outside?" Shen Xi was stunned for a moment, gritted her teeth, and glared fiercely at the boy.

"Teacher Shen, you're exaggerating. My relationship with them is completely innocent. At most, they were just attracted to my outstanding personal charm."

"Ha, you think I'd believe you'd give me so much money just because you said we're completely innocent?"

“Teacher Shen, you’ve got it wrong. First of all, this is an investment for them, not money for me to spend. Secondly, I have to admit that I have excellent eloquence, and I did get the money just by talking. Thirdly, they are all very rich, and fifty or one million is just pocket money for them. Teacher Shen, not every rich girl lives as poorly as you.”

"That's enough. If you think I'm poor, just say so. Who you're with is none of my business. Anyway, you've already hooked up with Lin Xuanqi. She's the richest young lady in Yinghua." Shen Xi's face darkened further, and she gave a heavy sneer.

"Don't mention it. Although you're not as rich as them, I truly like you. Don't worry."

"Shut up, I can't imagine how I could trust someone like you," Shen Xi said, looking annoyed.

"The fact that I'm still sitting here chatting with you is the biggest proof of that. Every single one of them wanted to stay out all night with me, but I firmly refused them all."

"Heh, staying out all night yesterday is enough. Anyway, nobody knows who you spent the night with, so say whatever you want."

"If all else fails, I'll just have to hug you and give you a forceful kiss to prove it, or are you actually expecting it? Or will I come over often to sleep with you and take things further?" The boy looked at her beautiful yet cold face.

"Cheng Fei, I'm warning you to put away those criminal thoughts." The girl instantly covered her chest with her hands, her expression wary.

"I'm sorry, but I just wanted to commit a crime against you. How could I say I like you if I didn't want to commit a crime against you?" the boy said seriously.

"Enough! Shut up! It's one thing to talk, but if you really dare to force me to do something lewd, I will never forgive you." The girl gritted her teeth and kicked him hard under the table.

"So are you happy now? That's good." The boy breathed a sigh of relief and picked up a piece of tuna sushi to eat.

"Hey, so Shen Xi gets jealous this badly in private? Or is this just Shen Xi's way of being cute?" Nagasaki Asuna watched the two of them, resting her chin on her hand and biting into a tomato shrimp ball, and exclaimed in a tone of watching a show.

"She's definitely being coquettish. Every time, I have to spend ages arguing with her until I threaten to hit her before she'll stop," Cheng Fei said, sounding quite sympathetic.

"Stop talking nonsense with that vixen. I can't control how you fool around outside, and I have no interest in it. I just wanted to find out the truth. I've never had any hope for you, you fickle Cheng Feiyu, and I'm not jealous or being coquettish. Please don't use such absurd and stupid words on me." Shen Xi kicked him hard again.

331. Shen Xi's Gift

“Yes, Her Majesty the Empress has a mind that encompasses billions of dimensions. How could she possibly act like a lovestruck young girl and throw a tantrum?” Cheng Fei said, bowing his head.

"Nobody here will date you, you piece of ocean trash!"

Nagasaki Asuna sighed softly, "But speaking of which, the students at Sakura are really rich. I don't know how I even got in."

“The students at Yinghua are all from well-off families. I still went through all the school’s records and carefully selected a small group of candidates from more than three thousand people. It’s normal for them to be rich.” Cheng Fei ladled some seaweed and egg drop soup for himself. “In addition, Nana, your intelligence is also one in a million. Of course you can get into Yinghua based on your grades.”

"Huh? But I feel like an idiot in front of you two."

"That's because Shen Xi and I are on a completely different level of intelligence," the boy said without a hint of guilt.

"Please stop being so self-righteous. In terms of intelligence, I'm at least two levels above you," Shen Xi said coldly.

"How come you scored so much higher than me in the recent monthly exams?" Cheng Fei made an exaggerated expression of surprise.

"I don't want to talk to someone like you who will do anything for the title of first in the grade. If you study until 1 or 2 a.m. every day, you might just die of exhaustion one day."

"Sudden death? Do you see any signs of fatigue in me? It's just that I'm naturally energetic, and I think that's a manifestation of my abilities."

"Perhaps. Lower animals can only make up for their lack of intelligence with physical strength. Besides, they actually went through the entire school's records. They really went to great lengths to get close to a rich girl." Shen Xi sneered.