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

"Hmm?" Nagasaki Asuna tilted her head.

"Since you're so eager to help, do me a favor later. It'll be a way of repaying my tolerance." Shen Xi's expression remained unchanged.

“Okay, but what exactly is it, Your Majesty?” Nagasaki Asuna blinked.

……

Because of the numerous sports clubs, Yinghua's sports field is bustling with activity every afternoon during club events.

Today was noticeably more lively than usual.

Near the basketball court on the outermost side, adjacent to the playground, there were noticeably more girls walking by in groups and stopping to watch.

The boys on the court noticed this and became incredibly energetic, engaging in fierce competition and fancy dribbling, their sneakers making a crisp sound as they rubbed against the rubber surface.

A closer look reveals that the girls seemed oblivious to their hard work, their gaze fixed only on a quiet corner of the stage.

Cheng Fei is undergoing intensive practice in dribbling and shooting under Chen Hao's guidance.

"Your physical strength is terrifying now, but your ball skills are really bad." Chen Hao rubbed his forehead, looking extremely troubled.

"I'm sorry, as a complete novice." Cheng Fei stood at the three-point line, concentrating on his standing shot.

When the boy exerted force with his arm, his taut muscles were as perfectly sculpted as marble, propelling the basketball through the air in a beautiful arc, causing the backboard to tremble violently.

The ball bounced off and didn't go into the basket.

The girls watching from outside the stadium were inexplicably excited, covering their mouths and whispering to each other.

"Even the girls who came to watch are laughing at you, sigh." Chen Hao caught the ball and passed it to Cheng Fei, looking at the boy with a sense of pity. "At this point, all we can do is pray that our opponents give us enough opportunities to dunk and save face."

"It's too much to keep scoring with dunks. I want to win in a more conventional way." Cheng Fei caught the ball and continued shooting.

"Don't talk like you're guaranteed to win just because you're not holding back. According to my intelligence, several senior students from my class are planning to participate in the basketball team. That means a team of three top players. If they team up, you might not even be able to touch the ball!" Chen Hao looked worried.

"Fine, that's fine too." The boy said nonchalantly and continued shooting.

The girls outside the court stared at the boy's serious profile and the smooth lines of his muscles as he shot the ball, paying no attention to where the orange ball flew.

After the intensive training session, the silver Panamera drove out of the school gate parking lot and merged into the dense traffic of the evening rush hour.

The boy in the car made a phone call, rested his chin on his hand while gripping the steering wheel with one hand, and drove the Panamera like a silver snake through the traffic.

When the call connected, the young man said in a serious tone, "Hello, wife."

"Hello, husband~" came the girl's alluring voice, which was deliberately coquettish.

It's as if you can see the girl's flawless face, naturally exuding a hint of allure, curving her lips into a malicious smile, her shapely legs, encased in thin black pantyhose, deliberately crossed, the full, taut parts with a texture as smooth and delicate as milk chocolate.

"Lin Xuanqi, where are you?" The boy's tone turned cold.

"They're at the company, what's wrong?" came a dismissive voice from the other end.

“You wait, I’m driving over there and killing you,” the boy said through gritted teeth.

"How should we kill him?" the girl asked with great interest.

"Split their legs, tear off their pantyhose, and kill them." The boy said without hesitation.

"Pah, you pervert." The girl cursed, feigning annoyance, then became serious. "Cheng Fei, I was just kidding. I'm too busy to play with you. Don't come any closer."

"Then why did you seduce me?" The boy seemed displeased.

"What's wrong, my sweet doggy? I only called you 'husband' once and you couldn't help it?" Lin Xuanqi chuckled gloatingly, seemingly very happy. "If I called you a few more times, would you crash and die?"

"You'd be happy if I crashed my car and died, and you became a widow." The young man sighed with a sense of relief.

"Tch, who do you think you are to make me, Lin Xuanqi, a widow for you? There are men who want to pursue me, stretching from South Bay to Silver Ring. If you die, I'll just move on to the next one."

"Really? Don't let me die and regret it for the rest of my life." The boy pouted. "Xuanqi, seriously, imagine if I died right now, wouldn't you regret it for the rest of your life?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end, followed by an annoyed voice, "What nonsense! Use this time to do something productive. I'm hanging up now."

"Don't worry, of course something's wrong."

"what's up?"

Why aren't you replying to my messages?

"Why would you send me a nude photo out of nowhere and expect me to reply? Do you think you're so handsome? You narcissist."

"I meant the area in front of the photo."

"What's up ahead? I didn't notice." The girl gave an exaggerated yawn.

"I'll be right there to get your attention."

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm scared of you. All you did was ask me to watch you play basketball. Seriously, you're acting like a little kid, so childish."

"So you agreed?"

"I'm so busy, I don't have time, hehe."

"I'll come over right away to see what you're busy with."

"Hey, hey, I'll go see, okay? I'll spend three days with you when I have time. I just can't do anything with you."

"Xuanqi, I think you're too tired. You should take some time off and enjoy your youth. How about I come pick you up now?" The boy softened his tone.

"Cheng Fei, why do you think I'm working overtime here?" the girl asked subtly.

The boy thought for a moment, "Oh, I see. So you had already decided to come watch the game. My dear Xuanqi, I love you."

"Get lost, disgusting. And you make it sound so easy. Who cares if I enjoy my youth at Lin's? Chairman Lin? She's even less reliable than you now," the girl said irritably.

"Don't mention it. I think Sister Lin is just deliberately dumping things on you to train you as her successor as quickly as possible."

"You've slept with my sister Lin again, haven't you? Cheng Fei, what exactly do you want?" the girl sneered.

"Seriously, I'll work with you on this from now on. You'll sit in the office, and I'll sit there too, so don't worry."

"Don't talk nonsense. If you were in the same office as me, would you actually do your job properly? I'm afraid that would be the real Lin family business that will be ruined by you."

383. Shen Xi successfully killed the flowers by overwatering.

"Xuanqi, why are you so afraid of me now? You won't even see me every day and you avoid me. Have you cheated on me?" Cheng Fei asked seriously.

"I'll give you a piece of my mind! I don't even have the energy to do anything. Don't you know how much trouble you cause every time? I don't understand how you can be like an ox without getting tired. I've never seen any guys online like you, have I?" The girl's tone on the other end of the phone was hard to define, whether it was annoyance or something else.

"Sigh, Xuanqi, firstly, it's because I'm too strong, and secondly, it's all your fault."

"Why are you blaming me?" The girl laughed instead of getting angry.

"It's your fault for being the most beautiful girl in Academy City. You have a cute face and a mature figure, and you wear pantyhose every day. What am I supposed to do? I feel like you're doing it on purpose."

"Deliberately my foot! You're the only one who stares at my legs all day instead of doing anything else. I would have chopped up anyone else long ago."

"Well, we're both at fault, so we shouldn't blame each other as husband and wife."

"Alright, stop wasting my time with your smooth talk, Cheng Fei. I can watch you play basketball, but I'm telling you this upfront."

"what?"

"If you don't get first place, you can jump into the bottom of Nanwan Bay yourself."

"I'm not even sure if I'll get first place, Xuanqi, are you really willing to do this?" The boy exclaimed dramatically, taking a deep breath.

"If you can't bear to part with it, then deduct three months' salary."

"No, maybe..."

Just as the boy was about to try and negotiate, the call was abruptly ended.

He let out a relieved sigh and sped off toward Guang'an Street.

Back in his rented apartment, Cheng Fei received a message from Milian on WeChat.

"Junior! I like Miss Zhou Han and Miss Ruan!"

"Uh, senior, you don't need to tell me this, do you?"

"Remember to help me find opportunities; we're allies."

"Okay, I'll see."

The boy put down his phone and basketball bag, took a shower, changed into dry clothes, and then sat down at his desk, immersing himself in his studies as usual.

After a while, his phone rang. Cheng Fei picked it up and saw that it was Nagasaki Asuna. He answered the call.

"Um, Cheng Fei, I think you'd better come over here for a moment." The girl's voice rang out with inexplicable worry.

"what happened?"

"All the morning glories on the balcony have died. Shen Xi seems very sad; she's just squatting there, not moving at all."

The boy paused for a second, then said, "Wait for me to come."

After hanging up the phone, Cheng Fei put on a coat and quickly went out.

Upon arriving at the thirty-sixth floor across the street and opening the door, two girls' uniform shoes were placed on either side of the entrance.

Nagasaki Asuna heard the door open and quickly walked over. The girl, still dressed in her school uniform, lightly bit her lip.

"Where is she?" Cheng Fei walked in.

"Over there, it seems to have been like that ever since we came back," Nagasaki Asuna said, pointing to the balcony.

It wasn't dark yet, and bright sunlight streamed in from the balcony.

The boy nodded to indicate that he understood, put his hands in his pockets, and walked towards the open glass door of the balcony.

The spacious balcony is still lush and green, but only upon close inspection can one notice that in some of the small flowerpots, the white flowers with two leaves have all rotted and fallen limply onto the damp soil.

The boy turned around and saw a cool girl with long, dark hair squatting on the ground against the wall. The April breeze stirred the girl's hair. Her delicate and beautiful face was expressionless with her eyes lowered, but unintentionally, a sense of loss and melancholy spread in the air.

The boy felt this scene was familiar. He squatted down in front of the girl, leaned close to her small face to examine her closely, and asked, "Little cutie, what happened?"

"Don't come any closer. I'm not in the mood for jokes right now," Shen Xi said coldly, turning her face away to avoid his gaze.

The boy smacked his lips, turned around, picked up a pot of blackened, rotten morning glory, examined it for a while, and then dug out a handful of soil from it with his bare hands.

The boy took the handful of soil and placed it in front of Shen Xi.

The girl raised her head, her delicate brows furrowed slightly, and glanced at him with a puzzled expression before remaining silent.

The boy squeezed the soil tightly, and a trickle of murky water flowed from between his fingers, dripping onto the floor tiles.

The boy shook his head and sighed, "Teacher Shen, I told you before not to water it too much."

"Why do you think it's because there's too much water? It could also be that it's not adapted to Earth's environment." Shen Xi squinted.

"Do you remember the place on that island where the morning glory grew? It was on a sunny hillside, which means the morning glory doesn't need that much water." The boy looked at her. "Teacher Shen, I never thought your clever little brain would make such a mistake."

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl's eyes flashed rapidly, and she forcefully turned her face away.

The boy put the soil back into the pot and then put the pot back in its original position.

"What do we do now? They're all dead." Shen Xi said in a muffled voice, squatting on the ground.

"It doesn't really matter. It's not of any particular use anyway, and we might be able to get it again in the future. There's no need to be so sad. Cheer up, my little darling." Cheng Fei patted her head with his clean hand, softening his tone.

The girl bit her lip, her stubborn lips tightly closed, and kept her head down in silence.

Nagasaki Asuna stood indoors with her hands behind her back, tilting her head to watch the two without disturbing them.

Cheng Fei looked at the unhappy girl and said, "Teacher Shen, you are the Star Spirit Queen. The entire corridor is your garden. It's just a few pots of Dawnflowers. What's there to care about?"

"Forget about insincere comforting words. Anyway, someone like you who prides himself on being a realist wouldn't understand my feelings. Please just disappear now." Shen Xi's tone was unreadable.

"Not at all, of course I understand how you feel, but rationally speaking, there's nothing we can do. A flower that dies cannot be brought back to life. Shen Xi, aren't you always very rational?" The boy shrugged.

"Enough, shut up. I don't want to waste my breath on you now." Shen Xi squatted on the ground, not moving.

The boy stared at her face, which was a mixture of disappointment and displeasure, for a moment, then shook his head in resignation, "Fine, I can't do anything with you."

After saying this, the boy turned and went to the bathroom to wash his hands, then put his hands in his pockets and walked towards the entrance.

Asuna Nagasaki quickly followed, "Cheng Fei, are we just going to leave her alone?"

"You watch over her, I'll be right back." The boy casually pinched the girl's sweet and lovely cheek.

"Huh?" Nagasaki Asuna tilted her head and blinked.