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

"I won't let go until Shuangshuang agrees." Nagasaki Asuna hugged her even tighter.

The air in the room was silent for a moment.

The girl with pigtails spoke in an unnatural voice, "I...I know! Just let go of me..."

"Hey, doesn't Shuangshuang like hugging me?" Nagasaki Asuna didn't let go, resting her chin on the girl's shoulder.

"It's not that I don't like it, it's just..." Ye Shuang's voice became even more unnatural.

"only?"

"Nana, you're too big! It feels weird to be pressed against you like this!" Ye Shuang shouted, unable to bear it any longer.

"Huh?" Nagasaki Asuna released her embrace and looked at her with a puzzled expression. "I've been hugging Shen Xi every day lately, why hasn't she ever said anything..."

"So there's a reason she's so sarcastic towards you, you idiot." Ye Shuang lightly tapped Nagasaki Asuna on the head.

"Okay, but that's not important." Nagasaki Asuna thought for a moment, then grabbed the small hand of the twin-tailed girl in front of her. "Shuangshuang, I want to sleep with you tonight!"

"Why are you suddenly saying something so strange again?" Ye Shuang avoided eye contact and lightly bit her lip.

"I'd like to have a good talk with you about Cheng Fei."

"But I don't even want to hear that scumbag's name now!" Ye Shuang simply covered her ears with both hands and glared at Nagasaki Asuna.

"Shuangshuang, Cheng Fei isn't a scumbag. You've misunderstood him. He's like this now partly because of Shen Xi and partly because of me," Nagasaki Asuna said softly.

"Why do you still need to explain to him? What do you mean he was forced? If he didn't want to, how could he be juggling multiple relationships like this!" Ye Shuang became annoyed.

"Shuangshuang, please believe me first, okay? You'll definitely change your mind after you hear this." Nagasaki Asuna grabbed her small hand and pressed it against her chest.

Ye Shuang recoiled as if she'd been electrocuted. "Nana, don't keep letting me touch you... it really feels weird!"

……

604. Shen Xi's Reasoning

A silver sports car was parked on the side of Guang'an Street.

"Teacher Shen, unless you frankly admit that I'm a henpecked little darling, then I'll reluctantly listen to you and try to save money. Otherwise, I'll definitely buy it if I have the money," Cheng Fei said seriously.

"Shut up, I'm leaving. I don't want to waste my breath on these decadent, self-destructive marine trash who even dared to threaten me." Shen Xi said with disdain as she opened the passenger door.

Suddenly, the girl stopped moving and stared at a certain spot, lost in thought.

The boy glanced at her, didn't speak, and waited a few seconds before speaking with interest, "Are you expecting me to keep you here, or are you even a little reluctant to let me go, and want to take the opportunity to find an excuse to ask me to go upstairs to continue our time alone together? How tsundere! You could have just said it directly. I'll stay with you as long as you want."

"What is Cheng Feiyu mumbling over there? Give me your hand." The girl frowned slightly as she looked at him.

"Why?" the boy asked suspiciously.

"Enough with the nonsense, this is an order."

"Okay, are you going to give me a ring or something? That's so sudden." The boy rubbed his chin and extended his right hand.

"I want my left hand," the girl said, staring at him.

"Okay?" The boy was confused and handed it over to the other hand.

Shen Xi grabbed that hand and unhesitatingly peeled off the band-aid on the back of his hand.

A small piece of dark red scab fell off, revealing the back of the hand where the wound had disappeared, with a flawless, pale complexion.

Cheng Fei stared at the back of his hand and raised an eyebrow.

"As expected." Shen Xi narrowed her eyes, paused for a second, released his hand, and looked at him coldly. "Congratulations, Cheng Fei, you've gained another ability. Where did you steal it from this time?"

"Huh?" The boy was stunned. "Teacher Shen, I was just about to ask you how you knew my injury had healed."

“You went to see Lin Xuanqi last night, which means Zhou Han could only have put the band-aid on you today. Considering that the indulgent Cheng Feiyu probably didn’t come to school this morning, it must have been put on in the afternoon. You can see bloodstains on that band-aid, which means the wound was still very fresh at the time. By the time I saw that the wound had scabbed over and dried, it looked like it had been a day or two. Normally, it shouldn’t be this fast. And since you’re sometimes zero, you shouldn’t get injured so easily. So the only answer is that you caused it on purpose, probably to test some kind of new ability. Isn’t that right?” Shen Xi finished speaking in one breath, raised her chin, and stared at the boy with her pure, dark eyes, as if she could see right through him.

Cheng Fei fell silent, then smacked his lips. "Teacher Shen, have you ever heard the saying that girls are more adorable when they occasionally act a little clumsy?"

“I don’t want to appear too intelligent in front of those foolish aquatic mammals who worship intelligence, but sorry, I am, after all, the goddess of wisdom.” The girl tossed her hair.

"That's enough, you're more like a narcissistic goddess." Cheng Fei slapped his forehead.

"Enough with the nonsense, so answer the question, Cheng Fei. Where did you steal this ability from? Have you found someone new outside?" Shen Xi's gaze turned cold and sharp, piercing the boy's eyes.

"Shen Xi, this is slander! This is absolute slander!" The young man's expression hardened as he looked into her eyes. "Even if my wounds are healing faster now, what does that have to do with my new love? What are you thinking?"

"Cheng Fei, all your abilities are stolen from others. You stole intelligence from me, mind reading from the vixen, time management from Ye Shuang, and luck from that Lin guy. Isn't that right?" The girl's gaze was like the midday sun, becoming increasingly scorching.

The boy looked at her, paused for a moment, and then asked, "Teacher Shen, where did you get this sudden confidence from?"

"Heh, at the beginning of last semester you were working incredibly hard just to barely reach second place in the grade, but now you easily maintain first place. All of this happened after you met me. Secondly, the more you interact with Ye Shuang, the faster Shi Ling changes. As for mind reading, it's obvious, which explains your ability to use sweet talk. All these behaviors combined can only lead to one conclusion: you can acquire the special abilities of whoever you interact with." The girl's face shone with confidence, like the sun.

"Shen Xi, I have to admit what you said seems to make a lot of sense, but unfortunately that's not the case. Besides, most importantly, I don't have any new love interest, so don't overthink it, thank you." The young man looked into her eyes, looking helpless.

Like clouds obscuring the sun, the girl's confidence vanished, her brows furrowed, her eyes flickered, and she turned away expressionlessly, saying, "Okay, goodbye."

After saying that, the girl opened the car door and left.

"You really don't want me to come upstairs and keep you company?"

The boy was met with the sound of the car door slamming shut.

Her aloof figure walked towards the upscale apartment without looking back, her slender legs moving swiftly.

"Don't you feel embarrassed or ashamed?" Cheng Fei shook his head as he watched her walk away.

……

The young man returned to his rented apartment and threw himself into his busy studies and work. The Lin family's fund was about to start operating. Although he had hired three people to handle the daily affairs, as the official fund manager, there were still many things he had to decide personally. In addition, with Real Technology on the side, he was completely fighting on two fronts, not to mention the miscellaneous tasks such as schoolwork.

Busy until eight o'clock, Cheng Fei thought for a moment, took out his phone, and sent a message to his online friend, Xiao A.

"My dear Teacher Shen, would you mind if I invited you downstairs for dinner? If you do, then disregard what I said."

The boy had just finished typing and was about to send when a phone call popped up.

He answered the phone, "Teacher Shen, I knew you'd miss me and wanted to invite me to dinner? That's exactly what I was thinking too, we really are on the same wavelength..."

"What is Cheng Feiyu babbling on over there again? Shut up. I'm ordering you to go online within ten minutes." The girl interrupted him without any politeness.

"Huh? I already went yesterday, so I don't need to go again today, right? To be honest, I'm pretty busy right now. If it's something trivial like playing games, then don't bother..." The boy was extremely reluctant.

"Shut up. If you don't want to come, you don't have to. I'll go moor the boat myself." The other end interrupted again.

"Stop the ship?"

We're almost at Riften.

"May I ask what kind of place Riften is?"

"Our next destination? Is Cheng Feiyu's memory really that bad? Or did he simply not care?" The person on the other end sounded a little annoyed.

"Not at all. I just feel that it's enough that you're in charge of the corridor project. I'll focus my energy on the real world."

"Then hurry up and go online."

"At least let me eat first, my little cutie."

"Also, your vixen hasn't returned yet. Ask her where she's gone."

The phone call ended as soon as he finished speaking.

It's obvious that someone was eager to go online first.

"Sigh, internet-addicted girl." Cheng Fei sighed.

605. Shen Xi should be on top.

Cheng Fei went downstairs and ordered a braised chicken rice, braised pork ribs, and braised beef brisket—three dishes in total—from a nearby shop. Under the shop owner's gaze, which seemed to regard him as a starving ghost, he sat alone in a corner and began to eat.

While eating, I sent a message to the tea ceremony teacher.

"Nana, Ms. Shen asked me to ask where you are and why you haven't come home yet."

"Hehehe~ Cheng Fei, you can just say you care about me."

A reply popped up quickly.

"It was Shen Xi who asked me to ask you this. She told you to come online quickly, although I also wanted to ask you what you'd been up to."

I'm at Ye Shuang's house.

"It's past eight o'clock and you're still not leaving? Are you planning to sleep at her house?"

"Yeah, Cheng Fei is amazing, he guessed that!"

"Seriously?"

"Seriously, the cat isn't coming home tonight. Cheng Fei and Teacher Shen can have fun."

A voice message followed immediately, which Cheng Fei clicked to play.

"By the way, Master~ Shuangshuang asked me to tell you that she actually..."

"Nana, don't talk nonsense!"

Asuna Nagasaki's teasing words were interrupted by another familiar voice gritting its teeth, and the conversation came to an abrupt halt.

Cheng Fei opened his mouth and sent a reply.

"Whatever makes you happy."

……

Our gaze shifts to another world.

A dense, almost tangible sea of ​​clouds covered everything in sight, stretching to the vast horizon at the edge of the field of vision.

The teardrop-shaped airship sailed above the sea of ​​clouds like a black ant crawling on a white mattress. Apart from the ceaseless sound of the wind and the hum of the Light Magic Engine, everything was shrouded in silence.

As Cheng Fei entered the cockpit, Shen Xi was checking the air map while simultaneously using binoculars to observe the surroundings.

Leia was at the helm, the silver-haired elven saintess with a serious and focused expression, noticing the boy nod at her.

Shadow, small and delicate, strained to cling to the porthole, while the golden-haired half-elf stared wide-eyed in the same direction as Shen Xi, as if they had seen something they had long awaited.

Cheng Fei shaded his eyes with his hand and noticed an inverted triangle-shaped black dot on the horizon, which seemed to be a strangely shaped floating continent.

"Teacher Shen, is that Rift Valley City?" the boy asked, raising an eyebrow.

The aloof, silver-haired girl nodded expressionlessly. "Unless there's a major deviation from the course."

The boy thought for a moment, "Then after I get off the ship, I'll go to the Merchant's Corner first and get the remaining three thousand gold coins for escorting Leia."

"As expected of Cheng Feiyu, who is obsessed with money. He can forget everything else, but he remembers everything about money." Shen Xi said with disdain.

"Not at all. We went through so much trouble in Yongquan Town, of course we have to get our pay as soon as possible. Besides, there's Shen Xi, who is destined to marry me." The young man said seriously.

"Trash, don't compare me to money." The girl kicked him.

“Yes, Her Highness the Princess must be in a class of her own.” The boy nodded.

"Shut up if it's all nonsense." The girl said with obvious disgust.

As the two were talking, the small figure swayed to their side, tilted its head up to look at them, and looked blankly at them with a lifeless face.

Cheng Fei looked down and met the ruby-like, bright eyes of the shadowy figure, and asked in confusion, "What are you looking at?"

"Master, you promised to set Xiao An free once we reach another continent..." An Ying shrank his neck, looking pitiful as if he wanted to say something but was afraid of being beaten.

The boy paused for a moment, then nodded casually, "That's right, you can leave once the ship docks."

"Really? That's great! I'm finally free!" The blonde half-elf jumped up in excitement and cheered.

Leia glanced at this scene, a hint of worry appearing on her heroic face.

Shen Xi lowered her eyes and stared at the empty map, as if she couldn't hear or see anything.

After some time, the airship officially arrived at the floating continent where Riften City is located.

The shape of the continent resembles a mountain peak suspended upside down over a sea of ​​clouds, or a spinning top, with a lush, flat land at the top, gradually narrowing downwards, with steep, bluish-gray rock walls supported by tenacious plants.