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

However, the boy's unwilling cry was destined to go unheard.

Outside the bathroom, Shen Xi quickly closed and locked all the entrances and exits of the room, leaving only the bathroom shoji door open so that people could easily see the whole room inside.

"You two stay here too, you can have some tea to sober up." Shen Xi then looked at Zhou Han and Ruan Jingyi, who were standing to the side at a loss. Her face was expressionless, or rather, only cold to the bone. The girl's pure black eyes were empty and unfocused, and her tone was unreadable, making it impossible to guess her thoughts. It was just an unquestionable command, with no room for discussion.

Zhou Han shivered, exchanged a glance with Ruan Jingyi, and nodded blankly, "Okay, alright."

So Shen Xi then started making tea for the three of them.

The aloof girl brought out the tea leaves and teaware she had brought from the room, boiled some water on a small electric stove, knelt down in front of the low table, and slowly brewed the tea with a calm and deliberate expression.

Lin Xuanqi sat in front of Shen Xi, scrutinizing the delicate face that was just as beautiful as hers with a suspicious gaze, unable to figure out what Shen Xi was up to.

Zhou Han and Ruan Jingyi sat to the side, feeling inexplicably as if they were attending a Hongmen Banquet, or as if Zhao Kuangyin was hosting a banquet for his ministers. A chill, seemingly from nowhere, wafted between the clinking cups. They just didn't know who Liu Bang and Shi Shouxin were.

After Shen Xi pushed the fragrant teacups in front of the three of them, Lin Xuanqi picked one up first, sniffed it, thought for a moment, and said, "By the way, how is your real technology progressing? It seems like the agreed six months are not far off."

“It’s not far.” Shen Xi gave a cold laugh with an ambiguous tone.

"If the prototype performs well after its development, I can invest more. What do you say?" Lin Xuanqi's lips curled into a confident smile.

"I'm sorry, that kind of thing isn't necessary." Shen Xi didn't look at her, her eyes lowered as she stared at the tea, her tone nonchalant.

"Oh, planning to find new investors?" Lin Xuanqi raised an eyebrow, then smiled. "Whatever you want, I'm fine with my current shares anyway."

Shen Xi remained noncommittal, pausing for a second before asking, "Weren't you supposed to be arriving tomorrow? How come you're here now?"

"I'm happy to, so what, you have a problem with that?" Lin Xuanqi laughed.

"No objection." Shen Xi smiled as well. "Are you feeling guilty, afraid that Cheng Fei might find someone else outside and leave you?"

"Heh, other people? Who? You?" Lin Xuanqi's smile remained unchanged. "Stop trying to sow discord. My relationship with Cheng Fei is very good."

"Is that so? Let's hope so." Shen Xi scoffed.

"What do you mean? Just say what you want to say, stop beating around the bush." ​​Lin Xuanqi narrowed her eyes, her smile still showing no sign of weakness.

"It doesn't mean anything." Shen Xi took a sip of the tea she had blown to cool it down, her pure, dark eyes reflecting the tea, her emotions indescribable.

Lin Xuanqi stared at her, her eyes flickering.

While the four of them were leisurely drinking tea together, Cheng Fei was going through a period of agony in the bathroom.

The boy's back was completely soaked with sweat, and a strong soreness surged from all his muscles. His limbs, which were supporting him against the wall, trembled slightly, and he dared not make any unnecessary movements.

He's almost at his limit, really about to reach his limit.

This kind of high-difficulty move is something that ordinary people might not even be able to hold for a second, but he can hold it for a minute, five minutes, or even ten minutes without any problem.

But how long does Shen Xi plan to drink tea?

Half an hour? An hour? If she wanted, she could easily drag the boy out until he was exhausted.

Cheng Fei understood completely. Shen Xi was not appeased at all, and had no intention of letting him go. Shen Xi was using this method to take revenge on him. That cruel and cold-blooded Star Spirit Queen actually came up with such a means. She was truly inhuman.

He must hold on; he cannot afford to lose this battle.

But it's really difficult. Just now, he carelessly relaxed for a moment, and his body slid down a bit. Now he has to exert all his strength to maintain the current situation, and there is no way to climb back up. If he falls any further and is below the height of the shoji gate, he will be easily seen from the outside, and then it will all be over.

As the boy gritted his teeth and exerted all his strength to hold on, his brain was also racing.

Heaven knows what Shen Xi is thinking right now. Is he planning to just drag things out and get rid of Lin Xuanqi, or does he really want Lin Xuanqi to give up and fall down so he can be discovered?

If it's the latter, he wouldn't dare gamble, after all, humans have limits, and even he would eventually be completely exhausted at some point.

He has to find a way to save himself.

If there's anyone who can save him now, it can only be... Nagasaki Asuna.

How can we get Asuna Nagasaki to come and save him?

Asuna Nagasaki and Zhou Han each drank half a cocktail at dinner, and she should be asleep by now.

Even if I send her a message, she might not see it, right?

But we have to try, even if there's only a sliver of hope. Maybe Asuna Nagasaki will sense his feelings, see the message, and come to save him.

The only problem is, how is he supposed to message Nagasaki Asuna now?

He was bracing himself against the wall with both hands and feet to keep from falling. If he were to free up one hand, it would be difficult to exert force with the other, and the burden on his feet would increase dramatically.

It's a challenging move that even professional athletes would find difficult to complete. How long could he hold it under those circumstances, ten seconds or five seconds?

Cheng Fei didn't know.

But there will definitely only be a very short window; he must complete the message sending action within a few seconds, or he will fall down on the spot.

There are several steps involved in taking out your phone and sending a message...

To ensure everything went perfectly, the boy first rehearsed in his mind, completing each action using the shortest path and simplifying the message content to the extreme, ensuring that he could finish typing in the shortest possible time.

After everything was ready, Cheng Fei took three deep breaths to try to fill his muscles with strength. Then, the boy mustered his courage, strained his legs, and released his right hand that was bracing against the wall.

The burden on the rest of the body immediately became terrifying, and the muscles trembled and burned.

The boy, enduring the numbness in his hands, quickly wiped the sweat from his sweaty bathrobe, took his phone out of his pocket with one hand, pressed a button to light up the screen, unlocked it with facial recognition, tapped the WeChat icon, opened the tea ceremony teacher's chat window, and clicked to edit the message…

at the same time.

Shen Xi glanced at the direction of the bathroom out of the corner of her eye. It was completely silent there, with no sign of anyone being there. Only she knew that the boy was hiding in a blind spot above the shoji door.

To be able to endure such difficult conditions for so long, this mouse truly possesses remarkable resilience...

A hint of displeasure flickered in the cool girl's eyes. After thinking for a moment, she looked at Lin Xuanqi and said coldly, "By the way, Cheng Fei seems to be soaking in a hot spring. How about we give him a call and ask him to come over too?"

"Why call him?" Lin Xuanqi asked, puzzled.

"What's wrong with having tea?" Shen Xi sneered, her tone laced with provocation. "Are you afraid he'll meet me, or afraid he'll ignore you?"

"Ha, what a joke. When has he never been 'on call' for me?" Lin Xuanqi laughed instead of getting angry, and took out her phone. "You wait."

The boy, who had just brought up the keyboard, was typing with great difficulty. Because the screen was too big and he didn't have time to switch to one-handed mode, plus he was worried about the phone slipping off, he was typing very hard.

The boy was breathing heavily, keeping his feet and one hand supporting him against the wall, tensing his core, staring intently at the screen, his fingers moving with difficulty. It felt like the moment in "Interstellar" when the protagonist was docking the spaceship that was about to spin and fall into a black hole. Every millisecond was a matter of life and death, and every tiny movement was an exhausting effort.

「j」

"i"

"u"

"w"

"o"

"Help me!"

Those two words are enough. Asuna Nagasaki will understand when she sees them. Cheng Fei believes she will come looking for him immediately, figure out the situation, and then find a way to rescue him. Even if Shen Xi goes crazy, that cunning, perceptive, and deeply affectionate girl will definitely stand by his side. He believes this.

When the input method displayed the normal candidate words, the boy immediately moved his finger to select one. He could feel his calves twitching. He didn't have much time left. After selecting the word and pressing send, he had to put his phone away as quickly as possible, otherwise he would definitely fall.

At this moment, the WeChat message was suddenly covered by the call screen, and the caller ID showed Lin Xuanqi.

Cheng Fei's eyes widened, feeling as if he had finally climbed to the edge of a cliff, only to have someone suddenly throw a rock down on him.

Why now?!

The only saving grace was that he had considered this possibility when he first jumped onto the wall and had completely silenced his phone.

The boy quickly changed the movement of his finger, swiped the screen to ignore the call, returned to WeChat, and then pressed send next to the input box.

He succeeded!

Just before his body could no longer support him and he began to slide down, Cheng Fei pulled back his phone and braced himself against the wall with both hands.

The neighbor's neighbor.

"Save me...?" Nagasaki Asuna huddled in the rag, staring at the lonely words on the screen, feeling her eyelids drooping and her mind a jumbled mess.

She was almost asleep when her phone suddenly rang with a notification from a WeChat account that she was following. This made her instinctively open her eyes and check her phone.

"What happened to Cheng Fei?"

After replying, the girl stared at the screen, blinking her moist eyes as she waited. The white light from the screen illuminated her sweet, delicate face, which was framed by long, coffee-colored hair. She remained motionless, like a cat waiting for its master's command.

A moment later, realizing that the message had gone unanswered, the girl tilted her head with a puzzled expression. After thinking for a moment, she quickly got up, put on her yukata, and left the room.

Regardless of what happened, since the boy had asked her for help, she was going to go and see him.

Nagasaki Asuna went to Cheng Fei's room first, knocked on the door frame but received no response. She opened the shoji door a crack and looked inside, only to find no one there.

She thought for a moment, then went next door, opened the shoji door, and went inside.

Ye Shuang, who was lying on the rug reading a comic book with the reading light on, looked up, her eyes darting around for a moment, before hiding the comic book under her pillow. "Nana? What brings you here?"

"Eh, isn't this Shen Xi's room?" Nagasaki Asuna tilted her head.

"Miss will be arriving tomorrow, so I switched places with Shen Xi beforehand," the obedient girl explained immediately.

"What about Cheng Fei?"

"He... he should be with Shen Xi, I don't know." The obedient girl thought for a moment.

“Okay, I understand.” Nagasaki Asuna nodded and turned to leave.

Then, the sweet girl went to the other side, took a deep breath, knocked on the door frame, and then opened the shoji door, whereupon she froze.

Unlike anything she had anticipated, the four people inside were drinking tea, but the boy was nowhere to be seen.

"Eh, Lin-kun?" Nagasaki Asuna seemed to understand something when her gaze fell on the arrogant girl sitting opposite Shen Xi.

Shen Xi turned her head, her delicate brows furrowing slightly. "Vixen? Who sent you?"

"I heard the noise and came out of curiosity. What are you all doing having tea here so late at night?" Nagasaki Asuna walked forward casually with her hands behind her back, her bright eyes scanning the surroundings, pausing when she caught sight of the bathroom.

She sensed someone inside, even though there was no outward indication of it.

Nagasaki Asuna instantly understood everything.

"This is none of your business. Please leave." Shen Xi said coldly and without any politeness.

"Shen Xi is so kind as to make tea for everyone, but won't you make me a cup?" Nagasaki Asuna knelt down and stared at the aloof girl.

"Do you still need tea?" Shen Xi sneered.

Nagasaki Asuna looked at her face, then at Lin Xuanqi, and pondered for a moment, "By the way, where's Cheng Fei?"

829. Cheng Fei escapes death

"Who knows where that jerk is? Are you that concerned?" Shen Xi turned her face away, her expression turning annoyed.

"I'm just curious, doesn't Lin know either?" Nagasaki Asuna looked to the other side, her face completely innocent.

"You were soaking in the hot springs just now, and you didn't even answer my calls. You might have drowned in there." Lin Xuanqi rolled her eyes.

"In that case, it would be best if Lin went to check on things, just in case something really happened?" Nagasaki Asuna nodded casually, her tone carrying a deeper meaning.

"You vixen, what do you mean?" Shen Xi was displeased and squinted at her.

"Why does Shen Xi seem unhappy?" Nagasaki Asuna tilted her head and blinked her innocent eyes.

Shen Xi bit her lip and met her gaze.

Lin Xuanqi's gaze darted back and forth between the two, her brows furrowed in thought, when she suddenly realized something.

She had seen everyone except Cheng Fei and Ye Shuang, but Shen Xi's behavior was strange, as if she was deliberately keeping her here. Could it be that Nagasaki Asuna was hinting at something...?

Oh no, she's been tricked!

Lin Xuanqi suddenly stood up, looked at Nagasaki Asuna, and said in a cold tone that left no room for argument, "Where is the hot spring here? Take me to see it."

"Okay?" Nagasaki Asuna also stood up, nodded to her with a submissive smile, and turned to leave first.

"Wait a minute!" Shen Xi's pupils contracted as she glanced in the direction of the bathroom, realizing something.

"That's enough. If you want to drink tea, I'll keep you company tomorrow." Lin Xuanqi gave her one last look before quickly following Nagasaki Asuna's steps.

The two left the room under Shen Xi's slightly narrowed gaze.

"Shen Xi, you seem a bit strange. What's wrong?" Zhou Han breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the aloof girl with a complicated expression.

Shen Xi opened her mouth.