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

"Cheng Fei, um, Shen Xi is in a bad mood." Nagasaki Asuna lowered her voice.

"I see." The boy suddenly understood. "Teacher Shen, why are you in a bad mood? Are you dissatisfied with the planet's performance yesterday?"

"Shut up, I don't want to talk to two disgusting creatures like you." Shen Xi glared at him without any politeness, her tone annoyed.

The boy's expression hardened, and he shut his mouth.

"Shen Xi, um, I'll wash the clothes and return them to you later," Nagasaki Asuna whispered.

"Shut up too, you disgusting vixen. If you like wearing them, go ahead and wear them all you want. Don't bring them back. I'm afraid I'll throw up just from the nauseating smell." Shen Xi's face darkened even more, and she glared at her fiercely.

"Okay, then I'll buy you a new one." Nagasaki Asuna shrank her neck, looking completely honest.

At this moment, two women dressed in formal attire came up behind the three of them. Their attire, which was out of place in the campus atmosphere, drew more attention to them.

Sun Ling said respectfully, "President Cheng, everyone is ready."

"Mr. Cheng, are you really a high school student?" Xia Meng looked left and right, met the boy's gaze, and quickly covered her mouth. "Sorry, I said too much again."

"Get to your business, Mr. Cheng." Shen Xi said, turning and leaving, emphasizing the last two words.

"Cheng Fei, I'll be going now too?" Nagasaki Asuna waved her little hand and hurriedly followed.

Cheng Fei watched the two walk away, then saw RealTech employees approaching with their equipment, attracting a lot of students' attention. He glanced at Sun Ling and said seriously, "Let's hurry up."

On the basketball court, Fang Qing was talking with the team members, including Chen Hao. "I called you all here today because an off-campus company wants to hire us to film an exhibition game, and we also have a special player who wants to join us."

Fang Qing's voice wasn't loud, but everyone was listening intently.

"Filming an exhibition match... could it be filming a movie?"

"Are special players stars?"

"Senior, which celebrity is it?"

A group of people got excited.

“It’s not a celebrity, it’s a robot.” Fang Qing shook her head, her expression strange.

"robot?"

"What the hell?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

At that moment, Real Tech employees appeared, dragging a heavy, specially made metal box. They opened the box and revealed a humanoid robot, about the same height as a human girl, curled up inside.

The robot's body is mostly covered by a rounded aluminum alloy shell, with only a few joints exposed, revealing a frighteningly complex mechanical structure.

Sun Ling strode forward, smiling, and said, "Dear students, this is a prototype robot developed by our Real Technology. It will participate in your performance competition today, and we hope you will cooperate."

"A robot that can play ball?"

"Are you kidding me? There's no way it's that advanced."

The basketball team members made surprised noises.

Sun Ling's smile remained unchanged as she softly said to the engineer behind her, "You can turn it on now."

Under everyone's watchful eyes, two engineers carefully moved the prototype out of the box, laid it flat on the ground, installed the battery, and turned on the power, illuminating the indicator light on the robot's head.

The basketball team members realized something was amiss and held their breath.

The air was still for a few seconds.

The prototype lay motionless on the ground.

"Why isn't there any response?" Sun Ling asked in a low voice.

The engineer in charge of powering on the machine was taken aback. He squatted down to check and confirmed that everything was normal, then looked puzzled.

At this moment, Cheng Fei walked forward with his hands in his pockets, looking down at the motionless prototype, and asked impatiently, "Alice, what are you doing?"

"Hmm... Good morning, teacher." A youthful voice, no different from that of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, rang out, carrying an undeniable drowsiness.

At the same time, the hum of the motor started, the robot supported its upper body with its hands, and its head, equipped with sensors, turned to observe its surroundings. Its movements, which were indistinguishable from those of a human, had an indescribable sense of strangeness.

Everyone in the basketball team was dumbfounded, their faces showing shock as if they had seen a ghost.

"Get up early my foot! I told you to come play ball, so get up now!" Cheng Fei said bluntly.

"Sorry, Alice forgot something again!" the robot said, as she scrambled to her feet with a swift and fluid motion.

"Continue." Cheng Fei gestured to Sun Ling with his eyes, then stepped aside.

Sun Ling continued to explain for the basketball team, "In short, that's how it is. Alice is the most advanced humanoid robot currently available. She can act completely autonomously. Just treat her like an ordinary player."

Fang Qing nodded in agreement, "It's just an exhibition match, everyone don't need to be nervous, just play freely."

After a brief silence, the basketball team members snapped out of their daze and burst into a lively chatter.

"This robot seems really amazing..."

"Wait, I'm a little disoriented. Is this still Earth?"

"These things are all remote-controlled now, how could they possibly move on their own..."

At the same time, Chen Hao quietly moved next to Cheng Fei, put his arm around the boy's shoulder, glanced at Xia Meng who seemed to be on standby at any moment, and lowered his voice, "Hey! What's wrong with you, kid?"

874. Real technology officially enters the historical stage.

"What? What's going on?" Cheng Fei asked, keeping his hands in his pockets.

"What is Real Technology? What is your relationship with these people?" Chen Hao stared intently at the boy, as if he were seeing him for the first time.

He had seen it clearly: when the boy stepped forward, all the beautiful women dressed as office ladies, Sun Ling and Xia Meng, as well as the staff, focused their attention on him, as if they were following his lead.

"This?" Cheng Fei said calmly, "Real Tech is a company jointly owned by our group, and I'd say I'm roughly one of their...owners?"

"Huh? Boss?" Chen Hao was shocked. "You've gotten this far following Lin Xuanqi?"

"It's alright." The boy nodded seriously.

"By the way, Mr. Cheng, are you thirsty? This is what Sister Ling asked me to prepare." Xia Meng seemed to suddenly remember something, took out a glass of lemonade from the bag she was carrying, inserted a straw, and respectfully handed it over.

Cheng Fei casually took it and looked at it, then realized it was the sign of the milk tea shop where he and Sun Ling used to work. After thinking for a moment, he pointed at Chen Hao and said, "Do you have any extra? Give my friend a cup."

"Yes, there is." Xia Meng nodded quickly, took out another cup, and this time adopted a businesslike tone, not even helping to insert the straw, "Here you go, classmate."

"Thank you!!!" Chen Hao was stiff all over, and bowed deeply as he accepted the gift in a loud voice, as if it were some kind of valuable item.

Xia Meng was so frightened that she took a half step back and looked to Cheng Fei for help.

"Alright, you don't need to follow me anymore. Go and bring a drink to Shen Xi and the others too." The boy gestured with his chin toward the wire fence at the edge of the basketball court.

On the bench over there, Shen Xi and Nagasaki Asuna sat side by side, half a body's width apart, watching this side.

"Okay, Mr. Cheng." Xia Meng nodded respectfully before turning and walking away.

Chen Hao watched her walk away cautiously, glanced at the cold lemonade, then looked at the boy with eyes that seemed to be filled with tears, "Cheng Fei, you're living too well these days?!"

"Is it really that good? It's just a glass of lemonade." Cheng Fei took a sip of his drink, his expression indifferent.

"Is the lemonade the point? The point is that you have such a lovely female employee serving you! She doesn't look that old, does she? You're really something!" Chen Hao felt like he was about to collapse.

"The service is a bit excessive. And let me remind you, she's 24 years old and graduated with a master's degree. She's not young at all." Cheng Fei glanced at Xia Meng, who was bending over to hand drinks to Shen Xi and Nagasaki Asuna.

That innocent-looking, soft, round face is very deceptive; if it weren't for the completely different outfit, one would probably mistake her for a student from Yinghua.

"A 24-year-old female employee who's this cute? You deserve to die even more!" Chen Hao was shocked again.

"Let's not talk about that. In short, today's exhibition match is very important. It will be used as promotional material for the company later. Thank you for your hard work." Cheng Fei said seriously, patting him on the shoulder.

Chen Hao inserted a straw into his lemonade, shook his head and sighed, "Well, since you've put it that way, I'll reluctantly feed that robot a few balls later."

She might not need to be fed the ball, Cheng Fei thought for a moment but decided not to say it aloud.

While the two chatted, the prototype robot, under Sun Ling's command, demonstrated several dribbling moves to the basketball team to convince them that the robot could actually play basketball.

After watching the robot's incredibly smooth movements, the entire basketball team was left questioning their existence, and even Fang Qing was somewhat stunned.

"No, what's the point of a robot that can play ball? I'd rather play against a human than play some kind of exhibition match against a robot."

"That's right, that's not the spirit of basketball, senior, I refuse to participate."

After a brief moment of reflection, such a protest broke out.

Fang Qing hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "It's true that participation in this exhibition match is voluntary..."

She turned her helpless gaze to Sun Ling.

Sun Ling's smile remained unchanged. "I forgot to mention earlier that each student participating in the exhibition match will receive a two thousand yuan appearance fee."

"What? Why didn't you say so earlier? I've always been a supporter of artificial intelligence!"

"Exactly, robots are the future. We shouldn't underestimate ourselves. No matter how well robots perform, it can't negate the significance of human effort, can it?"

Those who had previously protested smoothly changed their attitudes.

So, in a corner of the Yinghua basketball court, a dedicated camera team set up their equipment, with the director and cameraman working diligently and methodically.

Soon, everything was ready. The basketball team sent nine members, along with a prototype of the real technology machine, to start the game, with Fang Qing serving as the referee.

"I am player number five, Alice. Please give me your guidance." The robot looked at the number bib on her chest and said in a serious tone.

"Her voice is so cute..."

"I just asked the staff, and they said that if all goes well, mass production won't be long..."

"She's a robot, so put away your wild ideas..."

Amidst these whispers, the match began.

This unusual basketball game quickly attracted a large number of students to watch, and as the news spread, a steady stream of students poured into the venue, occupying the stands.

On the court, Chen Hao shouted as he passed the ball, "Alice, catch!"

"Give it to Alice!" The prototype sprinted through various lines of sight to catch the ball, dribbling it toward the basket with a fluidity that rivaled that of a human, the motors humming in unison.

At the edge of the court, a cameraman sat on a track vehicle, moving in sync with the robot, operating a heavy lens to clearly record the robot dribbling past opponents.

When the small prototype jumped and dunked like a professional athlete, the audience erupted in cheers, and the players on the court looked at each other, seeing shock in each other's eyes.

If it weren't for the internal structure visible beneath the outer shell confirming it was a robot, they would have suspected it was a real person in disguise.

"Bang bang ka bang~ Alice scores two points!" The prototype raised its arms to announce its victory.

"This robot looks so human!"

"She's so cute!"

"Where can I buy one? I want one!"

Discussions erupted in the audience.

Shen Xi and Nagasaki Asuna sat on a bench under the barbed wire fence, watching this scene from afar.

"Cheng Fei is indeed very clever. Releasing such a video will definitely cause a sensation, right?" Nagasaki Asuna said with a smile.

"Let's wait until it really succeeds before we start praising it," the aloof girl said indifferently.

"Shen Xi is as strict as ever," Nagasaki Asuna remarked in a nonchalant tone, glancing towards the edge of the field.

Shen Xi also looked over and narrowed her eyes.

There, a tall, upright young man stood with his hands in his pockets, mingling among the ordinary students watching the game. Sun Ling and Xia Meng stood on either side of him, attracting curious glances from the occasional students who noticed him.

"That jerk, he really knows how to enjoy himself." Shen Xi gritted her teeth, her tone turning annoyed.

“Cheng Fei and they are just in a normal superior-subordinate relationship, there’s no need to be jealous, right?” Nagasaki Asuna smiled.

"You vixen don't need to pretend to be magnanimous over there." Shen Xi glanced at her, not without disgust. "Also, let me make this clear, I'm never jealous."

"Yes, yes, Her Majesty the Queen never gets jealous; she only eats tiramisu." Nagasaki Asuna nodded with a perfunctory smile.

This made the aloof girl's expression even more displeased.

……

The exhibition match has come to an end.

Real Technology finally managed to escape the crowd of curious students and move to the parking lot at the school gate.