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

When the two returned to the living room, the sweet figure with long coffee-colored hair stood on the balcony, her hands behind her back as if admiring the scenery after the rain.

Hearing footsteps, Nagasaki Asuna turned around, tilted her head, and gave the two of them an intimate smile. "Um, congratulations on breaking up?"

"What did you say?" Shen Xi narrowed her eyes, seemingly displeased.

"Teacher Shen, she wasn't referring to us," Cheng Fei said, glancing sideways.

"I don't need your interruption, and of course there's no one here with you." The aloof girl glared at him without any politeness.

"Shen Xi was just venting because she was unhappy," Nagasaki Asuna said with an unchanged smile, as if she understood everything.

"She was laughing so hard she couldn't stop before, but now she's unhappy. The Celestial Queen is truly capricious." The boy shook his head and sighed.

The result, of course, was a merciless blow from the small, soft creature.

"So, Cheng Fei and Lin have broken up. What are you planning to do now?" Nagasaki Asuna stepped forward, her clear, bright eyes fixed on him.

"What? How do you do it?" the boy asked, shrugging.

"Now that you've broken up, you can get a new girlfriend, right? Who will you get?" the sweet girl asked curiously.

Shen Xi's face remained expressionless as she subtly kept a close eye on the boy out of the corner of her eye.

"I'm still considering it. After all, there are quite a few girls who like me. They could line up from the entrance of Sakura Garden all the way to the electronics district." The boy rubbed his chin, looking quite troubled.

"How about we consider this well-behaved cat? A cat would be very serious if she were a girlfriend?" Nagasaki Asuna pointed to herself, looking completely innocent.

"Of course, that's within our consideration." The boy nodded seriously.

Shen Xi stared elsewhere and sneered, without saying a word.

Asuna Nagasaki glanced at her with a teasing smile, only to be met with a glare.

"We were just joking, Ms. Shen, please don't be angry," Cheng Fei quickly said.

"There's nothing to be angry about. It's Cheng Feiyu's freedom to be with whomever she wants," Shen Xi continued with a cold laugh.

"Sigh, forget about being arrogant. By the way, aren't you hungry after a long afternoon? It's time for dinner." The boy glanced at the darkening sky.

Shen Xi kicked him, her little face even more displeased. "So Cheng Feiyu knows what tiredness is. I thought that as long as he could satisfy those filthy desires, he could go three days and three nights without eating."

"If Teacher Shen is willing to let me do whatever I want, I can go three days and three nights without eating." The boy looked her up and down, his expression serious.

The girl shivered, instantly covering her chest with her hands and distancing herself from him, her expression extremely wary. "Stop talking nonsense."

"That's an exaggeration. Even if you agreed, I couldn't possibly do anything to you for three days and three nights. You're too weak; I'm afraid you'd collapse and die." The boy shook his head.

As a result, they were subjected to even fiercer and continuous attacks.

"Trash, go to hell!"

During a conversation that seemed to have no clear meaning, the three of them decided to eat at home and divided the tasks of preparing dinner. Cheng Fei and Nagasaki Asuna took the main responsibility, while Shen Xi assisted.

As the aloof girl, wearing an apron, meticulously added water to the rice cooker according to the markings, Nagasaki Asuna pounced on her from behind, laughing and hugging her, "Shen Xi, how about we live like this as family for the rest of our lives?"

"What's wrong with that vixen now? Don't touch me!" The aloof girl, annoyed by the interruption to her work, turned her head away.

"Adding a little more or a little less water doesn't matter, no need to be so serious." The sweet girl remained unmoved and leaned closer to examine her work.

After some time, dinner was ready for the three of them. They sat down around the table, and as the steam rose under the orange-yellow light, the aroma of the food wafted out, just like when Nagasaki Asuna had first moved here a long time ago.

"Cheng Fei, Lin won't let this go, will she? What should we do next?" Nagasaki Asuna asked with concern.

"Just be careful, I don't care." The boy shrugged nonchalantly and enjoyed the stir-fried green peppers and pork he had made.

"The Lin fellow wouldn't dare do anything to me," Shen Xi said with a cold snort, her eyes lowered.

Cheng Fei gave a thumbs up, "As expected of the daughter of the head of the security department, she speaks with such confidence. Please also remember to protect Nana."

"Without me, that vixen would have died long ago." The aloof girl narrowed her eyes.

"Shen Xi is so nice to me, why does she have to be so fierce with me?" Nagasaki Asuna turned her head to look at her and sighed softly.

The boy opposite her lowered his voice deliberately, "Tsundere doesn't need a reason, and in her eyes you're a vixen."

He was attacked from an unknown source under the table immediately after he finished speaking.

Shen Xi gritted her teeth and stared at him, then looked away after a second of silence, as if she had given up on refuting him.

"Teacher Shen, what's with that adorable expression of silently enduring everything?" The boy asked with feigned surprise.

The girl squinted and stared at him.

"I'm sorry, I was talking nonsense again. Teacher Shen is the most gentle and tolerant, please forgive me." The boy clasped his hands together in a second.

"Shameless trash." The girl kicked him again.

Asuna Nagasaki hesitated for a moment, a worried look on her face. "Shuangshuang must be feeling really bad being caught in the middle right now. Shouldn't Cheng Fei go and comfort her?"

"I know," the boy nodded.

……

After dinner, Cheng Fei returned to his rented room across the street alone.

During this time, he sent a message to Ye Shuang via WeChat.

Good morning, Master Ye.

"You jerk, leave me alone. I don't want to talk to you right now."

Having received such a blunt reply, I had no choice but to give up.

As night deepened, the boy finished washing up and lay down on the bed, blinking as he stared at the familiar ceiling.

He really did break up with Lin Xuanqi.

Returning to freedom, no longer being constrained by others, no longer having to be cautious at all times, and no longer worrying about being discovered by someone.

In a flash, it felt like I was back a year ago, when I came to Academy City alone. Back then, I was lying in this very room, completely in control of my own life. My goal was to learn by using the social rules I was familiar with, then take the civil service exam, find a comfortable job in this world, and just coast along...

The text suddenly refreshed before the boy's eyes.

[In the new month, you have been given three chances to draw new items from the in-game store.]

Why does the system always have to come out and seek its presence when I'm contemplating life?

He sighed inwardly and decided to make the selection anyway.

[Moon Shadow Blade: A collection of interstellar explorers from the Corridor Era, said to be crafted using Radiant Stone magic, transforming the energy of high-speed slashes into magical light waves → 100,000 points]

[Bottled Dragon Blood: Inject ancient dragon blood into your body to temporarily gain terrifying power, but at a painful price, you transform into a dragon → 500,000 points]

[Floating Mechanical Core: Summons a swarm of floating cannons to fight for you; requires one million energy points]

882. Cheng Fei never felt happy being with Lin Xuanqi.

The familiar scene of the two playfully fighting flashed before the girl's eyes.

"Xuanqi, I was just kidding, how could I possibly break up with you..."

"Are you crazy? You scared me to death..."

"Ouch, honey, I'm sorry, okay..."

Lin Xuanqi woke up in the hazy darkness, a trace of moisture remaining in the corner of her eye.

Through the gap in the curtains, she could see that it was dark outside, with a gloomy dark blue sky. She had slept for a long time.

The rain had stopped sometime earlier, and the whole world seemed to have been muted, so quiet it was unsettling. She had a vague feeling that she had been abandoned by the whole world.

"Cheng Fei..." the girl murmured unconsciously. Coming to her senses, she sat up abruptly, got out of bed, picked up her phone from the cabinet, and quickly curled up back on the soft bed. She turned on her phone screen as if anticipating something, though she herself didn't know what it was.

The phone's notification bar was empty; it's normal that her private number wouldn't be disturbed casually.

She opened WeChat again, clicked on the pinned chat, and moved quickly as if she was certain there were unread messages inside.

"Lin Xuanqi, let's break up."

The message history stopped during the day, with no further content.

The girl's pupils contracted, and she felt her mind go blank.

Her eyes flickered with panic, and she frantically typed text on the keyboard, her fingers trembling.

Cheng Fei

What's wrong with you?

"Reply to me when you're done playing."

"Are you trying to scare me to death?"

The girl sent four messages in one go before stopping, her gaze habitually moving upwards as she waited for a reply.

Next to the four messages, four small red dots appeared, something she had never seen before.

The girl paused for a moment, then clicked on one of them, and a small gray text prompt appeared.

"You are not yet his/her friend. Please send a friend request first."

For a moment, Lin Xuanqi's eyes were filled with confusion.

Not friends?

how is this possible.

She quickly clicked on the other person's profile picture, her brows furrowing slightly, and her eyes trembling.

Add friends

The appearance of this option indicates that the two have truly become strangers.

So...she was deleted?

The girl stared wide-eyed, stunned in the darkness. Some indescribable emotion, which she had consciously or unconsciously cast aside, began to spread in her heart, like a free fall from a great height. Only after a long descent did she gradually realize some irreversible facts.

Cheng Fei

Cheng Fei

Cheng Fei

Her eyes were darting around nervously as she quickly typed something into the chat box, trying to verify something.

"You are not yet his/her friend. Please send a friend request first."

"You are not yet his/her friend. Please send a friend request first."

"You are not yet his/her friend. Please send a friend request first."

A series of small gray text notifications popped up, as if an invisible yet impenetrable thick wall stood in front of her.

Lin Xuanqi's heart skipped a beat. She stared blankly at the screen, her mouth agape, speechless.

……

After an autumn rain, the sun rose as usual in Academy City on Sunday, as clear as if nothing had happened.

At noon, Cheng Fei received a call from Sun Ling.

"Mr. Cheng, a few clients have come to do some research. They say they are from Xueyuan Construction. The person leading the team is named Song Yufei. She seems to be someone special. Would you like to come and take a look?"

"I'll be right there."

Realizing something, the boy hung up the phone and drove off as fast as he could.

However, when he arrived at the headquarters of Real Technology, there were only a few employees working overtime, and Song Yufei was nowhere to be found.

"Where is she?" the boy asked, looking at Sun Ling, who was holding a folder.

"He left after watching Alice, it seems like he didn't want to see you. Mr. Cheng, do you and that Mr. Song... have a story?" Sun Ling carefully observed the young man.

From the way the other party inquired about Cheng Fei's situation during the reception, she keenly realized something.

"Story my foot, stop asking questions." The boy said irritably, tapping her on the head.

Sun Ling covered her head, her eyes wide with surprise.

After the young man turned and left, Xia Meng watched his figure disappear into the distance. She then leaned close to Sun Ling and whispered, "Sister Ling, what did President Cheng say? He wouldn't really be with that Song Yufei..."

"Really my foot, stop asking around." Sun Ling said irritably, tapping Xia Meng on the head.