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

"Teacher Shen, I was wrong!" The boy blocked her way in a second.

“It’s always the same, you shameless trash.” The girl kicked him under the table with symbolic force.

The boy picked up the caramel macchiato, took a sip, and sighed contentedly, as if it were some rare delicacy. He then clicked his tongue in amazement, "That feels good. It's amazing that Teacher Shen would comfort me."

"Nonsense! I've said it before, I don't want to seem cold and heartless because I beat and scold you every day. It's this Cheng Feiyu who's shameless and heartless. Of course, I'm not going to make a fool of myself." The girl kicked him again, this time with more force, as if she was disappointed in his lack of self-control.

"Yes, yes, Ms. Shen is the most gentle and understanding. It's all my own fault." The boy nodded perfunctorily and handed her the drink again. "Then please have some more, Ms. Shen."

"Why?" the girl asked suspiciously, her wary expression suggesting that something had been drugged.

"I want to drink the one you drank before," the boy said without a hint of guilt.

"Didn't you just drink it?" The girl frowned and stared at him, looking completely bewildered.

"One bite isn't enough," the boy shook his head.

The girl met his gaze for a second, seemed to sense something, and gritted her teeth, "You filthy, disgusting trash."

After saying that, she picked up the drink with extreme disgust and reluctance, lowered her head and put the straw in her mouth to drink, brushing away the hair that had fallen to her lips with one hand. Halfway through, she noticed that the boy was watching her, so she shifted her gaze and glared at him.

A moment later, the girl put the half-finished drink back in front of the boy. As he picked it up to drink, she looked at the book in her hand and said coldly, "This is also my response to you."

"Response?"

“That’s right, after all, you comforted me, so of course I won’t leave you alone.” The girl paused and added, “This is also an effort to maintain our master-servant relationship for a long time. Cheng Feiyu, if you have any conscience, please remember it.”

"I was quite moved at the beginning, but there's really no need to talk about the rest." The boy hesitated before continuing.

"Shut up." The girl didn't even look up.

The boy watched her as he ate his caramel macchiato without saying another word.

The girl's gaze shifted, briefly meeting his eyes before subtly looking away.

The atmosphere in the club activity room became quiet, and the two alone looked just like they did at this time last year. Only by paying close attention could one sense the indescribable emotions spreading between them.

"Shen Xi, you're really cute," Cheng Fei said with a sense of relief.

"Let's skip the obvious platitudes. I've already said this is my level." The girl snorted and tossed her hair.

"Of course, he was also really narcissistic." The boy sighed in silence.

"I told you to shut up." The girl narrowed her eyes, displeased, and kicked him under the table.

The early autumn sun slowly moved across the sky, gradually losing its heat, and sank towards the horizon. In the silent room between the two, time passed by, second by second.

"Looks like no one's coming today?" Cheng Fei looked up to observe the sky.

"The vixen went to take care of your cheap sister, and Zhou Han and Ruan Jingyi also took leave, so I canceled the club activities." Shen Xi said in a businesslike tone.

The boy opened WeChat and found that she had sent a notification, probably when she went out to buy drinks.

"Teacher Shen, so you went to all this trouble to ask me out?!" the boy exclaimed in shock.

"I just happened to have nothing to do today, so I'm sitting here. If you didn't read the notice and are just hanging around next to me, then stop talking nonsense!" The girl was instantly annoyed and didn't back down.

"Besides, Ai-chan is Nana-chan's younger sister, so there's no need to keep emphasizing that it's related to me, right?" the boy said helplessly.

"Excuse me, I was just stating the facts." The girl gave a cold, ambiguous laugh.

"Sigh, all they do is eat tiramisu all day long." The boy shook his head.

"What did you say?" The girl's eyes narrowed.

"It's nothing." The boy's expression turned serious.

After some time, Shen Xi closed the book expressionlessly and said, "I'm going back."

"Okay." Cheng Fei immediately packed his things.

After Shen Xi locked the door, the two went downstairs side by side.

Students occasionally noticed the boy's presence and cast prying glances, but the two completely ignored them.

"Teacher Shen, do you think you might become my rumored girlfriend tomorrow?" The boy rubbed his chin.

"Heh, Cheng Feiyu spends all his time with different girls, so there's no need for him to fantasize." The girl narrowed her eyes.

“That makes sense.” The boy thought for a moment and realized that Zhou Han seemed more likely to become his rumored girlfriend than Shen Xi.

"Teacher Shen."

"what?"

"Can I come over to your place tonight? As long as we don't have a meeting." The boy asked seriously.

"Why?" The girl became wary.

"I finally broke up with my boyfriend, and I want to experience what it's like to let loose," the boy said earnestly.

"..." The girl turned her face away, her eyes flickering.

"Teacher Shen?"

The girl frowned, her face showing visible disgust. She shivered as if chilled, pinched her brow, took a deep breath, and as if enduring something, whispered, "Never mind, never mind..."

"Forget it? No way?" The boy raised an eyebrow.

"Considering the special circumstances, I'll reluctantly agree to your request, as long as it doesn't get too late and affect your energy tomorrow." The girl's pure, dark eyes lost focus and became empty, as if she had made some great sacrifice. She paused, then glared at him with a puzzled look. "But I really can't understand, has this Cheng Feiyu's filthy fantasies about me really reached this level? Or are aquatic mammals just so energetic? I'm warning you, if you dare to get your shoes dirty again this time, don't blame me for being impolite."

The boy looked at the girl who had finished understanding on her own, opened his mouth, and realized that she had misunderstood something.

Now that things have come to this point, it seems impossible for me to admit that I just wanted to spend time with the two girls and then go back to my rented room at night.

"Teacher Shen," the boy said after thinking for a moment.

"What is it now?" the girl asked impatiently.

"You are so cute, I love you."

Stop with the sweet talk!

On their way out of the campus, the two encountered someone unexpected.

Zhou Han and Ruan Jingyi seemed to be leaving as well. When they saw the boy, the energetic and petite girl ran up to him, stood on tiptoe, and patted his head with a smile, like a young mother doting on her child. "Cheng Fei, Cheng Fei, you must have had a hard day. Don't worry, it won't be like this tomorrow."

After saying that, she took her best friend's arm and walked away briskly, leaving the two of them looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Cheng Fei! What have you been doing behind my back with other girls again?" Shen Xi thought for a moment and suddenly glared at him, a little annoyed.

"Sweetie, I don't know what she's talking about either!" the boy said, looking wronged.

The two of them then returned to Guang'an Street.

Opening the door to the 36th floor, the room was quiet; it seemed Nagasaki Asuna hadn't returned yet.

Shen Xi walked into the entryway without saying a word, and as usual, she leaned against the shoe cabinet and bent down to change her shoes, raising her lower legs one by one, only her movements were slightly slower.

With obsessive-compulsive tendencies, the girl neatly arranged her uniform shoes, tilted her head slightly to confirm that the boy behind her was watching her, and said coldly and rudely, "Disgusting trash, come here."

“Okay.” The boy followed behind her.

The two went into the bedroom and closed the door.

In the quiet room, Shen Xi narrowed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, as she worked while staring at the small, soft creature. Her delicate and beautiful face revealed a complex expression of serious focus mixed with extreme disgust.

……

Meanwhile, at the Lin family headquarters in Yinhuan.

In a small conference room, investment elites dressed in suits and ties were holding a routine meeting.

"Given the unexpectedly high inflation data, the macroeconomic analysis team recommends first reducing risk exposure and closing out some of the long positions in bonds..."

"Our assessment is that the turning point will come sooner than expected, so we can take advantage of market panic..."

While everyone else was frowning, only one person was absent-minded.

Lin Xuanqi sat in the head seat, resting her chin on one hand, gazing at the sunset on the horizon in a daze.

After what happened in the morning, she rushed back to the company without stopping, temporarily putting everything out of her mind and continuing to work.

"Director Lin, what is your opinion?" The voice suddenly rang out.

Lin Xuanqi turned around and found that everyone was staring at her.

She has always been the backbone of the investment department. Whenever there is a decision to be made, everyone habitually relies on her because she almost never makes a mistake in judgment.

If Madam Lin is the helmsman of the Lin family and oversees the overall situation, then she is the absolute authority in the investment department, which became the core of the Lin family's business under her leadership.

The girl glanced at the charts on the screen, pondered for a moment, and tapped her chin with her fingertip. "I also think the risk is not high. Let's wait and see. We can increase our holdings depending on the situation."

"understood."

The subordinates exchanged glances, and each saw a sense of relief and reassurance in the other's eyes.

With just one word from Lin Xuanqi, they wouldn't have to worry about the direction of their next strategy. Even if this reliance was occasionally non-compliant from a risk control perspective, they were willing to trust Lin Xuanqi's judgment. After all, as long as it worked, compliance was irrelevant.

After some time, the meeting ended.

Lin Xuanqi boarded a convoy of black luxury cars and left Silver Ring to return to South Bay.

The girl leaned back in her chair, rubbed her temples, and expressionlessly opened her phone. She glanced at WeChat, thought for a moment, and then opened her browser to search.

"My boyfriend has always been very good to me, why has he suddenly changed?"

884. Lin Xuanqi doesn't want to break up.

Lin Xuanqi quickly received an answer.

"If you feel comfortable in a relationship, it's likely that your partner is taking care of you. This care isn't something you should take for granted; it requires a lot of effort. When your partner feels that their efforts aren't being reciprocated as expected, they might suddenly change their attitude. To put it bluntly, it means they're disappointed in you..."

The girl read it expressionlessly, blinked, sniffed, and after a moment of silence, opened WeChat, clicked on the chat that was still pinned to the top, selected "Add Friend," and entered a note in the request field.

"Cheng Fei, can we talk this over? I'm serious. I know it was wrong of me to bully you before. Please forgive me, I'll make it up to you."

After a moment of struggle, she pressed send.

"The other party has added you to their blacklist, and you are unable to send them a friend request."

Such a prompt immediately popped up.

Lin Xuanqi paused for a moment, turned off her phone, looked out the window, her eyes slightly red and shimmering.

……

Meanwhile, on Guang'an Street.

The bathroom door was tightly closed, but the sound of the shower running at full blast could be heard from inside.

Cheng Fei stood outside the door, leaning against the wall with his hands in his pockets, his mood simple.

Not long after, the door opened.

A cool, aloof girl with long, dark hair walked out, her small face expressionless.

Her hair was dry, showing no signs of having showered, and she was barefoot in slippers. Her small, soft, and glutinous appearance, like a rice cake, was eye-catching.

Noticing the boy's gaze, the girl gritted her teeth and kicked him, glaring at him coldly and without any politeness, "Disgusting, don't stare."

"Thank you for your hard work today, Ms. Shen." The boy bowed respectfully, still glancing at her slender and beautiful artwork out of the corner of his eye.

"Shut up." Shen Xi turned her head away with a look of disgust.

Just then, the sound of the door opening came from the entryway. Nagasaki Asuna returned from outside, tilted her head to look at the two of them, noticed that Shen Xi was barefoot and wearing slippers, blinked, and made a sound as if she had sensed something, "Eh?"

"Good afternoon, Nana. What did you do today?" the boy asked casually.

"I went to check on Ai's situation and took care of some other things as well." The sweet girl said casually, her hands behind her back.

"I see, you're such a good older sister." The boy nodded.

"I wouldn't call myself a competent one. I was just asked to take care of her, and Ai's self-care ability is quite poor, too?" the girl said casually.

"You've done a very good job," the boy exclaimed.

Asuna Nagasaki and Ai Kato are half-siblings, and given their family relationship, Cheng Fei believes he would never have bothered with them if he were in their shoes.

Shen Xi didn't participate in their conversation and went to the kitchen to pour herself some water.

Asuna Nagasaki looked around, twirling a strand of hair with her fingertips. A hint of restless excitement flickered across her still innocent and naive face. "Um, so you two have already gotten to the point of using your feet? How about sometime... you take me with you?"