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

"Why don't you ask Shen Xi about this? She also grew up in Academy City." Ye Shuang didn't even look at Cheng Fei, speaking coldly and irritably.

"Of course I'll ask, but Master Ye's opinion is also very important." The young man looked at her.

"You jerk, don't give me that crap." The innocent girl remained unmoved, glancing at him out of the corner of her eye, and suddenly said in a muffled voice, "What's so important about my opinion?"

"Of course it's important. If nothing unexpected happens, Master Ye will be the one who comes the most when I move." The young man said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"How could it be me? I already said I wouldn't... you know what!" The girl stumbled again, her earlobes burning slightly.

"Living together?" The boy raised an eyebrow, then became serious. "I would really like to live with Master Ye, as long as Uncle and Aunt don't have any objections."

"Who wants to live with a scumbag like you?!" Ye Shuang panicked slightly, raising her voice to a louder tone, "If you want to live with someone, go find Nana!"

"Nana won't do." The boy shook his head and sighed, taking a bite of eel rice.

"Why can't Nana? Nana loves you so much, and you just don't know how to cherish what you have, you scumbag!" Her eyes reddened, and her resentful look made it seem like she was standing up for a sweet girl.

"It's not that I don't want to, it's just that Shen Xi won't let me say thank you." The boy looked helpless.

Ye Shuang paused, her eyes darting around, her voice softening, "If Shen Xi won't let Nana have it, does that mean I should..."

“Shen Xi really only cares about Nana and not you. I guess she probably trusts you, since you’re more obedient.” Cheng Fei rubbed his chin and smacked his lips. “Besides, she said that as long as we don’t do anything in front of her, it’s up to me to do whatever I want with you, so it’s kind of like exploiting a bug.”

"So you just bully me every day?!" The girl was furious.

"Not at all. First of all, it's all because Master Ye is too cute. Secondly, Master Ye is too passive. I have no choice but to tease him." The boy shook his head, looking as if he had a great responsibility.

"So you just take advantage of me because I'm easy to bully and mess with me?!" The girl was even angrier, her voice trembling.

"Master Ye, don't get excited. It may be a bit reckless, but I've said before that I would cherish you. So even if I have to lie, I'm going to win over this lovely Master Ye. Of course, I'll only do this to you, Shen Xi, and Nana." The young man said sincerely.

"How could you say such a thing? You frivolous and shameless scumbag!" the obedient girl shouted.

"As long as it makes the three of you happy, I'm willing to bear this infamy alone." The boy nodded solemnly.

"You?!" Ye Shuang stared at him, speechless.

"Besides, doesn't Master Ye quite enjoy being bullied by me?" the boy asked her seriously.

"Who likes being bullied by you?!" The obedient girl turned her face away as if pricked by a needle, her eyes flashing, and her small hands clenched tightly in her absolute territory.

"Master Ye, do you really not like it?" The young man leaned closer to observe her.

"You scumbag, don't come any closer!" Ye Shuang hurriedly shrank back, seemingly genuinely frightened.

“Alright, let’s continue our previous topic.” Cheng Fei stepped back, picked up the eel rice he had just put down, and pondered, “In short, considering the current situation, after I move, Chef Ye will definitely be the most frequent guest, which is why I said Chef Ye’s opinion is very important.”

"Am I really the one who comes here the most frequently?" The girl's mouth was slightly open, as if she was shocked. "But Shen Xi and Nana are clearly right across from me."

The boy nodded as he ate, “It’s absolutely true. Actually, I only spend one day a week with them at most, which is about the same as tutoring with Master Ye. And most of the time, I’m the one who goes to their place.”

"I thought..." Ye Shuang lowered her head, biting her lip as her expression shifted.

"I thought I was either with Shen Xi or Nana when you couldn't see me?" the boy asked with interest.

"Or maybe you're with some other girl I don't know." The girl glanced at him wistfully.

"How could that be? I'm usually very busy. Even when I'm with other girls, it's to talk about serious matters. Please trust me more like Shen Xi and Nana do." The boy mixed the eel, pickled radish, and rice together and put them in his mouth.

"You scumbag, stop pretending to be pitiful. I'm not that easy to fool." Ye Shuang stared at him silently for a second, then looked away and put a cucumber roll in her mouth.

"Master Ye is arrogant yet easy to fool, and I think that's part of what makes him so adorable. Only I can fool such an adorable Master Ye." The young man lightly patted her head.

"You scumbag, I'm not easily fooled!" The girl gritted her teeth and glared at him, but when the boy smiled, she lowered her head and looked away.

The atmosphere between the two was quiet for a moment.

"Cheng Fei." Ye Shuang thought for a moment and spoke softly.

"Huh?" The boy ate a thick slice of grilled beef tongue.

"And what about Miss?" The girl's dark, bright eyes stared at him.

Cheng Fei paused for a second, then said, "Master Ye."

"Ok?"

"If you mention Lin Xuanqi again, I'll eat you up tonight." A hint of genuine danger lurked in the boy's eyes.

Ye Shuang's heart skipped a beat, and she panicked. Her eyes reddened, and her voice trembled with tears, "You dare?! Don't do anything rash!"

"Just kidding, why are you crying? My Master Ye is too innocent." The young man rubbed her head, unable to suppress a smile.

"You jerk, you're so annoying! All you do is bully me!" The obedient girl dodged his hand, looking even more aggrieved.

The two of them managed to fill their stomachs, and Cheng Fei gathered the takeout boxes, put them in a bag, packed them up, and placed them at the door.

Ye Shuang sat in her original spot, picked up a comic book, glanced at the boy who had walked back, lowered her head, bit her lip lightly, and her eyes flickered.

"What are Master Ye's plans now?" the boy asked curiously.

"I want to keep reading comics," the girl said without hesitation.

"Can we watch it together?"

After she responded softly, the boy sat down next to her and casually put his arm around her small shoulder.

The obedient girl, who had noticed everything, stared at the comic without moving, but her fair earlobe was quietly stained with blood. She glanced at the boy out of the corner of her eye and hurriedly looked away.

Cheng Fei looked at the comic book as if nothing had happened.

As the autumn night fell, the atmosphere in the rented room became increasingly quiet. The two of them read comics, and time passed by second by second.

“Scumbag.” Ye Shuang suddenly glanced at him, her expression carrying an indescribable meaning.

"Huh?" The boy stared at the comic book where the male and female protagonists were getting closer and closer.

"Do you want to...?" The girl's voice became barely audible.

"Master Ye, did you also learn this from Shen Xi?" the boy asked in confusion.

"What does this have to do with Shen Xi?" The girl's face showed a look of confusion.

"It's nothing, I just didn't hear you clearly because you spoke louder."

"I asked you if you wanted to... hug me?" The obedient girl glanced at him, then hurriedly lowered her head, feeling guilty as if she had done something wrong.

"Am I not hugging Master Ye right now?" The boy tightened his grip on her shoulders slightly.

"That's not what I meant..." The girl's voice became even more strained.

"Which kind of embrace is Master Ye referring to? Please demonstrate." The boy asked seriously.

"Promise me you won't do anything reckless." The girl's eyes were filled with worry.

"I will absolutely not do anything reckless." The boy's expression was stern.

Ye Shuang paused for a second, then suddenly stood up, pressed down on the hem of her school uniform skirt with one hand, glanced back at him with slightly reddened eyes, and then sat down with her back to him.

"It's...like this." The obedient girl's petite body stiffened at first, then relaxed and leaned against his chest, still tightly clutching the comic book. From the boy's perspective, her expression was not visible.

The boy looked down at the girl sitting in his lap with the dignified bearing of a well-bred young lady, and realized that there was a similar scene in the comic earlier, which probably inspired her.

"Understood, Master Ye, you can rest assured and enjoy your comics. I won't do anything reckless." The young man wrapped his arms around her waist without any sense of guilt.

The girl responded softly, picked up the comic book and continued reading, her head resting near his shoulder. Her long, flowing pigtails tickled his collarbone. Due to the height difference, her small, neatly arranged feet, encased in white over-the-knee socks, dangled slightly in the air.

So, in the quiet living room, the only sound was the rustling of comic book pages turning. Ye Shuang stared at the comic, so focused that she seemed to have completely forgotten about the situation between the two of them.

After waiting a moment, Cheng Fei looked at the comic book with her while moving up and down at the same time.

The obedient girl panicked, her voice breaking into a suppressed sob, "You scumbag, promise me you won't do anything reckless!"

"This isn't considered reckless, is it?" the boy asked calmly.

"..." The girl lowered her head, swallowed quietly, and gripped the comic book tightly with trembling hands, as if she were going through torture and desperately enduring something.

Soon, the comic book turned to its last page.

"I've finished reading it, I'll go get another one." Ye Shuang became inexplicably flustered, biting her lip as she looked at her shoulder bag not far away, and made as if to get up.

"Master Ye, how about we stop here for today?" Cheng Fei didn't let go of her.

"Why should I? I want to see!" The girl turned her head and glared at him, then looked away.

"Because Master Ye is so cute, I want to tease her a bit and do something outrageous." The boy looked at her seriously.

Ye Shuang seemed to realize something, her pupils contracted, and her expression became more panicked than ever before. "You scumbag, you're not allowed to bully me!"

"Isn't Master Ye's obedient and well-behaved demeanor just something I can bully?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the boy pinched that pretty face with its well-defined features and leaned in.

"Waaah...!" The obedient girl was on the verge of tears, her long legs, encased in white over-the-knee socks, pressed tightly together as if guarding against something, but it was all in vain.

Soon, the twin-tailed girl, who had been making a token struggle, gave up and melted into the boy's arms. Tears welled up in her slightly closed eyes, wetting her thick eyelashes.

……

at the same time.

The third level of the corridor, deep underground in darkness.

"Um, isn't it too reckless for us to explore the Great Portal without Cheng Fei here?" Nagasaki Asuna tilted her head, holding her healing staff behind her back.

"Does that mean we'll do nothing without that jerk? Stop talking nonsense, you vixen." Shen Xi narrowed her eyes and walked forward with a displeased expression.

"What if we encounter that shadowy figure without Cheng Fei?" Zhou Han patted her small chest, looking around anxiously.

"Just don't go too deep. If you're really unlucky, you and the vixen will stay behind to cover our retreat." The aloof girl said coldly and without any politeness, her displeased gaze sweeping over the two of them.

"Eh, is this what they call taking your anger out on someone else?" Nagasaki Asuna tapped her chin with her index finger as she observed her.

Zhou Han froze, her round eyes widening slightly. "I want to be the rearguard too?"

“Yes, you want one too.” Shen Xi glared at her without any politeness.

……

"You scumbag! I knew you'd do something like that again!" The innocent girl cried out, her voice trembling with tears.

"Master Ye, you were enjoying yourself just now, why are you turning your back on me so deliberately?!" The boy was shocked.

"You scoundrel! I don't enjoy it at all!" The girl's trembling voice sounded as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"Master Ye, you're such a hypocrite!"

"I don't want to talk to you anymore, I'm going to take a shower!"

As the bathroom door slammed shut, the atmosphere in the rented room fell into a deathly silence.

Cheng Fei looked at the closed door, hesitated, then shook his head and turned to leave.

Just then, his phone, which was on the coffee table, beeped with a WeChat notification.

The boy habitually reached out with his right hand to pick it up, feeling the delicate and smooth texture lingering on his fingertips. He switched to his left hand and picked up the phone, only to find it was a message from his tea ceremony teacher.

"Shen Xi is really angry tonight. She even said that if she runs into Youying, she'll use me and Zhou Han as her backup, haha."

You can imagine the smug look on the face of a sweet girl typing away.

The boy looked thoughtful as he typed.

"Idiot, do you want to come over tomorrow?"

"Hey, isn't Cheng Fei with Shuangshuang?"

"Yes, I'll tutor her as usual tomorrow."

"But Shuangshuang didn't want me to go, did she?"

"I told you you insisted on coming."

"Hey, how could Cheng Fei smear Nana like that?"

"no?"

"Sure~ As long as it's Cheng Fei's order, Nana doesn't care if the whole world hates her."

"It's not that exaggerated, and she wouldn't hate you that much, would she?"

"That's true, but what does Cheng Fei want me to do?"

"It's important to set an example for her."

"Demonstrate? I understand~ Nana, as an excellent cat, will set a good example."

"Alright, go to sleep early. Come over tomorrow morning. Goodnight."