Cheng Fei’s heart sank.
He thought everything was over.
Then he looked ahead and discovered Shen Xi was still walking without turning around.
“What is it, President?”
Through miraculous acting talent, Cheng Fei sounded completely normal.
“Do you have an answer yet regarding how to measure the speed of light with an electric fan?”
Perhaps because she didn’t want to look at Nagasaki Asuna, Shen Xi continued facing forward.
“I have a general idea…”
“Explain.”
Nagasaki Asuna gently rested her head on Cheng Fei’s shoulder.
Cheng Fei looked as though someone had strapped a giant boulder to his back.
“Fizeau used a rapidly rotating toothed wheel to measure the speed of light, right?”
“If you modified an electric fan, maybe you could use it in place of the toothed wheel…”
A soft, smooth hand suddenly slipped into Cheng Fei’s.
Their fingers interlocked.
Warm skin pressed against his without a single gap.
Cheng Fei shivered.
“And?” Shen Xi urged.
“Continue.”
“Uh…
use the fan in place of the toothed wheel, add a laser source, and theoretically you could reproduce the experiment.”
“But there are several problems…”
Cheng Fei desperately tried to shake Nagasaki Asuna off.
The stairwell was directly ahead.
Shen Xi’s path would turn ninety degrees there.
Unless she was blind, she would see them holding hands.
“What problems?”
“First, the fan has to rotate extremely fast.
At least tens of thousands of revolutions per minute.”
“Otherwise, you’d need to stretch the optical path so far that the reflector might need to sit dozens of kilometers away.”
Just before Shen Xi stepped onto the stairs, Nagasaki Asuna released him.
She moved one full step away, clasped her hands behind her back, and became the image of innocence.
Shen Xi glanced back at the two of them.
“What else?”
Cheng Fei sighed internally.
“Second, the fan’s rotational speed has to be precisely adjustable.”
“During the experiment, you’d gradually increase the speed until the light path becomes completely blocked, then calculate light speed from the rotational rate.”
Shen Xi climbed several steps and nodded.
“Acceptable.”
“Yes, yes.
Compared to your Transcendent brain, naturally.”
Cheng Fei curled his lip.
“So why are we researching this?”
“The theory works, but practical feasibility is almost zero.”
“Accurately controlling the fan speed alone would be a pain.”
“A toothed wheel is obviously better.”
The instant he finished, Shen Xi stopped.
She turned.
Expressionless, she looked down at the other two from the stairs.
Nagasaki Asuna calmly met her gaze.
“What?” Cheng Fei asked guiltily.
“Today’s club activity will be conducted online.”
Shen Xi spoke flatly.
“We’re dismissing here and going home.”
“So, whoever-that-person-is, please return to your gaming club.”
Cheng Fei had reason to suspect Shen Xi simply didn’t want Nagasaki Asuna coming to the clubroom.
“If we’re just playing games, I’ll skip it.
You play.
I’ll study.”
“No.”
Shen Xi smiled coldly.
“You’re helping me find a high-speed electric fan with precise adjustable speed.”
“Something like that probably doesn’t exist in the game.”
“I heard there’s a limited-edition collectible dropped by a boss on the Fourth Layer.”
“It happens to be called the Infinite Electric Fan.”
“Do you understand what the Fourth Layer is?”
Cheng Fei stared.
“It isn’t unlocked.”
“Going there counts as sequence breaking.”
“And dying in an unreleased region causes you to drop all your equipped items!”
“So?”
“Last time, weren’t you boasting about how you could walk sideways through the Fourth Layer?”
Shen Xi stared directly at him.
“Or is my boyfriend merely someone who talks big?”
“Who’s your boyfriend?” Cheng Fei asked suspiciously.
“You.”
Shen Xi narrowed her eyes at his lack of cooperation.
“Am I wrong?”
“No, my dear girlfriend.”
Since she had admitted it herself, Cheng Fei could only play along.
Shen Xi snorted and glanced at Nagasaki Asuna.
The Japanese exchange student’s reaction looked incredibly fake to Cheng Fei.
“My~ Someone really does like Shen Xi.
Looks like I was wrong.”
“You’ve been wrong about far more than that.”
Shen Xi sneered.
“Is that so?”
Nagasaki Asuna smiled without giving an inch.
Cheng Fei vaguely understood.
During their past argument, had they exchanged insults like “no man would ever like you”?
He decided not to investigate.
“Sequence breaking into the Fourth Layer is hard.
People usually pay me a premium for that.”
“This is a losing deal.
Why don’t we forget it?”
“I already pay you more than enough.”
Shen Xi’s eyes turned icy.
“You still want to charge me?”
“My dear girlfriend’s kindness is something I can never repay.”
Cheng Fei lowered his head.
Nagasaki Asuna’s eyes moved back and forth between the two.
Amused.
“You two seem very close.”
“That’s none of your concern.”
Shen Xi’s expression remained cold.
“Whoever-you-are, please leave.”
“Eh~ Why don’t I help too?
I’m free.”
Nagasaki Asuna showed no embarrassment whatsoever.
“And please stop giving me strange names.
It’s genuinely troublesome.”
“Understood, Miss Very-Long-Name.”
“But this is an internal club activity.”
“You don’t need to participate.”
“She does!”
Cheng Fei stepped between them.
“Our club barely has members.
We should demonstrate a more welcoming attitude.”
Shen Xi’s gaze turned unfriendly.
“What is she to you?”
“This is entirely for the development of the club.”
Cheng Fei looked sincere.
“Or President Shen could cancel today’s activity entirely and spare my life.”
Time flew.
Cheng Fei wanted to spend his beautiful afternoon studying, not gaming.
Shen Xi saw straight through him.
She smiled.
“I changed my mind.”
“She can participate once.”
“Our club truly shouldn’t appear too exclusionary.”
Nagasaki Asuna burst into laughter.
Cheng Fei:
“…”
…
In the end, Nagasaki Asuna did not participate in the Corridor Research Club’s online activities.
When Cheng Fei returned to his apartment, he received a MicroChat message from Tea Ceremony Teacher.
[The company suddenly called me in to record something, so I can’t play tonight.]
[Don’t miss me too much, Cheng Fei~]
“Like hell I’ll miss you.”
Cheng Fei put down his phone.
Nagasaki Asuna was more dangerous than expected.
He needed to be careful.
Absolutely nothing could be allowed to destroy the beautiful two-timing arrangement he had fought so hard to establish.
Carrying that determination, Cheng Fei logged into Corridor.
…
In one corner of the plaza where the fountain flowed eternally, a silver-haired girl resembling an elven princess sat upright on a bench.
Expressionless.
A small bouquet of dew-covered white flowers suddenly entered her field of vision.
“For you.”
“Dawn Flowers.”
“Pretty name, just like yours.”
The girl looked at the young man offering them.
Her expression didn’t change.
If anything, her brows furrowed.
“You’re too slow.”
“Sorry.
I was picking flowers for you.”
Only then did Shen Xi glance down at the bouquet.
“Why do something unnecessary like this?”
“I’ve decided to treat you better from now on.”
“Reason.”
“I want to like you a little more.”
“You think that because I’m not as skilled as a certain someone at reading people, I can’t see through such clumsy and disgusting lies?”
“Fine.”
Cheng Fei sighed.
“I was inspired by a certain someone to improve the quality of the service I provide you.”
“After all, you are my most valuable client.”
“You told her about our arrangement?”
The girl’s expression chilled.
“Of course not.
I always protect client privacy.”
“How did you meet her?”
“That’s my privacy.”
“Do you believe you have no obligation to disclose private contact with other women to me?”
“‘Private contact’ sounds a little dramatic.”
“She was already on my friends list.
If I remember correctly, you were the one who told me to add her.”
“I seem to vaguely remember something like that.”
Shen Xi lowered her eyes.
“Delete her.”
“That’s excessive.”
“Reluctant?”
“She’s also a client.
I recently carried her through two dungeons.”
Shen Xi’s eyes lowered further.
“I’m making this request as your girlfriend.”
“Anyone else is fine.”
“Her specifically is not.”
“You know what our relationship is.”
“You still refuse to consider my feelings?”
“Then call me ‘husband’ first.”
Thank you so much for reading until the end.
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