Chapter 439 - The First Song of Qin (12) (1/2)

“What danger? A one-night stand? Or a long-term relationship[1]?”

‘A long-term…relationship? Is it like what I think it is?’

Qin Ge had originally planned on scaring Shi Sheng, but he got such a shameless answer in return. ‘How can a girl say such things?!’

Qin Ge stared at her for a solid few seconds. “Why are you looking for me?”

Shi Sheng scooted over to Qin Ge and stretched out her hand with a smile. “Professor.”

Qin Ge frowned as he looked at her outstretched hand. “What?”

“Hold my hand ah!” Shi Sheng spoke matter-of-factly.

Qin Ge, “…”

‘So, the reason why she broke into my house in the middle of the night was to hold hands?!’

“I’ll leave right after.” Shi Sheng added.

Under the gentle lighting, the girl’s features seemed to glow with soft light. Her pitch-black eyes contained specks of light that seemed to be fixed there, for they raised nary a ripple in their depths.

Qin Ge slowly reached out a hand.

Her hand was very small, still containing some baby fat so it was soft to the touch.

Shi Sheng swiftly tried to pour her spirit energy into Qin Ge’s body. Almost at the same time, her expression changed slightly. ‘The spirit energy actually won’t go in?! Why is it like this? Isn’t he Feng Ci?’

Shi Sheng tried again but got the same result. It was as if something was stopping her spirit energy from entering his body.

Qin Ge watched as the girl’s expression turn unsightly, and doubt appeared in his eyes. ‘Her emotions fluctuate this much just from holding hands?

After the third failure, Shi Sheng jerked her hand back and spoke hurriedly, “I’ll be leaving first, Professor Qin.”

Right now, the only thing on her mind was to find somewhere where she could tear System apart.

As Qin Ge watched her running away, he felt rather puzzled. ‘So just what did she come here for?’

Shi Sheng swiftly ran downstairs and out of the building. Because the security guard was diligent in his job, she was delayed there for a bit while he called Qin Ge to confirm that he knew her. Only then did the guard let her through.

The security guard was rather confused. ‘When did this lady go in? There sure are a lot of girls looking for Mr Qin…’

Shi Sheng sprinted off to find a deserted spot and took a deep breath. ‘System, get out here. Let’s chat.’

[…Host, I don’t think we have anything to talk about.] It didn’t want to come out, but just thinking of its Host losing her temper made it afraid.

‘Nothing to talk about? Then what’s with Qin Ge?!’

[…It’s just like that.]

‘“Just like that?!”

Your grandpa! What’s with his body?! If you don’t give me a satisfactory answer today, just wait to get sent to the recycling centre!’

System didn’t want to speak—it just wanted to be a quiet system. ‘Why does Host want to talk with me ah? Scared…’

System struggled for a while before answering.

[There aren’t any bugs with Qin Ge. Host, you’ll have to rely on yourself for everything.]

System fell silent after speaking this. It was scared of its Host.

No matter how Shi Sheng called, System didn’t make another peep.

‘Very good! This time when I get back, I’ll give you something new!’

Shi Sheng ground her teeth and headed back. ‘Since there’s no bug, it’s because of Qin Ge himself. Don’t tell me he has some special ability?’

……

“Chu-Chu, our project made it into the preliminaries of the fifth Challenge Cup[2]!” During class, Chen Xi whispered this to Shi Sheng under Qin Ge’s nose.

“Wasn’t that project of yours on robots?” Shi Sheng raised a brow.

“Yeah. The programming qualified.” Chen Xi nodded, still a bit excited. “Isn’t that great? As long as we get into the top 3, our project should be good enough for someone to support us!”

Shi Sheng thought of the program she told them to change…

There were a lot of flaws, but from the current technological standards of this world, it would still be pretty good in the early stages.

While the two were heartily chatting away, a shadow suddenly blocked out the light. Qin Ge, who had been standing at the podium just a while ago, had appeared beside Chen Xi at some point.

Chen Xi’s expression immediately turned unsightly. “P-Professor Qin.”

Qin Ge wore a stern expression and secretly examined Shi Sheng. This was the first time the two had met since that day, as well as the second time she attended his class.