"Besides, she's mine now, so I'm not worried she'll do anything against me. If you want to go in, you'll have to show some sincerity."
He Xi stared at him for two seconds, then slowly curled her lips, a mischievous gleam suddenly appearing in her blue eyes.
"What? You've got your eye on me, too?"
She tilted her head, her teasing tone somewhere between serious and joking. "You're easy enough on the eyes. I wouldn't mind robbing the cradle, as long as my darling student doesn't mind."
"Oh, come on, Master! What are you doing?"
Zhi Xin rushed over from the side, her little round face flushed crimson, and hugged her arm.
He Xi laughed so hard at her reaction that she rocked back and forth, her two white bunnies bouncing wildly in the breeze.
"All right, all right, I'll stop teasing. Look at you. Do you really think your master would steal him from you?"
Yan watched from beside them, her expression unchanged, but the fingers hanging at her side quietly curled a little tighter.
She kept feeling that Qin Feng looked at He Xi differently.
That interested gaze was completely unlike the lazy indifference with which he dealt with everyone else.
Just then, Qin Feng chuckled, his tone growing more serious.
"He Xi, you can visit my Research Hall, but you have to agree to three conditions."
"Let's hear them."
He Xi pulled her arm out of Zhi Xin's embrace and tilted her head at him.
"First, no leaks. You can't mention anything in there to anyone. And you can't apply any of it within the Angel Civilization."
"Of course."
He Xi nodded. That was a basic rule, and she had no objections.
"Second, you have to help advance my current research. Don't you want to see my