America: I came here to study, not to show mercy.

Chapter 156 The Bad News

The curtains were half-drawn, and soft moonlight spilled into a corner of the room, adding a touch of brightness.

The evening breeze rustled the curtains, constantly bringing the coolness of the autumn night.

The room was quiet. "Reluctantly," they shared the same blanket and lay on the bed staring at the ceiling, neither of them speaking.

This was the first time she had ever been so fully conscious lying in bed with Li Xiaoen. Facing the darkness, Su Feier relaxed completely and couldn't help but recall her past with the young man, feeling quite emotional.

She pursed her lips, keeping her head still, and turned her eyes to look at the young man not far from her. Seeing that he had closed his eyes and was breathing softly, she was taken aback.

Her face darkened, and she kicked her foot from under the covers toward the young man.

"Um……"

Li Xiaoen suddenly opened his eyes, quite lucid, "What's wrong?"

"You fell asleep?"

Sophie asked, pursing her lips.

"I'm not asleep, but it should be soon."

Li Xiaoen shook his head and then nodded, "What's wrong?"

Sophie didn't speak, but turned her head to look at the ceiling. Then, she was kicked again from under the blanket.

Li Xiaoen: “???”

After frowning and pondering for a while, Li Xiaoen finally reacted, moved his body towards the girl Na, flipped her over, and pressed down on top of her.

Instead of immediately kissing those full, red lips, Li Xiaoen looked at the girl so close to him in the moonlight and gave her a teasing smile.

"Suffer, what were you trying to convey by kicking me?"

"what are you saying?"

With her light blue eyes slightly narrowed, feeling the young man's breath, Sufiel did not raise her arm to push him away, but turned her head to the side.

Weren't you quite proactive before?
Now they seem to be playing hard to get.

Watching the girl's actions, Li Xiaoen found it amusing. Su Feier's unusual behavior today was quite novel to him.

"Sophie, do you remember the good news I told you this morning?"

Li Xiaoen spoke leisurely, then changed the subject to other things.

"What good news?"

Sophie couldn't help but turn around and take a look.

"If the reasoning model I'm working on is perfected and the paper is written by February next year, there will be hope for your family's internet company to collaborate with the university team on the project."

"really?"

A bright light shone in her eyes, and Sophie smiled with delight. "Sean, you can do it, right? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Barring any major unforeseen circumstances, it should be completed."

To reassure the girl, Li Xiaoen nodded and said, "There really is something I need your help with, which is the bad news I mentioned this morning."

"what?"

Her smile faded, and Suffer frowned slightly. She sensed that the young man was plotting something mischievous again, and she always ended up being tricked.

"That is……"

It was really funny. Li Xiaoen leaned closer, his eyes burning with an aggressive intensity. "In return, I want you to wear a maid outfit next time."

Her face froze for a moment, then Su Feier frowned and raised her arm to push the young man off her, but he grabbed her arm precisely and pressed her back onto the bed. Before she could react, the young man roughly pressed his lips against hers.

"Humph……"

She only managed to let out a soft moan before she was immediately overwhelmed by the young man's affection...

Their lips and tongues intertwined, and the blankets covering them rose and fell. At one point, Suffert rolled over, holding the young man in his arms, and took the upper position.

Looking down at the young man in her arms, who was gently sucking and nibbling, completely absorbed in the moment, Suffer wrapped her arms around his head and pulled him tightly into her embrace.

"Well……"

With his face buried in the soft, white flesh, Li Xiaoen could only let out a muffled groan as he patted the girl's slender waist with his hand.

"call……"

After a while, the shackles on his head were finally removed, allowing him to breathe fresh air again. Li Xiaoen, panting heavily, looked up helplessly at the girl on top of him.

"Humph……"

Gritting her teeth, Suffer gave a disdainful smile, her eyes narrowed, and her breathing became somewhat rapid. "Maid outfit, you really do have your eye on it. I'll buy one for you next time."

"I've said it several times already."

Li Xiaoen explained helplessly, wrapping his arms around the girl's slender waist, "What I want is for you to wear it."

It would have been better if he hadn't said anything, but just thinking about such a haughty young lady appearing in front of him in a maid outfit makes him feel itchy inside.

Seeing that Suffer's face darkened, he turned over and preemptively silenced the other man by gagging him.

……

The next day.

7:50 a.m.

Waking up slowly from sleep, Li Xiaoen opened his eyes and couldn't help but glance at Su Feier, who was still in his arms.

The girl was still fast asleep, her long golden hair disheveled, with a few strands falling onto her fair, oval face. Her eyelashes were long, and her rosy lips seemed to be slightly upturned as if she were dreaming. Her serene sleeping face was a new and beautiful side of her that Li Xiaoen had discovered.

After kissing the other person on the forehead, Li Xiaoen slowly freed himself from the other person's thighs that were pressing down on him, and then turned around.

Unexpectedly, a sudden feeling of weightlessness enveloped him, startling him so much that he quickly bent down and placed his hands under his body to support himself on the floor and avoid falling.

"I rely on..."

Subconsciously uttering a sentence in Mandarin, Li Xiaoen clapped his hands and stood up, suddenly realizing that the two of them had fallen asleep in each other's arms last night, unknowingly ending up on the edge of the bed—at this moment, there was still a large space on Suffer's side.

Shaking his head and sighing, Li Xiaoen stepped into the bathroom, quickly washed up, and then took the clothes he had washed and dried the night before into the room, hanging them on a hanger in the closet.

Having finished all this, and seeing that Suffer was still fast asleep, Li Xiaoen quietly changed his clothes and packed his backpack.

Before leaving, he hesitated for a moment, and adhering to the cultural custom of saying goodbye with a kiss, he turned back and kissed the girl's lips before locking the door and closing it.

Why does it give off a feeling of keeping a mistress hidden away?

After doing all this, Li Xiaoen felt a little strange, shook his head, and went downstairs and out the door.

The first floor was arranged the same as last night, and there was still no sign of Daniel returning from the shoe-keeping area by the door until Sean Lee took out his phone and learned of his whereabouts in the chat group.

What youthful revelry, letting nature test their love, and taking leave to go on an adventure?

Looking at the endless stream of messages in the group chat, Li Xiaoen tilted her head in confusion. Given how quickly Daniel's girlfriends changed boyfriends, and if they were to let nature test their love, these past two months must have been quite busy.

Does Daniel really not mind? He even obediently followed along.

Unable to figure it out, Li Xiaoen stopped thinking about it and quickly walked towards the dormitory area restaurant.

According to his gradual understanding over this period, in America, due to differences in class, ethnicity, and even region and religion, it is not the stereotypical view he had in China that everyone holds an open attitude towards love.

Some traditional families, especially in rural central America and urban eastern America, still maintain conservative attitudes toward marriage and relationships. It is conceivable that in America, where there are a large number of Christians, everyone would be open-minded.
Li Xiaoen bought a sandwich from the school cafeteria and ate it as he walked to his classroom.

Sophie could sleep in in the morning since she had no classes, but he was the opposite; he only had one class with Professor Sedgewick in the morning, and the rest of the time was free.

Although he doesn't have the idea of ​​sleeping in late, he can't help but sigh that, as a student studying in the United States, he still faces the same "8 a.m. troubles" as college students in China.

"Sean..."

As soon as he entered the classroom, Lucas, who was already waiting inside, raised his hand to greet him, which immediately drew the attention of all the students in the classroom.

"Is there a problem?"

Li Xiaoen lifted his leg and returned to his previous position, looking around at everyone with a puzzled expression.

To his surprise, Haskel was also among them, looking over with a mixture of emotions.

"Um……"

Lucas lowered his gaze meaningfully and gestured to Haskell beside him, "Haskell wants to talk to you."

"what's up?"

Taking his laptop out of his backpack, Li Xiaoen looked at Haskel and asked.

Although they had a less-than-pleasant conversation before, he didn't take it to heart. If the other party had any questions, he wouldn't mind talking to them if it wasn't too much trouble.

"Sean, I admit defeat this time, and I accept it wholeheartedly!"

Haskel pondered for a moment, then nodded solemnly and said so.

"Lost? What do you mean?"

Li Xiaoen frowned, watching the other person's face freeze for a moment, then gradually turn to shock. Only then did she realize what was going on, and asked with a wry smile, "Are you talking about the model for our same research project?"

Although the question was directed at the other party, it seemed that the only conflict between them was that one, and the answer to the question was obvious. Li Xiaoen couldn't help but reveal a strange smile.

He had only intended to conduct his own research and never thought about competing with the other party, but Haskel had unexpectedly decided to compete with him.

As if he had anticipated Li Xiaoen's reaction, Haskel lowered his voice and said, "Yesterday when I got back, I copied your results and did other tests, such as generalization ability and robustness. Your model's results are better than mine!"

"Compared to this, everything I've spent so much time on is garbage!"

You don't need to say that.

Li Xiaoen sighed in relief, glancing at Lucas beside him, whose expression had turned strange.

If Haskel's work is garbage, then his is even worse than garbage.

However, it was quite surprising to see Haskel, who had previously been so perfunctory in his work, now become so diligent and hardworking, boldly admitting the shortcomings of his model and even going so far as to dismiss it as garbage.

Seemingly noticing Shawn Lee's gaze, Lucas silently turned around and moved closer to Axel, who was working hard on an Apple test question not far away.

"Sean, I'm not here to ask you to work on that project together."

Fearing that Li Xiaoen might misunderstand, Haskel quickly added, "I will continue my research on my own, and I also ask you to put your heart into it and study diligently. We can exchange ideas then."

"Naturally."

Li Xiaoen nodded. Faced with such a request from a student who was about to graduate with a master's degree, he felt a little emotional and suddenly remembered the system learning card props he had used.

Excluding language learning cards, I've dedicated myself to my major, computer science, twice. Once, I reached the undergraduate level after three years of regular study, and now, with the year of focused study experience I've just gained, it seems I've reached a level beyond graduate school.
After such a long time, the next experience extraction for the advanced learning card is still not available. If five years of focused learning experience are truly loaded, will it reach the level of a doctoral degree?

Li Xiaoen thought to himself that Professor Sedgewick had already arrived in the classroom, so he sat down in his seat and took out his computer.

“Hey, Sean…”

After class, Lucas immediately leaned over to look at the computer screen in front of Sean Lee. Seemingly puzzled, he frowned and moved closer, "What were you writing for the whole class? I can't understand it."

"This is an outsourced task by Apple."

There was no need to hide anything, Li Xiaoen nodded and said truthfully.

Apple? Outsourcing?

Lucas's face froze, and he exclaimed in surprise, instantly drawing everyone's attention, including Professor Sedgewick's, "Sean, you passed Apple's test? You wrote down their requirements in class?"

Upon hearing this, the entire classroom fell silent. Everyone had their own thoughts and couldn't help but glance at Professor Sedgewick, who was still standing on the podium.

"..."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Finally realizing what was happening, Lucas quickly waved his hand and lowered his voice, "Sean, I didn't mean to..."

"know."

Nodding helplessly, Sean Lee looked at Professor Sedgewick, feeling a little uneasy.

He promised his professor yesterday that he would complete the full project before the start of next semester, but today he's doing a part-time job in class instead.

"Let's go back to the lab."

To everyone's surprise, Professor Sedgewick took a deep breath and walked out of the classroom first.

"Hey... Sean."

Relieved, Lucas packed his things and headed out. Seeing that Li Xiaoen was walking in the opposite direction, he quickly called out, "The lab is over here."

"I have something to do this morning, I'll go over this afternoon."

Li Xiaoen gave a simple answer, waved goodbye, and quickly walked away, leaving all the students who had just left the classroom stunned.

“What the f**k…”

After exchanging glances with the others, Lucas couldn't help but let out a sound.

He had long known that Sean Lee's arrogance was perhaps even greater than Haskel's, and now it was blatantly displayed before his eyes.

Haskel at least didn't act arrogantly in front of the professor, while Sean Lee was doing other things in the professor's class and was called to the lab, and he even delayed. If it were them, they would probably have been scolded to the point of questioning their existence.

Li Xiaoen had no idea what others were thinking. He quickly went to the school cafeteria, packed a brunch, and took it back to his dormitory.

Brunch is essentially a meal between breakfast and lunch when you get up late, don't have time for breakfast, and have lunch too early.

Back in the dormitory, Li Xiaoen couldn't open the door by pulling the handle, so he took out another key to unlock it and finally entered the room.

"Is Sophie still asleep?" he wondered to himself.

(End of this chapter)