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

Chapter 251 Rebellion against Tiangang
Snapped.

In a spacious, luxurious detached villa in the suburbs of New York, a sudden slamming sound rang out. A middle-aged white man in a suit, with his hair neatly combed, slammed the documents he was holding in his other hand onto the table with a cold expression.

A stack of paper documents lay open, containing various information about Li Xiaoen since he came to America, including many photos of him with several girls, such as Suffer and Victoria.

"We agreed on a division of labor before, and you were entrusted with the education and care of the children. Is this how you teach them?"

The man turned his head and glanced resentfully at his wife sitting on the sofa. "I don't believe it. You didn't know about Sophie's long-standing relationship with that Chinese guy. You only found out about it yesterday at the Constellations charity auction."

"I think Sean is a great kid. He's handsome and very talented."

Isolde pursed her lips and replied casually, "Besides, weren't you worried about Sophie's sexual orientation before? Now you can finally rest assured, right?"

From childhood, despite her strict and conservative family education, her parents noticed that Suffer always looked down on any boys, but got along very well with several girls. They even wondered if their daughter's sexual orientation was wrong.

Given the open-mindedness promoted by the American left, and the fact that a wealthy friend's son had undergone gender reassignment surgery, it's understandable that they have this concern.

"These are two different things!"

Louis took a deep breath and emphasized in a low voice, "That kid is Chinese! He's not even an American citizen!"

"On the contrary, I feel that this is quite good."

In stark contrast to her husband's uncontrollable rage, Isolde revealed a meaningful look, "Sean has managed to study at Princeton from China, and judging from his current performance, he is far more outstanding than other boys his age. It certainly won't be difficult for him to get a green card and citizenship, and he will definitely stay in the United States in the end because of his career."

"Is that what I meant?!"

Louis took a deep breath.

"And..."

As if she had just thought of something, Isolde ignored her husband's expression and smiled with complete confidence, "Sean is Chinese, so he can come to our house for Thanksgiving and spend it with us."

"Louis, you don't want to spend Thanksgiving at someone else's house after Sophie gets married, do you?"

"You're getting married?!"

Louis looked shocked, his mouth agape, unable to process what he was seeing. "Isolde, so you knew about Sophie's relationship with that Chinese kid from the beginning?"

Isolde did not answer, and Louis's expression slowly darkened.

Seemingly noticing her husband's change in mood, Isolde looked up, her eyes also darkening. Louis narrowed his eyes slightly, then sighed and shook his head in resignation.

From that moment on, the large, exquisitely decorated living room fell silent. Then, an undeniable declaration came from the direction of the garage leading into the house.

"Dad, Mom, Sean and I will definitely get married in the future!"

The two turned around upon hearing this and saw their daughter walking out from there.

Sophie's expression remained calm. She glanced at her parents on both sides before continuing, "We want to have a few more children."

"You got home early this morning, and you've been eavesdropping the whole time?"

Enraged by his daughter's words, which he hadn't seen in a long time, Louis gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and stared at her with a gloomy expression.

……

On the other side, after seeing Catherine off, Li Xiaoen returned to his studio to check the data on the USB drive. He only scrolled the mouse wheel a few times before his eyes widened slightly. He then tidied it up a bit and uploaded it to the studio's server.

Immediately afterwards, a group of people were organized to work on improving the bugs and vulnerabilities described above.

The work development and allocation finally changed somewhat. Li Xiaoen asked one colleague after another to come to the meeting room next door and clearly and accurately conveyed the direction of his optimization to them. For those with shallow foundations, he also had to sort out the framework for communication and implementation with them.

Time flew by and it was already six o'clock in the evening. As the studio's closing time rang, Li Xiaoen suddenly came back to his senses.

He barely wrote any code that day; instead, he spent most of his time talking to each of them about the overall implementation framework.

Is the function of this small studio with only a few people already evolving?
After saying goodbye to several colleagues, Li Xiaoen couldn't help but ponder to himself as he drove home.

As he had envisioned, this step was still a significant step closer to the studio's scale. He planned to gradually shift to management and coordination when the studio had at least a few dozen employees—a role that required more comprehensive consideration and could no longer be as straightforward as before, where simply defining tasks and putting in the effort was sufficient.

It must be said that for him, this kind of work is more mentally taxing.

This is his career, and he will have to take on the management and coordination work sooner or later. However, he can delegate the technical leadership and guidance of the studio, as well as the task of teaching other colleagues with weaker foundations.

After pondering for a moment, Li Xiaoen immediately came up with an idea.

After parking the car in the parking lot and walking back to the dormitory, my phone suddenly rang. It was Su Feier calling.

"Sean, let's try to see each other less often in the future."

Before Li Xiaoen could even speak, Su Feier's somewhat dejected voice came from the other end of the line.

Is it because of your father's side?

Li Xiaoen paused in his steps and spoke in a low voice.

"Ah."

Did Jasper relay my message to you?

"Ok?"

"..."

After hesitating for a moment, Li Xiaoen still spoke up, "Wait for me, Su Feier. In the not-too-distant future, I will come to your house to find you in person."

"Um……"

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of her second-floor room, Sophie looked down at the lush flowers in the garden below, a slight smile playing on her lips, and let out a soft hum.

"Then will you still come to school?"

Knowing perfectly well that the girl was being deliberately obtuse, Li Xiaoen smiled helplessly and asked again.

"Come on, you haven't dropped out of school."

Sophie took a deep breath. "But he wants me to keep my distance from you, or he'll make me transfer schools."

"is it?"

This is probably the best possible outcome.

Li Xiaoen couldn't help but look up at the sky, which was already shrouded in twilight, and sighed, "In the end, I'm still not good enough for her."

"What do you mean by 'good enough' or 'not good enough'?"

Sophie immediately retorted, "I'm willing, that's enough."

"Ha ha……"

Li Xiaoen laughed twice and then said, "Sufeier, if my business fails, let's elope."

"You might fail, but will you keep failing?"

Instead of answering, Sophie asked a question.

"Probably... not."

After a moment's hesitation, Li Xiaoen spoke slowly, "Suffolk, are you still thinking about the 51% share I promised you?"

"of course."

Sophie's voice also carried a hint of amusement, "As for whether it's an empty promise, not only me, but my family and everyone else are waiting to see."

"Yes, sir!" Li Xiaoen replied solemnly, then chatted for a few more minutes before hanging up with Su Feier.

In the end, we've come to this point.

Looking down at his phone, Li Xiaoen was filled with mixed emotions.

If he didn't have that ability, perhaps Suffer would have considered his suggestion, but it's clear he does, so Suffer can't accept that kind of lazy, complacent lifestyle.

With the girl's strong will and competitive spirit, she would absolutely stand in a high position if there was even the slightest chance, and would never run away or be willing to be second to anyone. Recalling the other party's behavior since they met, Li Xiaoen gradually realized, and shook her head repeatedly with a mixture of laughter and tears.

He only realized now that Suffer's gradual attempts to get closer to him must have started that night last semester when he confessed his feelings for the girl.

This woman is really cunning.

After muttering to himself for a while, Li Xiaoen returned to his dormitory, washed up, and immediately sat down in front of the computer again.

The next day.

After holding a brief group meeting with the students in the lab and helping to answer a few questions, Li Xiaoen went to Professor Sedgewick's office and directly explained his purpose.

"You need a technical leader?"

Knowing how popular the app developed by Sean Lee's studio was, Professor Sedgewick paused for a moment upon hearing the young man's words.

"Is there some difficulty, or are there simply no such people?"

Seeing the professor frown slightly and remain silent, Li Xiaoen tentatively asked again.

“Sean, you need to understand that, according to your requirements, those who meet the criteria are either doctoral students or master's students with exceptional talent and solid knowledge bases…”

Professor Sedgewick glanced at Shawn Lee with a knowing look, then his expression turned strange as if he remembered something. "Oh right, I forgot, there's also you, a freshman, the most incredible genius I've ever seen..."

"There's no need to praise me at this point."

Li Xiaoen was both amused and exasperated. After careful consideration, she asked again, "Is it because my studio is too small that they don't want to come?"

"you're right."

Professor Sedgewick nodded, took a sip of coffee, and looked up at Sean Lee, "With their knowledge, ideas, and drive, they disdain working for others and would rather start their own business like you..."

"Even if you were to work for a company, your first and best choice would still be a major internet company in Silicon Valley, wouldn't it?"

"you're right."

Nodding repeatedly, Li Xiaoen sighed with emotion, then asked again, still unwilling to give up, "Professor Sedgewick, you've been a professor for so many years, and you know so many other professors, are there really no candidates? Even those with weaker foundations are fine; I'll offer them a higher salary than those from major internet companies..."

"There is one, whose foundation is not only not bad, but much better."

Sedgewick gave a meaningful smile, leaned back in his chair, and crossed his legs, a gesture that made Sean Lee's face fall instantly.

"Since you already have someone in mind, why did you tell me so much beforehand?"

Li Xiaoen shrugged, looking quite helpless.

"I told you all that so you would understand that the other person is also an entrepreneur, and very proud of it. It's just that their business failed and they are now doing market research to prepare for a comeback. If you are interested, you should try to win them over yourself."

"This kid is getting more and more disrespectful to me," Professor Sedgewick snorted and reprimanded, "As for whether you convince him to join your studio or he convinces you to join his team, that's up to you two."

"Oh, I see..."

Li Xiaoen suddenly realized, and a fawning smile appeared on his face. "Thank you so much, Professor. Could you please give me his contact information?"

"I've never seen a student as shameless as you."

He gave Professor Sedgewick a helpless yet resigned look, then took out his phone and looked down to search.

"hey-hey……"

Li Xiaoen chuckled twice.

Professor Sedgewick had been a great help to him in many ways. Although everything was based on his exceptional talent and programming skills, he appreciated the professor's kindness time and time again and was very grateful to him.

“Professor Sedgewick, once my studio grows bigger and stronger, I will invite you to be our company’s lifetime honorary technical advisor. At that time, not only academic circles, but also ordinary people will know about your reputation.”

"Get lost! You're making empty promises, aren't you?"

Professor Sedgewick looked up and chuckled, then stood up and waved his hand, saying, "Get lost, I don't want to see you again today."

"Good professor."

Upon seeing the message the professor had just sent on his phone, Li Xiaoen quickly nodded, raised his hand in acknowledgment, and turned to slip out of the office.

As I walked back to the lab, I dialed a number and put it to my ear.

Good morning, Mr. Evan. Would you like to have a chat?

……

At 3:50 p.m., in a coffee shop next to the Princeton University incubator.

"Sean..."

As soon as he approached the store, a voice called out from a corner. Li Xiaoen turned around and saw a middle-aged man with a Chinese face.

Li Xiaoen raised an eyebrow in surprise and walked closer. Along the way, Ai Wen looked him up and down, a smile always on his face.

"I never expected you to be of Chinese descent."

After sitting down opposite the man, Li Xiaoen first ordered a coffee from the waiter who had followed her, then looked at him and said with a smile, switching to Chinese, "Do you speak Chinese?"

"A little bit of gray."

Evan smiled awkwardly and immediately switched back to English, "I am a third-generation Chinese immigrant. Although my family had Chinese tutors when I was a child, I have forgotten most of what I learned."

"Understandable."

Li Xiaoen nodded with a smile.

"When I listened to your English, it was very standard and fluent."

As a fellow Asian Chinese, Evan was quite talkative and started the conversation, saying, "You're an international student from China, and you're already at a native-speaker level in English in your first year. That's really rare. Even immigrants who have lived in America for over ten years rarely achieve this level."

"You know me?"

Li Xiaoen raised his eyebrows.

"Sean, the precious genius student introduced by Professor Sedgewick, you're more popular online than many internet celebrities."

Evan sighed meaningfully, "For an international student to reach this level of social interaction is already better than most white students."

"is it?"

Li Xiaoen nodded and didn't say anything more.

"Sean..."

The conversation heated up, and Evan took the initiative to speak, "Join my team!"

Li Xiaoen: “???”

(End of this chapter)