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

Chapter 258 The Little Expert Who Sneaks Away

After leaving Professor Sedgewick's house, Shawn Lee first went to a government agency to obtain his green card. Seeing that it was almost time, he drove directly to the airport in New York.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, he finally saw the girl he hadn't seen for several days and who still hadn't replied to his messages at the exit of the station.

In late March, as spring entered its mid-term, temperatures in the New York area began to rise. Sophie wore a long-sleeved, loose-fitting shirt paired with long, slim-fitting jeans, a casual and comfortable style that also accentuated her alluring figure.

Notably, she wore sunglasses that covered half of her fair face, adding to her cool and charming aura.

"Sufeil..."

Li Xiaoen went to greet her, only to find that the girl had already let go of the suitcase she was pushing before she even got close.

"So cold? I've missed you so much these past few days."

Holding the suitcase handle in his hand, and watching the girl cross her arms and look away, Li Xiaoen tilted his head and teased her.

Suffer still didn't answer, so Li Xiaoen had no choice but to raise his hand and lift the sunglasses off the girl's face onto her full forehead.

He pushed up his sunglasses, and those somewhat resentful eyes fixed on him.

"You came back early because you missed me, right?"

Without withdrawing his outstretched hand, Li Xiaoen moved it to cup Su Feier's beautiful face to the side. He found it amusing, lowered his head and kissed her forehead, then reached out with his other hand to support her slender waist and pull her into his arms.

"Now that you've started your own business, have you finally given up and can't stay low-key anymore?"

Only then did Suffer's indistinct voice come from her arms.

“I never intended to hide that villa from them; if they wanted to ask, I would have told them long ago.”

He was referring to the villa in Ridgeview Estates that he mentioned during the video call that day. Since then, Suffer has stopped replying to his messages, Sean Lee shrugged in response.

"Let's go, shall I take you back to your dorm, or to my villa?"

Releasing his embrace, Li Xiaoen turned around, put an arm around the girl's slender waist, and walked with her towards the parking lot.

"Let's go to your studio."

Sophie looked up and held out her hand. "Where's my spring break present?"

"can."

Li Xiaoen was prepared; he casually took a small gift box out of his pocket and placed it in the girl's hand.

How was your spring break trip in England? Any fun things to do?

After getting into the car and turning on the music, Li Xiaoen drove to the studio. With one hand on the steering wheel, he reached out and placed the other hand on Su Feier's straight and slender thigh, kneading, grasping and caressing it.

"We had naturally seen the scenery around London when we were young, but this time we spent more time together at Victoria's estate, exploring the area."

With a casual reply, Sophie slapped the young man's teasing hand away and picked it up, but each time the other man would try to find it and stick it back on. So she could only purse her lips, take a deep breath and look ahead.

Upon arriving at the Princeton incubation facility, Shawn Lee felt a sharp pain in his lower back as soon as he got out of the car. Gripping his teeth, he quickly turned around, affectionately put his arm around Sophie's shoulder, and led her upstairs.

"Sophie, I'm the boss and the one in charge of the studio. Don't treat me like this, or I'll lose face."

"How have I treated you? And how did you treat me just now?"

Rolling her eyes, Suffer laughed in exasperation.

It was only in trivial matters, or such verbal squabbles, that the young man would show this henpecked behavior. When it came to important matters requiring his own opinion, his cautious and focused demeanor would not allow her to cause any trouble.

"Isn't it because I missed you?"

Li Xiaoen chuckled, leaned down and kissed Su Feier's collagen-rich cheek. As Su Feier frowned in surprise, he quickly added, "Alright, we're here."

Upon hearing this, Suffer paused for a moment, then quickly looked back at the front and composed herself.

Good afternoon, everyone.

As he pushed open the door and entered, attracting everyone's attention, Li Xiaoen raised his hand to greet them, gesturing to the girl standing beside him, "This is my girlfriend, Su Feier."

"Good afternoon, everyone. I've heard about the studio's achievements from as far away as England. Thank you for your hard work."

With a slight smile on her lips, Suffer gripped the bag's strap with both hands in front of her and nodded slightly to the left and right.

This is the first time I've seen this side of Sophie.

Gentle and friendly, yet carrying the dignity of someone who has long held a high position, formal and courteous, with no faults whatsoever in his words and actions.

Li Xiaoen raised an eyebrow in surprise.

After exchanging greetings with her colleagues in the studio, Suffer wandered around the studio, avoiding the work area and instead fiddling with the refrigerator and coffee machine before finally entering Li Xiaoen's office under his guidance.

"The style of your office furnishings..."

The door closed tightly. Sophie looked around curiously, her brows furrowing slightly. "Why does this look so familiar?"

“Catherine made the decisions regarding the allocation.”

There was no need to hide this. Li Xiaoen fiddled with his hand-ground coffee on the sofa and casually replied, "It's because of the church scandal in Aurora town, it's a reward for me."

"is it?"

Startled, Suffer paused for a moment, then quickly regained her composure and examined the young man's face. Seeing that there was no change in his expression, she relaxed considerably. "She came here every day during our spring break?"

No wonder the furnishings here looked so familiar to her.

With a complex and unspoken feeling in her heart, Sophie went to the desk, sat down in the large chair, and then smoothly spun the chair from side to side to experience it.

"Come for a few days."

Li Xiaoen sighed and walked towards her desk with two cups of coffee. "I don't understand either. She's a social worker, and she's slacking off during work hours, and she's even doing it here."

"Didn't you say before that she wanted a share of your studio?"

She quickly realized the possible reason and took a deep breath in exasperation. "Finding worthwhile companies to invest in is also one of her jobs."

"Well, it's possible."

Upon connecting on brainwaves, Li Xiaoen took a sip of coffee and nodded repeatedly, "Suffolk, get up for a moment."

"You want to sit too?"

The young man was still enjoying the new studio, and Suffer gave him a gentle and pretty smile. "Thank you for the coffee."

"..."

"Everyone says I'm thick-skinned, but it seems you're just as shameless."

Li Xiaoen was both amused and exasperated.

"Being thick-skinned isn't a flaw, is it?"

Sophie's smile remained unchanged, but a sense of danger inexplicably emanated from it.

Isn't this the content of the letter Victoria wrote to him before she left?

Li Xiaoen was startled, bent down and scooped up Su Feier's legs, picking her up in his arms.

"what are you up to?"

A sudden tightness gripped her heart, and Suffer struggled, looking over in alarm.

"Let's change our posture and sit together."

Li Xiaoen weighed it in his mind, then moved to sit in a chair and placed Suffer on his lap.

This scene suddenly gave me a sense of déjà vu, like something I'd seen in his dorm before.

Meeting the girl's helpless and melancholic blue eyes, Li Xiaoen smiled and hugged her waist tighter, helping her open the computer. "Sufeier, take a look at the project proposal for my studio."

Opening the file, Suffer disregarded her tantrums and turned her head to look at the computer screen intently.

"Sean..."

Just then, the office door suddenly opened, and a graceful figure walked in, followed by a sweet voice.

knock.

As the door slammed shut, three pairs of eyes met, and the office fell into a deathly silence…

"Sophie, you're back?"

Realizing what had happened, Catherine forced an awkward smile and waved her hand.

Suffer, who was about to stand up after a slight shiver, silently sat back down when she saw the person who had come.

"How would I know someone is shameless and trying to get close to me if I didn't come back?"

With a slight smile, Suffer murmured something.

"I came to see Sean because I really have something to say."

After offering a somewhat weak explanation, Catherine looked around and moved to sit down on the sofa.

"Well, what's the matter?"

Nodding, Sophie got up and walked towards Catherine, saying indifferently, "Hurry up and say it, then get out of here."

"Anything that comes up is a matter for Sean; you can't make the decisions."

Meeting Sophie's hostile gaze, Catherine's voice was devoid of any emotion, "Sophie, you should know that I'm pursuing him."

"..."

"Hey hey hey..."

Seeing the tension quickly build in the office, Li Xiaoen quickly spoke up, "Your provocation is low-level, Catherine. Just say what you want to say."

"It's nothing."

Turning her gaze back, Catherine smiled, leaned back on the sofa, and casually crossed her legs. "Just because I have nothing to do doesn't mean I can't come."

"I've been here for so many days this spring break, leaving early and returning late, and sometimes not even going home. Is there something going on every day?"

Upon hearing this, Su Feier silently turned around and shifted her gaze to Li Xiaoen.

What's with this inexplicable sense of déjà vu, like a chaotic battlefield?

Li Xiaoen's vision went black, and he wearily raised his hand to rub his temples. "No wonder you work in media and journalism. You can make such a simple and innocent matter sound like this."

"Do as you please, I won't argue."

With a sigh and a wave of his hand, Li Xiaoen focused his attention on the computer screen.

Sophie nodded in realization, turned around and went to her desk, pulled up a chair next to Li Xiaoen, and ignored Catherine sitting on the sofa.

"Okay, it seems it's not convenient today. I'll talk to you another time."

After silently glancing at the two people at the desk for a while and noticing their subtle movements behind the large monitor, Catherine said something under her breath, waved, and left.

With another crisp knock on the door, the office returned to its previous silence, but the atmosphere became even more eerie.

With his gaze still fixed on the computer screen in front of him, Li Xiaoen reached behind him and just then, a delicate hand reached out and grasped it in his own. He couldn't help but chuckle.

"Aren't you really going to tell me what happened?"

Sophie turned her head and glared at him, increasing the pressure in her hand.

"I've already said what I needed to say."

Li Xiaoen took a deep breath, leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes. "Suffolk, you should know that I was busy working the whole time while you were on your spring break trip."

"Besides, you're smart enough to see that Catherine is just trying to provoke you. That was true at the charity gala, and it's the same this time."

Suffer did not answer this question. Just as Li Xiaoen was wondering and about to open his eyes, a soft but not light weight suddenly pressed down on his thigh.

He suddenly opened his eyes and found Suffer straddling his lap, her hands on his shoulders.

"You're so smart, you should know why I came back early."

Looking down at the young man's stunned face, Sophie avoided his gaze and said leisurely, "At the airport before departure, when I saw your app updated in England, the rise and fermentation of online forum opinions, and every moment when you were making a video call, I wanted to come back."

"Are you that concerned about the development of your 51% share of the studio?"

After a moment's hesitation, Li Xiaoen tentatively asked.

"Sean!"

Startled for a moment, Suffer turned around abruptly, glaring at him through gritted teeth.

"Ha ha……"

With two loud laughs, Li Xiaoen tightened his grip on Su Feier's waist, pulling her closer and leaning in to kiss her luscious red lips.

"Humph……"

Seemingly still unconvinced, Sophie clenched her fists and punched the young man's shoulders a few times in dissatisfaction. After a moment, she released her grip, stroked the young man's neck and then his cheeks, responding passionately and pouring out all the longing she had felt for him after not seeing him for several days.

At such a young and vigorous age, like dry tinder ready to ignite, Li Xiaoen's breathing became heavy as his hands greedily reached under Su Feier's clothes...

"Sean, Sean..."

With a few soft groans, Sophie was forced to briefly pull away, their foreheads touching. She reached back and pressed down on the young man's hands, which were exploring downwards, and gasped, "No, not here, okay?"

Based on Li Xiaoen's understanding of Su Feier, if he were to be a little firm or say a few nice words at this point, the girl would likely give in to him half-heartedly.

Even so, he didn't want to put the other party in a difficult position, so he nodded.

"Well, it's all up to you."

As he spoke, Li Xiaoen couldn't contain his passion and slapped the girl's round, firm breasts, making a crisp sound. This drew a frown and a glare, but he then kissed her red lips. "Sophie, do you remember? At the villa in Ridgeview Estates, there was that maid outfit you wore last time..."

Before the words were even finished, the meaning was already conveyed, and Sophie's eyes widened.

"no!"

She shouted in refusal, glaring at him through gritted teeth, "Is that all you can think about?"

How can you say that?

Li Xiaoen shrugged. "You know, while you guys were traveling in England, I was still working long hours every day, developing plans for the company, negotiating app optimization, doing online promotion, and getting sponsorships and collaborations from universities..."

Li Xiaoen counted on his fingers, but Su Feier immediately grabbed his hand and held it in hers.

"Are you still coming?"

"Ha ha……"

Caught red-handed, Li Xiaoen showed no embarrassment whatsoever. Instead, he chuckled, gently pulling Su Feier's slender waist up and down with his hands, and said softly, "Su Feier, it's been a long time since we've done 'that,' hasn't it?"

Clearly, Suffer was smart enough to know that I had deliberately pretended to be tired after several busy days. Even so, she was still willing to lower herself and take the initiative to get closer to me.

They were both clearly putting on an act, and they could both see through each other's pretense. Even so, they were still willing to cooperate and expose each other's act.

(End of this chapter)