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

Chapter 260 Time Misalignment, A Trip to England After Spring Break
"You're so heavy, the tiger might not be able to handle sitting on you!"

Suffer glared at him, then gently patted the white tiger's head.

"This is a tiger, and a fully grown one at that. It's much stronger than you can imagine."

Li Xiaoen explained helplessly, unsure whether Su Feier was feeling sorry for the tiger or simply trying to pick a fight with him. He turned to look at the counter behind Su Feier, "Do you make steak? I'm so hungry..."

Yesterday's meal was a buffet, but he didn't force himself to eat. He just ate until he felt full and then stopped. After a night of hard work, and having missed his biological clock's breakfast time, he was starving.

"If you want to eat, make it yourself."

Rolling her eyes, Suffer turned away gracefully, leaving only her beautiful silhouette behind.

After glancing around silently for a while, Li Xiaoen spurred Tiger to the refrigerator, took out two steaks, tossed them in front of Suffer, and then quickly gestured for Tiger to take him away from the kitchen.

"Sophie, I'm in trouble, I love you..."

"Hey……"

Sophie hurriedly turned around and called out, but could only see the young man skillfully riding away on the tiger with a graceful back view, and couldn't help but purse her lips.

Turning around, she silently unwrapped the two steaks and covered them with some kitchen paper...

"Where's my steak?"

Waiting at the dining table early in the morning, Li Xiaoen picked up his laptop to work online. When he looked up and saw Su Feier place a large plate of sandwiches on the table, he raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Put it inside a sandwich."

Suffer poured himself a cup of coffee, took a sip, and explained helplessly. He then took a few pieces, placed them on his special plate, and handed them to the white tiger.

"I knew it, the beautiful lady would never sit idly by and do nothing about us."

Li Xiaoen took a sandwich and put it in his mouth, savoring the refreshing taste of the medium-rare steak, cheese, and lettuce. His eyes lit up, and he looked down at Tiger. "Buddy, aren't we going to express our gratitude?"

Upon hearing this, the white tiger looked up, its bewildered eyes gazing at him before finally understanding. It then leaned over and nuzzled Suffer's legs affectionately.

While leisurely eating his sandwich and watching this scene, Li Xiaoen felt a kick to his calf under the table.

She looked at Suffer sitting opposite her with a puzzled expression, but only received a glare in return.

After a quick breakfast, Li Xiaoen had Tiger carry him up the stairs, holding onto the railing and wall to climb up, then slid back down to his room. Shortly after, Su Feier, having finished tidying up, brought up a large plate of fruit and placed it on the computer desk.

As Li Xiaoen turned her head to look at her, she pulled up another chair not far away and sat down next to her, picked up a bunch of grapes, took one and put it in her mouth.

"Shouldn't you pay some kind of price to see these valuable internal documents from my studio?"

Noticing the girl's gaze as she looked at the screen, Li Xiaoen chuckled and raised his chin.

"Wasn't breakfast enough?"

Sophie looked up, and her full lips were moist, perhaps from the sweet juice of the grapes, making one want to take a bite.

"Hmm... now that you mention it, that makes sense."

After a moment's thought, Li Xiaoen nodded and gave his answer, reaching out to pluck a grape from the bunch in Suffer's hand and putting it in his mouth.

He was just joking around with Suffer and didn't care about such details, so Li Xiaoen quickly threw himself into his work.

Just then, a fair hand suddenly reached out to him, holding a brightly colored grape and offering it to him. Li Xiaoen was quickly pulled back to his senses.

"Ha ha……"

Turning his eyes, he saw that Suffer's gaze was fixed on the screen. Li Xiaoen couldn't help but laugh twice, opened his mouth and took a bite of the grape that Suffer had handed him. "Mmm...so sweet."

Nodding in admiration, as Suffer withdrew his hand, Li Xiaoen bent down, scooped up the girl's legs, and placed them on his lap.

As before, whenever he paused to think, he would always lower one hand and grab the other person's smooth and elastic thigh.

Are you pushing your luck?

Sophie struggled for a moment, then looked over with displeasure.

Yes, you're right.

Li Xiaoen nodded with a smile, his frank and shameless demeanor causing Su Feier's expression to darken slightly.

That being said, after activating the two [Advanced Learning Domain Auras], Li Xiaoen's mind flowed like a spring of inspiration, and he quickly immersed himself in his work, causing the entire room to fall into silence.

Finally unable to resist turning her head away from the screen, Su Feier stared intently at Li Xiaoen's focused profile, and a strange feeling welled up inside her.

After the playful antics at breakfast, the young man, now focused and serious, switched back to his work.

The young woman's focused and dedicated work was captivating, but at that moment she longed for him to tease and joke with her—she had lied to Serafina and her friends about returning early, not to check on his work, but because she wasn't satisfied with just him by her side.

Li Xiaoen's hands flew across the keyboard when he suddenly felt Su Feier's movements on his thigh. He instinctively lowered one hand to grasp it and looked over, asking, "What's wrong?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to take a break today, the last day of spring break?"

With her legs still, Suffer looked up and said casually, "Play games with me. I'll help you with the mini-game where you can't touch the ground today."

What do you want to play?

Li Xiaoen casually saved the document he had written as a backup.

"How was the two-player game we played during the blizzard before school started?"

Sophie looked over with wide, expectant eyes.

"can."

Li Xiaoen smiled and nodded, and two fair arms immediately wrapped around her neck. Just as he was about to help Su Feier up by the back, he paused for a moment.

"Sophie, I can't put my feet on the ground today."

Her expectant gaze froze, and Suffer's face instantly fell.

Are you really that obsessed with that stupid game of yours?

Just moments before, she had been offering to help, but now, Suffer let out a accusatory sound and stood up in disappointment.

“Hey, Sophie…”

Li Xiaoen quickly stopped Su Feier, who was about to take the fruit platter downstairs, and pointed to herself meaningfully, "My feet can't touch the ground, so shouldn't you carry me down?"

"..."

The room suddenly became eerily quiet.

Just as Li Xiaoen was hesitating and preparing to give up this whimsical idea, Su Feier nodded with a smile and agreed.

"sure."

After saying that, she bent down, mimicking the way the young man had lifted her up before, grabbed the young man's legs, supported his back, and lifted him up with all her might.

"hey-hey……"

This position made him feel really uncomfortable, so Li Xiaoen quickly called out, "Suffolk, just carry me, you don't need to be in this position."

"Ha ha……"

Suffolk let out a soft chuckle through gritted teeth, looking down at the young man struggling to embrace her. "This is the position I want..."

The next day.

The first day after spring break.

On a morning when other students were returning from their trips, yawning and heading towards the teaching building, Li Xiaoen drove Sufiel to the dormitory of two girls named Serafina.

"I suspect that you and Victoria did this on purpose." The table in front of the living room sofa was piled with various gifts, including several from Li Xiaoen. Although they hadn't seen each other for a whole week, the two girls looked at the young man with a helpless scrutiny in their eyes, their arms crossed.

Since this morning, Sophie has not said a word. After entering the house, she took a bottle of wine from the refrigerator, opened the cap, tilted her head back, and drank it down.

"Sufeil..."

Sitting on the armrest of the sofa, Li Xiaoen reached for the wine bottle, but it was immediately thrown away, and he could only see the girl's back.

“I called a professor at Cambridge University, and we agreed on this time.”

Li Xiaoen offered a helpless explanation, even though it seemed pale and powerless in the eyes of the three girls.

He only went to England to discuss cooperation after they returned from their spring break trip. The coincidental timing made it hard not to speculate – Sophie hadn't spoken to him since hearing about it that morning.

Thank you for the gifts.

Li Xiaoen casually picked up a few gifts that the girls had bought for her from the table, stuffed them into her backpack, and then smiled and nodded at them, "Is there anything I can help you bring back for my trip to England?"

The two girls remained silent, but silently cast a disdainful glance at each other.

"Sean, could you buy me two boxes of these butter cookies?"

As if remembering something, Mary's eyes suddenly lit up. She quickly walked over to Sean Lee, holding her phone close. "Sean, make sure it's this one, the one from the Piccadilly flagship store in London, understand?"

"Okay, okay, I'll make a note of it."

Li Xiaoen nodded repeatedly, finding Mary's seriousness somewhat amusing. "If I bought it from another store, could you tell the difference?"

"Of course, without a doubt."

Mary pursed her lips and smiled, proudly raising her head. "I'm going to be the world's number one gourmet!"

"I wish you success."

He couldn't resist reaching out to rub the other's head, which caused Mary to struggle in protest. Li Xiaoen couldn't help but laugh out loud twice, then looked back at Serafina.

"If you don't say, does that mean you don't want it?"

As Serafina rolled her eyes and looked away, Sean Lee slowly said, "Perfect, bringing less stuff makes things much easier for me."

"Hey……"

As expected, Serafina immediately tried to salvage the situation, then lowered her eyes and thought for a moment before revealing a sly smile, "I want two 50-kilogram dumbbells."

"..."

"You want me... to bring you dumbbells back from England?"

After a moment's hesitation, Serafina's words also drew Sophie's attention. Li Xiaoen's expression turned strange. "Is the steel or forging technology in England better?"
“Heh…”

Serafina smiled brightly and nodded, "I really like those dumbbells over there, remember to bring them back for me."

"Don't worry, I'll buy it and send it back to you as soon as I get off the plane."

Li Xiaoen nodded, and just as the silly girl was stunned and about to retort, he took Su Feier's hand and led her to the dining table in the kitchen at the back of the house.

"Stop drinking, don't you have class later?"

Taking the bottle from the girl's hand, Li Xiaoen lowered his head and helplessly advised her.

"What's our relationship? Why are you interfering with my life?"

Looking up, Suffer glared resentfully, about to reach for the bottle back, but the young man dodged her with a raised hand.

"A boyfriend-girlfriend relationship."

Li Xiaoen replied, seeing that there was still half a bottle of wine left, and took a few big gulps.

"Sophie, I'll be gone for a few days. Could you watch the studio for me?"

Reaching out and grabbing Suffer's arm, Li Xiaoen said, "If you find it troublesome or are not used to it, you can hire a female secretary you trust."

"Can't a male secretary work?"

Sophie was somewhat surprised, and when she heard the young man emphasize the female secretary, she immediately retorted with a question.

"Of course not."

Li Xiaoen chuckled and placed the empty wine bottle on the table, saying, "I'd feel uncomfortable about it."

"Humph……"

With a cold laugh, Su Feier raised her hand and shoved Li Xiaoen away abruptly. "So, you feel this way too?"

"You know I'm a shameless bastard."

Li Xiaoen tilted his head and smiled, "I'm very fortunate to have gained your favor."

With a slight frown, Suffer stared at the young man for a long while without saying anything more, then turned and walked towards the living room.

"Sufeil..."

Instead, Li Xiaoen quickly reached out and grabbed Su Feier's arm, "I'm leaving soon, aren't you going to say anything to me?"

"It's only been a few days, is it really necessary to make such a fuss?"

With a soft hum, Sophie did not struggle, but turned her head to look elsewhere.

Without saying another word, Li Xiaoen reached out and hugged Su Feier from behind, then leaned down and kissed her smooth forehead.

"Please take care of things at the studio."

……

An Adventurer's Memoir

[Chapter One: Farewell Before Departure]

At the beginning of an adventurous journey, there is always a bond of trust, whether it's something entrusted to one's hometown or a keepsake to take with you.

Having just left Professor Sedgewick's lab and gotten into the car of his Chinese senior, Meng Yufan, Li Xiaoen saw the system screen appear in front of him.

Unfortunately, there was no reward. It seems that this item is only for completing certain stages, in order to obtain the final "dragon's treasure".

Li Xiaoen thought to himself, without hesitation, and removed the system screen.

Chatting with his senior, Li Xiaoen arrived in New York and then went to Apple in Manhattan to check in before heading to the airport to check in.

After a journey of nearly eight hours, plus check-in time, we arrived in London at 9 p.m.

Based on Victoria's schedule, Sean Lee checked into a hotel near University College London to rest.

The next day, at eight o'clock in the morning, Li Xiaoen first had an authentic English breakfast at the hotel restaurant before heading out.

Based on the fragmented information that the girl occasionally revealed during her previous conversations with Victoria, Li Xiaoen activated the [Eye of Insight] and followed the memory route woven in his mind, groping his way forward.

After walking along several paths in the opposite direction from the crowd, attracting the attention of many people, and politely declining several young women's offers of contact information, he suddenly quickened his pace.

“Much profit… … ”

Upon seeing that haunting figure at a corner, Li Xiaoen immediately shouted loudly.

For some reason, even though they had met in video chat just a few days ago and chatted online every day, he felt inexplicably uneasy and his heart was racing.

(End of this chapter)