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

Busy days always pass quickly, and before we knew it, it was already the end of May, the start of summer vacation.

After discussions with the company in Qatar that day, the collaborative project was split up and assigned to a small team within the company, as well as laboratories at other partner universities. As the number of online app users gradually settled down, BanYan entered a period of stable development.

On the evening of the third day after summer vacation, Li Xiaoen handed the signed contracts to Catherine, who was standing to the side, and stood up.

"Then, I'll leave the company to you for the next few days."

Li Xiaoen let out a long sigh and looked at the other person with a smile.

"Since you're so reluctant to leave, then stay."

Rolling her eyes, Catherine draped several documents over her arm and looked at Sean Lee with disdain.

"I didn't say I was reluctant to part with it, did I?"

Sean Lee raised an eyebrow and patted Catherine's shoulder twice. "You should know that I wouldn't say something like that to any other person, only to you."

"Oh?"

Catherine sneered, twisting her slender waist to shake off the young man's hand. "So, should I thank you, you unscrupulous boss?"

"Are you trying to use this as an excuse? Just say it. As a lowly secretary, I certainly wouldn't dare refuse for the sake of my position."

"Hehehe, you've overdone it..."

To prevent Catherine from saying anything more outrageous, Sean Lee quickly raised his hand to stop her, and counted on his fingers at Catherine, "I think, as a boss, don't I often take good care of my secretary?"

"It's the salary of a top-tier white-collar worker in Manhattan and shares in a company that's about to take off. It's also taking you home when you're drunk, using you as a shield, and giving you control over most of the company's affairs. In fact, all the employees in the company except for R&D staff were hired with your approval. If I were in that situation one day, I wouldn't be able to say a word at the company and might even be sidelined..."

"Furthermore, which boss can calmly deal with a secretary who is always rude to them?"

As he listed them one by one, Li Xiaoen's expression grew increasingly somber. He frowned slightly as he looked at Catherine, but when they met her narrowed eyes, he raised an eyebrow and instantly lost his composure.

"I'm handing the company over to you, Catherine. I trust you completely."

After saying this quickly, Li Xiaoen turned to the side and hurried out of the office.

"Humph……"

Rolling her eyes, Catherine silently turned around and watched the young man flee in disarray. The resentment in her heart finally subsided a lot. After a moment's thought, she changed direction and simply sat down in the chair that Li Xiaoen had just left, continuing her work.

On the evening of the third day of the holiday, Princeton was bathed in the slanting rays of the setting sun, the entire campus shrouded in a soft, warm, hazy yellow veil.

Summer is approaching, and even after a sunny day, there is still a lot of heat in the evening. Li Xiaoen felt hot all over after stepping out of the air-conditioned office and car. She had to move her body and limbs to loosen the clothes that were clinging to her body.

Along the way, I encountered many students still dragging their suitcases as they left, all with smiles on their faces and full of energy. In contrast, my own emotions remained as calm and composed as ever.

Sure enough, it wasn't until I got to work that my emotions became calm and subdued, completely unperturbed. Is this what it means to have your edges smoothed out by society?

Li Xiaoen couldn't help but think to himself, "I'm only a freshman, and I already have this idea of ​​using the sky as a blanket if the sky falls down."

His wonderful university life seemed to have only lasted one semester.

Lost in thought, Li Xiaoen walked through the garden and lawn where there were still many tourists, and followed the most familiar path to the front of a two-story villa.

knock knock.

"coming……"

After knocking twice, a call came from inside, as if they had been waiting for a long time.

The door opened, revealing a tall, graceful figure with blonde hair and blue eyes.

Li Xiaoen smiled as he looked at the girl in front of him, whom he hadn't been intimate with in a long time. The next moment, she suddenly threw herself into his arms and buried her head in his chest.

"Did your father agree?"

Li Xiaoen raised his hand to embrace the girl's slender waist, buried his face in her long golden hair, and took a deep breath of its fragrant aroma.

"I told him I was going out with Serafina, and I figured he probably already knew about you, so he didn't say anything."

Sophie made a muffled sound in his arms, "I can't just tell him the truth outright, can I? Even if he doesn't object in his heart, he might still try to stop me because he's too proud to admit it."

"Ha ha……"

Whenever he heard Suffer's shrewish words, Li Xiaoen couldn't help but chuckle, picked her up, carried her into the house, and locked the door behind him.

The next moment, his neck was tightly wrapped by two arms, and an alluring rosy mouth was pressed against his lips.

Taking a deep breath, Li Xiaoen responded by kissing the girl's lips and tongue, cupping her round and perky buttocks with both hands, greedily kneading and squeezing them as he lifted her up.

"Sean, Sean..."

Her loose-fitting home clothes had been easily breached. Suffer hugged the head of the young man who was shoving against her chest tightly, breathing heavily. "Let's go upstairs, let's take a shower first..."

"Take a bath together..."

"it is good."

With a dry mouth, Li Xiaoen straightened up again, kissed the girl's soft lips, picked her up, and carried her upstairs...

"Hmph... Sean, that sound is a bit loud..."

"That's how it is, phew... this is what it's like in a confined space..."

The bathroom bathtub in the room was not large, and it felt even more crowded for the two of them. They "had no choice" but to hug each other, one on top of the other. Li Xiaoen kissed and sucked the water droplets off the smooth white jade, panting as he spoke.

"How about we open the bathroom door? It's in your room anyway."

"Nobody heard me, right?"

"no one."

Li Xiaoen said with certainty, his voice tinged with amusement.

"Never mind then..."

Despite saying that, Suffer's movements became even more intense, as if she wanted to vent all the longing she had felt during this period.

By the time the commotion subsided, it was already 9 p.m.

The two had been busy with other things during what should have been dinner time, and were now starving. At Suffer's suggestion, Li Xiaoen found some Kobe beef from Japan in the kitchen on the first floor, prepared it simply, served it with two eggs and asparagus, and a few roasted potatoes, and brought it up to the room on the second floor.

"Logically speaking, you should be the one cooking today, right?"

Upon entering the room, seeing Su Feier lying limply on the bed, staring at the iPad propped up, Li Xiaoen teased, "Get up and eat. Aren't you very hungry?"

As he spoke, he placed the food on the table in front of the computer, leaned over and reached out to brush aside Suffer's disheveled long hair, then took the iPad, finally getting a clear look at her bright, captivating, light blue eyes.

The next moment, two long, slender, white legs emerged from the blankets and began kicking at him repeatedly. "Heh..."

You turn your back on me after you've had your fill, huh?

Li Xiaoen glanced at Su Feier, precisely grabbed the girl's two feet as she tried to dodge, pulled her close, bent down, and hugged her in his arms.

However, Suffer was completely naked at the moment, and with this movement, her full breasts bounced lively twice, immediately attracting his attention again.

Snapped.

A hand gently covered his face, and by the time he reluctantly removed it, her exquisite figure was already enveloped in a soft nightgown.

"Let's eat."

Li Xiaoen snapped out of his daze, took a knife and fork, cut the steak into small pieces, and handed one piece to Suffer.

As she opened her mouth to take a bite, Suffer sat down on another chair next to her, leaning back against the chair and raising her legs to rest on Li Xiaoen's thighs.

"So you're just waiting for me to feed you, huh?"

Li Xiaoen rolled his eyes, then forked a piece and put it in his mouth, savoring the fragrant oil and tender texture of the beef.

To be fair, Kobe beef in Japan does have some merit. As for the claim that each cow has its own name and identification number, that's undoubtedly hype, an excuse to push prices even higher.

Suffer did not answer, but silently picked up the iPad again and looked down at it. Li Xiaoen peeked at it and saw that it was still the comic where he played the villain online.

Shaking his head, Li Xiaoen stopped worrying about it. Seeing Su Feier swallow the beef, he cut off a piece of asparagus and handed it to her.

"I want beef."

While keeping her head down looking at the iPad, Suffer glanced up and moved her legs, which were resting on Li Xiaoen's lap, towards his abdomen.

"Good good..."

Li Xiaoen nodded helplessly, put the asparagus from his fork directly into his mouth, then forked a piece of beef and handed it over, sighing, "Sophie, look how good I am to you..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Suffer look up and stare at him with cold eyes, causing Li Xiaoen to pause for a moment.

"what happened?"

Feeling puzzled, Li Xiaoen tentatively asked.

"You must be really happy to see Victoria again, right?"

"I'll say something that's sure to shock you," Sophie said calmly.

"..."

"It's been a long time since we last met, so naturally I miss it."

Li Xiaoen answered casually, forking a piece of beef and handing it to Su Feier, "I would have done the same for any friend..."

It's about Serafina's invitation to a survival trip on a deserted island this summer. This goes back to the beginning of the school year, when Sean Lee gave her a gift at her birthday party—because Sean Lee has been busy or has been dealing with various emotional matters, this adventure has been delayed until now.

To be honest, it was Seraphina's uncle, Henry, who was pushing this thing forward, which made Sean Lee feel quite strange.

I want asparagus!

Seeing Li Xiaoen's reaction, Su Feier, who knew perfectly well what was going on, couldn't help but feel a little resentful, and arched her legs towards the other's stomach.

"Good good..."

Li Xiaoen nodded quickly, stuffing another piece of beef into his mouth before he had even finished eating it, and forked a piece of asparagus to hand to Su Feier.

With her cold eyes fixed on Li Xiaoen, Su Feier opened her mouth and took a big bite of the asparagus on her fork. The more the young man treated her well, the angrier she became.

Being nice to her implies ulterior motives or a sense of indebtedness and a desire for compensation. Deep down, she preferred the young man to maintain his previous open and fearless attitude towards her, which would prove that he had nothing to do with Victoria.

"Is it delicious? How's my cooking?"

Li Xiaoen put down his fork, let his hands fall and grasp Su Feier's thighs, kneading and squeezing them, and asked tentatively with a smile.

"This kind of food is simply fried. As long as the food is fresh enough, it won't taste bad."

Rolling her eyes, Suffer muttered a complaint.

Why does this sound so familiar?

Li Xiaoen raised an eyebrow, turned his head to look at Su Feier with a touch of emotion, and said slowly, "The company is in a phase of rapid development, and I'm usually too busy to spend much time together. This is the only time we have left together..."

"..."

Suffer paused for a moment upon hearing this, glared at him with displeasure, but ultimately did not open her mouth to make things difficult for the young man. "Wait a minute, tell me about the development of your company."

"Are you looking to see how the 51% stake will be realized in the future?"

Li Xiaoen smiled and raised his chin, receiving a cold look from Su Feier, and quickly returned to normal.

"Come on, let's eat. Have a piece of potato..."

After quickly finishing his late dinner, Li Xiaoen returned home and sat down at the computer. Su Feier then lifted her leg and straddled his lap.

His shirt was inexplicably taken off, and before Li Xiaoen could react, Su Feier raised his arms and hugged him tightly. He felt a softness against his chest, and then his shoulder was enveloped in a warm, moist patch that he hadn't felt in a long time.

Well, he'd almost forgotten what it felt like to have his shoulder bitten in so long.

With a helpless shrug, Li Xiaoen hugged Su Feier, leaned back in his chair, and murmured as he looked at the ceiling.

"You know, my company's video of giving a speech at an exhibition went viral online a while ago, right...?"

The next morning, as the glaring sunlight streamed into the room through the gaps in the tightly drawn curtains, Li Xiaoen finally woke up from her sleep.

As always, a considerable weight was pressing down on him. If he hadn't been training regularly and felt that his physical strength was almost at a higher level, he probably wouldn't have been able to fall asleep.

As he pondered this, Li Xiaoen raised his hand to brush away a few strands of hair covering his face before touching the girl's smooth, silky skin, his mind going blank.

It's 9:00 AM now, and the plane I arranged with Victoria is scheduled to arrive at 11:30 AM, so there's still plenty of time.

While fondling Suffer's curves, Li Xiaoen suddenly opened his eyes wide.

No, he's about to see Victoria, how is he going to explain the hickeys on her neck and the teeth marks on her shoulder?

Even though Victoria already knew about his relationship with Suffer, he still didn't want her to see it with her own eyes.

The ease and joy of finally getting a break and reuniting with Victoria vanished, and Sean Lee started having headaches again.

Sophie definitely did it on purpose! (End of Chapter)