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

Chapter 104 Another busy weekend

"Sean, what's wrong?"

The two girls next to him noticed Li Xiaoen's abnormality, followed his gaze, and saw Su Feier alone with his head down looking at the iPad seriously. They couldn't help but feel a little subtle.

They moved closer, pulled out their phones, opened Instagram, and whispered, "Sean, you know, some of the videos I took of you got a lot of likes. Can we take a picture together? It's sure to be another viral video!"

“heyheyhey…”

Looking at the phone the girl placed in front of her, with his own face appearing on the screen, Li Xiaoen quickly raised his hand to cover it, "Are you serious? Taking a photo during class?"

"Trust me, Sean!"

The girl's face was full of confidence and excitement. "I've been studying Instagram and Tik Tok for a long time. Compared to taking photos after class, the chances of going viral in class are much higher. This is my experience, and I'm sharing it with you now."

Thinking about it carefully, there is indeed something wrong with this statement. The content of the filming at the wrong place and time should be more attractive. Li Xiaoen pondered in his heart, but still waved his hand, "No, I don't have the intention of becoming an internet celebrity."

"Well, can you please come off camera at a certain time?"

The girl asked quickly, smiling and leaning close to Li Xiaoen's ear, "In exchange, I will agree to any request you make."

"..."

Generally speaking, when women say this, their deeper meaning is that there is only one price they can offer.

Turning around and looking at the girl's ambiguous gaze, Li Xiaoen knew that he had guessed right and couldn't help rolling his eyes.

"Well, I paid twice, so what is my reward?"

The girl was stunned when she heard that. She lowered her head and thought for a long time before she reacted. She glared at him angrily and bumped into him with her arm.

"Sean!"

Noda's voice echoed in the classroom. Avery narrowed her eyes as she looked at Li Xiaoen. She finally understood that this young man simply liked to tease girls.

Turning his head and pointing to a sentence on the projection, Avery looked at Li Xiaoen and said, "Come on, tell me which page and line of the text this sentence appears on."

Li Xiaoen: “???”

Li Xiaoen, who had just finished reading the question and was searching for information on his iPad, paused and looked up in confusion: "Teacher, how am I supposed to find this?"

……

The next two days were uneventful. The time passed quickly as I concentrated on reviewing the knowledge for the math competition, and it was Saturday morning.

The exam was in the afternoon. Li Xiaoen, who was sitting on the sofa looking at the materials, received a call from his Chinese senior, Meng Yufan.

"Sean, Mid-Autumn Festival is on Sunday. Come with me to New York and get together with the international students in America."

"Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Li Xiaoen glanced at the calendar on his phone in surprise. Since he was in the United States and had no daily reminders, and he had been busy all the time, he actually forgot about this holiday.

"Going to a party in New York?"

Li Xiaoen asked, suddenly thinking of Gu Menghua, a classmate who had gone to the same middle school with him and had studied hard for the IELTS. She was studying at New York University. "How many people are there?"

"Just the international students from this area of ​​New York, and two from California."

Meng Yufan replied, "I said a lot in the group chat, didn't you see it?"

"There are too many messages and I'm a bit busy. I haven't checked the group for a long time."

Li Xiaoen answered honestly. He had checked the group a few times before, and only a few people were always active, sharing photos of their studies, daily life, and fun, as well as various cooking tips and so on. "The messages in the group are indeed a bit boring for us."

Meng Yufan sighed, his voice becoming more meaningful. "In America, we Chinese students form a circle, a small one at that. You didn't see the group, but someone posted your Instagram video to the group, and they asked me to bring you along."

"I had some thoughts about it, but after hearing what you said, I don't want to go anymore."

Li Xiaoen replied helplessly. He glanced at the time, stuffed the documents into his backpack, and walked towards the door. "I happen to have something to do in New York on Sunday. Can I take your car?"

"sure."

Meng Yufan smiled and said, "None of the other students in Princeton want to go. I feel much more at ease having you by my side. That's all. See you on Sunday."

After saying that, Meng Yufan hung up the phone. Looking at the phone screen where the power-on interface had disappeared, Li Xiaoen fell into deep thought for a moment.

What does that last sentence mean?
Nothing will happen if you celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in a foreign country, right?

Shaking his head and not thinking any more, Li Xiaoen put on his shoes and went out.

He must be going to New York this Sunday. It is a pleasant surprise that he can ride in Meng Yufan's car now. If he finds something wrong, he can immediately find an excuse to get away, and by the way, go to Maserati's business point to pick up the car, and check in at Apple.

Li Xiaoen was making arrangements in his mind, but then he realized that the two-day weekend was packed full again. He couldn't help but shake his head helplessly.

Because of his busy study abroad life, he kept postponing his plan to go to a shooting club to practice shooting and get a gun license.

Fortunately, he was in New Jersey, a state with the strictest gun restrictions. So far, he had not seen any ordinary person holding a gun except the police.

Arriving at the parking lot near the school gate, Li Xiaoen met his two teammates and looked around.

"Where's Professor Alaric? Why can't I see him?"

"The professor needs to help us submit some paperwork, so he's already left."

Amelia looked up from her phone and replied, "Let's go now. It'll be easier if we get there early."

The venue of this mathematics competition was Seton Hall University, forty miles away from Princeton. It is abbreviated as Seton Hall University in China and has a very close and friendly relationship with China.

"Amelia, can you take my car?"

Ethan, a tall, strong, dark-skinned Mexican man standing beside her, asked quickly, looking at Amelia with anticipation in his eyes.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Amelia unconsciously glanced at Li Xiaoen, who was standing next to her with a calm expression and even looked back and forth between her and Ethan with a mischievous look. She felt quite helpless, "Xiaoen, you have a car too, right? I'll take yours."

Li Xiaoen raised his eyes when he heard this and couldn't help but smile, "I do have a car, but why do you assume that I would agree to you?"

"you……"

Amelia was suddenly furious and opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say in rebuttal.

Compared with Ethan's eager eyes, although she believed in her heart that Li Xiaoen was a playboy and a scumbag, whether in terms of appearance or attitude towards her at this time, she was undoubtedly more comfortable traveling with him.

"Okay, I can give you a ride."

Just as Amelia was wondering whether to spend a lot of money to call an Uber, Li Xiaoen spoke.

Facing the girl's surprised look, he smiled meaningfully, "But you have to agree to one condition of mine."

(End of this chapter)