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

Chapter 123 Avery's Appraisal
"Oh?"

Li Xiaoen raised an eyebrow and asked, "Have you reported this to the authorities?"

"It was Seraphina. She reported it to the authorities as soon as she got back."

As a British citizen and a member of the royal family, she naturally cannot interfere in American affairs, even if it is just civil matters. Victoria pursed her lips.

"I heard from Serafina that there was no result until the day before yesterday."

Nodding seriously, Li Xiaoen tentatively asked, "The main culprit is a farmer, and are there other farmer gangs with him?"

It is known that the amount of each transaction in the underground dog fighting gambling house is up to hundreds of thousands. What is unknown is the size of the gambling house and how many games are held every day. The network of interests involved is too large. He did not expect the American police to follow the clues and arrest all of them. Unexpectedly, it took a week to investigate the matter, and they only came up with a number of farmers.

"Well, that's all it can do."

Understanding Li Xiaoen's look, Victoria nodded.

"Let's not even talk about how powerful their background is. Even if they don't involve the authorities, how could they possibly implicate a single farmer when they control such a vast network of interests?"

Meanwhile, Sufeil, who had been sitting quietly, joined the conversation in a low voice, glancing at the two men with a meaningful look. "Your identities are sensitive when it comes to this kind of thing. Furthermore, it's naive of you to think you can use this little thing to dig deeper into the entire criminal network."

"Stop, stop."

Li Xiaoen raised his hands, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Let's not talk about these things that have nothing to do with our lives."

"Humph……"

With a light snort, Sufeil withdrew his gaze and looked back at the podium.

Judging from her expression, she had undoubtedly thought about the interests that might be involved in this matter, but she never said anything and didn't take it to heart. This was quite consistent with Li Xiaoen's impression of her.

If he thought about it carefully, the actions taken by Victoria and Seraphina were consistent with his impression of them.

Li Xiaoen thought to himself that his goal was to study here, complete his studies quietly, and make some "small money" by the way. He must not get involved in anything and ruin it.

"Sean, what do you think..."

Victoria tilted her head slightly, and halfway through her words, Avery called out from the podium, causing her to quickly sit back down.

"Sean, answer this question."

Just catch them and target them...

Li Xiaoen complained in his heart, but he was mentally prepared and was not surprised. He raised his hand. Fortunately, he had been distracted and followed Avery's teaching progress.

"This question comes from the second page of the third chapter of the textbook. The answer is that operant conditioning emphasizes the influence of behavioral consequences on the behavior itself..."

Without Avery saying anything, Li Xiaoen explained the source of the problem, occasionally glancing down at the iPad on the table. When it came to theoretical knowledge, he would express his understanding in plain language after finishing his explanation, and his talk was so eloquent that everyone in the classroom was stunned for a moment.

"..."

After answering, Avery nodded gently. "Good answer. Pay attention in class."

"Good teacher."

Li Xiaoen nodded, turned his head to meet the surprised gazes of two beautiful eyes, and couldn't help but raise his chin proudly, "Multitasking, dual-core processor, isn't it impressive?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he received two big eye rolls.

Li Xiaoen was feeling depressed, but before he could say anything else, Avery's voice came from the podium.

"Sean, come with me to my office after class."

Stunned for a moment, Li Xiaoen quickly said, "Teacher Avery, didn't I answer the question correctly?"

"I want to come too."

The only response was Avery's faint declaration, which made Li Xiaoen slump his shoulders in frustration.

There was laughter coming from the side. Li Xiaoen glanced at it and ignored it, supporting his chin with boredom.

"Sean..."

Victoria pursed her lips. "I want to change the lighting on that basketball. Can you come to our place tonight and make the changes?"

"tonight?"

Li Xiaoen hesitated and shook his head, "Not tonight. I need to go check out a fraternity."

"Which one is it?"

Sufeil on the other side asked curiously.

"A community service fraternity called Princeton Community Fellows. Are you familiar with that?"

Sufeil frowned slightly when he heard this and shook his head.

"I'll check it out after class, but it won't hurt for you to know more."

"Okay." Li Xiaoen shrugged and didn't care.

I had been thinking of getting some inside information, which I could pass on to Daniel and the other two even if they didn't join, but now it seems that's out of the question.

The two people asked and answered each other familiarly, which surprised Victoria who was in the middle. She looked at the two people left and right, and her face became full of surprise.

"Sean, Sufeil, your relationship has improved."

"..."

The two of them couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this. Before Li Xiaoen could speak, Su Feier looked away.

"We met in New York on Sunday. He gave me a ride back home. It was like returning the favor."

Sufeier explained briefly, then commented leisurely, "Even though he's a jerk, he's still worth making friends with."

Li Xiaoen: "..."

"is it?"

Victoria nodded seriously and looked at Li Xiaoen.

"You know, Victoria."

Li Xiaoen reacted and shrugged. "Unlike some people, I've always been polite and well-mannered. In order to prevent you from being squeezed in and embarrassed, I've made a lot of mental preparation and concessions."

"Are you guys arguing again?"

Noticing that the two people who were arguing with each other narrowed their eyes again, Victoria complained with a helpless smile.

"Never mind. Anyway, this is a good start for you guys."

“Much profit… … ”

Li Xiaoen lowered his head, his expression serious: "I've made such a great sacrifice to tolerate this woman. Have you ever considered how to repay me?"

After being stunned for a moment, Victoria immediately moved closer to Sufei and looked at him with contempt.

"Sufeier, you are right, this guy is really a bastard."

Li Xiaoen: "..."

Shrugging his shoulders and ignoring the two girls who were in collusion, Li Xiaoen turned his gaze to the podium and happened to meet Avery's scrutinizing gaze again.

Hey……

Exhaling weakly, Li Xiaoen supported his chin and looked blankly at the monkey projected on the podium, lost in thought for a moment.

He found that when he was alone with a girl, he could always be lively and comfortable, but if they met together, they would naturally gather together, sing in unison, and form a united front.

"Two beautiful ladies, I'd like to kindly remind you..."

After class, as soon as he put on his backpack, Li Xiaoen heard the gloating laughter of two girls and turned around:
"Experiments have shown that laughing too much will cause wrinkles to appear on your face earlier." After saying that, seeing that they were stunned for a moment, they quickly took out their mobile phones to take a picture. Li Xiaoen then turned around with satisfaction and walked quickly towards the podium.

He could vaguely hear the suppressed voices of girls behind him, and their messages on the phone kept coming. Li Xiaoen chuckled, sent the photo, and then came to the podium.

Looking up at Avery's slightly narrowed scrutinizing gaze, Li Xiaoen's smile quickly faded.

"Professor Avery, what's going on?"

"Come to the office and talk."

Avery put away the lesson plan, turned and walked out the door.

"Professor Avery, is this the same question as last time?"

Li Xiaoen quickly caught up, unable to explain, "You really misunderstood..."

Avery didn't answer and walked into his office. Li Xiaoen, who followed behind him, saw Amelia again after not seeing her for a week.

"Mom, I put lunch on your desk."

Amelia first glanced at Li Xiaoen with disdain, then spoke to Avery. She was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Avery.

"Amelia, you don't have to go."

Sitting on the chair behind the desk, Avery put the lunch box on the table aside, leaned back against the chair, took a deep breath, and looked back and forth between the two of them, finally focusing on Li Xiaoen. "Xiaoen, did you do something to my daughter?"

Li Xiaoen: “???”

"Mom, what are you talking about? Sean didn't do anything to me, and I have nothing to do with him!"

Before Li Xiaoen knew how to start, Amelia next to him spoke up.

Just turning his head to glance at his daughter, Avery ignored it and carefully studied Li Xiaoen's face, "Why did Amelia say good things about you to me? What did you do to her?"

"You really misunderstand, Professor Avery."

Li Xiaoen suddenly realized and looked at Amelia, whose face had turned red, with a look of both laughter and tears. He hesitated when she glared at him angrily, "How about you tell me?"

Amelia said nothing, rolled her eyes and turned her head to the other side.

"Okay, I'll tell you."

Li Xiaoen didn't care and simply told Avery everything about the bet on the math competition.

After confirming the list of individual competition results on the computer website, Avery nodded seriously, and looked up at Li Xiaoen with some surprise.

"I didn't expect you to be so good at math."

Li Xiaoen didn't say anything about this and just nodded.

"It would be better if you were more loyal in your feelings."

Avery added, and seeing the young man's eyes downcast as if he was giving up and refusing to explain, he shook his head helplessly and sighed.

It was unexpected, but also reasonable. Being handsome, extroverted and having a strong personality is not enough. If he is not outstanding, how can he attract so many girls, and have unclear relationships with two girls who obviously come from wealthy families.

Avery thought to himself, and couldn't help but glance at his daughter who was looking at the other side angrily, and the alarm bells in his heart went off.

"Sean, you're so smart, you know that letting Amelia speak well of you to me will make me misunderstand, right?"

Feeling as if he'd been caught molesting his daughter by a girl's parents, Li Xiaoen pondered for a moment and shook his head frankly, "I didn't have any hope originally. I really didn't think that much of it at the time."

"No matter what, you'll realize that this has something to do with Amelia, right?"

Observing Li Xiaoen's expression, Avery was still worried and asked again.

She did not object to her daughter dating a boy, but encouraged him instead. However, it was a different story if the boy was Li Xiaoen, who had ambiguous relationships with many girls.

"Hmm...I didn't realize that."

Li Xiaoen shook his head.

Avery: “…”

"Isn't Amelia beautiful?"

Avery was a little surprised to see that Li Xiaoen's subtle movements and expressions did not seem fake.

He glanced sideways at Amelia and received a resentful look. Li Xiaoen turned his gaze away and said, "She's pretty, but I don't like girls who only know how to study."

As soon as he finished speaking, a murderous look immediately came from the side. Seeing Avery narrowing his eyes, Li Xiaoen couldn't help but wonder, "So... I like this kind of girl?"

"Okay, don't say any more."

Avery took a deep breath, pinched the bridge of his nose with a headache, and felt extremely helpless.

According to her observation of Li Xiaoen, he was the typical person who could flirt with other women unconsciously.

Not to mention his excellent academic performance, he is also optimistic and humorous. He can actively tease and make girls laugh, and passively and unconsciously attract girls' attention - even if he makes them angry, at least he leaves an impression.

Coupled with these external conditions...

If he wanted to get out of the relationship, he could have clearly said that his aesthetic taste didn't like this type of person, but he insisted on defining Amelia as a girl who only knew how to study, a character who was unpopular and unwelcome in American culture, and distanced himself from the relationship completely. How could this not make people angry?

But this was his subconscious behavior.

He offended so many girls unconsciously, and in the end he was found innocent. Isn't he a born scumbag?

"Go back."

Avery waved his hand helplessly, and only turned around to look at his daughter after Li Xiaoen quickly left and closed the door.

"Amelia, what do you think of Sean?"

"Scumbag!"

Amelia cursed coldly.

What the hell……

Avery cried out in his heart and touched his forehead even more uncomfortably.

……

When he came out of the office, it was already 12:30 in the afternoon. After a simple lunch and a nap, Li Xiaoen took the materials given by Alaric to the library to start studying.

It was not until six o'clock in the afternoon that a pale hand with long, hairy knuckles appeared in front of Li Xiaoen.

"Are you going to pass?"

Li Xiaoen closed the file and looked up. In front of him were Daniel and the other two. "I think it's getting late. How about we go to the cafeteria and have dinner first?"

"Need not."

Daniel was very excited and waved his hand quickly, "This fraternity has sufficient funds. The initiation examination and ceremony will be held at a self-service barbecue restaurant outside the school. We can participate and enjoy barbecue at the same time."

“A self-service barbecue restaurant?”

Li Xiaoen was stunned for a moment. "Could it be the same place where that girl named... Olivia brought you to date last time?"

After these words were spoken, Daniel was stunned for a moment, and his face suddenly turned green.

"..."

Why, I have a bad feeling.

Naturally, he could see the answer from Daniel's expression. Li Xiaoen thought about it with amusement in his heart, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

There's no way this brotherhood's initiation ceremony will encounter the same situation as Daniel's before, right?
(End of this chapter)