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

Chapter 125 Pride and Philanthropy

knock knock...

After knocking on the door twice, footsteps were faintly heard from inside the house. The door opened, revealing Victoria wearing a loose white nightgown.

"Let me make this clear, if it doesn't taste good, I'll turn the lights on that basketball into disco lights."

Li Xiaoen walked in and smiled leisurely.

Victoria snorted, closed the door again, and glared at Li Xiaoen: "You say that now, aren't you afraid that I'll poison your food?"

"Has the flaw finally been revealed?"

As Li Xiaoen walked into the living room, he turned his head to look at Victoria, who was smiling. "No wonder you are so beautiful. It turns out you are the witch hiding among normal people."

"Humph……"

Facing Li Xiaoen's words that seemed to be a rebuttal and a compliment to her, Victoria snorted softly and turned to walk towards the open kitchen on the side of the living room. "The computer and basketball are in the living room, go get them."

Coming to the living room, Li Xiaoen shook his head helplessly at the laptop and the basketball craft placed alone on the low table in front of the sofa.

Fortunately, he remembered and went back to the dormitory to bring his computer and serial interface data cable.

If Victoria's idea was really followed, rebuilding the environment on her computer would be a minor issue. Without a data cable for communication, it would be useless.

Noticing a pair of eyes staring at him, Li Xiaoen looked up and met the pair of aqua-blue eyes that held an inexplicable meaning.

"..."

This atmosphere is really weird and unbearable.

After pondering for a moment, Li Xiaoen walked over, took out his computer, and connected it to his handmade basketball craft with a data cable.

Sitting on the sofa required bending very low, so Li Xiaoen simply sat cross-legged in front of the low table.

As long as the circuit design inside the basketball remains unchanged, it is actually not difficult to change the lighting settings. Just adjust the lighting logic that runs in a loop in the software.

While playing Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" on the computer, Li Xiaoen quickly entered some codes on the keyboard according to the rhythm. Although the steps were cumbersome, it went smoothly without any hindrance.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw two long white legs stretching out from behind, and the feet were placed on the low table in front of him, right next to his computer.

Unable to help but glance at the two feet with slender ankles and white and rosy complexion, Li Xiaoen turned back to look at Su Feier speechlessly.

She didn't look at him, but her eyes were focused on the TV not far away, as if she was watching it intently.

Li Xiaoen: "..."

Shaking his head, Li Xiaoen turned around, jumped the music progress on the computer forward, and then put his hands back on the keyboard.

After typing the code attentively for a while, Li Xiaoen suddenly felt his shoulders sink. Before he could react, two long legs stretched forward over his shoulders.

"Sufeil..."

Li Xiaoen asked in a low voice, turning his head and raising his hands to take the legs off his shoulders. However, the other party exerted force with his legs, pulling his body backwards, and after a little entanglement, locked his head completely between his legs.

"Are you crazy?"

He quickly raised his hand and patted Sufei's thigh, then Li Xiaoen raised his eyes and scolded him.

"Humph……"

Sufeil looked down at me condescendingly and sneered, "Didn't you say I was a rude woman? Since you've made such a sacrifice to tolerate me, can't you have imagined this situation?"

"How narrow-minded are you?"

Li Xiaoen struggled with both hands, but his arms were unable to twist his thighs. "You called me a bastard, and I can't fight back?"

Sufeier raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Aren't you?"

Li Xiaoen: "..."

Meeting Sufei's contemptuous gaze, Li Xiaoen couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

Not wanting to dwell on this topic anymore, Li Xiaoen looked towards the kitchen and saw a wall blocking his view of Victoria.

"Aren't you afraid Victoria will find out?"

"Are you scared?" Sufei asked instead of answering.

“Much profit… … ”

Li Xiaoen called out loudly.

"Well, what happened?"

Victoria came out of the kitchen, holding two steaks. She asked with a smile, "Considering your appetite, I specially prepared two extra steaks for you."

The shackles around his neck were quickly removed after the call. Li Xiaoen moved his shoulders and said, "I see there's still some memory in there. Do you want to save any more songs?"

“Is Für Elise okay?”

Putting the dinner plate on the low table, Victoria sat down next to Li Xiaoen and asked in surprise.

"of course can."

"Then, 'Turkish March', 'Piano Sonata in C Major', 'In the South'..."

"Stop, stop..."

Li Xiaoen quickly raised his hand and grabbed Victoria's fingers as she was counting, and called out to her as she was about to "order the dishes." "There's not much memory left, and we can't store that much music for now."

"Ok."

Victoria pursed her lips, lowered her eyes to look at her fingers that were held by the young man, and when she glanced over, Li Xiaoen had already turned his gaze away and let go of her hand. She couldn't help but roll her eyes, picked up the plate and handed it to Li Xiaoen.

"Eat first, you look very hungry."

"You can first listen to the effect of the Moonlight Sonata I made."

Li Xiaoen took it, moved the computer forward to make room for the plate, and then cut off a large piece of steak and put it in his mouth.

Judging from the state of the steak when put into the mouth and the cross-section, it should be medium-rare. Victoria remembered his preferences after several previous dinners together.

"How about it?"

Victoria looked up at Sean Lee.

"Well...steak is something that, as long as you don't do it on purpose and control the doneness a little, it's basically not bad."

Li Xiaoen frowned and made a comment carefully, which made Victoria's pretty face fall in an instant.

"Since you don't like it, I'll do it again."

Victoria pursed her lips and reached out to grab the plate.

"delicious."

Li Xiaoen quickly grabbed Victoria's hand and said, "Victoria, your cooking skills are really good. I like it very much."

These were words that could easily be misunderstood. Victoria rolled her eyes, pulled her hand back, and then focused her attention on the basketball on the coffee table.

"We inspected it in person, but we refused to accept it after we left the station. If you want to return it for repair later, you have to pay extra money."

Li Xiaoen chewed his steak and spoke indistinctly.

"Please don't talk while you're eating."

Just as she was about to try out the new effect, Victoria turned around and glared at her when she heard the words.

"There are only a few of us here." Judging from the previous experience of dining together, this must be because there was something in his mouth that he had not swallowed yet. Li Xiaoen had no choice but to explain.

Only then did he realize that Sufeil had also sat on the floor, leaning on the other side of him, staring intently at the running log that was quickly being written on his computer.

"You said, they're all girls, all very beautiful. Victoria cares about music and art, but you're so excited just looking at code."

Li Xiaoen complained, "Why don't you consider switching your major to computer science? I'll teach you for free."

"Didn't you say you were polite and well-mannered?"

Sufeier glanced over and said, "Please don't speak while eating."

"..."

"Just take your time and watch. I'm going to eat."

Shrugging his shoulders, Li Xiaoen lowered his head and started eating steak in silence.

Even though there were beautiful girls on both sides, he didn't feel happy at all.

Fixed on a simple homemade stand, the basketball emitted a bright blue light from the inside out, which seeped out to the outside along with the sound of music.

This time, the basketball did not have any fancy lighting changes, but just flickered quietly, as if it was breathing slowly. Against the backdrop of the repetitive melancholy of the song, it was surprisingly fitting.

Victoria kept nodding her head, and when she noticed Li Xiaoen's smug look at her, she couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Well, after my reminder, the changes are acceptable. I'll consider your aesthetic taste to be acceptable this time."

"It's OK, but not perfect. I'll delete the code and rework it."

Li Xiaoen shook his head and brought up Victoria's previous words, causing the girl to glare at him coquettishly.

"Because the first movement of this piece is slow, repetitive, and gloomy, I just set it to this single, stable effect. If you only want to see the lighting effects, you can skip directly to the second movement."

Li Xiaoen didn't care. He explained to Victoria and reached out to press the button on the small platform. "Press and hold to skip to the next movement."

As Li Xiaoen raised his hand, the music slowly coming from the basketball took on a touch of agility and vitality. Correspondingly, the lights on the patterns on the basketball began to change, sometimes speeding up and sometimes slowing down with the rhythm, but the match was surprisingly comfortable.

Next, the third movement...

Looking at the colorful lights dancing on the basketball, Victoria looked at Li Xiaoen with a puzzled look: "This light is so flashy, how can I put it in my room?"

"The lighting is to match the mood of the music. Of course, if you want to listen to the music quietly, I can also keep the long breathing effect from before and replicate it."

Li Xiaoen was not surprised. "Or, should we lower the overall brightness of the lights?"

"Then let's lower it." Victoria pursed her lips and shook her head.

"Okay, boss."

Li Xiaoen nodded, raised his hand and waved it casually, which attracted two more rolls of eyes. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Sufeil.

Forget about Victoria, what's wrong with her?

In contrast, Victoria wasn't surprised at all. She laughed and said, "Sean, if you delve deeper into your profession, you might even have the opportunity to collaborate with Sufeil."

"is it?"

Li Xiaoen raised his eyebrows, feeling a little surprised.

Could it be that his previous inference and speculation that the Sufir family was a traditional enterprise was wrong?
It doesn't make sense.

I just adjusted the overall lighting to be darker. This time the changes were made faster. After a simple operation and showing it to Victoria, it was finally finalized.

In order to avoid the two girls' disgusted looks, Li Xiaoen finally finished his dinner at intervals.

Victoria chose "To Alice" as another song. Li Xiaoen still had no impression of it until the song was played on the computer. He leaned back on the sofa and let out a long breath.

"The exams are over, and it's time for vacation."

"what are you talking about?"

Originally it was just a simple change of lighting, but under Li Xiaoen's leadership, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the atmosphere became cheerful. Victoria also felt a little lazy and leaned casually on the sofa and asked.

"This song was the reminder sound for the end of exams when I was in middle school and elementary school."

Li Xiaoen explained with a smile that when he was a child he was only busy playing during holidays and never realized this song. He didn't expect it to be such a small thing.

"Then you should take a rest."

Victoria didn't know much about programming, but seeing the lights of the basketball jumping around irregularly after the first song, she knew it had taken a lot of effort, and she couldn't help but smile and comfort him.

"You don't drink coffee tonight, let me go wash some fruit for you."

Victoria stood up and looked at Sufeier on the other side. "Sufeier, do you want coffee?"

"Well, thank you."

Sufir nodded.

"That's good. If you all eat fruit, I won't bother to bother with it alone."

Nodding, Victoria walked towards the kitchen with a relaxed pace again.

Seeing this, Li Xiaoen wanted to keep her, but he didn't know what to say. He turned around helplessly and met those intriguing eyes.

"You look like I'm a devil about to eat you."

Sufeil narrowed his eyes slightly.

"If you stopped suddenly making advances on me and acted a bit more ladylike, would I be like this?"

Li Xiaoen looked at Sufeil meaningfully, "Can you learn from Victoria?"

"So, you like Victoria?" Sufei raised his eyebrows and asked meaningfully.

"It should be said that gentle and considerate girls are more likable."

Li Xiaoen answered his own question in a serious manner and met Su Feier's eyes. But after just a short moment, he was suddenly pushed to the ground by the other party.

His brain froze for a moment, and then he felt a sharp pain on his lips. Li Xiaoen reacted and quickly pushed Sufeil away.

"No, you really treat me as a tool. It's like this every time."

"Do you think I'm kidding you?"

The two men's heads were pressed very close together, and they could both feel each other's heavy breathing. Sufeil snorted softly, "I am who I am, and I will never change for anyone. If you don't like it, it's because you don't have the vision."

Staring at the other person intently, Li Xiaoen was stunned by the unyielding confidence and arrogance in those eyes that even reflected his face.

Before he could come to his senses, Sufeil lowered his head again and bit his lips.

"hiss……"

He spoke with such unquestionable confidence, yet secretly took revenge behind people's backs. This Sufir is indeed a true American.

There was a stinging pain on his lips, and Li Xiaoen couldn't help but let out a long hiss, and began to fight back with his mouth.

When Sufeil felt the pain briefly relieved, Li Xiaoen took the opportunity to hug her and turn her over, pressing her under him.

Seeing Su Feier noticed and frowned, Li Xiaoen grinned, looked down at her as he did before, and said slowly:

"I'm a philanthropic person, and I think I can accept your personality, but I don't like being on the bottom. I like to conquer."

As soon as these words were spoken, Sufeil frowned and was about to stand up angrily. Li Xiaoen grabbed her resisting hands in time, kissed her plump red lips, and pressed them down again.

(End of this chapter)