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

Chapter 131 Comics
"For the case where multiple threads concurrently access the task queue, we easily think of the use of mutex locks."

Facing a middle-aged man in a suit in the computer video, Li Xiaoen carefully chose his words and spoke, his fingers quickly tapping on the keyboard. At the same time, the projected shared screen quickly wrote out line of code.

"When a thread wants to access a task queue, it first tries to acquire the mutex lock. If the lock is already held..."

In the quiet villa, Li Xiaoen's voice echoed from the large kitchen on the first floor next to the backyard, completely drowning out the slight sound of boiling oil in the frying pan.

Sufeil lowered his head to turn the steak over, looked at the young man sitting at the dining table who was answering questions calmly, and nodded.

She finally witnessed a normal interview. Every time Li Xiaoen faced a question, he answered without thinking too much. His fingers flew and the sound of words passed to him on the keyboard could not be fake.

After being teased and bullied by the young man again and again, she had to suspect that he had asked his friends to help send the email, but now she can dispel this doubt.

Judging from Li Xiaoen's appearance, the technical aspect is easily enough for him to handle.

No wonder he confidently said he wanted to celebrate before the interview.

Sufeier pondered in her heart. She knew that the young man was a good student, but she never thought he was so good that he could easily handle the interview at Apple in his freshman year.

"Your answer is excellent, and we are confident that you have the knowledge and ability to handle this job."

After Li Xiaoen finished answering, the middle-aged man in the video nodded solemnly. He turned his head and seemed to look elsewhere on the computer screen. "But, if I may ask, are you really eighteen years old?"

"Replacement guaranteed."

Li Xiaoen nodded, understanding the other party's concerns. "If I am honored to pass the interview, I will apply for permission from the school instructor and will accept this job in the future under legal circumstances."

As a country with a large immigration population, the United States has seen increasingly scarce employment opportunities for local people in recent years with the outflow of manufacturing industries. In order to improve this situation and protect the employment rate of local residents, the government has various regulations restricting the employment of non-local residents.

As an international student without a green card, if you want to work part-time in the United States, you need permission, and the requirements are quite strict.

If he looked into it, he still had no chance of successfully obtaining permission. He had also heard from Lucas that as long as the student's ability was sufficient, Professor Sedgewick had the ability and methods to resolve the situation and help obtain permission. There had even been a precedent before, so after understanding the regulations, he still chose to submit an application for a part-time job at Apple.

"The school's instructor..."

The man pondered, looking at the young man on the video screen whose theoretical knowledge was completely comparable to that of a graduate student. The other person's face was frighteningly young, so he couldn't help but ask tentatively, "Is your advisor Professor Sedgewick?"

"Yes, you are right."

Li Xiaoen nodded in acknowledgment, and the man in the video nodded repeatedly in sudden realization.

"I was supposed to notify you by email, but I can tell you now."

The man nodded solemnly and smiled, "You passed, Sean. From now on, we'll be colleagues."

"Thank you."

After a moment of hesitation, Li Xiaoen forced a smile and said, "Excuse me, is it Professor Sedgewick's fault?"

"I've said it before, you're more than capable of doing this job."

The matter was settled, and the man's attitude became much more relaxed. He smiled easily and shook his head in denial, "It's just that as long as we have Professor Sedgewick's guarantee and authorization, we can hire you with confidence."

"..."

It seems that instead of wasting so much time explaining it, it would have been more effective to just use Professor Sedgewick's reputation as a banner.

Li Xiaoen felt strange, but after the matter was finalized, he stopped chatting and ended the video conference with the man.

In American culture, there's a consensus that "credit is an asset." A guarantee from an authority is essentially a "loan" of one's own credit capital to the guarantor, serving as a credit endorsement and quickly building trust between strangers.

Such a guarantee culture has even been included in the law and is regarded as a legal contract that can be held accountable. It has also made all authority figures more careful about their reputation, and obtaining their guarantee is thus regarded as a symbol of identity.

The key point is that he originally only wanted to rely on his own ability to get this offer and never thought about relying on anyone else's influence, but now he is inexplicably involved in the professor's guarantee.

Li Xiaoen held his head and stared at the computer blankly. He couldn't help but feel a headache and didn't know how to tell the professor.

"Dinner is ready."

Sufeil called out from the kitchen and went back and forth twice before placing two plates of steak, a large bowl of salad, and a long glass bottle of soda water on the dining table.

"What are you thinking about? Didn't you pass the interview?"

Sitting on the chair opposite Li Xiaoen, seeing that the other party was still in a daze and had no reaction, Su Feier couldn't help but kick under the table.

"Oh, okay, thank you."

Coming back to his senses, Li Xiaoen noticed the plate of steak and knives that Sufei had neatly placed on his right. He closed his computer and put the food in front of him.

The steak was about the same size as Victoria had prepared for him yesterday, about three thin cuts, with some roasted potatoes and asparagus.

He cut off a piece and put it in his mouth to chew, feeling the tender and elastic taste in his mouth. Li Xiaoen's heartache for squandering the thousand dollars was finally relieved a little.

"How about it?"

Sufeil didn't pick up the knife and fork immediately. He crossed his hands on the table and looked over with curious eyes.

"Um……"

Li Xiaoen pondered, "You've heard my comments on steak before. As long as it's not..."

As he was muttering, he saw the girl in front of him narrow her eyes slightly, and her eyes gradually became dangerous. Li Xiaoen couldn't help but pause.

"Come on, great gourmet, why don't you say anything?"

Sufeil smiled brightly without caring about anything.

"As long as the ingredients are good enough and they are not made to taste bad on purpose, they won't be that bad."

Li Xiaoen finished his previous words solemnly and looked directly into Sufei's eyes. "As an authoritative gourmet, you should make the most impartial judgment!"

"Oh?"

Sufeier nodded seriously, but before he could move, he saw Li Xiaoen speak again.

"Of course, good ingredients are secondary. Sufeier, you cooked very well too. The meat was cooked evenly on each side, perfectly locking the juices inside. It was even cooked to my preferred medium-rare. In my opinion, it's perfect!"

"okay."

Sufeil pursed his lips, his expression still quite calm, but he finally lowered his head and picked up the knife and fork.

So, is this a safe escape?

Li Xiaoen thought to himself that he had been exhausted physically and mentally after a day of hard work. He lowered his head and bit off a piece of asparagus one by one, putting the whole thing into his mouth.

What he said was the truth, but it seemed like the girls didn't want to hear it.

Speaking of which, apart from the beef hotpot he had on his trip to New York, he hadn't had a proper Chinese meal in a long time. Most of the time, he'd been eating food from Europe and America. After starting to eat, Li Xiaoen felt even hungrier, so he cut off another large piece of meat and put it in his mouth to chew.

The Princeton cafeteria actually does serve Chinese food, but without exception, it's all Americanized dishes like tangerine peel chicken and fried noodles. He'd eaten there before, and it wasn't bad, but he'd already considered it American Western food in his mind.

As he thought of this, the thighs under the table suddenly sank. Li Xiaoen looked down and saw two rosy and delicate feet reaching out from the opposite side and resting on it.

"It's your reward."

Before he could look up, he heard Sufeil's contemptuous laughter from the other side.

"..."

Li Xiaoen lifted his head and pulled the two legs aside. "Do you have any misunderstanding about me? I don't have that habit."

This familiar scene last happened when the other party came to threaten me at the beginning of the school year.

Who would have thought that the two people who were incompatible and at loggerheads at the beginning of the school year would now have such a relationship - the source of it all was Sufeil's sudden intrusion on the night of the welcome party.

Li Xiaoen felt something strange in his heart and couldn't help but look up, but he saw that Sufeil had calmed down. He lowered his head and quietly cut a small piece of steak into his mouth, chewing it slowly. He had to give up the idea of ​​exploring for the time being.

Sufei's appetite is larger than that of normal girls, but smaller than that of boys. One steak, two potatoes, vegetables, and some salad are enough for her. Li Xiaoen swallowed the three steaks on the plate, and felt choked when he saw the dry potato pieces. He just took the bowl of leftover salad and started chewing the grass.

This kind of salad is actually vegetable leaves of different colors, packed in boxes of transparent packaging, and can be bought in every supermarket.

The taste wasn't particularly good, but it was refreshing and it instantly cheered up Li Xiaoen.

There is no need for people to wash the dishes. Just throw away the remaining kitchen waste and put it all into the dishwasher in the kitchen.

After finishing all this, Sufeil returned to the dining table and looked at the sky outside which was already getting dark. Then he remembered that he had called Li Xiaoen today.

"Sean, let me show you something."

Sufeil came closer and said with a frown.

"what's up?"

Li Xiaoen looked up, only to see Sufeier pursing his lips helplessly. He raised his leg and kicked his foot, "Sit a little closer."

"Can't you just move a chair over?"

The seats at the dining table were quite wide, and two people could easily sit there with a little squeeze. Li Xiaoen complained helplessly and moved his body to the side.

"Based on my kindness in helping you, you should now make room for yourself and move another seat."

Sufeil murmured, and just as she sat down, she saw the young man next to her put his arm around her slender waist, and she couldn't help but look at him with contempt.

"We're sitting together."

Li Xiaoen smiled meaningfully and looked at the computer screen. "What's going on?"

There is a computer in front of the seat. When Sufei sits down, he will naturally talk about things on the Internet.

"Humph……"

With a light snort, Sufeil rolled his eyes and turned back to look at the computer.

She didn't reject Li Xiaoen's closeness. On the contrary, she quite liked him. It was just that he was so thick-skinned that sometimes people really wanted to beat him up.

He opened the browser and went to Google's website. Sufei entered a noun search and clicked on a web page.

A new page opened, revealing a dazzling array of colorful images. It was obviously a website dedicated to comics browsing.

Then, Sufei slid down the rankings and accurately clicked on a cover with two people on the left and right, each with two-colored flames burning on them. He entered the detailed page, which was only about ten pictures long.

After clicking on the seventh episode, Sufeil opened the hundreds of comments next to it and turned his head to look at Li Xiaoen.

"Look, are they using you to hype themselves up?"

"Look at how handsome this villain is. He seems to have some of my shadow."

The "Paper Man" in the cartoon was burning with red flames all over, with a casual and indifferent expression, and his eyebrows and eyes had some of his look. Li Xiaoen looked at him carefully, then glanced at the comment section that said it was his highly praised answer, and nodded after considering his words.

"Being copied into a comic and used to make money, is this your reaction?"

Sufeil frowned and looked at him with an incomprehensible look.

"Don't worry."

Li Xiaoen gave a helpless sigh of relief, and rubbed the girl's waist with his hand, feeling the tight and elastic waist under the clothes. "Actually, I know this author. He asked me before he started writing."

"You agreed? Are you willing to be used by others?" Sufeil raised his eyebrows.

"It's not that exaggerated. At first, what he said was just a reference for the movements. I agreed to a major facial change."

Li Xiaoen could not help but answer, his eyes narrowed, and he sneered, "I just didn't expect that the neon fat guy would change so much."

"Do you want me to hire a lawyer to sue and have this comic removed from the shelves?" Sufei asked.

"No need, it's too much trouble."

Li Xiaoen shook his head and refused, "I'd better go talk to him in person."

There will be a final for the individual competition of the mathematics competition, and the examination location should still be at Seton Hall University. I can talk to that person again then.

"By the way, there aren't any plots in the comics where I suffer a big loss, right?" Li Xiaoen asked hurriedly, suddenly thinking of something.

"Not really. He's riding on your popularity to achieve this. You have quite a lot of crazy fans, and he doesn't dare to offend them."

Su Feier answered nonchalantly. If that kind of plot really happened, she wouldn't even need to tell Li Xiaoen. She would immediately contact the company and ask them to remove the product from the shelves.

"I don't go online, and I don't play online games, so why are there still crazy fans?"

"Now even homeless people wandering the streets can easily access the internet. Don't underestimate the intelligence and boredom of some netizens."

Sufeil sneered meaningfully, "There's a murderer in a certain state who, because he's quite good-looking, has a lot of people online calling for him to have his sentence reduced."

"Okay, that's understandable."

Li Xiaoen nodded without paying too much attention.

There isn't much content about him online. From the start of school until now, it seems he has only played basketball and performed twice on stage at the welcome party. He can't understand how he has fans like this.

(End of this chapter)