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

Chapter 139 Household Consumption Tasks
At noon, people were coming and going in the bustling Chinatown. The store hall was filled with people sitting here and there, and the noisy sounds of laughter and chatting could be heard faintly.

In a quiet corner, the sound of boiling water gurgling came from the pot in front of them. The steam turned into mist and rose slowly. Two young figures held hands and looked at each other in silence.

Seeing Sufeil struggling to break free, Li Xiaoen quickly tightened his grip and held the girl's hand tightly.

After struggling to break free in vain, Sufeil noticed that the corner of the young man's mouth was slightly raised. He frowned slightly and used his other hand to reach over.

"Etc., etc……"

Li Xiaoen had already made preparations. Before Sufeil could reach out, he reached out and pushed him back, and quickly said:
"Can we have a good meal?"

Sufeil looked up at Li Xiaoen, shifted his gaze, and then withdrew his hand.

"There's nothing I can do. It's just that someone really deserves a beating."

"I couldn't argue with him, so I resorted to force to turn the situation around because I was really wrong."

Li Xiaoen couldn't help but complain, "Su Feier, you really are..."

Halfway through his words, seeing Sufei glanced at him with a frown, Li Xiaoen had no choice but to interrupt and shrugged: "Okay, I won't say anymore."

The girl's eyes followed him, but Li Xiaoen ignored her and used his chopsticks to pick up two slices of beef from the colander and put them in her bowl: "Eat it, it won't taste good if it gets cold."

Sufeil withdrew his gaze meaningfully, picked up the fork, and ate the second piece of beef so far.

The steam in the pot continued to rise, and the taste buds were stimulated by the first two bites. The appetites of both of them were completely opened, and they finally put aside the "war" and concentrated on enjoying the food.

……

After eating and drinking to their heart's content, the two paid the bill and left the restaurant.

To Li Xiaoen's surprise, Sufeil left her bag in the car, and he still had to pay for the lunch.

We strolled back to the car. The closed door blocked out most of the noisy sounds from Chinatown not far away, and the car suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

Li Xiaoen turned his head to look at the girl next to him and happened to meet her gaze. They looked at each other for a moment, then leaned over to each other and kissed each other.

Li Xiaoen's breathing became rapid as he kissed her lips passionately. He held the girl's cheek and caressed her, moving it down to her fair swan neck, shoulders, and then down...

"Etc., etc……"

Sufeier broke away as if waking from a dream, breathing rapidly, looking up at the confused young man, "Not here."

Li Xiaoen suddenly came back to his senses and noticed the occasional vehicles and pedestrians coming and going in the parking lot. He took a deep breath and nodded.

"Let's go back?" Li Xiaoen started the car.

"No."

Sufeier replied, pursing his lips as the young man looked at him with a puzzled look, "Since we're in New York now, come shopping with me."

"I have a project in my lab that needs to be completed, and I have to go back and run model machine learning."

"You've just joined the lab and are only a freshman, and the professor has already given you such an urgent task?"

"If there's any urgency, it's not this afternoon."

Li Xiaoen sighed helplessly, "This is a plan I made long ago."

"If there's no rush, why are you so tense?"

Sufeier gave him a disdainful look, "Change of plan, go shopping with me."

"Are you ordering me?"

Li Xiaoen shrugged his shoulders, but saw Sufeil take out a hundred dollars from his wallet and threw it to him with a nice smile.

"Mr. Shield, I'm giving you double the price. Is it time to do your service?"

"..."

"I was joking."

Li Xiaoen rolled his eyes and explained, then started the car and drove out of the parking lot. "One hundred dollars to buy me an afternoon, Su Feier, you really are an evil capitalist."

Although he said he was going shopping with Sufei, what Li Xiaoen didn't expect was that, under the girl's guidance, he parked the car near Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, walked into a store called Loro Piana with her, and came to the men's clothing area of ​​the store.

"Go shopping, come and buy me some clothes?"

When Sufeil directed the waiter to leave and took a shirt and held it in front of him to look up and down, Li Xiaoen couldn't help but ask.

"The few clothes Victoria picked out for you were too few."

Su Feier looked up at Li Xiaoen and said, "You keep wearing the same outfits, or your old black, white and gray casual clothes that you randomly matched with your terrible taste. I can't stand seeing you wear them anymore."

“Black, white and grey are a classic combination.”

Li Xiaoen couldn't help but argue, but unfortunately he didn't get a reply from Su Feier.

She took back the clothes that were stuck to Li Xiaoen, shook her head and put them back, "Don't worry, you paid for lunch, so I'll buy you clothes instead."

"You pay later, and I'll transfer the money to your card afterwards."

Muttering to himself, Sufeil was very focused and moved towards the closet on the other side.

Is this also true for Sufir?
Li Xiaoen raised his eyebrows in surprise. Isn't this something Victoria would do before?
No, now is not the time to dwell on this.

He has already been criticized by the second young lady. Is his aesthetic taste really that bad?
Shaking his head, Li Xiaoen followed Sufei's pace.

"Since you bought the clothes for me, you don't have to pay. Consider the lunch money a thank you for helping me with my outfit."

Sufeil turned his head and looked over when he heard the young man's words. Seeing the serious look on his face, he nodded seriously.

"Okay, I'm going to buy a few bags and some clothes later, so you should pay for them too."

"..."

"As long as the amount is not too large and I can afford it, it's fine."

After pondering for a moment, Li Xiaoen nodded and agreed.

After looking at the young man mischievously for a while, Sufeil snorted and turned around to walk towards a new area.

"Here, take the clothes."

He handed over a piece of clothing. After Li Xiaoen took it, Sufeil took a pair of pants and put it on his waist, looked him up and down, and nodded.

"Go to the fitting room and try this one on."

"Ok."

Li Xiaoen sighed and nodded, then turned and walked towards the fitting room not far away.

He really doesn't seem to have much to say about dressing, so let's just look at Sufei's aesthetics and matching.

But I have to say that the materials used in luxury brands are just good. They feel soft and smooth in the hands, which is much better than the ordinary clothes he had before.

Li Xiaoen stroked the fabric of the clothes in his hands, simply changed into clothes in the fitting room, and looked at himself carefully in the mirror before walking out. The first person he saw was Sufeil, who was holding another new set of clothes in his hands.

“It’s pretty good.”

Sufeil looked him up and down, nodded and smiled.

Victoria had thought of this when she first chose clothes for Li Xiaoen. Seeing the tall and handsome young man wearing the clothes she liked, her mood would be much better every time they met - especially, she had the feeling of changing beautiful clothes for her doll when she was a child.

"This set looks good to me, what do you think?"

Sufeier looked up. "Your eyes don't seem to refuse me." Li Xiaoen complained helplessly.

"Humph……"

Su Feier pursed his lips, smiled and hummed softly, "You don't have to pay. If you don't like it after buying it, just put it aside. There will always be a few sets you like to wear out."

Is this the arrogance of a rich girl?
Li Xiaoen sighed inwardly, but nodded symbolically, "I think this suit does fit me well. I think your aesthetic taste is acceptable for now."

“My aesthetic doesn’t need anyone’s approval.”

With a proud announcement, Sufeil walked closer and handed another set of clothes to Li Xiaoen, "Go in and change into this one."

"Good good."

Li Xiaoen responded helplessly. He was ready to be a robot without any feelings this afternoon.

But this time, when he closed the door of the fitting room again, the system screen suddenly appeared in front of him.

【Family Task Trigger】

[A balance between work and rest, and a sense of moderation in income and expenditure, is the hallmark of every happy family. The husband works hard outside, and the wife manages the household frugally. Sometimes they also have to go out and spend money, buy new clothes, food, housing, transportation, and furniture for the family, and improve their lives.]

[Task Completion Reward: Base Component Optional Card × 1, Base Fund Storage Card × 1]

[Base component optional card...]

[Base Fund Savings Card: Obtained upon first triggering a Family Consumption Task, containing $100,000. Funds earned from subsequent related Family Tasks will be automatically transferred to this card and can only be used for Family expenses.]

Is this money spent and then returned in other forms after completing the task?
Needless to say, the base parts option card was nothing more than the step-by-step calculation of his previous DIY car. The new reward savings card made Li Xiaoen open his eyes wide in surprise.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation. According to the description of this task, why didn’t it trigger when he was having dinner with Sufeil just now?
Li Xiaoen pondered in his heart, but unfortunately there was no clue to deduce the answer, so he had to retract the system screen and began to change clothes.

According to the task triggered by buying clothes now, he should be able to complete it according to the normal shopping process.

Despite having made plans in his mind, Li Xiaoen was still exhausted physically and mentally after shopping with Sufei, until, under Sufei's guidance, they walked into a boutique department store called Bergdorf Goodman.

After placing the shopping bags on the sofa in the middle, Li Xiaoen saw Su Feier touching the bathrobe on the hanger at the side. He quickly said, "There's no need for a bathrobe, right? I'm not used to wearing this."

"I bought it to take back your house."

Sufeier looked back and explained helplessly, "You can't live in that big house and be as sloppy as you are in the school dormitory."

"Okay, you're right."

Blinking, thinking about his life in that luxurious villa, Li Xiaoen nodded seriously, realizing that he really needed to improve his quality of life.

Taking a deep breath, Li Xiaoen sat back on the sofa. At least now, he didn't have to change and try on clothes frequently, which made him feel a lot more relaxed.

Watching Sufei's attentively selecting movements slowly, and noticing that the girl reached for the other side of the soft silk pink nightgown, Li Xiaoen's breath caught and his heart skipped a beat.

"No wonder..."

Without asking Sufeil out of boredom, Li Xiaoen let out a sigh of sudden realization.

From this perspective, the triggering node of the family shopping task is shopping, rather than eating before, which is indeed traceable - at least this shopping can be seen as a family expenditure.

After picking out two sets and holding them in his hands, Sufeil walked back and forth, looking up at him.

Without asking, Li Xiaoen glanced around and said, "Have you finished choosing? Let's go check out together."

"Well, I've chosen."

Sufeil hurriedly lowered his eyes and nodded.

After buying a series of household clothes and silk towels at the department store, Sufeil also went to the nearby Chanel and bought two sets of daily clothes. Then the two returned the same way.

"Now I have your stuff too, shouldn't you help out?"

On the way back, seeing that Sufeil had nothing in his hands, Li Xiaoen couldn't help but hand over the shopping bag in one hand.

Previously, all the clothes were his. He had carried them for such a long distance, and his exhausted appearance had attracted many teasing looks from Sufeil. Seeing that the other party also had something, he couldn't help but ask him to share it together - he could suffer and help Sufeil carry the shopping bags, but he couldn't do so under such a look from the other party.

"Oh, sure."

What surprised Li Xiaoen was that Sufeil did not refuse but nodded, but still did not reach out to take it. Instead, he took out a mobile phone from his bag.

"You paid no more than $100,000 for these clothes, right? I'll transfer the money to you first."

"No, I still have more clothes to buy, so you don't need to go around."

Li Xiaoen had no choice but to answer. Seeing that Sufeier was unmoved and still smiling and pressing the phone, he couldn't help but lower his voice, "Sufeier..."

"..."

Noticing the change in the young man's voice, Sufeil couldn't help but look up.

"My two Chanel suits cost over 30,000 yuan."

"No need, really. I've made some money from investing, so I can still afford $40,000 worth of clothes."

Li Xiaoen explained slowly, "Besides, I estimate that the credit card transactions this afternoon were only about $70,000."

If it were him before, he might not be able to say something like "only 70,000"?

Li Xiaoen couldn't help but feel emotional. Apart from the house and car, not to mention the 100,000 she transferred to him last time when she helped Sufei ask Professor Sedgewick for cooperation, after doubling his original income, plus his daily hourly wage, his current savings have reached 270,000 US dollars.

Not to mention, he triggered the mission because of Sufeil's sudden arrival and dragging him shopping. Now the base fund savings card worth 100,000 US dollars, which will be more in the future, is still in his backpack.

As for Sufeil, he really didn't want to be a gigolo - he wasn't that useless to be a gigolo even though he had a system.

"okay."

After staring at Li Xiaoen for a long time, Su Feier nodded in a low voice, still feeling a little regretful.

"Sufeil..."

Seeing the girl walking beside him thoughtfully, Li Xiaoen couldn't help but call out to her.

"Well, how's it going?"

Sufeil pulled his thoughts back from his emotions and asked with his head tilted.

"Don't think you can get away with it by pretending to be thinking."

Muttering to himself, Li Xiaoen handed the shopping bag to the girl.

"..."

"Oh--"

Instead of taking it immediately, Sufeil raised his head and sighed, and Li Xiaoen narrowed his eyes when he saw this.

"Don't tell me what excuses you're going to make."

"Ha ha……"

Sufeil couldn't help laughing, but still didn't move. He quickened his pace and walked to the front.

"You've been walking around for so long, are you thirsty?"

Her nonchalant laughter came from the front, "I'll go get you a bottle of water, you're welcome."

(End of this chapter)